12th March 2026 – Early this week, the Government of British Columbia introduced a new legislation which aims to prohibit people from interfering with safe access to places of worship. Safe Access to Places of Worship Act or SAPPWA or Bill 13 intends to create “protections for people accessing places of worship, such as mosques, […]
Featured, Religion
US think tank reports amplification of anti-Indian sentiment online along with offline targeting
11th March 2026 – While the House of Commons in Canada is debating on Combatting Hate Act, the neighbour down South has taken the anti-Indian sentiment to a different tangent. US-based think tank Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) has published a shocking report about rising anti-Indian and anti-Hindu sentiment on social media platforms and offline. […]
20th April 2025 – In a short span of few hours on Easter weekend, the walls of Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey and Khalsa Diwan Society (KDS) in Vancouver were found vandalized with pro-Khalistan and anti-India graffiti. In a letter issued by the KDS, a.k.a. Ross Street Gurudwara, it condemned the attack and wrote, “A […]
25th February 2024 – Ruchi Wali, a resident of Pickering in the Greater Toronto Area has been facing vile and ugly attacks on her social media accounts. Ruchi filed for a nomination for candidacy with Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) from the Pickering-Brooklin constituency in May 2023. Since then, she has been under attack from […]
22nd November 2024 – On Wednesday, Brampton City Council unanimously passed a new By-law to protect places of worship against nuisance demonstrations. Though, this by-law has received the usual fanfare from the mainstream media and city council patted its own back, it is far from bringing the desired results. Firstly, the ambiguous definition of ‘nuisance […]
7th November 2024 – In a series of questions raised by Hindu Forum Canada (HFC), the premier Hindu advocacy group in Canada has questioned the way the recent violence in Brampton was mishandled. Earlier today, HFC wrote on X about the alleged video of the Hindu Sabha priest which was deemed as inciting violence. The […]
7th November 2024 – A strong reaction has come from BAPS Toronto and Hindu Federation after the recent attack on the Hindu Sabha temple on Sunday, 3rd November 2024. In a strongly worded letter, the Hindu Federation wrote that “the recent unprovoked attacks on Hindu temples in Brampton and Surrey, allegedly by Canadian Khalistani extremists, […]
23rd August 2023 – CoHNA Canada hosted its inaugural community meet and greet event in Toronto on August 5, 2023, bringing representatives from various Hindu and allied organizations together. Close to 100 Hindu Canadians, students and allies from a cross section of Toronto civil society, gathered at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, a venue […]
29th July 2023 – Members of the Hindu Canadian community are concerned over rising Hinduphobic incidents in Canada. Recent attacks on Hindu temples in various parts of the country including Greater Toronto Area are a testimony to the concerns shown by the community. Canadian Organization for Hindu Heritage Education (COHHE), a Hindu Canadian group which […]
Politics
Brampton Temple writes letters to PM and others, seeks desperate help against anti-Hindu forces
15th July 2023 – The past few months have been very anxious for the Hindu Canadian community, particularly in Brampton. Repeated attacks on different temples, showcase of posters and banners filled with threats to ‘kill’ something or someone, promo material calling for guns and violence followed by law enforcement agencies’ inaction has kept the Hindu […]