Australia Warns Indian “Goons” Of Deportation Following Attacks On Sikhs

The police have promised to “come down as hard as we need to” but Amar Singh of Turbans for Australia said: “They are targeting our community.” The Australian Alliance Against Hate and Violenc...

Indo-Canadian Party Host Among Two Arrested By VPD For Health Order Violations

Manjinder Sagoo is charged with three counts of failing to comply with an order of the health officer, contrary to Section 99 on the B.C. Public Health Act. Sanad Rayes is charged with two counts of f...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Weekend Sees 11 Deaths And 1462 Cases With Variant Cases On The Rise

While deaths remained moderate, daily cases of COVID-19 continued their 500 plus pace during the weekend but saw a drop in the last 24 hours to 385 cases. Meanwhile the more contagious Variants are al...

South Asian Suspects Sought As VPD Warns The Public About Rise In Distraction Thefts

On January 28 near Main Street and East 41st Avenue, a man, a woman and three children in a black minivan approached the victim and claimed to need money to get to Montreal. The suspects drove the vic...

Linda Annis Says Councillors Shouldn’t Be Voting For Their Own Pay Raises

Surrey First Councillor Linda Annis doesn’t believe the city’s mayor and councillors should be voting on their own pay raises. Annis said the in camera vote to increase the pay of the mayor and ea...

Gurdeep Singh Becomes First Minority Leader To Win Senate Post In Pakistan Province

Gurdeep Singh of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Wednesday secured 103 votes in the House of 145 whereas Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (Fazlur) candidate Ranjeet Singh secured just 25 votes and As...

Multiple Investigations Underway Into Indo-Canadian RCMP Officer’s Suicide

Three separate investigations are now underway into the tragic death of a Richmond RCMP officer Const. Jasmine Thiara. The Independent Investigations Office, B.C.’s civilian police watchdog, said it...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Again Rise Above 600 As Four More Deaths Reported Friday

The ongoing spread of COVID-19 in BC remains at a steady pace of mid 500 on a daily basis as seen from Friday numbers which hit 600 again after a long while. There were four new deaths. Dr. Bonnie Hen...

New Westminster To Commemorate Komagata Maru By Renaming Ferry Docks

New Westminster City council has unanimously voted to rename the Q to Q ferry docks to remember the 1914 incident, following others that have taken steps to remember the tragedy. The Japanese steamshi...