Monthly Archives: March, 2016

British Columbia Residential Care Facilities Quick Facts Directory

A new directory compiled by the Office of the Seniors Advocate offers families a chance to compare services offered by 292 publicly funded licensed...

36 NRI names removed from ‘Blacklist’ after CM Badal writes to PM

New Delhi, March 28 A “blacklist” maintained by the Central government imposing visa restrictions on Sikhs settled abroad has been pruned, reportedly following Prime Minister...

IIO investigating woman’s death in White Rock RCMP cell

by  Tom Zytaruk - Surrey Now WHITE ROCK — The Whalley-based Independent Investigations Office is investigating an in-custody death after a 58-year-old woman died in...

Knowing how to slice, cook your onions makes big difference

SARA MOULTON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Back in the ’80s and ’90s, I used to work behind the scenes with Julia Child during her appearances on...

Toronto police to honour their old adversary Rob Ford at his funeral on Wednesday

Richard Warnica It will be in many ways a fitting end to a relationship that was by turns strained and strange — both combative and...

Man pays $400 a month to sleep in wooden box in friends’ San Francisco living room

Yanan Wang, Washington Post By now, the high price of rent in and around San Francisco has become at once a familiar lament and an...

What’s new for this tax-filing season?

Vancouver, British Columbia, March 30, 2016…The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) would like to remind Canadians of new or improved tax relief measures and online...

More funding for MEND: Healthy living program expands

KAMLOOPS - Families with children throughout British Columbia soon will have more help in achieving healthy lifestyles and healthy weights with $2 million to...

Child Care Subsidy fix to support more families

VICTORIA - Child support payments will no longer impact eligibility for parents already receiving or applying for child care subsidies, starting April 1, 2016,...

Impaired-driving charges laid against Balraj Cheema in head-on collision

By Vikki Hopes - Abbotsford News Impaired-driving charges have been laid against a man in relation to a head-on crash last September that seriously injured 21-year-old Jocelyn Visser...

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How to Safely Celebrate Easter and Passover

Though it may not be quite the same as past holidays, this Easter, Passover or any other event can still be filled with love,...

Magic Days Coming to Museum of Surrey

Surrey, BC – Lon Mandrake, magician, and son of the late famous Mandrake the Magician, will perform a little abracadabra at Museum of Surrey on...

TransLink completes modernization of 1980s-era SkyTrain technology

NEW WESTMINSTER: TransLink has replaced aging speakers and signs on the SkyTrain system by installing 280 new customer information screens and over 1,400 new...

Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Abbotsford Regional Hospital

SURREY – Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Abbotsford Regional Hospital after evidence of transmission in a medicine unit. Four patients at Abbotsford Regional...