Category: Multiculturalism
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Vancouver Sikhs to become second biggest religious group by 2031
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: Canada is fast changing its colours as visible minorities — Asians, Blacks and others — are outgrowing the white population. According to projections done for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 60 per cent residents of the Greater Vancouver area by the year 2031 will be non-whites.
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Math whiz-kid Ivneet Bains gets Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
By Surbhi Bhatia SURREY (British Columbia): Ivneet Bains, the 21-year-old Indo-Canadian math whiz-kid from Surrey, British Columbia, is probably the youngest to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Ivneet got this award for running an entrepreneurship initiative Math4me, a mentoring organization which helps young Canadians achieve academic and personal excellence.
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BAPS Swaminarayan Temple Toronto to last thousand years
Toronto’s BAPS Swaminaarayan temple here is the only one of its kind in Canada to boast a hand-crafted design. It is expected to last 1,000 years
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Zee TV launches 24-hour network in Canada
News East-West January 31, 2013 TORONTO: ZEE TV, in partnership with Ethnic Channels Group Limited (ECG), Canada’s largest distributor of third language television services, is launching ZEE TV Canada. Available to Canadian viewers as a 24 Hour service for the first time, Canadian viewers will now be able to watch their favorite shows throughout the…