VANCOUVER Whitecaps FC announced Sunday that the club has parted ways with striker Kenny Miller. The club and Miller have mutually agreed to a contract termination.
“We are thankful for the contributions Kenny made both on and off the pitch during his time in Vancouver,” said Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson. “He has been a great role model, a constant professional, and someone who I consider a very good friend. We wish him and his family all the best.”
Miller, 34, joined Whitecaps FC in June 2012 and during his time with the club the native of Edinburgh, Scotland, made 45 appearances in all competitions, registering 13 goals and adding three assists.
New Delhi (IANS): Veteran lyricist Gulzar received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema, here Saturday. The 79-year-old was overwhelmed and thanked a string of “gurus” and musical geniuses of the past and current generation for contributing to his success story.
Clad in his trademark white kurta pyjama, Gulzar turned towards the audience to take a bow before he approached the stage to receive the Swarna Kamal, Rs.1 million and a shawl, conferred upon him by President Pranab Mukherjee at the Vigyan Bhavan here.
The multi-faceted yet humble talent, who started his career in 1956, is the 45th winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, which is constituted in the name of Dadasaheb Phalke – the director of India’s first full-length feature film “Raja Harishchandra”, made in 1913.
Gulzar took to the mike, requesting “a moment to get his breath” as he was overwhelmed with the love and appreciation of his work as a lyricist, director, screen-writer, producer and poet.
“There are few moments in life when for a writer, whose work is to play with words, doesn’t know what words to choose to express gratitude and thank people. I want to say that no person will reach this stage without the support of several people.
“I was lucky that when I started, I met many people from whom I learnt – my guru Bimal Roy, who picked me from nowhere and took me along with him…there was Salil Chowdhary, Sachin Dev Burman, Hemant Kumar…I was lucky to get such gurus,” Gulzar said in his acceptance speech.
Born in 1934 in Punjab in pre-independence India, Gulzar got his first break as a lyricist in Bimal Roy’s “Bandini”.
He has penned a multitude of songs in his glorious career and also contributed to several films as script, story and dialogue writer. His directorials include “Mere Apne”, “Koshish”, “Áandhi”, “Kinara”, “Khushboo”, “Ángoor”, “Libaas”, “Meera”, “Lekin” and “Maachis”.
Gulzar, whose real name is Sampooran Singh Kalra, also thanked R.D. Burman, Laxmikant, Kalyanji, Madan Mohan, Illayaraja and Pandit Ravi Shankar, for shaping his career in many ways.
From the new generation he mentioned A.R. Rahman, crediting him with “taking Indian film music to the global map”.
He thanked filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj, whom he calls his son, and names like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Shantanu Moitra for infusing films with quality music in these times. Among the film directors, he mentioned Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Shaad Ali and his own daughter Meghna.
Meghna sat in the audience at Vigyan Bhavan, shedding tears of pride for her father, until he finished his speech and returned to the seat to give her a comforting hug.
He was conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002 and the Padma Bhushan in 2004. He has won a number of National Film Awards and 20 Filmfare Awards. At the 81st Oscars in 2009, he won the Academy Award for best original song for “Jai ho” with A.R. Rahman.
On a day that Vancouver Whitecaps FC (3W-2L-4D) celebrated the 40th anniversary of their first-ever match, the current incarnation of the ‘Caps held on for a thrilling 3-2 win over San Jose Earthquakes (1W-3L-3D) Saturday afternoon at BC Place.
A dominant first-half performance, in which Whitecaps FC took a 3-0 lead in the opening 20 minutes, carried Vancouver to victory in front of a fifth straight sold-out crowd at BC Place to start the season.
Chilean midfielder Pedro Morales , the Budweiser Man of the Match, and 19-year-old Kekuta Manneh led the way for the Blue and White. Morales scored two goals in less than a minute and Manneh had a goal and an assist, leading Whitecaps FC to their third win of the season. Both players are now tied for the team lead with three goals this season.
Whitecaps FC head coach Carl Robinson made three changes to his starting lineup after last weekend’s 2-2 draw with Real Salt Lake. Along with Morales, who replaced Kenny Miller, winger Sebastian Fernandez and centre back Jay DeMerit also drew into the starting lineup. Fernandez came in for Russell Teibert, while DeMerit took the spot of Johnny Leveron in Robinson’s 4-2-3-1 formation.
There was a buzz in the building from the get go after a special pre-match ceremony saw the inaugural 1974 ‘Caps team honoured and Bob Lenarduzzi inducted into the club’s newly launched Ring of Honour.
Stat of the Game
Pedro Morales’ two goals in the span of 57 seconds set a new record for the fastest two goals scored by Whitecaps FC in MLS. Morales also becomes the 15th player in MLS history to have goals listed in consecutive minutes.
Quote of the Game
“I wanted the guys in there to put on a performance for [the fans], and I think in the first 30 to 45 minutes they were absolutely fantastic. Even in the last minute as we conceded, [the crowd] was still as supportive as they were in the first minute.” – Carl Robinson
Match Details
Budweiser Man of the Match: Pedro Morales Referee: Drew Fischer Attendance: 21,000
Scoring Summary
10’ – VAN – Kekuta Manneh
19’ – VAN – Pedro Morales (penalty kick)
20’ – VAN – Pedro Morales (Kekuta Manneh)
45’ – SJ – Chris Wondolowski (penalty kick)
90’+1 – SJ – Chris Wondolowski
Match Stats
Shots: Vancouver 17 – San Jose 7
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 9 – San Jose 4
Saves: Vancouver 2 – San Jose 6
Fouls: Vancouver 19 – San Jose 14
Offsides: Vancouver 1 – San Jose 1
Corners: Vancouver 5 – San Jose 3
Cautions:
21’ – VAN – Pedro Morales
70’ – SJ – Alan Gordon
Substitutes not used
13.Bryan Meredith, 2.Ty Harden, 9.Khari Stephenson, 80.Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi
And the Blue and White kept the buzz going with an inspired start to the match.
Less than two minutes in, a cleared Fernandez cross landed at Morales’ feet at the top of the 18-yard box and the Chilean curled a right-footed effort just wide of the goal.
The ‘Caps kept coming though, and eventually opened the scoring in the 10th minute.
The play started with a well-timed tackle from DeMerit in midfield and ended with some magic from Manneh, who hit the near post with a strike from the edge of the box and then put home his own rebound with a side-footed effort off the far post and in.
Manneh’s goal kicked off an exciting 10-minute stretch that saw Whitecaps FC find the back of the net three times. And it could have been four, as Quakes goalkeeper Jon Busch did well to turn away a 24-yard Fernandez strike in the 15th minute.
Morales doubled Vancouver’s advantage in the 19th minute, slotting home a penalty after Darren Mattocks was taken down in the Quakes box. And less than a minute later, the Chilean found the back of the net again.
This time, after receiving a short pass from Manneh, Morales fired home a heavy strike from 25 yards to give Whitecaps FC a 3-0 lead. This was the first time the ‘Caps had scored three goals in the first 20 minutes since joining MLS.
It was a dream start for the Blue and White, who outshot the Quakes 13-3 in the first half alone. San Jose did manage to get one goal back in the 45th minute, as striker Chris Wondolowski coolly finished a penalty after it was deemed that DeMerit fouled Alan Gordon while heading away the ball from danger.
Aside from Wondolowski’s late tally, the only hitch for Whitecaps FC in the first half was an injury to Mattocks. The Jamaican left the match with a left hamstring strain in the 30th minute and was replaced by Erik Hurtado.
Hurtado, who nearly finished off a great passing sequence moments after he was subbed on, was very involved for the ‘Caps. In the 54th minute, he made a great run down the centre of the park and broke into the box but Busch was quick off his line to make the save.
To their credit, the visiting ‘Quakes put Whitecaps FC under pressure for a few spells during the second half. Eventually, Wondolowski added his second goal in added time, but a comeback would not be in the cards on this afternoon.
The day started with a celebration of the past and ended with a showcase of the present, as Whitecaps FC came away with a 3-2 win almost 40 years after falling to San Jose in a shootout in their first-ever game.
The ‘Caps are right back at it this Wednesday, May 7, as they travel to Toronto for their first match of the 2014 Amway Canadian Championship. The second leg of the semifinal will take place on May 14 at BC Place. Tickets are still available at whitecapsfc.com/tickets.
Watts announces on Saturday she won’t run again for mayor.
AN Insights West survey conducted in late March shows that only 16 per cent of Surrey residents are satisfied at the way Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts and her councillors have handled crime and public safety. And for as many as 49 per cent of Surrey residents, crime is the most important issue facing the city.
Watts has undoubtedly done a good job in turning Surrey around, and SFU’s leading criminologist Dr. Robert Gordon this week in an interview pointed out: “The whole approach she took will I think have a lasting benefit in Surrey. You can see the place change already.”
BUT Gordon criticized Watts’ parochial approach to the issue of crime and noted that now that she had announced she was not going to run again in the civic election and quite obviously has federal ambitions, in interviews with mainstream media “she switched her discourse and she’s talking now about the region.”
Well, what do you expect from politicians, eh?!
WATTS’ announcement at Saturday’s grand opening of the new City Hall that she was moving on didn’t come as a surprise to our readers, because we wrote last week:
“All kind of rumours are circulating about the possible makeup of Surrey First and the most sensational one is that Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts will announce she’s quitting to run for the Conservative Party in a riding in Surrey (now it’s supposed to be South Surrey-White Rock) on Monday, if not earlier, after celebrating the grand opening of the new City Hall (some call it the Palace of Queen Dianne Watts) on Saturday. Councillor Linda Hepner is expected to be declared the mayoral candidate for Surrey First.”
Right now it seems that Linda Hepner, Bruce Hayne and Tom Gill all want to be Surrey First’s mayoral candidate and they have to settle that soon.
Barinder Rasode quit very strategically so that she could position herself well for the mayoral run – and the Insights West poll shows that she has a slightly stronger name recognition among Surrey residents than the three mentioned above.
Brenda Locke will be running for councillor (she made that announcement through The VOICE) but is an independent for now.
And former mayor Doug McCallum is making all kinds of noises – and we will have to wait and see what exactly he wants, though Surrey residents may not want what he wants!
Sources, as I reported last week, also say that Watts wants well-known Surrey Conservative Dr. Allison Patton, a naturopathic physician who co-founded the Mountainview Wellness Centre in Surrey, to run for Council. Patton was interested in running as a Conservative candidate in South Surrey-White Rock.
Tom Gill is expected to face embarrassment and maybe more thanks to a defamation suit filed against him.
So we will have to wait see what all exciting developments take place in the next few months as we head for the civic election in November.
BACK to Surrey’s crime situation, Gordon told me that FIRST of all Surrey, like many other areas of Metro Vancouver, suffers through spikes of activity and a lot of those spikes of activity are related to the illegal drug trade. He added: “If you took drugs out of the mix – and it would be true of most of Metro Vancouver – you probably would find the crime rate would plummet quite dramatically.”
Which brought us to the SECOND point: that crime is a regional issue.
Dr. Robert Gordon Photo courtesy of Scrivener magazine
Gordon said: “It’s something that can only really be understood properly and responded to properly if you take a Metro Vancouver-wide approach to it. Simply focussing on compact municipal areas like Surrey or like New Westminster or like Burnaby or West Vancouver simply concentrating on those areas does not give (a) you an accurate picture of what’s going on in the city as a whole and (b) does not lead to effective outcomes. And that is in part because of the displacement effect … it’s a game of whack-a-mole so you whack down hard in one area and then crime pops up in another. And it will continue to do that so long as we take a parochial view and don’t respond in a region-wide basis.”
He added: “Now the problem with what Dianne Watts did was that it was parochial and it’s interesting that … she switched her discourse and she’s talking now about the region, and having announced that she’s no longer running for Surrey but still has Surrey in her heart, she’s now freed up to be able to take a more rational approach to the issue and look at crime from a regional perspective.
“And that is indicative of a primary problem with developing sound social policy to a lot of things in Metro Vancouver, not just crime and punishment, but social services as well, and that the people making decisions oftentimes have parochial interests and so we don’t get to the nub of the problem and we spend and waste money on initiatives that are localized.”
Gordon accused Watts of “KNEE-JERKING.” He said: “First, we had this announcement that the crime statistics for Surrey looked appalling when you look at homicides that they had a disproportionate number and a disproportionate rate of homicides and what was going on. And she put her finger on it by talking about the drug trade before the much-vaunted task force had even got going. One wonders therefore why they bothered to put this task force together which produced nothing … it fizzled.
“What they actually came up with was self-evident. I don’t know how much it cost the people of Surrey financially, but it seemed to me to be pretty pathetic attempt to deal with this problem. … We never did find out anything about the qualitative nature of those homicides. There was never an announcement as to what their analysis showed, whether it in fact it showed what Dianne Watts’ original idea was accurate – that it was all related to the drug trade or whether it was spread out all over the map.”
THAT brought us to the THIRD point – “the question around crime and punishment in Surrey which is to what extent have these outbursts of criminal activity appeared as a consequence of rapid and largely unplanned growth in Surrey in the rush to pull buildings down and put up concrete monstrosities … to recreate Metrotown in Surrey.”
Gordon asked: “Has one of the costs been an importation of a large number of people without the social infrastructure to meet their needs?” and added: “I don’t know the answer to that question, but if I were looking at crime and punishment in Surrey, that’s one of the places where I would begin.”
He said: “And of course, running through it all is the adequacy of the criminal justice system in addressing the challenges that have arisen and which would be my FOURTH point of consideration. Has the City of Surrey under her direction produced a cost-effective and efficient criminal justice system? Are they running like a smoothly oiled machine down over there? And the answer is ‘No.’”
Gordon pointed out: “And part of the problem lies with the structure and organization of policing in Surrey which in turn is a function of the nonsense that we have in the Metro area generally. It’s not going to get any better until such time the provincial government does what numerous reports have suggested they do, the most recent being the Missing Women Task Force, and stop listening to people who don’t know what they are talking about and who have a vested interest in the status quo and take a good hard look at reorganizing policing in Metro. The chances of that happening I think are slender.”
Gordon said: “If you look at what’s going on in other parts of Canada, it seems that it will most likely occur when some kind of an amalgamation of the municipalities into a Metro regional government takes place, but that is … just not something that people want to talk about because the people talking about it – the policy makers – are people who have a lot to lose if there is in fact the creation of a single Metro government structure.”
THE victims in Tuesday night’s pepper-spraying incident (reported on our website on Wednesday) in Newton were white – the perpetrators were young South Asian men in their late teens and early 20s.
If it had been the other way around, we would be crying ‘racism’!
Well, what about this disgraceful behavior by young South Asian men? How does it help the image of our community?
A Surrey RCMP spokesperson told The VOICE on Wednesday that a father and his young son and the man’s girlfriend were walking down the street around the 7700-block of 125th Street on the way to a park in Newton when a Range Rover drove by very fast. The father yelled at the driver to slow down.
The vehicle stopped and a couple of males got out, exchanged some words with the father and then fled. Some minutes later, the vehicle returned and when the father approached it, he was pepper-sprayed. Some children near him were also affected by the spraying and paramedics were called to treat them at the scene.
Police said they got a partial licence plate number and have some information about the suspects.
They said apparently the vehicle is known to people in the area because it has been causing problems.
Several TV channels on Wednesday carried interviews with the victim’s girlfriend, who was with the kid who also needed treatment. None of them mentioned that the perpetrators were South Asians, however.
SURREY RCMP on Thursday confirmed that charges have now been laid against three individuals in regards to two separate violent sexual assaults against prostitutes dating back to 2012.
On April 11, a total of 17 charges were laid against three suspects:
* Simranpreet Singh Dhillon: two counts each of sexual assault with weapon, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose / commit offence, utter threats of death / bodily harm, unlawful confinement and robbery; and aggravated sexual assault.
* Sukhraj Singh Chahal: sexual assault with weapon, unlawful confinement, and robbery.
* Gurjinder Sodha: sexual assault with weapon, unlawful confinement, and robbery.
In both incidents, the victims were sex trade workers who were picked up by two males that were unknown to them. The suspects drove the victims to secluded areas where they were sexually and physically assaulted.
On August 12, 2012, a female engaged in a high risk activity as a sex trade worker was picked up by two strangers in the area of King George Boulevard and 91st Avenue. She was driven to a secluded area of Colebrook Road where she was violently sexually and physically assaulted. The suspects charged as a result of these offenses are Simranpreet Dhillon and Sukhraj Chahal.
On October 18, 2012, a second sex trade worker was picked up by two strangers in the area of King George Boulevard and 105th Avenue. She was driven to a secluded area in the 12800 block of Colebrook Road where she was also violently sexually and physically assaulted. The victim suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and was taken to local area hospital where she endured a lengthy recovery. Simranpreet Dhillon and Gurjinder Sodha have been charged for these offences.
The Surrey RCMP’s Child Abuse and Sexual Offence Unit were actively engaged in these investigations from the outset. This engagement included regular contacts with the group specifically targeted by these individuals in order to enhance their safety. These ongoing communications between sex-trade workers and RCMP officers are ongoing. The team of investigators who were assembled definitively linked the investigations and began gathering evidence through various means. After a lengthy and complex investigation, the suspects were identified and arrested and have been charged with a total of 17 criminal offences.
Investigators are concerned that there may be more victims who have yet to speak with police. As a result, the Surrey RCMP is appealing for potential victims or witnesses to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP Child Abuse and Sexual Offence (CASO) Unit at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-TIPS.
SURREY RCMP told The VOICE on Wednesday that five South Asian men in their late teens and early 20s were taken into custody on Tuesday night following a shooting incident around 10:30 p.m. in which an unoccupied Chrysler 300 was targeted in the 7500-block of 144th Street in Newton. No one was injured.
The men are known to police for drug-related activity, a spokesperson said. They were picked up for careless use of a firearm, but charges haven’t been officially laid.
Police said that the original information they had was that there was a vehicle fleeing the area and they pursued a Hyundai Santa Fe, but lost contact with it.
During the pursuit police received information that a Volkswagen Jetta was also associated with the firing incident and that it may be the actual vehicle the suspects had fled in.
The suspects were arrested near 84th Avenue and 152nd Street.
Police dog services were also involved in the investigation and there were some Vancouver Police Department cops, who happened to be in the area for an unrelated case, who also helped out.
DEEPAK Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and for International Human Rights, has been named by the Hill Times newspaper’s Power & Influence magazine as one of the “Top 100 Influencing Canada’s Global Future.”
Obhrai has been chosen as the 18th most influential person. In its issue of April 28, the Hill Times says:
“He’s not a policy heavyweight, but the foreign affairs workhorse. When the PM refused to attend last fall’s Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka because of human rights concerns, Mr. Obhrai went instead. He is often the face of Canada when the foreign minister’s not around. For his eight years of service as parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs, he was made a member of the Privy Council and given the added responsibility for international human rights last year. The Tanzanian-born Calgary MP with the trademark scarf is well regarded by the foreign minister.”
THE vast Metropolitan Ballroom of the Westin Harbour Castle was the venue for the Canada India Foundation’s Award Gala, which took place on April 26 to honour Infosys Executive Chairman Narayana Murthy as the 2014 recipient of the CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award. Gracing the occasion, along with Narayana Murthy, were Canada’s Finance Minister Joe Oliver, as chief guest, High Commissioner of India in Canada, Admiral (Retd) Nirmal Verma, as guest of honour, federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander, Minister of State (Sport) Bal Gosal, MP Patrick Brown, Senator Dr. Asha Seth, Ontario’s Members of Provincial Parliament, Dipika Damerla and Amrit Mangat. The distinguished attendees also included former federal minister Jean Augustine, former speaker of the Ontario Legislative Assembly, Alvin Curling, and renowned hotelier, Steve Gupta. Canada’s Governor General also made an appearance via a video-taped message to the audience.
The invited dignitaries and the nearly 500 attendees were formally welcomed by the Chair of Canada India Foundation, Dr. V.I. “Lucky” Lakshmanan, National Convenor, Laj Prasher, Gala Chair Dr. Terry Papneja, CIF Co-Chair Jay Minhas and the Board of Governors of CIF, from Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa. Lucky Lakshmanan spoke of the policy objectives of Canada India Foundation, and the highly successful Canada India Forums that CIF had organized (Energy-2009, Mining-2010, Agriculture and Food Processing-2012 and Infrastructure-2014). Laj Prasher talked about the strength of the organization, as evidenced by the credentials of its members, and the strong network that the CIF had built to promote Canada India relations. He made a special reference to the Canada India Interparliamentary Friendship Group, that was represented at the gala by MP Patrick Brown.
In his address, Joe Oliver stressed the importance of Canada-India relations and his own strong interest in strengthening ties between the two countries. High Commissioner Verma lauded the Canada India Foundation for its four day extravaganza, including the three-day Canada India Infrastructure Forum, followed by the gala.
The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the fifth CIF Chanchlani Global Indian Award to Narayana Murthy. Joining Murthy, Joe Oliver and High Commissioner Verma on the stage were the Award Endowment sponsor Vasu Chanchlani, and this year’s award sponsors, Bhim Asdhir, Surjit Babra, Ramesh Chotai, Deepak Ruparell, Lucky Lakshmanan, Ravi Subramanian, Rakesh Gupta, Ranvir Dogra, and Kashif Khan. The eye-catching trophy and the cash award of $50,000 were presented to Murthy to thunderous applause. A special citation was read and presented to Murthy by Jaya Chanchlani.
In his award acceptance speech, titled “Compassionate Capitalism”, Murthy demonstrated the personality that has made him one of the most admired Indians, and most respected business leaders anywhere in the world. Expressing his gratefulness to CIF for having been selected to be in the company of previous award recipients, Sam Pitroda, Tulsi Tanti, Ratan Tata and Deepak Chopra, he made a strong case for capitalism as the necessary recipe for global prosperity and compassion, without which the benefits of capitalism meant nothing.
“It is very easy to observe that we have not made significant progress in enhancing social capital in the world – trust, concern for the less fortunate, honesty and fairness”, he said. “The good that a corporation must do is defined in its philosophy of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), encompassing the ideas of corporate governance, sustainable wealth creation, corporate philanthropy and advocacy for the goals of the community.”
Mississauga, Ontario: The Seva Food Bank is launching several new community programs in May. Programs will range from legal clinics, massage therapy sessions, art workshops, an afterschool homework club to an all-women’s support group (Shaheli Group), dance classes and a jogging club. All programs are free of charge and are open to both clients and the community at large.
One of the new Seva initiatives is a monthly Medical Corner. Dr. Kulvinder Gill, a local physician, Seva Board Member and Chair of the Client Programming Committee, hopes the program will empower individuals through health education and awareness. “Seva is partnering with several medical professionals and non-profit organizations within the community to address prevention, screening and management of chronic health conditions.” said Dr. Gill. Seva plans to have open discussions on cancer screening, mental health, diabetes, prenatal care, food allergies, heart disease, dental hygiene and healthy lifestyle choices to start.
The first forum will focus on mental health and wellness. Komal Bassi, a volunteer at Seva and a RN with the Canadian Mental Health Association Peel, said: “One in five people, or approximately 260,000 of Peel residents, have or will experience a mental health issue sometime in their life. Sadly, almost a third of these individuals will not seek help or treatment for their concerns. This may be due to negative perceptions surrounding discourse about mental health in our society. With this open forum, we hope to reduce some of that stigma, discuss ways to improve our everyday wellbeing and examine mental health supports available within our community.”
Seva Food Bank opened its doors to the Malton community in February. It also operates another facility on Wolfedale Road. The Seva Food Bank serves approximately 12,000 individuals a month out of its Malton and Wolfedale locations. It helps to distribute nearly 40% of all food among The Mississauga Food Bank network.
“Seva’s mission has always been to fight to end hunger in our community.” said Dr. Gill “However, hunger never exists in isolation. Along with working to fight hunger and poverty, we hope to empower our clients and work towards improving their lives and overall wellbeing.”
The Mental Health and Wellness forum will be held on Sunday, May 11, 2-4 p.m., at the Malton Food Bank (2832 Slough Street) and is open to all free of charge. It will include group workshops on art therapy, yoga and mindfulness. You can pre-register by calling 905-671-9384 or by emailing [email protected].
To learn more about Seva Food Bank’s new programs, you can visit www.sevafoodbank.com.
