The first museum on Vancouver Island dedicated to Punjabi Sikh history is now open. The Paldi Historical Museum, which recently opened in one of the rooms of the Paldi Sikh ­Temple located west of ...

The smell of burnt toast leading to a cure for seizures. Cutting the bottom out of peach baskets during the invention of basketball. Jacques Cartier coining the name "Canada" based on wrong ...

In a racist era, Paldi was a multicultural oasis. The unincorporated town near Duncan was founded in 1917 by Mayo Singh, an immigrant from the Punjab, and once had one of the largest Sikh communities ...

A new Heritage Minute shines a light on a South Asian community established in British Columbia's Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island more than a century ago. Heritage Minutes, produced by non-profit ...

For decades, the Paldi Jor Mela celebration has continued on the site of what was, at one time, among the largest Sikh communities in all of Canada. Now, the history of that community is being ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...