Yearly Archives: 2016

Brussels attack is just the beginning of a dreadful arc of terror and mayhem

By Matthew Fisher The horrifying images from Belgium on Tuesday, with travellers covered in blood while smoke billowed around them, have become so familiar to us...

NRI commits suicide in Moga village

A 57-year-old NRI woman settled in the UK allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself to death at Lopo village in Moga district on Sunday...

35 killed, 200 injured in Brussels airport, metro station blasts

Brussels, March 22 A series of explosions ripped through Brussels airport and a metro train on Tuesday, killing around 35 persons and injuring more than...

Wild elephants kill five people in two separate attacks in India

KOLKATA, India — Wild elephants have killed five people in two separate attacks in eastern India, an official said Monday. One of the animals...

Man in custody after domestic homicide in Maple Ridge

Maple Ridge: The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has laid charges against 29 year old Randy Scott in relation to the shooting death of 33 year...

‘Severely intoxicated’ driver pulled over in Abbotsford

by  Staff Writer - Abbotsford News posted Feb 17, 2016 at 9:00 AM A driver who police describe as “severely intoxicated” was pulled over on Sumas...

Vancouver murder victim pleaded with killers to ‘hold on’

Victim and another South Asian prisoner named Randy Naicker were living in same halfway house before the shooting BY KIM BOLAN, VANCOUVER SUN FEBRUARY 16,...

Guildford Bay employee stabbed trying to stop alleged shoplifter in Surrey

A 29-year-old man is in hospital in Surrey after he was stabbed trying to stop an alleged shoplifter at a Surrey mall Tuesday night. Photograph...

B.C. budget offers help to buyers of new homes

Finance Minister Mike De Jong's budget outlined $47.5 billion in spending for the 2016/17 fiscal year, starting April 1, with a projected $264 million...

Celine Dion’s castle-like $25.5-million Laval mansion on a private island has sold, reports say

Hayley Juhl, Montreal Gazette, Postmedia News SOTHEBY'SCéline Dion's former home on a private island near Laval sold for $25.5 million Twitter Google+ Reddit Email Typo? More The most expensive property on the...

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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...