Newsroom Ready: 'Long: B.C. Sikhs hold protest marking two years since community leader's assassination'
A few dozen protesters gathered outside the Indian consulate in downtown Vancouver to mark two years since the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., allegedly at the behest of the Indian government. It comes as Canada and India normalize relations. (June 18, 2025).
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