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Surrey RCMP celebrated by business community

Surrey, October 6, 2016 Surrey RCMP officers, auxiliaries, support staff, and volunteers were recognized at the Surrey Board of Trade’s 20th annual Police Officer of...

‘Happy memories, incredibly grateful’: Prince William’s parting words to Canada

Goodbye, Canada. We'll be back. That was the promise Saturday from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. — Image Credit: Ken Sakamoto / Black Press  by  Staff...

Hardy Grewal, Subway franchise kingpin, donates $1M to Concordia

Son of Indian farmers came to Canada with $7, former cabbie now owns 2,100 fast-food franchises By Roberto Rocha, CBC News Hardeep Singh Grewal, the son of Punjabi sugar-cane farmers,...

Surrey Libraries launches Strategic Plan for 2016 – 2018

Surrey, BC. Surrey Libraries is pleased to launch its Strategic Plan for 2016 – 2018. The Library Board presented the Plan to Mayor and...

Your kid’s prom just got even more expensive

POLLY MOSENDZ, WASHINGTON POST   Parents are accustomed to being treated like human cash machines during prom season, spending close to $1,000 to guarantee that a...

The vitamin that made elderly mice live longer, and stopped their organs from aging

By Zoe Demarco Scientists say that they have found evidence that an already-celebrated vitamin can stop the aging process of organs in mice. It could also...

‘Where are Canada’s 4,472 missing baby girls?’

Robyn Urback | April 13, 2016  There is something about aborting a fetus because she is a girl, as opposed to aborting a fetus for...

How to help girls build a positive body image

KATIE HURLEY, WASHINGTON POST “Hello, I’m a fat person, fat, fat, fat.” Taken out of context, these words, from the mouth of a 6-year-old female toy...

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...

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,...

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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...