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Watch THE RISE OF KHALSA this SATURDAY

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
_/\_
Khalsa ji,
This Saturday there will be a PREMIERE SCREENING of the new animated film, THE RISE OF KHALSA, an epic tale based on events in the life of Shaheed Baba Gurbakhsh “Banda” Singh “Bahadur.”
This is the first screening of this film in Surrey, BC and the DVD as well [...]

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June 1984 - Never Forget! Memorial Event

BC SIKH YOUTH PRESENTS
JUNE 1984…NEVER FORGET
Memorial Event
BC Sikh Youth is proud to announce that the JUNE 1984…NEVER FORGET Memorial Event (Candle Light Vigil) will take place on Saturday June 3rd at 5:30pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery. In June 1984, the Sri Akal Takht Sahib and Sri Darbar Sahib complex was attacked by the Indian [...]

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Punjab Honours Canadian Attorney

CHANDIGARH: Julius H Grey, Attorney and Professor of Law in Canada has been honored by the Punjab government here.
Grey, who has done memorable service to the Sikh community not only in Canada but whole of western would be successfully pleading the cause of the rights of a community, Punjab Public Works Department Minister Partap Singh [...]

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Renewed Calls for Komagata Maru apology

Last Updated: May 24 2006 11:30 AM PDT
About 150 members of B.C.’s Indo-Canadian community gathered in Stanley Park on Tuesday night to remember the infamous Komagata Maru incident that happened in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet nearly 100 years ago.
On May 23, 1914, the ship carrying 376 would-be immigrants from India, arrived in the harbour. But it [...]

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RCMP Recruiting Event

Please find attached (Click here - PDF file) some information about an event we are hosting on Sunday, June 4 here in Surrey.
The event is open to all and specifically designed to give youth and their parents a chance to ask questions about what a career in the RCMP is really like.
It is also a [...]

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Komagata Maru kin want amends

According to a recent article in the Vancouver Sun, descendants of the Sikhs who travelled to Canada in 1914 on the Komagata Maru are requesting open discussions with the government about plans for an official apology and compensation for the racist immigration laws and inhumaine treatment of Sikh refugees.
A meeting was held in Richmond on [...]

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History of Sanghas and Other Pioneer Sikhs in Canada

- May 6, 1906 — Braim Singh Sangha arrives in Vancouver at the age of 25 from his native Punjab to build a new life.
- 1907 — Braim Singh and other new immigrants start the Khalsa Diwan Society to help each other and build the first Sikh temple in Canada on West 2nd Avenue in [...]

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100th Anniversary of a Punjab Pioneer

When Beverly Sangha was growing up in east Vancouver in the ’70s, her dad kept a bowl beside her on the dining table. “I would have to put in five cents from my allowance for every word of English spoken at dinner,” the 41-year-old says fondly. “My father was quite firm that I learn Punjabi.”
After [...]

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Calgary Nagar Keertan - May 27, 2006

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
_/\_
SaadhSangat jee, the annual Calgary Nagar Keertan will take place on Saturday, May 27th. The Calgary sangat has humbly requested the participation of all of the BC sangat.
Below are details for this year’s trip to the Calgary Nagar Keertan.
-Departure from VANCOUVER on Friday, May 26, 2006 at 4:00AM at [...]

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Elementary schools graded by FSA tests

While private schools again topped Surrey’s list in this year’s Report Card on British Columbia’s Elementary Schools, public schools from different areas of the city rounded out the top 10.
For the fourth year, the Fraser Institute gave schools across the province a rating out of 10 based on results of the Ministry of Education’s 2004/05 [...]

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