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Summary of the Paris Peace Agreement Commemorat​ion Gathering by KYAA in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Khmer Youth Association of Alberta
7011 Ogden Road SE
Calgary, AB, T2C 1B5
Phone: 403-455-8294
Email: info@khmeryouth.cambodianview.com

October 23, 2011

Dear members and participants

First of all, I would like to sincerely express my deep gratitude and thanks for your volunteering and attending on the commemoration of 20th Anniversary of Paris Peace Agreement. It is a very successful gathering day. We are very proud on this collective effort to make us more aware and knowledgeable on this day. This 20th Anniversary gathering is mainly expecting to achieve education for our youths, adults, seniors and main stream local people. As a result, every one has learnt a lot from this day. Other goals for us is to ensure that community members have been aware of this day, the United Nations and the government of Canada have persistently paid attention with the current Cambodian government to abide by the stipulations it has signed with the international communities in making this Peace Agreement successful. Among rigorous issues in Cambodia, the need for the genuine democracy of pluralism, the enforcement of the rule of law, the judiciary independence, the sustainable development and the independence of Khmer Rouge Tribunal are imperative for engagement from all signatory countries.

You are cordially invited to commemorat​e the 20th Anniversar​y of Paris Peace Accord together in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Committees of association and youth association wouldlike to cordially invite members and distinguished quests to commemorate the 20thanniversary of Paris Peace Accord

• Blessing from the Monks
• Keynote speaker about the meaning of Paris Peace Accordand the progress within this 20 years
• Filming some documentaries
• Q & A

You are cordially invited to participat​e Khmer Pchum Ben Festival on Saturday, 24 Sept. 2011 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

See link http://www.cambodianview.com/news.htm and attached programs

Note that Pchum Ben Festival is very important for Cambodian people domestically and internationally to accumulate merits by paying gratitude to ancestors, to develop peaceful mind through good deeds and prayers, and to preserve the Khmer culture. Part of the Festival, there will chanting and preaching in the evening of Sept. 23 and offering food to the monks and seniors in the morning of Sept. 24. Beside this, the participants can enjoy the night concert entertaining by the popular singer from Cambodia, the live Khmer band and dance with Khmer dance-styles in unison.

Happy Pchum Ben Day!

Regards,
Sophoan

Man not responsible for wife's death, judge rules

Narin Sok (Photo: Edmonton Journal)

May 16, 2011
CBC News (Canada)

A 52-year-old Edmonton man was found not criminally responsible Monday in the death of his wife.

A Court of Queen's Bench judge ruled that Narin Sok did not know what he was doing when he strangled his wife Deang Huon, 40, in their central Edmonton apartment on July 30, 2008.

The Crown and defence lawyers recommended in a joint submission last week that Sok not be held criminally responsible. Justice Darlene Acton agreed.

Sok's fate in now in the hands of Alberta's Mental Health Panel which will decide if and when he should be released into the community.

Khmer New Year Entertainment Night in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Khmer New Year Celebration Invitation in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Observation of the Paris Peace Agreements in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Six-year-old boy raises money for Cambodian orphans

Samuel Seehawer got a hero's welcome from firefighters at his neighbourhood fire hall.
Sam had a police escort while he rode through his neighbourhood with his mother running alongside.
People held up signs of encouragement.

Sat Sep. 18 2010
CTV Calgary (Alberta, Canada)

A little boy has a big goal: to help children just like him. Samuel Seehawer has no hands and only one leg.

"I decided to help those people in need," said Samuel Seehawer.

On Saturday, many in his neighbourhood came out to watch him pedal his bicycle alongside a police escort. He's riding to raise hope and money for kids just like him.

"I feel totally blessed with all these people here to support Samuel," said his mother, Charlotte Seehawer.

His mom says Samuel's life didn't begin with such fanfare, in fact just the opposite.

She met him when he was two-months-old at a Cambodian orphanage. He was born with congenital amputations and was abandoned.

"It was six years today that I first met Samuel at the government orphanage and had they told me that this was going to be happening today, my little boy with no hands and one leg, I'm amazed," added Charlotte Seehawer.

Now his mom has to run to keep up with him as Sam rode two full kilometres along with his special escort.

He's raising money for The Place of Rescue orphanage in Cambodia and one of its newest residents, a baby girl named Sarah. She too was abandoned, and also has congenital amputations, just like him.

"She had some physical challenges just like he does, he says she's just like me and I want to do something to help her," commented Blaine Sylvester with the Place of Rescue.

Along the way, Samuel was treated like a hero at his neighbourhood fire station, and people held up signs of encouragement along the way.

"I was pleased, excited, and a little bit surprised that a six-year-old boy would be so perceptive and willing to do this," added Sylvester.

"I'm delighted and I'm very, very proud," said Charlotte Seehawer.

So far, Samuel has raised more than $3,000 for The Place of Rescue which will help Sarah and 350 other Cambodian orphans.

Pchum Ben Announcement in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Commemoration of the 61st Anniversary of the Loss of Kampuchea Krom in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Vesak Celebration at Calgary Buddhist Temple, Alberta, Canada

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Cambodian New Year Celebration in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Son Soubert to receive an honorary doctor of law from U of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Son Soubert (L) (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

Impressive list to receive U of L honourary degrees

Friday, 13 March 2009
Written by Lethbridge Herald
(Excerpt)

This year’s lineup of University of Lethbridge honourary degree recipients includes the famous and well-known from southern Alberta and beyond.
...
Son Soubert, from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is scheduled to receive a doctor of laws this fall. Soubert is an educator, politician and humanitarian who has worked to establish responsible politics in Cambodia and established two orphanages.