BCJun 27, 2025
Surrey: Sikh Games Canada 2025 begin at Tamanawis Park
The Sikh Games Canada in Surrey began yesterday, June 26th. During the first days games, some interesting field hockey competition was witnessed in the under-10 category. Although the senior teams had also taken to the field this morning. The event, which started on Thursday, has not only the competition of different categories of field hockey as its main attraction, but also soccer, wrestling, volleyball, Gatka event, cultural performances etc. are also attracting people.Organizers say that this event, which started as a field hockey tournament in 2008, has now become one of the largest multi
BCJun 27, 2025
B.C.'s Interior health authority confirms additional measles cases
British Columbia's Interior health authority says it has confirmed additional cases of measles in the region spanning the province's southern Interior.
A statement from Interior Health says communities in the region with confirmed cases now include Kamloops, Kelowna, Salmon Arm and the Nelson area.
The update comes after the health authority issued a statement on Tuesday saying it had confirmed a single measles case in Kamloops.
The cases this week follow an announcement on June 17 that a visitor to B.C. who had measles had travelled throughout the Interior while infectious.
At the time, there
BCJun 27, 2025
B.C. police watchdog calls hearing into officers' 'racist, sexist' WhatsApp group
British Columbia's Police Complaint Commissioner says he's called a public hearing to probe misconduct allegations against three current and three former Nelson police officers over alleged racist, sexist and inappropriate comments made in a private WhatsApp chat group.
Prabhu Rajan says the allegations "go to the heart of public trust in policing" and the public hearing will also delve into a constitutional challenge filed in court last year by five of the subject officers.
A notice of public hearing from Rajan's office says the court case hasn't moved forward since it was filed in August 202
BCJun 27, 2025
Two people, including nine-year-old girl, dead after Calgary house fire
Two people, including a nine-year-old girl, are dead following an early morning house fire east of the Calgary airport. The second victim, a man in his 50s, was found deceased inside the home, while the girl was sent to hospital but did not survive.
Fire spokeswoman Carole Henke says emergency crews called to the Taradale neighbourhood were met by roaring flames bursting from a two-storey home, threatening other nearby structures. Six people were inside the house: an adult and a teen who escaped through an upper floor window were sent to hospital while two people in the basement suit
BCJun 26, 2025
Six still in hospital, two months after attack on Vancouver's Lapu Lapu festival
Police say six victims remain in hospital two months after the attack on Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day street festival that killed 11 people.
Vancouver police say in an email response that one child victim who had been in hospital until recently has now been released and is recovering at home.
Police say they cannot provide specific details about the victims' injuries or medical status.
Police had said on June 5 that seven people were hospitalized, with one in serious condition.
Suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo is facing multiple counts of second-degree murder over the April 26 attack at the festival held b
BCJun 26, 2025
Federal bank loaning $1B for BC Ferries to buy Chinese-made ships
A federal Crown corporation is loaning BC Ferries $1 billion to help buy four Chinese-made ferries, a purchase that federal transport minister Chrystia Freeland recently said was dismaying and should involve no federal funds.
Canada Infrastructure Bank confirmed the loan on Thursday, saying the new electric ferries "wouldn't likely be purchased" without the financing.
It says the low-cost loan consists of up to $690 million to buy the vessels and up to $310 million for electrification infrastructure.
Freeland wrote to the province on June 16, asking B.C. to confirm "with utmost certainty" that
BCJun 26, 2025
Police seek witnesses after firecracker assault in Moody Park
The New Westminster Police Department is investigating an assault that occurred in Moody Park after a firecracker was thrown at someone who was playing basketball.
On the evening of June 23, at approximately 9:30pm, the victim was on the basketball courts in Moody Park when an unknown person approached on an electric scooter. The suspect threw a lit firecracker at the victim. The victim sustained injuries to his hand that required hospitalization.
“This kind of reckless behaviour causes life-altering injuries,” stated Sergeant Andrew Leaver. “We’re asking anyone who was in the area or
BCJun 26, 2025
No, school zones are not changing to 24/7
Some disreputable websites are claiming that all Canadian school zones will be in effect 24/7 starting July 1, 2025. These websites are completely wrong, and social media and AI are amplifying the misinformation, says Corporal Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. School zones are a provincial jurisdiction. There are no sweeping changes coming for Canada.
Section 147 of the BC Motor Vehicle Act says that a person driving a vehicle on a regular school day and on a highway where signs are displayed stating a speed limit of 30 km/h… must drive at a rate of speed not exceeding 30 km/h… be
BCJun 26, 2025
Numerous packages stolen from mail room, police seeking help identify suspects
On June 17, 2025, West Shore RCMP responded to a report of theft from a mailroom located at 3149 Aggregate Court in Langford.
Police obtained CCTV footage which depicts two suspects entering the mail room at approximately 5:40 a.m., gathering numerous packages from the mail room floor and walking out with them.
Suspect #1 is described as:
Male with light-medium skin tone;Dark facial hair styled in a goatee;Wearing a white zip up jacket with black piping and the brand name Nike written across the back with the hood up and a dark colored baseball cap under the hood,Wearing burgundy runners, blac