Neither Balwant Singh Gill, who’s been President of Guru Nanak Sikh Temple since 1998, nor Sadhu Singh Samra, Senior Vice President, will be running for president in the November 15 election, as per an agreement by their groups, Samra told The VOICE on Tuesday.More than 32,000 members are eligible to vote in this year’s election in which the so-called moderate and conservative groups are engaged in a fierce contest to control the most prestigious gurdwara in Surrey, which has the highest concentration of Sikhs in Canada. .

#1. THE WAGES OF A CRIMINAL LIFESTYLE: RAJINDER SOOMEL GUNNED DOWN

#2. POLICE’S RACIAL BIAS: TORONTO POLICE CHIEF DESERVES RICH PRAISE

#3. INDIA’S CASTE SYSTEM DESERVES THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE CONDEMNATION

#4. KENNEY IS RIGHT ABOUT REFORMING CRIMINAL CODE SECTION

#5. PERVERTED FRENCH ELITE SUPPORTS CHILD RAPIST BUT OPPOSES SIKH TURBAN!

#6. ONE YEAR AGO:SHAMELESS WHITE RACISM OF VANCOUVER SUN GOES ON

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TRUST IN GOVERNMENT, ACCOUNTABILITY AND COLLABORATION KEY TO ENSURING BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR B.C.

This week, I delivered my annual address to the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Vancouver.The theme of this year’s UBCM convention was “A Province of Champions”. One individual stood out in the audience as someone living up to the meaning of the word ‘champion’, not only in the sense of someone who ‘comes in first’ but also as a person who ‘fights for a meaningful cause’. [Full Story]

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#2. DEEPAK OBHRAI - A HERO!

#3. DR. BADRI RICKHI AWARDED WORLD’S LARGEST PRIZE FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

#4. DOES HIJACKER PARMINDER SINGH SAINI DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE?

#5. HARBANS SINGH PAWAR WAS DEDICATED TO THE COMMUNITY

#6. ONE OF TWO WANTED MEN ARRESTED IN PEEL REGION MURDER

#7. INDO-CANADIANS INVOLVED IN RICHMOND HOME INVASION: THREE IN CUSTODY

#8. MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS FIGURE IN FBI DIRECTOR’S REPORT TO SENATE COMMITTEE

#9. EK TARA 2009 BOLLYWOOD IDOL

#10. A NEW SOUTH ASIAN GALA TO SUPPORT B.C. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

#11. CORONER'S INQUEST INTO ABBOTSFORD FARM WORKERS’ DEATHS

#12. AID TO DISPLACED PAKISTANIS WAS TOO LITTLE TOO LATE: NEW OXFAM REPORT

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STRENGTHS THAT MATTER: FOCUSING ON WHAT WE ARE DOING WELL

The news of negative events such as spousal abuse, gang-violence, and drug trafficking typically get hyper media attention leading to a climate of fear. Unfortunately, they also make us overlook the multiple acts of goodness and kindness that prevail in our community. The recent visit of the Dalai Lama in our city has created a hope that our attention will shift towards the good and the kind acts that surround us.

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#1. SIKH EDUCATION CONFERENCE: NURTURING ONE SIKH CHILD AT A TIME

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FRAUD IS COSTLY FOR WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS

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