Massive Vaisakhi parades return to Surrey, Vancouver | Asian Pacific Post | Chinese newspaper -Vancouver, Richmond, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, North York, Montreal

Massive Vaisakhi parades return to Surrey, Vancouver | Asian Pacific Post | Chinese newspaper -Vancouver, Richmond, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, North York, Montreal

By Mata Press Service After a pandemic-induced hiatus of three years, two mammoth Khalsa Day parades, to mark the Sikh New Year will be held in Vancouver and Surrey this month. The Surrey event on April 22, the largest Khalsa Day Vaisakhi Parade in the world, is expected to draw about 500,000 people and bring in tens of millions of dollars to the city coffers. The Vancouver parade on April 15 is expected to draw about 200,000 people. Similar par…

Activists fight caste-based discrimination in Canada | South Asian Post | Indo Canadian newspaper - Vancouver, Surrey, Calgary, Toronto, Brampton, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal

By Shilpashree Jagannathan New Canadian Media In a recent ruling, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ordered two B.C. residents to pay $9,755 in compensation for using casteist slurs during altercations. This decision is the latest to address caste-based discrimination in North America, with several jurisdictions bringing in laws and motions to ban it. The B.C. tribunal ruling comes on the heels of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB…