Various Surrey Stuff.

[Greg Carr]

The garbage recycling box at 76th and KGH NE corner has been replaced by a traditional garbage can. As I walked by there yesterday a guy with a Hustle Gang jacket was selling drugs to a shivering, scared looking young White guy behind the garbage can.

The strip mall where the White Hart Pub is located is much improved it used to be the worst in Surrey. The White Hart was having a bingo night so I left without ordering anything. There is a new bar/restaurant/beer store at the strip mall all the windows are covered with metal screening to prevent it being firebombed the only bar or restaurant like that in Surrey. Indo Ppl hanging around doing nothing all the White Hart employees and customers were Caucasian. The tire store has removed all the old tires and rims that used to be out front. There is a church right next to the White Hart Pub.

Various ppl insulted or threatened me more ppl said hi and some ppl in New West expressed concern about crime at the New West Skytrain station I saw 6 ppl openly drinking at the Skytrain station there was a Skytrain attendant on the main platform doing nothing.

There is a farm on 132 St. not visible from the st because of trees and fencing most of the large field is fallow. The farm next to it 9.7 acres is for sale there is cattle and a lot of wrecked vehicles.

[Greg Carr]

Went to Green Timbers Pub enjoyed it. But at the height of a Friday neight there were only 8 customers. Last call was 11:30 PM unthinkable before Wuhan. They have a darts league there I am not into darts.

Saw Jeremy Dyck's ugly stupid Mom driving her blue 70''s blue car on 137 St today her son the drug dealer no doubt bum holes her he sells drugs she is a granny crust whore. Jill Lucien his pig girlfriend is the best he can do for bar cover. Jeremy Dyck the drug dealer lives in a building at 13740 76th Ave. with Mommy with a dildo. No one in the neighbourhood says anything nice about these criminals. The RCMP don't seem to care. Jeremy Dyck complains about RCMP harassments. Take a side.

I was impressed by the red van in East Van and the retro police car in Edmonton. Mel Hanke is silent.

Picked up litter around the neighbourhood.

Thanks to the people who said hi.

[Greg Carr]

CRIME
New Westminster armed robbery sends one victim to hospital

By Darrian Matassa-Fung Global News
Posted July 14, 2022 7:16 am

New Westminster police are looking for two suspects who robbed three people at gunpoint on July 11, 2022. Handout/New Westminster Police Department

Two suspects armed with firearms committed a robbery and an assault on the corner of Clarkson and McKenzie streets in downtown New Westminster on Monday, police say.

A group of three reported to police at about 8:30 p.m. that they were robbed by two armed people, police said.

“One suspect pointed a firearm at one of the victims and struck him in the face before taking the victim’s bag, Sgt. Justine Thom said.

“As the suspects walked away from the group with the victim’s bag they pointed their firearms at another person who was walking down the street and asked this person what valuables they had on them.”

The suspects then left the area heading west towards Begbie Street, according to police.

One victim was transported to hospital.


Police are looking for any potential witnesses and CCTV footage from the area.

Police described the first suspect as a man, 30 to 40 years old, with a stocky build, standing approximately five feet nine inches, wearing a black puffer-style jacket, jeans, and black hat.

The second suspect is described as a woman, 25 to 35 years old, with a stocky build, five feet six inches tall, with blonde or red hair, wearing dark eye makeup and black clothes, and carrying a green purse.

The suspects and victims were not known to each other, police said.

Anyone with potential information is being asked to contact the New Westminster Police Department at 604-525-5411.

https://globalnews.ca/news/8989635/new-westminster-armed-robbery/

They are on a crime spree New West Station has video cameras so why haven't the fuzz released pics of the robbers?

Robbers threaten to throw woman off fourth-floor railing near New West SkyTrain station
They demanded cigarettes and a transit pass.

Author of the article:Cheryl Chan
Publishing date:Jul 15, 2022 • 22 hours ago • 1 minute read • Join the conversation

New Westminster Police are investigating a robbery at the Shop at New West at New Westminster SkyTrain Station on July 9. PHOTO BY JASON PAYNE /PNG
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Police are investigating after a trio of robbers threatened to throw a woman off a fourth-floor railing near the New Westminster SkyTrain station.

The woman was standing outside an ATM inside Shops at New West, a shopping centre adjacent to the SkyTrain station, at around 8 p.m. on July 9 when she was approached by three people who asked her for cigarettes and a transit pass.

One of them threatened to throw the woman off the nearby fourth-floor railing if she didn’t comply with their demands, said police. The woman gave them the cigarettes and a transit pass.

We’re growing very concerned about the recent increase in these kinds of robberies,” said Sgt. Justine Thom of the New Westminster Police Department in a statement. “This is the third robbery in the past week.”

There was a robbery two days later in downtown New Westminster involving a man and a woman brandishing a firearm, and another robbery on July 13 at Royal City Centre mall. In that incident, both the robbers and the victim are youth, said Thom.

“It is very unusual for us to see this number of robberies in such a short time span,” she said.

She said investigators are reviewing robbery files and canvassing the area for CCTV footage. They are also liaising with other police agencies, including transit police, to identify the suspects in the SkyTrain station robbery.

Police are looking for three people in this incident. They are described as: a white man, 30 to 40 years old, with brown hair and facial hair wearing a white shirt and jeans; a white woman, slim, about 5-feet-8, with brown hair in a ponytail; and a white man, 20 to 30 years old, about six-feet tall with brown hair and a red sweater.

Anyone who witnessed this incident or have CCTV footage is asked to contact New Westminster police at 604-525-5411.

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https://globalnews.ca/news/8989635/new-westminster-armed-robbery/

Surrey city staff to assess all agricultural land, with a view to protect it
Council passed Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum’s motion on Monday

TOM ZYTARUKJul. 11, 2022 10:19 p.m.LOCAL NEWSNEWS


Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum has asked city staff to assess all of the city’s agricultural “food-producing land” with a view toward protecting it “with the purpose of addressing future food security requirements.”

His motion was passed by council Monday night.

McCallum added that because protecting “high-yield” agricultural land is fundamental to ensuring food security in Surrey, he also moved that 220 acres of “exceptionally fertile” farmland located at 192 Street and 36 Avenue be designated as agricultural as part of the Official Community Plan review to take place next year.

“In addition I propose that the city work with the federal and provincial governments to move towards bringing these lands into the Agricultural Land Reserve,” he said. This was also passed.

Coun. Linda Annis noted the 220 acres in South Surrey is “hugely valuable” in that it produces the “very first” root crop vegetables in all of western Canada and supplies vegetable to much of western Canada.

“So this is fantastic news, so thank you for bringing this motion forward,” she told McCallum. “I do know that the land is up for sale, it’s surplus lands from the federal government, so I’m hoping as part of the work that the city will do with the federal government and provincial government is not only to bring it into the ALR but also to either secure the purchase of it or to get the federal government to retain ownership of it just to ensure it remains in the ALR into perpetuity.”

Coun. Brenda Locke said she would rather have seen this come to council in the form of a corporate report “outlined in an appropriate way that describes the process and I think we’re just a little bit ahead of ourselves on this motion although I will obviously support it.”

If Surrey is thinking it will purchase the land, she said, “we’re almost fourth in line. First Nations comes first, and then the province, and then the city.”

Coun. Steven Pettigrew said he’s “very excited” to see council get behind McCallum’s motion and have staff evaluate the city’s agricultural land “and see if we can preserve that.”

Coun. Laurie Guerra said “this is the right thing to do, at the right time to do it. What we can do as a city is work on the zoning, that is what we have the power to do.”

McCallum noted the city cannot put the 220 acres into the ALR because that has to be done by the landowner, in this case the federal government.

“And that’s why the wording in this motion is to work with the federal government and the provincial government to at least let them know our intent, that we feel our citizens want to see this land used for.”

As the Oct. 15 civic election approaches, competing slates quickly fired off press releases. Under the heading “Doug Gets It Done,” the Safe Surrey Coalition’s press release said the SSC promised voters in 2018 to “Pause Development and to only proceed with Smart Development” and it is “taking concrete steps to protect our food security and farming jobs for future generations.”

Surrey Connect’s press release noted that while there is “no doubt” the federally-owned farmland in Campbell Heights “should and must be preserved,” it is “disingenuous in the extreme for politicians to now, with less than 100 days until the next election, to bring this complex issue forward and jeopardizes everyone’s’ negotiating position.

“This land is and has been designated as Industrial Land in the City of Surrey’s Official Community Plan (OCP) since 1966, and during McCallums’ previous tenure as Mayor,” the Surrey Connect press release adds.

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AGRICULTURAL LAND RESERVEAGRICULTURE

https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/surrey-city-staff-to-assess-all-agricultural-land-with-a-view-to-protect-it/

The farmland on 152 St. and east some of it has been fallow 6 years at least.