Category: Canada
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Oldest Indo-Canadian pioneer Asa Johal just six short of 100
By Balwant Sanghera VANCOUVER: It was a very special day at India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas in Richmond here. It was the birthday celebration of an Indo-Canadian pioneer and legend – Asa Singh Johal. At 94, he is probably the oldest Indo-Canadian pioneer, businessman and philanthropist. Born in 1922 in Punjab, Asa…
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Diggin’ The Blues at Kitchener Blues Festival
KITCHENER: Summer in Canada means festivals galore! And so it was in Kitchener, less than an hour’s drive from Toronto, as they revved up this past weekend with amazing bands like Eric Burdon and The Animals, Foghat , Earl and The Agitators, Pat Travers, Chilliwack and more! The festival kicked off on Thursday, August 4,…
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Patrick Brown calls himself half-Gujarati at India Independence Day celebrations
News East West TORONTO: In one of the biggest celebrations of India’s Independence Day in Toronto in recent years, thousands of people, including top leaders and celebrities, joined the day-long festivities at Yonge-Dundas Square in the heart of the biggest city of Canada. As its Grand Parade Marshal, Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra led the India…
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Why Mandeep Punia, who gets 12-year jail, killed her sister-in-law Poonam Litt
News East West TORONTO: A home feud between a woman and her pregnant sister-in-law in an Indo-Canadian family in Brampton here in Feb 2009 which resulted in the death of the pregnant woman has resulted in 12-year jail in a court here on Thursday. In their shared family home on Feb 4, 2009, Poonam Litt,…