BUYERS MARKET: Home Sales Fall For Fifth Straight Month In The Fraser Valley

The Fraser Valley real estate market continues to cool heading into the holiday season as buyers and sellers maintain the holding pattern seen over the latter half of this year. It is definitely a buy...

Ottawa Raising Income Requirement For Study Permits To Ensure Students Can Afford Life In Canada

To curb the onslaught of students, especially from India, many of whom arrive in Canada and quickly drop out of the education system and start seeking work and ways to stay in Canada, the federal gove...

Surrey Board of Trade Raises Over $12,500 And 55 Pounds Off Food For The Surrey Food Bank

Surrey’s business community gave generously at the Surrey Board of Trade’s annual Seasonal Sizzle Business Reception on December 5. The event raised over $12,500 and 555 pounds of food for the Sur...

CONSTITUTION DAY: The Indian Constitution Is Unique For It’s Dalit Emancipation But Are Those Implementing Good?

By Jai Birdi - Executive Director Chetna Association of CanadaCongratulations on the Constitution Day of India!The Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar took 2 years, 11 m...

Google Appoints Indo-American Woman To Run It’s Ad Business

Tech giant Google has appointed Vidhya Srinivasan -- an ad exec who previously led product and engineering for Google's core search, maps, and shopping formats – to take over from Jerry Dischler who...

Following Slow Start BC Finally Begins Public Engagement On Planned South Asian Canadian Museum

After announcing the much touted new South Asian Canadian museum, it’s been slow going but now the provincial NDP government is moving forward with new website which will provide British Columbians ...

Former Hockey Prospect Prabh Rai Charged With Large Scale Fraud

Former Canucks draft pick Prabh (Prabhraj) Rai has been charged with large-scale fraud by the Surrey RCMP Financial Crimes unit (FCU, which conducted an investigation that has resulted in Rai being ch...

OUTSTANDING ALUMNI: UBC Grad Praminder S. Gill Reflects On Rewarding Pharmacist Career Upon Top Alumni Honours

Program and grad year BSc(Pharm)’80Pharmacy CareerAfter graduation, I landed a role at Owl Drugs—where I'd previously completed a clinical rotation. In 1981, I took the reins as the manager at the...

Surrey Appoints Robert Costanzo As New City Manager

Surrey Council has appointed Robert Costanzo as Surrey’s new City Manager. “On behalf of Council, I am delighted to announce that Robert Costanzo has been appointed as the new City Manager for the...