Category: Top News
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Gurpal Birak: How this BC farmer became Canada’s top blueberry producer
Gurpal Birak started out with just 20 acres in early 1990s and he went on to write an amazing success story by becoming one of the top producers of blueberry in Canada By Gurmukh Singh VANCOUVER: Sikh farmer Gurpal Birak of Vancouver stands out as an immigrant success story. In fact, he is one of…
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Toronto Raptors Superfan Nav Bhatia plans orphan girls adoption centre in India
News East West Toronto Raptors Superfan Nav Bhatia, who has joined hands with Canada’s largest charity World Vision to launch an initiative in Punjab to better the lot of school-going girls, says he also plans an adoption centre India soon. Called Daughters of India Initiative, this joint programme by Nav Bhatia and World Vision will…
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How Canadian businessman Surjit Babra became the world’s first Sikh to own an airline
By Gurmukh Singh TORONTO: Ludhiana-born Surjit Babra doesn’t hold any MBA or business degrees, but he went on become the world’s first Sikh to start an airline in 1988. Gifted with extraordinary business acumen, Toronto-based Babra,65, turned his SkyLink Group into a multi-million-dollar conglomerate of SkyLink Aviation, SkyLink Travel, SkyLink Express, SkyLink Holidays and Dollar…
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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…