The community is debating whether the $300,000 set aside ten years ago to bring a grocery store to the island could be better spent elsewhere.
ACORN members in Surrey's Newton neighborhood got together to brainstorm for the first few months of 2017.
Surrey ACORN members braved the weather Thursday night to attend the community safety forum.
This week the city of Surrey announced a team of 16 dedicated law enforcement officers to patrol the areas around the Whalley strip- however 'home base' for those officers will be steps away from a proposed safe injection site.
The only public supervised-consumption site proposed for Surrey would be steps from the home base of a new and dedicated team of 16 law enforcement officers in an area where police have clashed with the homeless and drug users.
Le prix de la colère
Anti-poverty group ACORN launched a new campaign today calling on the province to do more for low-income people struggling to pay high hydro bills.
ACORN is kicking off its province-wide Energy is Essential campaign!
It's been nearly one year since the Ontario government created a subsidy to help people pay their hydro bills.
Les manifestants à Queen's Park ont brandi des affiches blâmant directement la première ministre de l'Ontario, Kathleen Wynne, pour les prix de l'électricité.