India Now Officially Only “Partly Free” Under Rightwing Indian PM Modi, Says Global Report

Civil liberties in India have been in decline since PM Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, said Freedom House in its report Democracy under Siege. It said the change in India's status is part of a gl...

PROUD MISSION SON: Ken Herar Dedicates His Stint As Acting Mayor To Pioneering South Asian Businessman-Politician Naranjan Grewall

District of Mission City Councillor Ken Herar, who is currently serving as the acting Mayor for the District during the month of March, dedicating his short stint to a pioneering Indo-Canadian busines...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Deaths And Cases Skyrocket On Thursday As BC Warned Of Third Wave

Deaths related to COVID-19 again shot up as did cases, with over 600 cases and eight deaths on Thursday. Variants are also up, making for a very bad start to the spring with vaccines as the only hope ...

New Book Examines Long History Of Racist Policies In BC

Challenging Racist British Columbia booklet weaves together history and present day anti-racist work during province’s 150th year.VANCOUVER —A new book that examines a history of racist policies i...

BC Financial Services Authority To Become The Single Regulator For Real Estate

BCFSA currently regulates B.C.'s financial services market, including credit unions, trust companies, registered pension plans, insurance companies and mortgage brokers. The amendments introduced to t...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Four New Deaths And 498 Cases Announced Wednesday

BC’s COVID-19 battle continues as deaths decrease while cases remain stuck in the 500 range daily with four deaths and nearly 500 cases announced Wednesday. Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial healt...

South Asian Man Charged In Surrey Highway Shooting

Twenty-two-year-old Adam Yousef Aboubaker of Coquitlam was arrested and has been charged with attempted murder, discharging a firearm with intent to endanger life, and discharging a firearm while bein...

FLYING SIKH: Britain To Memorialize World War-l Sikh Fighter Pilot Hardit Singh Malik

Hardit Singh Malik first arrived in the UK in 1908 as a 14-year-old to Balliol College at the University of Oxford and went on to become a member of the Royal Flying Corps during the World War-I. As t...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: No New Deaths But Cases Remain Steady

There were no new deaths related to COVID-19 but cases remained steady in the mid 500s and 139 new cases of the variants were reported Tuesday. Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer (PHO)...