
Surrey Journalist at the Vancouver Sun • interested in social issues • She/Her • opinions expressed are mine • send story ideas/tips to [email protected]
Surrey, British Columbia
Joined October 2021
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Canada's leaky border:
Extortion-related violence peaked in January in Surrey, B.C. That month police recorded 44 extortion threats, 10 involving shootings.
Since then there has been a decline. What caused it? @CanBorder "issued 188 removal orders and deported 111 individuals related to extortion cases."
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"More needed to ensure worker safety during B.C. heat warnings: Critics" as told by @SobiaMoman via @VancouverSun
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"Owners of the home, listed as Mohammed Maqsood Sheikh and Saman Rukh, built 6 self-contained units... and a 2-storey addition, all without permits," according to @CityofSurrey.
“I have hardships to pay all the taxes and expenses. My pension is only $1,500,” said Sheikh.
Distressing story by @SobiaMoman.
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Second Surrey Police Board member resigns after Chief Lipinski's surprising ouster. vancouversun.com/news/surrey… via @VancouverSun
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Former Surrey police chief Norm Lipinski says ouster was 'not the way' he hoped to leave in farewell letter vancouversun.com/news/former…
So many unanswered questions in the ouster of Surrey Police Chief Norm Lipinski, including why and how much this will cost. Story from my colleague @SobiaMoman vancouversun.com/news/surrey… via @VancouverSun
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Surrey school board sidestepping questions on superintendent's 'outrageous' pay raise vancouversun.com/news/surrey…
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Surrey school district superintendent highest paid in B.C., earning more than $500,000 vancouversun.com/news/surrey…
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A couple of Canadian journalists (myself included) have started a fundraiser for local Tumbler Ridge journalist Trent Ernst. Since the shooting, he's stopped writing. We're hoping to get him some short-term support for these hard times.
Donate here: gofundme.com/f/support-trent…
Heartbreaking to read these reflections from Tumbler Ridge local newsman Trent Ernst. All strength to him as the town he reports in & on daily enters the global spotlight. You can support his hyperlocal journalism (which is so vital and so lacking) here: tumblerridgelines.com/suppor…
So much news around the world, but BC has just had its worse school shooting ever in Tumbler Ridge. Nine victims plus a shooter dead. 6 and shooter found in the secondary school, one died en route to hospital, 2 others found dead at a residence. My thoughts are with all impacted
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Exhibit on Indian caste system reflects 'truth' of South Asian discrimination against Dalits ('untouchables'), say curators Lal & Sharanjit Sandhra of
@liuinstituteUBC.
Good story by @SobiaMoman
Some gurdwaras upset.
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Peace Arch News & @SurreyNowLeader have won some national recognition in the 2025 Canadian Community Newsmedia Awards 🗞️🇨🇦
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Story from my colleague @sobiamoman B.C. announces task force into extortions in the South Asian community vancouversun.com/news/bc-new… via @VancouverSun
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New call to rename Surrey school honouring politician who advocated incarceration of Japanese Canadians vancouversun.com/news/call-r…
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Israel has “killed more journalists than the U.S. Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined” watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/…
This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.
I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.
I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.
I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.
I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.
I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.
I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.
O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.
Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.
Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025
This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.
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Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqea were just killed in an Israeli strike outside of Shifa hospital.
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Surrey affordable housing being replaced with not-so-affordable condos vancouversun.com/news/surrey…
Today is sadly my last day @PeaceArchNews. While leaving my amazing team is immensely difficult, I am excited to be starting with The Vancouver Sun/The Province on Monday as their new Surrey reporter and am extremely grateful to continue reporting on and in the community I love.
IHIT has confirmed this shooting — which has killed 21-year-old Bilal Hameed (known to police)— is not extortion-related, which has been the case recently in Surrey, but is likely linked to organized crime.
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Surrey Police are currently on scene of a shots-fired incident in a residential neighbourhood in Whalley. Nearly a dozen police cars and ambulance vehicles have the street blocked off to traffic as cops investigate, as of 8:15pm tonight (June 26).
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