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Canada’s Ship of Horrors

This country’s treatment of the Komagata Maru is the subject of two storytellers and federal MPs
Paul Gessell
The Ottawa Citizen
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
The ship carrying your husband reached Canada. But the people there would not allow the passengers to get off even for food or fresh water. They threatened to shoot them. It is said that [...]

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Annual Winter Akhand Keertan Smagam

Annual Akhand Keertan SmaagamDecember 15 - 24, 2006
Gurdwara Sahib, Khalsa School, Surrey
Khalsa School, 6933 124th Street, Surrey, BC
Sri Akhand Paath Sahib: Dec.15-17, 2006
Rainsabhaee Keertan: Dec 23-24, 2006
Daily morning & evening programs (details to follow)
Contact Info:
M. Ujaaggar Singh
Phone: 604-590-6900
Bh. Kulvinder Singh
Phone: 604-502-8419
Khalsa School
Phone: 604-591-2248
Bh. Nagina Singh
Phone: 604-596-1498

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Virsa & MADD Red Ribbon Campaign Launch

Please show your support this holiday season by getting your red ribbon THIS Saturday, December 2nd from 12:00pm-2:30pm at the North Delta Public Safety Building. Virsa & Mother’s Against Drunk Driving will be launching MADD’s annual red ribbon campaign and we ask that the public come support us by joining us in such a worthy [...]

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Families Upset and Hurt by Judge’s Decision

A letter from JHALMAN THANDI:
This letter involves the court case ruling on November 10 for Shingara Singh Thandi, 76, and Mewa Singh Bains, 83, regarding the attack on July 18 and 19, 2005, at Surrey’s Bear Creek Park. Both the Thandi and Bains families are upset and hurt by the judge’s decision to convict the [...]

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Dhan Sevak Safal Ohu Aaeia . . .

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa, Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!!!!
Guru pyare saadh sangat jee,

As you may know, a jewel of the Khalsa panth, Shiromani ragi Bhai Sahib Bhai Avtar Singh Ji has left this earthly realm for permanent residence in the charan-kamal of Akaal Purakh Vaaheguroo. With his spiritual strength, amazing talent, inviting voice, enchanting stories, [...]

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Shaheedi Divas

Vaheguru ji ka khalsa,
Vaheguru ji ki fatheh!
In all of Sikh history, the supreme sacrifices of naam-leva / naam-abhyaasee gurmukhs for the sake of righteousness and truth are overwhelming. Sacrifice while standing for the principles of the faith is a staple of the Sikh story, from the very beginning.
This week, and this day specifically, we commemorate [...]

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Singhnees receive honour for bravery

Two Amrtidhari Singhnees, Bibi Amandeep Kaur and Ravinder Kaur, who fought off a would be robber, being honored at Gurdwara Singh Sabha Guru Nanak Nagar by Kapurthala citizens for thier bravery.

Source: Panthic Weekly 

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Khalsa Jor Mela - Gatka, Wrestling, Power-Lifting Tournament

Pictures from the Khalsa Jor Mela, which took place on November 11 and 12, are now online at www.jormela.com

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New Accomplishments at the Sikh Youth Commission

Sikh Youth Commission are very proud to inform the sangat about the official launch of the very first volume of the Inspiration CD series, which occurred on November 10, 2006 at the Spinning Wheel Film Festival in Florida. The first CD is entitled “Volume 1: Bedtime Stories told by Roop Singh.”
Bhai Roop Singh recorded [...]

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Sikh leaders address violence

Local Indo-Canadian leaders say the recent violence against South Asian women in the Lower Mainland is cause for introspection for the Punjabi community.
Last month two prominent Surrey women in the ethnic community were murdered and another was critically shot by her estranged husband before he took his own life, and these incidents have raised questions [...]

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