Swastika: Cultural Sensitivity Should Take Precedence When We Display Controversial Symbols And Objects

I sincerely apologise on behalf of Mr. Gaba for flying those flags with Swastika. Though his behaviour would seem insensitive I would like to believe it was not intentional. As we live in a multi-cult...

Surrey’s New Chief Librarian Is An Indo-canadian Woman

After a nation-wide search, the Surrey Libraries Board of Trustees announced recently that they have appointed Surinder Bhogal as the next Chief Librarian. “We are extremely pleased to have someone ...

Gay British-sikh Man And Mother Become The Voice Of Marginalised Lgbt People Everywhere

Manjinder Singh Sidhu, who has amasters in human rights from University College, London, has made several You Tube videos, a few with his mother, in various languages offering advice to the LGBTI and ...

Delta Sikh-canadian Student Selected For Arctic Expedition

Abhayjeet Singh Sachal will travel along with a team of over a 100 high-school and university students from around the world on July 21. The expedition, which will take them to the eastern Canadian Ar...

Kamloops Sikh Farmer Uses His Turban To Save Drowning Girl

Kamloops farmer Avtar Hothi quickly sprang to action when he noticed a teenage girl struggling in the river near his property. "She was just in shock at the moment we pulled her out of the water. She ...

First Sikh-canadian Army Cadet Corp’s Simran Gillar Attends The Three Amigos Summit

Master Warrant Officer (MWO) Simran Gillar, the top ranking cadet of the 3300 RCACC, and other select cadets and youth leaders, were able to meet with dignitaries in the VIP lounge. In an email to her...

Wso Says Sentencing Of Montreal Racist Sends Strong Message To Perpetrators

Royer Tremblay was sentenced to ten months in prison for his attack on Supninder Singh Khera in Quebec City over the Easter weekend earlier this year. Khera, who was visiting from Toronto, was the vic...

Seva Thrift Hoping To Turn Used Indian Clothing To Good Use

Donate Your Old Clothing, Jewelry And Other Items To Seva Thrift, Which Opens It's Doors Saturday, July 2!Seva Thrift store is located at 9430 120th street and is set to open on Saturday, July 2nd.SUR...

Fighting Racism!

Well respected physician Dr. Gurdeep Parhar, who is an Executive Associate Dean, Clinical Partnerships and Professionalism at UBC, was a speaker at the recent Tedx Talk, where he recounted his emotion...