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November Sought as ‘Sikh American Awareness’ Month

:dateline:The Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 147 (ACR 147) was introduced on May 11 by Member of assembly of California Roger Dickinson to establish November as “Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month" in...

California’s Sacramento Valley Charter School Receives A Renewal

:dateline:Sacramento Valley Charter School (SVCS) is celebrating the success of the school and its students, after receiving a five year renewal from the Washington Unified School District on May 8, 2014.“We are...

Ontario Khalsa Darbar Expels Visiting Preacher for Illicit Affair

:dateline:Sources close to Ontario Khalsa Darbar (Dixie Gurdwara) have stated to media outlets that Shivteg Singh, the controversial pseudo-missionary preacher from Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, was expelled from the Gurdwara premises after he...

Sikhs Raise Awareness of Their Unique Identity in San Francisco, California

 :dateline:Sikhs from the Sikh Gurdwara Sahib San Francisco organized Turban Day at San Mateo community college to raise awareness of Sikh identity.  The event was held on May 8,2014 with the idea...

Canada Post to unveil Komagata Maru commemorative stamp

 In May 2008, the British Columbian government voted to apologize for the treatment of the passengers on the ship. Three months later Prime Minister Stephen Harper also apologized during a speech in...

Inderjit Singh Reyat to Serve Longest Perjury Sentence in Canadian History

:dateline:Inderjit Singh Reyat will serve the longest perjury sentence in Canadian history after his appeal to reduce the sentence was rejected by the B.C Court of Appeal.He is serving the sentence for...

Jagat “Jack” Singh Uppal, Sikh Pioneer in Canada, Dead at 89

:dateline:Tributes are pouring in for Jack Singh Uppal, a pioneer in B.C.'s South Asian community who died Sunday at the age of 89. Uppal's father was among the first wave of Sikh...

Walking the Western Front: A Sikh Soldier Lays at Rest, Far from Homeland and Adopted land

:dateline:Sunta Gouger Singh was the first Sikh to die for Canada in the Great War, but his headstone in a rural cemetery outside Ypres is the only Canadian one without a maple...

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