Last Monday some 2,000 supporters, mostly Indo-Canadian, turned up at Vancouver International Airport, to protest against the deportation of paralyzed refugee claimant Laibar Singh, 48, preventing border and immigration officials from taking custody of him. That led to a very negative backlash in the mainstream media and community.

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HUNDREDS TURN OUT TO HONOUR WEST VANCOUVER POLICE CHIEF KASH HEED
Proud Indo-Canadians turned out in the hundreds to welcome and honour the first Indo-Canadian police chief of Canada, West Vancouver Police Chief Constable Kash Heed at a luncheon organized by the Surrey Small Business Association on Thursday. [Full Story]

INTERIM REPORT FROM AIR INDIA INQUIRY: CANADIANS SLOW TO GRASP ENORMITY OF TRAGEDY
It states: "In spite of the obvious magnitude of the catastrophe, Canada and Canadians in general did not immediately recognize it as a terrorist attack against Canadians. That acceptance was long in coming. Indeed, the first public appearance by a Canadian prime minister at the memorial service in Ireland did not occur until 2005." [Full Story]

THREE NEW SOUTH ASIAN DELTA POLICE OFFICERS
Chief Judge Hugh Stansfield swore in constables Abhay Chawla, 24, Khalid Din, 30, and Praveen Prasad, 39, all South Asian, as well as constables David Mason, 32, Ken Usipiuk, 38, and Kevin Duek, 25, in the Council Chambers of the Delta Municipal Hall. Delta Mayor Lois Jackson and other members of the Delta Police Board, Delta Police Chief Jim Cessford, a good friend of the Indo-Canadian community, and other senior police officials were also present. [Full Story]

INDIAN CONNECTION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME NETWORK
An investigation led by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) in British Columbia and police agencies from Australia, the United States, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan, India and China focused on the distribution of illegal narcotics and drug precursors both nationally and internationally and nailed more than 100 suspects around the world, including several in B.C. The alleged kingpin was Yong Long Ye of B.C. This has really put a big dent in the drug trade in B.C. [Full Story]

VOICE MIRROR
#1. BASI-VIRK CASE: WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

#2. RCMP AGREE TO LIMIT USE OF TASERS

#3. DOUBLE LIFE ISSUE: ONTARIO CABBIE CHARGED IN DAUGHTER'S MURDER

#4. AT LAST, MORE COPS FOR VANCOUVER! [Full Story]

LET US ALL LOOK AT OURSELVES AND RECTIFY OUR OWN PROBLEMS
Double standards in this regard have, understandably, thoroughly frustrated the Muslim masses. The fact that the Sudanese government later overturned the decision, thanks largely to condemnation by Muslims around the world and specific intervention by British Muslims, did not get much press. Yet, Islam was still blamed. [Full Story]

YOUR TURN
#1. FACTS ABOUT HARBANSE SINGH DOMAN

#2. BCMA PRESIDENT PASSES AWAY IN MECCA [Full Story]

THE FUTURE OF THE PACIFIC CENTURY IS NOW
B.C. and Canada's present and future is inextricably tied to the people and countries of the Asia-Pacific, and will become even more closely linked over the next several decades in education and trade, in science and technology, in culture and art, and in investment and business. [Full Story]