BCJun 02, 2025
City of Delta celebrates opening of new Delta Secondary School track
The City of Delta, in partnership with the Delta School District and Province of British Columbia, celebrated the grand opening of the new track and infield at Delta Secondary School. Alongside students from Delta Secondary and elementary schools around Ladner, Delta Council was joined by Surrey-City Centre MLA Amna Shah, Delta South MLA Ian Paton, as well as Delta School Trustees and representatives from Tsawwassen First Nation, to officially open the upgraded track and field facility. In the spirit of “hitting the ground running,” students participated in a baton relay on the newly
BCJun 02, 2025
B.C. provides peek into $2.95B SkyTrain tunnel, set to open in 2027
The British Columbia government has provided a glimpse of progress on the Broadway subway tunnel, which is set to expand Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain capacity significantly in 2027. Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth led a media tour of the construction of the tunnel, part of a 5.7-kilometre extension of the SkyTrain Millennium Line from VCC-Clark Station to Arbutus Street on Vancouver's West Side.Farnworth says the $2.95-billion construction project also features a 700-metre stretch of elevated track before the route plunges under Broadway, and about 750 workers are involved.He says the new
BCJun 02, 2025
WSO says, Stephen Harper’s comments echo Indian propaganda, fuel anti-Sikh hate
The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) has condemned former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s recent comments about improving Canada's relations with India. WSO says, Harper once again attempted to vilify Sikh Canadians and minimize India’s role in undermining Canadian sovereignty.
WSO's press release:
Speaking at the Impact Media & Events Corporation’s Canada-India Charity Gala in Brampton on Saturday, Mr. Harper stated that political parties should shun Sikhs who support Khalistan if they wish to have stronger relations with India, calling the Khalistan movement “fringe” a
BCJun 02, 2025
Sombre start to Filipino Heritage Month in B.C. as festival attack's shadow lingers
British Columbia is celebrating the start of this year's Filipino Heritage Month in a more sombre mood than usual. The celebrations come a little over a month after the deadly attack on the Lapu Lapu Day Festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people and injured scores of others. Premier David Eby says while the province continues to grieve, the community coming together to heal demonstrates how ``strength in unity'' has enriched B-C's cultural fabric. New Democrat legislative member Mable Elmore, who is of Filipino descent, says her community is healing and will emerge stronger from the trage
CanadaJun 02, 2025
Joly commits to prioritizing Canadian steel, aluminum for defence, infrastructure
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says Ottawa is committed to using Canadian steel and aluminum in national infrastructure and defence projects as President Donald Trump threatens to impose more tariffs.
Joly met with aluminum industry leaders at a summit in Montreal on Sunday.
Joly says the government is waiting to see if Trump follows through on his threat to increase steel and aluminum tariffs to 50 per cent through an executive order.
The United Steelworkers union says it welcomes Joly's announcement.
Union national director Marty Warren says his organization will be watching to ensure the f
CanadaJun 02, 2025
Canada Post rejects union's request for binding arbitration to end labour dispute
Canada Post has rejected a request from the union representing about 55,000 of its workers to send their ongoing labour dispute to binding arbitration.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers made the request in a statement issued Saturday, saying it was inviting Canada Post to a fair, final and binding arbitration process to resolve negotiations that have dragged on for months without producing a new collective agreement.
But the crown corporation dismissed the proposal in a response released on Sunday, saying it wants to "restore stability" to the postal service and arguing the union's request
FeaturedJun 02, 2025
Firefighters safely evacuated after getting trapped by northern Alberta wildfire
Crews battling a fire in northern Alberta are now safe after losing radio contact and took shelter from a runaway wildfire that's inching closer to the community. A spokesman for Forestry Minister Todd Loewen says two teams of firefighters are heading to Slave Lake after losing contact while they worked to battle a blaze west of Fort McMurray.
The ministry says access to the area has been restored and it is relieved that the firefighters were unharmed. An earlier social media post from Loewen says one group took shelter at the local fire station near Chipewyan Lake, while another h
WorldJun 02, 2025
Road accident in northern Nigeria kills 22 athletes returning from a sports festival
A bus veered off a bridge in Nigeria's northern state of Kano, killing at least 22 athletes returning home from a sports festival and leaving several other passengers injured, the state's governor said.
The cause of the accident, which happened on Saturday, was not immediately known. The athletes had taken part in the Nigerian National Sports Festival in the southern state of Ogun over the last week.
The driver appeared to lose control of the bus and the vehicle, with over 30 passengers, plunged off the Chiromawa Bridge on the Kano-Zaria expressway, according to Abba Kabir Yusuf, the governor
BCMay 30, 2025
Charges laid in Vancouver's Crab Park homicide
A Vancouver Police homicide investigation has led to the arrest of a suspect in the murder of a man in Crab Park in March.
Brett MacDonald, 51, was shot on the north-west side of Crab Park along the gravel path just before 8:30 a.m. on March 22. He was found by a passerby who called police.
Jason Hnatyshyn, 47, was arrested on April 10 in Red Deer, Alberta, by VPD homicide detectives.
The BC Prosecution Service has approved one count of first-degree murder against Hnatyshyn.
He remains in custody until his next court appearance.