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There are 18 South Asians from the two major parties running in 15 ridings in this year’s provincial election in B.C.,
but just how many will get elected?Eight South Asians were elected both in 2001, all Liberals, and in 2005, four Liberals
and four New Democrats.
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#1. SURREY VAISAKHI NAGAR KIRTAN HAS POLITICIANS BENDING OVER BACKWARDS!
#2. THE CULT OF THE NEHRU-GANDHI FAMILY CONTINUES
#3. SURREY LIBERAL MLA ADMITS CRIME SITUATION IS SCARY!
#4. DINOSAURS IN QUEBEC SHOULD END RACIST NONSENSE AGAINST KIRPAN
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#1. TANRAJ SOHAL WINS BC CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
#2. SURREY’S HENRY BOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL’S VAISAKHI SHOW BLOWS AWAY THE AUDIENCE
#3. BILAAL RAJAN INSPIRING CHILDREN TO FIND THEIR PASSION
#4. B.C. REPRESENTATIVE IN CHANDIGARH SET TO BOOST TRADE, INVESTMENT FROM NORTH INDIA
#5. WHO SAID THAT FINDING TRUE LOVE WAS GOING TO BE EASY?
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A READER’S TAKE ON THE ‘GANDHI FAMILY TRADITION’
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Today’s society is increasingly diverse and the Public Service of Canada is drawing on this strength.
Over 20 years ago, Parliament passed the Employment Equity Act. A key goal of the Act was to increase
representation in the workplace for Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, women and members of
visible minority groups.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, New York: Westchester County Healthcare settled a case where an elderly Sikh man,
Pyara Singh Sahansra, was negligently shaved by staff while he was in long-term care. United Sikhs
organization and law-firm Storzer and Greene LLC secured a settlement that included $20,000 in compensation
for Pyara Singh’s family, training for the facilities' staff, and adoption of hospital care guidelines specific
for the care of Sikh patients as part of the staff training materials.
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FREMONT, California - On Sikh Turban day, an international event to raise awareness of Sikhism,
Khalsa School started a Meri Dastar Class. The purpose of this effort is to help kids realize
the significance and spiritual benefits of a turban by teaching them how to tie a dastar.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two Sikh military recruits called on Tuesday on the U.S. Army to end its religious
ban and to fully integrate the Army. (See last week’s VOICE). The two men, both medical professionals
in the army, are being told that they must remove their turbans and cut their unshorn hair and beards –
all mandatory articles of the Sikh faith - when they report for active duty in July.
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On May 12 as British Columbians exercise their right to vote, a key decision about the future of our province
will be made.I am confident that British Columbians will choose a government that will take care of the fundamentals
– that will protect health care, improve education and save jobs.
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The historic compromise: Employers, workers, and lawsuits
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#1. NEARLY THREE MILLION REGISTERED TO VOTE AT ELECTION CALL
#2. THE B.C. LIBERAL PLAN TO KEEP BC STRONG
#3. “TAKE BACK YOUR BC,” SAYS CAROLE JAMES AT ENERGETIC CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
#4. NDP: RESPECTED ECONOMISTS DISPROVE LIBERAL ARGUMENTS AGAINST MINIMUM WAGE
#5. NDP: ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY ROUNDTABLRE REJECTS CARBON TAX IN FAVOUR OF CAP AND TRADE
#6. LIBERALS: NEW REPORT SUPPORTS BC LIBERAL CLIMATE ACTION STRATEGY
#7. LIBERALS: CAROLE JAMES, ‘AGREES TO DISAGREE’ WITH THE FACTS
#8. NDP: LIBERAL GAS TAX INEFFECTIVE IN CUTTING GREENHOUSE GASES
#9. NDP: BC BANKRUPTCIES SKYROCKET AS MANUFACTURING SALES FALL
#10. LIBERALS SAY STOP THE SMEARS, NDP IN DENIAL ABOUT DISASTROUS 1990S
#11. NDP: PREMIER AFRAID TO RUN ON HIS OWN ECONOMIC RECORD
#12. NDP: IT'S TIME TO END INSIDER CORRUPTION UNDER GORDON CAMPBELL
#13. JAGMOHAN SINGH’S CAMPAIGN BUILDS MOMENTUM WITH KICKOFF
#14. SURREY NDP CANDIDATES KICK OFF CAMPAIGN WITH HIGH ENERGY
#15. NURSES CONDEMN FRASER HEALTH GAG ORDER
#16. GREEN PARTY OPPOSES NEW $80M RCMP HEADQUARTERS, WANTS NEW B.C. POLICE SERVICE
#17. NDP: LIBERAL ADS HIDE TRUTH ABOUT FAILURE ON JOBS
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#1. CANADA DEMANDS RESTORATION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS IN FIJI
#2. JASON KENNEY ANNOUNCES NEW CITIZENSHIP LAW IN EFFECT
#3. UJJAL DOSANJH HOSTS TOWN HALL ON IMMIGRATION
#4. BABA SAHEB DR. AMBEDKAR REMEMBERED AT SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
#5. NEW PORT MANN BRIDGE WILL OPEN FULL YEAR EARLY
#6. MORE POLICE IN ABBOTSFORD ON VANCOUVER CANUCKS PLAYOFF HOCKEY NIGHTS
#7. 40 SEATBELT VIOLATION TICKETS IN ONE HOUR AT SURREY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
#8. PORT MANN BRIDGE ACCIDENT IS TIMELY REMINDER, SAYS GET MOVING B.C.
#9. B.C.'S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY NOTABLY IMPROVED BUT STILL HAS FAR TO GO, SAYS RBC
#10. RBC MAKES $2-MILLION GIFT TO SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN FOR BC CHILDREN
#11. LONG-TERM CARE BEDS PROMISE NOT KEPT, SENIORS’ ACCESS TO HOME AND RESIDENTIAL CARE DROPS
#12. SAVINGS UP DRAMATICALLY AMONG CANADIANS: HSBC SURVEY
#13. DUC PRAISES PROTECTION OF FRASER VALLEY WETLANDS
#14. PREMIER’S TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL RELEASES 12TH REPORT
#15. TRANSPORT CANADA AND RCMP MOVE TO IMPROVE AIRPORT SECURITY
#16. ASSESSING ONTARIO'S BLENDED SALES TAX
#17. U.S.: NEW RULES GOVERNING INTERNET PHARMACIES
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The shoe that an Indian journalist hurled at Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram at a press conference in New Delhi on April 7
to protest the exoneration of Indian M.P. Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 Sikh massacre in India’s capital by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) reverberated all the way to Vancouver with the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team worried
that the Indian Consul General Ashok Das would be attacked with shoes at the Vaisakhi parade.
