NEWS

Retired police officer receives top Sikh honor

The Gurdwara has been the focus of a long-standing dispute over recent years which led to congregation members being threatened and windows smashed. PC McNamara regularly attended Darbar to prevent disorder, stepped up local patrols, investigated attacks on the temple, and negotiated mediation between temple officials and suspected troublemakers. read more

Mesa family of man slain after 9/11 gets apology from lawmaker

Rana Singh Sodhi said he still opposes Kavanagh's bill, which would require panels on the memorial to be removed by Sept. 11, 2011, the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. By agreeing to introduce follow-up legislation in January to correct the slight against Balbir Singh Sodhi in the original legislation, Kavanagh is admitting the original bill is flawed. read more

Sikh Families Participate in the Annual White House Easter Egg Roll

The Sikh Coalition was honored to provide 25 tickets from the White House to Sikh children, their parents and their grandparents, who journeyed to our nation's capital from places around the country, including California, Florida, New York, New Jersey, and the DC area, to represent the community. read more

Sikh Youth Running in the Scotiabank Marathon

Vikram Johal and Raminder Dhaliwal will be completing the Centaur Subaru Half Marathon which is a whopping 21.1 km race. They are calling on the Sikh community to not only come out and support them while taking part in fun activities at Murdoch Park but to also sponsor them for this event as they have both decided to run for a cause. read more

BC’s Sikh and Non-Sikh Communities Explore Spirit of Vaisakhi

SikhRI’s BC coordinator Kirpa Kaur said that she felt the way the events were carried off was monumental for the local community. “These events felt like they were a long time coming, and we are so happy to have created the programming to educate not only non-Sikhs, but Sikhs as well, on the significance of Vaisakhi,”.. read more

The Pink Turban Brigade

There they were at the Green Day concert – six pink turbans bobbing up and down in the crowd....Who are these mysterious pink-turbaned giants, and where are they from? Why do they pop up at almost every rock concert held in the region? And most importantly of all, why pink? read more

Punjab and Sikh artifacts auction surpasses expectations

Some important artifacts, documents and images relating to the Ranjit Singh period and beyond were up for auction by Mullocks Auctioneers , specialists in Historical memorabilia at Ludlow Racecourse in Shropshire, UK on the 19th April 2011. read more

Happiness linked to choice, control, power in new study

Having power over others and having choices in your own life share a critical foundation: control, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The paper finds that people are willing to trade one source of control for the other. read more

Mesa man pushes to keep brother's name on Sept. 11 memorial

Valley Sikh Guru Roop Kaur Khalsa said the goodwill from the community after the attack was a "very loving response" and it hurts that the message has been forgotten by some. "It's a monument," she said. "It's a warning, a beacon of what happened in the past" to prevent it from happening again in the future. read more

Vaisakhi celebration in Surrey draws record-breaking 150,000 people ~ PHOTOS

The parade, which has been running for the past 11 years in Surrey, commemorates one of the most important religious events on the Sikh calendar. More than 2,500 volunteers representing dozens...and hundreds of community organizations and businesses handed out free food and drink along the parade, an important tradition of the event. read more