BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Deaths Double From Tuesday As Spread Starts To Slow

COVID-19 related deaths doubled from the eight announced Tuesday as the spread is beginning to slow with daily cases decreasing very slightly. To get the virus under control will take time but hopeful...

INDIA'S DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN: WSO Releases Report On How India Targets Sikhs in Canada

The report entitled “Exposed: India’s Disinformation Campaign Against Canada’s Sikhs” looks at the history of Indian interference and disinformation in Canada, including after the recent resig...

Pop Superstar Rihanna Backs India Farm Protests As Indian Government Prepares To Further Curtail Freedom And Human Rights

"Why aren’t we talking about this?!" Rihanna said in a Twitter post, sharing a CNN article on the demonstrations with her 100.9 million followers on the platform, using the hashtag #FarmersProtest. ...

PASSING OF A LABOUR LEGEND: Charan Gill Leaves A Great Legacy Of Activism And Fighting For The Working Man

I always enjoyed my talks with Charan and appreciated his candou in all matters. He appeared in several of my documentary films, from the award-winning Gone Are The Days, an indictment of racism in Ca...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: 8 Deaths And 429 Cases Announced Tuesday

After falling significantly, the active cases of COVID-19 has shot up to above 4500 while the spread remains stuck in the 400-500 range and deaths continue on a daily basis. Slow vaccine rollout has a...

CAUGHT: Indo-American Man Lived At Chicago’s O’Hare Airport For 3 Months Because He Was ‘Scared’ Of COVID-19

Aditya Singh arrived at O’Hare from Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2020, and lived at the airport until he was discovered on Saturday, authorities say. He allegedly snatched an operations manager’s badge...

BC Taxi Companies Lose Final Ditch Effort To Stop Uber, Lyft

The cab companies argued that the board's decisions were "patently unreasonable," in part because they allowed Uber and Lyft an unlimited fleet size while the number of taxis is capped. However, Justi...

Kamloops Councilor Arjun Singh Among New Members Appointed To CleanBC

Aside from Kamloops Councilor Arjun Singh, the other new council members will include Toni Boot, mayor, Summerland and Scott Maloney, vice-president of environment, Teck Resources Limited. "Climate ac...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: 21 Deaths And Over 1100 Cases Since Friday

This weekend saw the daily COVID-19 numbers decline significantly to average of about 375 a day while deaths continued with 21 more dying since Friday. Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health offic...