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The Province: Sikhs protest protracted prison terms in India

According to Prem Vinning, president of the World Sikh Organization of Canada, eight local gurdwara members, including himself, went on a hunger strike from ...

Montreal Gazette: Values charter deals with a problem that doesn’t exist, symposium told

For a practising Sikh, “the turban is central,” said panellist Mukhbir Singh, vice-president for Quebec and Atlantic Canada of the World Sikh Organization of...

Toronto Sun: Quebec charter critic called police over threats

Members of the province's Sikh and Jewish communities agree the debate is becoming increasingly hateful. Balpreet Singh of the World Sikh Organization said ...

Toronto Sun: Religious groups unanimously pan Quebec religious-symbol ban

Balpreet Singh of the Ottawa-based World Sikh Organization of Canada said Sikh men are being asked to choose between their religion or their jobs. "What the ...

Montreal Gazette: Secularism charter would permit institutions to opt out

Balpreet Singh, a spokesperson for the World Sikh Organization of Canada, said his community has not been consulted either. “With so many other issues facing...

Toronto Star: PQ legislation would ban religious symbols from government offices, schools, hospitals, paper says

Mukhbir Singh, the World Sikh Organization of Canada’s vice-president for Quebec and Atlantic Canada, said any such legislation is unnecessary, a likely viol...

Vancouver Sun: Surrey temple leaders won't let 'hate crime' stop Air India bombing vigil

Meantime, Prem Singh Vinning, president of the World Sikh Organization of Canada, condemned Sunday's vandalism. "We strongly condemn this act," he said. "Any...

The Province: Sikh community condemns vandalism at Surrey Hindu temple, hate crime or not

“If they’re trying to cause friction between the two communities – I don’t think they’re going to succeed,” said World Sikh Organization of Canada president,...

The Province: Kidney donor, recipient join forces

According to the executive director of the World Sikh Organization of Canada, Sukhvinder Kaur Vinning - who is an organ donor herself - the issue is a lack o...

Glove and Mail: Sikhs celebrate reversal of Quebec’s soccer turban ban

It's an unfortunate episode that should never have happened, says a Sikh spokesman, but some good resulted from the political and cultural furor over the Que...