Category: Indo-Canadians
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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…
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Zee TV to make Canada its second home, says Subhash Chandra as he gets Global Indian Award
The Global Indian Award has been given to Ratan Tata, M.R. Narayana Murthy and Deepak Chopra, among others News East West TORONTO: Zee TV and Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra was given the $50,000 CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award by the Canada India Foundation (CIF) here on Saturday. The award was presented at a glittering…