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As B.C.'s Sikh community prepares to celebrate Vaisakhi, some members are also criticizing local mayors who ignored the festival's religious significance.

Gagandeep Singh has moved to another province. For those who supported him in "his darkest hour," he remains thankful, Kelowna Coun. Mohini Singh said. 

The organization does this every year as part of their One Billion Rising initiative, which aims to raise awareness for women who experience abuse.

One of the largest Vaisakhi celebrations in the world, outside of India, is underway in Surrey, Saturday morning.

Police arrested two 16-year-old boys for careless use of a firearm and discharging a firearm with intent in the Feb. 1 shooting outside a Sikh activist's home.

Surrey RCMP said gunfire erupted outside a home in the 2800-block of 154 Street around 1:20 a.m., but that no one was hurt.

There's was a collective sigh of relief among members of Montreal's Caribbean communities as news broke that the city has approved plans to throw a Caribbean carnival this summer.

Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. 

Two people died, including a well-known local homebuilder, during a brazen daytime shooting at a construction site in the Cavanagh neighbourhood.

The incident involved a man reportedly threatening other visitors while aggressively swinging two large blades, RCMP said.  

Canada’s spy agency told chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault that it believed there could be a case of foreign interference in a 2019 nomination race.

The prime minister told the inquiry one of his longest-serving staffers alerted him on Sept. 30, 2019, in the middle of an election campaign, about the spy agency’s “concerns.”

Prosecutors have approved charges of discharging a firearm and possessing a loaded prohibited firearm against two 16-year-old boys.

International students are finding themselves in difficult situations as the cost of living skyrockets in Canada and it becomes more difficult for newcomers to find work.

Quebec's religious minorities are wondering what's next after the court's decision to overturn an appeal on Bill 21, the province's secularism law.

The Sikh community in B.C. has opened "all gurdwaras" to the public for temporary warming, washroom use and hot vegetarian meals, it posted on social media Friday.

Though the Conservatives have sometimes struggled to build support in cultural communities, Pierre Poilievre has led an effort to diversify his team's gender and ethnic mix.

While the prime minister and Governor General are given permanent protective details, other MPs, ministers, senators and party leaders receive protection on a "case-by-case basis."

Canada Place will now also be known as Komagata Maru Place, an acknowledgment of the city's role in historical discrimination against people of South Asian origin.

DoorDash food delivery worker Meraj Ahmed and another delivery worker both suffered knife wounds in the attack on Boxing Day in the Olympic Village.