According to My Timmins Now “ Sikh Heritage Month has been proclaimed in Timmins. Instead of Mayor Michelle Boileau signing the proclamation at City Hall, it was done at the Gurdwara — or Temple – on Cedar St. S.
That’s where a museum has been established by Kanwaljit Kaur Bains, known as “Daisy”. She and her husband, Bahadur Singh Bains, are co-founders of the Gurdwara.
At the proclamation event, she gave Mayor Boileau a tour of the museum, outlining the arrival of the first Sikhs in Canada in the late 19th century, through their service in the Canadian military and their life in Timmins today.
Bains says Sikhism isn’t only a religion, it’s a way of life that includes helping anyone who needs it. Plans are in the works to offer two-hundred free meals a week.
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