BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: 10 New Deaths Close Out Another Week Of 400 Plus Daily Cases

After a significant decrease in COVID-19 related deaths earlier in the week, Thursday and Friday saw nine and ten respectively while daily cases remained stuck in the 400 plus level. After restriction...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Deaths Rise Thursday To Nine While Cases Remain Steady

Deaths notched higher Thursday with nine new people dying from COVID-19 related causes while daily cases remained steady in the mid 400s. The number of active cases and those under public health monit...

NDP And NCCM Call For Action To Tackle Hate In Canada

On the evening of January 29th, 2017, a gunman killed six and injured 19 others at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City. People died just because they were Muslim. To mark this day, NDP Leader J...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Six New Deaths And 469 Cases Announced Wednesday

It was another ho-hum day of COVID-19 deaths and cases with six new deaths and 400 plus cases with the spread staying stuck in these relatively moderate daily numbers. Restrictions are continuing even...

American Sikhs From California Put Up Funds To Air Super Bowl Ad Supporting Indian Farmers

American Sikhs gave a big boost to the Indian farmers’ ongoing fight to win justice against dire laws brought in by the rightwing Narendra Modi government by airing a Super Bowl commercial featuring...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Deaths Continue To Decline With Four Reported Tuesday

COVID-19 related deaths in BC are continuing to decline with four reported on Tuesday after a similar trend over the weekend. Cases remained in the 400s as worries mounted about the spread of the more...

NDP’s Fight To Stop Federal Government From Enforcing Repayment Of CERB Benefits Bears Fruit

Paul Singh Appointed New Acting Chair Of BC Human Rights Tribunal

Before taking over as acting chair, lawyer Paul Singh was appointed as a full-time member of the BCHRT on April 16, 2018. He holds degrees from the University of British Columbia (B.Sc., LLB) and from...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Weekend Sees 13 Deaths And 1236 Cases

Active cases and the daily spread are slowing and so are deaths, which for the last three days averaged less than 5 a day. Continued restrictions and the distribution of the vaccine will hopefully lea...