SURREY, B.C. – Mission mom Leona Noble still doesn’t know what happened to her 15-year-old daughter, Katelyn, who disappeared from Saskatchewan apparently while on her way home. But police have now raised an intriguing and potentially tragic connection between a man charged with murdering Surrey woman Amanpreet Kaur Bahia and the young Mission girl who [...]
By Veeno Dewan Voice Staff Reporter SURREY, B.C. – Amanpreet Kaur Bahia’s murder tormented her father until the day he died and the last word on his lips was his brutally murdered daughter’s name. Amanpreet, a mom of three young girls, was found in a pool of blood in her Surrey home at around 11:20 [...]
VANCOUVER – B.C. cops in two different places are probing foul play in the discovery of the bodies of two teenaged girls. On Vancouver Island, police say they suspect foul play following the discovery of the body of 18-year-old Tyeshia Jones in a wooded area off Indian Road in Duncan. She had been missing for [...]
VANCOUVER – (Update) Police now say there is no risk to members of the public from unknown chemicals located by cops inside a suite in a high-rise building on Burrard Street. Police anticipate clearing from the area shortly. (Bulletin 11:56 p.m. Jan. 22) (Earlier Story) Police and fire officials have blocked an area of Burrard [...]
By Salim Jiwa Outraged Canadian Sikhs and political leaders across the country have joined forces to condemn a decision by a Quebec committee holding hearings in the so-called Niqab Bill to bar four Sikhs from appearing as a delegation because they were wearing kirpans. The Quebec outrage was barely a day old when the issue [...]
By Veeno Dewan Voice Staff Reporter SURREY, B.C. – Tighter mortgage rules announced Monday by the federal government will affect home buyers and folks are wondering if housing will go out of their reach or cost more to finance. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty cut the maximum amortization period for mortgages from 35 years to 30 [...]
By Veeno Dewan Voice Staff Reporter The on-again, off-again police probe of former solicitor-general Kash Heed has moved into high gear with police carrying out several raids to seize documents that could help them lay criminal charges. According to a search warrant – which contains allegations but not proof, police claim Heed used $6,000 in [...]
By Veeno Dewan Voice Staff Writer For most South Asian families an approval of a bylaw to allow secondary suites will come as sweet news. Surrey finally passed the controversial bylaw on secondary suites, becoming the last local municipality to do so. On Monday a public hearing on the bylaw heard the city would allow [...]
By Aneel Biswas Voice Reporter TORONTO – The Ontario Court of Appeal has overturned the conviction of a 44-year-old man for shaking his 5-week-old son to death in 1992. Justice Marc Rosenberg told Dinesh Kumar: “We can now say the conviction in your case was unreasonable.” In 1992, Dr. Charles Smith, Canada’s once top pediatric [...]
RADIUM HOT SPRINGS, B.C. – Three people are dead in a tragic accident which occurred when a small car emerging from a rest area near Radium Hot Springs on Highway 95 was struck by two trucks. Police were called to the accident scene approximately 35 kilometres north of Radium Hot Springs at on Wednesday. All [...]
