COVIDIOT: Indo-Canadian Conspiracy Nut Mak Parhar Arrested For Breaking Quarantine Rules

On his Facebook page, Mak Parhar says he recently attended a flat-earth conference in South Carolina, an event called Flatoberfest 2020, and refused to self-isolate for two weeks once he returned home...

Sikh-Canadians Hold Vigil To Mark 36th Anniversary Of 1984 Massacre Of Sikhs

Members of the Sikh community held a vigil to mark the 36th anniversary of the 1984 massacre of Sikhs at Holland Park in Surrey in Canada on Sunday. They carried placards with slogans “1984 Never Fo...

Indo-American lawyer Becomes First South Asian Woman To Be Elected To New York State Assembly

Jennifer Rajkumar, a Stanford-educated lawyer and an immigrant rights advocate, will represent New York City in the New York State Assembly, representing the 38th Assembly district.NEW YORK - A 38-yea...

Punjabi Trucker Involved In Death Of Busload Of Hockey Players Fighting To Avoid Deportation To India

Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced to eight years after pleading guilty to 29 counts of dangerous driving in the crash that killed 16 and injured 13 others. Sidhu’s i lawyer Michael Greene says Cana...

New York Street Named Punjab To Honour South Asians In Richmond Hill

The Avenues between 111th and 123rd in the New York suburb of Richmond Hill has now been co-named Punjab Avenue. The move was also to acknowledge the community that helped shape Richmond Hill for 50 y...

FACEBOOK CENSORSHIP: Is The Social Media Giant Doing India’s Dirty Work By Removing Posts Highlighting Sikh Genocide

Dozens of Sikh social media pages and posts have been censored on Facebook and Instagram over the past 24 hours. This censorship campaign coincides with the commemoration of the 1984 Sikh Genocide. An...

PUNJABI CINEMA: Desperate Punjabi Producers Announcing New Projects Like There Is No Tomorrow While COVID-19 Is Raging

One prominent Punjabi film producer told PUNJABIFILMWORLD the minimum Punjabi film industry should have done is waited till next spring to start production as the industry has no outlets other than ci...

LIFE IN METRO VANCOUVER: Moving From Donald, BC To The Big City For My Education

By Balwant Sanghera – THIRD IN A SERIES ON MY LIFEIn order to get ready for my education at Simon Fraser University on Burnaby Mountain in September, 1966, I said goodbye to my friends in Donald and...

Indo-Canadian Students Top Surrey Libraries’ Winners Of 2020 Young Adult Writing Contest

Gurleena Sukhija won first prizes in both the Junior Short Story and Junior Poetry categories while Akash Ranu won first place in the Senior Shorty Story. The winners were acknowledged at a Virtual Aw...