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There should be balance between right to privacy, freedom of speech, sovereignty and integrity of country: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court while hearing the plea of "climate activist" Disha Ravi on Friday said there should be a balance between the right to privacy and freedom of speech of people, and sovereignty and integrity of the country.The b...

B.C. records uptick in COVID-19 cases as officials issue reminder about precautions

Health officials in British Columbia are reminding residents to follow public health orders and restrictions after a significant rise in cases from earlier this week. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister...

Police respond to multi-person drug overdose in Surrey

Surrey RCMP is informing the public of a recent incident involving multiple overdoses at the same location where people were found overdosing on drugs. A woman was located deceased at a second location, also suspected of overdosin...

Surrey RCMP arrest man after crash and foot pursuit in Guildford area

The Surrey RCMP Gang Enforcement Team (SGET) arrested a man who is known to police after a collision and foot pursuit, in Guildford. Shortly after 7:00 p.m. on February 17, 2021, an SGET officer conducting a pro-active patrol atte...

NASA rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

Perseverance pays off. The NASA robotic rover named Perseverance landed on Mars. A NASA rover has landed on Mars in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red planet. The space agency ...

Whale researchers celebrating the birth of a new baby orca

Whale researchers are celebrating the birth of a new baby orca to the endangered southern resident killer whales. In a rare event, members of the J pod, K pod and L pod were all in the waters of the Haro Strait yesterday to meet ...

COVID-19 outbreak at a mine in B.C. now includes 42 cases

Northern Health says it has identified new cases linked to an outbreak at the Brucejack Mine near Stewart, BC. The health authority says the new cases bring the total associated with the mine to 42, a dozen of which are active an...

Liberals propose federal criminal reforms aimed at systemic racism in justice system

The Trudeau government has tabled legislation to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for certain drug offences, saying they do not deter crime and unfairly affect Indigenous and Black offenders. The bill introduced today would als...

Cost of mandatory quarantine for newly arrived refugees to be covered by government

Newly arriving refugees will have the cost of their mandatory hotel quarantines covered by the federal government. The federal government is also covering the cost of mandatory COVID-19 testing on arrival.As of Monday, most incomi...