BC Brings In New Changes To Support Turbaned Sikhs In The Workplace

WSO Welcomes WorkSafe BC Regulation Changes To Accommodate The Dastar!Starting on Sept. 1, 2021, employers will be required to review each area of a job site when determining if a person must wear saf...

FLYING SIKH HEAVEN BOUND: Legendary Olympian Milkha Singh Dies At 91 Of COVID-19 Complications

The legendary Olympian Milkha Singh’s ongoing medical condition became critical late Friday evening after he developed complications, including fever and dropping of oxygen saturation level and he d...

PROGRESSIVE CON: Alberta Indo-Canadian MP Tim Uppal Says He’s Sorry For Not Standing Up To Harper Conservative-era Divisive Policies

Veteran Indo-Canadian Conservative MP Tim Uppal has had a change of heart in regards to his role in Prime Minister Stephen Harper era divisiveness and racist policies that their Conservative govt unle...

Indo-Canadian Trucker From Calgary Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Cocaine

Gurpal Singh Gill of Calgary pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute on June 10. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of five to 40 years, a $5-million fine and at least four years of ...

Canadian Sikhs Hold Rally To Remember 1984 Genocide By India

Between June 1st and June 6th, 1984, Operation Blue Star was an (Indian army assault carried out on the Holiest Sikh Shrine, Sri Darbar Sahib also known as the Golden Temple. Over 30,000 Sikh pilgrims...

SOUTH ASIAN MEDIA PIONEERS! R. Paul Dhillon Meets His Mentor Promod Puri!

It’s always a blast when I see my former boss, mentor and friend Promod Puri, the founder of South Asian LINK Newspaper, the oldest South Asian newspaper in Canada. I’m still the editor of The Lin...

Indo-Canadian Among Two Men Charged With Buying Guns For Criminals And Gangsters

Harjot Chahal, a 26-year-old from Pitt Meadows, and Alex Lytle, a 31-year-old from Port Coquitlam, have been arrested and charged with multiple offences relating to buying guns for criminals. In mid-2...

Surrey-Based Punjabi Singer Jazzy B's Twitter Account Blocked On Indian Government Request

The Indian government, which has been targeting social media criticism following mass anti-government uprising in the form farmers’ protests and government’s complete failure on the COVID-19 front...

Thousands Of UK Sikhs Mark Anniversary Of 1984 Sikh Genocide In London

June 6 marks the 37th anniversary of the 1984 Sikh Genocide and many speakers at the freedom rally, held in London on Saturday, reflected on the treatment of Sikhs over the last 74 years, including du...