http://bcsikhs.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:34:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Facebook Join over 850 Sikhs from British Columbia in the BC Sikhs group on Facebook, a great resource for event updates, professional networking, and keeping in touch with your sangat. Forum Get regular updates, have interesting discussions, and get inspired by joining the BC Sikhs Forum - a place for all of the ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/keep-in-touch As always there's a lot going in the community, here's a list of ongoing and upcoming events. Get involved and participate today! *Did we miss something below? Please e-mail us your event at seva@bcsikhs.com and we'll send it out to our list of over 1200 people.* ----- Hockey Night in Canada - IN ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/news welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message welcome message ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/welcome Documentary ‘contained significant and numerous factual misrepresentations,’ lawsuit argues July 11, 2007 San Grewal Staff Reporter In response to what it describes as a “dishonest and highly offensive” characterization made by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, a $110 million civil lawsuit was filed today on behalf of the World Sikh Organization against the national ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/world-sikh-organization-sues-cbc-for-defamation-libel-and-slander Linda Nguyen, CanWest News Service; Vancouver Sun Published: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 Article tools VANCOUVER - A former B.C. cabinet minister has volunteered to be part of a medical team looking after a severely paralyzed man avoiding deportation by seeking sanctuary in an Abbotsford Sikh temple. Dr. Gulzar Cheema said 48-year-old Laibar Singh was ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/bc-politician-helps-disabled-man-seeking-to-dodge-deportation Chantal Eustace, Vancouver Sun Monday, July 09, 2007 Laibar Singh’s eyes flickered and watered on Sunday as a crowd of shouting supporters circled his wheelchair outside an Abbotsford Sikh temple where the paralysed refugee claimant sought sanctuary on the weekend. Singh, who entered the country with a fake passport four years ago, ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/laibar-singh-in-sanctuary-in-gurudwara Go-kart operator compensates Sikh in turban-helmet dispute Dakshana Bascaramurty CanWest News Service Sunday, July 08, 2007 TORONTO - A major amusement park in suburban Toronto has paid compensation to a Sikh man after he complained he was discriminated against for refusing to take off his turban and wear a helmet to drive a go-kart. Paramount ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/go-kart-operator-compensates-sikh-in-turban-helmet-dispute Vaheguru ji ka khalsa, Vaheguru ji ki fatheh! Yesterday, on the National on CBC, Terry Milewski presented a carefully threaded web of lies, inconsistencies, and prejudiced statements to effectively shut down the annual Vaisakhi celebrations, prevent Sikhs in Canada from having a political voice, stereotype the Sikh community as a violent ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/cbcs-most-defamatory-fraudulent-innaccurate-report-on-sikhs-ever ‘Feed the Homeless Campaign’’ shatters all-time record in June 2007 by distributing 3,500 food packages to homeless on a single night. VANCOUVER, BC – June 27, 2007: Sikhcess™, a community organization dedicated to highlighting Sikh achievements and promoting the basic Sikh principles of public service, today announced that on Sunday, June 24, 2007, local ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/sikhcess%e2%84%a2-delivers-more-than-12000-food-packages-to-vancouver%e2%80%99s-homeless-in-six-months The UBC and SFU SSAs would like to invite all its members to join us this year for our first annual summer camp…. Sikh Spirit 2007: Living on the Edge What is the theme? Miri Piri Who is it for? Young adults (16+) When is it? July 16th-21st, 9am-4pm Where is it? Gurdwara Sahib Sukh ... http://bcsikhs.com/2007/sikh-spirit-2007-living-on-the-edge