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October 07, 2025Free outdoor skating rink coming to Surrey Civic Plaza
Residents and visitors can lace up for free outdoor skating this winter at the new 4,000-square-foot rink at Surrey Civic Plaza. The rink will debut during the City’s Tree Lighting Festival on November 22–23 and operate for 12 weeks as a pilot project.Skaters will find a welcoming atmosphere with food trucks, hot chocolate, comfortable seating, and on-site staff providing skate and helmet rentals and ensuring a safe, enjoyable experience for all.As a pilot, the rink will help the City evaluate programming, attendance, and economic benefits in support of Council’s broader City Centre activation strategy. Additional details, including hours and programming, will be shared in early November.
Crescent Rock Beach Naturists Monday October 06, 2025
Another day in paradise, 28 C in the shade most of the day.
Police Investigate Shots Fired
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October 02, 20925
Dogs On The Promenade
It’s October which means dogs are now permitted on-leash at the promenade!
When you visit the waterfront with your furry friend, ensure they are on a leash no longer than 2 metres, and don’t forget to clean up after them.
For more details about dogs in White Rock, visit https://gmail.com/53e4mvje.
Proposed Affordable Housing Development
BC Housing, in partnership with the City of Surrey and Fraser Health, is proposing to build 260 new homes on two lots located in Semiahmoo Town Centre, at 15238 19th Avenue and 1880 152nd Street. This project is an important part of our continued effort to address and prevent homelessness in the community and improve access to health services, including mental health and substance-use services.
The mixed-use development would include:
· 200 affordable studio, 1-, 2- and 3-bedroom homes (TBD)
· 40 supportive studio homes
· 20 studio homes with Complex Care Housing (CCH) services
BC Housing will design an attractive, welcoming building that fits into the local neighbourhood.
Learn more about this project below or by visiting letstalkhousingbc.ca/surrey-semiahmoo-town-centre
Drop-In Community Information Session
We are inviting neighbours, local businesses and other interested community members to join us for a drop-in community information session to learn more about this project.
· Date: Thursday, October 16
· Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm
· Venue: Gymnasium at 1739 148 St, Surrey, BC V4A 4M6
· Register: Semiahmoo_Town_Centre_Open_House.eventbrite.ca.
Registration is not required but preferred for planning purposes.
Affordable rental housing
This building would provide 200 new rental homes for low- and moderate-income households in Surrey prioritizing seniors, people with disabilities and families. Residents would need to meet income and household size criteria and be able to live independently without on-site supports.
Supportive housing
The 40 supportive homes in this building would be studio apartments for local adults (19+) including seniors and people with disabilities or any others who need supports to maintain stable housing. All residents pay rent and sign program agreements. Typical supports include 24/7 staffing, meal programs, life skills and employment training and on-site wellness services, including referral pathways to substance-use treatment and recovery.
Complex Care Housing (CCH)
CCH offers a similar environment to supportive housing but with enhanced health, cultural, and social supports that are tailored to residents’ individual needs and goals. CCH residents are adults (19+) of all genders living with overlapping mental health and/or substance use challenges and other health needs. CCH residents can benefit from various supports to maintain stable housing. In CCH, Fraser Health will deliver on–site health services seven-days-a-week. These supports are available to residents for as long as they need.
Non-profit housing operator
BC Housing will select an experienced non-profit housing operator through a fair and open process to manage the entire building and provide support services to residents, including daily meals, life skills training, and social, cultural and recreational programs.
Stay in touch
BC Housing and the City of Surrey will continue to reach out to area neighbours with updates and keep lines of communication open throughout this project. We look forward to celebrating these new homes with the community.
Keep up to date about this project and view our Community FAQ by visiting letstalkhousingbc.ca/surrey-semiahmoo-town-centre or by scanning the QR code. Note: This webpage will be published on September 12, 2025.
If you have any questions about this proposed development or would like to be added to our contact list for future project updates, please email communityrelations@bchousing.org
Whale of a Time In Semiahmoo Bay
Submitted by SUZI LORI
I wanna give you guys a little update on our whale, who has now officially been in our bay for 13 straight days. It was first seen the morning of Sept 19th off west beach, and again that evening by a group of paddle-boarders, myself included, and it has basically been seen every single day since, Friday Sept 19th to yesterday, October 1st.
Today (Thursday ) will officially be two weeks of it feeding in our bay.
The obvious speculation was that it was a gray whale, who know our bay well from frequenting here in the spring and who was likely fueling up for a few days before the big migration south. Also to note, researchers in the Salish Sea have confirmed that not all of our gray whale population is migrating, some are staying back here now in the winter. So.. okay maybe this was a gray whale who was not going to migrate and just stay here and eat? The bait balls of fish out in the bay right now are huge!! It’s a feast out there.
A little back story about me, I’m obsessed with whales. I’ve spent time with easily over 100+ humpbacks, I have their swimming pattern, their feeding pattern, their body shape and size, their blow, quite literally everything about them memorized and engraved in my brain- they are my favorite animal in the entire world. Immediately to me, this whale was not a humpback. It’s not doing anything that humpbacks do or that I’ve ever seen in my time with humpbacks. By about day two of seeing this thing I had narrowed it down that it wasn’t a humpback. By about day 3-4 I started highly questioning if this thing was even a gray whale. I’ve spent time with about 20 gray whales now in the last few years, from the two who frequent our bay here in Semiahmoo (CRC-2383 and CRC-2557), to ones that frequent off of Victoria, to “Little Patch” who spent a lot of time this spring off West Vancouver, to lots of gray whales out off Tofino. I have videos and photos of them all.
This whale in our bay certainly is not surfacing, swimming or feeding like a gray whale.
I remember seeing two different posts from September 15th just south of our bay by the San Juan Islands in the U.S., they spotted and photographed a fin whale.. the rare, endangered, second largest whale in the world.
I thought to myself.. could this be??? But I tried not to let my mind wander there. Fin whales generally live very far offshore and aren’t spotted over here often.
But one was.. a few days before this whale arrived.
I immersed myself into learning everything there is to learn about fin whales, I stay up late at night obsessing, reading research papers about them and watching footage of them. Could this be? Could this actually be a fin whale? I allowed myself add a fin whale into my official list of suspicions as to what this whale could be.
Several whale experts are now starting to think this may actually be the fin whale. Again, we don’t know for sure because it’s so elusive, incredibly hard to photograph or video..
If anyone has videos/photos of this whale’s body coming out of the water, please send them over.
editor@whiterocksun.com
Pier Lighting Requests Now Open
Pier lighting applications are now open for 2026, and community non-profit groups are invited to submit their requests from October 1 to November 30, 2025.The Pier features coloured lights that enhances the beauty of the waterfront and celebrates annual occasions and/or builds awareness for registered not-for profit (NPO) causes that are important to the White Rock community and its visitors.To apply: submit your application online.Review the White Rock Pier lighting policy to ensure your request aligns with the guidelines.Please note: Applicants will be notified in January if their application has been approved. Applications will only be accepted during the designated intake period. Requests submitted outside of October 1 to November 30, 2025, will not be considered. |
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Cop Shop Talk
Slowly but surely the Surrey Police Service are taking over policing from the RCMP for the City of Surrey. As of late July, the SPS began servicing the area south of the Serpentine River west of 152 St. to Hwy. 99 and west of Hwy. 99 south to the Canada/USA border at the Peace Arch Crossing. This includes the Semiahmoo First Nation while excluding the City of White Rock where the RCMP will remain the police of jurisdiction (POJ). For the other areas of South Surrey east of this area, the RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit (SPOSU) will continue patrolling and responding to calls. In 2026 the SPS plans to take over policing in Cloverdale as they continue to expand their operations to eventually take over all of the City of Surrey. For more information on Surrey’s continuing policing transition, visit www.surreypolice.ca/policing-transition.
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