Bank of Canada Pushes Another Pause On Rate Hikes But Is Not Sure About Cuts In Upcoming Announcements

The Bank of Canada announced on Wednesday that it’s doing another pause on its target for the overnight rate at 4½%, with the Bank Rate at 4¾% and the deposit rate at 4½%. The Bank said it is als...

Indian Man Facing Deportation From Canada Accused Of Smuggling 1000 People To US

An Indian man accused of smuggling 1000 people has been extradited to the US to face charges. He was already facing deportation from Canada at the time of his arrest. Federal prosecutors in the United...

BC Speaker Raj Chouhan And Others Honoured On Anniversary Of Right To Vote By South Asian Community

The South Asian community won the right to vote in British Columbia on April 2, 1947. The Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation commemorated this historic day by organizing an event on April 1 and honoured Raj C...

BC Minimum Wage Increasing 6.9 Percent To $16.75 An Hour On June 1

BC government announced this week that on June 1, 2023, B.C.'s lowest-paid workers will get a pay raise with the general minimum wage increasing from $15.65 to $16.75 an hour. "Having a minimum wage t...

Two “Jatts” Fined Over $9,000 By BC Human Rights Tribunal For Calling Work Colleague “Chamaar”

Two “Jatt” brothers were fined over $9,000 by the BC Human Rights Tribunal for calling work colleague a “Chamaar”. During a fight at a BC taxi company Christmas party in 2018, Manoj Bhangu was...

Money Exchange Services To Have Greater Oversight With New Regulatory Body

BC government is bringing greater oversight on money service businesses to protect people from money laundering through the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) as a new provincial regulator. Money...

BC Brings In Changes To End Hidden Ownership In Private Businesses

BC government has introduced Amendments to the Business Corporations Act that will create a new, public registry for beneficial owners to give British Columbians more confidence that B.C. private comp...

Former Ontario Bureaucrat Sanjay Madan Jailed 10 Years For Stealing $47.4 Million

An Indo-Canadian man who previously worked for the Ontario government has been jailed for 10 years after undertaking the biggest theft of government money in the province. Sanjay Madan, a former Ontar...

Humza Yousaf Latest South Asian To Take Over Power Reign In Queen’s Britain

Another South Asian has elevated himself to top of the power pole in Royal Britain after Ireland and Britain got their first ever Indian heads of state. Humza Yousaf, the grandson of a factory worker ...