Category: Indians Abroad
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Gurpal Birak: How this part-time berry farmer becomes top Canadian success story
By Gurmukh Singh VANCOUVER: Vancouver-based Gurpal Birak is undoubtedly among the top five Indo-Canadian farmers in Canada. His Birak Berry Farms, spread over over 600 acres around Vancouver, harvest what he calls “top-quality blueberry, blackberry and strawberry’’ crops. “Last year, our farm output was 300 million pounds. Having added another 150 acres this year, I…
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Canada apologizes for Komagata Maru incident
Komagata Maru apology by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the 1914 incident in which 376 Indians were returned from Vancouver News East West TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put a closure on the 102-year-old Komagata Maru issue on Wednesday by apologizing to the Sikh community for the 1914 incident in the House of Commons…
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How Sahota brothers became leaders in carrot production in Canada
By Gurmukh Singh VANCOUVER: Punjab-born Sahota brothers own Canadian Farms which produce more carrots than anyone in western Canada. If you visit any super grocery chain here to buy carrots, potatoes, cabbage or parsnips, the package invariably carries the name of Canadian Farms. “Though we produce many crops such as potatoes, cabbage, parsnips, pumpkins and…
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How Sikh farmer Peter Dhillon became Canada’s biggest cranberry producer
By Gurmukh Singh VANCOUVER: Fifty-year-old Peter Dhillon, whose real name is Pavittar Singh Dhillon, doesn’t conjure up the image of a typical farmer. He looks more of a corporate guy who sits on company boards. But this man is Canada’s ground-breaking cranberry farmer who wears the crown of the biggest producer of the crop in…