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It was another loud and clear message to Indo-Canadian youth: drugs and gangs lead to the grave. Pritpal Singh Virk, 19, of Richmond was fatally shot after he left a house party in the 400 block East of 54th Avenue in Vancouver on Saturday, February 2.
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Guess what? Rupinder Hayer Bains, daughter of slain journalist Tara Singh Hayer, sent this newspaper a legal notice out of the blue about an article I had written in the November 17, 2007 edition of this newspaper entitled, "Remembering the truth about Tara Singh Hayer," demanding an apology and retraction in the very next edition.
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Quite apparently in response to my Saturday, January 26 story - "Surrey's Vaisakhi Parade: RCMP says display of Sikh militants' photos and shouting Khalistan Slogan were not illegal acts" - a story that shook the hell out of some biased mainstream reporters, Vancouver Sun's Kim Bolan came up with a front-page story on Monday: "Sikh Temple Terror Links Alleged." (The Vancouver Sun even used the same photo as this newspaper carried!)
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In fact, The Indo-Canadian Voice had exposed that bias in an article on December 8 - "WSO President's testimony cut short at Air India Inquiry after production of 1998 letter aboust CSIS affidavit with inaccuracies."
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West Vancouver Police Chief Kash Heed made a fervent appeal for a regional police force - something that The VOICE, too, supports - at a forum hosted by SFU's School of Criminology and the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor-General this week in Vancouver.
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#1. LAIBAR SINGH CASE: SECRET MEETING
#2. OCI FEE CONTROVERSY: INDIA'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY FINALLY WAKES UP!
#3. REYAT WILL STAY PUT IN JAIL
#4. AMANPREET BAHIA'S RELATIVES APPEAL FOR YOUR HELP
#5. SLAIN TEACHER'S HUSBAND, MUKHTIAR PANGHALI, DENIED BAIL
#6. PANGHALI'S SISTER SUPPORTS BILL ON UNBORN VICTIMS
#7. VICTIMS OF ABBOTSFORD'S WEDDING PROCESSION ACCIDENT SUE DRIVER
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Fact: Quite simply, B.C. needs more power. We are consuming more electricity than we produce. We are net importers of electricity in an average water year and what we need is a guaranteed supply of reliable, clean electricity.
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#1. TWO BRIGHT STARS SHINE AT CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR THE LATE ASTRONAUT KALPNA CHAWLA
#2. FEDERAL NDP: SECURITY CERTIFICATES WRONG STRATEGY FOR CANADA
#3. INDO-CANADIAN APPOINTED TO ICBC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
#4. CELEBRATING 110 YEARS OF PUNJABI IN CANADA
#5. WORKSAFE REPORT SHOWS CAMPBELL GOVERNMENT FAILED TO PROTECT FARM WORKERS
#6. LIBERAL MP INTRODUCES BILL TO COMBAT ILLEGAL TRADE IN HUMAN ORGANS
#7. HEALTH FAIR: A UNIQUE COMMUNITY EVENT
#8. NDP: GANG KILLINGS BECOMING A FAMILIAR THEME
#9. CULTURAL DIVERSITY: CELEBRATION OF YEAR OF THE RAT
#10. NDP: MARIJUANA GROW-OP RULING MUST BE APPEALED
#11. RBC DONATES $10,000 TO 'SPARK' BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR STUDENTS
#12. UCFV CANADIAN BBA DEGREE PROGRAM IN CHANDIGARH CELEBRATED
#13. CANADIAN JEWISH CONGRESS PRAISES BC SUPREME COURT IN HATE CRIME VERDICT
#14. KAVI RAZ TO GIVE SPECIAL PRESENTATION AT UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
#15. OBHRAI: NDP STANCE ON AFGHANISTAN WILL HURT AFGHAN PEOPLE
#16. WAJID KHAN FULLY READMITTED TO CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS
#17. LIBERALS CALL ON AUDITOR GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE $122,000 CONTRACT
#18. SIKH COALITION LAUNCHES KNOW YOUR RIGHTS SERIES
#19. PROGRAM HELPS TOURISM / HOSPITALITY, TRUCKING INDUSTRIES
#20. BRAR CALLS FOR RETURN OF EARNINGS EXEMPTION FOR EMPLOYABLES
#21. RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR TRANSPLANTS IN B.C.
#22. BILL C-41 PROVIDES SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
#23. NDP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR $1 BILLION TO B.C.'S STRUGGLING COMMUNITIES
#24. CUPE: EVERGREEN LINE SHOULD BE OPERATED PUBLICLY
#25. GREENS CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF NORTH AMERICAN BEGINNINGS
#26. $3.4 MILLION FOR SURREY RECREATION FACILITIES
#27. VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER GAMES DECLARED CANADA'S GAMES
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Last Sunday a rally for public safety to stop the violence and to remember Chris Mohan, 22, of Surrey and Ed Schellenberg, 55, of Abbotsford was held at Bear Creek Park in Surrey, with well over 150 people in attendance.
