Surrey Council Orders City Staff To Reduce 17.5 Percent Property Tax Hike After Outrage

Surrey City Council has ordered city staff to reassess the 17.5 percent tax hike after taxpayers were outraged at the steep hike, which the City blamed on Surrey Police-RCMP mess. During Monday’s Fi...

MURDERED: Fifty-Five Year Old Indo-Canadian Found Dead In Maple Ridge

A 55-year-old Indo-Canadian man has been found dead in Maple Ridge which police is saying is not connected to the lower mainland gang conflict. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) is in ...

THE CASTE DILEMMA: Imported Caste In Indian Diaspora Is An Injurious Inheritance

India's caste system is among the world's oldest forms of surviving social stratification.By Zile SinghFor centuries, caste has dictated almost every aspect of Hindu religious and social life, with ea...

CONVICTED: Christopher Ram Jailed For Indecent Acts In Vancouver

A South Asian man accused of exposing himself to an employee at Langara College last March has been convicted of an indecent act and sentenced to jail. Christopher Ram pleaded guilty to the March 27, ...

Weekend Memorial Vigil For Deceased Farm Workers To Highlight Safety

The safety and livelihoods of BC farmworkers will be front and centre as families, community organizations, labour and political leaders gather to remember the 2007 van crash that killed three Indo-Ca...

Fraser Valley Housing Market Showing Signs Of Life With Slight Increases In Price And Sales

Fraser Valley housing market is showing signs of life with slight increases in housing prices as well as sales. House prices in the Fraser Valley posted a slight but positive bump in February after ne...

BUDGET 2023: BC Government Targeting Housing, Mental Health And Inflation In New Budget

BC government is targeting housing, mental health and inflation in Budget 2023 as it invests in improving health and mental-health care, creating more affordable housing, growing a clean economy and d...

City Says Permit Processing Continues To Improve In Surrey

In 2022, the City of Surrey processed 280 development applications and approved over $2 billion in building permit value, adding 4,480 new homes to support Surrey’s growing community. Despite the he...

Mindy Kaling Facing Cancel Culture After Accused Of Telling Lies And Kissing Without Permission

Once Warned A “Mindy Project” Guest Star “Tell Anyone And You’re Fired” After She Kissed Him During Filming And It’s Seriously Not OK“How did she think she’d come out looking like the ...