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Thousands of travellers still arriving in Canada despite border restrictions
Despite Canada-US border being closed to non-essential travel and airlines cancelling international flights into the country, thousands of passengers are still arriving...
Surrey RCMP seeking suspect after ‘road rage’ stabbing
Mounties in Surrey, B.C., are asking for help from the public to identify the suspect in what appears to be a road rage incident...
WORD CUP 2016
White Rock residents toast self-isolation, front-line efforts
t’s getting toasty on the Semiahmoo Peninsula, as more and more
residents get together –...
Proud moment for Western Community College GRADUATES
Western Community College felicitated its graduates in the graduation ceremony held
on June 24 at Crystal...
Missing woman and son found in Abbotsford
The Abbotsford Police Department says they've safely located a 31-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son.
Rajvir...
WRC Rally Cup
Kerala-grown ‘superfood’ jackfruit goes global as a meat substitute
Green, spiky and with a strong, sweet
smell, the bulky jackfruit has morphed from a backyard nuisance...
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou loses key court battle as BC judge rules extradition bid should proceed
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has delivered a major blow to Meng
Wanzhou, ruling that extradition...
Canucks win Game 5
Vancouver Canucks kept their season alive with a 2-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday...
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House fire sends a man to hospital with burns
A man was sent to hospital with burns to his upper body after a fire broke out in his house in Surrey on Saturday....
Rona Ambrose, the Leader of the Official Opposition, welcomes apology in the House of...
Rona Ambrose, Interim Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition, issued the following statement commemorating the Komagata Maru...
NRI murder suspect traced to Britain
A 62-year-old Indian origin man wanted in India on suspicion
of kidnapping and murdering his friend and
business partner in Punjab last year has been traced...
IHIT investigating after man found dead in Abbotsford blueberry field
Homicide investigators are looking into the death of a man found in a blueberry field in Abbotsford, B.C.
Police say they received a call about...
“Jogindar Paul Singh: The Optical Magician”
Clear Cool Optical is an eye care centre in Abbotsford, BC, owned and operated by Jogindar Paul Singh and his wife Surjit Kaur. The...
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Man killed in Abbotsford shooting was targeted
A man killed in what police believe to be a targeted shooting in Abbotsford has been identified by homicide investigators.
Satkar Sidhu, 23, died afer...
COVID-19: Top doctor urges caution over BC Day long...
BC's top doctor is calling on the public to play it safe over BC Day long weekend and help prevent a second surge in...
LATEST ARTICLES
Windstorm hit BC’s South Coast, Lower Mainland
Some B.C. ferries service cancelled, power outages, seawall closed after strong windstorm overnightTwo ferry sailings have been canceled on Wednesday morning as power out for thousands after an overnight windstorm hammered BC’s South Coast...
Canada to vaccinate federal inmates against Covid-19 before seniors & frontline workers
Canada will start inoculating its federal prison inmates against COVID-19 starting Friday, protecting a vulnerable population that many jurisdictions have struggled to keep safe during the pandemic, a government statement said on Wednesday. Correctional...
Fatal crash closes Hwy. 1 near 264 Street
An early morning crash that claimed the life of a pedestrian closed Hwy. 1 eastbound after 264 Street in Aldergrove for more than six hours on Sunday. Pedestrian was hit by three vehicles.
Abbotsford Police...
First doses of Covid-19 vaccine for BC frontline health-care workers
BC's first doses of Covid-19 vaccine will be going to certain frontline health-care workers, including those in the province's long-term care system.
That's partly because of the logistical complications related to Pfizer's vaccine, which has...
COVID-19 cases hits 941 in BC on Nov. 24
Covid-19 hit new high of 941 diagnosed caseson Tuesday in BC, as public health officials tightened down on indoor group exercise activities.
The latest figures from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control include 7,732 active...
BC residents largely satisfied with election result, poll suggests
British Columbians are largely pleased with the outcome of the provincial election, though they disagree whether they’ve given the large new NDP majority government a mandate to stay the course or to embark upon...
Dialing up success in a digital world
By anyone’s definition, Samidha is an impressive individual.
At 21, she is a fourth-year student at Hamilton’s McMaster University, studying philosophy and business. She recently received a prestigious McCall MacBain Scholarship that will fund her...
BC NDP wins majority government
For the first time in 24 years, BC NDP is to form majority govt in the province of British Columbia.
Preliminary election results released on Saturday showed the party leading 55 of the...
Dr Gulzar Cheema, BC Liberal candidate for Surrey-Panorama
What the Candidates are saying
To help our readers understand the candidates running in Surrey, and what they stand for on important issues, the Asian Star Newspaper will bring to you, our readers, the candidates...
The Asian Star talked to John Horgan.
The Asian Star talked to John Horgan.
The Asian Star: The BC Liberal government had promised a new hospital for Surrey back in 2013. The hospital was never built, in fact, the land it was...