BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Fraser Health Region Leads As 38 New Infections Announced Wednesday

Wednesday saw continued rise of moderately low cases with the Fraser Health region leading with the most cases. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, annou...

Legendary Rishi Kapoor Dies After A Long Career That Began With The Iconic Bobby

Legendary actor Rishi Kapoor has died at the age of 67. It was confirmed by his elder brother Randhir Kapoor that the legendary star of iconic films like Bobby and Amar Akbar Anthony has died after a ...

Bollywood Star Who Appeared In Slumdog Millionaire And Amazing Spider Man Dies At Age 53

Irrfan Khan died after being admitted to Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital on Tuesday, where he was under observation for colon infection. The actor in 2018 had announced that he’d been...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Poultry Company Infections Lead To A Spike Up With 55 New Cases

A poultry company’s negligence that has led to a break out of COVID-19 infections at their Vancouver and Coquitlam operations has led to a spike up of positive cases in BC. As of Tuesday, 46 employe...

Sikh-Canadian Dr. Kochhar Appointed Canada’s Associate Deputy Minister Of Health

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, who was Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Sector, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, was elevated to Associate Deputy Minister of Health, in early April.OTTAWA ...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Low Weekend Cases Again Takes Daily Average Below 30

Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, provided an update for two 24-hour reporting periods: April 25 to 26, and April 26 through to midday Monday. In the f...

Powerlifter Helps With COVID-19 Response

Champion powerlifter Sumeet Sharma is doing his part in helping with the COVID-19 response in Vancouver and Surrey. He has teamed up with Raga Restaurant and Supplement King Surrey to donate food supp...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Week Ends With A Surge Of New Cases In The Fraser Health Region

The last full week of April ended on a bad note for BC as new cases surged, especially in the Fraser Health region which includes Surrey, the region’s biggest city by population. Health Minister Adr...

Trudeau Government Announces Support For Students After NDP Push

The proposed Canada Emergency Student Benefit, which would provide support to students and new graduates who are not eligible for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. This benefit would provide $1,2...