WEATHER WATCH for Tuesday, June 17, 2025:
Environment Canada is forecasting a mix of sun and cloud for today, with an easterly breeze that's expected to ease off this afternoon. The temperature is projected to hit a high of 19 C, dipping to a low of 14 C overnight. Tonight also holds a 70 per cent chance of showers.
5 STORIES that are making headlines:
1. Extortion-focused Surrey safety forum draws local residents, politicians
Concerned South Asian business owners, local residents, and municipal, provincial and federal representatives gathered for the forum, which followed a recent surge in reported extortion threats against the community.
2. Inquest into in-custody White Rock death postponed
Fifty-eight-year-old Patricia Ann Wilson was found unresponsive the morning of March 29, 2016, following "events involving civilian jail guards and members of the White Rock RCMP."
3. 9 free concerts bring Sounds of Summer to Surrey parks, plazas, gardens
Sounds of Summer kicks off Wednesday, July 2 with Ben Jazz Trio at The Glades Woodland Garden, 457 172 St. in South Surrey, featuring dynamic bandleader Ben Dunnill.
4. Surrey eyes year-round schools to cope with 'space crunch'
Year-round or "tri-semester" schooling would mean that students at each school would be divided into multiple cohorts, with each group beginning and ending their school years at different times.
5. High school students help tackle invasive species in White Rock park
Green Teams of Canada's Lower Mainland Green Team and the City of White Rock are engaging both local youth and the wider community to tackle Small balsam.
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