Vancouver's Punjabi market marks its 50th anniversary on May 31
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 29 May, 2020 10:50 PM
Vancouver's iconic Punjabi Market on Main Street celebrates its 50th anniversary. To honor this milestone of Vancouver's cultural hub and once thriving economic sphere, Darpan Magazine takes you down memory lane with the pioneers, business owners, and up and coming entrepreneurs who share their stories of how the blocks on Main Street offering food, fashion, culture, language, and heritage have evolved within this diverse ethnic scene of Vancouver over a span of 5 decades.
April 19, 2020: Seventeen people are killed after a man who at one point wore a police uniform and drove a mock-up cruiser travelled across northern Nova Scotia. An RCMP officer is among the dead. Police say the suspected shooter, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, was killed after being intercepted by officers in Enfield, N.S.
Neighbours and schoolmates of the man responsible for a killing rampage that left at least 19 people dead in northern Nova Scotia were attempting Monday to come to terms with the tragedy. A 23 year member of the RCMP police force Const Heidi Stevenson was killed, a mother of two, and another officer is recovering from non life threating injuries.
There have been significant layoffs of bus drivers and deep service cuts on buses, SeaBus, SkyTrain and West Coast Express across Metro Vancouver. Nearly 1,500 bus drivers and other transit workers across Metro Vancouver are being laid off as TransLink faces plunging ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A report from the B.C. Real Estate Association says the 2020 COVID-driven recession will be deep, although it could be shorter than other Canadian economic downturns. The market intelligence report released Monday by the association says it expects home sales to sink 30 to 40 per cent for April 2020.
Canadian officials acknowledged some regions of the country could be closer to re-opening parts of the economy than others, but continued to stress a careful approach as the border closure with the hard-hit United States was extended for another 30 days during the COVID-19 crisis. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the extension on Saturday for the closure restricting non-essential travel across the border, which began on March 21 and was set to expire on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will provide $306 million in funding to help small and medium-sized Indigenous businesses suffering the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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