November, 2024

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More than just a Survivor – I’m a Thriver!

  By Kamal Dhillon  The horrors I wrote about in Black and Blue Sari took place when I was just eighteen, after my “grand wedding”. It was an occasion for which people from around the world flew to Vancouver.  Reflecting on those years of brutality, I realize that if I hadn’t broken the silence of this family’s secret, it would …

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Shreyas Talpade: Mastering crossover cinema

By Surbhi Gogia   We have known him as an actor, who can master any role with perfection. Be it playing a deaf serious boy focused on his goals or a naughty aimless youngster conning people around in Golmaal series — Shreyas Talpade, the versatile actor of Bollywood, has carved a niche with his acting brilliance. Recently he demonstrated his …

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Deljit Bains: Infusing right Sehat into South Asian Kitchen

Deljit Bains is the Leader of South Asian Health Institute which recently won Fraser Health’s Above and Beyond Innovator Award. As part of the Institute’s Sehat program, the team has worked closely with gurdwaras, temples, schools and businesses to design new ways to help Fraser Health’s South Asian population eat healthier meals and reduce their risk of developing chronic diseases  …

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Finding home beyond boundaries

  Finding home is a collection of poetry from a high school teen’s perspective on what it means to have a home. Being the child of first generation Pakistani Muslim immigrants, Duaah Hammad tells her story of trying to fit into an American life style while still holding her roots close. She grew up struggling to meet the expectations and …

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A flight of freedom

Meet Devanshi Vyas, who freed herself from the trap of bullying, depression and anxiety to fly high in the sky Bullying is a serious problem that exists in schools, colleges or even at the workplace. All those who become its victim, suffer. Some raise their voice, however, a lot more suffer in silence and get mental health problems. Tragically, many …

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Canada says Punjab’s AAP legislators can visit country any time

Chandigarh (IANS): Months after turning back two Punjab legislators belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party from the Ottawa airport, Canada has written to India saying that the lawmakers can visit the country, an official said on Tuesday. Canadian authorities, in a communication to India’s Ministry of External Affairs through the Indian High Commission in Ottawa, have said that both the legislators …

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Kennedy Stewart is the new mayor of Vancouver

VANCOUVER voters have elected 27 people to public office following the preliminary count of 2018 municipal by-election ballots, according to a press release by the City of Vancouver. Approximately 176,744 ballots were cast and voter turn-out is estimated to be about 39.4 per cent. 158 candidates ran in races for Mayor, Councillor, Park Commissioner, and School Trustee. The official election results will …

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Surrey Municipal Election: McCallum elected mayor; 7/8 SSC councillors win

Doug McCallum, who ran under the banner of the Safe Surrey Coalition, was re-elected as the Mayor of Surrey defeating other top mayoral candidate Tom Gill. McCallum was previously the mayor of Surrey between 1996 and 2005, until he was defeated by Surrey First’s Dianne Watts, who was later succeeded by Linda Hepner. His fellow Safe Surrey Coalition council candidates …

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58 dead as train runs over Dussehra revellers in Amritsar

Amritsar, Oct 20 (IANS) In a terrible disaster, 58 people watching the burning of a Ravan effigy from a railway track were crushed to death by a speeding train here in Punjab on Friday, triggering anger in the area and nationwide outrage. Nearly 72 others were injured, many of them seriously. A large number of some 700 people were watching the …

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Vancouver city election: Voters encouraged to vote on October 20

Over 48,000 votes have already been cast in advance voting    VANCOUVER City Hall is encouraging voters to vote in the city election on Saturday, October 20. More than 100 voting places will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. across the city, and voters can go to any place to cast their vote. Over 48,000 votes have already been …

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