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EXCLUSIVE: Veteran Surrey journalist confronts CBC over coverage of extortion crisis

A journalist in Surrey, B.C., says a CBC reporter snatched the microphone from her during a town hall on extortion threats in Surrey last week after she questioned the public broadcaster's coverage.

Alex Zoltan, True North
Nov 17, 2025
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A veteran South Asian journalist in Surrey, B.C., says a CBC reporter snatched the microphone from her during a town hall on extortion threats in Surrey last week after she questioned the public broadcaster’s coverage, which she argues racializes crime and frames it as a “community issue” rather than a public safety crisis.

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