Mother whose inlaws snatched the child
returns to Canada
27 August, 2008
MONTREAL: A
mother whose in-laws tried to deprive her of the infant child after
the death of her husband has finally returned to Montreal.
She had accused the inlaws... |
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Ross St gurdwara’s Dhaliwal in Vancouver city
council race
27 August, 2008
VANCOUVER: The
president of Vancouver's Ross Street Sikh Gurdwara says he's
planning to run for Vancouver city council under the Vision
Vancouver banner... |
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Haloonaa's bid to revive internationalism among Sikhs
27 August, 2008
Activist” at Khalsa Community School, Malton earlier this month, organized by Haloonaa
Project Coordination Team. The focus was to educate and... |
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Indo-Canadian teen drowns after rescuing
girlfriend
27 August, 2008
Vancouver: The
body of an Indo-Canadian teen who was reported to have mysteriously
drowned in a river here a week ago has been found. Seventeen-year... |
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Family violence haunts Indo-Canadians in
Vancouver again, 1 killed
27 August, 2008
VANCOUVER:
Vancouver has been making deathly news repeatedly for the Sikh
Diaspora. Yet another Indo-Canadian man has killed his wife in the
city of
Surrey... |
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Sikh youth gunned down in 'planned hit'
27 August, 2008
VANCOUVER: An
Indo-Canadian youth of Punjab origin was gunned down in the city of
Surrey near Vancouver last Thursday night in what police
described... |
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Canadian Sikh professor wins prestigious Early
Researcher Award
13 August, 2008
WATERLOO: A Sikh psychology professor at Wilfrid
Laurier University has received a prestigious Early Researcher Award from
the Ontario Ministry of Research... |
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WSO says apology welcome, now make it sincere
too
13 August, 2008
Ottawa: The
World Sikh Organization of Canada (WSO) has commended Prime Minister
Harper for participating in 'Gadri Babeyan Da Mela' in Surrey... |
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 Canadian PM apologizes for Komagata Maru, Sikhs reject apology
6 August, 2008
SURREY (BC):
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last Sunday apologized for
the infamous Komagata Maru ship incident of 1914 in which over 300... |
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 Jasvir
Singh of Canada will be Punjab’s face in Beijing
29
July, 2008
CALIFORNIA: On
Saturday, July 26th, the Punjabi American Community of California
organized an event to honor Jasvir Singh and wish him good luck... |
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 Inderjit Singh Reyat bailed in Kanishka case
16 July
2008
VANCOUVER: Inderjit
Singh Reyat, who has served over two decades in prison for his
purported role in the Kanishka case was granted bail today by the
British... |
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 Laibar Singh completes a year of sanctuary
16 July 2008
VANCOUVER:
Travelling on a false passport as an economic migrant but now
seeking stay on humanitarian grounds, Laibar Singh has completed a
year of sanctuary in a local... |
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 Kanishka
inquiry records public
16 July 2008
The
true story of Air India flight Kanishka 182 may never be known. The
alleged conspirator, Talwinder Singh Parmar, was killed in an
extrajudicial killing... |
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Community policing centre opens next to Vancouver gurdwara
16 July 2008
BRITISH
COLUMBIA: Vancouver police
hope a new community policing centre that opened on Sunday will
break down language barriers and cut crime inthe city... |
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Developing Consensus among the Sikhs
WSN Bureau
Haloona project strives to imbibe keen
interest in issues confronting the Khalsa Panth and endeavours to
evolve solutions thereto. |
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What has being Sikh got to do with such reporting?
2
July, 2008
VANCOUVER:
Typical of Indian media syndrome, several newspapers last week
rushed to write that a Sikh taxi driver here has been sentenced to
life for killing... |
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South Asians biggest target of hate crimes after Blacks
11
June, 2008
TORONTO: An official
survey carried out by government agency Statistics Canada has
established that South Asians are the second biggest victims of hate
crime... |
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Sunbay launches TeriSikhi website
4
June,
2008
Dublin, CA: Sunbay
Technologies Inc., a services firm known for helping senior
executives execute business and technology initiatives, has
now launched.. |
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Driver facing charges after gurdwara incident in
Canada
4
June,
2008
PRINCE GEORGE:
Charges are pending against the driver of a vehicle speared through
the windshield by a wooden plank Saturday morning... |
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 Finally, Canadian Parliament apologizes for Kamagata Maru
21
May,
2008
OTTAWA:
Ninety-four years after Canada sent back a ship full of Sikhs in
complete disregard of humane... |
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Colorful 14th Punjabi American Festival on May 25
21
May,
2008
YUBA CITY, CA:
The 14th Annual Punjabi American Festival is expected to draw
crowd in excess of ten thousand people from all over California... |
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After Surrey, Sikhs make their point in Toronto too
30
April 2008
TORONTO: Neither
was the minority-muffling Indian nation state expected to gulp the issues
raised by the Sikh community in Surrey through... |
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Forget travel agents, now Canada is visiting
Punjabis to fetch them
9
April
2008
CHANDIGARH/TORONTO:
At a time when Punjabis are paying through their nose to travel
agents and looking for all kinds of ways to breach Fortress West... |
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Sikh workers file lawsuit against hard-hat rule
9
April
2008
VANCOUVER: Two
turban-wearing Sikhs have filed a human rights complaint against
International Forest Products, saying a new hard hat policy is preventing... |
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Canada warns against ayurvedic medicines
2
April
2008
VANCOUVER: Health
Canada, which has repeatedly warned Canadians not to use ayurvedic
remedies, has again repeated... |
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Club fined for refusing entry to Sikh
26
March 2008
TORONTO:
A nightclub in Canada has been fined $4,300 for refusing entry to a
Sikh man, who said he had been a victim of racial discrimination... |
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Canadian Bill will
help skilled immigrants, others stand to lose
19
March 2008
Toronto: A new
Canadian Bill currently being celebrated by many middle classIndians
because it will fast-track immigration for skilled applicants... |
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 Laibar Singh's supporters finally
seem relenting,
he may be deported
19
March 2008
TORONTO:
Laibar Singh may finally have to return home. The failed refugee
claimant... |
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Badesha decides to challenge ruling on turban versus
helmet case
19
March 2008
BRAMPTON: Baljinder
Singh Badesha, the turbaned Sikh in Brampton whose plea to ride his
motorcycle without a helmet has decided to appeal the decision... |
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 At 28, Bhullar is youngest Canadian minister
19
March 2008
TORONTO: Calgary
law student Manmeet Bhullar, 28, was appointed parliamentary
assistant for advanced education and technology... |
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Every province in Canada has at least one
turbaned Sikh as MLA
12
March 2008
TORONTO: A
record five Indo-Canadians have been elected as lawmakers in the
March 3 elections in Canada's booming province of Alberta. Now... |
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‘Murder, wrote the NRI, but it’s the
community that is paying for it’
5
March 2008
I am writing
this after reading the distrubing report “Murder, wrote the NRI, and
paid for it” in the WSN edition of February 27-March 4, 2008 that I
picked up... |
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 Precedents buoy Sikh’s turban fight, lawyer says
27
February 2008
BRAMPTON: Helmet laws are designed to protect those who ride
motorcycles and save millions in public health-care spending, a
Crown attorney... |
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Truckers of Indian origin in Canada form association
27
February 2008
TORONTO: People
of Indian origin in Canada, who own nearly 60 percent of the
trucking business in the country, have joined hands to form the
Indian... |
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