BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: 108 Cases And No Deaths Reported Tuesday

With vaccinations on track to surpass the Restart milestones, there is real hope on the horizon for a smooth post-COVID-19 sailing but we can’t throw caution to the wind just yet. Dr. Bonnie Henry, ...

Two Sikh-American Boys Say They Were Targeted For Religion At Long Island Mall

Yuvraj Bindra says he and his friend were at Walt Whitman Shops in South Huntington on May 29 when another group of teens started verbally assaulting them, believing that the two are Muslims. Bindra r...

Tuesday Marks The Beginning Of The End Of The Pandemic For British Columbians With Life Hopefully Returning To Normal By September

The BC government announced updates of the BC Restart plan on Monday which will hopefully lead back to a normal life for British Columbians by September 2021. The transition into Step 2 of the four-st...

PROGRESSIVE CON: Alberta Indo-Canadian MP Tim Uppal Says He’s Sorry For Not Standing Up To Harper Conservative-era Divisive Policies

Veteran Indo-Canadian Conservative MP Tim Uppal has had a change of heart in regards to his role in Prime Minister Stephen Harper era divisiveness and racist policies that their Conservative govt unle...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Continue To Fall With Just 277 Over Last Three Days

Cases of COVID-19 continue to fall as BC announced a new update on the Restart plan Monday which sees everything back to normal in September as BC slowly lifts restrictions over the summer. There were...

Indo-Canadian Trucker From Calgary Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cocaine

Gurpal Singh Gill of Calgary pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute on June 10. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five to 40 years, a $5-million fine and at least four years of ...

Canadian Sikhs Hold Rally To Remember 1984 Genocide By India

Between June 1st and June 6th, 1984, Operation Blue Star was an (Indian army assault carried out on the Holiest Sikh Shrine, Sri Darbar Sahib also known as the Golden Temple. Over 30,000 Sikh pilgrims...

SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA PIONEERS! R. Paul Dhillon Meets His Mentor Promod Puri!

It’s always a blast when I see my former boss, mentor and friend Promod Puri, the founder of South Asian LINK Newspaper, the oldest South Asian newspaper in Canada. I’m still the editor of The Lin...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Remain Below 200 With One New Death Reported Friday

BC reached a milestone in it’s fight against the pandemic with more than 75 percent of the adult population having one dose of the vaccine. Cases of COVID-19 remained low and the health authorities ...