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...

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...

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...

I’M INDIAN: Is Akshay Kumar Renouncing His Canadian Passport Cause His Movies Are Flopping

Is Bollywood star Akshay Kumar renouncing his Canadian citizenship because his movies are flopping and he’s seen as not Indian enough in India? It seems so as he is making headlines for renouncing h...

Biden Picks Credit Card Guru Ajay Banga For World Bank While Activists Slam Pick

President Joe Biden has picked former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to head World Bank but activists and progressive groups are not very happy with the choice of a former Wall Street and corporate executi...

Surrey Proposing Whopping 17.5 Percent Tax Increase Citing SPS-RCMP Debacle

Doug Paaji’s Financial Mismanagement To Blame For Surrey’s Finances, Says Surrey First!Surrey is proposing a whopping 17.5 percent tax increase, citing the Surrey Police Service (SPS)-RCMP debacle...

Surrey Council Votes To Support Inclusion Of 89-Hectares Of Farmland To ALR

Surrey City Council has voted to support the addition of 89 hectares of active farmland to the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), as outlined in the Agricultural Land Commission’s (ALC) proposal to ad...

Despite Opposition From Hindu Groups, Seattle Officially Bans Caste Discrimination

Despite opposition from Hindu groups, the Seattle City Council on Tuesday voted to add caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws, becoming the first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination and the ...