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The 12-year-old, a grade 6 student of Surrey’s Westerman Elementary School, has been chosen from among more than 5,000 soccer players aged 11-12 to represent Western Canada at the national finals on July 19 in Toronto where his team will go head-to-head with the Eastern Canada team for a chance to play in the 9th edition of the Danone Nation’s Cup in Paris, France.
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There was great excitement and pride in the community as Vancouver Canucks General Manager Mike Gillis announced on Saturday that the Canucks had selected right wing Prab Rai in the fifth round, 131st overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
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The citation for Dr. Garg, Medical Director, Laboratory Services, Royal Columbian Hospital, read: “Dr. Garg holds many academic achievements and has made a life time commitment to higher learning and personal improvement. Dr. Garg is a person who strives for excellence, but not for himself alone, it is for the benefit of the people he works with, the communities he serves and for his family. Importantly to those working with him, he empowers them to excel in their area of interest and to work together as a cohesive team.
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This week marked the 23rd anniversary of the bombing of Air India Flight 182 where people across Canada remembered the 329 victims of this ghastly Canadian tragedy. Close to 150 gathered for a memorial service organized by families of the victims and community leaders at the Air India memorial wall in Vancouver’s Stanley Park.
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Irish Ambassador to Canada Declan Kelly and Indian diplomat RRPN Sahi, Minister (Political and Consular), in Ottawa were among the dignitaries at the June 23 unveiling of the Ottawa Memorial to the victims of the Air India tragedy at which Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity Jason Kenney addressed the gathering.
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#1. WIFE KILLER JATINDER WARAICH GETS 10 YEARS IN JAIL BEFORE CHANCE OF PAROLE
#2. INDO-CANADIAN CHILD ABUSE VICTIM AWARDED $415,000
#3. TORONTO MURDER CASE: BROTHER ALSO CHARGED
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This past week I became the BC Liberal candidate for the new provincial riding of Surrey-Fleetwood. Now as an avid reader of this newspaper, I am aware of the kinds of articles that politicians, or politicians-to-be, write to introduce themselves to the readership, or to present a position on a particular issue.
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#1. BARINDER RASODE JOINS MAYOR DIANNE WATTS’ SURREY FIRST COALITION
#2. STEPHANIE CADIEUX GETS B.C. LIBERALS NOMINATION IN SURREY-PANORAMA
#3. SURREY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES RADIO RED FM’S CONTRIBUTION
#4. INDE SUMAL: NEW SURREY BOARD OF TRADE PRESIDENT
#5. NEW TRUCK PARKING COORDINATOR FOR CITY
#6. SURREY ARTISTS OFF TO OTTAWA FOR CANADA DAY CELEBRATIONS
#7. COMMUNITY PARTNERS ANNOUNCE TRICKED-OUT TRAVELLING TEEN LOUNGE
#8. CAROLE JAMES TAKES ‘AXE THE GAS TAX’ CAMPAIGN TO SURREY
#9. FUSION FESTIVAL NOW REQUIRES TICKETS FOR ADMISSION
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Rina Gill, Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) National Director of B.C Operations, received the “2008 Member of the Year” Award at the Annual Awards Gala on June 14 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for successfully launching the Vancouver Business Council in November, 2007.
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With the support of sponsors and volunteers the Annual Jordy Rosode Invitational Soccer Tourney proved to be a runaway success again this year. The players and their families enjoyed good soccer games, pizza, hot dogs, and langar.
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Planning began right away and we are now seeing the results of our plans to expand acute care capacity at Surrey Memorial Hospital with construction to add acute and intensive care beds to be completed later this year. Additional renal care stations to care for people with kidney disease, a new hospital pharmacy and a new hospital laboratory are expected to be completed by the end of this year.
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#1. PUNJABI MASIHI CHURCH BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INAUGURATION IN SURREY
#2. PICS HOPES TO HELP ABANDONED WIVES, SINGLE PARENTS
#3. DELTA POLICE NEEDS YOUR HELP
#4. THOUSANDS PARTICIPATE IN SECOND ANNUAL NEW WESTMINSTER NAGAR KIRTAN
#5. PREMIER GORDON CAMPBELL ANNOUNCES CABINET CHANGES
#6. ‘CABINET SHUFFLE DEMONSTRATES LACK OF CONSERVATIVE BENCH STRENGTH’
#7. WELCOMEBC BUILDS ON SUCCESSES WITH NEW PROGRAM
#8. S.U.C.C.E.S.S. LAUNCHES INFORMATION HOTLINE FOR NEW CANADIANS
#9. WATCH HOW YOU DRIVE THIS WEEKEND!
#10. DELTA LIBRARIES CELEBRATE MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES
#11. HEALTHY EATING GUIDES FOR PUNJABI AND CHINESE SENIORS
#12. REPORT FINDS CHILD TRANSPORT DEATHS PREVENTABLE
#13. FUNDING SUPPORTS ANTI-RACISM AND MULTICULTURALISM
#14. PREMIER’S STATEMENT ON MULTICULTURALISM DAY
#15. FEDERAL LIBERAL LEADER ON CANADIAN MULTICULTURALISM DAY
#16. NURSES SHORTAGE WILL GET WORSE UNLESS RETENTION STRATEGIES PURSUED
#17. JUSTICE INSTITUTE OF B.C. HONOURS PETER WEBSTER, BOB STEWART
#18. CTF: GOVERNMENT BELITTLES CARBON TAX CONSEQUENCES WITH $100 CHEQUE
#19. OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE CAN HELP RESOLVE LONG-TERM CARE COMPLAINTS
#20. CANADA’S LATEST POPULATION ESTIMATES
#21. BCAA TRAFFIC SAFETY FOUNDATION PLEASED WITH DRUG IMPAIRMENT LAW
#22. STRONG MESSAGE TO DRIVERS: NO EXCUSES FOR DRINKING AND DRIVING
#23. CUPE BC PART OF MULTI-UNION LEGAL CHALLENGE OF CAMPBELL’S ‘GAG LAW’
#24. ‘LAND TITLE SYSTEM IS SAFE AND SECURE’
#25. LIBERALS CONDEMN CONSERVATIVE ‘ATTACK” ON INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY
#26. LAUNCH OF CIBC YMCA ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
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Vancouver Police Constable Roger Rai, who was recently transferred to District 3 where most of the city’s 30,000 Indo-Canadians reside, realized that there was a need for a community policing station that could specifically deal with the problems confronting this community.
