It’s likely Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saw events playing out differently than how they actually turned out for his recent state visit to India. Like most Canadians, he probably thought February an ideal time to…
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Faith a Big Factor in Giving by New Canadians
New Canadians from South Asia, China and the Philippines are more likely to donate to charitable causes than the general population, a new survey has found. The survey by the Angus Reid Institute and CHIMP…
View More Faith a Big Factor in Giving by New CanadiansPunjabis Sign up for Nanny School to get Visas
Canada’s commitment to boost its live-in caregiver program as a pathway to citizenship has boosted the business of “nanny institutes” in Punjab. Traditionally, people from Punjab have gone to Canada as farmers, plumbers, carpenters, electricians…
View More Punjabis Sign up for Nanny School to get VisasBlack Prince Rescues Duleep Singh, but Does Not Set Him Free
To be the “last king” of anything means you left this world either a legend or a tragic figure. Maharajah Duleep Singh, the final monarch of the Punjab kingdom, who was forcibly separated from his…
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Former B.C. Premier Must Understand Identity Does Not Equal Skin Colour
It was inevitable the success of Trumpolitics would generate imitators. Stephen Harper dabbled with its tactics in the last federal election by pandering to the baser views of the so-called ‘angry white male’. It comes…
View More Former B.C. Premier Must Understand Identity Does Not Equal Skin ColourVancouver Play Highlights Canada’s Forgotten Martyr Mewa Singh
Depending on whom you ask, the actions of Louis Riel, and Dr. Norman Bethune, along with others who lived through difficult times, can be seen as verging on treasonous or justified. Add to that list…
View More Vancouver Play Highlights Canada’s Forgotten Martyr Mewa SinghIndo-gangster Film Shoots Blanks
Splashy, colourful and loud as a tie-dyed turban, Beeba Boys is an arranged marriage between a Bollywood drama and Reservoir Dogs, with the match made by Tom Ford. Sadly, however, this is not one of those weddings where…
View More Indo-gangster Film Shoots BlanksA Willingness to Elect People Not Born in Canada
As the federal election campaign goes into high gear, a distinct Punjabi flavour is permeating Canadian politics with some 40 Punjab-origin men and women in the fray for office on Parliament Hill. All three main…
View More A Willingness to Elect People Not Born in CanadaUBC Profs Offer Explanation for Gupta Departure
With both the the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) faculty association calling for the chair of UBC’s Board of Governors to resign, more professors are speculating as to…
View More UBC Profs Offer Explanation for Gupta DepartureSikh Community Celebrates a Harvest of Goodness in B.C.
For Vancouver publisher, Harbinder Singh Sewak, the dream was four years in the making. This week, as millions of Sikhs around the world celebrate Vaisakhi or Khalsa Day that dream became a reality with the…
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