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“He was up against giants and he succeeded,” Balwant Sanghera, who knew Johal for 35 years, said. “He was very hard-working, but he was also very humble, he never bragged about anything, he was always very respectful.”
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Johal, born in India on Aug. 17, 1922, died peacefully Monday just shy of his 99th birthday. He founded Terminal Forest Products in 1965, doled out millions-of-dollars to charities, was the recipient of the Orders of Canada and B.C., and the holder of an honorary doctorate in law from the University of B.C.
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Arjan Singh Bhullar has once again made Richmond and Canada proud by becoming the first Punjabi Sikh to win the Mixed Martial Arts ONE Fighting Championship in Singapore. And his hometown Gurdwara, the India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas joined the rest of South Asian community in congratulating Arjan and his family for his achievement. They also honoured him at the Gurdwara last Saturday. In view of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Gurdwara Management decided to make it a drive through event. Arjan’s well-wishers were invited to congratulate him from their cars and then move on. Richmond MLA Aman Singh, the first turbaned Sikh MLA in BC legislature, and Labour Minister Harry Bains are joined in the celebrations. Premier John Horgan also hosted a zoom meeting with the champ this week to congratulate him following twitter love from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, both of whom celebrated the big win of a proud Canadian athlete.
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The ghastly discovery of 215 remains of children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School is shocking. These children may be from First Nations from all over Western Canada. Our heartfelt sympathies go to all of the Aboriginal communities. The stories of survivors of these residential schools are heart wrenching. Naturally, this grisly discovery has brought back the painful memories for the survivors who went through the ordeal of attending these schools. As Premier Horgan has stated “this discovery is a tragedy of unimaginable proportions and highlights the violence and consequences of the residential school system.” India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara (Sikh Temple) Nanak Niwas, 8600 #5 Road, Richmond expresses its deepest sympathy with the Aboriginal community. We offer our full support to them on this very sad and difficult occasion.