$833,000 Funding To Rightwing Hindu Groups From US Federal COVID-19 Fund Criticized

Five groups linked to Hindu nationalist organisations in India received direct payments and loans in US federal relief fund. New York-based Sunita Viswanath, co-founder of Hindus for Human Rights, exp...

FVREB elects 2021/2022 Board Of Directors

Baldev Gill, FVREB Chief Executive Officer, added, “I look forward to working with the new officers and directors as we continue to evolve and innovate as an organization for the betterment of our m...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Continue To Slide Down But Weekend Sees 15 Deaths

The restrictions combined with the vaccine are finally beginning to have impact as daily cases are trending down with the last two days seeing less than 700 a day cases but there were 15 deaths over t...

SIKH HERITAGE MONTH: Meet VPD Sergeant Mehrban Singh Sidhu

In celebration of Sikh Heritage Month, Vancouver Police Department is profiling Sikh members to recognize their contributions to the community and public safety, while learning more about the rich and...

INNOCENT VICTIM? Latest Gangland Killing Targets Popular Indo-Canadian Corrections Officer

The murder of Bikramjeet Randhawa, 29, is under investigation after he was gunned down in the parking lot of the Scottsdale shopping centre in Delta. As Jordan Armstrong reports, it’s just the lates...

COVIDIOT: Irresponsible Punjabi Singer-Actor Gippy Grewal Arrested For Disobeying COVID Curbs

While people are dying in droves in India from COVID-19 with the virus devastating India, Punjabi actor-singer Gippy Grewal, whose hunger to shoot more films is matched by his ego and irresponsibility...

REAL HEROES: All Workers Deserve Paid Sick Leave

By Harinder MahilThere has been a lot of discussion these days about paid sick leave for workers. There is a general agreement that workers should not go to work while they are sick and that they dese...

VAISAKHI SPIRIT: Fruiticana’s Tony Singh Makes Two Ten-Ton Truck Load Donation To Surrey Food Bank

Tony Singh, Founder and President of Fruiticana in Surrey, delivered close to 23,000 pounds of food in two ten-ton trucks, to the Surrey Food Bank, on April 26. “Fruiticana will deliver more food i...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: 740 Cases And Four Deaths End A Good Week Of Declining Infections

This was a relatively good week for declining cases of COVID-19 which saw 740 cases and four deaths on Friday. While there are still over 500 people in hospital including 174 in intensive care, restri...