Category: What’s Happening
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Canada Post unveils stamp on Komagata Maru tragedy
By Ajit Jain TORONTO: Canada Post on Tuesday unveiled a stamp to commemorate the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914 that involved forced return of 376 passengers from the Vancouver Harbour to India. This $2.50 stamp was formally released in Ottawa by federal Employment and Multicultural Minister Jason Kenney and Canada Post President and CEO Deepak…
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Over 85,000 Sikhs join Toronto Vaisakhi Parade 2014
Vaisakhi parade Toronto also draws top political leaders, including Mayor Rob Ford, Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and Tim Uppal News East West TORONTO: Over 85,000 people joined in the 2014 annual Vaisakhi parade here on April 27. As in the previous years, leaders from all political parties and Toronto mayor Rob Ford joined the Sikh…
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Racist flyer targets Brampton Sikhs
News East West TORONTO: Just a day before Brampton, the south Asian-dominated city just outside Toronto, declared April as Sikh Heritage Month on Friday, a racist flyer appeared at people’s doors targeting the Sikh community who make up about 20 percent of the city’s population.
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Komagata Maru heroes remembered at IIT Kharagpur, Budge Budge
Komagata Maru Budge Budge ceremony to remember heroes, IIT Kharagpur workshop draws academics from all over India and abroad KHARAGPUR (India): Even as Indo-Canadians commemorate the centenary of the Komagata Maru tragedy of 1914, the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur remembered the heroes of the event by organizing a big workshop and paying tributes…