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Meeting strengthens India-B.C. partnerships

Minister of Finance Michael de Jong met with Indian Finance Minister, Minister of Corporate Affairs in the cabinet of India, Arun Jaitley, today in New...

Karman Singh Grewal, and Elson Blue Joy charged in Fentanyl and Cocaine bust

By Caley Ramsay Global News Two people from British Columbia have been charged following a drug seizure in Grande Prairie earlier this month. More than one kilogram of...

Men charged with felony assault and hate crimes in beating of Bay Area Sikh man

(By Ben Poston of LA Times) October 14 2016 Contra Costa County prosecutors charged a pair of Texas men Friday with two counts of felony assault...

Ajax doctor stripped of licence over allegations of sex abuse, harassment, drugging

Rajinder Singh Sekhon did not contest CPSO’s finding that he is incompetent and failed to maintain the standard of practice of the profession. (By JACQUES...

Husband and hitman receive life sentences in B.C. mother’s murder

Jeff Lagerquist, CTVNews.ca Writer A B.C. father who arranged to have his wife stabbed to death inside their family home has been convicted of first-degree...

Calgary man who played role in $23M Concrete Equities fraud won’t see jail

By KEVIN MARTIN The Calgary man who played a part in a $23-million investment scheme won’t serve time behind bars for his role in the fraud. Provincial...

Three Toronto police officers face assault charges

Const. Piara Dhaliwal, Const. John Darnell, and Const. Adam Morris are facing assault charges. By VJOSA ISAI Toronto Star Ontario’s police watchdog has charged three Toronto police officers...

Brampton woman’s father-in-law acknowledges role in her killing

Kulwant Litt, 67, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to manslaughter on Tuesday. By ALYSHAH HASHAM Staff Reporter The father of a woman convicted of manslaughter...

The right friends turned Kabaddi player’s life around – with help from Surrey’s Kids Play

Austin Batra wants to be a role model for troubled South Asian youth after turning his life around with the help of Surrey-based Kids...

Chilliwack Mounties bust dial-a-dope operation

Two people face charges after being arrested for drug offences by the RCMP in late August. Dipendra Varma Bundhoo, 27, of Delta, faces charges for...

BC NDP Director Raj Sihota becomes first South Asian woman to hold top staff position

News Talk 980 CKNW | Vancouver's News. Vancouver's Talk Bailey Nicholson Raj Sihota is now the first woman of South Asian descent to hold the top...

Developer Amarjit Singh Sandhu, 56, dead after ‘targeted’ shooting in Richmond, B.C.

By CBC News Police have identified the 56-year-old man shot in Richmond, B.C., Saturday night as a prominent developer, Amarjit Singh Sandhu. Sandhu died in hospital after the parking lot shooting...

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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...