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  • CBC: Turbans banned on Quebec soccer fields

    Balpreet Singh, legal counsel for the the World Sikh Organization for Canada, said young Sikhs in Quebec are being unfairly punished.

  • Montreal Gazette: Quebec won’t allow turbans in soccer despite ruling from Canadian body

    “I am worried that a whole generation of Sikhs living in Quebec will not be allowed to play soccer because of religious beliefs,” said Singh, the Quebec vice...

  • News 1130: Khalsa Sikhs allowed to carry kirpans in BC courtrooms

    Prem Vinning with the World Sikh Organization is happy with the move and called it an open dialogue with the province. “There is a training video that has be...

  • Globe and Mail: Small ceremonial swords to be allowed in B.C. courthouses

    “This decision is incredibly important to us,” said Sukhvinder Vinning, executive director of the World Sikh Organization of Canada. “As law-abiding citizens...

  • The Province: Sikhs hail kirpan agreement for B.C. courts

    “It’s a relief,” said Sukhvinder Kaur Vinning, executive director of the World Sikh Organization of Canada. “I can focus on being a good civic citizen and I ...

  • The Suburban-Montreal: World Sikh Organization concerned about police racism allegations

    “The allegations being made against Sgt. Bigras are very serious and shocking to the Sikh community,” Mukhbir Singh, WSO vice-president, Quebec and Atlantic ...

  • The Province: ANTI-VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN: Sikhs to celebrate Valentine’s Day by delivering sweets to women’s shelters

    Sikhs will be baking or buying treats and Surrey’s Guru Nanak gurdwara’s free kitchen and the World Sikh Organization of Canada will deliver them to local wo...

  • Montreal Gazette: Alberta brings in policy to allow Sikhs to wear kirpan religious knives in court

    "Alberta is the first province wide adoption of a uniform policy with respect to the kirpan," Balpreet Singh, spokesman for the World Sikh Organization of Ca...

  • Toronto Star: Sikh driver settles beard dispute with limo company

    “Mostly, when there’s a settlement, it’s at least some time before you actually arrive at the hearing,” said Balpreet Singh, a lawyer with the World Sikh Org...

  • The Province: Surrey Rape Vigil: ‘It’s a man’s problem, it’s not a woman’s problem’

    And while it may seem far off for a nation overseas to implement that change, Sukhvinder Kaur Vinning, Executive Director of the World Sikh Organization of C...

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