Friday, March 29, 2024

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Third Man Pleads Guilty In 2017 Abbotsford Homicide In Which A South Asian Man Also Pleaded Guilty

 A third suspect has entered a guilty plea in the 2017 homicide of Alexander Blanarou after two earlier guilty pleas including one by a South Asian suspect. On December 28, 2017, just before 2:30 p.m., 24-year-old Alexander Blanarou was...

Woman Dies After Being Stabbed In Surrey-Newton Wednesday Night

A woman is dead following a stabbing Wednesday night in the Newton area of Surrey. On December 7 at 9:22 p.m., Surrey RCMP responded to the report that a person had been stabbed in a residence located in the...

Premier Eby’s Bloated Cabinet Includes Five Indo-Canadian Ministers

Premier David Eby’s new bloated cabinet includes an historic five Indo-Canadian Ministers, finally allowing MLAs like Jagrup Brar into the inner circle. Meanwhile NDP’s two young Indo-Canadian stars Nikki Sharma and Ravi Kahlon have been given top cabinet posts...

7th HIKE: Bank Of Canada Raises Another 50 Basis Points With Rates Highest Since 2008

Home owners continue to be hammered by the Bank of Canada with another .5 percent hike even though the bank governor told Canadians that he saw low interest rates well into 2023. While the Bank of Canada signaled it...

Dr. Amedkar’s Portrait Formally Gifted To Centre For India At UBC On His Death Anniversary

By Chetna Association of Canada VANCOUVER - on the 66th death anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar, family of the late artist Shital Anmol, officially gifted a portrait of Dr. Ambedkar to the Centre for India and South Asia Research (CISAR) on...

Lack Of New Listings Continue To Push Fraser Valley Housing Sales Down

With sales down almost seven per cent from October, and new listings off by more than 20 per cent, the Fraser Valley housing market continues its slowing trend heading into the holiday season. In November, the Fraser Valley Real...

Surrey’s Jasroop Singh Gosal Appointed To BC’s First Accessibility Standards Committee

Jasroop Singh Gosal, the Surrey Board of Trade’s Policy & Research Manager, has been appointed to the BC Government’s Employment Accessibility Standard Technical Committee. The Province has appointed 30 people to help develop British Columbia’s first two standards for...

Dr. Ambedkar Mahaprinirvan Diwas To Be Observed On December 6

Mahaprinirvan Diwas of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar will be observed on Tuesday, December 6, at 6 PM in the C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research, 1855 West Mall, UBC, Vancouver.  Dr. Ambedkar left a strong legacy...

Unprepared Drivers Blamed For The Highway And Byway Gridlocks After Big Snowfall Last Week

Bad unprepared drivers and general unpreparedness is being blamed for the highway and byway gridlocks that forced drivers to reach home as late next morning last week after the first big snowfall this winter.  Mainroad Manager Darren Ell doesn’t...

Human Rights Activist Harinder Mahil Honoured With Order Of BC

Activist Harinder Mahil, the former commissioner of the British Columbia Human Rights Commission, was honoured along with the other recipients of the Order of British Columbia honours by Premier David Eby at a ceremony in Victoria last week.  “I...
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Surrey RCMP Warn Of Fraudsters Who Continue “Unscrupulous Acts”

The Surrey RCMP continue to investigate reports of fraud involving bail requests and online market sales and warn the public of fraudster’s ongoing “Unscrupulous...

Beyond The Game: The Social And Economic Effects Of Sports Betting In Canada

Sports betting in Canada has changed in recent years. It was once a niche hobby but now it is a mainstream activity that has...

OVERCASTE: Poetic Justice Foundation Hosts Exhibit, Talk Highlighting Discrimination

On March 16th, Poetic Justice Foundation unveiled "OVERCASTE: Confront. Disrupt. Evolve." - an unprecedented museum exhibit curated by Anita Lal and Dr. Sharanjit Kaur...

Another Pedestrian Struck In Surrey During Early Morning Traffic

Surrey RCMP is continuing investigation of another pedestrian struck during early Monday morning traffic, near Scott Road and Nordel Way. On January 29, 2024...