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“Serial bride” arrested

This one certainly won’t be going in the Sikh youth achievement category…

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Parwinder Kaur says she is not the only one from Canada doing what she did.
Deserted by her husband in Toronto, who is 35-years older to her, the divorcee returned to Punjab, India to marry again.
She, however, was not looking for love, police say.
The [...]

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Sangat Appreciation Program

Khalsa Diwan Society of New Westminster presents
SANGAT APPRECIATION PROGRAM
All gurdwara prabhandak committees, Sikh organizations, and neighbourhood residents are humbly requested to celebrate Guru Sahib’s kirpa in a special smagam organized by the new BC Sikh Youth committee in thanks to the sangat for selecting the Youth for management seva at Gurdwara Sahib Sukh Sagar. The [...]

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Sikh student Damanpreet Kaur, age 8, wins computer in path reciting contest

Ludhiana, September 25: DAMANPREET Kaur, a Class III student of the city, was given a computer as a prize for the Sri Sukhmani Sahib Kanth and Vichar Competition.
The award was given by Bhai Jasbir Singh Khalsa and Jaswinder Singh of the Guru Nanak Trust, Manchester, at Gurdwara Sukhmani Sahib, Phase-II, Dugri, here.
Born on February 5, [...]

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Young Sikh Uses Feet Instead of Hands for Award-Winning Artwork

The Story below, from the Chandigarh Spokesman, describes 16 year old Patiala student and resident Jagvinder Singh. Singh is a student at Victoria Public Senior Secondary School and the eldest of five siblings. Singh was born without one arm while the other arm is very small. While his parents began to worry about his future [...]

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3 Sikh Youth Pass Away in Lake Accident

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
Gurupyare Sadhsangat jio,
As you all probably know, three beautiful souls left this earth for sachkhand on Saturday, after a tragic swimming accident during a trip with the Khalsa Panth Gatka Akhara in England. Bhai Tajinder Singh, 21, Bhai Satvir Singh, 17, and Bhai Harvinder Singh, 15, passed away [...]

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Aagman Purab Bhagat Sheikh Fareed Jee

Sunday September 24 at Gurdwara Sahib Canadian Singh Sabha on 132nd Street, there will be “bhog” of Sri Akhand Paath Sahib, and keertan / ragi / tadi darbar around 10am in honour of the aagman purab (day of birth) of the great saint bhagat Sheikh Fareed Jee.

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Komagata Maru Will Live On in Surrey

The pioneers of Komagata Maru who were turned away from Canada all those years ago will have a home here after all. PICs executive director Charan Gill has commissioned a huge mural of the Komagata Maru and its passengers on the south wall of the middle building of the PICs supported living facility, facing 75A [...]

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The Great Rani Sada Kaur…

During the times of Sikhs Misls, the Sikhs were badly disunited. They successfully destroyed the aggressors but now they were fighting amongst themselves. All Sardaars (chieftains) were trying to destroy each other to extend their kingdoms. After the death of Sardar Gurbaksh Singh in a fight with one of the misls, his wife, Sardarni Sada [...]

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Satnam Sekhon and SEYVA

Volunteering has become such a constant in Satnam Sekhon’s life that she admits to feeling a little lost without it. Sekhon, a registered dietitian with the BC Cancer Agency, credits her parents for instilling in her the importance of charity work. She hopes to continue passing on this message through SEYVA, an organization that she [...]

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Sikh student develops Darbar Sahib replica

Darbar Saheb Replica in Cardboard

Deep attachment and a strong sense of belonging with the Sikh religion, culture and symbols have prompted Kanwalpreet, a language student from Ludhiana, to develop a replica of the Dabar Sahib complex in thermocoal and cardboard. Kanwalpreet has tried his best to replicate each and every part of the complex to [...]

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