Linda Annis Says Councillors Shouldn’t Be Voting For Their Own Pay Raises

Surrey First Councillor Linda Annis doesn’t believe the city’s mayor and councillors should be voting on their own pay raises. Annis said the in camera vote to increase the pay of the mayor and ea...

Gurdeep Singh Becomes First Minority Leader To Win Senate Post In Pakistan Province

Gurdeep Singh of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on Wednesday secured 103 votes in the House of 145 whereas Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (Fazlur) candidate Ranjeet Singh secured just 25 votes and As...

Multiple Investigations Underway Into Indo-Canadian RCMP Officer’s Suicide

Three separate investigations are now underway into the tragic death of a Richmond RCMP officer Const. Jasmine Thiara. The Independent Investigations Office, B.C.’s civilian police watchdog, said it...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Again Rise Above 600 As Four More Deaths Reported Friday

The ongoing spread of COVID-19 in BC remains at a steady pace of mid 500 on a daily basis as seen from Friday numbers which hit 600 again after a long while. There were four new deaths. Dr. Bonnie Hen...

New Westminster To Commemorate Komagata Maru By Renaming Ferry Docks

New Westminster City council has unanimously voted to rename the Q to Q ferry docks to remember the 1914 incident, following others that have taken steps to remember the tragedy. The Japanese steamshi...

BC Gearing Up To Start Phase 2 Of COVID-19 Immunization Plan

Beginning March 8, 2021, seniors aged 80+ and Indigenous peoples aged 65+ who are not living in independent living or seniors' supportive housing can make one call to book their appointment through th...

NDP’s Jagmeet Singh Tackling Online Hate Next, Says Let’s Shut It Down

After successfully putting pressure on the Liberal government to shut down the Proud Boys in Canada, Jagmeet Singh and the NDP continue to fight to shut down online hate. Experts have indicated that s...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Four Deaths And 564 Cases Announced Wednesday

COVID-19 cases continued to be stuck in the mid 500s as deaths have come down but it remains to be seen whether the vaccine will eventually bring the daily cases significantly down. Dr. Bonnie Henry, ...

COVID-19 FATIGUE: Have Faith We Will Get Through This Together

By Suresh KurlThe Question, "what will it take for all levels of governments to ease Covid-19 restrictions and allow us to emerge out of our home-shells," is being talked around these days. Obviously,...