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More than 500 people from dozens of creeds and cultures celebrated Harmony Day at Campsie's Orion Centre on Wednesday. Many guests arrived at the sixth annual celebration in national dress and others brought traditional food to share with their fellow Australians. Canterbury Harmony Group's honorary chairman Karl...

Residents know him as a west ward Labor councillor, but before Karl (Khodr) Saleh was elected to Canterbury City Council, he'd fled war-torn Lebanon to settle in Australia. In an effort to encourage members of the community to tell their tales to record the area's migration...

A SIMPLE solution to parking problems around Punch bowl Park on sporting days was revealed in a City of Canterbury report on the matter. "Investigations into the use of the car park indicated that it was not always being opened on the weekend for the park...

  Concerns have been raised about race-based naming of police crime squads, and Canterbury's Multicultural Advisory Committee (MAC) has written to Minister for Police Michael Daley requesting names such as the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad be dropped. Councillor and MAC chairperson Karl Saleh said concerns have...

SOME people may already know to jump on a train and head to Lakemba or Punchbowl for halal products. But Canterbury councillor Karl Saich wants to take it a step further and make it the official halal capital of Australia. At Thursday’s council meeting, he suggested the...

Canterbury Council will write to the Australian Electoral Commission in a bid to improve access at election booths for people with a disability for the State Election on March 26. At Thursday's council meeting, Cr Karl Saleh said residents had expressed a concern about the lack...

Traditional Chinese dancers will grace the stage at Riverwood Senior Citizens Centre today to usher in the grand celebrations for the Year of the Tiger. This Sunday, February 14, marks the beginning of the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese Lunar calendar, and residents have...

Canterbury's first electronic waste (e-waste) collection and recycling service will be held this Saturday. Cr Karl Saleh (pictured with mayor Robert Furolo) called for a report earlier this year to examine the feasibility of establishing an e-waste drop off service, where residents can dispose of old...

The introduction of Canterbury Council's e-waste collection starts on Saturday at the northern end of the Shakespeare St carpark in Campsie. To coincide with National Recycling Week, Canterbury Mayor Karl Saleh (left) - has announced the introduction of a new electronic waste collection and recycling service...

ABOUT 100 Housing NSW tenants from Punchbowl and the Inner West joined their Muslim neighbours for an iftar dinner as part of the holy month of Ramadan last week. The event was hosted by the Canterbury Harmony Group and Punchbowl Multicultural Tenants Group, with the support...