Arun Jaitley with Harjit Sajjan. Photos: Twitter NATIONAL Defence Minister Harjit S. Sajjan met with India’s Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitley, on Tuesday during Sajjan’s first trip to India as minister. The meeting was an opportunity to further strengthen bilateral relations between Canada and India. To enhance the broader defence relationship, Canada and India will identify …

Constable Jas Dosanjh receiving his award from the Middelears at the Justice Institute. NORTH Vancouver RCMP’s traffic officer Constable Jas Dosanjh has once again received the prestigious Alexa’s Team award for 2017. Dosanjh conducted 128 investigations of impaired drivers qualifying him as the top cop in B.C. Four other North Vancouver officers also qualified for the yearly Alexa’s Team award. …

At last year’s Surrey Vaisakhi Nagar Kirtan. Photo by Chandra Bodalia THE annual Vaisakhi Parade (Khalsa Day Parade), taking place on April 22, will once again host a lively and celebratory event to mark the birth of the Sikh faith, is expected to draw in excess of 300,000 people to the community to celebrate and enjoy one of the most important …

Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society’s (PICS)  Board of Directors is pleased to announce that PICS’ new Chief Executive Officer will be Satbir Singh Cheema, currently Director of Employment Programs and Planning. Mr. Cheema was selected through an open competition process spearheaded by a recruiting firm hired by PICS. “It was an extremely grueling process since we wanted the best for …

Commencing on Saturday April 8th and continuing for a total of four classes each Saturday of the month, the Voices of Muslim Women course offered by Muslim Food Bank Community Services Society in partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Visual Media Workshop and Freed Education Co., is an exclusive program which offers an assortment of Muslim women from all ages and …

PREMIER Christy Clark released the following statement on Vaisakhi:  OVER the next few days, hundreds of thousands of British Columbians join millions of Sikhs around the world to celebrate Vaisakhi. BC is home of the largest Vaisakhi celebration in North America – and possibly anywhere outside of India. It’s a testament to a community that has helped shape B.C. into …

By Surbhi Gogia Eric’s story is an inspiring example of what South Asian kids can achieve if their energy is invested in sports from the early age Eric Basran, an 18 year BC champion and two time silver medalist from Surrey recently returned home from the 2017 BC Golden Gloves Championship in Mission with more hardware to add to his …

Surrey students show us what they think of their home and native land They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and Surrey students have a lot to say when it comes to our country. The works of hundreds of elementary and high school students exploring ideas about contemporary Canadian identity in a screen-based exhibit were displayed at the …

By Dr. Balbir Gurm As we celebrate Sikhi and the birth of the Khalsa, KPU Faculty draws attention to the fact that we have not lived up to Guru Nanak’s wishes of practicing gender equality Sikhi, Sikhism, or Sikh dharam was started by Guru Nanak Dev Ji (1469-1539) AD.  Guru Nanak Dev Ji claimed that there is no such thing as …

By Surbhi Gogia Manjit Minhas is just 36 year old who has risen to international fame of being a “beer baroness” by owning a booze empire with annual revenues of over 187 million dollars. Co-founder and CEO of the Minhas Breweries, Distillery and Winery in Calgary, Manjit started her business at the ripe age of 19 with her brother Ravinder …