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By Dhiraj Khatri Exercises to keep you fit, this Winter Say bye-bye to shiny Summers and welcome to winters. The days are now getting shorter and darker, so the option to go out and walk or jog or do some physical activity is less. It becomes hard to maintain optimal fitness routine in this harsh season. Exercise should be an …

Surrey schools help kids in India get back to school Sikhi Awareness Foundation (SAF) Canada recently concluded its first School Supply Drive, collecting over 2165 pounds of supplies. Over the next six months, donated supplies will be shipped to India for underprivileged students to use. Many of these students, coming from poverty-ridden areas, do not have access to basic human …

HUNDREDS of University of British Columbia students were treated to free food courtesy of the university’s Sikh students, as part of the awareness campaign International Langar Week. Organised by the Sikh Press Association, International Langar Week is an awareness campaign taking place across the world with the aim of encouraging people to use the free food service which is part of …

ONTARIO MPP Jagmeet Singh (Bramalea-Gore-Malton), who is also Ontario NDP deputy leader, made history on Sunday by winning the federal NDP leadership – and he won on the first ballot, garnering 35,266 votes out of a total of 65,782 votes cast. Ontario MP Charlie Angus won 12,705 votes, Manitoba MP Niki Ashton got 11,374 votes and Quebec MP Guy Caron garnered 6,164 …

  DR. Harinder Dhanju of the Pacific Oral Health Centre in Surrey, who hosted a free oral cancer screening camp for the local community at his centre in Surrey in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Surrey-Newton on September 24, told The VOICE that their team of dentists and specialists from BC Oral Cancer Prevention Program attended to 408 patients. Dr. …

SURREY RCMP on Wednesday confirmed that Avtar Bal, 28, of Surrey was killed in a hit and run on Tuesday. Police said that on September 26, at 7:20 a.m., they were called to the 14300-block of 92nd Avenue in Guildford.  A man had been found by a passerby on the road unconscious with head injuries.  No one had witnessed what led to …

INDO-CANADIAN Gurdarshan Singh Mangat will be creating history as the first MMA fighter of Indian origin to compete for a championship title in an MMA event. The event will be held in Bahrain on November 17 during the 2017 Brave International Combat Week which also features IMMAF world championships.  Gurdarshan qualified to compete for the bantamweight championship title fight. He will …

Surrey’s newest landmark Civic Hotel, Autograph Collection and accompanying restaurant, Dominion Bar + Kitchen, will be hosting a hiring fair on September 19, looking to fill 165 new positions ahead of its opening in November 2017. The boutique 144-room hotel, and accompanying restaurant, are located at the heart of Surrey’s new City Centre, just a 30-minute SkyTrain ride from downtown …

In order to promote and preserve the cultural heritage of India, the Hindi Literary Society of Canada, BC is organizing one of its kind Hindi Lok Mahotsav that will feature folk songs and folk dances from various parts of India followed by dinner and dance on September 15th, Friday, at 6:30 OM, Dhaliwal Banquet Hall, Surrey.  It is your chance …

The fashion extravaganza will show case international designers from around the world Vancouver is fast getting noticed on the world map and so is the fashion scene of the city. One of the major events that has made it possible is the Vancouver Fashion Week (VFW). As VFW enters its 17th year and 30th season, the runway event is one of the fastest growing fashion …