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PLEA Striving To Have Punjabi Recognized As A Canadian Language

By Balwant SangheraPunjabi Language Education Association (PLEA) has been promoting Punjabi in Canada in general and BC in particular for more than 30 years. In this regard it has received considerabl...

Police-Reported Hate Crimes Increased By 27 Percent In 2021

Police-reported hate crimes rose in the pandemic year 2021 which is very disheartening says Rachna Singh, BC’s Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives. "It is very upsetting to see the n...

Young Indo-Canadian Hockey Prospect Who Was Sidelined By Concussions Dies In New York

A young Indo-Canadian hockey player who was sidelined by concussions, a major danger to players in many sports, died in New York over the weekend. Parmjot (Parm) Dhaliwal played for the West Kelowna W...

MISSING LANJI: Police Seek Help In Locating Missing South Asian Man From Surrey

Surrey RCMP is requesting the public's assistance with locating a 64-year-old Satpal Lanji, who was last seen in the Fraser Heights area. On July 19, Lanji was reported missing after last being seen t...

No. Road Sikh Gurdwara Honours Volunteer And Veteran Paramedic Chain Batth

By Balwant SangheraVolunteers are the backbone of every community. They put in countless volunteer hours to help and serve others without expecting anything in return. Long-time Richmond resident, a v...

SERIAL OFFENDER: Gateway Pizza Owner Jawahar Singh Padda Charged With Sexual Assault

Surrey’s Gateway Pizza and Banquet hall owner Jawahar Singh Padda apparently had a life-changing incident that led him to putting on the Sikh turban but that didn’t lead to him becoming a good Sik...

South Surrey Gangland Victims Believed To Be Indo-Canadian As IHIT Investigates

The second man seriously injured in Saturday afternoon’s gangland style shooting in South Surrey’s Athletic Park has died, raising the body count to two as another victim continues to suffer from ...

One Dead And Two Left With Life Threatening Injuries In Another Gangland Style Shooting In Surrey

With the weather heating up, there has been an uptick in gangland style shootings and killings with the latest on Saturday afternoon in South Surrey that left one man dead and two sent to hospital wit...