BCJun 11, 2025
SPS advises of large Outlaw Motorcycle Gang presence in Surrey
Surrey Police Service (SPS) is advising the public of a significant Outlaw Motorcycle Gang presence in Surrey between Thursday, June 12 and Sunday, June 15.
Motorists are advised that SPS, as well as police from neighbouring jurisdictions, will be monitoring a very large Hells Angels motorcycle procession that is expected to draw over 700 motorcyclists beginning at 11:30 tomorrow morning in Coquitlam and end at a banquet hall in the 12300 block Patullo Place, Surrey.
This traffic-related event is likely to cause delays to motorists in parts of the City of Surrey tomorrow, June 12, 2025, be
WorldJun 11, 2025
At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa, officials say
At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province after an extreme cold front brought heavy rain and snow to parts of the country, officials said Wednesday.
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the death toll was provided by police.
The toll included six students who were washed away when their school bus was caught in floodwaters near a river on Tuesday, Mabuyane told journalists. He said four other students were missing.
Mabuyane’s office had reported seven deaths in the floods on Tuesday.
BCJun 11, 2025
Surrey forum to address extortion calls, public safety: Satish Kumar
Following the shooting at Reflections Banquet Hall in Surrey, business owner Satish Kumar spoke to Connect FM today in an exclusive interview on the morning show and raised questions on the credibility on the steps being taken by the police agencies in dealing with extortion issues in the area.
He said that a forum is being organized next Sunday (June 15) from 2 pm to 4 pm. Satish Kumar said that a forum on ransoms will be held at Reflections Banquet Hall at 2 pm and he appealed to the community to join the forum and discuss the matter.
He said that Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke is going to join t
CanadaJun 11, 2025
Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara calls for PM Modi's G-7 visit to be pulled
Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib Security has written a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney expressing its deep disappointment over the invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the G-7.
Sikh Federation of Canada spokesperson Maninder Singh said that we all feel that this is like rubbing salt in the wounds and the Foreign Affairs Commission has also confirmed that the Sikh community has been suffering from continuous violence by agents of the Indian government for the past several years.
The letter to the Prime Minister has demanded the withdrawal of Modi's invitation and
BCJun 11, 2025
BC Ferries picks Chinese shipyard to build four new boats
BC Ferries has chosen a Chinese shipyard to build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, with the first arriving by 2029.
CEO Nicolas Jimenez says BC Ferries won't release the cost of the contract with China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards, and adds he's not worried about becoming a geopolitical bargaining chip in tensions between Canada and China.
CanadaJun 11, 2025
SPS officers rescue two residents in suspicious overnight fire
Surrey Police Service (SPS) is investigating a suspicious overnight fire in Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood that has left two vehicles and one home damaged, and several residents displaced.
Shortly before 1:45 am on June 11, 2025, SPS Frontline officers responded to reports from a resident in the 13400 block 64 Avenue that a house on his street was on fire. Officers quickly arrived and encountered two vehicles and the front of a house on fire and active explosions happening. Residents of a basement suite were able to safely be evacuated but officers were advised about two upstairs residents.
IndiaJun 11, 2025
Bhagwant Mann is a dummy CM: Bikram Singh Majithia
Former minister and senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia, who arrived to campaign for the by-election to be held in Ludhiana, Punjab, termed Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann a dummy Chief Minister. He said that now even the Chief Minister's thumbs are in their pockets by the people of Delhi.
Majithia said that the Aam Aadmi Party has increased the debt of Punjab to Rs 4 lakh crore and not a single industry could be brought to Punjab in three and a half years. He also alleged that the AAP government is involved in illegal mining.
CanadaJun 11, 2025
Ottawa's GST rebate on new homes would save typical 1st-time buyer $27K: PBO
The parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa's plan to slash the sales tax on housing would save an eligible first-time homebuyer an average of roughly $27,000 off the price of a newly built home.
The federal government's fiscal watchdog predicts in a new analysis that a little over 71,000 new builds will quality for GST relief over the lifetime of the program.
The proposal would see the federal portion of the sales tax eliminated on a new home worth up to $1 million if it's bought by a qualifying first-time homebuyer.
The GST rebate would be phased down as the price of the home approaches $1.
CanadaJun 11, 2025
Liberal MP to meet with Carney to discuss Modi's 'un-Canadian' invitation to G7
B.C. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal says he has a meeting scheduled with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week to talk about his controversial decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 in Alberta next week.
Dhaliwal says he's spoken with hundreds of people who disagree with Carney's decision to invite Modi to the upcoming leaders summit — some of them members of the Liberal caucus.
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau and the RCMP have linked agents of the Indian government to the murder of Canadian Sikh separatist activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., nearly two yea