Community Happenings

Driver fleeing from police facing 4 charges

On Friday night, Feb. 12, a Delta Police constable was conducting general patrols in the area of 10,100-block of River Road. He attempted to pull over a vehicle; the driver initially slowed down and appeared to pull over, but then took evasive action and fled.

Vancouver Art Gallery Hosts Exclusive Media Preview For New Exhibitions

On February 17, the Vancouver Art Gallery opens its new exhibitions, Sun Xun: Mythological Time and Stories that animate us, two dynamic and compelling exhibitions that draw from a diverse range of oral histories, narratives, knowledge systems and cosmologies and Pictures and Promises, which features a broad selection of lens-based works by local and international artists.  

11th Annual DFSIN BC Awards Night

The 11th Annual Desjardins Financial Security Independent Network (DFSIN) – BC Excellence  Awards took place virtually on January 16th, 2021 to recognize the achievements of the team from the past year.

WOMEN’S VOICES IN THE MEDIA STILL OUTNUMBERED BY THOSE OF MEN – STUDY

New research from Simon Fraser University shows that women’s voices continue to be underrepresented in the media, despite having prominent female leaders across Canada and internationally. Researchers in SFU’s Discourse Processing Lab found that men outnumber women quoted in Canadian news media about three to one. The findings from the team’s Gender Gap Tracker study were published this week in the journal PLOS ONE. 

Lest we forget a Legend

With a sense of utmost grief and sorrow, we announce the sudden passing away of Mr. Charan Pal Gill, Founder and Founding CEO of Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS) Society, on February 2, 2021.