# Politics: Vancouver

Updated Fri Nov 6, 5:58 PM Pacific. Most important first.

- [Surrey council votes on $17.5M contract for medicine school](/vancouver/stories/9ca03fef7c.md): Surrey council is voting on a $17.5M contract related to a downtown school of medicine, with a spending limit set at $19.3M. (Surrey Now-Leader, 2026-11-06 12:30 MST)
- [Surrey council to vote on $4.7M Newton turf field contract](/vancouver/stories/6991a3ea3c.md): Surrey council will vote on a $4.7 million contract for a synthetic turf field in Newton on November 9. (Surrey Now-Leader, 2026-11-06 16:08 MST)
- [Vancouver Sun profiles new mayor Pete Fry](/vancouver/stories/dcc5291c91.md): A Vancouver Sun profile traces Mayor Pete Fry's path from Dublin to Dunbar and then to city hall. (Vancouver Sun, 2026-11-06 06:00 MST)