Komagata Maru
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Komagata Maru incident. The Komagata Maru was a Japanese owned freighter chartered out of Hong Kong in April of 1914 by 376 Punjabis, mostly Sikhs, bound …
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November 17 2014 Left Bank Big developers retain control of Vancouver’s City Hall
Peter Armstrong didn’t get everything he paid for in Vancouver’s municipal election.
Armstrong, President of the Non-Partisan Association and founder of the Rocky Mountaineer, poured in $470,000…
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November 17 2014 Community How French Canadians and indigenous women saved B.C.
Photo courtesy of Jean BarmanJean Barman, professor emeritus at UBC’s department of educational studies, will be sharing …
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November 17 2014 International Turkish Ambassador sees similarities between Canada and home country
Vancouver’s claim to fame, according to Turkish Ambassador to Canada, Selcuk Unal, is that it was first – the first city to establish a Turkish Canadian Society, back in 1963.
In town for …
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November 17 2014 Culture Katari Taiko celebrate 35th anniversary
Katari Taiko at the Powell Street Festival last summer.Katari Taiko, the first taiko drum group to be formed in Canada, …
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November 3 2014 Community SFU professor brings adventure-based learning to the world
George Agnes in Altiplano, Bolivia.SFU chemistry professor, George Agnes, has created a curriculum that give students from …
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November 3 2014 Community Remembering sacrifices and heroism by the Indian Army in the First World War
On Nov. 10, Steven Purewal, director of the Indus Media Foundation, will officially open Duty, Honour & Izzat: The Call to Flanders Fields at the Surrey Museum, an exhibit dedicated to the rarely…
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November 3 2014 Left Bank Vancouver election: Growing movement challenges developer control of City Hall
It’s sometimes hard not to be despondent about electoral politics.
In Toronto, the years-long surreality TV show known as the Ford brothers was finally defeated, only to be replaced by John …
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November 3 2014 Culture The F. G. Bressani Awards foster Italian Canadian literature
Once again, literature with an Italian focus will be recognized at the 15th F. G. Bressani Awards ceremony. In the spirit of literary expression, the biennial literary prize was established to …
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October 20 2014 LGBTQ LGBTQ forum a chance to share stories and strength
Youth panel presenters at PWC-BC’s conference, “History, Rupture, Continuity” in May 2014: (left to right) Qara Clemente, Carlo Sayo, …