Garbage hero mayor Dyas pledges to clean up Rutland

Dyas said he was aware of Rutlanders expressing concern about the proliferation of litter, drug paraphernalia, and other debris/shit in their neighborhood. So he proposed dipping into council’s discretionary funds to save the day. Dyas is a director of the 200 member strong Uptown Rutland Business Association.

KTF financier Bir Singh Sandher's lawyer Robert Tonsoo (rtonsoo@bensonlawllp.com) of Benson Law LLP is tightly connected to Canco Petroleum and has been from its inception. Partner Navjit Khun Khun (navjit.khunkhun@cancopetroleum.ca) went to Bond University in Australia for a law degree. She worked at Benson Law before becoming in-house counsel for Canco Petroleum. Navjit Khun Khun is a member of Khalsa Aid International. After articling at Benson Law, she took her oath from Robert Tonsoo at the Guru Amar Dass Durbar Gurdwara in Rutland.

In 2024 she became President of the Uptown Rutland Business Association. While Khun Khun has apparently stepped away from the URBA, the Khalistanis have installed Maneet Sihdu from Benson Law LLP to replace her.

Maneet Sihdu, Partner – Benson Law

In 2020, 18 months after it was launched to great fanfare by the city, the Uptown Rutland Business Association's on-call team was scuttled. “We paused it for a refresh. We’re just retooling the program to make it most effective,” said URBA interim executive director Cathy Paterson. Funding of $130k was authorized by Kelowna city council in February 2024. The Uptown Rutland Business Association was expected to kick in $50k and was looking for the balance, $125k, through grants and community sponsorship. Those efforts failed and the Khalistani make work gift ended.

The Khalistani connect to the operations of Uptown Rutland Business Association and Mayor Tom Dyas are rock solid.