Special Council Meeting And Public Hearing For Official Community Plan Bylaw
A Special Council meeting and Public Hearing was held last afternoon at our community centre/council chambers for Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 2511.
A number of members of the public took the time to appear in person or to submit letters to the city reflecting their visions for the future development of White Rock.
Following the PUBLIC HEARING White Rock council reconvened the meeting of council to either adopt the presented Official Community Plan, or to defer a decision.
Councillor TREVEYLAN put forward a motion to defer the decision until the next regular council meeting which will be on Monday March 8.
The vote was supported unanimously.
The meeting ended with staff reminding council they could not receive any new information now that the decision had been deferred.
Local MLA Trevor Halford hosted a town hall meeting last evening on mental health problems, addictions and housing supports in our community. Halford was joined by fellow MLA Claire Rattée who revealed her own personal challenges of being homeless on the downtown east-side. Rattée has made the long journey to the hallowed halls of the Legislature in Victoria from a very desperate life. She spoke from personal experience.
It was a full house at the ELKS HALLL on George street. A wide variety of speakers had comments and questions about supportive housing, mental health services, wrap around care and the challenges people are facing.
February 27, 2026
Sally Ann Reopens
White Rock's largest retail outlet the Salvation Army retail outlet, reopened yesterday after their two week closure to refurbish the popular shopping location in mid town White Rock.
Kelly Breaks photo
Massive crowds anxiously anticipated the reopening and turned out in droves in search of slightly loved merchandise.
White Rock & The Semiahmoo Peninsula has the largest Second Hand/Turnabout/Thrift store locations per capita in the Lower Mainland.
February 26, 2026
Banner Year
The South Surrey high traffic corridors will soon be brightened up with stunning new street banners. The city of Surrey has chosen artist JULIA VAILEVA to design the city's 2026 public art banners.
The design is called Flora in Motion and will feature bright butterfly wings made up of local BC plants Pacific Bleeding Heart and the Nootka Rose. Approximately 100 poles throughout Surrey will be feature the new artwork this Spring.
The City of White Rock invites submissions from local artists for its 2026 Street Banner Program
Applicants are encouraged to explore one or more of this year’s themes: Nature; The City; History; Arts + Culture. Selected designs will be displayed for two years, rotating between spring–summer and fall–winter seasons.
“The Street Banner Program offers a unique opportunity to highlight the deep connection local artists have to White Rock,” said Mayor Megan Knight. “We welcome submissions from anyone interested in helping bring colour and character to our neighbourhoods.”
Street banners featuring community artwork are showcased across four neighbourhoods:
Uptown
Five Corners
West Beach
East Beach
The program is open to residents of White Rock and South Surrey, with applications accepted until March 22, 2026.
Submissions will be reviewed by a volunteer adjudication committee made up of community members, Public Art and Culture Advisory Committee representatives, and local artists. Selected artists will receive an honorarium and a printed street banner featuring their design.
As we often do when the weather is nice and the horizon clear, we went down to the wild side of Crescent Beach last week to watch the sunset. With the increasing hours of light and changing tides, when we got to the shore near the Christopherson Steps we were pleasantly surprised to see that the tide was out. This meant dry sandbars for a nice easy walk surrounded by tidal pools and eelgrass beds, plus more colourful pictures with reflections off the water. While focused on taking pictures of the colours of the sunset, once the colour had faded we turned around to head back home. That was when I noticed large holes in the sand all around the perimeter of the sandbar we were walking on. It was obvious that these were not a natural phenomenon and had been created by people digging for bi-valve shellfish. Just in the small area we were in, I quickly counted over 100 of these large dig holes.
Genisea Rush photo
Kelly Breaks photo
