Hindu Temple In US Accused Of Using Dalits As Slave Labour Busted By Authorities

About 200 workers, mostly Dalits, alleged they were paid less $1.20 an hour, which was the minimum federal wage way back in 1963, instead of the mandated $12/hour, in New Jersey’s Robbinsville. They...

HOT HOUSING MARKET: BC Markets Calming But Sales Still On Record Pace

The average MLS residential price in BC was $946,606, a 29.1 percent increase from $733,330 recorded in April 2020. Total sales dollar volume was $12.9 billion, a 432.2 per cent increase from last yea...

DANGEROUS GANGSTERS: Dhaliwal Brothers Among Four Indo-Canadians On VPD's “Dangerous Gangsters” List

VPD released photos, names and ages of six gangsters including Barinder “Shrek” Dhaliwal, his younger brother Meninder Dhaliwal, Garinder Deo, Harjit Deo, Ekene Anigbo and Damion Ryan with links t...

Arjan Bhullar Slays His Medusa To Become The First Sikh-Indian MMA World Champion

Former Canadian wrestling great turned Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter Arjan Singh Bhullar finally slayed his Medusa to become the first Sikh-Indian, Canadian MMA Heavy Weight World Champion Saturday...

THE END IS NEAR: More Than 50% Of Eligible British Columbians Have Received Their First Vaccine Shot

"We've made extraordinary progress together over the past few weeks toward everyone getting their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine," said Premier Horgan. "COVID-19 has turned our lives upside down, but ...

Sick Leave For All Workers Becomes Reality In BC With Support To Businesses

To better support workers during the pandemic, amendments to the Employment Standards Act will bring in three days of paid sick leave related to COVID-19, such as having symptoms, self-isolating and w...

BC NDP Says Liberal Leadership Contender Kevin Falcon Supported Maxime Bernier’s “Racist” Leadership Campaign

BC’s first turbaned Sikh MLA Aman Singh said Falcon endorsed Bernier for Conservative Leader in 2017, at the same time that Bernier was championing an extremist immigration policy that stoked racist...

Indo-Canadian Man Kills 19-Year-Old Nephew And Injures Wife

Gamdur Singh Brar, who shot dead his nephew Harmanjot Singh Bhattal and seriously injured his wife Satvir Kaur Brar in Edmonton at the weekend, has been charged with first-degree murder and attempted ...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Dip Below 500 On Friday With Two New Deaths

It has been a very good week for BC in terms of the dramatic downward trend of COVID-19 cases with Friday seeing under 500 after months of rising cases with two new deaths reported. Dr. Bonnie Henry, ...