New map of what to do and see in VancouverSeptember 8th, 2009 New map of what to do and see in VancouverVANCOUVER, British Columbia — A family-owned publishing company in Vancouver called Pink Parrot Maps has produced a unique map of its hometown just in time for folks heading to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The map covers downtown as well as Stanley Park, Granville Island and a seaside biking path.
School run by former Air India bombing suspect destroyed in fireJuly 31st, 2009 VANCOUVER - A school being run by a society set up by Ripudaman Singh Malik, a suspect acquitted in the Air India Kanishka bombing, was destroyed in a fire. Arson is suspected.
About 6,000 residents allowed to return home after forest fires ease in British ColumbiaJuly 21st, 2009 Wildfires ease in British ColumbiaVANCOUVER, British Columbia — About 6,000 people who were forced to flee their homes because of wildfires ablaze over southern British Columbia are returning home. Firefighters have made progress in containing two of three forest fires covering about 2,900 acres (1,200 hectares) of land near West Kelowna, 250 miles (400 kilometers) east of Vancouver.
Third mini diaspora meet to be held in NetherlandsJuly 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After the US and Asia, the next mini Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), a conclave of the Indian diaspora, will be held in September in the Netherlands, in Europe. The Hague in the Netherlands will be the venue for the third mini PBD Sep 19.
2 killed when small plane crashes near Vancouver, B.C., while trying to landJuly 10th, 2009 2 die as small plane crashes near Vancouver, B.C.VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Officials in Canada say a small passenger plane on final approach to Vancouver International Airport crashed near an IKEA store, killing both people on board. An airport spokeswoman says the plane nose-dived around 10 p.m.
Apologise to Indians on Komagata, MP tells Canada PMJune 12th, 2009 TORONTO - A Canadian parliamentarian has urged the prime minister to apologise to the Indian Canadian community for the 1914 Komagata Maru episode that saw a ship carrying Indians being turned away and 20 passengers being killed on reaching Indian shores. Komagata Maru was a Japanese ship which brought 376 Indians to Vancouver in British Columbia province in May 1914.
And now racial assault on Indians in Canada, four chargedJune 11th, 2009 VANCOUVER - Four white Canadians were Tuesday charged with a racial assault on a group of Indians at Langley on the outskirts of Vancouver. According to police, the six Indian-origin men were playing tennis at the weekend when the four suspects approached them and started shouting "racially based expletives.''
The assailants, who included three young men and a woman, went on to pull fence boards even as they continued shouting racial "obscenities and threats.''
Police said: "The suspects attempted to enter the tennis court which was now barricaded by the tennis players.
Another Indian Canadian killed in drug gang war?May 31st, 2009 VANCOUVER - Yet another Indian Canadian man appears to have perished in the drug gang war here, but police are yet to confirm if this is indeed the case. Twentynine-year-old Sarbjit (Steve) Nagra Friday drove his bullet-riddled SUV to a hospital in Maple Ridge, about 40 km from here, after he was shot.
Top Indian Canadian leader defeated in pollsMay 27th, 2009 VANCOUVER - Wally Oppal, a top Indian Canadian politician and British Columbia provincial attorney general, was defeated in the assembly election Tuesday after a recount of votes. In the May 12 assembly elections in British Columbia province, Oppal was declared winner by just two votes in his home constituency of Delta South on the outskirts of Vancouver.
Seven Indians become legislators in Canada's British ColumbiaMay 13th, 2009 VANCOUVER - Seven Indian Canadians were elected to the 79-member assembly in Canada's British Columbia province Wednesday. The outgoing assembly had the same number of Indian-origin legislators and most of them retained their seats.
Seven Indian Canadians elected legislators in British ColumbiaMay 13th, 2009 VANCOUVER - Seven Indian Canadians were elected to the 79-member assembly in Canada's British Columbia province Wednesday. The outgoing assembly had the same number of Indian-origin legislators.
2006 silver medalist Sasha Cohen 'excited' to resume training, aiming for Vancouver OlympicsMay 8th, 2009 She's baaaack! Cohen hopes to be in VancouverOlympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen is planning a comeback for the Vancouver Games. Cohen, speaking from Winnipeg, Canada, where she is touring with Stars on Ice, confirmed Wednesday that she will resume training in hopes of making her third Olympic team.
Yet another Sikh dies in gang-style violence in VancouverMarch 4th, 2009 VANCOUVER - A 32-year-old Sikh man became the latest victim of gangster violence that has claimed dozens of young lives in the largely prosperous Indian-Canadian community which has been plagued by drug trafficking and gun running among other crimes. Sukhwinder Singh Dhaliwal, of Abbotsford city near here, who faced charges of drug and weapon possession and was out on bail, was gunned down in the Delta area of Vancouver Monday evening.
Sikh man killed gang-style in VancouverMarch 4th, 2009 VANCOUVER - A 32-year-old Sikh man has become yet another victim of the on-going gang-style violence which has claimed dozens of young lives in the Indian Canadian community here. Sukhwinder Singh Dhaliwal of Abbotsford city near here, who faced charges of drug and weapon possession and was out on bail, was gunned down in the Delta area of Vancouver Monday evening.
Indian Canadian admits to beheading two-year-old daughterFebruary 2nd, 2009 VANCOUVER - An Indian-Canadian father, who had strangled and then decapitated his two-year-old daughter in the Vancouver suburb of Delta last year, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Forty-eight-year-old Lakhvinder Singh Kahlon had slit the throat of his toddler on the morning of Jan 18 last year at the family home when his wife, Manjit, was away to drop their two elder daughters to school.
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