BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Weekend Sees Single Digit Cases With Just 45 For Monday

The spread of COVID-19 is beginning to slow dramatically with the weekend seeing just 229 total cases over three days and only 45 cases in the last 24-hour period. Deaths are also down with three repo...

NDP Joins Conservatives In Calling For Defence Minister Sajjan’s Firing

Conservative leader Erin O’Toole called on voters in Vancouver – South, Sajjan’s riding, to fire Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan in the next election. Women in the Canadian Armed Forces do not fe...

Taxi Driver And Former Hindu Priest Deepak Sharma Found Guilty Of Sexual Assault

Sixty-two-year-old Deepak Sharma of Abbotsford was guilty of the offence by Judge Patricia Bond, who delivered her verdict in the case Friday. Judge Patricia Bond, who concluded that all the evidence ...

COVID-19 PILL: Pfizer Developing Pill To Treat The Deadly Virus

NEW YORK - This week, the CEO of Pfizer told CNBC that an antiviral treatment for COVID-19 could be available to the public by the end of 2021. It will be in the form of a pill taken orally at home, a...

South Asian Man Among Two Facing Multiple Charges For Drug Trafficking In Surrey

An investigation by Surrey RCMP has resulted in multiple charges against 37-year-old, Abul Waseem and 33-year-old, Tyroy Malcolm for trafficking Cocaine, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine in the Surrey Cit...

BC Brings In New Changes To Support Turbaned Sikhs In The Workplace

WSO Welcomes WorkSafe BC Regulation Changes To Accommodate The Dastar!Starting on Sept. 1, 2021, employers will be required to review each area of a job site when determining if a person must wear saf...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Remain Low With One New Death Reported Friday

Trend of low daily cases of COVID-19 continues with everything from active cases to hospitalizations hitting new lows. While the Delta variant is cause for concern, BC so far is on the right track to ...

Mahmud Jamal Makes History As The First Muslim, Person Of Colour Nominated To Canada’s Supreme Court

Mahmud Jamal, who has been a judge on Ontario's court of appeal since 2019, trained as a lawyer and appeared before the Supreme Court in 35 appeals addressing a range of civil, constitutional, crimina...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: 120 Cases And One New Death Reported Thursday

Cases of COVID-19 remained above 100 for the third day in a row after the weekend saw it decline to less than 100. There was one new death but overall the spread has slowed. Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s p...