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Employment tribunal rejects appeal by Penticton Sikh Temple, ordered to pay former priest $42K
May 31, 2020 - 6:30 AM

A Penticton Sikh Temple will still have to pay back $42,000 to a former priest it fired several years ago after it lost its right to an appeal with the Employment Standards Tribunal.
Okanagan Sikh community offers prayers for healthcare workers in lieu of Vaisakhi celebrations
April 14, 2020 - 7:00 AM

Vaisakhi parades have been cancelled across the Thompson Okanagan region due to COVID-19, but that isn’t stopping Sikhs from marking the occasion.
Aging, growing population mean more cancer cases in Canada: study
March 02, 2020 - 8:00 PM

VANCOUVER - A technician holds a mesh bag full of marbles meant to represent breast tissue, pointing out a single black marble among the clear ones. The goal is to explain why a woman's breasts are compressed during a mammogram.
Vernon hosting kindness and kinship conference
November 20, 2019 - 5:30 PM

An interfaith gathering representing religions from all over the globe is meeting in Vernon to spread its message of kindness and kinship in an evening of philosophical thought.
Want to help the homeless in Kelowna? Send Journey Home an email first
September 16, 2019 - 6:31 PM

KELOWNA - There are 360 organizations that are trying to help the homeless in Kelowna.
Attack at Rutland Sikh temple not believed to be race related
June 10, 2019 - 3:40 PM

KELOWNA - A 29-year-old man was arrested Monday after attacking two men and a woman at the Okanagan Sikh Temple in Kelowna.
Exhibit debuts in B.C. showing impact of 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India
May 04, 2019 - 2:30 PM

VANCOUVER - Jasleen Sidhu hones in on one area when she talks about her love of history and what intrigues her most — historical wrongs including Canada's residential school system, the Holocaust and the violence against Sikhs in India's northwestern province of Punjab.
Five things to do in Kelowna this weekend
April 26, 2019 - 10:12 AM

KELOWNA - From good eats to boat shows and parades, there’s lots to do in Kelowna this weekend.
Trudeau to visit gurdwara after government removes reference to Sikh extremism
April 13, 2019 - 11:30 AM

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit one of the largest Sikh temples in Canada this morning, just hours after his government agreed to remove a reference to Sikh extremism from a report on terrorism.
Clearwater Sikh community donates thousands to charity after sale of temple
April 04, 2019 - 9:00 AM

CLEARWATER, B.C. - The tiny Sikh community in British Columbia has sold its temple and given the $164,000 they made from the sale to local charities.
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