INDIA'S 75TH INDEPENDENCE DAY: Time To Celebrate But Also Reflect On The Extremes That Threaten Democracy

By Promod PuriAugust 15th this year marks a great day for India as it celebrates the 75th anniversary of Independence from the 200 years of colonial rule by the British raj. The country gets immersed ...

Vancouver Mayor Stewart Pays Special Visit To Sunset Indo-Canadian Seniors’ Society

SOUTH VANCOUVER - The South Asian Canadians in Metro Vancouver are the third largest ethnic group in the region, comprising 300,000 as per 2016 census. It is about 12% of the total population of Metro...

No. Road Sikh Gurdwara Honours Volunteer And Veteran Paramedic Chain Batth

By Balwant SangheraVolunteers are the backbone of every community. They put in countless volunteer hours to help and serve others without expecting anything in return. Long-time Richmond resident, a v...

Asa Singh Johal Memorial Cup $5,000 Award To Be Handed Out Annually At Nations Cup Tournament

By Balwant SangheraIt has been more than a year since our former chairman, prominent businessman, philanthropist and a community icon, Asa Singh Johal, left us for his heavenly abode. At India Cultura...

BC Court Of Appeal Decision Against Private Health Care Case Is Great News For Everyone

By Harinder MahilBritish Columbia’s Court of Appeal ruled last week that a medicare law that prohibits patients from paying for faster access to health care does not violate their constitutional rig...

MIMIC ME: Only The Good Stuff And Real Me And Not Fabricated Stories Of A Gangster

By Mike BhanguMimic me, mimic me but not the myths that circulate the Punjabi community. Mimic the renaissance me and not the fabricated stories of a gangster’s living.Perhaps it’s the work of the...

FATHER’S DAY: Let’s All Cheer For Fathers!

By Zile SinghEvery year, third Sunday of June is celebrated as Father’s Day. The first known Father’s Day service occurred in Fairmont, West Virginia, on July 5, 1908, after hundreds of men died i...

Toronto Mayor Tory Apologizes To Sikh Community For Discriminatory Policy Against Sikhs

By Harinder MahilToronto’s mayor, John Tory, has formally apologized to Sikhs for the latest policy that required Sikh security guards to shave their beards to wear N-95 masks or take lower-paying j...

OPINION: Why Local Area Residents are Striking to Change the Hotel Industry’s Treatment of Workers During COVID-19?

How a Surrey-based Hotel Company is Hurting Women and What We Can Do as a Community To Fight Back!By Ravi BinningCo-written with UNITE HERE Local 40For 17 years, I raised my daughter while cleaning ro...