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 Sikhs send relief material to Haiti
17
February 2010
Toronto: A
leading Sikh organisation called Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council
has sent a package of relief material to earthquake-hit Haiti
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WSO urges Sikhs to get to know Olympic kirpan accommodation policy
10
February 2010
Ottawa:
The World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) has urged the Sikh
community to become familiar with the guidelines accommodating the
kirpan at the 2010... |
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 WSO Calls on Sikh Community to Support Haiti Relief Effort
20
January 2010
Ottawa: Expressing solidarity with the victims of the tragic
earthquake in Haiti, the World Sikh Organization has urged the Sikh
community to offer its full assistance... |
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 All women society to run Halifax gurdwara
30
December 2009
HALIFAX:
At its annual General Body meeting held on December 20, 2009
Maritime Sikh Society, Halifax, Canada elected all women office
bearers to run the Gurdwara... |
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Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference begins on Dec 18
2
December 2009
Toronto: The 2nd
Global Sikh Civil Rights Conference will begin here on December 18
and will focus on the theme of "Preserving Our Past and Investing in
Our Future"... |
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 Sikh Youth Slate win underlines return to the traditional way
18
November 2009
SURREY:
In signs of changing equations, rise of the Sikh youth power and the
community’s urge to connect with the highest temporal seat of Sri
Akal Takht Sahib... |
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 Malik pays $1.3m to redeem foreclosed assets
14
October 2009
VANCOUVER: Well known activist Ripudaman Singh Malik has paid the
B.C. government $1.3 million towards redeeming two mortgages that
were the subject of a... |
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 Will Parminder Singh Saini be able to practise law in Canada?
30
September 2009
TORONTO: With
his immigration status still up in the air, a convicted Sikh
terrorist will find out in the coming weeks whether he can practise
law in Toronto... |
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 Loomba's fight over hard-hat order continues in court
9
September 2009
ONTARIO: The lawyer of a Home Depot manager accused of
discriminating against a Sikh security guard by demanding he trade
in his turban for a hard hat described... |
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 Tribunal to resolve credibility contest between two versions
19
August 2009
ONTARIO: An assistant manager who, it was claimed, had threatened to
sack a Sikh security guard employee for refusing to remove a turban
or donning a hard hat... |
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 Vancouver Sikh school fire definitely arson: police
5
August 2009
A Sikh school was set on fire on Thursday but shockingly the
Canadian police has confirmed that the fire was deliberately set,
and are appealing to the public for... |
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 Kalgi row has a new twist:
Surrey scholar reveals source
22
July 2009
VANCOUVER: The
row over the kalgi continues to go through one twist after the
other. A Surrey based Sikh scholar, who says he was privy to the
real movements of... |
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 Story of a Punjab village in Canada
15
July 2009
A cross-cultural narrative celebrates the spirit of togetherness of
the heart and mind. The distance is not the divide, for at Paldi in
Canada and Hoshiarpur, there is... |
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Sikhs participate in Canada Day
parade
8
July 2009
Abbotsford: Sikhs
in Canada participated enthusiastically in the Canada Day
celebrations with the Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Society organizing a
Float in the parade... |
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 India
joins Cuba in raising the Iron Curtain
24
June 2009
The doubting Thomasses will always remain so but now it is not going
to be easy. The cat is out of the bag. In a move which reflects the
consistent policy of the country... |
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 Sangat protests in BC thwart Pehowa’s plans
24
June 2009
ABBOTSFORD:
Astrong protest by local Sikh sangat against Baba Mann Singh Pehowa,
a priest who has faced allegations of rape in India, prevented him
from... |
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Sikh body pays tribute to Kanishka victims
24
June 2009
OTTAWA: Often
under pressure to underline its distance from any group even
remotely involved with the Kanishka bombing, Canada’s Sikh community
seems to be... |
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 Protest parades in Canada, UK
10
June 2009
VANCOUVER: As part of the world wide protests to mark the 25th year
of Operation Bluestar, the Indian Army's attack on thousands of innocent
Sikh men... |
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 World Sikh
News in Canada
3
June 2009
In recognition
of the visionary thoughts and dedication to serve humanity expressed
by World Sikh News, in consonance with its title theme, “because
the truth needs to be told”, the editor-in-chief of the
World Sikh News, Jagmohan Singh... |
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 Canada: Sikhchic man, RCMP
turbaned officer top immigrants
27
May 2009
Vancouver: In what is being claimed as a "nationwide survey" of most
liked immigrants, a final list of 25 has thrown up three with Punjab
roots... |
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 Ruby Dhalla prepares to fight back
20 May 2009
TORONTO:
Canadian MP of Punjabi origin, Ruby Dhalla, is facing trouble these
days. The first Sikh woman elected to Canadian Parliament is... |
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Punjabis in Canada Also In
Election Mode
13
May 2009
SURREY: Elections
to British Columbia lawmaking Assembly feature 15 Punjabis. At a time when
many non-resident Punjabis are visiting India to contribute their mite... |
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Canadian Sikh teen acquitted of 'kirpan'
assault
22
April 2009
TORONTO: In a
major victory for the Montreal Sikh community, a Sikh teenager
accused of assaulting two schoolmates with his 'kirpan' has been
acquitted by a... |
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Canadian Sikh stripped of honor
8 April 2009
TORONTO: T. Sher
Singh, a prominent member of Canada's Sikh community and a writer,
has been stripped of his Order of Canada after he was found... |
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Canada’s raspberry capital approves
fourth Sikh gurdwara
1 April 2009
ABBOTSFORD: The need to protect and nurture regional and
religious identities only grows more acute if one is far removed from one's
native... |
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Canada deports street racer for
killing woman
11
March 2009
Vancouver: The
Canadian Supreme Court last Friday ordered an Indian immigrant to be
deported after his conviction for killing an elderly white woman in
Vancouver... |
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Teen charged in kirpan assault denies using
dagger as weapon
11 February
2009
MONTREAL: A
13-year-old Montreal boy who is being accused of allegedly using his
Sikh ceremonial dagger and hairpin as weapons against two students
at his school... |
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Hard hat vs turban battle goes to hearing
28 January 2009
BRAMPTON: A Sikh
security guard who was asked to trade in his turban for a hard
hat... |
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Sikh Virsa Camp from Dec 25-28
24 December
2008
TORONTO: To
enable Sikh children to inherit their invaluable legacy, Team
Haloona will be organizing a Sikh Virsa Camp from 25 to 28 December
at Gurdwara Recksdale... |
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 El Sobrante expansion plans move ahead, so does
opposition
26 November
2008
EL SOBRANTE: The
Contra Costa County Planning Commission had cleared plans for
expansion of the gurdwara to more than four times its... |
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Surrey Mayor Diana Watts plays the Sikh gallery
26 November
2008
SURREY: Surrey
is in the news among the Sikh community this week as it returne as
victorius a group of young Sikhs eager to move on and profess their
faith sans the luggage... |
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 Sikh Youth
creates history in Surrey, sweeps out
Balwant Gill & Co.
26 November
2008
SURREY,
CANADA: After years, the Sikh Youth slate comprising many university
going students and Amritdharis, of whom most are born or raised in
Canada... |
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Surrey mayor under fire over credit sharing for Sikh gurdwara
19 November
2008
METRO VANCOUVER:
Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts misused her office by appearing to take
partisan credit for a building permit issued to Dasmesh Darbar Sikh
Gurdwara... |
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Canada Sikhs remember 1984 victims
12 November
2008
VANCOUVER: Sikhs
in Metro Vancouver recalled the 1984 state-sponsored massacre that
witnessed hundreds of Sikhs being burnt alive on the roads... |
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Canada-bound will have to know about kin's status too
12 November
2008
VANCOUVER: Entry
for Indians into Canada just got a bit tougher. Indian nationals
desirous of visiting Canada will be asked many sweeping broadrange... |
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Punjabi Heritage Society announces youth bhangra contest
5 November
2008
Pleasanton, CA:
The Punjabi Heritage Society seeks teams to participate in its first
annual Youth Bhangra Competition on January 11, 2009... |
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WSO
hails Sikh Canadians’ victory
5 November
2008
OTTAWA: The
World Sikh Organization of Canada has congratulated all Sikh
Canadian parliamentarians as well as the unsuccessful
contestants... |
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Paralyzed Laibar Singh finally returns to India but pain remains
5 November
2008
ABBOTSFORD,
B.C.: When he came to Canada, it was on a fake passport. When he was
asked to leave, he did something illegal and took shelter
in... |
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Laibar Singh now gets ready to return to
India
29
October 2008
VANCOUVER: The
Paralysed Sikh Laibar Singh for whom the Sikh and the larger Indian
community as well as many activists fought to keep him from... |
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Indian-Canadians become MPs as Canada re-elects ruling party
15 October 2008
VANCOUVER/TORONTO:
Though Canadian PM Stephen Harper’s gameplan of going in for polls a
third time in four years did not give him a firm control over Parliament... |
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Canadian Sikh soldiers fought in France
15 October 2008
TORONTO: A
Canadian film maker David Gray has made an accidental discovery proving that
nine Sikhs joined the Canadian Army and fought in World War... |
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 Sikhs dominate Ethnic stake in Canadian
Elections
1 October 2008
With close to
two dozen out of the thirty Indian origin candidates, from the three
main contesting parties, Sikhs are making their presence felt like... |
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Quebec Sikh boy's case focusses on kirpan
judgment
1 October 2008
MONTREAL: Even
as a Montreal civil rights lawyer claimed that sections of Quebec
society never accepted the Supreme Court's decision to allow Sikh... |
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 Montreal
school suspends Sikh student, community complains of mis-reporting
incident
24 September 2008
Montreal,
Quebec: A thirteen-year-old Sikh boy was suspended from school on
September 11th after being accused of threatening another student
outside school.. |
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 Par goes Far and beyond
17 September 2008
RICHMOND:
Par to his colleagues and Parminder Singh to his family, the widely
experienced technocrat heads the Microsoft Canada Deveopment Centre
with 300... |
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