Canada

Within the next two decades, Surrey is poised to overtake Vancouver as B.C.'s biggest city. The last municipal election showed a desire for change, fuelled in part by lingering concerns about public safety, the future of the RCMP and the direction of growth. This week, we asked reporter Jason Proctor to spend time at Surrey's courthouse to see how the cases heard inside reflect the challenges facing the community.

It's Wednesday morning and the lineup outside the Surrey courthouse looks like the queue for a concert, complete with a weapons-check for the teenagers waiting to get inside.

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A 32-year-old man is in hospital after he was shot during what police call a 'brazen robbery' at a cannabis dispensary in East Vancouver Sunday night.

According to Vancouver police, two suspects disguised with masks entered the Stepping Stone Holistic Living store near Kingsway and Clarendon Street around 5:00 p.m.

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