Vancouver Pays A Fitting Tribute To Komagata Maru Passengers

By Zile SinghA Japanese ship named Komagata Maru with 376 passengers on board, comprising theSikhs, Hindus, and Muslims from India, sailed from Hong Kong. It reached the Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, BC o...

Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Dies At 84

Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney passes away this week at the age of 84. Current Conservative leader and most likely the next Canadian prime minister Pierre Poilievre called Mulroney’s ...

EPIDEMIC: Almost 200 British Columbians Died From Toxic Overdose In January 2024

The toxic drug epidemic is now killing more British Columbians than many other causes of death including suicides and murders. The latest figures show that at least 198 deaths suspected to have been c...

First Nations Say VPD’s Ongoing Failure To Properly Apologize Puts Human Rights Settlement At Risk

Heiltsuk Nation members seek a culturally appropriate apology from VPD Constables’ failure and ask the constables to apologize in a culturally appropriate way is systemic racism in action and is pre...

Veteran Ontario Public Servant Prabhu Rajan Appointed BC's Next Police Complaint Commissioner

Veteran Ontario public servant, a South Asian man, has been appointed as BC’s next Police Complaint Commissioner. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia announced Wednesday that they have appo...

BC Goes After Six Properties Owned By Accused Kelowna-Based Drug Trafficker Kulwant Bal

BC wants Kulwant Bal, an alleged member of a criminal organization, to forfeit more than $6 million in real estate in the Okanagan because it was bought using the proceeds of drug trafficking and frau...

Vancouver Names City’s Waterfront Street As Komagata Maru Place

Vancouver mayor Ken Sim and members from the local Sikh community including Raj Singh Toor, the vice-president of the Descendants of the Komagata Maru Society and a grandson of one of the ship's passe...

Surrey City Manager Backs Mayor Locke On SPS Budget Overrun

Surrey City manager has come to defence of Mayor Brenda Locke’s fight over not paying the Surrey Police Service officers because the controversial upstart police force has exceeded it’s approved b...

BC Minister Selina Robinson Forced To Resign After Offending Muslims, Palestinians With Her Callous Remarks

BC Minister of Post Secondary Education Selina Robinson was forced to resign after offending both Muslims and all reasonable human beings with her callous remarks which drew continued pressure to resi...