Constituency Advisor With BC Legislative Assembly @BCLegislature
| Award Winning Journalist I Former Digital News Manager & Radio News Anchor with RED FM
British Columbians grieve with Tumbler Ridge and hold the families & friends suffering loss & affected by the tragedy close in our hearts.
If you need support:
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Last night, we gathered for candlelight vigil to honor victims of Filipino festival tragedy. The steps of the BC Legislature became solemn space for reflection and solidarity just 24 hours after heartbreaking incident at Lapu-Lapu Day block party in Vancouver.
#TogetherInGrief
After Canada’s win over the USA in the 4 Nations Face-Off Championship game, PM Justin Trudeau posted on X, ‘You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game. @REDFMCALGARY@REDFMToronto
Red FM has won the Jack Webster Award for Excellence in Reporting in a Language Other Than English for the report, ‘Has the LMIA Program Become a Necessary Evil?’ The Red FM team—Pooja Sekhon, Harjinder Thind, and Gurvinder Hanjra of CKYE 93.1 & 89.1 RED FM—received the award. @poojasekhon@harjindersthind@GKHanjra@JackWebsterFdn@REDFMToronto@REDFMCALGARY
B.C. to restrict cell phones use in schools
The Province is moving forward on three important actions to keep kids and young people safe from online threats, restrict cell phones in schools and hold social media companies accountable.
The announcement includes three concrete actions to keep kids and young adults safe:
* restricting the use of cell phones in schools;
* launching services to remove images from the internet and pursue predators; and
* legislation to hold social media companies accountable for the harm they have caused.
WINNER ALERT! - Excellence in Reporting in a Language other than English
Congratulations to Harjinder Thind, Pooja Sekhon & Gurvinder Hanjra of @redfmvancouver for “Surrey Health Care in Crisis - An In Depth Report”
#WebsterAwards
We did it! Our story Surrey Health Care in Crisis wins highest journalism award in BC Jack Webster for Excellence in Reporting. @harjindersthind@GKHanjra#websterawards 🙌
We are proud of our news team for winning BC’s biggest journalism award for the news story on Surrey’s health care crisis. Congratulations to News Director @harjindersthind@GKHanjra Program Director @poojasekhon
Red FM is delighted to inform our listeners that we are a finalist in the 2023 Webster Awards in the 'Excellence in Reporting in a Language Other Than English' category. We want to give a shoutout to @harjindersthind, @poojasekhon, and Gurvinder Hanjra for their stellar work! 👏