BC COVID-19 UPDATE: 33 Cases Reported Tuesday With No New Deaths

Vaccine seems to be doing its job as cases of COVID-19 continue to remain low but deaths have also declined steeply as there were no new deaths reported over the last five days. B.C. is reporting 33 n...

Biden Nominates Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti As Ambassador To India

Assuming he is confirmed by the Senate, Eric Garcetti will leave City Hall with more than a year left on his term. The Los Angeles City Council can appoint someone to fill the vacancy or call a specia...

DOWNTOWN TRAGEDY: 23-Month Child Killed In Car Crash That Also Injures One Man

A black Ford Escape collided with a black Mclaren in the intersection of Smithe and Hornby streets just after 6 p.m. on July 6. As a result of the collision, one of the vehicles mounted the sidewalk a...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: Weekend Sees Continued Low Cases And No New Deaths

The spread of COVID-19 continues to decline and the good news is with increased vaccine numbers, deaths are also down with no new deaths reported over the last three days. Over a three-day period, B.C...

Indo-American Among Two Arrested In $1.5M Cocaine Bust

The Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team (MAGNET)reportedly located a suitcase full of more than 74 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $1.5 million during a traffic stop con...

Canadian Government Needs To Do More To Root Out Racism And Islamophobia

Dear Editor:As a proud Canadian who immigrated to Canada in 1970 with my family, I ammourning the deaths of the Afzaal family of London, Ontario. The five members of thisfamily were mowed down on June...

SkyTrain Investment From Trudeau Government Good But Doesn’t Serve All of Surrey’s Transportation Needs, Says SBOT

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that the Federal Government will be providing $1.3 billion in funding for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain expansion project to get it from King George Statio...

BC COVID-19 UPDATE: 45 Cases Announced Friday With No New Deaths

B.C. is reporting 45 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 148,031 cases in the province. This includes a data correction from yesterday, as well as reconciliation of records for cases followed up by ...

Canada Extends Flight Ban On India Till July 21

Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, had said that the variant in India shows increased transmissibility. The initial travel ban was due to end on May 22, but was extended another ...