SAD END OF AN ERA: Will Passing Of Shiromani Akali Dal Punjab Patriarch Mean The End Of His Family’s Control Of The Party

The former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal, who ruled as Chief Minister in record five terms, died on Tuesday at the ripe old age of 95 with 75 of those years spent in politics for the Shiromani Akali D...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Visits Richmond’s Gurdwara Nanak Niwas

By Balwant SangheraRICHMOND - India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas is a favourite place to visit for people all over. Our Highway to Heaven (aka #5 Road) in Richmond has now become wor...

New Amendments Create Six Additional Electoral Districts In BC

BC is adding six new electoral districts to the province following non-partisan recommendations. In response to recommendations from the independent Electoral Boundaries Commission, the Province is in...

NDP Says Kevin Falcon’s New BCUP Logo Gives Toll Nightmares To Surrey Residents

The former BC Liberal party officially changed their names to BC United Party (BCUP) and unveiled a new logo that looks eerily like the TReO logo that BCUP Leader Kevin Falcon and his party used to co...

Indian Man Facing Deportation From Canada Accused Of Smuggling 1000 People To US

An Indian man accused of smuggling 1000 people has been extradited to the US to face charges. He was already facing deportation from Canada at the time of his arrest. Federal prosecutors in the United...

BC Speaker Raj Chouhan And Others Honoured On Anniversary Of Right To Vote By South Asian Community

The South Asian community won the right to vote in British Columbia on April 2, 1947. The Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation commemorated this historic day by organizing an event on April 1 and honoured Raj C...

BC Minimum Wage Increasing 6.9 Percent To $16.75 An Hour On June 1

BC government announced this week that on June 1, 2023, B.C.'s lowest-paid workers will get a pay raise with the general minimum wage increasing from $15.65 to $16.75 an hour. "Having a minimum wage t...

Two “Jatts” Fined Over $9,000 By BC Human Rights Tribunal For Calling Work Colleague “Chamaar”

Two “Jatt” brothers were fined over $9,000 by the BC Human Rights Tribunal for calling work colleague a “Chamaar”. During a fight at a BC taxi company Christmas party in 2018, Manoj Bhangu was...

Money Exchange Services To Have Greater Oversight With New Regulatory Body

BC government is bringing greater oversight on money service businesses to protect people from money laundering through the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) as a new provincial regulator. Money...