Two Indo-American Executives Convicted In $1 Billion Health Tech Fraud

Two Indo-American executives of a Chicago-based start-up have been convicted by a federal jury in a case involving a $1billion health tech fraud scheme that targeted the company’s clients, lenders a...

Vancouver Police Updates Handcuffing Policy After Criticism Over High-Handed Incidents

Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is updating it’s handcuffing policy after criticism and backlash over it’s high handedness in controversial handcuffing of children as it happened when it wrongly...

NDP Says Kevin Falcon’s New BCUP Logo Gives Toll Nightmares To Surrey Residents

The former BC Liberal party officially changed their names to BC United Party (BCUP) and unveiled a new logo that looks eerily like the TReO logo that BCUP Leader Kevin Falcon and his party used to co...

Indo-Canadian RCMP Dies In Alberta Crash

An Indo-Canadian RCMP officer with the Strathcona County died after his vehicle hit a concrete barrier. Const. Harvinder Singh Dhami, 32, was driving to assist other officers with a noise complaint ca...

Police Seek Assistance In Locating Missing South Asian Woman

Surrey RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing South Asian woman. Jovaria Ghani was last seen at noon on April 13 in the 7800 block of 139A Street in Surrey. She has not bee...

Bank of Canada Pushes Another Pause On Rate Hikes But Is Not Sure About Cuts In Upcoming Announcements

The Bank of Canada announced on Wednesday that it’s doing another pause on its target for the overnight rate at 4½%, with the Bank Rate at 4¾% and the deposit rate at 4½%. The Bank said it is als...

Indian Man Facing Deportation From Canada Accused Of Smuggling 1000 People To US

An Indian man accused of smuggling 1000 people has been extradited to the US to face charges. He was already facing deportation from Canada at the time of his arrest. Federal prosecutors in the United...

BC Speaker Raj Chouhan And Others Honoured On Anniversary Of Right To Vote By South Asian Community

The South Asian community won the right to vote in British Columbia on April 2, 1947. The Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation commemorated this historic day by organizing an event on April 1 and honoured Raj C...

BC Minimum Wage Increasing 6.9 Percent To $16.75 An Hour On June 1

BC government announced this week that on June 1, 2023, B.C.'s lowest-paid workers will get a pay raise with the general minimum wage increasing from $15.65 to $16.75 an hour. "Having a minimum wage t...