BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Poultry Company Infections Lead To A Spike Up With 55 New Cases

A poultry company’s negligence that has led to a break out of COVID-19 infections at their Vancouver and Coquitlam operations has led to a spike up of positive cases in BC. As of Tuesday, 46 employe...

Punjabi Has Now Become The Language Of Employment In Many Parts Of Canada

By Balwant SangheraDuring the past few years, Punjabi has attained a fairly high profile in Canada, locally, provincially and nationally. All around there are a lot of signs in Punjabi at prominent go...

Sikh-Canadian Dr. Kochhar Appointed Canada’s Associate Deputy Minister Of Health

Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, who was Assistant Deputy Minister, Operations Sector, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, was elevated to Associate Deputy Minister of Health, in early April.OTTAWA ...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Low Weekend Cases Again Takes Daily Average Below 30

Health Minister Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, provided an update for two 24-hour reporting periods: April 25 to 26, and April 26 through to midday Monday. In the f...

Missing Fijian-Canadian Woman’s Body Found In Fraser River After Two Months

Nirla Sharma's body was found on the bank of the Fraser River in Burnaby Sunday afternoon, in an area just west of the Queensborough Bridge. Police said Monday there is no evidence of foul play, but t...

Powerlifter Helps With COVID-19 Response

Champion powerlifter Sumeet Sharma is doing his part in helping with the COVID-19 response in Vancouver and Surrey. He has teamed up with Raga Restaurant and Supplement King Surrey to donate food supp...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Week Ends With A Surge Of New Cases In The Fraser Health Region

The last full week of April ended on a bad note for BC as new cases surged, especially in the Fraser Health region which includes Surrey, the region’s biggest city by population. Health Minister Adr...

Trudeau Government Announces Support For Students After NDP Push

The proposed Canada Emergency Student Benefit, which would provide support to students and new graduates who are not eligible for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. This benefit would provide $1,2...

Khalsa Aid Canada Gets Royal Recognition As It Delivers Food To Over 10,000 Canadians

Khalsa Aid Canada is providing aid to a number of food banks across Canada as demand for their services soar, including Mustard Seed Street Church and Food Bank (Victoria, BC), OurPlace Society (Victo...