The future is extremely bright for Indo-Canadian wrestlers - and what is more, they also serve as excellent role models for our youth.

As I wrote last week: "There's a whole new generation of Indo-Canadians coming up in wrestling at the school level - and hopefully they will be the provincial, national and international champions in the future."

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NEW WESTMINSTER SECONDARY SCHOOL: VOICES OF INDIA CLUB SPARKS INTEREST IN INDO-CANADIAN HISTORY
At New Westminster Secondary School the Voices of India Club recently took the initiative to educate the school community about the history of Indo-Canadians in British Columbia. This project is important as it portrays a history which has been so conveniently left out of social studies textbooks. [Full Story]

WHEN WE DISCOVER HOW DYNAMIC SOUTH ASIAN CULTURE IS, WE'LL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE
The upcoming week marks International Women's Day which is remembered and celebrated in diverse ways all over the world. Shashi Assanand, Executive Director, Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Services, says: "It reminds us that it's the same women who have created life and raised strong men, so it is important to recognize and acknowledge their strength in a positive light." [Full Story]

PREMIER MUST COME CLEAN ON THE B.C. RAIL CORRUPTION CASE
Last month, Judge Elizabeth Bennett ruled one hidden document is so fundamentally important to the case it could affect the "innocence at stake" principle. That means the verdict could hinge on that one document alone. Yet it took the government almost three years to reveal the document to Judge Bennett. And the Campbell government still hasn't revealed it to the defence. [Full Story]

BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY LEADS TO GREATER SUCCESS AGAINST GANGS
Superintendent John Robin, who was specially selected from Delta Police, told The VOICE in an extensive interview this week: "What I am finding is that there is much more communication - it's not just intelligence - it's communication with the community." [Full Story]

RAMINDER BHANDHER CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER OF TEJVIR BAINS
Raminder Singh Bhander, 30, of Surrey, who is known to police, was arrested last weekend and charged with the first degree murder of Tejvir Singh (Sunny) Bains, 24, of Surrey, who was also known to police. [Full Story]

VOICE MIRROR
#1. LAIBAR SINGH CASE: SHOW ME THE MONEY, GUYS!
#2. GOOD SAMARITAN: BALWANT GILL HELPED AMRIT RAI
#3. READ THIS - OR 'I'LL KILLYOU'!
#4. RACISM MARS ALBERTA ELECTION
#5. NO CHARGES IN OPPAL'S BROTHER'S CASE [Full Story]

RELATIONS WITH INDIA: CONSERVATIVES SAY LIBERAL LEADER'S LATE TO THE PARTY
International Trade Minister David Emerson mocked last week's announcement by federal Liberal Leader Stephane Dion at a Toronto meeting of the Canada India Business Council that if his party came into power they would allocate $50 million for the creation of the South Asian Foundation of Canada. [Full Story]

PHOTO ID: WASHINGTON STATE ENDS RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST SIKHS
After previously being issued driver's licenses that were "Not Valid for Identification," Salwinder S. Atwal, Kundan Singh and Gurpreet Singh of Washington state will be receiving driver's licenses that are valid for identification including pictures with their turbans as they are normally worn. [Full Story]

B.C. LIBERALS MUST ACT FOR VICTIMS SADDLED WITH UNFAIR SPONSORSHIP DEBT
Last week, after a long struggle that went on for years, my constituent Shajila Singh was finally freed of an unfair $50,000 debt resulting from an absurd Campbell government policy that punishes victims of domestic abuse. I'm hopeful Singh's story will serve as a wake-up call for the B.C. Liberals, and they'll decide to act for others that have been neglected by the system. [Full Story]