Category: Americas

:dateline:In a show of community power, California Sikhs packed a hearing room in the California Assembly yesterday and testified in favor of AB1964, the Workplace Religious Freedom Act. As a result, the...

:dateline: Vancouver Vaisakhi parade, I met two young men who were eager to educate me about the origins of the Khalsa. Bhupinder Singh and Karamjit Singh were both dressed in the traditional blue...

:dateline:Surrounded by members of the interfaith community, California Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada held a press conference yesterday at the West Sacramento Gurdwara to unveil legislation to protect Sikhs and others from job discrimination...

:dateline:A Sikh employee, Frank MahoneyBurroughs, scored a significant victory in a religious discrimination lawsuit against his former employer, AutoZone, who harassed and then fired him for adopting the Sikh articles of faith....

:dateline:Sikh Youth attending the University of British Columbia held an awareness week in support of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana.  For the entire week, students gave out leaflets and distributed other material to...

:dateline:The Sikh youth of BC held a media training seminar called Project Orange this Friday, April 6th at the Guru Nanak Academy in Surrey. The aim of the event was to create...

:dateline:An akhand paat sahib was started this morning at Tamanawis Secondary School here. Against acceptable norms or maryada, the akhand paat is being held in the school gym. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.353275891389602.106371.217347934982399&type=3 Although it seems that  a...

:dateline:After holding movie premiers in many parts of the world, the Vismaad team arrived in Toronto for an exclusive showing of Bhai Subeg Singh Shahbaaz Singh. The movie  is the fifth animated...