When Michelle Chagpar, an information technology professional from Toronto, told her employers she was taking two weeks leave to travel to Iraq to carry out humanitarian work, they were more than a little taken aback.…
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The concept of time travel got a big boost in the 18th century when writer H.G. Wells authored one of his most notable science fiction works, The Time Machine. Last week, the B.C. building trades’…
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The Fraser Institute has added Ontario’s schools to a growing list of school rankings in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec. The Fraser Institute justifies its ranking as an aid to parental…
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark, who is leading a delegation to India, has hailed new Prime Minister Narendra Modi for changing the South Asian behemoth’s mindset. “He (Modi) has un-caged the tiger (India), which is ready…
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With the Surrey mayoral elections still four months away, a new candidate from the South Asian community threatens to shake up the race in a city whose population growth is being fuelled by immigrants and…
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A travelling exhibition which highlights the experiences of immigrants to Canada officially launched in Nanaimo, British Columbia, this week. Canada: Day 1 is a Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21’s legacy project to commemorate…
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I didn’t speak a word of English when I started kindergarten in Ontario. My dad, from Austria, and my mom, from Yugoslavia, met on the boat to Canada in the early 1950s. They were in…
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After much fanfare and a fair share of controversy, the Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia last Saturday with a kickoff event “Celebrating Women”. The success of the International Indian…
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A leaked document outlining the Liberal party’s plan to help drum up ethnic votes for the party in British Colombia reads like a primer that many Canadian politicians would be tempted to dip into for “quick wins”.…
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