Vancouver City Council Apologizes For Historical Discrimination And Declares May 23 As Komagata Maru Remembrance Day

Vancouver City Council formally apologized Tuesday for historical discrimination against 376 passengers travelling on board the Komagata Maru steamship from British India in 1914. Council also declare...

“Front-Runner” Falcon Officially Declares BC Liberal Leadership Bid While NDP Calls Him An Agent Of The Top 1 Percent Who Will Bring Hard Times For The Rest

Former BC Liberal cabinet minister Kevin Falcon officially announced his intention to run for the leadership of the Party at a virtual launch event in Vancouver where his wife, Jessica, and two daught...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Continue To Decrease As Weekend Sees 14 Deaths

Cases of COVID-19 continued to decrease over the weekend with daily average being just past mid 400 with 14 new deaths since Friday. The restrictions coupled with the vaccine has seen cases drop over ...

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...