Category: Society
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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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Indians break another ceiling in Canada as Bharat Masrani is appointed CEO of top bank TD Trust
News East-West TORONTO: Finally, an Indian-origin person is becoming CEO of Canada’s top financial institution. Bharat Masrani, who is in charge of the bank’s US personal and commercial banking operations, will take over as the CEO of TD Trust – which is Canada’s top bank – from Nov 1.
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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.