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    ICBC is taking the next step into telematics research with a one-year pilot project—this time recruiting as many as 7,000 drivers to see if technology can improve their driving and make B.C. roads safer. Drivers can sign-up today to join the pilot which starts in November. If you have less than four years driving experience, either in the novice stage of …

THE Vancouver Mural Festival is partnering with Musqueam artists Alicia Point and Cyler Sparrow-Point and South Asian-Canadian artists Keerat Kaur, Sunroop Kaur and Sandeep Johal and historian Naveen Girn to produce a collaborative site-specific mural named “Taike-Sye’yə Mural.” This mural centers the commemoration of the Komagata Maru episode that occurred in 1914 in the Burrard Inlet where 368 predominantly Sikh passengers were …

Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa, who was attacked in Vancouver after a live performance at Queen Elizabeth Theater, has received four stitches on his right eyebrow and is now back in India. Randhawa’s office took to Instagram on Tuesday to share an update about the singer, and also shared a photograph that shows the singer with a bandage on his eyebrow. …

Kater ride-hail to launch throughout BC by the end of the year KATER Technologies Inc., a Vancouver based technology company, announced on Tuesday that it will apply to take part in traditional ride-hailing in British Columbia following the provincial government’s announcement earlier this month. Kater will continue to provide its current service using Kater-owned vehicles and licensed cars (Kater cars), and …

Chandigarh, July 29 (IANS) Actor-politician Sunny Deol has rescued a 45-year-old woman who was sold as a slave in Kuwait. The woman, Veena Bedi, was reportedly sold to a Pakistani man by a travel agent who had conned her into believing that he would help her land a housekeeping job for a salary of Rs 30,000 per month. Sunny, Bharatiya Janata …

ON Friday, there were two break and enters in Tsawwassen and one theft from auto. In both instances, the suspect(s) entered through insecure exterior doors and did not force entry. Now that warm weather has arrived, residents may be inclined to keep doors and windows open and Delta Police are reminding residents to secure their property by locking all doors and …

Surrey, BC – A new case of measles infection has been confirmed in the Lower Mainland. Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health Authorities have determined the infection was acquired by a Burnaby resident who travelled abroad to the Philippines. Public Health officials from both health authorities are following up directly with those people who are known to have been exposed …

Lucas Robertson Fowler THE homicides of Chynna Noelle Deese, 24, of the United States and Lucas Robertson Fowler, 23, of Australia  are possibly connected to a body found by a burned-out trailer belonging to two missing men from Port Alberni, 500 km away, RCMP say. “It’s possible,” said RCMP Cpl. Chris Manseau. “We certainly are open to those possibilities. And our …

Surrey, BC – Surrey Fusion Festival, presented by Coast Capital Savings, took place at Holland Park this weekend for its 12th annual year. The two-day festival saw participation from over 50 cultural pavilions and seven stages of live entertainment including headliners K’NAAN, Mankirt Aulakh, Busty and the Bass, Random Recipe and Alex Cuba.  “Surrey Fusion Festival highlights the best food, music and …

PRIME Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier John Horgan and Erinn Pinkerton, President and Chief Executive Officer for BC Transit, on Thursday announced more than $79 million in joint funding to purchase 118 new buses for use in Victoria and communities throughout British Columbia. The new buses will replace others at the end of their life cycle or increase capacity in communities where …