The thought provoking and eye-opening "Tackling the Complexities of the Gang Violence Issue Forum" hosted by Indira Prahst of the Department of Sociology of Langara College and Asian Pulse TV producer and host Kamilla Singh on Wednesday night at Langara College was a resounding success with a packed lecture hall and another hall with a live feed video that had an overflow audience.

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INDO-CANADIAN GANGS SITUATION: INTEGRATED GANG TASK FORCE SAYS THERE'S BEEN A 'TREMENDOUS TURNAROUND'
Until Monday night, when 24-year-old Tejvir Singh Bains was shot dead in his Kwantlen Village condo at 12585 72nd Avenue at about 9 p.m., Indo-Canadians had been relieved that all the gang killings in the Lower Mainland this year involved groups that weren't members of their community. [Full Story]

INDO-CANADIAN HOMICIDE VICTIM WAS KNOWN TO POLICE
Tejvir Singh Bains, 24, of Surrey, who was shot dead on Monday night (January 28) at about 9 p.m. his Kwantlen Village townhouse in the 12500 block of 72 Avenue in Surrey, was known to police and the incident once again serves as a warning to Indo-Canadian youth that the gang lifestyle is a passport to the grave. [Full Story]

LET US NOT DEVELOP A SIEGE MENTALITY AND GHETTOIZE OURSELVES
It is vital for Indo-Canadians not to be in denial about problems in our community and thus develop what I call a siege mentality. By that I mean that we start denying the problems just to appear good in the eyes of the mainstream community and accuse the mainstream media of bias every time they do refer to those problems. [Full Story]

GAMES THAT CROWN AND REYAT ARE PLAYING
The continuing drama of convicted Air India bombmaker Inderjit Singh Reyat, who was expected to plead guilty in a plea-bargain arrangement in the perjury case against him on February 4, is making people wonder if the Crown and the RCMP are a bunch of amateurs who just can't seem to get their act together - and quite obviously the situation is constantly exacerbated by games that Reyat himself is apparently playing. [Full Story]

NDP URGES GOVERNMENT TO DISCLOSE ALL DOCUMENTS
NDP Leader Carole James on Friday urged Premier Gordon Campbell to live up to the "firm commitment" he gave her "that his government would co-operate fully with the courts to ensure full disclosure in the BC Rail corruption case." [Full Story]

YOUR TURN
#1. DON'T BLAME THE POLICE
#2. PLEA FOR LAIBAR SINGH - WHO IS NOT A CRIMINAL [Full Story]

NEW ICBC RATE HIKES PUNISH WORKING PEOPLE
That announcement was followed by more bad news for the residents of the Fraser Valley, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, Pemberton and Hope. ICBC announced it would be increasing premiums for drivers in areas with higher than average accident rates. The basic auto insurance rates in these communities will be going up as high as six percent, even for drivers with safe records. [Full Story]