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A spokesperson for Passport Canada said Friday the rejection of three Sikh children's passport photographs because they were wearing religious headgear was an isolated mistake. More...

A spokesperson for Passport Canada says it was an isolated mistake that led to the rejection of three Sikh childrens' passport photographs because they were wearing religious headgear. More...

The World Sikh Organization of Canada has read the story "Operation Silence" by Tehelka.com with considerable interest. More...

Canada Allows Sikhs to Keep Last Names

Canada nixed a decade-old policy on Thursday that required prospective Sikh immigrants to change their last names to avoid confusion with other Sikhs. More...

An Immigration Canada letter that said people with the common Sikh surnames Singh or Kaur have to change their last names before coming to Canada was "poorly worded" and is not government policy, a spokeswoman from the department says. More...

An Immigration Canada letter that said people with the common Sikh surnames Singh or Kaur have to change their last names before coming to Canada was "poorly worded" and is not government policy, a spokeswoman from the department says. More...

Amrit Singh Rai, once a prominent Sikh activist, was sentenced to three years in a federal prison on Wednesday for robbing a bank in Surrey, B.C., last October. More...

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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/07/23/names-immigration.html Common Sikh names banned under Canada's immigration policy Last Updated: Monday, July 23, 2007 - CBC News A Calgary woman waiting for her husband to arrive in Canada is upset by a long-standing immigration policy that...

Vision TV had contacted me a couple of months back looking for ideas on whom to interview for their series called "The Heretics." I pointed them to several people, including Pashaura Singh, Gurinder Singh Mann, Harjot Oberoi, and Gurbakhsh Singh Kala Afghana. Click the following link to...

Please note that the lists of gurdwaras in this thread cannot be considered complete. All the gurdwaras in the US and Canada are not represented because the management committee of a gurdwara must decide to be listed in an Internet directory. So if you are aware of a gurdwara that is not on...

A paralysed Sikh, who entered Canada with a fake passport four years ago, has ducked deportation to India and sought asylum in a gurdwara. More...

A paralysed Sikh, who entered Canada with a fake passport four years ago, has ducked deportation to India and sought asylum in a gurdwara. Laibar Singh, 48, was scheduled to be deported on Sunday. More...

Toronto, July 10 (IANS) A paralysed Sikh, who entered Canada with a fake passport four years ago, has ducked deportation to India and sought asylum in a gurdwara. More...

A 48-year-old paralyzed man is expressing thanks to the Sikh community in Abbotsford, B.C., after a local temple offered him sanctuary on the verge of his deportation back to India. More...

A 48-year-old paralyzed man has taken sanctuary in a Sikh temple in Abbotsford, B.C., after immigration authorities rejected his refugee claim and ordered his deportation. More...

A World Sikh Organisation poster glorifying the mastermind of the Air India bombing has Indo-Canadians and New Delhi up in arms. More...

Sikh extremism in Canada mushroomed far more quickly than Canadian security officials were prepared for, a former intelligence agent told the commission of inquiry into the 1985 Air India bombing. More...

Sikh extremism in Canada mushroomed far more quickly than security officials were prepared for, an ex-intelligence agent told the panel of inquiry into the 1985 A-I bombing. More...