Punjabi Growing In Surrey Schools As Indo-Canadians Students Number Nearly 17,000

By Balwant SangheraSURREY - Surrey, with close to 74,000 students, has now become the largest school district in British Columbia. Nearly 17,000 students attending Surrey schools are Indo-Canadians. C...

MUKUND MOHAN: Ex- Microsoft Exec Who Works For Vancouver-Based Tech Company Arrested And Charged With $5.5 Million Fraud In US COVID-19 Relief Fund Program

Mukund Mohan, the chief technology officer of Vancouver-based BuildDirect, was arrested last week in Washington state, where he lives, and charged with one count of wire fraud and one count of money l...

Is Cultus Lake Drowning Victim Another Young International Student From India?

The RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating a drowning death in Cultus Lake on Saturday. According to social media posts, the young man who drowned is being identified as an Indian studen...

Police Arrest Indo-Canadian Man In South Vancouver Shooting That Sent One Person To Hospital With Serious Injuries

Detectives from the VPD Major Crime section have now arrested 21-year-old Vancouver resident Jaspal Dhillon, who has been charged with possession of a firearm, aggravated assault, discharge firearm wi...

EID MUBARAK TO ALL: Surrey Muslims To Celebrate Eid-ul-Adha On Friday July 31

Muslims have to prepare for a very different celebration of Eid-ul-Adha this year with Covid-19 precautionary measures and movement restrictions. Limited pilgrimage will attend Hajj ceremony and ritua...

DREAMLAND RUPTURED: Punjabis Seeking The Canadian Dream Struggling With Sadness In Their Chosen Heaven

The President of a Gurudwara Sahib in Surrey told me that so many people in the congregation were suffering from depression that he had to request the BC government to conduct a depression awareness p...

OPPRESSION: WSO Releases Report On Indian Government’s Crackdown On Sikh Social Media

The report entitled “Enforcing Silence: India’s War on Sikh Social Media” examines recent developments and offers suggestions to social media platforms with respect to Sikh content. In recent we...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Slight Drop In Daily Cases Ends Another Worrisome Week

Daily COVID-19 cases in BC dipped slightly to end another worrisome week that saw cases average above 30 a day. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, repor...

Indo-Canadian Businessman’s Ordeal Comes To An End With 90 Days In Jail And $250,000 Fine

“There are many degrees of ethical lapses and sometimes you don’t ever see them becoming crimes and when they do it’s a shock to the system,” said a friend of Sidoo’s. “David experienced t...