BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Over 400 Cases But No Deaths Reported Tuesday

COVID-19 related deaths took a break Tuesday as there were no new deaths while there were over 400 cases after decreasing to the mid to high 200 levels over the last few days. There are 523 individual...

Indian Student Who Worked At UBC Okanagan As Security Guard Killed By Mentally Unstable Man

Indian student who was close to realizing her Canadian dream of becoming a permanent resident was killed last weekend by a mentally unstable man also apparently worked at the UBC Okanagan campus along...

Richmond Sikh Gurdwara Donates Kidney Dialysis Machines To Punjab Hospital

By Balwant SangheraLike many other communities, the South Asian community is also a very generous community. Whenever a natural disaster strikes or there is a calamity or pandemic, our community and o...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Weekend Sees 22 Deaths As Cases Decrease Significantly

Deaths related to COVID-19 continue to soar as there were 22 new deaths over the last three days but cases continue to decrease rapidly with less than 1000 since Friday. Over a three-day period, B.C. ...

India’s Praggnanandhaa Beats World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen

In 2018 Praggnanandhaa became the youngest International Master in the history of the game and now he has beaten the Chess Master of the world. "I just want to hit the bed," R Praggnanandhaa said earl...

Sikh-American Student Wins $250K Prize In College Jeopardy Contest

Sikh-American student Jaskaran Singh has won the premiere quiz tournament for students, the National College Championship Jeopardy with a prize of $250,000. The 22-year-old red-turbaned Sikh studying ...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Deaths Continue at High Pace As 12 More People Die From the Virus Friday

COVID-19 related deaths continue to remain high as 12 more people died from the virus on Friday and there were over 500 cases. There are 599 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 96 are in intens...

Vancouver’s Punjabi Market Collective Looking For New Board Members

VANCOUVER – The Punjabi Market Collective—serving the historic Punjabi Market in South Vancouver—is looking for passionate leaders to join their board. Open positions include: Treasurer, Secreta...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Nine Deaths And Nearly 600 Cases Reported Thursday

Even as COVID-19 hospitalization and cases decrease, deaths continue to remain high. Nine more people died from the virus while nearly 600 cases were reported Thursday. There are 612 individuals hospi...