Looking for somewhere around Surrey/Delta/New West that actually wants items that are sanitary (laundered) but stained/ripped so not worthwhile for a charity shop to resell to the public.

AFAIK most organizations including Return-It BC no longer want this sort of thing because it requires space and staff to manage for too little profit. Fair enough, I'm just not sure what to do with it now besides putting it in the trash, which feels like the wrong answer.

I need this stuff gone in one shot. I already repurpose what I can and I'm not interested in Marketplacing my leftover near-garbage.

Where can I find cantonese classes for my 5 year old? Preferably classroom setting in south surrey but willing to travel or hire a private tutor to come to our place

I've been a resident of this city for my entire pre-teens and now all the way up to my adult life.

During this time, I saw the city change (for better or for worse). And now we're all witnessing another right before our eyes: a new police department. What I might say might get disliked as there will be people disagreeing with me but that's fine by me.

Firstly, I want to say that I don't think we should switched to SPS. I feel like RCMP was and is much better and this transition was a mess. Many critics would like to point out all the drug addicts and homelessness on the streets as evidence of RCMP failings: they are wrong. It's a political issue not a policing issue; if cops arrest them, they ate right back on the streets, they can't do much. Look at Vancouver and their own police department and how bad it is. There are was a report that I read a while ago that said the VPD are reportedly avoiding to patrol some areas of Vancouver that are known to have higher crime rates because it scares them.

While the RCMP has been heavily patrolling the Surrey Central area which is known for having a lot of drug addicts and higher crime rates. Surrey has also been RCMP's largest detachment with over 1,000 officers and it'll take YEARS for Surrey to get there and they are raising our taxes to help cover it.

Is RCMP perfect? No. God no. But in my experience, if you look at Edmonton police that are always going through new police chiefs and corruption scandals; Toronto Police that take hours to respond to some calls (and they take hours to respond to ALL no -emergency calls), Ottawa Police that also have slow response times; I feel like Surrey will EVENTUALLY go down the same path.

Many like to bring up accountability but accountability doesn't mean anything if SPS will struggle to respond to calls, which my very first impression of SPS... they already been struggling to respond (see more about this down below).

My experience with RCMP has been great. I've had my fair share of 911 and Non-Emergency calls with RCMP in Surrey. 911 calls they will respond under 4 minutes, non-emergency they normally came within 10 minutes; they've always responded to whatever I called about. I've had a drunk driver arrested from calling the RCMP and 10 minutes later, the moment I arrived home, an RCMP officer called me and thanked me for reporting that driver as he was heavily intoxicated.

Now, last week, I made a non-emergency phone call to SPS about a noise complaint with a neighbour who was singing horribly at 2AM on a Monday when we all needed to sleep and go to school and work. The dispatcher told me that "it will take some time as all of the officers ate busy". 1 hour goes by and nobody shows up. Seems very similar to Toronto Police Service if you ask me. Now, I know they say there is no disruption to police calls, but that might be for 911, not sure how they are communicating with non-emergency because I doubt they notified RCMP, they just notified other SPS officers is what I'm suspecting. I don't think SPS ever even showed up and the neighbours just got bored and went back inside their home around 3-4AM.

If that's a taste of the response time and "service" we can expect then I'm scared for this city. I've been thinking of moving to Langley because they still got RCMP and less population.

But yeah, that's just my two cents, thanks for listening to my rant.

hello! I'm going to mexico on monday and I want to take a small amount of pesos in cash ($300 cdn) with me. what is a good currency exchange with fair rates? preferably in guildford or city centre

i'm ok with going to a bank but would prefer going somewhere that's open until after 4pm today or open tomorrow

thanks :-)

The jurisdiction for Surrey Police now is for Whalley and Newton only. RCMP still control Guilford, Cloverdale, and South Surrey.

I've heard lots of confusion of people believing it's for all of Surrey, so wanted to put this info out.

Today I bought some steak at the store, and I will admit I hastily read the tag even though I thought to myself “that’s a decent price for rib eyes”. When I was putting it into the fridge at home I noticed it said Imported and I’m curious about it because they’re calling it Western Canadian, but then it’s imported.

So is Western Canadian the brand, like a version of their Western Family brand? Or does anyone have any ideas where the beef could be imported from? Just generally curious and wasn’t allowed to post in the SaveOnFoods subreddit. Thanks

Anyone have any news articles or anything about the train blocking crescent? I have an employee stuck that can't get out and get to work.

He said the police are now there.

Hey, I haven't moved much in the last 10 years or so, and I keep thinking I should go back to some weights since I hate pretty much every other form of exercise. Wanted to get some feedback on if Club16 a Central is any decent? Closing at 10 seems super early to me. Ideally I'd like to start around 8pm and not have to wait much between stations (free weights, machines, cables). And preferably shower there rather than home.

Is there a space where I can put an EZ bar or something on my neck and do walking lunges circuits (like 5x60)?

Also notice on the website that they membership says personal trainer*. But doesn't clarify what the asterisk means. I'd probably want to touch base with a trainer every month or so to tweak programs and technique.

Hi, my son is lactose intolerant, but really wants a sit down ice cream place to go to. Normally, we would try the ones out by crescent beach, but not too helpful in the winter. Anyone have any good places we can try out?