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Global TV and CTV-BC news directors tell The VOICE they did not know "Hindu" could be a slur for Indo-Canadians
Indo-Canadians were shocked when they heard a white woman whose son had been shot at by four males at the entrance of his Surrey home describing the men as four "Hindus" on Global TV and CTV-BC news broadcasts on Tuesday evening.
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A look back on my first year in politics
There were other clues as well. No one stands when I enter a room anymore. For the first time in my life I was cross-examined by both opposition members in the legislature and by the media afterwards. Upon being named Attorney General, I was shocked to find out that my own profession was suing me.
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Vancouver police investigators interview Indo-Canadian cabbie beaten up by white cops
He appeared on TV and was on radio about his harrowing experience, but it was only when The VOICE took up his case, did the Vancouver police investigators rush to interview Indo-Canadian cabbie Mustofa Kamal who claimed he was brutally beaten up by four white cops in the early hours of Saturday (July 30) right on Davie Street in downtown Vancouver.
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CRIME FILE
The 2006 Annual Report about Organized Crime in Canada released Friday says that currently in B.C. "there is tension between some street gangs and other organized crime groups such as the Hells Angels, creating the potential for violent conflict."
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IN FOCUS
#1. Harpreet Lalli of Surrey's Lord Tweedsmuir awarded $14,000 scholarship by Kwantlen
#2. Bombay Se - one of the 100 things to do in B.C. before you die!
#3. The seesaw support for parties must unnerve Conservatives, Liberals
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Minister of Children and Family Development replaced in cabinet shuffle
Premier Gordon Campbell moved Stan Hagen to the Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts from the controversial Ministry of Children and Family Dvelopment on Tuesday and replaced him with Tom Christensen.
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Kwantlen expands Punjabi language course offerings
Kwantlen University College is responding to student and community demand by increasing access to its popular Punjabi language courses. In September, the university will offer both introductory and intermediate Punjabi language courses and will offer Punjabi classes at the Richmond campus for the first time.
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NEWS ROUND UP
PM"S INDIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS
RIDGE MEADOWS RCMP FORM TASK FORCE TO REDUCE CRIME
FAILURE TO FILE INCOME TAX RETURNS NETS $3,000 FINE
DAVE HAYER'S COMMUNITY PICNIC A HIT AGAIN
FIRST SOJHI TEACHER TRAINING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
VANCOUVER STUDENTS TO SHARE STAGE WITH DALAI LAMA
FEDERAL LIBERALS DEMAND FUNDING RENEWAL FOR SAFE INJECTION SITE
B.C. GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT
HOMES SALES REMAIN STEADY IN JULY
FREE RECYCLING AVAILABLE FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT BULBS IN SURREY
SRI LANKA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S STATEMENT
SRI LANKA: FEDERAL LIBERALS' STATEMENT
SRI LANKA: DEMONSTRATION ON PARLIAMENT HILL
LIBERALS ALLEGE CONSERVATIVES TRIED TO RECRUIT "DOC" MAILLOUX
LIBERALS CRITICIZE CONSERVATIVE PLAN TO JAIL 10-YEAR-OLDS
PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES LEBANON FUND
CANADA-ARAB BODY WELCOMES CANADIAN AID
CONSERVATIVE MP DROPS OUT OF MIDDLE EAST TRIP
JEWISH BODY SAYS PRO-TERROR SYMPATHIES UNDERMINE RESPECT FOR LAW
ALCAN ANNOUNCES $2-BILLION INVESTMENT PLAN
LIBERALS CRITICIZE NDP FOR ATTACKING INVESTMENT IN B.C.
NDP: NEW MINISTER MUST END APPEAL IN IQ-TEST CASE
PRIME MINISTER ON NORTHERN SOVEREIGNTY
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VOICE - ONE YEAR AGO
(This is from The VOICE of August 20, 2005)
 
 

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