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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 through...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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Eight 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...
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...
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..
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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