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Young, suburban and mainly from Asia: Canada’s immigrant population surges

The National Household Survey of almost three million people shows that Canada is home to 6.8 million foreign-born residents... (more...)

Suspects arrested in Via train terror plot linked to al-Qaida in Iran: RCMP

ALLISON JONES THE CANADIAN PRESS RCMP Chief Superintendent Gaetan Courchesne (left) and RCMP Assistant Commissioner James... (more...)

Federal NDP follows Conservatives’ lead with ethnic outreach efforts

  Tom Mulcair and federal NDP passed a motion to recognize Sikh human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khaira during their... (more...)

New Canadians curious — even enthusiastic — about filing taxes for first time

According to the tax-program co-ordinator at Calgary’s Centre for Newcomers, Bukurie Mino, a cheerful take on taxes... (more...)

Ninderjit Singh’s long run from the law following slaying of his ex-girlfriend in Vancouver

KEITH FRASER VANCOUVER DESI Ninderjit Singh has admitted to murdering Poonam Randhawa in 1999 and his pre-sentence hearing... (more...)

Court wants to know why drug charges against Surrey singer have been dropped

VANCOVER DESI K.S. Makhan, a popular Punjabi singer/actor, has performed at events associated with the Vancouver Winter Olympics... (more...)

Coroner recommends water-safety education for new Canadians, tourists after Saskatoon drowning

LARISSA CAHUTE  VANCOUVER DESI A photograph of Kits Beach in Vancouver. According to B.C. coroner Barb McLintock, statistics... (more...)

A discussion of what’s ‘fair’ on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

MANPREET GREWAL VANCOUVER DESI AC Milan player Kevin-Prince Boateng of Ghana and United Nations High Commissioner for Human... (more...)

Punjab police arrest three more suspects in connection to massive drug ring with links to Canada

Boxer Vijender Singh has been questioned by police for allegedly purchasing drugs from Anoop Singh Kahlon, who was arrested... (more...)

Home ownership desired by majority of Canada’s Generation Y, reveals real estate survey

VANCOUVER DESI Members of Generation Y would like to emulate Baby Boomers and establish homes for themselves, despite the... (more...)

Canada cuts direct foreign aid to China, Nepal; reduces funding to Pakistan as feds rethink bilateral programs

STEPHANIE LEVITZ THE CANADIAN PRESS Farm workers glean wheat in a field in Huaibei, Anhui, China in this May 29, 2011 file... (more...)

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