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Inside Politics Blog Question of the Day * By Ryan Hicks The kirpan -- the ceremonial dagger worn by many Sikhs -- is not considered a weapon by law. Many Sikhs wear it in public places. Bloc MP Claude DeBellefeuille is proposing a ban on kirpans in the House of Commons. This came...

British Columbia's attorney general has asked the federal government to look into a complaint that a Canadian immigration officer in India made derogatory comments about people from the Punjab region. More...

British Columbia's attorney general has asked the federal government to look into a complaint that a Canadian immigration officer in India made derogatory comments about people from the Punjab region. More...

Authorities did not appreciate the danger Sikh extremists presented at the time of the Air India bombing, Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh says. More...

Authorities did not appreciate the danger Sikh extremists presented at the time of the Air India bombing, Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh says. More...

A paralyzed Indian refugee claimant is heading back to the Sikh temple that gave him sanctuary when he initially faced the prospect of being removed from Canada in July. More...

A paralyzed Indian refugee claimant is heading back to the Sikh temple that gave him sanctuary when he initially faced the prospect of being removed from Canada in July. More...

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...

A Sikh family in Surrey is upset because passport Canada denied their children's passport applications. More...

Sikh groups angry about a controversial government letter requesting name changes for Sikh immigrants have taken their fight to the popular social networking website Facebook. More...

Sikh groups angry about a controversial government letter requesting name changes for Sikh immigrants have taken their fight to the popular social networking website Facebook. More...

Sikh groups angry about a controversial government letter requesting name changes for Sikh immigrants have taken their fight to the popular social networking website Facebook. More...

Sikh groups angry about a controversial government letter requesting name changes for Sikh immigrants have taken their fight to the popular social networking website Facebook. 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...

A prominent Sikh activist was sentenced to three years in a federal prison on Wednesday for robbing a bank in Surrey, B.C. 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...

A Sikh-Canadian group is slamming the long-standing immigration policy that forces people with the surname Singh or Kaur to change their last names. More...

A Sikh-Canadian group is slamming the long-standing immigration policy that forces people with the surname Singh or Kaur to change their last names. More...