Category: Society
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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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Gurpreet Ronald killed her lover’s wife so that she could live with him forever
News East West TORONTO: On the first day of the trial in the Indo-Canadian love triangle murder in an Ottawa court on Friday, shocking details emerged of how bus driver Bhupinderpal Gill and his mistress Gurpreet Ronald plotted to kill Gill’s wife so that they could become a couple. Gill’s wife Jagtar Gill was killed in her…
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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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5,000 millionaires immigrated to Canada in 2015
There were as many as 5,000 Canada millionaire immigrants in 2015 News East West TORONTO: Immigration to Canada is such a big lure that as many as 5,000 new millionaire immigrants moved to Canada from various parts of the world in 2015. According to the annual report of New World Wealth titled “Millionaire Migration in…