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Vancouver Names Canada Place Street As Komagata Maru Place In Memory Passengers
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The City of Vancouver has named Canada Place as the secondary name Komagata Maru Place in memory of the ship’s passengers. The motion brought forward to the City by Raj Singh Toor, Vice President an...
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BC Minimum Wage Rises To $16.75 An hour On June 1
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On June 1, 2023, B.C.'s lowest-paid workers will get a pay boost when the general minimum wage increases from $15.65 to $16.75 an hour. The 6.9% increase on Thursday, June 1, 2023, also applies to min...
BC Byelections For Vancouver-Mount Pleasant And Langford-Juan de Fuca Scheduled For June 24
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Premier David Eby has called two byelections for the electoral districts of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Langford-Juan de Fuca in late June. Final voting day for both electoral districts will be June ...
BC Government And City of Vancouver Proclaim May 23 As Komagata Maru Remembrance Day
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Premier David Eby and Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim have Proclaimed and Declared May 23, 2023 Komagata Maru Remembrance Day in the province of British Columbia and City of Vancouver. “ I would like to say...
City Of Mission Honours Komagata Maru Passengers With Proclamation
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The City of Mission has honoured the memory of Komagata Maru passengers with a proclamation, the latest in a multi-city effort in BC to remember and condemn this shameful chapter in Canadian history. ...
“Hardcore” NDPer Harry Lali Joins BC United Bandwagon, Saying NDP Too Urban Now
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Former NDP cabinet minister Harry Lali, considered a hardcore NDPer, has joined the centre-right opposition BC United, saying his former party has gone too urban. Harry Lali, who was the NDP's transpo...
BC NDP Nominates School Board Trustee Ravi Parmar To Run Langford-Juan de Fuca By-election
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BC NDP has chosen school board trustee Ravi Parmar to run in the upcoming by-election in Langford BC. Joined by former Premier John Horgan and surrounded by friends, family and supporters from across ...
Burnaby Council Latest Give Caste Protected Measures Against Hate And Discrimination
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The caste system is a rigid South Asian social structuring system that has existed for thousands of years, and separates people into different social groups based on a hierarchy at birth.By Shilpashre...
BC Makes It Easier For Landlords-Tenants To Collect Money Awarded Through The Courts
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BC is bringing in new legislation that will make it easier for people to get money owed to them following a civil court decision. Methods to collect funds include garnishing wages, garnishing funds in...
NDP Tries To Shove Surrey Police Down City’s Throat To Save Their Current Seats But Mayor Locke Says Heck No
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