Category: Society
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Indian transgender student Rohit Singh wins case against Canadian bridal shop
Transgender Rohit Singh Peace, who came to Canada from India as a student in 2010, was denied service by a bridal shop News East West TORONTO: Rohit Singh, an Indian transgender student who filed a complaint against a bridal shop in Saskatoon city in April after being refused service, has won the case. The bridal…
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Reason why many Canadian immigrants prefer trucking as profession
Many Indo-Canadian truck drivers are getting mixed up with drug cartels who operate through brokers in the Indo-Canadian community to lure truckers to become a conduit for smuggling across the border.
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OCI cards in big demand among Indo-Canadians, says Consul General Preeti Saran
News East-West TORONTO: There is a rush for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards as the Indian Consulate in Toronto is issuing more than a thousand such cards each month. Though figures for 2012 are not yet available, the consulate issued 13,481 OCI cards in 2011, according to outgoing Consul General Preeti Saran. Saran, who…
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Trudeau, top leaders join over 80,000 Sikhs at Toronto Vaisakhi parade
Toronto Vaisakhi parade has now become the third biggest event in Canada’s largest city News East-West TORONTO: Top Canadian political leaders, including federal minister Bal Gosal, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Tom Mulcair, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak, Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath and Brampton mayor…