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HUNDREDS of people from all walks of life attended Wednesday’s funeral service at Delta’s Riverside Funeral Home to pay their last respects to VOICE photographer Chandra Bodalia, who passed away at the age of 68 after a long, brave fight against throat cancer. MP Randeep Sarai eulogized Bodalia and read a message from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Former prime ministers …

VICTORIA –B.C. Green leader Andrew Weaver and B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan announced they have reached an historic agreement making a New Democrat government one step closer, with the support of the three B.C. Green MLAs. “We can have a stable minority government for four years with the support of B.C. Green MLAs on confidence and supply matters,” said …

VOICE’S famous photographer CHANDRA BODALIA has passed away after a long, brave fight against throat cancer. Chandra was a legend in his own lifetime. He was by far the most well-known photojournalist in the community, indeed, more well-known than any other media personality – with even former prime ministers Jean Chretien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper knowing him personally. His …

JOHNNY Steven Drynock, 22, has been charged with the first-degree murder of 29-year-old Birinderjeet Justin Bhangu who was shot and killed on March 13 while seated in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Comfort Inn Hotel in the 8200-block of 166th Street in Fleetwood, Surrey. Surrey RCMP and the Surrey Fire Department attended and made all efforts to …

THE B.C. Green Party on Tuesday announced the team that will lead its discussions surrounding the terms of support for a potential minority B.C. NDP or B.C. Liberal government. The negotiating team will include: * Andrew Weaver, Leader, B.C. Green Party and chief negotiator * Sonia Furstenau, Deputy Leader, B.C. Green Party * Liz Lilly, Chief of Staff, B.C. Green …

JASDEEP Singh Klair, 24, who was shot dead on Sunday (May 14) in a targeted hit, was known to police. At about 2:25 p.m., Richmond RCMP responded to a motor vehicle incident at Granville Avenue and Ledway Road.  The occupant of the vehicle was unresponsive and first responders quickly determined him to be the victim of homicide. The Integrated Homicide Investigation …

A greater number of secondary schools in British Columbia have experienced declines in performance than have improved over the past four years, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual B.C. secondary schools rankings released on Saturday. “Our annual report card reveals how schools perform year over year, so parents can quickly see if there are problems that must be corrected,” said …

Christy Clark PREMIER Christy Clark will continue to govern the province until all the absentee ballots – 176,104 – are counted (May 22 to 24) as these could affect the final outcome of the election because of the tight margin of victory in some ridings. Meanwhile, Clark has desperately reached out to the Green Party in order to stay in power, but it remains …

A 56-year-old Surrey resident died at the scene when he apparently lost control of his tractor trailer in the 8200-block of River Road on Thursday at about 10:50 p.m. Delta Police said the vehicle slid into a hydro pole before rolling onto its roof, trapping the driver. Even as emergency crews attempted to remove the driver from the vehicle, he …

PRANEET Singh Arora has made Khalsa School proud by securing the third position in the Spelling Bee of Canada Championship 2017 in the Intermediate category. Students from different provinces participated in the Championship on May 7 in Toronto. The battle of words was quite tough, but Praneet’s hard work and commitment was obvious as he won the third place, said …