First Sikh soldier in Canada to enlist for WW I remembered as a 'fierce soldier,' historian says

A gravesite says: Service Number 454819 Private Bukkan Singh 28th Battalion." The date of death is listed as "27th Aug 1919."

A special remembrance ceremony will be held Sunday at the gravesite of Pte. Buckam Singh in Kitchener, Ont. Historian Sandeep Singh Brar, with the Sikh Museum, says Singh's story is an inspirational one and he wants more people to hear it.

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Four Canadians head to B.C. to isolate from hantavirus cruise

Four Canadian passengers who were onboard MV Hondius during a hantavrius will fly to an airport near Quebec City where they'll switch planes to return to British Columbia.

P.E.I. French teacher acquitted in classroom sexual touching case

Roger M'bahia has been acquitted of all charges after the judge found the Crown did not bring forward any evidence to suggest the teacher’s touching of a student in a classroom was sexual in nature.

Man charged after coaches say he threatened to stab someone at girls' soccer game north of Toronto

Police have charged a man with uttering threats after an incident during a a U13 girls soccer game in Vaughan last week where coaches say a parent threatened to stab someone.

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