Even before Eileen Mohan came to Canada she had experienced the heart-wrenching tragedy of losing her 27-year-old first cousin in the Labour Party’s struggle for democracy in her native Fiji that her family was actively involved in.

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RUBY DHALLA FAILED TO TAKE UP KOMAGATA MARU ISSUE WITH PAUL MARTIN, SAY TWO VETERAN B.C. LIBERALS
Veteran Indo-Canadian federal Liberals Gurdev Dhillon and Iqbal Cheema told The VOICE this week that they were upset at the drama put on by Ontario M.P. Ruby Dhalla regarding the demand for an apology for the Komagata Maru incident of 1914. [Full Story]

OLYMPIC DREAM COMES TRUE FOR JASVIR SINGH AND INDO-CANADIAN COMMUNITY
Jasvir’s selection was a slam dunk because he won the number one spot in the 2007 qualifying round nationally and he also won a gold for Canada in the 62 kg category at the Pan-American Weightlifting Championship in Peru (March 18-23), which was to select spots for the countries of this hemisphere for the 2008 Olympic Games. Even if had come second in his category, he would have still qualified for the Olympics. [Full Story]

WEST VANCOUVER POLICE CHIEF KASH HEED APPOINTED ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT SFU’S SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY
According to the school’s website: “The School of Criminology is the largest in Canada and on the Pacific Rim and is one of the leading criminology and criminal justice teaching and research centres in the world. The School has a complement of 30 full time faculty members, over 800 declared majors, minors and honours students, and more than 150 graduate students at the M.A. and Ph.D. levels.” [Full Story]

GLOBE AND MAIL ALL SET TO EXPAND IN B.C. AS SUN, PROVINCE READERSHIP DECLINES
The Globe and Mail’s General Manager and Associate Publisher Jim Jennings told The VOICE this week that the prestigious national newspaper that carries a powerful B.C. section will continue to expand and improve its news coverage of the province even as its readership continues to grow while that of the local newspapers - Vancouver Sun and The Province – continues to decline. However, the Globe and Mail does not intend to start a local edition. [Full Story]

OTHER STORIES
#1. TANRAJ SOHAL WINS CANADIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN

SURREY LAWYER PAUL FORMBY SAYS B.C.’S OUTDATED DOG LAWS MUST BE CHANGED TO PROTECT PUBLIC
Surrey lawyer Paul Formby of Formby and Dantzer, who has been retained by the parents of 11-year-old Sean Bajwa, who was severely bitten by two pit bulls while playing in a school ground on May 4, says that the dog laws in B.C. are hopelessly outdated and have to be changed to reflect the times and protect the public. [Full Story]

CRICKET
#1. MASTER BLASTERS JUNIOR TEAM GO DOWN FIGHTING
#2. MASTER BLASTERS JUNIORS 1 WIN MVCL JUNIOR SIX-A-SIDE TOURNAMENT

FOCUS ON SURREY
#1. WHAT’S THE TRUTH ABOUT THE TWINNING OF PORT MANN BRIDGE?
#2. SURREY ECONOMIC SUMMIT
#3. FRUITICANA FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR TO FOLLOW CANADA DAY CONCERT
#4. HOLLAND PARK GRAND OPENING CEREMONY
#5. SURREY TRAFFIC SERVICES TEAM LAUNCHES PROJECT ‘HIPPO’ [Full Story]

NEGATIVE REPORTING BY VANCOUVER SUN, PROVINCE – BUT ‘VOICE’ STANDS UP TO THEM!
I also agree with your comments about the Air India trial coverage, the Surrey Vaisakhi celebrations and exhibiting photographs (of Sikh militants) and the Komagata Maru apology, etc., being presented in negative ways. All this coverage is presented in such a way that it creates negative feelings against the Sikh community in the general public. [Full Story]

WILL JOHN MCCAIN CHOOSE BOBBY JINDAL AS HIS RUNNING MATE?
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is meeting this weekend with at least three potential Republican vice presidential nominees at his Arizona ranch – and one of them is Indian-American Bobby Jindal, 36, who last October became the the youngest governor in the United States and the first non-white and first Indian American to hold that office in the state of Louisiana since Reconstruction. [Full Story]

GORDON CAMPBELL MISLED PUBLIC ON SCHOOL CHILDREN’S SAFETY
On March 7, 2005, a Campbell government news release announced a $1.5 billion plan to make B.C. schools earthquake safe. That same announcement budgeted $254 million for improvements to 80 high-priority schools across the province. Tom Christensen, the education minister at the time, touted the Campbell government’s promise to have high-risk schools upgraded within three years, by 2008. [Full Story]