BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Remain Above 600 With One New Death Reported Tuesday

COVID-19 cases continue to stay high with nearly 700 cases reported Tuesday with one new death. Variants also continue to run strong with 144 new cases. Vaccine is expected to slow down the spread but...

Roaring BC Housing Market Continues At A Record Pace

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 10,918 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) in February 2021, an increase of 89.1 per...

Property Tax Grant Program Streamlined For Quicker Service

Starting in 2021, B.C. homeowners will apply for their homeowner grant through the Province, not their municipality, which will make applying for the grant quicker and easier.VICTORIA - Starting in 20...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Deaths Go Sky High During Weekend As Case Total Hits 1785

Weekend saw sky high deaths related to COVID-19 while cases also surged to nearly 1800 over three days since Friday. The spread in BC has been steady and authorities are worried that we go into a thir...

Indo-Canadian Man Found Badly Hurt In Early March In Abbotsford Has Died As Investigators Appeal For Witnesses

Jeevan Singh Sull was found badly hurt March 3, 2021 and Homicide investigators announced Sunday that the 61-year-old Sull died of his injuries March 14. Anyone with info who was at Slocan Drive near ...

GANGLAND MURDERS: Richmond House Fire Victims Identified As Dhindsa Brothers

On Saturday, Lower Mainland's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced the dead men are brothers Chaten Dhindsa and Joban Dhindsa. Both were known to police. "This is believed to be a targeted...

BC Education Minister Hopeful That Students Will Safely Return To Campus This Fall

VICTORIA – BC Education Minister Anne Kang is hopeful that students will be able to safely return to campus this fall."Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, advised the presidents of all publ...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Friday Cases Hit Over 700 For First Time In Months

Is the third wave for real? Judging by Friday’s daily COVID-19 numbers which hit above 700 for the first time in months, there is huge cause for concern. There were two new deaths and 68 new cases o...

India Now Officially Only “Partly Free” Under Rightwing Indian PM Modi, Says Global Report

Civil liberties in India have been in decline since PM Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, said Freedom House in its report Democracy under Siege. It said the change in India's status is part of a gl...