Category: Canada
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Hindu priest in Canada convicted of sexually exploiting two teen girls
By Vikki Hopes ABBOTSFORD: A priest from India, who was working at the Hindu temple in Abbotsford near Vancouver, has been found guilty of sexual offences against two teenage girls. Karam Vir, 33, was convicted Friday in British Columbia Supreme Court in New Westminster of two counts of touching a young person for a sexual…
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BAPS Swaminarayan Temple Toronto to last thousand years
Toronto’s BAPS Swaminaarayan temple here is the only one of its kind in Canada to boast a hand-crafted design. It is expected to last 1,000 years
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Where is Canada’s missing birth certificate?
By Balwant Sanghera VANCOUVER: Canada will be celebrating its 150th birthday in 2017. The federal government has done the right thing by getting the process started well ahead of time. Planning for this big celebration throughout Canada is going to be quite complex and time consuming. It will be a major milestone in this country’s history. Canada’s…
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Indo-Canadian author Franky Dias speaks about his debut novel The Taste of Water
Franky Dias, who has a full-time job with Scotiabank, says his first novel is set against the backdrop of Indian mythology and western philosophy News East West TORONTO: Franky Dias, the author of the recently released novel The Taste of Water, is an unassuming man. And for this Toronto Indo-Canadian, who also holds a full-time…