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No more ‘MAHRIAA SHOT, KEETA GOAL!’ as CBC cancels popular broadcast
Kuljinder ‘22’ Gill and Gary Robinson say they will bring greater experience to public office by Kevin Diakiw A PAIR of candidates in the
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Bring Punjabi hockey show back, fans say
by Jeff Nagel SOUTH ASIAN hockey fans are mobilizing again to try to save the
Punjabi language broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada after the CBC cancelled the show last week. A spokesman said CBC was unable to secure a sponsor to offset the production cost. But fans of the weekly specialty cable TV show say it’s a cultural phenomenon that helps reconnect generations of Indo-Canadian families and tighten ties to Canada and the national sport. Supporters on a 4,000-strong Facebook group devoted to the show (http://www.facebook.com/groups/nhlpunjabihockey/) are hoping the CBC relents.
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upcoming civic election have been before the courts in the past decade, The Leader has learned. Kuljinder Singh Gill, who changed his name to Gill 22 for the ballot, was found guilty of uttering threats and mischief under $5,000 in July, 2004. He was also charged Gill with assault the same year, and was found guilty of breach of his probation order. He served two weeks in Surrey Pretrial Services Robinson Centre for the offences. “Those are the serious ones (charges), those are going to give me negative feedback for sure,” Gill said Tuesday. “In the past, I have had a negative side.”
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