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Annual Shaheedi Smagam

The Gurmat Center will be holding a very special program on October 31st, 2006, beginning at 4:30 pm, dedicated to all the brave men, women, and children, who have sacrificed their lives for the Sikh faith. The Gurmat Center’s goal is to teach the youth about the greatness of the Sikh Religion, whether it is [...]

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Manjit Panghali

Vaheguru, Vaheguru, Vaheguru, Vaheguru, Vaheguru

Sadhsangat ji, please pray for the soul of Manjit Panghali and her unborn child. Please pray that whoever did this to her is brought to justice. The funeral service was held at 12:30pm on Saturday, November 4th, followed by bhog of sehaj paaths at Gurdwara Sahib Canadian Singh Sabha and Gurdwara [...]

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UBC SSA Keertan

Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh!!!
The Sikh Students’ Association of UBC cordially invites you to attend our annual Keertan Darbar! It will be held on Thursday, November 9, 2006 at 6pm in the UBC Asian Centre auditorium (new location!). This is your chance to experience an evening of uplifting prayers [...]

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Aagman Purab Professor of Sikhism, Dr. Bhai Ganda Singh Jee

GANDA SINGH (1900-1987), celebrated Punjab historian who by his sustained and pioneer work in the field of historical research initiated new trends in Sikh historiography and who by his critically important work became a vital and pervasive influence in historical learning in northern India, was born on 15 November 1900, thc son of Javala Singh [...]

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Aagman Purab of Shaheed Baba Gurbakhsh Singh “Banda Singh Bahadur”

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
According to “On This Day” records from Fort: Panth Khalsa website, legendary and revolutionary Sikh leader, general, and martyr, Baba Gurbakhsh Singh, also known as “Banda Singh Bahadur,” came to this earth on this day - October 27th, in 1670.

Baba Jee’s life story is full of heroism, inspiration, devotion, [...]

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Sikh community history runs deep in Golden

By COLLEEN PALUMBO, Golden Memories (TheGoldenStar.net)
Oct 25 2006
Sikh immigrants landing in Canada at the Vancouver, B.C. Canadian Pacific Railway Pier - 1907
(Vancouver Public Library, Special Collections, VPL 9426 )
It has been suggested that I include a story about the Sikh community in one of my columns. I have done this in the past but with [...]

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Annual Youth-led Kirtan Darbar, Surrey

Waheguru ji ka khalsa, waheguru ji ki fateh!
It’s that time of year once again!!!

Annual Youth-led Kirtan Darbar
Saturday, November 11, 2006
6pm - 12am
Click on the poster to view more details
Canadian Singh Sabha Gurdwara
8115 - 132st. Surrey, BC
Come out to celebrate the 537th Gurpurb of our first great Guru, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji!
If you [...]

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Bandi Chhorh Divas - Day of Liberation

Millions of congratulations to all of humanity and the Sarbat Khalsa Panth
on this special occassion of
Bandi Chhorh Divas !

Guru Hargobind being released from the Gwalior Jail along with 52 Rajas, who held the strings attached to the dress of the Guru, hence the Guru was called “Bandi Chhod”.

The Sikh celebration of the return of [...]

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You are a Coward Sikh

couple of years ago, some Sikh parents in Toronto were charged with child abuse, based on the evidence given by their children. It is sad that a twenty-minute documentary was shown on television depicting the ‘harsh’ and ‘dictatorial’ behaviour of the parents towards their grown-up children. The Sikhs felt bad, some even angry and raised [...]

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Teen says murder suspects told him: ‘We did it’

Teen says murder suspects told him: ‘We did it’
Youths charged in 2005 slaying of Sikhs intended to ‘jump’ someone, trial told
ROBERT MATAS
With a report from Rod Mickleburgh
NEW WESTMINSTER — The teenager’s testimony sent a shudder through the courtroom here yesterday.
“I heard banging and screaming,” Tyler Rankin, 18, testified during the first day of the trial [...]

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