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  • Tamil Canadians to observe January as Tamil Heritage Month

    Tamil Canadians to observe January as Tamil Heritage Month

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    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…

  • Canadian leaders support January as Tamil Heritage Month

    Canadian leaders support January as Tamil Heritage Month

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    News East West TORONTO: Top Canadian leaders joined the Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) for its seventh annual Thai Pongal gala dinner at the Hilton Toronto Markham Suites Conference Centre here last weekend. Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Prime Minister’s Parliamentary Assistant and MP Paul Calandra, Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Ontario…