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Tamil Canadians to observe January as Tamil Heritage Month
News East West TORONTO: Tamil Canadians will observe as Tamil Heritage Month by organizing cultural events, including Thai Pongal. There are over 300,000 Tamils in Canada, mostly from Sri Lanka. The bulk of them came after the start of the ethnic war in Sri Lanka in 1983 which forced them to seek sanctuary in western…
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Trudeau joins Tamil Canadians in remembering Black July 1983 victims
Tamil Canadians remember Black July 1983 victims when Sinhala mobs killed hundreds of Tamils to revenge the killing of 13 soldiers by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam News East-West TORONTO: Standing by the Canadian Tamil community, Canadian political leaders on Sunday paid tributes to the victims of Black July 30 years ago. Among the Tamils…