During the depths of the pandemic and the associated recession, governments across Canada ran large deficits and racked up considerable debt, borrowing and spending on priorities including loan and grants to businesses, support for individuals and health-care infrastructure.
By Max Singh. On January 2, 2024, New rules to enhance safety for workers doing asbestos removal, transportation, and disposal came into effect. The…
People who have had their intimate images or videos shared without consent have new supports to get them off the internet, stop their distribution, and seek monetary compensation.
International students enrich our communities and are a critical part of Canada’s social, cultural and economic fabric. In recent years, the integrity of the international student system has been threatened.
January 12th, 2024In the period spanning from November 15th, 2023, to January 10th, 2024, a North Delta residential community has experienced six residential break…
The BCTF, the union representing all public-school teachers in British Columbia, is pushing a fringe view, which is out-of-step with the overwhelming majority of parents—that is, it’s calling for an end to B.C.’s provincewide testing of elementary school students (the Foundation Skills Assessments of FSA) in grades four and seven.
Shane Styles, President of Epic Real Estate Solutions, Inc. in Kelowna, BC, discusses the vibrant real estate in the Okanagan Region. Shane is Okanagan-born…
Prof. Nemkumar Banthia was inducted as a University Killam Professor at UBC on Oct 24, 2023. Killam Professorship is the highest honor that UBC…
The world’s global economic outlook is less rosy than expected for the rest of 2023 and 2024. Several issues, the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, recovering supply chain issues, high inflation, continuing tensions with China and Russia, not to mention the war in Ukraine, are all factors.
Every year, more than a billion people around the world celebrate Diwali – festival of lights that symbolizes the spiritual triumph of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.
The event, organized by Dr. Randeep Gill, an ER physician with over a decade of experience at Surrey Memorial Hospital, shed light on the lack of resources necessary to address the three leading causes of death: heart attacks, strokes, and trauma.