VANCOUVER – The Lytton RCMP have appealed to the public for help in recovering several antique religious artefacts stolen by robbers who broke into the Lytton historic First Nation’s St Mary’s & St Paul’s Anglican Church during Easter. Many of the items are unique and irreplaceable. The burglary of the 140-year-old church occurred between April [...]
The Training Group at Douglas College and its partners are opening a newly renovated learning centre in Surrey for recently arrived immigrants and refugees. The 835-sq.-m Surrey Learning Centre, at 9801 King George Blvd., currently provides more than 200 new immigrants and refugees in Surrey with free English classes. Classes first opened in a temporary [...]
An upcoming anti-gang forum is seeking to educate parents and empower youth in memory of innocent gang execution victim Chris Mohan. The Chris Mohan Memorial Youth Forum will be an all-day event taking place at Queen Elizabeth Secondary School in Surrey on May 26, with a morning session geared toward parents and an afternoon session [...]
By Salim Jiwa Any suggestion that 80-year-old Abbotsford farmer Nirmal Bains was murdered is a false conclusion, his grieving wife Rashpal Kaur said in an exclusive interview with The Voice. Police have described the older man’s death on May 5 inside an outhouse as murder. They said they reached their conclusion based on an autopsy. [...]
New Westminister police officer, Const. Jeff Klassen, who had been convicted three years ago for beating up a newspaper delivery man in Surrey, has resigned. Klassen was supposed to have been in an inebriated state when he has assaulted the delivery man Firoz Khan. Two other off-duty officers had also been arrested by Vancouver police [...]
Surrey’s latest murder victim has been identified by the police as 21-year-old Noel Jackson. Last Thursday (may 3) police had received a call to a home near 70 avenue and 124 street and reached the place to find noel shot dead inside a basement suite. According to the Police Jackson is new to the Lower [...]
LANGLEY – Education Minister George Abbott was joined by Langley MLA Mary Polak and the Langley board of education today to sign a project agreement for the new elementary school in the South East Yorkson area. The Province has committed more than $19 million to the project, which includes $12.6 million for construction of the [...]
Richmond– On Friday, May 11th, the Summer Night Market (voted by BBC Travel as one of the world’s best) opened at its original location behind Home Depot for the 5th straight season. There will be a free door-to-door shuttle service from the Bridgeport Skytrain Station that will take visitors directly to the market. As always, [...]
Police Officer of the Year Awards – Nomination Deadline Friday, June 22nd at 5:00 p.m.! Surrey Board of Trade invites you to submit a nomination for an outstanding member or team of the Surrey RCMP or a business in Surrey that has shown support to the RCMP. CATEGORIES: 1. Police Officer of the Year: The [...]
VANCOUVER – Today, the B.C. government honoured child-care professionals, organizations, and local governments who have demonstrated outstanding service to children and families at the 2012 B.C. Child Care Awards of Excellence and Child Care Legacy Awards. The awards, hosted by Minister of Children and Family Development Mary McNeil and MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena Colin Hansen, are [...]
