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Dhaliwal Is Expected To Seek The Nomination For The Riding Along With Many Others! A woman who has backed former MP Sukh Dhaliwal has been elected federal Liberal constituency president of the newly constituted...
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“I can’t believe I’m Miss Canada,” Said Winner Priya Madaan! “I was so surprised when my name was called and they crowned me,” Madaan said Sunday on her way home to Windsor from Montreal,...
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Over 1 200 non-unionized container truckers began their campaign this week, after months of having their concerns ignored by Port Metro Vancouver. SURREY – Unhappy truckers who feel they are being short-changed by the...
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Tony Singh’s Fruiticana won the Premier’s People’s Choice Award, which is unique in that it went to the company that proved they had the support of their community by receiving the most online...
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Lloyd Peter Robinson, who has links to Hells Angels gang, pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm to Vancouver cabbie Ranjit Shergill in Vancouver provincial court last month and was sentenced to 16...
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“For me, the music video is a mix of old style Bollywood and the new-Gen Sexy Back,” said Drive Me Crazy video director R. Paul Dhillon, the director of popular films The...
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The City of Surrey has appointed two officers, who are working full-time to track down home owners by spying on Craigslist’s rental section as well as going through local newspapers to find listings....
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TORONTO – Among proud family,friends and classmates in attendance, 17year old Rajvir Singh Kahlon formallyannounced his acceptance to theUniversity of Pittsburgh on a soccerscholarship last week at the 2014 NCAANational Signing Day.National Signing...
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Police Not Forthcoming About The Incident As Victim Rashid Ahmad Contemplates Suing The RCMP! Taxi driver Rashid Ahmad was avictim in a botched police shootingin White Rock last week andhe told CTV News his...
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Bhangra dholi joined the traditional Chinesedrummers at this year’s New YearParade in Vancouver’s Chinatown lastweekend. Indo-Canadian media pool photographerChandra Bodalia had some observationson the Chinese new year celebrationsin that the local Chinese-Canadiancommunity is...
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Victim Rajwinder Halait said two men burst into their homearound 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, roughed up her husband,terrorized three children in the home, and strapped her anda nanny to the stairway banister. Family friend...
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The Consul General of India organized a grand reception at the Crystal BallRoom at the Empire Landmark Hotel in downtown Vancouver Wednesdaynight to celebrate India’s 65th Republic Day. Many dignitaries like Justice WallaceTaru...
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Canada-Wide Arrest Warrant Sought For Varun Aurora! Varun(AKA Vinny) Aurora and David Nelson Humeniuk , who ran Concrete Equities Inc, a commercial real estate venture, allegedly bilked 1,300 investors from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and...
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The annual festival of Lohri, which celebrates fertility and the joy of life, was held in Surrey last weekend. It’s called Kurri-Mundey (Girl-Boy) Di Lohri and is organized by Amy Ghuman-Sara, who is...
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Alleged gang associates Zemaan Chaudhry and Alvinder Sekhon, both Surrey residents, were arrested by CFSEU-BC officers for trafficking and possession of a controlled substance on June 25, 2013. Charges against Chaudhry and Sekhon...
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“I am sorry for what I did that day at the monument. I didn’t want to hurt anyone,” wrote the man who urinated on the Komagata Maru Memorial. But is he really sorry...
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Non-Unionized Indo-Canadian Truckers To Continue Strike »
Unionized Truckers Will Vote Again This Saturday After Agreement Reached That May Avert Their Strike!
The non-unionized UnitedTruckers Association drivers, alargely Indo-Canadian groupof truckers, will continue picketing.They walked off...
Elections Watchdog Says New Rules Tilted In Tories Favour! »
The massive rewrite of the Canada Elections Act will increase partyspending and decrease voting among some groups, all the while failingto provide the investigative powers needed to get...
B.C. Liberals Order Independent Utility Commission To Raise Hydro Rates, NDP Says »
“The Liberals’ hydro hike is on top of aflood of other hidden tax hikes discoveredin Premier Clark’s budget,” said NewDemocrat energy critic John Horgan.“The Liberal budget makes families...
B.C. Job Losses Under BC Liberals Going From Bad To Worse »
NDP Says Job Losses So Bad That Other Provinces Have To Make Up For BC!
According to Statistics Canada, B.C. lost 10,400 jobs last month.Since September 2011 when the...
Canadian Race Relations Foundation Celebrates Inspirational Leaders »
Recipients of the Community Champion Special Awards were AzizKhaki – presented posthumously and received by his wife, GulKhaki; Alan Lau, Rabbi Dr. Yosef Wosk and the Inter-Faith forWorld...
South Asian Chapter Of CARP Launched »
VANCOUVER – The firstSouth Asian Chapter of CARPwas launched at the Zoomershow held in Vancouver on Feb22. CARP is a national, non-partisan,non-profit organizationcommitted to a ‘New Vision ofAging...
US First Lady Honours Indian Acid Attack Victim »
WASHINGTON – USFirst Lady Michelle Obamahas felicitated Indian acid attackvictim Laxmi after shewon the International Womenof Courage Award for successfullyleading the campaignagainst acid attacks on womenin India.Obama and...
Two Indo-Americans Get Prestigious Award In U.S. »
NEW YORK – TwoIndo-Americans are amongthis year’s prestigious HeinzAwards recipients in the U.S.Abraham Verghese, a professorat Stanford UniversityMedical School, and SanjeevArora, a computer scientist, ofAlbuquerque in the U.S....
UK To Extradite Indo-British Man To South Africa To Stand Trial For Wife’s Murder »
LONDON – Britain has decidedto extradite Indo-Britishbusinessman Shrien Dewani toSouth Africa within the next fourweeks to stand trial for murderof his Indian wife while on theirhoneymoon to Cape...
THINK BEFORE YOU POST ON FACEBOOK! »
U.S. Girl’s Facebook Post Costs Dad$80,000 Settlement
WASHINGTON- A U.S.girl’s snarky Facebookpost hascost her father$80,000 he hadwon in a legalsettlement.Patrick Snay,69, a formerheadmaster ofGulliver PreparatorySchoolin Florida wasset to receivethe...
Preet Bharara And Actor-Producer Mindy Kailing To Speak At Harvard Law School »
NEW YORK – IndianbornU.S. attorney PreetBharara and Indo-Americanactress Mindy Kaling willspeak at this year’s commencementceremonies atthe prestigious Harvard LawSchool.Bharara and Kaling willaddress students and facultyon Class Day ceremonies,which...
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All Religions Promote Social Harmony »
DR. SAWRAJ SINGH INTERNATIONALAFFAIRS / EDITORIAL Many will question this title because ifwe look at history, millions of peoplehave...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »NDP Wants Advanced Education Minister Virk To Explain Irregular Payments To Kwantlen Executives »
VICTORIA – Minister ofAdvanced Education AmrikVirk needs to explain more than$100,000 in irregular paymentsmade on his watch...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »Clocks Move Forward An Hour This Weekend »
B.C. Drivers To Prepare For Daylight Savings Time! SURREY – It’s time again tochange the time and moveclocks...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »Liquor To Be Available In BC Grocery Stores By Early 2015 »
VICTORIA – For those seekingeasy access to unlimitedliquor – booze will be availablefor sale in BC stores...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »US Court Allows Sikh Group To Summon PM Manmohan Singh »
NEW YORK – A US federal judge inWashington has granted a Sikh rightsgroup’s plea to serve summons...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »Indo-Canadian Doctor s Awarded Optometrists Of The Year »
Dr. Manbir Randhawa, who practicesin Vancouver, was awarded theOptometrist of the Year award and Dr.Shainul Waljee, of...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »Sandhu Continues To Push For Pattullo Bridge Solutions In Ottawa »
SURREY – Jasbir Sandhu, NDP MP forSurrey North, vows to continuedemanding that the federal governmentto take initiative...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »KPU’s Gang Prevention Research Project Honoured By The Senator Who Funded It »
OTTAWA – When Senator KelvinOgilvie looked for taxpayer-fundedresearch projects that have demonstrablebenefit to the lives of children...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »NRI Punjabi Rapper Deep Cold Found Dead In Punjab Hotel »
Excessive Drinking May Have Cause His Death! PHAGWARA – US-based Punjabi rapperAmardeep Singh Basra (36), an NRI whois...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »South Asian Man Gets Life Sentence For Murdering Wife While Disguised In A Burka »
TORONTO – A South Asian man whodisguised himself in a Muslim woman’sgarment to strangle his estranged wifewas...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »Bihar Has A Rich Cultural Heritage »
Balwant Sanghera LINK COLUMNIST Bihar has a very rich historicalheritage. It has deep historicalconnection with some of themajor religions...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Sword Up For Auction In UK »
LONDON – One of MaharajaRanjit Singh’s most significantheirlooms will be sold to thehighest bidder when it is...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »Bharat Desai Again Named The Richest Indo-American By Forbes »
BANGALORE – Once againBharat Desai, Chairman & C0-Founder, SyntelLimited, has beenranked as the richestIndian American inthe prestigiousForbes...
March 9 2014 / No comment / Read More »Labour Minister Celebrates International Women’s Week with Biotalent Canada »
VANCOUVER – Dr. K. Kellie Leitch,Minister of Labour and Minister ofStatus of Women, marked InternationalWomen’s Week by...
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