Indo-Canadian Trucker From Calgary Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cocaine

Gurpal Singh Gill of Calgary pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute on June 10. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five to 40 years, a $5-million fine and at least four years of ...

Canadian Sikhs Hold Rally To Remember 1984 Genocide By India

Between June 1st and June 6th, 1984, Operation Blue Star was an (Indian army assault carried out on the Holiest Sikh Shrine, Sri Darbar Sahib also known as the Golden Temple. Over 30,000 Sikh pilgrims...

SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA PIONEERS! R. Paul Dhillon Meets His Mentor Promod Puri!

It’s always a blast when I see my former boss, mentor and friend Promod Puri, the founder of South Asian LINK Newspaper, the oldest South Asian newspaper in Canada. I’m still the editor of The Lin...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Remain Below 200 With One New Death Reported Friday

BC reached a milestone in it’s fight against the pandemic with more than 75 percent of the adult population having one dose of the vaccine. Cases of COVID-19 remained low and the health authorities ...

RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL HORROR: WCCAR Extends Deepest Sorrow And Solidarity With Canada's Indigenous People

VANCOUVER - The West Coast Coalition Against Racism extends its deepest sorrow to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada on the discovery of remains of 215 children found in a mass grave at a former residen...

Canada To Relax Quarantine Protocols For Vaccinated Citizens Returning Home

Canada's air and land borders have allowed for only essential travel since March of last year, and Canadians coming home are currently required to quarantine for 14 days.OTTAWA - Canada on Wednesday t...

Indo-Canadian Among Two Men Charged With Buying Guns For Criminals And Gangsters

Harjot Chahal, a 26-year-old from Pitt Meadows, and Alex Lytle, a 31-year-old from Port Coquitlam, have been arrested and charged with multiple offences relating to buying guns for criminals. In mid-2...

Council Annis Says Property Tax Bills To Sting Surrey Homeowners All Thanks To Mayor McCallum’s Wasteful Police Spending

We’re all paying a lot more under this mayor, and there’s still no transparency, said Surrey Councillor Linda Annis, adding taxpayers are learning the hard way that Doug McCallum’s promise of a ...

BC COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: Cases Remain Low As Four New Deaths Reported Thursday

Cases of COVID-19 remained low on Thursday with four new deaths with Fraser Health region continuing to have the highest number. But with active cases below 2000 and hospitalization below 200, BC rema...