Milton: The Tigers from Milton are wearing the Queen’s Medals around their necks these days. Lisa Raitt presented The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal to local residents Tiger Jeet Singh and his son Tiger Ali Singh. “The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal is a tangible way for Canada to honour Her Majesty for [...]
Peel: So you want to know what kind of criminal activity dominates the area where you live. Well now you can access this vital information which was available earlier only to the police and maybe, the insurance companies. To meet the growing demand for crime data, Peel Regional Police has developed an external internet [...]
Toronto: Rajyogi BK Brijmohan from India, who is the Chief Spokesperson of the Brahma Kumaris organization based in India will be in Toronto on May 5 at the Brahma Kumaris Centre at 3000 Isglington Avenue from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event is open to the public. His visit is to further popularize The Brahma [...]
Kleinburg, ON: The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, located in this town, north of Toronto, will be hosting the one-and-only Canadian showing of the exhibition, The Last Harvest: Paintings by Rabindranath Tagore, opening on May 19, 2012. Tagore (1861-1941) is beloved by Indians as a poet and writer. He was recognized around the world as the [...]
Mississauga: Over 450 guests including lawyers, judges and members of Provincial Parliament attended the Canadian Association of South Asian Lawyers (CASAL) annual gala on April 20, 2011 at Versailles Convention Centre in Mississauga. The chief guest of the evening and keynote speaker was Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario. On the occasion, CASAL honoured two South [...]
Washington: Around 13 percent of the world’s adults — or over 640 million people — would like to emigrate with roughly 150 million, including ten million Indians wishing to settle in America. So suggests a new Gallup survey giving the US an undisputed title as the globe’s most desired destination for would-be migrants since [...]
Ottawa: A Canadian delegation, led by Parliamentary Secretary of Foreign Affairs Deepak Obhrai, were in Burma over the weekend to observe and report back to the Canadian Government whether they were indeed free and fair. Parliamentary by-election were held in the country for the first time and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Honorary [...]
Toronto: Dr. Bhausaheb Ubale, a genial presence in the Indo-Canadian community of Toronto passed away in Pune during one of his frequent trips to India. Dr. Ubale, a form Human Rights Commissioner of Ontario, was a Fellow of McLaughlin College from 1985. He founded the very successful Human Rights, Participatory Growth and Poverty Eradication Program [...]
By Binoy Thomas Toronto: About time too! After picking his way gingerly through most of the minority years, Minister Jason Kenney is in full flow, crafting what he describes as a ‘transformational change’ of Canada’s antiquated immigration system. Kenney, working assiduously through countless meals, consumed at myriad multicultural venues, knew that it was [...]
Markham: Racial stereotypes, ethnic clichés and culture differences will be at the forefront on April 14 as the Markham Theatre For Performing Arts hosts one of Canada’s most entertaining multicultural comedic showcases, The Most RACES Show on Earth! (MRSOE!). MRSOE! is stand-up comedy show that examines racial and ethnic differences through the [...]
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