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Premier John Horgan outlined his government’s four-step re-opening program Tuesday with the caveat that B.C. doesn’t want to “lurch forward only to have to lurch back.” “It’s been over a year that we asked everyone to do their part by staying apart,” he said. “And today we begin the road of bringing British Columbians back together.”
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FULL COVERAGE ONLINE AT SURREYNOWLEADER.COM Horgan said it won’t be done all at once, but slowly. “I want to reassure everyone that there is still a lot of anxiety in the community around COVID-19 and that’s appropriate. This is a disease that has taken over 1,600 lives and it’s disrupted all of us for 15 months, and it won’t disappear tomorrow,” he said. Continued on A4
Residents of Surrey’s Fleetwood neighbourhood were on alert Saturday after a family of bears was photographed roaming the area. Photos and videos of a mother and her two cubs began circulating online shortly after 12 p.m. The animals were spotted near 164th Avenue and 85th Street. This photo was submitted by one of the community’s Block Watch groups. Black Press Media had yet to hear back from the Ministry of Environment by press time.
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The Surrey Police Service is already on the B.C. Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner’s radar despite not yet being an active police force. During the public portion of the May 18 Surrey Police Board meeting – which ran just over 18 minutes before the remainder of the meeting moved into a session that was closed to the public – executive director Melissa Granum presented a report concerning how the OPCC functions, under Section 168 of the Police Act, and how members of the public can register complaints. But some people have already figured out how. Paul Daynes, campaign manag-
er of Keep the RCMP in Surrey, lodged complaints on April 22 and May 6 against the SPS on grounds it is not using polygraph exams for screening applicants and is not complying with the terms and conditions of the Surrey Police Transition plan that was approved by B.C. Solicitor General and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth. z See DIVERSITY, page 9 “I am very pleased with the response,” Daynes told the Now-Leader of the OPCC’s reaction. “They (SPS) are confusing people by not making it clear that they’re non-operational. “Failing to adequately screen candidates utilizing polygraphs is compromising public safety,” he charged. Meantime, the board is also drawing criticism for approving a 2.5-per-cent wage increase for Surrey Police Service officers effective Jan. 1, 2022. Continued on A9