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Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival

Presenting A World of Words
The Vancouver International Writers Festival is one of North America’s premiere literary events, held annually over 6 days in late October. It was inaugurated in 1988 as the brainchild of founding Artistic Director Alma Lee.Now under the artistic direction of Hal Wake, the Writers Festival attracts the world’s best writers to [...]

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12th Annual Walk for Heart

Join the Heart and Stroke Foundation of B.C. & Yukon for the 12th annual Walk for Heart (formerly known as the Mother Daughter Walk), a fun-filled fundraising event to support research, prevention, and treatment of heart disease and stroke.
The 2.5 km walk will start at Sevenoaks Shopping Centre and continue around beautiful Mill Lake. After [...]

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Preserving Punjabi Life

By Sheila Reynolds
Staff Reporter
Sep 17 2006

He’s never enrolled in art classes or had formal training, but Jarnail Singh comes by his talent honestly.
A prolific and internationally recognized painter, his Newton studio is testament to his quarter-century of success, with dozens and dozens of oil and acrylic paintings hung wherever wall space will [...]

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AKHAND JAAP - 500th Janam Divas Baba Buddha Jee

The Sikh youth of BC present:
500th Janam Divas Celebrations of the “Pillar of Sikhism”
Dhan Dhan Baba Buddha Jee

- AKHAND JAAP -

Saturday, October 14, 2006
 
4:00am - Nitnem
5:00am - 12 Hours of Non-stop “Vaheguru” Gurmantar Simran
5:00pm - Rehiras Sahib & Ardas
6:00pm - Katha / Keertan Darbar

Location:
Gurdwara Sahib Sukh Sagar,
Wood Street, Queensborough, New Westminster

 
For more information, e-mail info@akhandjaap.com [...]

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Gurgaddi Divas - Guru Angad Dev Ji

On the Sikh “Nanakshahi” calendar, September 18th is the Gurgaddi Divas of the second Nanak, Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Angad Dev Sahib Ji Maharaj. Before Gurgaddi, Guru Sahib was known as “Bhai Lehna Ji.”

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Origin of Large Suroop at Sri Darbar Sahib

There’s a lot of confusion about the origin of the large saroop on the upper level of Sri Darbar Sahib. Some people think that it is a very puraatan saroop and some even think that it is the saroop Baba Deep Singh jee wrote. This is not the case.The saroop is about 100 years old [...]

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An Appeal: Two Bright Sikh Scholars from Panjab Need your Support

Amritsar , Panjab – Satpreet Singh and Harmanjit Singh have written technical research papers which have been accepted for international conferences in Houston and Prague , respectively. However, they cannot afford to attend the international conferences to present their papers. It is not often that we read of bright young scholars who have earned international [...]

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Jyoti Jyot M3, Gurgadi M4, Jyoti Jyot M4, Gurgadi M5

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
Congratulations to all of the Khalsa panth on this special day where four gurpurabs are celebrated together according to the Sikh “Nanakshahi” calendar.
Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Amar Das Sahib Ji Maharaj
Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Ram Das Sahib Ji Maharaj
Dhan Dhan Sri Guru Arjan Dev Sahib Ji Maharaj

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Janam Divas Bhai Gurdas Ji

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!

October 16th is the day when Bhai Sahib Bhai Gurdas Jee came to this world.

The biography below is from www.sikh-history.com

Also visit the following website for more information on Bhai Sahib and his writings:
- http://www.info-sikh.com/GurdasPage1.html
- http://www.sikhitothemax.com
- http://www.allaboutsikhs.com

Bhai Gurdas ji is much honoured for his Sikhi way of life and literary [...]

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SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival Results

CONGRATULATIONS to all the participants!All of us at SikhNet consider ALL of the films to be winners! Each and every film is unique and interesting in it’s own way. The festival was designed to encourage and inspire our youth to get involved in media and film and use their creativity to produce interesting and educational [...]

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