by South Asian Star | Oct 19, 2025 | Sports
Canadian Leylah Fernandez got off to a quick start and then had to battle to defeat Tereza Valentova of the Czech Republic 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the championship final of the Japan Women’s Open on Saturday night.The 23-year-old Fernandez, of Laval, Que., needed only...
by South Asian Star | Oct 19, 2025 | Local
A tense standoff continues at a British Columbia ostrich farm in the midst of a legal battle over a government-ordered mass cull of the birds, with a Supreme Court decision still weeks away and another arrest made on site. On Friday, Oct. 17, social media personality...
by South Asian Star | Oct 19, 2025 | World
From Washington to Vancouver, and from Montreal to Berlin, thousands gathered Saturday for the second No Kings Day, a day of action protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and what organizers describe as a stand against authoritarianism. In Vancouver,...
by South Asian Star | Oct 19, 2025 | World
The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday.The military rescued the pair after striking a submersible...
by South Asian Star | Oct 18, 2025 | Local
A scientist based in Washington state is celebrating after identifying what she believes to be a seven-arm octopus — typically found in the Atlantic Ocean — on B.C.’s coast. The creature was discovered in August when Pender Island resident Kathleen Durant was walking...
