Sikh student wants to 'feel the energy' of Toronto's first Vaisakhi celebration since pandemic started | News

Gurpreet Singh has been in Canada since 2020, but Sunday will be the first time he'll celebrate the annual Sikh festival of Vaisakhi with the local community.

The 22-year-old international student came here from India during the first year of the pandemic.

But on his first Vaisakhi away from his family, instead of being part of the usual crowds of thousands in bright traditional clothing, he spent the day at home, talking to his relatives in India and exchanging sweets with the few friends tha

Big Personality – Big Brother – Big Plans – Seneca Journalism

How would you react if you received a phone call from an unknown number inviting you to be on one of the biggest television shows in Canada? Chances are you would be excited, nervous, confused or you would just ignore the phone call. Or you’d feel like Victoria Woghiren who thought it was a prank call when she received an invite to be a house guest on the reality TV game show Big Brother Canada.

But it wasn’t a prank call, the call was legit and she went on to become one of the popular contesta