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As someone who is on disability for mental health issues, I know how big a deal it is to help people with mental health issues have a place to live. ::: ::: ::: ::: ::: Anonymous wealthy couple's $30-million gift to help homeless in Vancouver The couple's donation will allow Taylor...

By Veeno Dewan The B.C. education ministry is looking into why an independent school unexpectedly closed its doors on the first day of classes. Gates to the school – Guru Nanak Elementary School in south Vancouver – were locked when students arrived on Tuesday. About 75 students as young...

I am posting this review primarily because it gives some needed background to 2 recent stories posted here at SPN about the community "Shakti," and its controversial advocacy regarding under-age marriages in New Zealand, and its efforts to change some laws that may have created loop-holes...

'One guy came out. They gave him some gas and took him away' (Independent) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11s7be939/*http%3A//news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article624147.ece Array Fri, 02 Jun 2006 23:21:25 GMT It was the sound of breaking glass in the dead of night...

Round-up of racial violence (Independent Race and Refugee News Network) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11m2suh1d/*http%3A//www.irr.org.uk/2005/september/ha000010.html Array Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:56:24 GMT Eight weeks after the London bombings racial violence attacks are...

When most Westerners think of Tibet, an image of the remote and ancient home of the Dalai Lama and Mt. Everest probably come to mind. In some respects, this picture is accurate, but it's far from complete...

Attacks on Jews in Britain this year are at record levels, raising fresh fears among MPs about an upsurge in anti-Semitism. MPs tabled a motion in Parliament yesterday condemning the "appalling desecration" of 87 graves at a cemetery in West Ham, east London...

Alabama needs Ralph Waldo Emerson again. We had him in a profound way during the civil rights movement when the enemy was de jure segregation and overt racist ideology...

Jennifer Aniston has found a new man to help her get over Brad Pitt. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/buddhism/SIG=13ilr97ps/*http%3A//www.iol.co.za/widgets/rss_redirect.php?artid=2547953&setid=0&sectid=346&url=tonight&vne=1&csect=Tonight

It comes with the signature of one of South Africa's top retailers, guaranteeing its quality, but one packet of mushroom soup is causing quite a stir...

Jasvinder Sanghera ran away from home at the age of 15 to escape a forced marriage to someone she had never met. She lived in cars and bedsits after hiding for eight years for fear of reprisals from her Sikh family...

Britain has a "disgraceful" record on promoting ethnic-minority politicians, black leaders said as research forecast that 98 per cent of MPs elected on polling day will be white...

I consider myself an excellent driver. I don't do all those annoying things like talk on my cell phone, put on make-up or run through yellow lights at the speed of light. However, I do like to sing along with the radio, since my car is the only place I sound good...