KPU’s Inaugural Community Impact Award Goes To NEVR And SAFE

By Acharya DwivediSURREY - Kwantlen Polytechnic University launched a new award on June 16 to recognize partners of institution who have made a positive and significant impact on local communities. Th...

LITERATURE AND SOCIETY: Knowledge Is More Valuable Than Money

By Zile Singh“A race without reading is a race without hope.”Books are a store of wisdom, more valuable than money. Knowledge is something no one can rob from you.Literature is an inspiring agent....

Toronto Police Apologises For Systemic Racism But Will It Change Anything?

By Harinder MahilToronto police released a report recently which confirmed what many had believed for years that Black, Indigenous and other racialized people are disproportionately affected by use of...

Student Visits To Gurdwara Nanak Niwas Resumes With Latest Being Grade 8ers From Point Grey Secondary

By Balwant SangheraRICHMOND - The COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic has severely affected our lives. Most of the activities were either curtailed or put on hold for almost two years. This included visits ...

GHETTO FORMATIONS AND OLD BAGGAGE: Ethnic Pride Adds Colour To Adopted Country’s Fabric But Can Also Bring Xenophobic Hate

There is an argument with a stereotyped conception that ethnic communities create ghetto formations and bring along old baggage while settling in Canada. And that they do not behave according to the a...

FROM PRAKASH KAUR TO MOOSE WALA: Punjabi Music Has Seen An Evolution From Melodious Beginnings To Gangster Rap

It has been a revolutionary journey for Punjabi music from the melodious beginnings to the hyper-bhangra and then fusion-desi music from UK (along with Malkit Singh – there were UK fusion pioneers l...

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: Basic Needs Versus Unlimited Greed In "Only-One Earth"

By Zile SinghWorld Environment Day – June 5 World Environment Day (WED) was established in 1972 by the United Nations at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (5–16 June 1972), that ha...

OBITUARY: Indo-Canadian Travel Business Pioneer Suresh Goyal Passes Away

SOUTH VANCOUVER - Well-known Indo-Canadian businessman Suresh Goyal passed away on May 31. He was a pioneer in the travel business. An extremely humble person, with a smile on his face, Goyal conducte...

Gurdwara Nanak Niwasn Raises $30,000 For Ukraine Support Effort

By Balwant SangheraIt is a very tragic development when one country attacks another sovereign country without any valid reason or provocation. Since February 24 of this year, Ukraine and its citizens ...