On the other hand, the Globe and Mail whose reporting The VOICE has praised time and time again for its objectivity and balance, won SIX prizes after being nominated in 15 of the 21 categories. (The newspaper has a B.C. edition that is getting increasingly popular, especially among the better educated and better informed.)

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KOMAGATA MARU APOLOGY: GURMANT GREWAL AND PROF. MOHAN SINGH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION DESERVE SPECIAL MENTION
There is no doubt that credit for the promised Komagata Maru apology by the Conservative government goes to the WHOLE South Asian community which has emerged as a power to be reckoned with. Many organizations, media and individuals played a vital role in this and I congratulate them all. [Full Story]

GANG WARFARE ESCALATION HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR REGIONAL POLICE FORCE: WHAT IS WALLY OPPAL DOING ABOUT IT?
The escalating gang warfare - currently raging between the U.N. Gang (which is primarily a white gang though it has some Indo-Canadian associate members) and another white gang in the Fraser Valley - that has seen quite a few killed and injured only goes to highlight the crying need for a regional police for the Lower Mainland. [Full Story]

BASI VIRK CASE: NDP ASKS RCMP TO LAUNCH INVESTIGATION INTO DOBELL'S HANDLING OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
NDP attorney-general critic Leonard Krog has asked the RCMP to investigate whether Premier Gordon Campbell's former deputy minister Ken Dobell's involvement in handling confidential documents to be released to investigators in the December 28, 2003 Raid on the B.C. Legislature compromised the RCMP investigation. [Full Story]

FIRST ANNUAL AKAL ACADEMY FUNDRAISER EDUCATIONAL AND INSPIRATIONAL
The event was a resounding success by any measure. The goal was to raise awareness and capital for providing value-based scientific education to the backward parts of rural north India. This goal was not only met but surpassed as numerous businesses and individuals made contributions for this noble cause. [Full Story]

KIRTAN AT FRASER HEALTH'S RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY PROVIDES SPIRITUAL NEEDS, SOCIAL CONNECTION
Vaisakhi celebrations that commemorated the 309th anniversary of the founding of the Khalsa were held at Fraser Health's newest residential care facility CareLife Fleetwood. [Full Story]

MASTER BLASTERS BLAST AWAY ARBUTUS
With the onset of summer the much-awaited Metro Vancouver Cricket League (MVCL) inaugural season got off to a flying start on April 26. The weather cooperated and sent a warm, sunny day to greet the players as they took the field at the grounds to which they were assigned. [Full Story]

'OVERALL, COMMUNITY HAS NOT GAINED MUCH FROM CHANDIGARH CONSULATE GENERAL'
A former visa officer at the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi says that overall it does not appear that the Indo-Canadian community has gained much from the opening of the Consulate General at Chandigarh. [Full Story]

LIAR, LIAR, CANADIAN PASSPORT ON FIRE!
A judge has ruled that an Indo-Canadian "obtained his Canadian citizenship through false representations and by knowingly concealing material circumstances" and granted the Immigration Minister's motion for summary judgment to strip him of his Canadian citizenship. [Full Story]

BILL C-50: GOVERNMENT'S 'GOOD INTENTIONS' WILL NOT PROTECT US
Recently the Conservative government introduced amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, buried in Bill c-50, a 136-page "budget implementation bill". By making it a matter of confidence, the government forced Opposition parties to either accept them or call an election. Despite being opposed to the Bill, the Liberals demonstrated their true political colours by safeguarding their own interests over actual moral principles. [Full Story]

MACLEAN'S MAGAZINE SHOULD TRY AND GET ITS FACTS STRAIGHT
To me, it seemed they just wanted to highlight the involvement of Indo-Canadian and East Asian gangsters, though there are far more white gangsters. Of course, an Anglo name doesn't stick out like a non-Anglo one does and it doesn't get the same paranoid treatment by white mainstream journalists! [Full Story]

SURREY ANNOUNCES FUSION FESTIVAL LINEUP
The City of Surrey announced this week that Celtic legends, the Chieftains, international Bhangra superstar Jazzy B, and Juno Award winning Universal recording artist, Jully Black, will be headlining the City's inaugural Fusion Festival. The festival will be held from July 18 to 20 at Holland Park located at King George Highway and Old Yale Road. [Full Story]

NEW JERSEY SCHOOL AND TOWN TAKE SWIFT ACTION IN HATE CRIME AGAINST SIKH YOUTH
Hightstown, New Jersey: The Sikh Coalition said on Friday it was encouraged by the swift action taken by Hightstown High School to address the lighting of a Sikh student's turban on fire last week. Local police also served the perpetrator with a hate crime complaint on Wednesday. [Full Story]

CHILD CARE MONTH IN BRITISH COLUMBIA IS ABOUT PARTNERSHIP
There are 42,000 babies born each year in British Columbia. That's why our government is spending nearly $300 million towards subsidizing child-care spaces and supporting providers in the provision of child care. [Full Story]