by South Asian Star | Nov 1, 2025 | Local
A provincial program meant to help British Columbia’s struggling wine industry may now be squeezing local grape growers. Following a devastating cold snap that wiped out much of the Okanagan’s grape crop in 2024, the province introduced an exemption allowing wineries...
by South Asian Star | Nov 1, 2025 | Local
Teachers and parents in Surrey, B.C., have launched a new tool to track how often classrooms are being cleared due to a student in crisis.It was launched by the Surrey District Parents Advisory Council (DPAC), with the support of the Surrey Teachers’ Association and...
by South Asian Star | Oct 31, 2025 | Local
Richmond, B.C., Coun. Alexa Loo says she has heard from a Richmond manufacturing company that has been refused financing for a $100 million project due to the Cowichan Nation’s land ruling case. “They’ve been doing business here for over 40 years,” Loo told Global...
by South Asian Star | Oct 31, 2025 | Local
The Snuneymuxw First Nation announced Thursday that it is buying two British Columbia casinos, including the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond.A statement from the Nanaimo-area nation said the deal to buy the River Rock and Chances Maple Ridge would make its...
by South Asian Star | Oct 30, 2025 | Local
A case of illegal dumping into a fragile fish-bearing creek is under investigation. A Port Moody, B.C., resident posted surveillance video from his backyard showing two men tossing five buckets of what appears to be paint, or another construction material, into Noon’s...
by South Asian Star | Oct 30, 2025 | Local
Ontario Provincial Police say a British Columbia man has been charged in connection with a series of violent sexual assaults that happened nearly three decades ago across southwestern Ontario. The OPP said Wednesday that Project Aerial, a multi-jurisdictional...
