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Gurpreet Singh: Premier John Horgan presents Jallianwala Bagh massacre proclamation to Metro Vancouver activists

Following sustained efforts of Mehak Punjab Di TV, Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation, and Indians Abroad for Pluralist India (IAPI), April 13, 2019, has been proclaimed as...

Gurpreet Singh: Petition submitted to Parliament seeking honorary Canadian citizenship for author Arundhati Roy

A Metro Vancouver group wants to add a Booker Prize–winning writer to an exclusive group that includes Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, and Pakistani education activist Malala...

Gurpreet Singh: Burnaby commemorates unarmed victims of colonial-era slaughter in Punjab

April 13 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh shootings.

Gurpreet Singh: B.C. government proclaims Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Centenary

It came as a result of sustained efforts by Mehak Punjab Dee TV, the Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation, and Indians Abroad for Pluralist India.

Gurpreet Singh: Shame on Indian state for persecuting disabled, harmless scholar while patronizing mass killers

Delhi University professor G.N. Saibaba remains behind bars whereas a man convicted in an anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat is out on bail.

Gurpreet Singh: Surrey gurdwara hosts event for three Sikh men convicted of keeping “seditious” literature

Liberal MP Randeep Sarai (left) is among many in the Sikh community who've spoken out.

Gurpreet Singh: Recognizing an Indigenous activist on the martyrdom day of Indian revolutionaries

Former park commissioner Niki Sharma and Musqueam member Cecilia Point were each honoured at an event in Surrey.

Gurpreet Singh: Hands Against Racism campaign attracts provincial recognition and greetings from Trudeau

The campaign was launched by the Spice Radio CEO Shushma Datt in January 2015 on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.

Gurpreet Singh: Prayers offered for Christchurch victims at gurdwara where worker was murdered by white racists

In advance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the president of the Guru Nanak gurdwara explained why a true Sikh should not harbour bigoted...

Gurpreet Singh: Hari Sharma fondly remembered for his relentless opposition to bigotry and oppression

Among those who shared his perspectives at an event in Abbotsford was Raj Chouhan, the deputy speaker of the B.C. legislature.