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Calgary Winter Smagam 2006

Calgary Winter Samagam December 2006
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Save the Ramgharia Bunga from destruction

THIS IS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT… PLEASE FORWARD THIS ON IMMEDIATELY… 
Reports are coming in from India that the historic Ramgharia Bunga in Hazur Sahib, Nanded is slated to be pulled down. This historical site linked to the Ramgharia Misl is one of the last of the great buildings related to Ranjit Singh in the region. It [...]

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Gender inequality deals blow to mothers and children: UNICEF

A new report from UNICEF says children around the world would be healthier if their mothers had more control over household decisions and finances.
“Gender equality and the well-being of children are inextricably linked,” said Anne Veneman, UNICEF’s executive director. “When women are empowered to lead full and productive lives, children and families prosper.”
UNICEF’s 2007 State [...]

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MARK OF EXCELLENCE: Being Guru-Centered

as part of the Khalsa Diwan Society 100 Year Celebrations

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Mark of Excellence is a series of lectures, presentations and workshops specifically catered to meet the needs and desires of a particular audience. Essentially, participants attend personal and community development sessions that seek to foster the Sikh values based on [...]

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Candle-Light Vigil Held for National day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Over a hundred people gathered for the annual December 6 candlelight vigil in Surrey to mark the National day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This year the vigil was held in Surrey to recognize the violence against women in the Indo-Canadian woman, following two mothers killed and one seriously injured [...]

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‘Illuminations’ book launched

Mark L.Tompkins and Jennifer McMahon’s book, Illuminations, was launched on Nov.20 at Vancouver Public Library amidst an Interfaith event.
This remarkable book contains an erudite and visually fascinating collection of photographs, splendid art-pieces, enlightening poems and invaluable interview-excerpts of 180 artists, writers and spiritual leaders of 43 countries of the world.
The intent of this book is [...]

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‘I want my grandson’

A six month old boy whose mother was stabbed to death near him is in the middle of a tug of war. Brahamveer is now in temporary custody of his maternal grandparents, Mr and Mrs Dilbag Singh, who came to Canada after their daughter, Navreet Waraich, was stabbed to death in her basement suite in [...]

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Interview with Canadian Armed Forces Maj. Harjit Sajjan

 ’You think you could’ve done more’
It’s not the lives saved but those lost he thinks of 
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With the blood of Canadians spilling once more in a far-away land, Remembrance Day this year is different. We are a nation at war, peacekeepers no more. The ghosts from wars past now have much younger company.
Those fallen soldiers who [...]

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Canada’s Lost Daughters

Heather Stilwell noticed something strange was going on in her hometown of Surrey, B.C. A school trustee for Surrey District No.36 for 12 years now, one of Stilwell’s personal causes has been to promote literacy among kids. On her own time and her own dime, she sews book bags for kindergartners, using wholesale or donated [...]

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Indo-Canadians term new housing law ‘racist’

The Indo-Canadian community in British Columbia’s Surrey city is upset over a new housing bylaw that seeks to limit the size of homes claiming it as a racial move.
The Surrey council wants to limit the size of homes in St. Helen’s Park, one of the Lower Mainland city’s oldest neighbourhoods, after residents protested that the [...]

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