KASHMIR SELF DETERMINATION: Advocates Use Mobile Billboard Trucks In US To Highlight Kashmir Independence

The World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF), a Washington-based advocacy body, displayed razor-sharp messages on mobile billboard trucks in Washington & New York, calling on the United Nations to fulfill...

Why Are Immigration And Refugee Applicants Being Jailed In Canada?

By Harinder MahilThousands of people who show up at Canadian borders each year and apply for refugee status are often sent to detention centres and jails.Why does the Canadian government treat these p...

2022 Brought Dramatic Political Change For Punjab And New Premier For BC

By Balwant SangheraWell, 2022 is finally over. Now we can welcome 2023 with a lot of expectations. A closer look at 2022 indicates that it may be one of the most unusual ones in a long time. Let us st...

Farm workers To Get 2.8 Percent Rate Increase On January 1

BC announced Thursday that farm workers and producers are reminded that the minimum wage for agricultural piece rates will increase by 2.8% on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. The increase applies to 15 agricult...

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke’s Year End Message Highlights Keeping The RCMP And Saving $235 Million

Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke delivered her year-end message Thursday and keeping the RCMP as the main police force in the city and saving $235 million in the process was the central message. “Policing ...

BC Hoping To Please Both Landlords And Renters With New Speedier Dispute Resolution Process

On Wednesday, the government announced that renters and landlords in B.C. will soon benefit from more timely and efficient supports and services as the government takes action to speed up and strength...

IDEOLOGICALLY BENT: Basic Liberties Can Become Irrelevant In Guise Of Good Governance

By Promod PuriDo political parties under a democratic structure need to base themselves on their distinctive ideologies, or can they do away with that and solely project themselves as suppliers of goo...

Council Votes To Re-Establish Surrey Ethics Commissioner Office

Surrey City Council voted to re-establish a Surrey Ethics Commissioner Office during its Regular Council Meeting recently. A Committee consisting of three members of the public, two City of Surrey Cou...

Meet The South Asian Press!

Newly-minted Premier David Eby and his rebooted large South Asian cabinet including senior ministers Ravi Kahlon and Harry Bains met with members of the South Asian media Monday morning to discuss iss...