1. Nine years later, ex-BC Lions player charged in ex-girlfriend’s death
On Monday, police formally announced charges against Joshua Boden, 32, in connection to the death of Kimberly Hallgarth, 33, in her Burnaby home on March 15, 2009. See more >
2. Surrey’s top cop ‘disappointed’ after council votes to pull out of RCMP contract
As promised, Mayor Doug McCallum and the new Surrey council have passed a motion to pull out of the RCMP contract and “immediately create a Surrey Police Department,” just minutes after taking the Oath of Office Monday night. See more >
Surrey’s Officer in Charge Dwayne MacDonald says he’s “disappointed” after new council votes unanimously to pull out of RCMP contract. #surreyBC pic.twitter.com/YJxIzU1oMG
— Surrey Now-Leader (@SurreyNowLeader) November 6, 2018
3. Driver dead after dump truck hits median, catches fire on Highway 1
Westbound traffic on Hwy. 1 is snarled after a fiery fatal crash involving a large truck closed the road near the 176 Street overpass Tuesday morning. See more >
4. Surrey council unanimously passes motion to ‘cancel ’ LRT
In light of the resolution, TransLink says it is “pausing work on the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT Project and suspending the RFQ process while we await direction from the Mayors’ Council and the TransLink Board.” See more >
Lone Surrey First councillor Linda Annis supported both of @safesurrey2018’s motions tonight (to pull out of RCMP and “cancel” LRT). We asked her why. #surreubc pic.twitter.com/iCiddo79h7
— Surrey Now-Leader (@SurreyNowLeader) November 6, 2018
5. U.S. helicopter tracks border-running truck to Metro Vancouver
A motorist who blasted through Peace Arch border crossing this afternoon in Surrey is in custody after a five-tonne truck rolled over in north Maple Ridge. See more >
