On May 2, 2025, Surrey City Council officially cut the ribbon on the newly opened Strawberry Hill Hall child care facility. The fully licensed facility opened on April 1, 2025, and is currently enrolling children aged 3-5 years to fill 25 available spaces.
Following the tremendous success of last year’s inaugural event, the South Asian Community Hub (SACH) is excited to announce that the 2nd annual fundraising gala will be taking place on the evening of May 2nd at the Crown Palace Banquet Hall.
Left to right: Jamie Lee, Deacon, Koinonia Evangelical Church; Haines Lee, Deacon, Koinonia Evangelical Church; Spencer Gall, Chief Philanthropy Officer, Richmond Hospital Foundation
Elaine Xu, VP, Travel Trade & Promotion, Regional Retail Operations, North America, Avolta (1st from the left), and the team of Avolta’s World Duty Free Vancouver.
Organization hosts first-ever Breakfast for Kids campaign to support children across the country
Organizers of the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party, British Columbia’s largest Filipino festival this year, have announced the full lineup for the one-day event taking place on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
On Saturday (April 5th), Surrey’s NDP MLAs, Minister Garry Begg, Minister Jagrup Brar, PS Amna Shah, PS Jessie Sunner, and Delta MLA Ravi Kahlon co-hosted their annual Eid celebration.
Donors at Langley Community Health & Hospital Foundation’s Giving Hearts Gala celebrated the launch of the transformative Guru Nanak Endowment Fund on April 4, raising $331,000 for ongoing health care excellence at Langley Memorial Hospital.
The Met’s Mother’s Day festivities anchored by indoor glamping in partnership with Decathlon
89 per cent of engaged women support reducing reliance on U.S. trade, amidst tariff war.
85 per cent want to see increased pipeline and refining capacity within Canada.
73 per cent support a vision of Canada as a self-reliant, economically strong nation powered by increased oil and gas production and exports
On Saturday, April 5th, a Certificate of Congratulations was presented to the Greater Vancouver Taiwanese Canadian Association (GVTCA) at the Annual Spring Gala by MLA Sunita Dhir (Vancouver-Langara), MLA Anne Kang (Burnaby Centre), MLA Paul Choi (Burnaby South-Metrotown), and MLA Kelly Greene (Richmond-Steveston).
Anniversary concert features 280 young musicians and special guest alumna Joanna G’froerer of the National Arts Centre Orchestra
Tony Singh, Balraj Mann, Perminder Tung and Raj Hundal have been recognized for their remarkable contributions with the Coronation Medal, a Canadian honour commemorating the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III. This distinguished accolade is awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to Canada and their home province of British Columbia. Special ceremony took place at the Government House in Victoria, BC.
Kamal Sharma honoured with the proclamation on March 12th as ‘Kamal Sharma Day’ by the Hon. Mayor Ken Sim and the City of Vancouver, which also happens to be the first ever for any South Asian, and to celebrate the historic occasion.
Photo captions: Premier David Eby, Brenda Bailey, Minister of Finance, held a town hall with the Surrey MLAs, Honourable Garry Begg, Honourable Jagrup Brar, PS Jessie Sunner and PS Amna Shah on March 14 at Simon Fraser University Surrey Campus with many local business owners and community leaders to discuss the biggest threat to the provincial economy – unjustified U.S. tariffs