By Zile Singh This is with reference to recent developments for the by-election of a Federal Parliament seat from Burnaby South, vacated on the command of the NDP Party by Mr. Stewart Kennedy a two- time MP from this constituency. Mr. Kennedy is now the Mayor of the City of Vancouver. The seat […]
By Zile Singh “Let new India arise out of peasants’ cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts of cobbler and sweeper”- Swami Vivekananda On January, 1950, we opened our door into a Rose Garden by adopting our Constitution. The garden where “WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into […]
OTTAWA – Representatives of the Sikh community and Canadian Gurdwaras met with Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale yesterday with respect to the inclusion, for the first time, of “Sikh (Khalistani) Extremism” in Public Safety Canada’s 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada*. In addition to being criticized for using […]
The world’s richest man, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, saw his fortune increase to $112 billion last year, Oxfam said, pointing out that just one percent of his wealth was the equivalent to the entire health budget of Ethiopia, a country of 105 million people. DAVOS (Switzerland) – The world’s 26 richest people own the same […]
NEW DELHI – After years of speculation around her entry into politics, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday took the plunge when her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi named her party general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh (East). Priyanka will assume her new role from February. The significant announcement came this morning soon after Rahul […]
Terrorism and murder charges were also registered against five CTD officials present during the encounter, police said. LAHORE – Pakistani authorities on Tuesday sacked the head of the Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) after a probe into a weekend shootout revealed that three members of a family were killed in a fake encounter on a […]
In Surrey SURREY—Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will be providing funding of $798,806 to Options Community Services Society of Surrey to help enhance services to Newcomers. Sukh Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament for Surrey-Newton, made the announcement today on behalf of the Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. “Thanks to the Service Delivery […]
Last month, BC’s financial institutions commission (FICOM) announced a hearing into the actions of Vinita Devi Lal, the woman accused of acting as an unregistered broker by “giving instructions and directions” to the brokers whose files raised concerns. SURREY – A South Asian woman acted as a ‘shadow’ mortgage broker by feeding altered tax documents […]
Surrey RCMP released three surveillance camera photos of what they believe to be a single suspect in a series of groping reports in Surrey. The suspect is described as South Asian with chubby cheeks, medium chubby build and a moustache. At the time of the first occurrence he was wearing a dark coloured baseball hat, […]
Police have charged Gurpreet Singh Atwal, 30, with several offences, including theft of a motor vehicle, dangerous operation, and eight counts of failing to stop at the scene of a crash. Karanvir Singh Kang, 30, is charged with theft of a motor vehicle. Both Kang and Atwal were detained in custody. WINNIPEG – Two Indo-Canadian […]
