The Semiahmoo Peninsula

where you can vacation - and be home the same day

 

Weekend Update

Year of the Dragon festivities take over our weekend planner. From Surrey, through Richmond and culminating with the giant parade in Chinatown in Vancouver on Sunday.

The Surrey Eagles have a pair of home games this weekend. Or maybe a movie at the retro theatre THE CLOVA in Cloverdale (details)

 

Night Owl

Sunday afternoon a touch of the Yale Blues Club comes to the White Rock waterfront with THE BLUE VOODOO.

(Come On In)

 

Meet The Merchants

Claudia and Jin Cho are looking forward to settling into the White Rock community. Coming from a small town in the Cariboo the owners of the new coffee shop on the White Rock waterfront can't wait to meet you. (More Info)

White's exclusively serves SALT SPRING COFFEE.

The Salt Spring Coffee Company story

 

Recipe

South of the border down Mexico way, there is a beautiful little town on the Baja by the name of Todos Santos. For years it has been a gathering place for artists who make their home on the Baja. We love it down there and keep in touch and get our regular fix of baja life through a number of online portals. Today from Building in Baja - a pair of wonderful asparagus recipes. See you at the Bread Box for some fresh asparagus. (Recipes)

Visit Building In Baja

 

Local News

Mayor Baldwin Welcomes MP Russ Hiebert To THE ROCK

The federal government made a number of contributions to the upgrading of a pair of structures in White Rock last year. This week MP RUSS HIEBERT came by to meet White Rock's new Mayor Wayne Baldwin and have a look at the facilities.

(read more)

 

Heavy Police Presence At Two Local Funerals

Police had a heavy presence at the funeral Thursday for alleged gangster SANDIP DUHRE held in Newton at the Valley View Cemetery.

In South Surrey members of the RCMP were on hand to honour the family and memory of DAVE BROLIN a fellow officer, who was killed in a helicopter crash near Cultus Lake. The RCMP has set up an online book of condolences for BROLIN'S family (click here)

 

CST Calls Upon Medical Experts in BC to Protect Their Patients

Citizens for Safe Technology Society (CST) has launched a Human Rights action against BC Hydro requesting accommodation of individuals refusing a wireless "smart meter" for health reasons. These are persons with a variety of health concerns ranging from cancer to heart problems, from seizures to electrosensitivity, and who have medical letters from their doctors requesting BC Hydro accommodate their health conditions by allowing an analogue meter to remain.

For more information on the CST initiative, join the movement tomorrow evening for a dinner meeting (details)

 

Home Stretch

Surrey MLA Jagrup Brar is in the final week of his welfare challenge. BRAR in an effort to publicize the shortcomings of welfare rates in British Columbia spent the first two weeks living in the Whalley area of Surrey. For the past two weeks he has lived in Canada's poorest postal code, Vancouver's downtown east side.

This week with just a few dollars left to live on for a week, BRAR took a tour of accommodations on the downtown east side. A CBC television crew was in tow. (take the tour)

 

BC Ferries Operations - Under The Knife?

With the resignation of former BC Ferries chief DAVID HAHN, a new panel has come up with 24 recommendations to streamline the operation of the coastal transportation system. Some of the recommendations are not going to sit well with the frequent sailers.

(read the report)

 

Does The Future of Whalley/Central City Include Massive High rise Development?

Is it possible the area around the new library and future home of Surrey's City Hall include a 54 storey high rise?

The long range plans for the centralized city developments in Surrey are starting to take shape. (The Future Is Here)

Sports

This evening at BC Place Canada's National Women's Soccer team meets Mexico in the Olympic qualification tournament. Canada has only lost to Mexico once in 18 playoff games. The problem is that one loss occurred in 2004 and prevented them from qualifying for the 2004 Olympics.

In the run up to this evening's game, a huge contingency of Mexicans were on hand to cheer on their national team. If you can't make it out to BC Place you can watch it on TV (more info)

 

NHL All Star Weekend

For the complete schedule of all the events of the NHL All Star Weekend (Click Here)

Our Surrey Eagles have a pair of home games this weekend at the South Surrey Arena.

Friday 7 p.m. Trail / Sunday 4 p.m. Victoria

(Click Here)

 

Chesney's Chestnuts

Two college basketball players were taking an important final exam. If they failed, they would be on academic probation and not allowed to play in the big game the following week. The exam was fill-in-the-blank.

The last question read, "Old MacDonald had a ________."

Bubba was stumped. He had no idea what to answer. But he knew he needed to get this one right to be sure he passed.

Making sure the professor wasn't watching, he tapped Tiny on the shoulder. "Pssst. Tiny. What's the answer to the last question?"

Tiny laughed. He looked around to make sure the professor hadn't noticed then he turned to Bubba. "Bubba, you're so stupid. Everyone knows Old MacDonald had a FARM."

"Oh yeah," said Bubba. "I remember now."

He picked up his No. 2 pencil and started to write the answer in the blank. He stopped. Tapping Tiny's shoulder again, he whispered, "Tiny, how do you spell farm?"

"You are really dumb, Bubba. That's so easy. Farm is spelled E-I-E-I-O."

 

 

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