By Zile Singh Ambassador(Retd.) Kuldip “Kal” Rangi (October 22nd, 1954 – October 2nd , 2018) I was posted as Deputy Consul General with the Indian Consulate in Vancouver from August 2004 to July 2007. The Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab, Mrs. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, came on an official visit to British Columbia. As the […]
OTTAWA – The World Sikh Organization of Canada is deeply disappointed by Thursday’s decision of the Supreme Court of Canada to deny leave to appeal in the case Singh, et al. v. Attorney General of Québec. In January 2011, the appellants in the case, Harminder Kaur and Balpreet Singh were part of a WSO delegation […]
OTTAWA – Despite some setback and blunders by the governing federal Liberals, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to win another mandate next fall when Canadians will go back to the polls for the 2019 federal election. The next vote is scheduled to be held one year from today, on Oct. 21, 2019. The polls […]
By Harinder Mahil C. Minister of Labour Harry Bains on Tuesday tabled the Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act in the B.C. legislature, which will protect the rights of temporary foreign workers. The legislation requires recruiters to have a licence, and employers to register in order to take part in the program. It’s a badly needed […]
Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey BC has a new President Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the Sikh Youth committee, which was acclaimed. “This committee was formed with a select few individuals who worked hard day and night with Gurdwara members to create one committee without having an election,” wrote Lucky Dhillon on his Facebook page. […]
ATLANTA – An expat scientist from Gujarat tweeted that he and his friends were denied entry into a “garba” dance event in Atlanta in the US after organisers allegedly said that their last names and look weren’t “Hindu” enough. Karan Jani (29), hailing from Vadodara, is an astrophysicist in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory […]
Rituraj Kaur Grewal of Surrey, has been charged with criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle causing death, criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, and failing to remain at the scene of a collision. SURREY – A young Indo-Canadian woman has been charged by the RCMP with […]
SURREY – The Global Peace Alliance, Surrey Society (GPA) is pleased to announce its 2018 ‘Give Peace a Chance’ Surrey Festival. It is the third in an annual series of GPA peace festivals in Surrey. This year’s event is especially designed to celebrate diversity among people living in British Columbia and beyond, dispelling misconceptions […]
LONDON – British Sikhs have expressed concerns that the UK government’s updated strategy to combat hate crime may be failing to fully acknowledge the problem of “Islamophobia on Sikhs”, or attacks on the community members for being mistaken as Muslims. The Network of Sikh Organisations (NSO), a representative body for gurdwaras and Sikh organisations across […]
The great initiative by the worldwide Sikh community to give Blood to Remember the victims of the 1984 Genocide of Sikhs by the Indian Government backed criminals is in full swing in with the annual blood drive. The aim of Sikh Nation is to raise awareness against all Genocides and killing of innocent people by […]
