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Trump’s victory sends Trudeau’s energy, climate strategy into disarray

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he stunning victory by Donald Trump in the U.S. election throws into disarray Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s goal of forging a North American energy and climate strategy. Canada’s energy future remains deeply entwined with that of the United States, which is now virtually our only customer for exports of crude oil, natural gas and electricity, and which has under President Barack Obama played a leadership role on international climate change action. As a result of Mr. Trump’s upset, the prospect for a continental energy policy will look very different from this past year, since the Liberals came to power. The Republican standard-bearer has dismissed concerns about climate change, pledged to slash regulations that impede the production and use of fossil fuels, and is unlikely to stand in the way of new pipelines that would bring oil-sands crude from Cana- Continued on Pg 4

Triumphant Donald Trump elected US President, Clinton concedes

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E D I T O R I A L

Controversial Trump’s Surprise Win

or maintaining its sup er- p ower status, the U S continues to d ominate international l y with resp ect to economic, p ol itical , cul tural, and military influence. Being a sy mbol of great strength, it k eep s monitoring the entire p l anet.

The B al d E agl e is a message: Along with an official flower and motto, every state has its own official bird. But flying high above them al l is the bal d eagl e, rep resenting the U nited S tates of A merica. I mages of the iconic bird can be found j ust about every where, from coins and p ap er currency to p assp orts and the president’s official seal. Historically sp eak ing, the id ea for using the bal d eagl e to sy mbol iz e A merica was p rop osed in 1 7 8 2 , when a d rawing of the eagl e was p resented to the newl y - formed C ongress, accord ing the U .S . N ational A rchives. I t was immed iatel y accep ted , and soon an ol ive branch and arrows ( rep resenting p eace and war, resp ectivel y ) were incl ud ed in the eagl e’ s tal ons. The bald eagle was officially ad op ted as the embl em of the U nited States five years later, in 1787. The bal d eagl e was chosen because of its association with authority and statehood in fact, the eagl e had been used as a sy mbol of governmental p ower since R oman times. http://www. livescience.com. The fed eral government comp rises three branches, which are d esigned to check and bal ance one another’ s p owers: L egisl ative: The C ongress, mad e up of the S enate and the H ouse of R ep resentatives, which mak es fed eral l aw, d ecl ares war, ap p roves treaties and has p owers of imp eachment.

E x ecutive: The P resid ent, who ad ministers and enforces fed eral l aw, can veto bil l s, and is C ommand er in C hief of the mil itary . J ud iciary : The S up reme C ourt and l ower fed eral courts, whose j ud ges are ap p ointed by the P resid ent with S enate ap p roval , which interp ret l aws and

their val id ity und er the C onstitution and can overturn l aws they d eem unconstitutional . http://awesomeamerica.com/ I t’ s imp ortant for the A mericans to be more careful and vigil ant when it comes to el ecting the p resid ent.

N everthel ess, its el ectoral sy stem is p robl ematic, comp l ex , ex tremel y and ex hausting.

I n fact, A mericans d o not vote d irectl y for their p resid ent and vice p resid ent. I nstead , they work on an E l ectoral C ol l ege sy stem. S o, whil e they p ick the names of the cand id ates they are voting for, they are actual l y casting their bal l ots for the el ectors in their resp ective states. I n al l , there are 5 3 8 el ectors rep resenting the 5 0 states p l us the cap ital , D istrict of C ol umbia.

To win “ the white house, ” a cand id ate need s 5 0 p ercent p l us one of the total 5 3 8 el ectors. The magic number is 2 7 0 . The l arger the state’ s p op ul ation, the l arger the siz e of the E l ectoral C ol l ege. “ There are p eop l e who d on’ t think Trump is qualified, but also believe C l inton is corrup t. W hat y ou hear a l ot is that it’ s a bad choice, between an incomp etent and a corrup t p ol itician,” said a former FBI official. Although, M ad am C l inton was cl eared by the F B I , y et she d id not score enough as p red icted .

A t the end of the d ay , D onal d Trump won the W hite H ouse – securing 2 8 9 el ectoral votes. The p resid ent - el ect wil l resume work ing in the oval office on 25th January 2017 as the strongest p erson of the W orl d for the nex t four y ears. I n other word s, the R ep ubl icans have won the game.

They al read y are in maj ority in the S enate.

A fter el ection N egative d evel op ment: F rustration over Trump ’ s win has ex p l od ed ; p rotesters have been arrested for setting fires and burning American flag, smashing glass.

C rowd s of angry p rotesters have tak

en to streets across the U nited S tates chanting “ N ot O ur P resid ent” whil e setting fires and smashing windows.

H und red s of p eop l e d escend ed on C al ifornia minutes after it was announced that Trump has won. The P ortl and p rotest began soon after he cl aimed victory , at times bl ock ing traffic with arms raised. However, the p rotest was p eaceful , with the d emonstrators venting their anger through their chanting. S ome 1 , 5 0 0 high school stud ents and teachers wal k ed out of cl asses and ral l ied in the courty ard of B erk el ey H igh S chool . The p rotests are sp read ing between the two coasts.

L uck y R ep ubl icans: Maybe, a gender disparity on religious grounds still exists in the US. Most probably, that caused Clinton’s failure.

Beyond doubt, the most qualified cand id ate was H il l ary C l inton whil e D onal d Trump was d ecl ared by the entire mainstream media as an unfit candidate for the oval office. However, the voters d id n’ t p ay attention to al l of that. A maj ority has rej ected the d emocrats for their p oor p ol icies and p erformance. Trump took ad vantage of the situation and battl ed real l y hard to reach the white house.

O ther factor is A merican p eop l e bl ame the outsourcing of manufacturing sector to the third worl d countries as the main reason behind j ob l osses.

Trump ’ s rhetoric against M usl ims and his bord er control ambitions seem to be merel y el ection tactics.

D uring his accep tance sp eech: Trump pledged to fix the “inner cities, ” and rebuil d highway s, cities, airp orts, school s and more.” W e wil l d oubl e our growth and have the strongest economy every where in the worl d , ” he said . “ W e must recl aim our country ’ s d estiny and d ream big and bol d and d aring .Trump ack nowl ed ged d uring his accep tance sp eech earl y W ed nesd ay morning say ing A merica wil l “ get

al ong with al l other nations wil l ing to get al ong with us.” Trump ex p ressed his d esire for change and a new chap ter for A merica with a message of creating a nation for al l and hel p ing worl d rel ations. “ W e wil l have great rel ations al l around the worl d .” The p resid ent- el ect ad d ed . Trump had a message of hop e say ing he p l ans for A merica to d eal fairl y with every one, al l p eop l e, and al l nations.” “ I p l ed ge to every citiz en of our l and that I wil l be p resid ent for al l A mericans and this is so imp ortant to me, ” he ad d ed .

S umming up : D onal d Trump has a big respons ibil ity ahead because he owes the el ectorate accountabil ity with transpa rency a s commande r- in- chief.

The changing environment incl ud ing cl imate change, gl obal warming and the scarcity of d rink ing water need immed iate attention.

The P resid ent- el ect shoul d focus on d efusing the ongoing unrest around the worl d , so that human l ife is back to normal . C ol l ateral d amage, k il l ings, religious fights, slavery, corporate and p ol itical corrup tions shoul d absol utel y come to an end .

S ince inhabitants of the entire p l anet regard l ess of col or, creed or ethnicity are eq ual , hence mak e one nation.

M essage is war- mongering need s be rep l aced by new tool s incl ud ing the tabl e tal k s for negotiating gl obal p eace and p rosp erity .

P ak istan’ s engagement as a front l ine state in the war against terrorism has been successful l y continuing for many y ears. The U S can hel p in curbing the hid d en hand s engaged in financing the terrorists in the interest of p eace in the region.

K ashmir is d esp erate for international attention to resol ve its issue through p l ebiscite A stronger p artnership between C anad a and the U S wil l surel y p romote economic coop eration for financial stabil ity .

Wa a n l a y s a l i l i n s a n i i l l a m a ’ s a ’ a a T h a t m a n c a n h a v e n o t h i n g b u t w h a t h e s t r i v e s f o r.

Liberal economic plan has failed

Rona Ambrose, Leader of the Official Opposition O n N ovember 1s t, the L iberal government upda ted C anadi ans on the state of C anada ’ s economy and its own finances over the next five years. They downgraded forecasts for economic growth and unveil ed an ext ra $32 bil l ion in add ed spe ndi ng.

C anadi ans al so l earned that since the L iberal s were el ected, the economy hasn’ t created a singl e ad di tional ful l - time j ob. I t’ s cl ear the L iberal economic pl an has fail ed.

A nd not onl y has their pl an fail ed, but L iberal tax hike s are maki ng things worse. C anadi ans are worse off today than they were a year ago.

F irst, they raised taxe s on the mid dl e- cl ass by cancel l ing famil y tax credi ts for spor ts and a rts cl asses.

They al so broke their pr omise to smal l businesses by cancel l ing the schedul ed l owering of the smal l business tax rate. N ow they are impos ing a C P P tax hike and a carbon tax that wil l cost famil ies thousands of dol l ars every ye ar.

B ut instead of changing course to addr ess this di re situation, the L iberal s are doubl ing dow n on their fail ed pl an.

The L iberal economic pl an has fail ed and C anadi ans are pa yi ng for it. C onservatives wil l continue to be the voice of the taxpa ye r.

‘Trials & Tribulations’!

By: Gulshan Aalani The most de vastating nerve break ing situation of trial s and tribul ations in the most p art of the worl d, seems l ike history is repe ating itsel f, sadl y it seems pa rt of di vine pr ophe cies ( B ibl e, & I sl amic) are being fulfilled in this an era of D aj j al - anti- C hrist- anti- G O D .

A l though, we are aware of the flooding in the time of Prophet N oah ( A S ) , and the vast de struction in the time of P rophe t L ot ( A S ) , for which the warning was given through the P rophe ts but d ue to the ‘ rebel l iousness and di sobedi ence’ of some, the ‘ D ivine anger’ took ove r and e veryt hing was de

stroye d.

W ho can de ny that manki nd pa ys for its own bad K armaa- de eds and rebel l iousness to the orde r of C reator- G O D ? H I S puni shment comes in different order and forms.

Though, the horrific man-made destruction in S yr ia cannot be j ustified. The blame worthy are: Syrian l eade r, the R ussian, the R ebel s, and all other different groups killing C hil dr en, de stroyi ng the famil ies and t heir homes, and the worl d l ooks on, tryi ng to find the solution but cannot find the ways of intervention to stop such barbaric atrocities by e vil men.

D oesn’ t this pr ove that manki nd is not capa bl e of doi ng anyt hing when the de vil is l eft l oose? O nl y the di vine intervention can succeed at ap p ointed time by H I M . N o human gods have any pow er to l ay a finger to stop it. The only power they have is to pos sess the minds of fal l ibl e and vul nerabl e to misguide themagainst the D ivine S upe r P ower, A l mighty G O D .

N E R M E E N S H A I K H repor ted: “ A irstrike s W edne sda y ki l l ed at l east 2 pe opl e, most of them school chil dr en. The attacks occurred in a vil l age in S yr ia’ s rebel hel d I dl ib pr ovince. A ccordi ng to repor ts by the S yr ian C ivil D efense rescue worke rs, t he raids were car

ried out by e ither S yr ian or R ussian warpl anes and hit a reside ntial area and a school ” . “ S Y R I A N M A N : [ transl ated] O h, G od! O h, G od! G od, pl ease hel p us! O h, “ G od! O h, G od! Y ou are seeing our situation! “ S Y R I A N G I R L 1: [ transl ated] I want my mother. Take me to my mother.

G I R L 2: [ transl ated] The pl ane hit us. I do not want to go to the school .

S ays : S tephe n O ’ B rien. “ E ach month, I have come before you and pr esented an ever- worsening record of de struction and atrocity , griml y catal oguing the sys tematic de struction of a country and its pe opl e. W hil e my j ob is to rel ay to you the facts, I cannot hel p but be incande scent with rage. - - worse and worse, and nothing is actual l y happe ning to stop the war, stop the suffering”. “ W e H ave a D uty to C al l for E nd to K il l ing in S yr ia & H ow W e E nd I t M atters A s the U nited S tates accuses R ussia of bombing civil ians in S yr ia” .

S ays : B assam H adda d di rector of the M iddl e E ast and I sl amic S tudi es pr ogram at G eorge M ason.

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Nawaz lauds PAF’s role in eliminating terrorism

P rime M inister N awaz S harif on W ed nesd ay l aud ed the rol e p l ay ed by P ak istan A ir F orce ( P A F ) in counter- terrorism op erations in the country and said the nation was p roud of their professional capabilities.In an interaction with the PAF officials including officers and staff at PAF Airbase Mushaf in Sargodha, the p rime minister said “ P A F has al way s p l ay ed a vital rol e in

the country ’ s d efence” .N awaz al so mentioned the contribution of P A F in op eration Z arb- i- A z b.“ The fal cons of P ak istan A ir Force are our pride,” he told the PAF officials. He congratul ated the troop s on the successful cul mination of ‘ H ighmark ’ ex ercises, cond ucted every four y ears to enhance the op erational p rep ared ness of the P A F . The p rime minister said P A F p l ay ed a significant role in the country’s defence by working in association with army and navy .

Nawaz was given a comprehensive briefing at the command and control centre about H igh M ark ’ s successful cul mination and its achieved obj ectives.E arl ier, on his arrival , the p rime minister was received by Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman and senior officers of the PAF. Defence Minister Khawaja M uhammad A sif accomp anied the p rime minister.

N awaz was p resented a guard of honour and sal ute by a smartl y turned out contingent of P A F .The p remier al so reviewed the p arade and witnessed the fly-past of a formation of the F-16 fighter j ets bel onging to S q uad ron 9 and the S A A B aircraft.

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Fazl says Imran will be arrested in Panama case

M U L TA N : J amiat U l ema- i- I sl am- F az l ( J U I - F ) chief M aul ana F az al ur R ehman has said P aki stan Tehreek- i- I nsaf ( P TI ) chief I mran K han wil l be arrested in connection with the P anama P ape rs l eaks .

H e said t his whil e tal ki ng to the medi a here on Tuesda y . “ O n what basis shoul d the pr ime minister resign? The situation has changed and the plaintiff will become the accused and the accused plaintiff,” he said.

H e said I mran K han and his team were escapi ng accountability, but they would be arrested and disqualified in connection with P anama l eaks . “ They a re creating issues for themsel ves,” he adde d.

F az l said the pr ime minister woul d onl y become a cul pr it

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After 14 years in office, Ishratul Ibad has been replaced as governor Sindh, it emerged Wednesday.

Ibad has been replaced by a former chief justice of Pakistan, Justice Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqui.

Siddiqui was among the aspiring candidates for the post of president in 2003 and 2008.

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Ould Cheikh Ahmed: Yemen is Battle for Mosul: Investigators examine mass grave site on ‘brink of500the abyss’ wounded when several air strikes tar- I raqi investigators have carried out an initial

The W orl d H eal th O rganisation say s at l east 7 , 0 0 0 p eop l e have been k il l ed in Y emen’ s 2 0 - month civil war, and the U N p eace envoy warns that the country is teetering on the “ brink of the aby ss” . I n a statement rel eased on M ond ay , the W H O said “ more than 7 , 0 7 0 p eop l e had been k il l ed and over 3 6 , 8 1 8 inj ured ” as of O ctober 2 5 - with another 2 1 mil l ion p eop l e in urgent need of heal th services. M ore than hal f of al l heal th facil ities across the country have been shut or were onl y p artial l y functioning amid a “ critical shortage” of d octors, it said .

S p eak ing to rep orters in the cap ital S anaa, U N envoy I smail O ul d C heik h A hmed l amented the d evastating viol ence and reiterated calls for an end to the fighting. “Peop l e are d y ing ... the infrastructure is fal l ing ap art ... and the economy is on the brink of aby ss, ” he said . S aud i A rabia, al ong with a coal ition of other A rab states, intervened in Y emen in M arch 2 0 1 5 in sup p ort of the government of P resid ent A bd - R abbu M ansour H ad i after H outhi rebel s took over the cap ital . S ince then, the coal ition has been bl amed for several attack s on med ical centres - incl ud ing some run by international aid group D octors W ithout B ord ers ( M S F ) - school s, factories and homes, which have k il l ed scores of civil ians. L ast month, at l east 1 4 0 p eop l e were k il l ed and more than

geted a funeral reception in the capital. The October 8 strike prompted an international outcry and strong criticism - even from Saudi Arabia’s closest Western allies. A recent report published by the Yemen Data Project, a group of security and human rights researchers, said more than one third of coalition air strikes hit civilian sites, including schools, hospitals and mosques. Out of the more than 8,600 air raids it examined, the report found 3,577 were listed as hitting military sites and 3,158 non-military, while 1,882 strikes were classified as unknown.

The UN envoy urged the Arab coalition controlling Yemen’s airspace to allow commercial flights in and out of Sanaa’s international airport to evacuate the wounded. The coalition, however, has argued that the rebels would use the airport - completely under their control - to transport weapons. International organisations have also warned in recent weeks of a spread of disease and growing malnutrition rates in the country.

Ould Cheikh Ahmed warned of a “very dangerous” health situation with an estimated 2,241 suspected cholera cases. The UN has confirmed 71 cases of the disease, which is transmitted through contaminated drinking water and causes acute diarrhoea. Attempts by the UN envoy to coax all sides to commit to a ceasefire and resume peace talks have failed. Ould Cheikh Ahmed urged the rivals to “make some concessions” and defended a plan for peace he put forward last month.

The mediator, who had been discussing his proposal with the rebels since Thursday, was heading to Riyadh to meet Hadi. The UN refugee agency estimates that more than 2.4 million Yemenis have fled their homes to elsewhere in the country, and 120,000 have sought asylum in other countries, including Djibouti and Somalia.

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Trump Cont from Page 1 da to the refinery hub in the U.S. Gulf Coas.

Mr. Trump favoured the Keystone XL pipeline that Mr. Obama turned down, and has said he will invite Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. to refile its application. However, the real estate developer said he would want a better deal for the U.S. including wanting “a piece” of the pipeline project for the U.S., though he has never suggested how that stake would be achieved. If, as he has promised, Mr. Trump rolls back his predecessor’s climate commitments, Canada will face tough competitiveness questions as Ottawa and the provinces pursue plans to increase carbon prices in the coming years. “With Trump, [energy policy] is a black box because he has not offered detailed plans,” said Colin Robertson, vice-president of the Ottawa-based Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Renewable energy advocates insist that, regardless of the outcome of the presidential election, the U.S. will continue to see a surge in clean-energy investment as U.S. states pursue their own standards and policies that drive adoption of increasingly competitive wind and solar power. But Mr. Trump would likely hurt the renewable energy sector because he would kill off Mr. Obama’s clean-power plan, which would encourage states to adopt clean power over coal-fired electricity. He will likely end a key renewable-energy tax credit when it comes up for extension in 2019, noted Divya Reddy, an analyst with Washington-based political risk firm Eurasia Group. While the businessman diverged from Republican orthodoxy in areas such as trade and foreign affairs, he has echoed the party’s long-standing support for unfettered oil and gas development. His chief energy adviser is Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota congressman and climate-change skeptic

whom Ms. Reddy describes as “perhaps the most outspoken advocate for the U.S. oil and gas industry in Congress.” Mr. Trump has committed to roll back regulations that hamper the indust ry. While he has not been specific, that may well include Obama administration plans to cut methane emissions from oil and gas sector by up 45 per cent – a joint Canada-U.S. commitment was made when Mr. Trudeau visited Washington in March. Climate negotiators are gathering this week in Morocco for the annual United Nations summit and will have to assess how Mr. Trump’s victory will affect the Paris agreement reached a year ago. He has threatened to walk away from the deal, which Mr. Obama ratified last month by executive order.

There are several ways in which Mr. Trump could undermine the Paris accord, which aims to limit the rise in average global temperatures to less than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. He can simply ignore U.S. commitments to reduce emissions, and to provide billions of dollars in aid to developing countries. The surprise victory by Mr. Trump could force the federal and provincial governments in Canada to reconsider climate policies that will disadvantage energy producers here and drive up costs for manufacturers, said Laura Dawson, director of Canada Institute at Washington’s Wilson Center a non-partisan think tank. “It may force Canada to backtrack on some of its initiatives that would put Canada too far out ahead as an outlier,” she said. “The Trudeau government was trying to go where the puck was going under an Obama White House but that puck might stop altogether under Trump, or it might turn into a basketball.”

Source: Globe and Mail

exa mination on Tuesda y of a mass grave site di scovered in an area south of M osul that was recentl y retake n from I S I L control . I raqi security forces announced the di scovery of the site in the H ammam al - A l il area on M onda y , after retaki ng it as pa rt of the ope ration to recapt ure M osul , the l ast I raqi city hel d by the I sl amic S tate of I raq and the L evant group, al so know n as I S I S . “ Toda y , the team conduc ted an initial exa mination,” said M ohammed Taher al - Tamimi, head of the ope rations room in the general secretariat of the cabinet, which he said is coordi nating and sup porting efforts to investigate the site. Iraq’s J oint O pe rations C ommand said on M onda y that 10 headl ess bodi es had been found in the H ammam al - A l il area - an assertion that di d not appe ar to be suppor ted by avail abl e evide nce on the ground. “ F rom what we saw toda y , I bel ieve that there are around 25 bodi es visibl e. B ut this doe s not mean that this is the total number. W e bel ieve that there are very l arge numbers there,” Tamimi said.

M en in I raqi po l ice uniforms used rope s to pul l two bodi es, one of them headl ess, from the grave, and al so removed a de capi tated head, but they were l ater tol d to return them to their original l ocations. The investigators, some of whom wore face masks because of the smel l , took notes at the grave site. O n Tuesda y , the U nited N ations said that I S I L fighters have abducted 295 former Iraqi S ecurity F orces members near M osul and forced 1,50 famil ies to retreat with them from the town of H ammam al - A l il towards M osul airpor t. “ P eopl e forcibl y moved or abduc ted, it appe ars, are either intende d to be used as human shiel ds or - de pe ndi ng on their perceived affiliations - killed,” UN human rights spoke swoman R avina S hamda sani said. The U N al so had information about the abduc tion of at l east 30 sheikhs in S inj ar l ast week, and one repor t that 18 of them had been ki l l ed on F rida y . I S I L overran l arge areas north and west of B aghda d in 2014, de cl aring a cross- borde r “ cal iph ate” that al so incl ude d territory in neighbouring S yr ia. I ts rul e has been marke d by repe ated atrocities incl ud ing mass beheadi ngs and other exe cutions that it has doc umented in

phot os and vide os shared by its suppor ters onl ine. I raqi forces have since regained much of the territory that I S I L seiz ed, and have uncovered a series of mass graves and massacre sites as they have pus hed the group back. M eanwhil e, I raqi K urdi sh forces have exchanged heavy fire with ISIL fighters as they move from two di rections into the centre of B ashiqa , a town al ong a ke y sup pl y route for the armed group on the way to Mosul. The offensive to reclaim the town 13km east of M osul city is the l atest pus h in a broader offensive to drive ISIL out of I raq’ s second- l argest city . C ombat began at da wn on M onda y with a K urdi sh barrage of heavy artil l ery , K atyus ha rocke ts, and mortar rounds striki ng I S I L pos itions, pr ovid ing cover for the adva nce of armoured c ol umns.

“Peshmerga fighters tell us they’ve retaken most of B ashiqa now,” A l J az eera’ s M ohammed J amj oom repor ted from about 2.5km away . H e said troops had secured the municipa l buil di ng in the centre of B ashiqa .

H owever, by l ate M onda y , the battl e stil l raged on. “We’re still hearing heavy fighting going on: street battles, gunfire, there’s been air strike s happe ning as wel l . S o it seems, at this hour, the fight is still intensifying,” our corresponde nt said. B ashiqa is bel ieved to be l argel y de serted exc ept for doz ens of ISIL fighters. “We have the coordinates of their bases and tunnel s, and we are targeting them from here in orde r to weake n them so that our forces can reach their targets more easil y ,” P eshmerga commande r B rigadi erG eneral I ska nde r K hal il G ardi tol d the A ssociated P ress news agency Source: Al-Jazeera

Thousands join anti-Trump protests around US

‘Trump is not my President’ - Windows smashed, bins on fire as Donald Trump victory sparks protests in several states. .independent.ie/world-news/north-america/ The el ection of D onal d Trump to P reside nt of the U nited S tates of A merica on earl y morning W edne sda y has spur red pr otests at col l eges and high school s around t he country .

M any stude nts have been upl oadi ng phot os of the pr otests unde r the hashtag #N ot M yP reside nt.

A t B erke l ey H igh S chool in C al ifornia, about 150 stude nts and teachers wal ke d out of cl ass before 9 a.m., The L os A ngel es Times repor ted.A bout 2,0 pe opl e pr otested T rump’ s el ection on W ed nesda y morning at The U niversity of C al ifornia, L os A ngel es. A t the height of the pr otest, a Trump pi nata was set on fire in a trash can, according to The Times.S tude nts al so convened at the S tate H ouse in B oston, M assachusetts on

Wednesday in a similar protest of the president-elect.http://www.businessinsider.com/ Thousands of protesters around the country took to the streets Wednesday to condemn the election of Donald Trump as president.

The demonstrations were mostly peaceful, authorities said.In Chicago, several thousand people marched through the Loop and gathered outside Trump Tower, chanting “Not my president!”Chicago resident Michael Burke said he believes the presidentelect will “divide the country and stir up hatred.” He added there was a constitutional duty not to accept that.

A similar protest in Manhattan drew about 1,000 people. Outside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in midtown, police installed barricades to keep the demonstrators at bay.

Hundreds of protesters gathered near Philadelphia’s City Hall despite chilly, wet weather.

Source: AP

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Who voted for Trump?

mericans emphatically declared their anger at government Tuesday as they elected a political outsider who failed to generate much excitement but offered the prospect of change.

Exit polls recorded the simmering discontent of the American electorate.

Four in 10 voters said they were hungry for change, and those voters overwhelmingly favoured Republican Donald Trump.

Smaller voting blocs who were seeking a candidate with good judgement, experience or who cared about them favoured vanquished Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton.

Nearly 7 in 10 voters said they were unhappy with the way the government is working, including a quarter who said they were outright angry, according to preliminary results of exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research.

Three-fourths of those angry voters backed Trump. Six in 10 voters said the country is on the wrong track.

Other findings from the exit poll: Trump’s working-class whites trump Clinton’s coalition Trump won by dominating among white voters, especially non-college-educated men, trumping Clinton’s coalition of women, minorities and young people.

Trump, who once famously declared that he loved the uneducated, got plenty of love back from white voters who never graduated from college: He got 7 in 10 votes from non-college-educated white men and 6 in 10 votes from non-college-educated white women.

The advantage Trump had among whites without a college degree compared with whites who graduated from college was the largest seen in exit polls for a Republican since the surveys started in 1972.

Clinton, meanwhile, got the support of less than a quarter of white men without a college degree; Barack Obama, by contrast, drew about a third of their votes four years ago.

Clinton did make some inroads with college-educated white women. Just over half supported her, while four years ago just over half of that group had backed Republican Mitt Romney in 2012.

Times two What kind of impact did third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Jill Stein have on the race?

They siphoned more votes from Clinton than from Trump.

A quarter of Johnson and Stein voters said they would have backed Clinton if they had to pick between the two major-party candidates. About 15 per cent would have backed Trump.

But most Johnson and Stein voters said they would have just stayed home if their only choices were Clinton and Trump.

Racial split Even with his tough talk about Mexican immigrants, Trump held on to roughly the same share of Hispanic voters as Romney had claimed four years ago.

Likewise, he was drawing about the same levels of support from black voters as Romney won.

The Republican was drawing about a quarter of Hispanic voters and about less than 1 in 10 black voters.

Clinton did better with Hispanic voters who were naturalised citizens, getting about 8 in 10 of their votes. She got about 6 in 10 Hispanic voters who were born US citizens.

Trump was winning more than half of white voters, who made up 70 per cent of the electorate.

To be honest Neither Trump nor Clinton gets bragging rights when it comes to honesty.

About 6 out of 10 voters said they don’t view Trump as honest and about the same share

felt the same way about Clinton.

Opinions were more mixed on the question of temperament.

Only about a third of Americans said Trump had the temperament to be president, while more than half felt Clinton did.

The gender gap It was Trump’s working-class white men who helped to produce a gender gap with a capital “G” for Clinton.

Tuesday’s election was on track to produce the largest gender gap since the exit poll began: The gender gap for Clinton the difference between the number of men who voted for her and the number of women who voted for her hit 13 percentage points.

Clinton’s support among women was roughly even with the support that women gave Obama in 2008 and 2012.

The bigger factor in this year’s wide gender gap: less-educated white men, who favoured Trump far more heavily than they did Romney in 2012 or GOP nominee John McCain in 2008.

The only presidential candidate that came close to Clinton’s gender gap this year was Democrat Al Gore, who had a 12-point gender gap in 2000.

Millennials versus elders Clinton largely managed to hang on to the millennials who were such a big part of Obama’s winning coalition.

Young people age 18-29 supported Clinton over Trump by nearly as strong a margin as their support of Obama over Romney in 2012.

Those between 30 and 44 also were much more likely to support Clinton than Trump.

Trump won the favour of those 45 and over.

Pessimism and anger There were grim strains woven into voter sentiments as they cast their ballots.

Nearly 7 in 10 voters said they were unhappy with the way the government is working, including a quarter who were outright angry.

Six in 10 voters said the country is seriously on the wrong track and about the same number said the economy was either not good or poor.

Two-thirds saw their personal financial situation as either worse or the same as it was four years ago.

One in three voters said they expect life to be

H il l ary C l inton on W edne sda y said she was “ sorry” , she di dn’ t win the el ection, add ing “ this is pa inful , and it wil l be for a l ong time.” “ This is pa inful and it wil l be for a l ong time but I want yo u to remember this: O ur campa ign was never about one pe rson or even one el ection. I t was about the country we l ove and about buil di ng an A merica that’ s hope ful , incl usive and big- hearted,” said H il l ary .

The D emocratic pr esid ential candi da te was de l ivering what her campa ign bil l ed as a concession spe ech to R epubl ican D onal d Trump after his ups et victory in Tuesda y’ s

el ection.D emocrat H il l ary C l inton concede d the 2016 U S W hite H ouse race to R ep ubl ican D onal d Trump on W edne sda y and offered to work with the pr eside nt- el ect, who she hope d woul d be a successful l eade r for al l A mericans.

She also urged her assembled staff and supporters, deflated after recent national opinion pol l s indi cated a good chance at victory , to continue to work for a better nation. C l inton urged suppor ters to ke ep an ope n mind on Trump a nd gi ve him a chance to l ead. “ L ast night I congratul ated D onal d Trump and offered to work with him on behalf of

our country . I hope that he wil l be a successful pr eside nt for al l A mericans,” C l inton told hundreds of supporters and staff. “ This is not the outcome we wanted or we work ed so hard for, and I ’ m sorry that we d id not win this el ection for the val ues we shared and the vision we hol d for our country , ” said Hillary.The former first lady, US senator and secretary of state said the el ection resul ts showed the nation was d eep l y d ivid ed , but the voters had sp ok en.A shen- faced aid es sat in the front row as sup p orters in the aud ience sobbed at the emotional event.

Source: dawn.com/news

F aith l ead ers and civil rights activists have warned p resid ent- el ect D onal d Trump that M usl im A mericans who l ive in the U S “ are not going any where” . Ten months after M r.

Trump p rop osed to ban the immigration of al l M usl ims to the U S , N ihad A wad , national ex ecutive d irector of the C ouncil of A mericanI sl amic R el ations ( C A I R ) said at a p ress conference that M usl ims woul d not move,

regard l ess of who won the el ection. “ W e are not going any where and we wil l not be intimid ated or marginal ised . “ G od wil l ing, the A merican M usl im community wil l continue to mobil ise to chal l enge bigotry , to up hol d j ustice and p rotect freed oms and rights of al l A mericans, ” he said . H e was j oined by other M usl im, J ewish and C hristian l ead ers who ask ed M r. Trump to d itch his d ivisive rhetoric and ad op t a more p ositive and incl usive tone to combat the fear currentl y fel t by many women, p eop l e of col our and minority group s. “ W e wil l hol d the new p resid ent to the highest stand ard in d efend ing the rights of al l those resid ing in our nation as guaranteed by the U S constitution, ” M r. A wad ad d ed . “ To those who are fearful , k now that A merica is y our home and the home for y our chil d ren. This is y our future. Y ou are not going any where, and y ou have the same rights and resp onsibil ities as al l other A mericans.” M r. A wad ad d ed that young people are “terrified” by Mr. Trump’s p rop osal s in the U S , the onl y country they

have ever k nown. I mam J ohari A bd ul - M al ik , d irector of outreach at the D ar A l H ij rah I sl amic C enter in V irigina, said he hop ed D onal d Trump woul d work by the val ues he hel d up at his victory sp eech, such as M r. Trump ’ s cal l for unity and to stand for the civil l iberties of al l A mericans. “ I t is our commitment to reach out and engage in social change that wil l imp rove the q ual ity of l ife in A merica, not j ust for historical minorities but al so for white and mid d l e cl ass A mericans who have gotten behind the tenor of the A merican p ol itical p rocess, ” he said . A nthony R omero, ex ecutive d irector of the A merican C ivil L iberties U nion, said he urged the p resid ent- el ect to change p ath on “ wronghead ed ” and “ unconstitutional ” p rop osal s such as d ep orting M usl ims, ex treme surveil l ance, p unish women for getting abortion and authorising torture l ik e waterboard ing. “ I f y ou d o not reverse course and instead end eavor to mak e these camp aign p romises a real ity , y ou wil l have to contend with the full firepower of the ACLU at every

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worse for the next generation.

Holding their noses Americans held their noses as they picked between the candidates: More than half of voters cast their ballots with reservations about their candidate or because they disliked the others running.

That was true both for those backing Trump and those supporting Clinton, the exit polls showed After a long, hard-fought campaign, just 4 out of 10 voters strongly favoured their candidate.

The prospect of a Trump victory was downright scary to plenty of voters: Seven in 10 Clinton voters said they’d feel scared by Trump victory.

Women’s issues versus email issues After all of the sound and fury over Trump’s treatment of women, it turned out the issue bothered half of all voters a lot and women were more concerned about it than men.

About 6 in 10 women were bothered a lot, compared to about 4 in 10 men, the exit poll found.

It turned out voters were somewhat less concerned about Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state.

That issue mattered a lot to about four in 10 voters, including about 9 in 10 Trump voters.

The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research with 23,583 voters as they left their polling places at 350 randomly selected sites throughout the United States supplemented by 4,404 telephone interviews with mail, early and absentee voters.

The results among all those voting have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

Source: dawn.com/news

Hillary ‘apologises’ to voters for not winning, urges voters to keep open mind on Trump

Muslim faith leaders address Donald Trump: ‘This is our home and we are not going anywhere’

step,” he wrote. “Our staff of litigators and activists in every state, thousand s of vol unteers and mil l ions of card - carry ing members and supporters are ready to fight against any encroachment on our cherished freed oms and rights.” A s of el ection morning, the D ecember 2 0 1 5 statement p l ed ging to comp l etel y ban al l M usl ims from entering the U S was tak en d own from the Trump website. The p age now red irects to his fund raising p age.

Source: The Independent

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Israel says no to Middle East peace talks in Paris

I srael formal l y rej ected F rance’ s invitation to tak e p art in a M id d l e E ast p eace conference in P aris l ater this y ear, say ing it was a d istraction from the goal of d irect negotiations with the P al estinians. A t a meeting in J erusal em with I srael ’ s acting national security ad viser and P rime M inister B enj amin N etany ahu’ s d ip l omatic ad viser, F rench envoy P ierre V imont was informed that I srael wanted nothing to d o with the effort to revive talks that last broke down in 2 0 1 4 . “ [ They ] tol d the F rench envoy in a cl ear and uneq uivocal manner that I srael ’ s p osition to p romote the p eace p rocess and reach an agreement wil l onl y come through d irect negotiations between I srael and the P al estinian A uthority , ” N etanyahu’s office said in a statement. There was no immed iate comment from V imont, but the F rench foreign ministry said it stil l p l anned to hol d the conference before the end of the y ear. F rance has rep eated l y tried to breathe new l ife into the p eace p rocess this y ear, hol d ing a p rel iminary conference in J une where the U nited N ations, E urop ean U nion, U nited S tates, and maj or A rab countries gathered to d iscuss p rop osal s without the I srael is or P al estin-

ians p resent. The p l an was to hol d a fol l ow- up conference before y ear- end with the I srael is and P al estinians invol ved , and see whether the two sid es coul d be brought back to negotiations. The l ast U S - back ed tal k s end ed in fail ure in A p ril 2 0 1 4 . The P al estinians have said they wil l attend the P aris conference if it goes ahead . I srael , which regard s the U nited S tates as the chief brok er in the M id d l e E ast, has l ong maintained that onl y d irect negotiations with the P al estinians can l ead to p eace and sees France’s efforts as a diversion. “Any other initiative, incl ud ing this one, wil l onl y d istance p eace from the region, ” N etanyahu’s office said, adding it expected F rance “ not to p romote a conference or a process that is contrary to [our] official position” . The P al estinians say they cannot resume tal k s with I srael until it susp end s the buil d ing of settl ements on occup ied l and that the P al estinians seek for an ind ep end ent state, and it meets p revious commitments, incl ud ing the rel ease of p risoners. D esp ite two U S attemp ts to resol ve the conflict during Barack Obama’s presid ency , tal k s have stal l ed over issues incl ud ing settl ements and P al estinian p ol itical d ivisions. W hil e most of the so- cal l ed “final status” issues are clear to both sides, critics say there wil l be l ittl e chance of a break through without genuine U S p ressure on I srael to hal t settl ement buil d ing, and without the P al estinians overcoming internal sp l its between H amas and the F atah p arty . M any anal y sts say the p rosp ect of a two-state solution to end the conflict is now bey ond reach, with no signs of I srael end ing its nearl y 5 0 - y ear occup ation of the W est B ank and E ast J erusal em.

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Housing starts in Vancouver fall to lowest level since 2011: CMHC

H ome construction is sl owing dow n in B ritish C ol umbia, with housing starts in V ancouver fal l ing to their l owest l evel in more than five years, according to the latest data from C anada M ortgage and H ousing C orp. The fede ral housing agency repor ted Tuesda y that the seasonal l y adj usted annual rate of housing starts in V ancouver fel l to 12,03.

The l ast time it was at that l evel was in M arch 201 1, C M H C said. I n B .C ., the annual p ace of urban starts fel l nearl y 45 pe r cent to 25 ,51 7 in O ctober, compa red with 46,29 in S ept ember. B M O economist R obert Kavcic said the drop could be the first sign that home buil de rs are respondi ng to softening de mand in the pr ovince. R eal estate sal es in the region have been fal l ing sharpl y in recent months. I n V ancouver, home sal es pl unged 38.8 pe r cent in O ctober compa red with a ye ar ago, accordi ng to the R eal E state B oard of G reater V ancouver. B uil de rs may also be putting off new projects as they wait to see what impa ct new government pol icies wil l have on de mand, said R obyn A da mache, C M H C ’ s pr incipa l marke t anal ys t for V ancouver. I n A ugust, the B .C . government impl emented a 15 pe r cent tax on foreigners buyi ng homes in M etro V ancouver, whil e the fede ral government moved l ast month to tighten rul es for mortgage l ende rs and foreign buyers in an effort to stabilize hot housing marke ts such as Toronto and V ancouver.

“ B uil de rs are gauging the marke t and waiting to see how the marke t respo nds to these after it adj usts a l ittl e bit,” said A da mache. “ The other pa rt of the equa tion is that in V ancouver there’ s a record number of homes al ready unde r construction, so they’ re busy j ust buil di ng what they’ ve al ready started.”

W hil e the dr op in housing starts in B ritish C ol umbia was pa rticul arl y sharp, the pa ce sl owed in most other regions of the country , as wel l , with Q uebec, the P rairies and A tl antic C anada al l seeing de cl ines. O ntario was an ex cept ion, with the annual pa ce of urban housing starts cl imbing 20 pe r cent to 81,360 l ast month, up from 67,98 pr eviousl y . TD economist D ina I gnj atovic said she expe cts starts to de cl ine conside rabl y in O ntario and B .C . next ye ar, fol l owing strong growth through most of 2016. “ The new mortgage and tax regul ations recentl y introduc ed by the fede ral government are expe cted to take some steam out of home sal es, pa rticul arl y in B .C . and O ntario which have accounted for the bul k of the gains so far this ye ar,” I gnjatovic said in a note. “This should filter through to homebuil di ng activity as wel l .”

O n a national l evel , the seasonal l y adj usted annual rate fel l to 192,8 units in O ctober, dow n 12 pe r cent from 219,36 units in S ep tember.

Source: Vancouver Sun

Trudeau’s $1.5 billion national coastal strategy just a start, Premier Clark says

P remier C hristy C l ark pr aised on M onda y the Trude au government’ s commitment to fund $1.5 bil l ion for coastal pr otection measures, and said she’s confident her pr ovince wil l get the l ion’ s share. B ut C l ark, who since 201 has dr awn a l ine in the sand de cl aring that any heavy oil pi pe l ine pr opos al s must meet condi tions that incl ude a “ worl d- l eadi ng” safety regime, said O ttawa hasn’ t ye t ful l y met her de mand.

S he tol d repor ters P rime M inister J ustin Trude au’ s announcement M onda y meets al l B .C .’ s current needs in pr otecting the coast from a de vastating spi l l . “ There’ s stil l a l ot of work to do shoul d K inde r M organ be appr oved,” she said of the $6.8bil l ion pr oj ect which, if it gets appr oval in coming weeks , woul d increase the number of l arge tanke rs entering B urrard I nl et from five to 34 a month. Clark was responding to Trudeau’s financial commitment over five years to fund a national Oceans Protection P l an aimed at ensuring “ environmental sustainabil ity” and “ respons ibl e commercial use.” Trude au made the announcement after touring the V ancouver H arbour aboard the S ir W il frid L aurier, the C anadi an C oast G uard ship named after the former C anadian prime minister who first coined the “ sunny ways ” sl ogan adopt ed by Trude au.

H e tol d a gathering at the R oya l C anadi an N avy’ s H M C S D iscovery facil ity in S tanl ey P ark that the “ historic” announcement would finally make Canada a “world leader” in marine safety , meeting or exc eedi ng standa rds found in N orway and A l aska .

The announcement was made as the government pr epa res to announce its de cision, expe cted by D ec. 19 at the l atest, on whether to appr ove the $6.8bil l ion K ind er M organ oil sands pi pe l ine expa nsion.

Trude au’ s announcement di dn’ t expl icitl y include many of the specific requests that V ictoria has recentl y put forward, incl udi ng three new sal vage rescue tugs costing up to $50 mil l ion api ece, a new $6 mil l ion coast guard station in P rince R upe rt, and fundi ng for a maritime training centre at the B .C .

I nstitute of Technol ogy . The announcement al so doe sn’ t incl ude any reference to Trude au’ s pr omise to bring in a crude oil tanke r ban for B .C .’ s north coast. H owever, the fede ral government has insisted that campa ign vow wil l be ke pt . B ut C l ark said O ttawa’ s p l edge to, for instance, impr ove the C anadi an C oast G uard’ s towing capa city repr esents impor tant p rogress. S he al so spe cul ated the national pl an, which al so incl ude s the A rctic and A tl antic coasts, wil l de vote the maj ority of the $1.5 bil l ion to B .C . V ancouver M ayor G regor R obertson wel comed the announcement and cal l ed

it “ a step toward rectifyi ng the pr evious fede ral government’ s de cade of cuts and negl ect that have put our coast at risk of maj or di sasters.” B ut the new safety and environmental pr otections di d not soften his staunch oppos ition to K inde r M organ’ s pr opos ed expa nsion. “ E ven with ‘ worl d cl ass’ oil tanke r spi l l respons e in V ancouver’ s waters, a maj or oil spi l l woul d be absol utel y de vastating to our environment and economy ,” R obertson said in a statement to P ostmedi a. “ The pr oactive way to pr event massive impa ct from an oil spi l l on B .C .’ s south coast is to not appr ove ( the pr oj ect) .”

F irst N ations oppos ed to heavy oil pi pe l ines took a simil ar pos ition. “ W e wel come impr ovements to oil spi l l cl ean up but at best this may hel p with the current threats we face, it changes nothing in regards to our oppos ition to d rastical l y increase tanke r traffic carrying dangerous diluted bitumen,” said C harl ene A l eck, spoke spe rson for the Tsl eil W aututh N ation S acred Trust I nitiative. C oastal F irst N ations, repr esenting northern B .C . groups that woul d be affected by the Trudeau government’s propos ed tanke r moratorium, cal l ed on O ttawa to make F irst N ations ful l pa rtners in any coastal pl an. “ L ast night’ s sinki ng of the C ol umbia L ayne barge near K l emtu and the spi l l of the N athan E . S tewart in H eil tsuk territory unde rscores how our communities pa y the pr ice for an inade qua te sys tem,” said C F N pr eside nt and H eil tsuk C hief C ouncil l or M aril yn S l ett. “ This is an impor tant step but our nations need to be invol ved at the nation- to- nation l evel in the de sign and de l ivery of marine safety and shippi ng management in our territories.”

I ain B l ack, pr eside nt of the G reater V ancouver B oard of Trade and a former cabinet minister in G ordon C ampbe l l ’ s L iberal government, said he’s confident Monday’s announcement wil l ul timatel y meet C l ark’ s test of what constitutes a worl d- l eadi ng safety regime. E nvironmental ists said the announcement is good news — but onl y if it isn’ t pa rt of a strategy to win publ ic suppor t for the pr opos ed K inde r M organ pi pe l ine, which woul d trip l e to 890, barrel s a da y the capa city of the compa ny’ s pi pe l ine sys tem to its W estridge Terminal in B urnaby . “ P rime M inister Trude au pr omised to put the K inde r M organ expa nsion through a serious, science- based review. That hasn’ t happe ned,” said K ai N agata, communications di rector at D ogwood I nitiative, which oppos es oil tanke rs on B .C . coasts. N agata said that Trude au al so said he woul d ban oil tanke rs on the N orth C oast. “ A ye ar l ater, we’ re stil l waiting for de tail s.”

Source: CTV News

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FAITH I t is narrated from I bn M asoud that the P rop het ( S al l al l ahu A l aihi wa S al l am) said : “ N o ’ A d wa nor S afar, A l l ah created every soul and wrote its l ife, l ivel ihood and trial s.” [ A t- Tirmithi]

By: Sadullah Khan

The Exercise of Hikmah .. Wisdom Defining Wisdom

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isdom has been defined as … the ability to make correct judgments and decisions.as foreseeing consequences and acting to maximize beneficial results. making the best use of available knowledge. thinking what is best and doing what is best in any given situation Hikmah (denoting ‘wisdom’) is a positive term used repeatedly in the Quran as a characteristic of the righteous [Quran 2:251; Quran 4:54; Quran 5:110], as a quality of those who truly understand [Quran 31:12].

The Quran is referred to as the Wise Quran [Quran 36:2]; the Book of Wisdom the verses of a Book of Wisdom [Quran 10:2; Quran 13:2] Wisdom is referred to as an integral component of the Message and Guidance provided by Divine Revelation … taught the Book, the wisdom, the Gospel and the Torah [Quran 5:110] and even the Almighty refers to Himself as The Mighty , The Wise [Quran 2:209].

When Prophet Abraham prayed for the fulfillment of the mission of prophets, he prayed for one who would ” relate scripture to the people, convey hikmah (wisdom) and provide a means of purification.”

[Quran 2:129] Hikmah is the lost property of the Believer; the Prophet Muhammad said and he en-

couraged us to take wisdom from any source. in the case of debating and argumentation, hikmah should be the primary instrument [Quran 16:125] Hikmah (Wisdom), ‘Aql (Mind) At times the word hikmah is interchanged with ‘aql; as evidenced in the saying of Sayedna ‘Ali, the tongue of a wise person is behind the heart and the heart of a fool is behind the tongue.

Hikmah & ‘Ilm

Though ‘ilm (knowledge) may open the doorways to hikmah, but hikmah is distinct from ‘ilm. Knowledge and information provides means for enlightenment ; Remember Allah’s Blessings and the (truthful information) sent through the Book and the wisdom it provides by which you may be enlightened. [Quran 2:23] The Prophet said ask the learned, consult with the wise and accompany the poor.

There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom. [Ancient Greek philosopher, Democritus] In our age… people seem more than ever prone to confuse wisdom with knowledge, and knowledge with information, [author and poet, T.S. Eliot] Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom.

Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty. [Philosopher & writer, Will Durant] The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. – [Isaac Asimov’s Book of Science and Nature Quotations, 1988 ]

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The month of SAFAR and misconceptions afar. G eneral l y , p eopl e of sub- continent, t ake this month, e spe cial l y , 1 3 da ys of safar as bad- omen. They don’ t start up good w orks be it inaugraton of bussiness, or weddi ngs.

R emember that our de en is I sl am which guide s us about each and e very a spe ct of life. We only can find these guide lines in Q uraan and S unnah ( the teachings of the P rophe t M uhammad) .

G et the truth about the month of S afar and know that there are no S upe rstitions, ba d omens, unf ortunate, C al amities, P rohibition of marriage rel ated t o this month.

S afar l iteral l y m eans whistl ing of winds .

This name was given because of the

Though ‘book knowledge’ enhances the potential for wisdom; wisdom is often atat tained by learning in other ways; By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and Third by Effective Wisdom experience, which is the bitterest. [Ancient Wise ones have said that the height of wisdom is to proportion our wants to our posChinese philosopher, Confucius] sessions, our ambitions to our capacities, Virtue & Wisdom our emotions to our conscience and our Ethics is the branch of philosophy which deeds to our values it is unwise to be too attempts to understand the nature of mo- sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be rality; to define that which is right from reminded that the strongest might weaken that which is wrong. Ancient Roman ora- and the wisest might err. [Gandhi] tor, Cicero said; “The function of wisdom The best and safest thing is to keep a balance is to discriminate between good and evil.” in your life, acknowledge the great powers The Ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, sug- around us and in us. If you can do that, and gested that the four cardinal virtues are wis- live that way, you are really a wise man. [Andom, courage, self-control and justice. cient Greek playwright, Euripides] In Islam, wisdom is always linked to virtue. Wisdom is a bounteous thing that is invalu“You shall not accept any information, un- able, and Allah reminds us in the Quran: less you verify it for yourself. I have given Whoever is granted wisdom has indeed you the capacity for hearing, sight, and the been granted something tremendously intellect, and you are responsible for using beneficial; but none reflect except people of them effectively. You shall not walk with ar- insight. [Quran 2:269] rogance on earth – you cannot bore through Source: IslamiCity the earth, nor can you be as tall as the

weather condi tion of that time.

W hat events took pl ace in the history of month of S afar?

1: The B el oved da ughter of P rophe t M uhammad ( saw) F atima ( R .A ) married A l i ( R .A ) in this month.

2 : P rop het M uhammad fel l sick in the end of this month and d ied in the same sick ness in the nex t month in 1 2 th of R abiul - A wwal .

3: G haz wa- e- K haiber ( battl e) took pl ace in the same month.

4: B attl e of A bwaa al so took pl ace in month of S afar.

What is the misconception about Safar?

U nl ucky happe nings such as D iseases, curses, e vil s, l oss in business and a l l the

Names Of A l l a h (SWT) & Mohammad (PBUH)

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mountains. All impropriety is condemned by your Lord. This is of the wiswis dom inspired to you by your Lord.

You shall not set up another object of worwor ship beside God, lest you end up in hell; blamed and defeated.”[Quran 17:36-39] Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq stated that the cardinal virtues to live by are … piety, contentment, patience, gratitude, humility, modesty, generosity, courage, enthusiasm, benevolence, truthfulness and trustworthiness.

Al Hayy name of Allah(swt) Hasib Mohammad(saw) name.

misfortunes are rel aye d t o that month.

P eopl e try t o appl y m any t ricks to pr otect themsel ves from al l the misfortunes O n one hand, ba d l ucks and omens have been associated w ith this month and on the other hand s el f made sol utions for such things have been pr opos ed a s wel l , s uch as not hol di ng marriages in this month, boil ing chick pe as and di stributing them so that the bad om ens are pa ssed on t o others, making 365 balls of flour and throwing them in water so that bad om ens are dr iven away a nd pr ovision is increased, r eciting S urah M uz ammil 31 t imes, c onside ring

this month to be ‘ hard’ for the de ad a nd conside ring the 13t h of this month referred to as ‘ tairah teez i’ to be unl ucky .

These are nothing more than a misconcept ion based upon t he poor know l edge of I sl am.

N o M usl im shoul d f el l into these concep tions which had no f ounda tions on truth.

W hat Q uraan says about month of S afar?

What comes to you of good is from Allah, but what comes to you of evil, [O man], is from yourself. And We have sent you, [O Muhammad], to the people as a messenger, and sufficient is Allah as Witness.

(79 surah nisa)

Prayer Schedule in Greater Vancouver Islm.

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Nov 11 - 25, 2016 Safaar 11,-25 1438 H Day Sunrise Fajar Sunr DhuhrAsarAsar Isha Date Fajar DhuhrZawal Asar (shafi) (hanfi) Maghrib Magrib Isha

1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 For such Prayers are enjoined on believers at stated times: Quran ,n 4:103 Source: BCMA

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Darul Qur’an Institute of Islamic Studies held its 5th Annual Jalsah and Graduation Ceremony O n O ctober 29 D arul Q ur’ an I nstitute of I sl amic S tudi es hel d its 5t h A nnual J al sah and G radua tion C eremony . H undr eds of guests showed their suppor t by attend ing the event incl udi ng guests from across N orth A merica and even from J apa n. This ye ar marke d the 10t h anniversary of the I nstitute. A l so, with the hel p of A l l ah and the suppor t of the community , this y ear 5 stude nts gradua ted as Hafidh-ul-Qur’an.

They are Hafidh Abdullah and Hafidh U baid ul l ah sons of M r. & M rs. S hahid, Hafidh Abdullah son of Mr. and Mrs. Salim, Hafidh Hamza son of Mr. and Mrs. Basharat and Hafidh Ibrahim son of M r. and M rs. S hahin. I n the 10- ye ar history of the M adr asah, A l hamdul il l ah 8 stude nts have grad uated as Hafidh-ul-Qur’an. It was an enj oya bl e evening ful l of beautiful and inspi ring recitations of the Q ur’ an, N asheeds , S al at- al an- N abi, I sl amic pl ays and spe eches al l pe rformed by the stude nts of the M adr asah. S haykh O ves A bdul W ahab acknowledged the sacrifices made by stud ents and their pa rents in the pur suit of I sl amic educ ation. H e then expl ained that not onl y are the stude nts of the M adr asah taught I sl amic studi es such as l earning to read the Q ur’ an correctl y with Taj weed, memoriz ing verses of the Q ur’ an, pr ayi ng and l iving our l ives accord ing to the pr actices of P rophe t M uhammad pe ace be upon him, but they are al so taught to be l aw abidi ng, pe aceful , pr oduc tive and contributing members of C anadi an society .

The main event of the night was the wonde rful gradua tion ceremony of the Huffaadh. These graduates began and continued their I sl amic S tudi es with S haykh O ves and S haykh A nees and after years of sacrifices and hard

work these stud ents compl eted their Tahfeedh- ul - Q ur’ an. The amaz ing and remarka bl e asp ect is that they compl eted their Tahfeedh- ul - Q ur’ an whil e going to school j ust l ike other students of their age. The staff presented the audi ence with a sl ide show of al l the activities and pr ograms offered by D arul Q ur’ an I nstitute to its stude nts and t he community .

A spe cial pr esentation was made regarding the finances of the Madr asah. The founde rs of the M adr asah are fully committed to financial transpa rency of the M adr asah’ s income, expe nses and wel comed the audi ence and community to inqui re about them. S haykh O ves di scussed in de tail the accounting pr ocedur es, the expenses and major financial chal l enges the M adr asah faces every month. M any S chol ars of I sl am attende d and graced the event with their pr esence. S haykh I mam D r.

Z ij ad D el ic of O ttawa was the guest spe ake r and spoke about the impor tance of educ ating our M usl im yout h and investing in their future. S haykh M ol ana I qba l from P hil ade l phi a al so graced the event and spoke about the impor tance of I sl amic educ ation.

L ocal di gnitaries that attende d the event incl ude d M usl im community l eade rs, M ember of P arl iament M r.

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The A ssociation of I sl amic C haritabl e P roj ects hel d a cel ebration commemorating the N ew H ij ri ye ar 1438 at S urrey A rts C entre on O ctober 30t h. The cel ebration started with Q ur’ an recitation, fol l owed by M adi h ( I sl amic P raises) and spe eches in A rabic and E ngl ish l anguages about the l essons of : R el yi ng on A l l ah trul y , bravery , unity , brotherhood, attachment to the l and whil e empha siz ing about acqui ring the pur e I sl amic know l ed ge from its pur e sources which is the pa th to P aradi se as stated in the hadi th of the P rophe t sal l al l ahu ^ al ayhi wa sal am.The A ssociation of I sl amic C haritabl e P roj ects ( A I C P ) wishes the M usl im C ommunity and the whol e M usl im N ation a successful , fruitful , and a pr ospe rous ye ar.

Martyrs of Karbala remembered at Bullay Shah Academy of Canada

O n O ctober 29, the B ul l ay S hah A cade my of C anada organised a pr ogram in the memory of M artyr s of K arbal a ( Y aad - e- S hohada - eK arbal a) in S urrey .The pr ogram started with the recitation of Q uran. M r. R aheel A sl am did the MC, He invited Hafiz Mohammad A shfaq for recitation of H ol y Q uran. H e al so invited l ocal N aat K hawns to recite heart touching H amd o N aat s and N asheeds included Hafiz Mohammad Ashfaq, Br. Taha, Q ari A nwar N aqs hbandi , Z ahid M ehmood and B r. P ervaiz I qb al M ohsin R az a, A mir K han, P erwez I qba l . A fter H amad o N asheed session M r. A sl am invited s main spe ake r.

P reside nt of B ul l ay S hah A cade my P ir A fz al A hmed de l ivered a stunning baya n in U rdu and E ngl ish, H e de rived Q uraanic A y ya ts and few H aidt hs: The topi c of the pr ogram was set to I mpor tance of M uharram A l H arram. R emembering the M artyr dom of I mam H ussein A l ehe A ssal m and S huhda ye Karbala and the significant blessings that A l l ah bestowed upon many P rophe ts and their nations in this H ol y M onth.

Pir Afzal talked about the great sacrifice of I mam A A l i M uqa m H az rat I mam H ussein A l eh A ssal am and S huhda y K arbal a.

H e tal k ed about the l ove of P rop het P B U H toward s I mam H ussein and q uoted the famous H ad ith of “Hussein is from me and I am from Hussein”. H e enforced the necessity of l oving the F amil y of H ol y P rop het and mak ing the H ub- e- R asool a p art of our I man.

S ome schol ars says that this battl e was for the P ower transfer, but I t was a battl e to ke ep the de an of I mam H ussain ( R .A ) ’ s grand father al ive.H e said that al l M usl ims try to unde rstand the respe ct of M ohammad( pbuh) and shoul d be true fol l owers by pr acticing.

P ir A fz al said unfortunatel y tod ay our actions are not as p er the teachings of Q uran and S unnah. W e shoul d p raise A l l ah and H is messenger P rop het M ohammad ( saw) al l the time and become a p ractice M usl im and p ray regul arl y 5 times. A fter D arood o S al am at the end he mad e D uaa for al l M usl im ummah..

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Sharbat Gula: The iconic face of the refugee struggle

By: Emily Ragobeer A ward- winning phot ographe r S teve M cC urry in 198 4 capt ured what woul d become one of the worl d’ s most recognised phot os of human struggl e. The striki ng gaz e and pi ercing green eye s of S harbat G ul a - who became know n as The A fghan G irl - capt ivated the worl d when it appe ared on the cover of N ational Geographic. Her face reflected the hardships of refugees fleeing war. McCurry first photographed Gula by chance at the N asir B agh refugee camp near P eshawar, P aki stan. E ighteen y ears l ater, he found her and again capt ured her image, this time l iving in A fghanistan’ s mountainous Tora B ora region. This pa st week the A fghan woman was again catapul ted into the spot l ight, onl y this time as a criminal . S he was arrested

by P aki stani authorities for fal sifyi ng id entification documents. She is one of tens of thousands of A fghan refugees in P aki stan being tol d to return home. A fghanistan’ s ambassador to I sl amabad, O mar Z akhi l wal , recentl y rel eased a statement expr essing op timism about G ul a’ s rel ease as she awaits a court hearing in earl y N ovember. A l J az eera spoke with M cC urry , from M unich, G ermany about the pl ight of the girl he introduc ed to the worl d.

A l J az eera: Y ou famousl y phot ographe d S harbat G ul a twice in two de cade s. W hat do those images repr esent?

S teve M cC urry: The phot o in 1984 showed her di gnity , innocence, heart, fortitude and pe rseverance. S he humanised the true struggl e for war refugees gl obal l y with no words spoke n, s impl y he r face.

I think there was a bit of defiance in her expression. Her face defined the collective refugee feel ing and the struggl e. I think al l A fghans have a common feel ing that they’ re in a difficult life, but we’re going to power through this and pr eserve. H er face was troubl ed, but her head w as hel d hi gh.

W hen we found he r again back i n 20, s he was a mother, continuing her struggl e to try to make ends meet for her famil y . W e saw an evolution of difficulty transcend on her face.

S he l ooke d harde ned because of the cl imate, anxi ety , l ack of pr ope r hygi ene, poor nutrition. D esp ite al l she’ s endur ed, she’ s stil l going.I want to continue to hel p this pe rson

who’ s been pa rt of my l ife. I feel we do have this connection.

A l J az eera: D o you ever wonde r why G ul a was so capt ivating in the W estern worl d?

M cC urry: I ’ ve never been abl e to nail that dow n to one reason, de pe ndi ng on who you ask. I t’ s not j ust her eye s; there are many compone nts to the phot ograph. Y ou can say pe opl e in the W est feel a certain way about how pe opl e on the other side of the worl d shoul d l ook. I n seeing this current gl obal refugee crisis, it’ s al most l ike pe opl e in E urope and the U S are scared of refugees. O r they simp l y don’ t want the burde n of hosting them. B ut we forget none are actual l y more scared than the refugees themsel ves. They are forced from their country , their homes.

D espe rate pe opl e do de spe rate things. S harbat is a widow tryi ng to raise her chil dr en.

S he l ost her pa rents, her husband, one of her da ughters, and her brother. There is a l ack of compa ssion for refugees.

A l J az eera: The worl d has seen her, but how do you think she sees the worl d? D oes she trul y und erstand how iconic you’ ve hel pe d her to become?

McCurry: I think she was mystified with all the interest, but she unde rstands the interest.

S he woul d want the best for her chil dr en, for them to have the best oppor tunities and have a heal thy l ife, l ike any pa rent woul d. E ven though she’s been offered to relocate to a safer country , there’ s no pl ace l ike home.

S he wants to be near her rel atives, this is al l she know s. I f she had gone to another country, she would have had a very different life.

B ut she chose not to. S he remains humbl e to her l ife and to her struggl e. W e ke ep in touch pe riodi cal l y through my contacts on the ground.T he worl d sees the humanity in her. S he wants the same things we do, but she l ives in another pa rt of the worl d.

A l J az eera: H aving l ived nearl y her whol e life impoverished, has she profited at all from this gl obal attention?

McCurry: Yes, the details are confidential - I can’t get into specifics. It was an agreement reached between her and her husband at the time, as that’ s how things are d one in the cul ture.

A l J az eera: W il l you try to phot ograph her again?

M cC urry: The onl y thing I want is for j ustice to be done , and for her to be treated in a respectful and dignified way. When I final l y found her back in 20, I coul dn’ t stop thinki ng about the thousands of pe opl e who wrote l etters to me, who wanted to know who she was and how they coul d hel p her.

P eopl e wanted to adopt her, marry her, send her money . P ersonal l y for me, I was so curious as to who she was. B ack then, I was the number one person who wanted to find her.

S he embodi es humanity . There’ s an empa thy we feel with her. The first time I found her, she had a torn dr ess. This was a girl who was haunted, but has l ight. H er humanity , di gnity , and character is something we can al l ide ntify with and appr eciate. There’ s something written on her face that we can rel ate to. I t’ s a pos itive feel ing, but a very sad real ity . S he had a haunted gaz e that was so authentic. I took the genuine story I was given. S he repr esented al l refugees at that time, a nd I think w il l continue to do s o.

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OIC condemns Houthi attempt to launch missile toward Makkah

J E D D A H : The O rganiz ation of I sl amic C oope ration has conde mned in the strongest terms Y emen’ s H outhi rebel s, backe d by the mil itias of de pos ed pr eside nt A l i A bdul l ah S al eh for targeting the hol y city of M akka h with a bal l istic missil e.

The exe cutive committee of the O I C hel d an emergency ministerial meeting on S aturda y to di scuss the serious de vel opm ents repr esented by the l aunching of the missil e by the H outhi- S al eh mil itias.

The meeting de nounced the rebel s and those who pr ovide them with arms incl udi ng rocke ts and m issil es to target M akka h.

The meeting termed it an act of aggression against the hol y sites in S audi A rabia, “ which is a pr ovocation for worl d M usl ims and evide nce of their refusal to compl y with the international community and its de mands .”

The l argest M usl im bl oc reiterated the statements made by regional and international organiz ations sl amming the aggression, “ which seeks to unde rmine security and stabil ity of the hol y sites and to thwart al l efforts being made to end the conflict in Y emen pe aceful l y .”

The OIC representatives affirmed member states’ support for Saudi Arabia in its fight against terrorism and al l those attempt ing to cause harm to the K ingdom or tryi ng to target its rel igious pl aces.

It also affirmed solidarity with the Kingdom in its efforts to preserve its security and stabil ity .

The organiz ation cal l ed on member states to unite against “ this heinous aggression.”

The O I C members were urged to act against those suppor ting the cul p rits with arms, conside ring that “ an infringement upon the K ingdom ’ s security is an infringement upon the security and cohesion of the M usl im worl d a s a whol e.”

The meeting affirmed that those backing the H outhi- S al eh mil itias, suppl yi ng them with bal l istic missil es and weap ons, are de voted accompl ices in aggression against the hol y sites of the M usl im worl d.

I t cal l ed them ke y spons ors of terrorism and

Saudi Arabia to increase visa fees for foreign visitors and some Mecca pilgrims

Fees come as the kingdom tries to plug the lp ete the H aj j at l east once in their l ifetime. gap in its finances caused by the slump in The five-day pilgrimage carried out in the middl e of the l ast month in the I sl amic cal enda r cul the oil price S audi A rabia wil l increase charges for visas for pe opl e to visit the country in orde r to compl ete I sl amic pi l grimages.

The rul ing C ouncil of M inisters, chaired by C rown P rince M uhammad B in N aif, announced that anyo ne appl yi ng for a visit to comp l ete the H aj j for a second time wil l be charged S R 20 ( £410) for each visit.

The same fee with appl y for pe opl e wishing to compl ete the U mrah, a simil ar pi l grimage to the hol y city of M ecca but one that can be compl eted at any poi nt in the ye ar, for a second time. A visa for the first visit for Hajj will remain free.

P rices for general visits wil l increase to S R 20 ( £41) for a two- month visa and S R 30 ( £61) for three, the S audi G az ette repo rted. The fees wil l come into force on S unda y .

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a cl ear pa rty seeki ng to sow di ssent and fuel sectarian di scord. “ I f they continued with that pol icy , that woul d l ead to instabil ity and unde rmine the security of the M usl im worl d,” said t he repr esentatives.

The meeting reque sted that al l member states and the international community to take serious and effective measures to prevent the recurrence of such aggression, and to hold accountable those trafficking deadly arms and t raining the rebel s.

I t recommende d hol di ng an emergency foreign minister- l evel meeting of the member states in M akka h in the next two weeks to di scuss the de pl orabl e targeting of M akka h.

The meeting reque sted the secretary- general take al l measures in orde r to impl ement this resol ution, and to notify the U nited N ations and regional organiz ations thereof, and submit a repor t at the next ministerial meeting.

M eanwhil e, the U N spe cial envoy for Y emen is di scussing a pe ace pl an with both side s in the conflict during his second visit to Sanaa in l ess than a week.

The U N said in a statement that I smail O ul d C heikh A hmed wil l meet with members of the di pl omatic corps and others to di scuss ways to alleviate the humanitarian suffering and assess the best ways to addr ess the country’ s economic crisis. “ N egotiating pe ace frameworks is a tremendous unde rtaki ng unde r the best of circumstances,” adde d the envoy . “ I t requi res an unequi vocal de termination of the pa rties to reach a negotiated settl ement to put Y emen on the pa th to pe ace and that’ s what we are aiming for.” S ource: arabnews.com

minates in thousands of pi l grims wal ki ng around the K aaba in M ecca.

S audi A rabia impos es strict quot as on the number of M usl ims who are granted spe cial H aj j visas every ye ar in orde r to pr event too many pe opl e visiting M ecca, and the other hol y city M edi na, at the same time. The ext ra revenue wil l come from measures such as introduc ing V A T, tax on expa ts and tax on sugary dr inks but incomes woul d r emain untaxe d.

The move wil l al so coincide with an austerity pr ogramme announced i n D ecember l ast ye ar.

O ther measures due to be introduc ed at the same time as the visa charges al so incl ude a S R 20, (£4,110) fine for anyone caught “stunt driving” and identify theft will earn the perpetrator a fine of “ not l ess than S R 1,0 and not more than S R 2,0” . S ource: arabnews.com

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10 Quick Facts on Remembrance Day

emembrance Day was first observed in 19 throughout the B ritish C ommonweal th. I t was original l y cal l ed “ A rmistice D ay” to commemorate armistice agreement that ende d the F irst W orl d W ar on M onda y , N ovember 1 1, 198, at 1 1 a.m.— on the el eventh hour of the el eventh da y of the el eventh month.

2.F rom 192 1 to 1 930 , A rmistice D ay was hel d on the M onda y of the week in which N ovember 1 1 fel l . I n 193, A l an N eil l , M ember of P arl iament for C omox–A l berni, introduc ed a bil l to observe A rmistice D ay onl y on N ovember 1 1. P assed by the H ouse of C ommons, the bil l al so changed the name to “Remembrance Day”. The first Remembrance D ay was observed on N ovember 1 1, .193 3.E very ye ar on N ovember 1 1, C anadi ans pa use in a moment of sil ence to honour and remember the men and women who have served, and continue to serve C anada dur ing times of war, conflict and peace. We remember the more than 1,50 C anadi ans who have served throughout our nation’ s history and the more than 1 1 8,0 who made the ul timate sacrifice.

4.The p oppy is the sym bol of R emembrance D ay . R epl ica po pi es are sol d by the R oya l C anadi an L egion to pr ovide assistance to V eterans.

5.R emembrance D ay is a fede ral statutory hol ida y in C anada . I t is al so a statutory hol ida y in three territories ( Y ukon, N orthwest Territories and N unavut) and in six p rovinces ( B ritish C ol umbia, A l berta, S aska tchewan, N ew B runswick, P rince E dw ard I sl and and N ewfoundl and a nd L abrador ) .

6.The national ceremony is hel d at the N ational W ar M emorial in O ttawa. The G overnor G eneral of C anada pr eside s over the ceremony . I t is al so attende d by the P rime Minister, other government officials, representatives of V eterans’ organiz ations, di pl omatic repr esentatives, other di gnitaries, V et-

erans as wel l as the general publ ic.

7. I n adva nce of the ceremony , l ong col umns of V eterans, C anadi an A rmed F orces members, RCMP officers, and cadets march to the memorial l ead by a pi pe band and a col our guard. A t the end of the ceremony , they march away to officially close the ceremony.

8. S ome of the 54 C ommonweal th member states, such as C anada , the U nited K ingdom and A ustral ia, observe the tradi tion of R emembrance D ay on the el eventh hour of the el eventh da y of the el eventh month. O ther nations observe a solemn day but at different da tes. F or exa mpl e, A N Z A C D ay is observed in N ew Z eal and on A pr il 25. I n S outh A frica, P oppy D ay is marke d on the S unda y that fal l s cl osest to N ovember 1 1.

9. M any nations that are not members of the C ommonweal th al so observe R emembrance D ay on N ovember 1 1, incl udi ng F rance, B el gium and P ol and.

10.The U nited S tates used to commemorate A rmistice D ay on N ovember 11. H owever, in 1954 they changed the name to V eterans D ay .

The Poppy The P op p y C amp aign begins on the l ast F rid ay in O ctober and continues through to N ovember 1 1 th. The L ap el P op p y can be worn every d ay of the P op p y C amp aign and is removed at the end of the R emembrance D ay ceremony . M any p eop l e p l ace their p op p y on a wreath or at the base of the cenotap h or memorial as a sign of resp ect at the end of the ceremony .

The p op p y may be worn at commemorative events throughout the y ear, such as anniversaries of significant battles, a memorial service, and other simil ar occasions. ( E vent organiz ers shoul d seek ad vice from the R oy al C anad ian L egion on the use of the p op p y for events outsid e of the P op p y C amp aign.)

The R oy al C anad ian L egion suggests that the p op p y be worn on the l eft l ap el of a garment and as cl ose to the heart as p ossibl e.

The p op p y became wid esp read in E urop e

Canada immigration website appears to crash as Trump wins to suffer repeated outages on Tuesday night as Trump took the l ead in several maj or states and his pr ospe cts for winning the U .S . pr eside ncy t urned m arke dl y hi gher.

S ome users in the U nited S tates, C anad a and A sia saw an internal serve error message when try ing to access the website.

Officials for the ministry could not immediately be reached for comment, but the website’ s p robl ems were noted by many on Twitter.

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after soil s in F rance and B el gium became rich in l ime from d ebris and rubbl e from the fighting during the First World War. These little red flowers also flourished around the gravesites of the war d ead . I n 1 9 1 5 , J ohn M cC rae, a d octor serving with the C anad ian A rtil l ery , famousl y mad e note of this p henomenon in his p oem, I n F l and ers F iel d s.

O n S aturd ay N ovember 9 , 1 9 1 8 , two d ay s before the A rmistice, M oina M ichael was on d uty in the read ing room at the Y M C A O verseas W ar S ecretaries’ head q uarters in N ew Y ork — a p l ace where U .S . servicemen woul d often gather with friend s and famil y to say their good by es before they went overseas. A fter read ing M cC rae’ s p oem, M oina mad e a p ersonal p l ed ge to al way s wear the red p op p y of F l and ers F iel d s as a sign of remembrance and for “ k eep ing the faith with al l who d ied .” I n 1 9 2 0 , A nna G ué rin— the F rench P op p y L ad y — attend ed the national A merican L egion convention as a rep resentative of F rance’ s Y M C A S ecretariat.

S he was insp ired by M oina M ichael ’ s id ea of the poppy as a memorial flower and felt that the scop e of the M emorial P op p y coul d be ex p and ed to hel p the need y . S he suggested that artificial poppies could be made and sol d as a way of raising money for the benefit of orphaned children and others who had suffered greatly as a result of the war.

I n 1 9 2 1 , M ad ame G ué rin visited C anad a and convinced the G reat W ar V eterans A ssociation of C anad a ( p red ecessor to the R oy al C anad ian L egion) to ad op t the p op p y as a sy mbol of remembrance in aid of fund raising; which it d id on J ul y 5 th of that y ear.

Tod ay , the P op p y C amp aign is one of the R oy al C anad ian L egion’ s most imp ortant p rograms. The money raised from d onations p rovid es d irect assistance for V eterans in financial distress, as well as funding for med ical eq uip ment, med ical research, home services, l ong term care facil ities and many other p urp oses.

N ovember 1 1 th By: Aishah Ahmed, in Grade 8 from TLA ( Traditional learning academy) Poppies sit, wind blowing through each row hiding secrets from so long ago standing proudly, for those who’ve fallen Never have, and never will be forgotten We pay tribute to every soldier who’ve put so much over their shoulder They have fought and defended their country, with all their might, and made history Families have cried People have died A terrible time had come; war with blood, chaos, guns and more Several have sacrificed lives for us to live a life without fuss We thank them on a special day of November Their bravery and bol d ness, we’ l l al way s remember

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1,300 BC Liberal delegates energized by Premier’s speech, ready and organized for 2017 campaign

By: Jillian P. Stead

Closing out the BC Liberal Party’s biggest convention to date, Premier Christy Clark energized a room of over 1,300 delegates and guests with a landmark address in which she outlined her plan for the months to come, and put BC’s progress and achievements into context.

“You have the power – every one of you – to determine the destiny of the province we love, to make sure we put British Columbians first,” she told delegates. “Whether it’s fighting to protect our Coast or building a solid foundation for a strong, diverse economy, it’s about putting our ideas to work for people so that they can succeed.”

The Premier’s address capped a convention that showcased a range of strong and diverse candidates, and brought delegates together to discuss party policy and build momentum for the upcoming May 9 election.

Speakers during the weekend included Innovation Island executive director Paris Gaudet of Nanaimo, veteran jour-

nalist Jas Johal, Fort St. John city councillor, public school teacher, and construction worker Dan Davies, past Coast Capital Savings CEO Tracy Redies, and two widely respected Aboriginal leaders: former Haisla Nation chief councillor Ellis Ross and Nanwakolas Council past president Dallas Smith, a key architect of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement.

Delegates also heard from high-profile keynote presenters Jim Messina, who led U.S. President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign and advised on U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron’s 2015 majority win as an incumbent, and Kirstine Stewart, a former CBC and Twitter senior executive who now works at the cutting edge of digital media.

“Coming out of convention, it’s clear that our free enterprise alliance is stronger and more united than it’s ever been,” said campaign co-chair and Deputy Premier Rich Coleman. “We have a strong record to be proud of, and our candidates and volunteers on the ground are ready to go the extra mile and

make the difference for us in what we already know is going to be a hard-fought campaign.” The party has nominated over 60 candidates to date, and has called candidate selection meetings in three-quarters of BC ridings.

The provincial election is set for Tuesday, May 9, 2017.

Statement by New Democrat Leader John Horgan on National Oceans Protection Plan

“ The N ational O ceans P rotection P l an announced tod ay is a start toward ‘ worl d l ead ing’ coastal p rotection and oil sp il l resp onse, but d etail s are stil l vague and P remier C hristy C l ark is too q uick to accep t the fed eral p l an as enough to meet the concerns of p eop l e in B .C ., N ew D emocrat l ead er J ohn H organ said tod ay .“ C hristy Clark has been the premier for five years, but she d id n’ t start tel l ing O ttawa what B .C . need s to p rotect our coast until the N athan E . S tewart incid ent j ust l ast month.

The H eil tsuk p eop l e showed me and ( N orth C oast M L A ) J ennifer R ice the imp acts they wil l be l iving with for y ears to come. The fed eral ministers were in B el l a B el l a to see the d amage, too. B ut not the B .C . p remier. “ W here has C hristy C l ark been for the past five years? How can anyone believe that C hristy C l ark wil l now p ush hard for ‘ worl d - l ead ing’ cap acity up and d own our coast? The p remier might think every thing is fine after today’s announcement,

but we’ re stil l a l ong, l ong way from the oil sp il l resp onse cap acity p eop l e in B .C . d emand .“ I f C hristy C l ark had sp ent the past five years demanding and delivering better p rotection of our coast we might have been read y to mitigate the d amage of the B el l a B el l a sp il l more q uick l y . B ut we weren’ t. The p remier’ s inaction on coastal p rotection l eft us vul nerabl e, and she’ s too q uick to accep t tod ay ’ s start on ad eq uate sp il l resp onse as assurance that it won’ t hap p en again, ” H organ said .

Kashmir Black Day

K a s h m i r i s H e said there were rep orts of I nd ian forces International Community should and wil l continue to d o so. harassing hospital staff, doctors and parafulfil its commitment with KashH e informed the aud ience that the situation med ics and d issuad ing them from treatmiris; Tariq Azim Khan I n accord ance with the d ecision of the G overnment of P ak istan the B l ack D ay was observed at the P ak istan H igh C ommission, O ttawa, in sup p ort of the struggl e of the p eop l e of J ammu and K ashmir. The event was l argel y attend ed by members of P ak istani C anad ians C ommunity .

W hil e sp eak ing on the occasion, H igh C ommissioner Tariq A z im K han und erl ined the imp ortance of resol ving the J ammu and K ashmir d isp ute in accord ance with the asp irations of the p eop l e of J ammu and K ashmir. H e said that P ak istan has al way s sup p orted the right of sel f- d etermination of

in I nd ian ad ministered K ashmir has d eteriorated not onl y from a human rights p ersp ective but al so with regard s to freed om of information and restrictions p l aced on the l ocal med ia; I nd ian O ccup ied K ashmir has been cl osed for med ia, international observers, doctors and paramedic staff. “ This gathering is to raise awareness of the p l ight of the K ashmiris in I nd ian O ccup ied K ashmir. A s a resul t of ex cessive and ind iscriminate force over 1 0 0 civil ians have been k il l ed and thousand s have been inj ured . M any of the inj ured have l ost their ey esight d ue to use of p el l et guns, ” ad d ed the ambassad or.

ing the inj ured . H e cal l ed for a fair and transp arent inq uiry against the ind ivid ual s resp onsibl e for the d eaths. H e al so urged the international community , p articul arl y the champions of human rights, to fulfil their commitments toward s the p eop l e of J ammu & K ashmir und er the U N S ecurity C ouncil resol utions.

M r. A bid H ussain A bid an author based in O ttawa recited his p oem to p ay tribute to the innocent M arty rs of I nd ian O ccup ied K ashmir. E arl ier the messages of the P resid ent and the P rime M inister were al so read at the event.

Fall Economic Statement delivers for middle class Canadians

Finance Minister fulfills campaign promises to give Canadians the tools and opportunities to succeed S urrey , B C – W ith an und erstand ing that C anad a d oes wel l with a thriving mid d l e cl ass, F inance M inister B il l M orneau has rel eased a series of new announcements to ensure mid d l e cl ass p rogress and buil d on the momentum of B ud get 2 0 1 6 .

These include: •Investing an additional $81 billion in public transit, green and social infrastructure, transp ortation infrastructure that sup p orts trad e, as wel l as in rural and northern communities to bring C anad ians good j obs, a cl eaner environment and thriving communities for y ears to come;

•Creating a Global Skills Strategy, supported by imp rovements to C anad a’ s immigration sy stem, to hel p C anad ian and international comp anies access the tal ent and sk il l s they need to grow and succeed in C anad a; •Creating the Invest in Canada Hub, staffed with a d ed icated high- imp act sal es force to p romote C anad a, and to work with gl obal comp anies to increase investment that wil l benefit Canadians; and •Strengthening the independence of Statistics C anad a and the P arl iamentary B ud get Officer to provide fair and unbiased evidence and anal y sis, and mak e government more op en and transp arent.

I n l ight of the resul ts of the A merican el ec-

tion, where mil l ions of voters mad e their d ecision based on a feel ing of being aband oned by their government, this is an ap p roach that is need ed more than ever, accord ing to S uk h D hal iwal , M ember of P arl iament for S urrey N ewton. “ The L iberal government und erstand s that a country ’ s success must be j ud ged by how mid d l e cl ass househol d s are hol d ing up , not j ust by l ook ing at economic measures l ik e G D P , ” say s D hal iwal . “ C anad ians must be abl e to bel ieve that p ol icy d ecisions mad e in Ottawa put their interests first.”

A s it l ook s ahead to B ud get 2 0 1 7 , the govern- G rowth, which brings together 1 4 of the ment wil l continue to bal ance the recommen- country ’ s top economic mind s, with consid d ations of the A d visory C ouncil on E conomic eration for the need s of the average C anad ian.

Three Indian ‘undercover agents’ leave Pakistan

M adha van N anda K umar, al l egedl y members of the R esearch and A nal ys is W ing (RAW), left for India earlier today on flight E K 613 vi a D ubai.

R aj esh K umar, A merde ep S ingh B hatti, D harmendr a S odhi , who are al so al l eged members of R A W , are stil l in P aki stan, al ong with B al bir S ingh and J aya bal an S enthil , who are said to be I ndi an I ntel l igence B uThree out of eight reau ( I B ) ope ratives.

I nd ian H igh C ommis- The FO during a press briefing last week resion officials suspect- veal ed de tail s of the eight I ndi an ‘ di pl omats’ ed of invol vement in in P aki stan, sayi ng that a number of “ I ndi an terrorist and subver- diplomats and staff belonging to Indian insive activities in P a- tel l igence agencies R A W and I B have been ki stan l eft for I ndi a found invol ved in coordi nating terrorist and on Tuesda y . subversive activities in P aki stan unde r the A nurag S ingh, V ij ay garb of di pl omatic assignments.”

K umar V erma and The FO said the alleged RAW and IB officials

are susp ected of hand l ing Tehreek - i- Tal iban P ak istan ( TTP ) factions, fuel ing secatarianism in P ak istan and creating unrest in B al ochistan, S ind h, and G il git- B al istan ( G B ) . “ They [ I nd ia] are d esp erate to hid e their crimes against humanity from the international community ’ s scrutiny , ” the F O had said .

D etail s of the al l eged activities of the suspe cted R A W and I B ope ratives pr ovide d by the F O earl ier are as fol l ows: * E sp ionage, subversion, sup p orting of terrorist activities and fuel ing instabil ity in B al ochistan and S ind h, esp ecial l y K arachi * S abotage of the C hina- P ak istan E conomic C orrid or * C reating unrest in G B * E x p and ing network of op eratives and agents und er guise of commercial activities * L everaging p ositions as d ip l omats for

ingress into influential circles for gathering insid e information * D amaging P ak - A fghan rel ations through a variety of activities * I nfiltrating Indian agents into social, media and p ol itical circl es for p rop agand a p urp oses and activities d etrimental to P ak istan’ s interests * F abrication of evid ence to p ortray P ak istan as a state sp onsor of terrorism *H andl ing factions of Tehreek- i- Tal iban P aki stan * I nstigation of rel igious minorities * F uel ing sectarianism * M al igning P ak istan with p rop agand a on human rights issues * A ctivities in A z ad J ammu and K ashmir d etrimental to the K ashmir cause * M isl ead ing the international community about the ind igenous movement for sel f d etermination in hel d K ashmir

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HEALTH

Exercise To Fight Off Colds By: Dr. Andrew Weil’s etting regul ar exe rcise strengthens muscl es and condi tions our hearts, and it may al so bol ster the immune system enough to help us ward off colds and flu. A study from South Korea examined this potential benefit in mice. The researchers reasoned that inflammatory compounds pr oduc ed in fat cel l s can weak en the immune sys tem’ s respons e to il l ness or infection. H owever, exe rcise can reduc e the number and siz e of fat cel l s and thus pot ential l y lower levels of inflammation. To test whether phy sical activity can actual l y have that effect, the researchers compared the results

of infection with S taphyl ococcus bacteria in mice that exe rcised and those that di dn’ t.

They d ivide d l aboratory mice into two groups . Those in one went about their usual activities, whil e those in the other group exe rcised by swimming. B ecause they’ re not natural swimmers, the mice expe nde d a great deal of energy staying afloat. Even though the strain on their muscl es pr omoted some inflammation, the exercise also led to fewer and smal l er fat cel l s. A fter put ting the mice through the exe rcise, the researchers inocul ated hal f the swimmers and hal f the sed entary mice with S tap hy l ococcus. A l l the infected mice became il l , but the swimmers

had lower levels of pro-inflammatory cells and their bod ies p rod uced greater numbers of immune system cells capable of fighting the infection. Would this effect be reproducible in humans? The K orean researchers think so.

My take? These findings may help explain how aerobic exe rcise strengthens the immune sys tem. W e know that ex ercise condi tions our hearts and arteries and respi ratory sys tems, increases stamina and general fitness. It also promotes cleansing of the bl ood by stimul ating circul ation and pe rspi ration, and l eads to a sense of wel l being, in pa rt by rel easing endor phi ns, the opi atel ike mol ecul es in the brain that can make us high, hap p y , and more tol erant of d iscomfort.

Physical activity also increases the flow of

CDC.Govt. The singl e best way to p revent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each year, but good heal th habits l ik e covering y our cough and washing y our hand s often can hel p stop the sp read of germs and p revent respiratory illnesses like the flu. There also are flu antiviral drugs that can be used to treat and prevent flu.

1 . A void cl ose contact.

A void cl ose contact with p eop l e who are sick . W hen y ou are sick , k eep y our d istance from others to p rotect them from getting sick too.

2 . S tay home when y ou are sick .

I f p ossibl e, stay home from work , school , and errand s when y ou are sick . This wil l hel p p revent sp read ing y our il l ness to others.

3 . C over y our mouth and nose.

C over y our mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneez ing. I t may p revent those around y ou from getting sick .

4 . C l ean y our hand s.

W ashing y our hand s often wil l hel p p rotect y ou from germs. I f soap and water are not avail abl e, use an al cohol - based hand rub.

5 . A void touching y our ey es, nose ormouth.

G erms are often sp read when a p erson

Whether you want a soft-boiled egg to dip your toast sticks in, or to top off a salad — timing is the key to getting that egg just right.

By:Kristen Eppich , ne cannot overlook the virtues of a good custardy, runny yolk — truly a gift from nature. Whether you want a soft-boiled egg to dip your toast sticks in, or to top off a salad — timing is the key to getting that egg just right.

The ideal soft-boiled egg will have a fully cooked white and a runny centre. There are two schools of thought on how to achieve this. The first, I’ll refer to as the boil and rest method. The second I’ll refer to as the sixminute egg. I’ve put both methods to the test

to see which fares best.

A simple method for poaching eggs Boil and rest: Place cold eggs in a pot.

Fill with enough cold water to cover the eggs by one inch. Bring to a boil over high heat.

Remove the pot from the heat and cover.

Let sit for 3 1/2 minutes and enjoy.

Six-minute egg: Bring a pot of water to a simmer (small bubbles, not a rapid boil).

Add eggs, and cook for six minutes.

Adjust heat to keep a consistent temperature going. Remove eggs from water and enjoy.

The verdict: The boil and rest method was the method I grew up with — so I assumed it was the best. Guess what?

I was wrong! This method has a few prob-

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ox y gen to al l organs, enabl ing them to work more efficiently. It burns calories, reduces stress, l owers serum chol esterol and tones the nervous sy stem. G iven its p ositive imp act on the entire bod y , it mak es sense that ex ercise would also help us fight off colds and flu.

touches something that is contaminated with germs and then touches his or her ey es, nose, or mouth.

6 . P ractice other good heal th habits.

C l ean and d isinfect freq uentl y touched surfaces at home, work or school , esp ecial l y when someone is il l . G et p l enty of sl eep , be p hy sical l y active, manage y our stress, d rink plenty of fluids, and eat nutritious food.

Preventing the Flu: Good Health Habits Can Help Stop Germs

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lems. First, different stove-tops give off different amounts of heat, which means it takes varying amounts of time to bring the water to a boil. Due to this, the cook time and consistency are an issue. Second, an egg is pure protein and when protein is exposed to heat, it coagulates. When it’s exposed to extreme heat — it coagulates and becomes rubbery.

By exposing the outer layer of the egg (the In the image above, the eggs were cooked for five, six and seven minutes from left to right. white) to water at the boiling temperature, The five-minute egg still had translucent it results in a slightly rubbery texture.

How to get perfectly boiled eggs whites, therefore undercooked.

On the flip-side, the six-minute egg had The seven-minute egg (on the right) had a laygreat results. By exposing the egg to a more er of cooked yolk next to the white — theremoderate and consistent heat, the egg white fore overcooked. So the conclusion is, the sixwas fully cooked and not rubbery at all. minute egg is the perfect soft boiled egg!

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YOUTH

Muslim Youth Centre’s International Food Festival

O n N ov 5 , The M usl im Y outh C entre hel d an I nternational F ood F estival .

The gy m in the M Y C was d ecorated with flags from over 20 countries. The International F ood F estival E vent is one of the most p op ul ar events at the M Y C . I t was very successful with d oz ens of famil ies from our community in attend ance. I t was ex tremel y heart- warming to see our B rothers, S isters, Y outh and C hil d ren at the M Y C enj oy ing each country ’ s cuisine and ex changing comp l iments on how tasty and d el icious their food s were.

The countries that d isp l ay ed and sol d their food s and d esserts were: A l geria, C anad a, C hina, E ast Turk istan, E gy p t, F ij i, G uy ana, I nd ia, I ran, I raq , J ap an, J ord an, L ebanon, M orocco, P ak istan, P al estine, S aud i A rabia, S omal ia, S ri L ank a, S y ria, Tanz a-

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nia, Tunisia and U S A . The chefs humbl y accep ted the M Y C ’ s req uests to cook their food s and d esserts and have them sol d with al l p roceed s going to the M Y C . F or this we are d eep l y ap p reciative and thank ful for your kind efforts.

This event was not onl y to taste the best food s on earth but it brought p eop l e together to share what A l l ah has given us and to get to k now each other’ s cul ture and country through food .

The M Y C ’ s M anagement Team woul d l ik e to congratul ate the chefs, the vol unteers, and every one who p articip ated in this event.

A l l p roceed s from this event wil l go to the M Y C facil ity for its p rograms and op erational costs.

P l ease continue to sup p ort the M Y C with y our p articip ation and d onations.

Young Minds: Stress, anxiety plaguing Canadian youth

By Allison Vuchnich and Carmen Chai f you think the adolescent years are filled with fun and frivolity, think again. It is increasingly turning into a time of stress and expectations, just ask a teenager how they are feeling.

“Exams stress me out,” one student told Global News.

“A little panicky and nervous that you are not going to get everything done,” another said.

“I think social stress is 10 times worse than homework stress. You always have to think about who is talking about you, who started that rumour, and it can get really crazy sometimes and I find that the hardest thing to deal with.”

Those are just some of the sentiments students are grappling with.

Stress weighing down Canadian youth Young Canadians are suffering from rising levels of anxiety, stress, depression and even suicide. Close to 20 per cent – or one in five – have a mental health issue.

“Many of us are worried that the number

of young people today experiencing mental health problems is on the increase,” Dr. Jean Clinton, a child psychiatrist at McMaster University, told Global News.

“As a society, we need to be saying this is a crisis,” she said.

The Canadian Mental Health Association estimates that that total number of 12 to 19 year olds at risk of depression is a staggering 3.2 million.

Anxiety is the biggest symptom of this overarching stress, Clinton said. And it burdens youth, seeping into their daily lives.

“Overwhelming anxiety turns on your stress system and if it is kept on, new learning can’t happen. It’s interfering with your learning,” Clinton said.

Clinton noted that the survey is only a segment of kids’ sentiments – others didn’t get the parental consent to participate, meaning these numbers could even be higher.

She has been a child psychiatrist for 27 years.

In that time, the psychiatrist has noticed family life gradually eroding. Dinnertime

with the family at the table sharing a conversation is now a novelty.

Instead, parents shuffle their kids off to gymnastics class, hockey practice, math tutoring.

Kids are being directed and corrected. “(There is) good intention, great hearts, but less time and less focus is spent on connecting with our kids,” Clinton said.

Parental time with kids adds adult influence, guidance There has been heated debate in the quality versus quantity discussion on how to spend time with your kids. Clinton said the emphasis should be on being present in their daily lives.

“You don’t suddenly make up for not talking to your kids for six months by going away for a week to Disney World. It’s the day-to-day serve and return that makes a big difference,” she said.

That daily time helps shape kids’ minds and values: parents can touch on school work, how to talk to peers, and respecting others, for example.

“How you build influence is by being pre-

sent,” Clinton said.

Research has even suggested that kids who shared fewer meals at home with their family got into having sex or trying drugs at an earlier age.

Children feel the ripple effects of their parents’ stress, Stephen de Groote noted.

De Groote and Clinton both offered their insight in April at a training event for Youth Justice Ontario.

The focus of their speech was “The Teenage Brain Under Construction.”

warmth and comfort your house has to offer, with minimal inconvenience to you and your famil y .

1. M aintain the right humidi ty l evel s H umidi ty l evel s are ext remel y impor tant and l ack of pr ope r maintenance may have a great impa ct both on your house and your health. Many adverse effects are associated with humidi ty l evel s being too high or too l ow. I n the winter espe cial l y , humidi ty tends to be l ow and the dr yne ss may cause ski n cracki ng and irritation, sore throat, breathing difficulties, static electricity, cracking of woode n furniture, etc. F or exa mp l e, one pa rticular effect of low humidity on the house is observed with wood floor that shrinks and l oosens creating hol l ow spa ce that al l ows for movement of floor layers. Canada Mortgage and H ousing C orpor ation suggests to maintain humidi ty l evel between 35% 45% dur ing the winter. Y ou can use a hygr ometer to easil y check the humidi ty l evel s in your house, while investing in a humidifier will enabl e yo u to take control and adj ust humid ity to the de sired l evel . This way , you wil l not onl y take care of your house and al l its woode n features, but most impor tantl y , you

wil l take care of your heal th!

2. E xa mine your house for ice accumul ation or col d a ir l eaks W hil e some measures may be take n pr oactivel y to be ready for the wrath of col d, some things are onl y di scovered dur ing the winter season itsel f, such as accumul ation of ice on windows. If you do find that your house gives way to air l eaks , ice accumul ation, and ice da ms, whether on window s, in the attic or on the roof, make a note to take care of it in the spr ing. D epe nd ing in the exa ct problem, different services are available to hel p you sol ve it, from re- appl y ing insul ation, repl acing door s and window s to roofing services.

3. Clean the chimney and make sure the firepl ace is ready f or use While many house owners see the fireplace as a romantic l uxur y that is nice to have, they don’ t use it often and don’ t maintain it regul arl y . The recent ice storm in O ntario proved that fireplaces can be very functional inde ed, being the onl y source of heat when the pow er is out. A s such, make sure to regul arl y cl ean it so it wil l be ready for use at any time. ( W hil e on the subj ect of pow er outage,

you might al so want to stock up on candl es, j ust in case.) H ereis a good resource you can consul t for tips on cl eaning the chimney .

4. Remember all your plumbing fixtures I n your house, you pr obabl y have certain plumbing fixtures that are not used frequentl y . These might incl ude a spa re bathroom sink, a l aundr y tab, or a spa re shower stal l .

M ake sure to regul arl y , for a brief time, run water through these pi pe s in orde r to k eep water flowing through. Such precaution pr events water from freez ing in a pa rticul ar spot and the pi pe s from bursting, which can cause flooding, or in the least it will force you to shut off your house’s water supply until you ha ve the burst pi pe repa ired!

5. Regularly clean the furnace filters D uring the winter, the house heating sys tem is worki ng around the cl ock. I t is imp erative to check the filters at least every month and either cl ean or repl ace them. N ot onl y wil l it ensure that the sys tem is worki ng as it shoul d, but such maintenance wil l al so guarantee a cl eaner and heal thier air in the house.

The winter is going to stay for a whil e, so remember to enj oy the charms that it brings with it, a s l ong as you ke ep w arm and s afe!

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Keeping Your House Warm And Safe During The Winter

espi te the not so cheerful pr ognosis, the weather in your house can take a sunnier turn with the right maintenance dur ing this trul y C anadi an winter.

F ol l ow our top 5 tips and suggestions for maintaining your house dur ing the winter season, and enj oy al l the warmth and comfort your house has to offer, with minimal inconvenience to you a nd your famil y .

D espi te the not so cheerful pr ognosis, the weather in your house can take a sunnier turn with the right maintenance dur ing this trul y C anadi an winter. F ol l ow our top 5 tips and suggestions for maintaining your house dur ing the winter season, and enj oy al l the

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WOMEN

Why does this happen to us?

By: Shabnam Khan - Family Counsellor W e have smal l p robl ems or big p robl ems. W e have emotional problems, financial problems, behavioural p robl ems, l uck p robl ems. W e bl ame our el d ers and famil y members for not co- op erating or und erstand ing. W e have chil d ren’ s p robl ems and in turn we bl ame the social p atters. W e have marital p robl ems and we bl ame the sp ouse or outsid ers or even famil y .

I t l ook s l ik e sometimes we are comfortabl e with feel ings of being victimiz ed rather than facing a chal l enging situation. W e d eceive oursel ves into think ing that the worl d is unfair to us and we are unl uck y . P erhap s sometimes even that there is a ward of evil ey e that is casted up on us. I n real ity , no one is against us. W e have to val ue oursel ves and others.

If we want something, we have to first give uncond itional l y . W hen it rains from the sk y it rains on al l p arts of the earth, some p l ace becomes green and grows, whereas some remain barren and even the stones are d amaged .

W e can col l ect water accord ing to the siz e of our vessel s. The funny thing is that some chil d ren try to be l ik e their p arents whereas some try to be different than their parents. But their inner q ual ities/ genes p l ay a strong rol e at one time or another. The chil d ren d o behave l ik e their p arents even though they d isl ik e the behaviour of their p arents. The chil d ren consciousl y or unconsciousl y d o carry the good or bad q ual ities of their p arents. The resp onsibil ity fal l s on the shoul d ers of the p arents more. When the child suffers some problem in his ad ul thood , the negative p atterns they ex p erience have a connection with l ow or

high sel f esteem, confidence or lack of confidence, criticism or bruised ego or such influences of p arents behaviour. Therefore, one can l ook back into their p ast ex p eriences to d wel l on their d eep rooted emotional characteristics.

There is hope.

One can change the things. We have to figure out the eq uation. I f we get the sum wrong we shoul d not bl ame the q uestion or teacher.

W e shoul d work hard , d o more homework and get the sum right. Turn y our weak nesses into strength. W hen the p atterns, shortcomings or p robl ems show up in ad ul thood , what we cannot change or und erstand as a chil d , we can now und erstand as a grown up .L ook at the B rightsid e. A s an ad ul t we have more power and strength to fight our problems. We have more und erstand ing of oursel ves, l ife and p eop l e. W e have more k nowl ed ge and resources to come up in l ife. W e have op p ortunities to sel ect the p ath of our l ife. L et us become our own best friend , l ove and resp ect our own sel f eq ual l y with others around us.

L ook at the ad vantage of being a p arent. W e have been chil d ren oursel ves before and we can l earn, teach and guid e.

For more information: shabnam@skcounselling.ca Whichever house one has Lets keep a corner to laugh and joke, smile Let the children walk in freely after playing in mud..soaked in rain Let it be a calm resting place for a family rather then a battlefield of egos

Journey of Life !

By: Asma Shums Mortgage Broker G rief is a somewhat comp l icated and misund erstood emotion. Y et, grief is something that, unfortunatel y , we must al l ex p erience at some time or other. W e wil l al l inevitabl y ex p erience l oss. W hether it is a l oss through d eath, d ivorce or some other l oss, the stages of grieving are somewhat the same.

There are five stages of grief. If we get stuck in one stage or the other, the p rocess of grieving is not comp l ete, and cannot be comp l ete. Thus there wil l be no heal ing. A person MUST go through the five stages to be wel l again, to heal . N ot every one goes through the stages at the same time. I t is d ifferent for each p erson. Y ou cannot force a p erson through the stages, they have to go at their own p ace, and y ou may go one step forward then tak e two step s back ward , but this is al l p art of the p rocess, and ind ivid ual to each person. But, as stressed, ALL five stages must be comp l eted for heal ing to occur.

1 - D enial - ” this can’ t be hap p ening to me” , l ook ing for the former sp ouse in famil iar p l aces, or if it is d eath, setting the tabl e for the p erson or acting as if they are stil l in l iving there. N o cry ing. N ot accep ting or even ack nowl ed ging the l oss.

2 - A nger- ” why me? ” feel ings of wanting to fight back or get even with spouse of divorce, for d eath, anger at the d eceased , bl aming them for l eaving.

3 - B argaining- bargaining often tak es p l ace before the l oss. A ttemp ting to mak e d eal s with the sp ouse who is l eaving, or attemp ting to mak e d eal s with G od to stop or change the l oss. B egging, wishing and p ray ing for them to come back .

4 - D ep ressionoverwhel ming feel ings of hop el essness, frustration, bitterness, sel fp ity , mourning l oss of p erson as wel l as the hop es, d reams and p l ans for the future. F eel ing l ack of control , feel ing numb. P erhap s feel ing suicid al .

5-Acceptance-there is a difference between resignation and accep tance. Y ou have to accep t the l oss, not j ust try to bear it q uietl y .

R eal iz ation that it tak es two to mak e or break a marriage. R eal iz ation that the p erson is gone ( in d eath) that it is not their faul t; they d id n’ t l eave y ou on p urp ose. ( even in cases of suicid e, often the d eceased p erson, was not in their right frame of mind ) F ind ing the good that can come out of the p ain of loss, finding comfort and healing. Our goals turn toward p ersonal growth. S tay with fond memories of p erson.

G et hel p . Y ou wil l survive. Y ou wil l heal , even if y ou cannot bel ieve that now, j ust k now that it is true. To feel p ain after l oss is normal . I t p roves that we are al ive, human. B ut we can’ t stop l iving. W e have to become stronger, while not shutting off our feel ings for the hop e of one d ay being heal ed and finding love and/or happiness again.

H el p ing others through something we have ex p erienced is a wond erful way to facil itate our heal ing and bring good out of something tragic.

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In Case You Missed It, Canada Passed An Anti-Islamophobia Motion

By:Thomas Woodley President of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) anadi ans can’ t be bl amed for missing the anti- I sl amophobi a motion that pa ssed in pa rl iament l ast week. I f you G oogl e it, you won’ t get a singl e hit in mainstream medi a: not in C B C , not in P ostmedi a, not in the G l obe and M ail , now here.

I n fact, when this pi ece is publ ished, it may be the first media piece talking about Canada ’ s successful anti- I sl amophobi a motion.

While you won’t find any coverage of the anti- I sl amophobi a motion that pa ssed on Oct. 26, you will find articles about a similar motion that was de feated on O ct. 6.

Personally, I find it curious that a motion conde mning I sl amop hobia that fail s is news, whil e an ide ntical motion that pa sses is not.

This may be a case of “ anti- I sl amophobi a motion meets I sl amophobi c medi a.”

H owever you interp ret it, the M usl im- C anadi an community is de nied an oppor tunity for empathy and recognition. In effect, much of the val ue of such motions stems from the publ ic’ s awareness of them. W ithout any ex pos ure, such motions pa ss l argel y without effect.

I magine if C anadi an medi a hadn ’ t bothered to cover pa rl iament’ s 204 recognition of the A rmenian genocide in 204.

H ow might A rmenian- C anadi ans have fel t?

O r imagine if C anadi an medi a hadn’ t bothered to repor t on P rime M inister S tephe n H arpe r’ s 208 apol ogy to C anada ’ s indi ge-

nous pe op l es for the horrors of this country’ s reside ntial school s. M ost woul d see it as ye t another insul t to C anada ’ s bel eaguered indi genous communities.

I n a simil ar way , M usl im- C anadi ans are right to feel sl ighted by the fail ure of any C anadi an medi a - - l arge or smal l - - to give attention to this significant motion.

B ut j ust l ike many of C anada ’ s marginal iz ed communities, this was just the latest affront.

R ewind j ust three weeks earl ier, when C onservative M P s pr evented unanimous consent on the same motion. N D P l ead er Thomas M ul cair echoed the di sbel ief of many when he said, “ I can’ t see how anybody can spe ak out against a motion that seeks to conde mn a form of hatred.”

L ike wise incredul ous, L iberal M P O mar A l ghabra averred, “ I t’ s troubl ing. [ The motion was] a very non- pa rtisan, sym bol ic, good, pos itive motion. A nd I thought it woul d be l ike [ an] ‘ appl e pi e and motherhood’ type of statement.”

I t’ s pr obabl y fair to say that refusal to sup por t the O ct. 6 motion was an act of I sl amophobi a in and of itsel f.

Islamophobia is defined as “dislike of or pr ej udi ce against I sl am or M usl ims, espe cial l y a s a pol itical force.”

I n an op- ed bewail ing the fail ed motion of O ct. 6, A mira E l ghawaby of the N ational C ouncil of C anadi an M usl ims de tail ed several acts of I sl amophobi a that occurred j ust in the week immedi atel y fol l owing the motion: smashed window s at a mosque ; a

burned Q ur’ an; anti- I sl am pos ters on a C al gary c ampus .

W ant to hear about I sl amophobi a? A sk a visibl y M usl im woman, suggests E l ghawaby; or easier ye t, read the comments section on any onl ine articl e rel ating to C anada ’ s M uslims. You’ll easily find comments like this dooz y: “ I f you don’ t l ike it here and this country is not up to your standa rds , you can al ways move somewhere el se. D on’ t l et the door hit you i n the ass on y our way out .”

I nde ed, de spi te P arl iament’ s rel uctance to endor se this motion, you d on’ t have to go far to find Islamophobia in Canadian communities.

I f C anada ’ s pa rl iamentarians don’ t think that I sl amophobi c behaviour on the pa rt of pol iticians has any impa ct, they shoul d think again. A recent C al ifornia S tate U niversity repor t found a correl ation between I sl amophobi c pol itical rhetoric and hate crimes against M usl ims in the U S .

A l most on cue, an attack on a S ept - Î l es mosque on O ct. 2 - - the third attack on the buil di ng since 2013 - occurred t he da y after the M P for the ridi ng di sp araged L iberal M P s for showing de ference to a visiting I sl amic l eade r on P arl iament H il l .

I n fact, adm itted S amer M aj z oub, P reside nt of the C anadi an M usl im F orum, the S ept Î l es attack was pa rtl y what motivated the re- introduc tion of the motion in P arl iament.

M aj z oub was the initiator of a P arl iamentary pe tition against I sl amophobi a which garnered al most 70, 0 signatures and ul timatel y i nspi red t he O ct. 26 m otion.

D espi te these sl ights, M aj z oub remains gracious. A fter the successful pa ssage of the motion by unanimous consent, he expr essed thanks to al l the fede ral pa rties, and attributed the accomp l ishment to “ true C anadi an val ues.”

I n an interview with me, M aj z oub expr essed opt imism that the motion woul d ope n door s and enabl e di scussions and concrete pol icies around the issue. N everthel ess, he is al so aware that forms of di scrimination l ike I sl amophobi a can morph and re- emerge in new ways in C anadi an society .

If we find ourselves covering that eventual ity in P arl iament in a few ye ars, l et’ s j ust hope that next time around the medi a can be bothered t o show up.

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Safar 11. 1438 November 11, 2016

LIFESTYLE

From the pen of the Founding Editor of ‘The Miracle.

Excerpt from the book

‘The Last Salute’

B ah r ain A ir F o r c e - “ R iif a C o nt r o l T o w e r ” Sqn. Ldr. Nusrat Hussain (R) nh.guid ingstar@ gmail .com A fter retiring from the P aki stan A ir F orce, W ing C ommand er F areed B il grami, S qua d ron L eade r M oaz z am K han and I j oined the B ahrain A miri A ir F orce ( B A A F ) on contract in 1992. We were the first batch of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Traffic Control officers (ATCO’s) to report at the Sheikh Isa A ir base of the B A A F . A di ( real name has been withheld) served as an Air Traffic Control ( A TC ) advi sor to the B A A F at that time.

H e was a retired L ieutenant C ommande r of the R oya l B ritish N avy where he had served as a pi l ot and an A TC O . H e enj oye d three advantages over us Pakistani ATC officers, and the other Bahraini Officers: First, his white E ngl ish heritage. S econd, his on the type rada r control expe rience. Third, his titl e of A TC advi sor that somehow pl aced him above al l other ranks of the A TC S qua dr on.

H owever, a big di sadva ntage made him unhappy: our uniform. D espi te being senior and an ex- mil itary p erson, A di wore civil ian cl othes. H e di d not get the sal utes and the titl e ‘ S ir’ received by us uniform wearing officers. There were Bahraini soldiers in uniform who al so worke d in the A TC squa d ron.

A s pe r the normal mil itary courtesy , they saluted and addressed us officers by ‘Sir.’ Adi, received more than doubl e of our sal ary , but was de pr ived of this pr estigious facil ity . H e was called by his first name and salutes were not ext ende d to him. H e fel t it too. A di had aske d the B ahrain D efense F orces ( B D F ) H eadqua rters to give him the rank of a M aj or to run the A TC matters. They de nied him.

B ecause of my adve nturous nature, I often teased him by maki ng him real iz e my supe riority of uniform. I t strained our rel ations.

I n the P aki stan A ir F orce, we had control l ed air traffic with professional pride under extremel y de mand ing condi tions. I sa A ir B ase had the most mode rn rada r equi pm ent never used by us before. A di was the onl y capa bl e rada r control l er. H e conduc ted our on the type training inside the rada r room. M y conflict with him amplified during training. Adi

de cl ared me hard of hearing and sent me for a med ical hearing test. I had to sit in front of a machine with a head set and a button to p ress every time I heard the tone. There wasn’ t a p robl em with my hearing and of course, I got a cl ean med ical bil l of heal th. B ut, I had become a bunny of A d i. I nsid e the rad ar room, l ife became miserabl e. A stage arrived where my contract became vul nerabl e.

C ap tain M amd ooh- A l - M ohanna, S enior A ir Traffic Control Officer (SATCO) and the boss was a smart Bahraini officer. He realiz ed the situation and ap p reciated the d amage head ing toward s the B ahrain A ir F orce.

H e wasn’ t p rep ared to bear the l oss of a control l er in whom the B ahrain A ir F orce had al read y invested so much time and money .

He called me into his office downstairs and informed me of my posting to Riffa Air Base.

Riffa was a small helicopter base below the pr estigious S heikh I sa A ir B ase of F - 16 and F-5 fighter jet aircraft. It was like the difference between a fighter pilot and a helicopt er pi l ot. C apt ain M amdooh thought it woul d be a di sgusting rel egation not l ike d by me. H owever, de ep inside , it made me feel happy . I coul d hardl y hide my j oy . I was reminde d of the famous U rdu pr overb, “ K ubbay ko l aat mari- uss ka kubb nika l gaya .” I t meant that a hunchbacke d pe rson, when ki cke d hard from behind, got rid of his hump. A nyone unde r simil ar circumstances woul d be grateful to the pe rson who ki cke d away the hump. The same on- top- of- theworl d feel ings occupi ed my heart after hearing the news. B ut, I acknow l edge d the news with appa rent sadne ss on my f ace.

A di hel pl essl y shook hands when I smil ed with a wink of an eye and bid him farewel l at the S heikh I sa A ir B ase. I was being pos ted away from the strong cl utches of A di . I no more had to attend the training in that da rk r ada r room unde r his brutal control .

A five minute drive from my home took me to Riffa Air Base as compared to a thirty minute morning dr ive to S heikh I sa A ir Base. Two other Bahraini officers, Second L ieutenant J asim and S econd L ieuten-

Nusrat with Helicopter Pilots of Riffa base.

ant A dna n know n for their care- free and friendly attitude served at Riffa Tower. With no difference in rank, pay and all the other facilities, serving at Riffa Base remained a private dream for most of the ATC officers of I sa A ir B ase.

Riffa Air Base, home to the Helicopter Wing housed the squa dr ons of A B - 21, B el l A H 1E and B l ack H awk hel icopt ers. F irst L ieutenant Saad, another Bahraini officer got pr omoted to C apt ain and pos ted as S A TC O Riffa Air Base. It upgraded the status of Riffa Tower.

F l ight S afety meetings of the A ir F orce hel d once a month at the Riffa Air Base, were attend ed by al l the command ers of the A ir F orce. A d i, in the cap acity of A TC ad visor, enj oy ed the p rivil ege of attend ing these meetings. O nce, before going to the meeting, he came to visit the Riffa control tower.

There wasn’t any official reason for him to visit the Riffa tower. He probably wanted to see the cond ition of his ol d bunny - me. I accord ed him a good wel come and teased him in my p ecul iar sty l e. I n the heat of our arguments A d i said , ‘ S hut- up .’ Though he said it in a frank manner, I mad e a big issue of insul t by a civilian to an officer of the Bahrain Air F orce. I d emand ed an ap ol ogy from him, but he l eft the tower to attend the meeting.

A general pe rcept ion exi sted that A di used every opportunity to embarrass the officers in uniform. F ol l owing pr ope r chain of command, I repor ted the matter to C apt ain S aad, the SATCO at the Riffa Tower. He at once cal l ed C apt ain M amdooh at S heikh I sa A ir B ase. C apt ain M amdooh repor ted the matter to the higher command, who aske d for a written repor t of the incide nt. I wrote an ap -

with Captain Mamdooh and others

pr opr iate repor t and l eft it on the tabl e- uncovered. A fter the meeting, A di came to the control tower again. C apt ain S aad al so sat there. A di gl anced at the repor t. H e real iz ed the seriousness of the matter and reque sted me not to forward t he repor t.

A di was wel l aware that he won’ t be abl e to justify an official reason of his presence in the Riffa tower. He could clearly see his lucrative contract with the B ahrain A ir F orce in j eopa rdy . H e impl ored me with many soft words , terming that it was onl y a j oke . C ap tain S aad and I in uniform sat on the chairs with our l egs stretched out on the tabl e. A di ke pt standi ng and pl eadi ng me not to forward the repor t. S aad winke d at me, signal ing not to spa re him. A di pr essed so hard for a pardon it became difficult for me to say no to his reque st. F inal l y I said: ‘ O k A di , I am l etting you go this time, but I hope you wil l be careful next time.’ H e thanke d me many times before leaving the Riffa tower that da y .

Adi never returned to the Riffa control tower dur ing the next four ye ars of my service with the B A A F . C apt ain S aad and I k ept l aughing and enj oye d our l ittl e chase with A di . I pa id a goodbye visit to A di before l eaving B ahrain in 196.

W e shed our hard feel ings over a pl easant cup of tea. H e bid me farewel l with good wishes and a broad friendl y s mil e.

A few times on my way to P ak istan, I have mad e stop - overs at B ahrain. I enj oy meeting ol d friend s and roaming around in a l oveabl e country . I have no hesitation in say ing that B ahrain is a beautiful country and the B ahrainis are magnificent people with open hearts.

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T h r o u g h t h e le ns o f

The M iracl e M edi a woul d l ike to acknow l edge its first professional photographer, Mr. C handr a B oda l ia. O ur rel ationship goes back to 204 when the D eput y P remier of the time, C hristy C l ark was the chief G uest at M iracl e’ s A wards gal a C eremony in E xe cutive P l az a H otel in C oqui tl am. M r. B oda l ia was hired for his pr ofessional phot ography services and he capt ured the moments from the event beautiful l y . M r. B oda l ia is wel l know n, pa rticul arl y in the S outh A sian community , f or his event phot ography . handr a was born in S isodr a near N avsari, G uj arat 68 ye ars ago.

H is gradua ted high school from

N avsari.H e went onto study at the reput ed C . N . F ine A rts, at A mada vad. H e earned his di pl oma in C ommercial A rts and P ainting.

H e worke d for newspa pe rs and many ind ustrial comp anies as an artist in G uj arat.

H e won many awards at the state l evel compe titions. H e immigrated to V ancouver, C anada in 197 6. H e was invol ved w ith G uj arati S ociety of B C as an artist for D iwal i S ouvenirs.

H e had c reated t he l ogo for G S B C .

A t cul tural shows for G S B C , V H P and others he was the pr eferred pr op a rtist and phot ograp her. B ut his de di cation to phot ography i s unmatched.

He was helping people to make and keep memories through his camera lens.

He is a believer……….A picture is worth a thousand words.

Typi cal l y , phot ographe rs are not born artists.

They study their craft throughout l ife, p racticing how to tel l a story t hrough l ens.

B ut C handr a was an artist who got interested in photography when he got his first camera when he was 17, a nd t he j ourney began in I ndi a.

C handr a has establ ished himsel f as a storytel l er through his phot ography .

There is a movement to archive his contribution onl ine so everybody continues to benefit from his body of work.

C handr a has consistentl y shown commitment, pa ssion, energy , creativity and above al l rel iabil ity to serve and phot ographi cal l y document all significant events of IndoC anadi an community . This qua l ities make him a truly great Prolific Photographer.

H e has enriched our community with faith in selfless service and humility.

O ver several y ears he has tak en thousand s of p ictures of al l k ind s of events l ik eV aishak hi p arad e, D iwal i cel ebration, S ocial , P ol itical events, B irthd ay s, W ed d ings, B ol l y wood shows, C ul tural & F und raising events.

He is considered the official photographer for B ol l y wood stars whenever they are in town.

H e is wel l l ike d by everyone in the community a nd pol itical l eade rs.

He has been given more than 20 awards during his career.

C hand ra is an accomp l ished p hotograp her, artist, painter and above all a selfless volunteer.

H e has a l ife threatening il l ness but his pa ssion for phot ography ke eps him very busy and a ctive.

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MIRAC S PL O E RS TPSE C I A L

Refugee to referee: Syrian eyes promotion to Bundesliga

A l most a y ear into his new l ife in G ermany , S y rian refugee A mmar S ahar is wel l on his way to real iz ing his d ream of becoming a B und esl iga referee. S ahar, who al read y referees matches in the B erl in l eague in the six th tier of G erman soccer, has his hopes pinned on officiating at the highest l evel . “ I have a good chance, ” the 2 7 - y ear- ol d tol d The A ssociated P ress.

S ahar has been refereeing since he was 1 7 y ears ol d , when he took charge of an und er- 1 4 s l eague game in his home city of H ama, S y ria’ s fourth l argest after D amascus, A l ep p o and H oms. “ A fter two y ears I went to the second and third d ivisions in S y ria. F rom 2 0 0 8 to 2 0 1 0 I was in the first division in Syria,” said Sahar, who also officiated youth games in neighbouring L ebanon. S y ria’ s d evastating civil war forced him to flee with his wife Loubana via L ebanon in O ctober 2 0 1 5 . S ahar had a brother l iving in G ermany so it was the l ogical choice. The coup l e had to get there first, however, undertaking the peril ous j ourney from Turk ey and across the Aegean Sea toward Greece, the first frontier for most migrants seek ing to reach the E U . L oubana was seventh months p regnant at the time. B ut they p aid smuggl ers a p remium so that they coul d travel on a safer boat. S ahar bel ieves there were around 3 0 fel l ow p assengers when normal l y some 4 5 are crammed on board for a cheap er p rice. There was stil l d rama on the crossing, however. “ W e were hal fway when the motor gave up , ” S ahar said .

“ B ut other p eop l e on the boat hel p ed me to get it going again.” L ik e many other refugees, they mad e their way by bus to M aced onia and then S erbia, before continuing by train through C roatia, S l ovenia and A ustria, from where a bus took them to P assau on the G erman bord er, then another to M unich. “ I n M unich the p ol ice gave us tick ets for a ( refugee) centre but I said , ‘ N o, no, we’ re not going to M unich, we’ re going to B erl in! ” ’ S ahar said .

H e thought the G erman footbal l fed eration’ s head q uarters must be in B erl in, the cap ital . “ B ut it’ s in F rank furt. I thought at the time it was in B erl in so I said , ‘ W e go to B erl in, we want to go to B erl in.’

A nd the p ol ice were so nice they gave me two tick ets to go to B erl in.” B efore that, a visa stamp on S ahar’ s p assp ort from O man had raised a few ey ebrows among G erman p ol ice before he ex p l ained he had travel l ed to the A rabian sul tanate to referee an und er- 1 4 tournament. “ I showed them a p hoto. ‘ I ’ m a referee, ” ’ he said .

S occer is the national sp ort in G ermany so that may have eased his entry into the country . The S ahars were j ust one coup l e among 8 9 0 , 0 0 0 migrants to arrive in the country l ast y ear. The l atest government figures suggest some 213,000 applied for asylum in the first nine months of this y ear. S ahar got in touch with the B erl in footbal l fed eration and was given three games to referee as a test in the L and esl iga B erl in, a l evel bel ow the B erl in- L iga. “ A fter this match in the L and esl iga, the

B erl iner F ussbal l V erband ( B erl in footbal l fed eration) cal l ed me to go to a referee camp . They tol d me, ‘ N ow y ou are a referee in the B erl in- L iga.’ I was very hap p y , ” S ahar said . M atches are shared between three officials, each doing two games as an assistant before one as a referee. Sahar refereed his fifth Berlin-Liga match on S und ay , a 5 - 0 victory for B F C P reussen at D J K S W N euk oel l n. H e had a busy game, handing out five yellow cards and one red that l ed to a p enal ty . “ H e had a great game. H e d id a sup er j ob, ” said N euk oel l n p l ay er M arco F ink , who ack nowl ed ged the red card had been j ustified. Local league photographer Christop h L ehner had seen S ahar in action several times before and said his biggest chal l enge was communicating with the p l ay ers. “ O f course the l anguage p l ay s a huge rol e in communication, ” L ehner said . S ahar, who sp eak s basic E ngl ish and G erman, ad mits that communication is an issue but say s it’ s getting easier al l the time. “ S ometimes I have a p robl em und erstand ing what a p l ay er is say ing to me, but any thing I d on’ t und erstand , I save in my mind , ” he said . “ The assistants al so hel p me a l ot.” L earning G erman is k ey as S ahar aims to integrate as q uick l y as p ossibl e in ord er to reach his goal . “ I must work very hard to be a good referee in G ermany , ” he said . “ N ow I work step - by - step to arrive in the B und esl iga.”

S ahar work s as a swimming instructor in a l ocal school in B erl in, whil e j uggl ing

Source: CTV News

I nternational C rick et C ouncil ( I C C ) on W ed nesd ay took notice of d el ay in P ak istan- I nd ia women crick et series and referred the matter to event technical committee of the council .“ The matter has been referred to the event technical committee, as soon as the committee mak es a d ecision, it wil l be announced via a med ia rel ease, ” said I C C sp ok esman.

P ak istan was sup p osed to host I nd ia for three O ne- D ay I nternational ( O D I ) match series before O ctober this y ear but B oard of C ontrol for C rick et in I nd ia ( B C C I ) d id not furnish any rep l y to P ak istan C rick et Board’s (PCB) offer to play the series at a neutral venue.

P ak istan and I nd ia were sched ul ed to p l ay the series which would have affected the sel ection of q ual ify ing teams for C rick et W orl d C up 2 0 1 7 .

I C C rul es ind icate that top four teams on the tabl e before F ebruary 2 0 1 7 wil l secure p l ace in coming women crick et W orl d C up and other four teams wil l be d ecid ed after a q ual ify ing round which is to be hel d in F ebruary 2 0 1 7 .

The PCB officials are hopeful to get six p oints as I nd ia refused to p l ay the sched ul ed series.

P ak istan is currentl y stand ing at number 7 of I C C women’ s champ ionship p oints tabl e with eight p oints.

I n the I C C W omen’ s C hamp ionship , I nd ia currentl y sit six th on the tabl e with 1 3 points five points adrift of the top four.

P ak istan are seventh with eight p oints. I f the six p oints for the series are award ed to P ak istan, neither sid e wil l have a chance to d irectl y q ual ify for the W orl d C up .

P ak istan and I nd ia women crick et teams are al so sched ul ed to p l ay on N ovember 2 9 in W omen’ s A sia C up which wil l hel d in Thail and .

C rick eting ties between I nd ia and P ak istan are currentl y stal l ed , given the p ol itical tensions between the neighbours.

The men’ s teams have not p l ay ed a bil ateral series against each other since

D ecember- J anuary 2 0 1 2 - 1 3 , when P ak istan visited I nd ia, but have met in various mul ti- team tournaments since then, incl ud ing the W orl d C up , W orl d T2 0 , C hamp ions Trop hy and A sia C up .

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G erman l anguage l essons, referee training and p arental d uties with L oubana for their son N id al , born in B erl in not l ong after the coup l e’ s arrival in the G erman cap ital on D ec. 3 , 2 0 1 5 . They recentl y moved to an eastern d istrict of B erl in. The change j ust ad d s to the d ail y chal l enges.

B esid es training, p arenting, work ing and l earning G erman - they stil l have to get a new k itchen instal l ed - S ahar k eep s l ook ing on the bright sid e. “ G erman is hard , but it’ s a nice l anguage, ” he said . That p ositive outl ook is fuel ing his p ush for p romotion to referee at the top l evel . “ I hop e to go to B und esl iga 1 and 2 in the future. I work every d ay to get to the nex t l evel , to get to the B und esl iga. The B und esl iga is one of the best l eagues in the worl d , ” S ahar said . A nd it d oesn’ t need to end there for the ambitious match official whose favourite referee is H oward W ebb of England. “In the next five or six years, may be I ’ l l have a G erman I .D . and I coul d be an international referee from G ermany , may be. This is my d ream, ” he said .

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