CANADA

A judge ordered Air Canada to pay 21,000 Canadian dollars to a French-speaking couple and also write them an apology letter for breaching their linguistic rights. The couple - Michel and Lynda Thibodeau - hailing from Ontario filed over 20 against the airline in the year 2016, according to a...

Two Indian origin Canadians have been charged in Oregon with bitcoin fraud using Twitter, according to the Justice Department. According to the charges, the 23-year-old Karanjit Singh Khatkar and the 24-year-old Jagroop Singh Khatkar, of Surrey, British Columbia, allegedly stole 23.2 bitcoins valued at $233,220 from a woman in Oregon. Karanjit...

Veteran Indo-Canadian politician Deepak Obhrai, the first Hindu to be elected to the country’s House of Commons and the longest-serving Conservative Party Member of Parliament in that chamber. He was 69. Obhrai’s death shocked Canada’s political fraternity which is led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his predecessor Stephen Harper. He...

A recent statistic revealed there is a rise in Indians, including those based in the United States, acquiring the Canadian permanent residency. In 2018, more than 39,500 Indian citizens obtained permanent residency, also known as a green card, in Canada under the express entry system. Canada admitted over 92,000 new...

The racist scribble on the wall of a gurdwara in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada shocked and distressed city’s Sikh community. Scribbled in black ink, the graffiti read: “Welcome 9-11 Contributors.” It was in view of all worshipers driving to the temple. Members of the close-knit Sikh community who have...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday attended an iftar hosted by the Muslim community in Milton. He was seen interacting with the minority community members and sharing iftar with them. Iftar is the meal consumed to break fast in the month of Ramadan. Trudeau, who faces elections this year, is...

Indian origin leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party Jagmeet Singh has revealed that he was sexually abused by his taekwondo teacher when he was 10 saying it is one of his regrets in life that he kept quiet about the assault. The 40-year-old Sikh leader of National Democratic Party in...

As a result of tightening regulations for H-1B visa holders in the United States, Indian nationals mostly software professionals are moving to Canada due to liberalized visa regime there. A large chunk of technology professionals on H-1B visas in the U.S. is Indians, with the country offering 85,000 H-1B visas...

As Non-Resident Indians to the most are campaigning for Narendra Modi, Punjab community in Canada is campaigning to support leaders of the newly formed third front in Punjab. On Sunday, the community organized a meeting at Canada’s Brampton to extend their support to the Punjab Democratic Alliance (PDA), an alliance...

The Canadian government, ahead of country’s general elections, has reportedly removed the objectionable title ‘Sikh (Khalistani) extremism’ from 2018 Public Report on the Terrorism Threat to Canada. Legal counsel, World Sikh Organization (WSO) of Canada Balpreet Singh in a release issued on Saturday informed “ the title “Sikh (Khalistani) Extremism”...