BC is raising the minimum wage again with the lowest-paid workers tol get a pay raise from $16.75 to $17.40 per hour on June 1, 2024. This represents a 3.9% increase, consistent with B.C.'s average rate of inflation in...
The public health accountability and cost recovery act will provide the tools necessary for the government to recover costs associated with the promotion, marketing and distribution of products that are harmful to adults and children in British Columbia. Building...
Surrey is about to become British Columbia's largest city by 2029, with a population of one million by 2042, says Surrey First Councillor Linda Annis. Annis said data from Stats Canada, BC Stats, and futurists such as demographer Andrew...
Following the 84th connection that connected King George to 140th Street, Surrey Council on Monday approved the extension of 72 Avenue between 152 Street to Highway 15. With an estimated construction cost of $138M, this project marks the largest...
By Zile Singh
A Japanese ship named Komagata Maru with 376 passengers on board, comprising theSikhs, Hindus, and Muslims from India, sailed from Hong Kong. It reached the Burrard Inlet, Vancouver, BC on May 23, 1914. Due to Canada’s Continuous...
Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney passes away this week at the age of 84. Current Conservative leader and most likely the next Canadian prime minister Pierre Poilievre called Mulroney’s passing as a great loss to Canadians.
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The toxic drug epidemic is now killing more British Columbians than many other causes of death including suicides and murders. The latest figures show that at least 198 deaths suspected to have been caused by toxic, unregulated drugs reported...
Heiltsuk Nation members seek a culturally appropriate apology from VPD Constables’ failure and ask the constables to apologize in a culturally appropriate way is systemic racism in action and is preventing progress on a landmark human rights settlement with...
Veteran Ontario public servant, a South Asian man, has been appointed as BC’s next Police Complaint Commissioner. The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia announced Wednesday that they have appointed Prabhu Rajan as Police Complaint Commissioner for a five-year term,...
BC wants Kulwant Bal, an alleged member of a criminal organization, to forfeit more than $6 million in real estate in the Okanagan because it was bought using the proceeds of drug trafficking and fraud. The properties include Bal’s...
The public health accountability and cost recovery act will provide the tools necessary for the government to recover costs associated with the promotion, marketing...