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Vancouver bubble WILL burst

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he Canadian housing market just keeps getting hotter.

Home prices in the Greater Vancouver area have surged 30% year over year in May, up from 15% at the end of 2015, according to the bank’s June 2016 Financial System Review.

Meanwhile, prices in the Greater Toronto area are growing by 15% YoY, up from 10% half a year earlier.

A statement from the Bank of Canada even warned that folks who want to buy homes in Vancouver and/or Toronto should probably recognise that prices are unlikely to further increase dramatically, given economic fundamentals.

“Prospective homebuyers and their lenders should not extrapolate recent real estate performance into the future when contemplating a transaction,” BoC governor Stephen Poloz said in the statement. And all of this getting analysts worried. “This is a bubble. A very big bubble. And it is going to end in tears,” wrote Capital Economics’ chief North America economist Paul Ashworth.

“The Bank’s claim that the risk of a housing downturn is small because there is little risk of either a spike in the unemployment rate or a jump in longterm interest rate risk premiums is naïve in the extreme,” he added.

Plus, he pointed out that the gains in housing prices in these regions now “far exceed” those in the US at the peak of its housing bubble. Of course, as with all bubbles, it’s quite difficult to predict when exactly this will happen.

By Ashworth’s own admission, his team first warned about the bubble risk back in early 2011.

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Police charge suspect with assaulting Muslim woman in Supermarket

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olice have arrested a 38-year-old woman in connection with an alleged attack on a Muslim woman in a supermarket in London, Ont., and charged her with assault. The Muslim woman was shopping with her fourmonth-old son when she was attacked, according to police.

Muslim woman attacked in London, Ont., grocery store, police say. The woman was at the Superking Supermarket at 785 Wonderland Rd. S. at about 5 p.m. Monday when a woman she didn’t know began yelling at her for no apparent reason, police said. The stranger spat on the Muslim woman, punched her several times and then pulled at her hijab and hair, police said.

“We don’t have a motive for the assault right now,” London Police Service spokeswoman Sandasha Bough said.

“We don’t have any information that this is a hate motivated offence. In what you’re seeing and what you’re hearing and what was provided through social media Tuesday it would lead people to believe that. But right now we’re looking at it as an assault.”

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Trudeau says Canada ‘well positioned’ to weather Brexit storm amid market jitters

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rime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians waking up to jittery markets Friday that Canada’s economy is in a good position to weather the storm in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

“The country’s economy is strong, diversified and resilient. While last night’s vote will undoubtedly increase the global economic uncertainty, Canadians can be reassured that we are monitoring the situation closely and that we will work with our

partners across the world to maintain stability and create economic growth,” Trudeau said in French in Quebec City.

The prime minister was in his home province to celebrate Quebec’s official holiday, known as Fête Nationale.

Trudeau said he had spoken Friday morning with Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz, who were in contact with their G7 counterparts.

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Free speech is essential on our public university campuses

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anada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not protect university students’ right to free expression on campus, according to the B.C. Court of Appeal. It is a ruling that deserves to be challenged.

The ruling was made in the case of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and Cam Côté vs. the University of Victoria. The case arose in 2013, when the university withdrew its approval for a peaceful campus event requested by a campus anti-abortion club, Youth Protecting Youth (YPY). The university took its instructions from the University of Victoria Students’ Society, a student union with a long track record of active opposition toward YPY. At various times in the past decade, the student union has denied club status to YPY; withheld club funding (routinely given to other campus clubs); prevented YPY from advertising its events; and filed “harassment” complaints against YPY, based on disagreement with YPY’s beliefs and expression.

The student union has not alleged that YPY members engage in disrespectful or offensive behaviour - the anti-abortion message itself constitutes “harassment.”

The student union is obviously not familiar with - or chooses to ignore - court decisions that

unequivocally describe abortion as a subject which can be, and ought to be, debated.

YPY proceeded to hold its event as previously approved by the university, by holding signs, handing out pamphlets and engaging other students in discussion. The university responded by imposing a one-year ban on YPY, which the university lifted only after YPY started court action.

In their court action against the university, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and YPY president Cam Côté asked what a university’s mission and purpose are. Should the university be a forum for the expression and debate of ideas, including controversial and unpopular ones? Or should the university determine the “truth” on behalf of everyone, and then coddle students’ minds by ensuring they are “safe” from seeing or hearing challenges to established opinion and orthodoxy?

Walmart has no obligation to facilitate free expression on its premises. Stores rent space from malls to conduct business and earn profits, not to provide a forum for discussion and debate. Mosques, temples and churches are likewise private entities, which do not need to provide space for opposing views. The same goes

for thousands of social, cultural, ethnic, political and charitable groups. Private associations can advocate freely for their own beliefs, and also require agreement with those beliefs as a condition for membership.

But as a public body exercising a public function, the University of Victoria is no Walmart. Canada’s public universities exercise power over the granting of almost all degrees.

A student who is expelled from a public university for violating the university’s speech code will find it very difficult, if not impossible, to become a teacher, nurse, doctor, accountant or engineer. As a taxpayer-funded institution created by B.C.’s University Act to fulfil a public responsibility, the University of Victoria is legally obligated to honour free expression on campus as a fundamental Canadian value.

Freedom of speech was recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada as a foundational value of our democracy long before the charter came into force. In 1957, the court described the free exchange of ideas as “little less vital to man’s mind and spirit than breathing is to his physical existence.” The Supreme Court has noted, quoting John Stuart Mill: “Ages are no more infallible than individuals; every age having held many opinions which subsequent ages have deemed not only false but absurd; and . . . many opinions now general will be rejected by future ages, as it is that many, once general, are rejected by the present.”

Universities should be educating robust, thinking minds. The law should not allow universities to become a lesser and distorted version of themselves.

The B.C. Court of Appeal made it clear that the charter does not protect the rights of students to express their opinions on campus at the University of Victoria and B.C.’s other public universities. However, the door is wide open for students to advance strong non-charter arguments in defence of their campus free speech rights.

The current climate on campus being what it is, it likely won’t be long before students get that - By John Carpay ,Troy Media chance.

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Police charge suspect with assaulting Muslim woman in Supermarket Continued from Page 3 The police department’s street gang unit will review the investigation once it’s complete.

It will determine if the assault has elements of hate or bias, which could be used during sentencing, if charges are laid and the matter ends up in court.

“We’re asking anybody who saw or heard anything to let us know,” Bough said. “We’re really, really hoping that the public can help. We’ve spoken to witnesses, but we’re still looking for more.”

Bough said it’s unclear if the woman who carried out the attack was speaking English or another language.

“Only the people that were there can let us know what exactly was said,” Bough said.

Police are looking into whether surveillance footage is available.

The suspect was located after tips were called in to Crime Stoppers and London police headquarters.

Police have not released the name of the woman arrested.

“The Police Services Act gives us permission to release names of people who are charged with offences but it’s at the discretion of the chief or designate,” Bough said. “When we put photos out through social media … we routinely don’t publish names of the arrested persons.

That’s because of some of the comments made through social media that would lead us to believe their safety is at risk.”

Trudeau says Canada ‘well positioned’ to weather Brexit storm amid market jitters

Continued from Page 3 “They are monitoring world markets knowing that Canada’s financial system remains strong and stable,” Trudeau said after the Canadian dollar lost more than a cent against the U.S. dollar in reaction to Britons’ vote to exit the European Union. Trudeau said Canada shares deep historical ties and common values with the U.K. and the EU, and will continue to work with both.

“We respect the choice of the British people and will remain a strong partner of the UK and the European Union,” the prime minister eliciting some boos from the crowd. Some in Quebec have welcomed the British result as good news for Quebec’s independence movement.

To the surprise of many, British Prime Minister David Cameron didn’t wait long before announcing he would step down by the fall.

“On behalf of all Canadians, I would like to thank him for being such a close ally and good friend to our country. We wish him well.”

Morneau issued a similar statement after speaking with G7 finance ministers and central bank governors. “While some market and economic volatility can be expected, the Canadian economy is well placed and our financial institutions are well funded. Global markets are resilient and orderly, and we will continue to monitor developments in the world economy,” Canada’s finance minister said.

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Baltej Singh Dhillon makes history again

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he trailblazing Mountie who made history in 1990 as the first RCMP officer allowed to wear a turban is once again blazing new paths. But this time, Insp. Baltej Singh Dhillon’s focus is inward.

The civil rights pioneer is the first RCMP officer to become a certified yoga instructor, offering mindfulness meditation courses to the force’s B.C. ‘E’ Division as part of its mental health strategy.

“We’ve been at it now for a year,” Dhillon told Metro in a phone interview. “We’ve had about 500 members and staff come to the classes.”

The 49-year-old force veteran — who oversaw B.C.’s intelligence unit until becoming Officer In Charge of Operational Readiness and Response in March — said the type of yoga he’s certified to teach, Kundalini Yoga, has a strong emphasis on meditation practices.

Child, 4, dies after fall from window of Langley home

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four-year-old child has died after falling from the upper-storey window of a home in Langley, say RCMP. The incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. in the city’s Willoughby neighbourhood.

The B.C. Ambulance Service says the child was transported to hospital in critical condition. The child died shortly after 4 p.m.

PT, according to police.Police say they are not treating the incident as suspicious, but the serious crime section will continue to investigate. Cpl. Holly Largy says the child was not home alone at the time.

Ambulances and firetrucks raced to a home in Langley after a child fell from a window. The four-year-old later died.

Vancouver bubble WILL burst

Continued from Page 3 When prices do begin to fall in Toronto and Vancouver, expectations of further declines could become just as self-fulfilling as the expectations of further price gains now.

We have no idea exactly how far prices will fall. But we would stress that the link between price declines and mortgage defaults is not a linear one like the Bank of Canada seems to believe.

If prices fall by 20% in the most overvalued markets, pushing recent home buyers deep into negative equity then there is a danger that the price decline / foreclosure rise feedback loop becomes self-perpetuating.

Trains mediation peace officers

Known as the “yoga of awareness,” Kundalini was brought to North America by Sikh teacher Harbhajan Singh. Dhillon said increasing both officers’ and other RCMP staff members’ awareness boosts their mental resiliency.

“We spend a lot of time working on our physical health, but oftentimes we neglect our mental health,” he explained. “There are a lot of studies done that show meditation and mindfulness are great tools towards being resilient in our mental health.”

But teaching officers yoga and meditation

isn’t just about improving self-care in the force.

By becoming “more in tune with yourself ” and “more present” in the unpredictable situations officers find themselves in, he said, mindfulness also improves officers’ abilities on duty, he said.

“The most difficult thing we have to do as police officers is being present when there’s so much going on.

When adrenaline kicks in, that immediately eliminates a number of our capacities mentally and physically …

Meditation and mindfulness gives us that little extra awareness.”

Of course, just as with Dhillon’s civil rights

fight in the 1990s to wear his Sikh turban, or dastaar, introducing yoga in a police force known for its tough, insular culture.

He insisted he’s not the first teacher to bring yoga to the RCMP, but believes he may be the first police officer to do so. Even 10 years ago, when he started practising yoga off-duty to cope with “a variety of job-related stressors,” the idea of getting cops onto a yoga mat en masse was unimaginable.

“You wouldn’t say the word yoga or meditation!” he said with a laugh. “There were all kinds of flags it would conjure up, and ties to religion or dogma.

“But it’s really a practice to manage our mental health and let go of many of the stressors that can manifest as high blood pressure, disease, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.”

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Gurbhajan Singh Gill Honoured by the Central Association of Punjabi Writers T

By: Mindy Ghag

he Central Association of Punjabi Writers of North America held a private gathering for the revered and notable ghazal writer, Gurbhajan Singh Gill, on June 20, 2016. The intimate meeting primarily consisted of Gill’s thoughts and commentary on the state of Punjabi literature, community, and politics. Gill

Government College in Ludhiana. There was a time and period when the Punjabi language was being phased out of schools

Punjabi literary community.

Gill believes that the Punjabi language is in danger of depleting if it is not strengthened

beyond, has brought over Punjabi culture and language.

Gill highlighted the many ways in which the Punjabi community in Canada has made great strides in maintaining Punjabi culture outside of Punjab, with references to the Ghadar movement and the creation of Vancouver’s first Gurdwara on Ross

was honoured by the association for his contributions to the Punjabi writing community, and his ongoing work and activism in keeping the Punjabi language visible in governments and schools.

and governments in various part of India, including the state of Punjab. The concept of phasing out the Punjabi language in its own state would definitely shock many, but it only further ignited the passion in Gurbhajan Gill to bring the Punjabi language back to the forefront through writing and activism.

Gill initiated various movements, social and political, to further the Punjabi language at various levels. Gill has been extremely successful in his work and has garnered an enormous amount of respect from the Punjabi community for his constant and consistent dedication to keeping the Punjabi language strong.

The Punjabi Sahit Academy has had the privilege of having Gurbhajan Gill serve as President for two terms. The majority of changes that have been made in legislation, regarding advancing the Punjabi language and literary work, have been done through the Punjabi Sahit Academy. Gill has utilized his position in the organization to create and stir real positive change that would allow for Punjabi culture and language to continue to thrive at various levels. Gill made it clear he was not taking this position in vain and would not let the voters down, and thus committed himself to being the best leader possible by actualizing his goals for the

by Punjabi speaking communities. Gill urges people to “speak, write, and read in their mother tongue.” He admires the ways in which the Punjabi Diaspora, in Canada and

Street. Gurbhajan Gill continues to write and publish his own work, all while fighting for the Punjabi literary community’s relevance and presence in India.

Gurbhajan Gill was born in Basantkot, near Batala, in 1953. Gill’s love and passion for Punjabi poetry and writing began during his schooling years. Although, Gill began to take writing seriously around 1971, which was around the time when his writing became more political, spiritual, and emotional. The writing profession is not an easy one, but Gill was fortunate enough to have been strongly encouraged and supported by a number of his teachers during his formative years. It was this support and encouragement that reinforced Gill’s passion for the literary world. Gill went on to earn his graduate and postgraduate degrees from GGN Khalsa College and

RBC top 25 Canadian immigrant awards

RBC held a stupendous event to celebrate the RBC top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards held at the RBC Centre in downtown Vancouver Thursday night. Pictured at the event from left are RBC's Regional President for British Columbia, Graham Maclachlan, Entrepreneur Award recipient for 2016, Chris Izquierdo, and Varun N. Munjal representing the Canadian Immigrant magazine. Among the winners was Canada's Defence Minister, Harjit Sajjan.

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Vancouver school closures about more than just the money

harles Ungerleider doesn’t envy the task before Vancouver School Board trustees. The fate of 3,217 students at 12 schools is now in their hands after the district released its preliminary list of facilities that are being considered for closure before the start of the 2017-18 school year to help bridge a $27 million budget shortfall and provincial utilization goals.

While some of the schools, like Admiral Seymour (28 per cent utilization) and Dr. A.R. Lord (43 per cent) are currently facing low enrollment, Ungerleider – an education professor at the University of British Columbia

and the province’s former deputy minister of education from 1998 to 2001 – says the decision to close any facilities can’t just be about the money. “It’s not going to be easy.

Most parents don’t know who the trustees are until their school is facing closure.

They’ll know them now,� he said.

Underleider said it won’t just be parents lobbying trustees to keep their children’s schools open.

Former students who used to attend the schools are expected to come out in droves.

Staff also face uncertain futures and will have an interest during the trustee’s consultations.

Canada’s worst parking job leads police to hit-and-run suspect

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video of a brutal parking job has led Vancouver police to a teenager without a driver’s licence who appears to have panicked after striking a parked car with his mom’s “borrowed� Porsche Cayenne.

The two-minute long video, taken by a neighbour, shows the motoring equivalent of putting a square peg in a round hole as the teen tries desperately to force the luxury vehicle past the walls of a narrow garage.

It ends with part of the $60,000-plus car’s undercarriage lying on the ground.

“It was a bad decision to start with and then a decision made much worse by not taking responsibility,� said VPD Const. Brian Montague. “He’s lucky he’s not facing criminal charges.�

Montague said police instead have charged the teenager with offences under the Motor Vehicle Act including driving without a licence and hit and run of a parked car.

The incident occurred on June 16 at about 11 a.m on West 32nd Avenue between Oak and Granville streets.

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Mike Duffy challenges Senate’s demand to repay $16,955 in expenses

enator Mike Duffy’s lawyer is appealing to the “good parliamentarians” in the Red Chamber to quash a demand his client repay $16,955 in ineligible expenses.

The committee that oversees Senate spending and administration sent the Prince Edward Island senator a letter outlining the problematic expenses, despite Duffy being cleared of 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery related to his expenses last April.

“He shouldn’t have to go through this. It’s absurd. The judgment is final,” Donald Bayne told Rosemary Barton, host of CBC News Networks’ Power & Politics, on Thursday.

In the letter, Nicole Proulx, the clerk of the Senate’s internal economy committee, writes that despite the fact Duffy, a non-affiliated member, was cleared of criminal charges, “new information surfaced in the public domain” warranting an assessment of the senator’s

expenses. The flagged expenses, between the period of March 5, 2009, and Sept. 13, 2012, include personal photos, makeup and Duffy’s personal trainer, all raised during Duffy’s long court trial. But the demand isn’t unanimous. CBC News has learned a number of senators both on and off the Senate’s committee on internal economy, budgets and administration didn’t want to issue another bill to Duffy. A Senate source told CBC the chief financial officer of the Senate heard about the additional expenses during the trial and decided it was her duty to comb back through his expenses.

The CFO alerted the internal board, which met on June 7 and found Duffy had broken

Senate administrative rules. Bayne said Duffy wasn’t given a chance to weigh in before he received the letter. The defence lawyer said he sent out a copy of his response to senators and members of the media hoping most senators will back down.

“I don’t believe for a minute that this action represents the considered judgment of all or most senators — many or most of whom are good parliamentarians” Bayne said.

“I’m hoping and trusting that senators will reflect on this and say, ‘Wait a minute we want a voice on this. This is inappropriate.’”

Duffy became one of the faces of the Senate

expenses scandal in 2014 after he was charged with offences linked to his living claims. He was suspended, but was cleared in April by Justice Charles Vaillancourt. In his 15-page response letter to Proulx, Bayne reminded the committee that Vaillancourt reviewed the claims they are now seeking and still cleared Duffy.

“This is double jeopardy,” Bayne said. “It’s frankly quite unwise.”

Bayne points out Duffy remained under suspension until August 2015, suffering a net loss of over $155,000.

“A very significant monetary and other penalty has, therefore, already and improperly been imposed by the Senate standing committee upon Senator Duffy,” said Bayne.

“This unjust suspension and severe economic and reputational penalty was imposed on a man known to be confronting grave health issues exacerbated by stress.”

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man was taken to hospital with injuries after colliding with a taxi in Surrey early Thursday morning.

A taxi collided with a white sedan at the intersection of 72nd Avenue and 144 Street around 1:22 a.m., causing the sedan to flip onto its side, landing on the curb.

Chelsea Mesenchuk was walking home with a friend after watching a movie when she witnessed the accident.

She said the two cars were both traveling in opposite directions on 72nd Avenue when the collision happened.

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all of a sudden we just heard a big collision,” said Mesenchuk.

“We were shaking like, really bad. It’s scary.”

Surrey Fire and Rescue crews were able to extricate the man trapped in his vehicle through the windshield. He was taken to hospital in stable condition, but with serious injuries.The driver of the taxi stayed on scene and was cooperative with police.

Surrey RCMP are reviewing traffic cameras around the intersection as part of the investigation.

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Lead in Surrey school water has Fraser Health ‘concerned’ — but no action yet

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he water at six Surrey schools has been tested for lead, and so far, all six have come back with unsafe readings.

All six of the schools are elementary schools: Crescent Park, Sullivan, Port Kells, Hall’s Prairie, Prince Charles and Surrey Traditional.

However, Dr. Shovita Padhi, medical health officer with the Fraser Health Authority, says it’s too early to tell how significant the results are for students’ health.

“It all depends on how many samples were taken, when they were taken,” she told On The Coast guest host Michelle Eliot. She said if tests were done first thing in the morning, standing water could result in an inflated amount of lead showing up on tests.

“It’s not really reflective of what the levels

will be throughout the day.”

Padhi said Fraser Health is “concerned” about the test results but any recommendations for action would come on a case-by-case basis.

She said schools should flush water systems once a day each morning and students should let water fountains run for the amount of time it takes to sing Happy Birthday before they drink.

“If [parents] are concerned about their child’s development, they’re worried about other sources of lead exposure, for example, through paint or toys, they should always go see their family physician,” she said.

“I think continuing to monitor the situation is probably the best thing we can do at this point and provide support both to the school districts and education to the public in general.”

Padhi says parents can be reassured that at the population level, there’s no evidence British Columbians’ blood-lead levels are affecting their health.

She also says because of the Lower Mainland’s soft, acidic water, lead in drinking water can be a problem in any building built before 1989.

Burnaby upgrading lights after storm chaos

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ore traffic lights will be equipped with back-up power to prevent outages that plagued Burnaby during last year’s windstorms. The city has about 240 traffic signals, but fewer than a third are equipped with back-up power, allowing them to operate for four hours — after that, they flash red for up to 20 hours to signal a fourway stop.

The August 2015 windstorm knocked out power in some areas for up to three days.

Mark Dalsanto, Burnaby supervisor for traffic engineering, said council tasked staff with finding solutions.

“It was looking for options ... what’s the possibility of extending the life? You can get eight hours of life out of (some current) batteries. What would it take to get 24 hours?

Or 72 hours out of it?”

The current back-up power installed at the traffic lights are only up to six years old, and it could be prohibitively expensive — at about $20,000 per light — to upgrade them

to a longer-lasting system that can provide 24 hours of back-up full signal operation.

Existing back-up systems cost about half that. “Last year, there was a windstorm. The year before that, there wasn’t. You have to look at the cost-benefit analysis there at the end of the day. At what point do you say, say there’s an earthquake that only happens once every how many years?” Dalsanto said.

“In that case, there may be other infrastructure damage, a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) isn’t going to do it good anyways because the poles may be down or the road may be buckled.”

What staff are recommending is the installation of more lights with back-up power along several arterials, with a focus on multiple intersections along Imperial Street and Kingsway, though upgrading battery power for arterial intersections remains an option.

The 16 proposed locations are anticipated to cost $160,000, with another $9,600 in annual operating expenses.

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Surrey to host its first pride parade on Sunday

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urrey will be making history this weekend as it hosts its first pride parade.

Beginning at 11 a.m. on June 26 at Surrey City Hall Plaza, the Surrey Pride Parade will begin, winding its way along University Boulevard to the Surrey Pride Festival at Holland Park.

The parade is being organized by Surrey Pride, which could not be reached by phone

by The Leader’s press deadline on Monday.

The festival will include entertainment, vendors, food and a bouncy castle, according to the group’s website.

Surrey’s Alex Sangha is founder of Sher

Vancouver, a gay support group in the region.

This year, Sangha will be the first Sikh Grand Marshall of the Vancouver pride parade and said he’s very excited Surrey now has its own parade.

Surrey has come a long way, flying the pride flag at city hall and hosting its first pride parade.

“Congratulations to Surrey council. I’m very happy,” Sangha said.

The gathering will commence at City Hall Plaza, at 13450 104 Ave. at 11 a.m. Sunday, June 26.

For more information, visit www. surreypride.ca

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Senior attacked by vicious dog

65-year-old woman has suffered serious injuries to her arm after being attacked by a a dog described as a pit bull in Whalley.

On Monday, at about 10:20 a.m., the woman was walking by a convenience store at 91 Avenue and 120 Street when she was attacked by a grey and white pit bull, police say.

She suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries to her forearm. She was taken to hospital, where she underwent surgery. Surrey Mounties are working with the City of Surrey’s Animal

Control Office to locate the dog and owner.

Officers are investigating reports the dog’s owner was in the area at the time and fled after the attack. He is described as a Caucasian male in his late 30s to early 40s, with a heavier build, wearing a black tank top, black sweat pants and a black baseball hat.

Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers, if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800222-TIPS or go to www.solvecrime.ca

New President and board for PICS

urrey- Prominent Real Estate Project Manager, Bobby Pawar has been elected as the President of PICS Society Board of Directors at Progressive Intercultural Community

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Dr. Paramjit Aulakh – Secretary Paul Dosanjh- Member at large Sarwan Randhawa – Member at large Renu Seru – Member at large Smith – Member at large Following are the PICS BoardPICS of Directors ElectsStan New Board President at AGM Abby Gemino – Member at large for the year 2016-2017 Punnet Khaira – Member at Large Bobby Pawar – President SurreyProminent Real Estate Project Manager, Bobby Pawar has been elected Parm Boparai – Member at large Balwinder Aulakh – Vice President Charan Gill, CEO PICS – Officer Maninder Dhadda – Treasurer

For Immediate Release directors acclaimed by the membership at the June 22, 2016 well-attended AGM.

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PICS Society Board of Directors at Progressive Intercultural Community Services Annual General Meeting on June 19, 2016 at PICS Seniors Housing in Surrey.

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Following are the PICS Board of Directors for the year 2016-2017

Bobby Pawar – President Balwinder Aulakh – Vice President Maninder Dhadda – Treasurer Dr. Paramjit Aulakh – Secretary Paul Dosanjh- Member at large Sarwan Randhawa – Member at large Renu Seru – Member at large Stan Smith – Member at large Abby Gemino – Member at large Punnet Khaira – Member at Large Parm Boparai – Member at large Charan Gill, CEO PICS – Officer

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Molson Coors looking to open new brewery in Chilliwack

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lans for a new Molson Coors plant are brewing in Chilliwack, B.C.

The company has been searching for a new site since November when it announced it had sold the land at the south end of Burrard Street in Vancouver where its brewery has stood for over 50 years.

At the time the company said it would be

looking for a different location to build a new, state-of-the-art brewery.

Company spokesperson Alex McMillan says they believe they have found one in the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver. “I can tell you Molson Coors Canada is working through the application phases on a preferred proposed location out in Chilliwack as the location for a new brewery out here in British Columbia,” said McMillan McMillan wouldn’t say where the proposed Chilliwack site is located.

Real estate development giant Concord Pacific bought the Molson Coors brewery near downtown Vancouver for $185 million, with the aim of transforming one of the last industrial sites in False Creek into a mixeduse high tech hub.

Judge allows B.C. mom to keep kids she wrongfully brought to Canada

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he father, identified only by the initials S.M.B. in a court ruling, argued that his two children should be returned to Spain, despite the fact they had resided in Canada for more than 30 months.

“The date of the wrongful retention is relevant because, if it is over one year before the petition is filed, the court can consider other factors, including whether the children are now settled in Canada,” said B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Young in her ruling. “If it has been less than a year between the wrongful retention and the filing of the petition, the court has no discretion but must return the children.”

Court heard that S.M.B., an Israeli citizen, and the mom, a Canadian citizen only identified by the initials A.J.M., began their relationship in Spain in 2000, where the dad was working and the mom was vacationing. The couple’s first child, S.B., was born in 2002 in Amsterdam and they were married shortly thereafter. Their second child, Y.B., was born in 2007.

In 2005, the family moved to Spain and were living in the country, when the mom removed the children in June 2013 and came to Canada.

In November 2012, the dad had been arrested and charged with trafficking in cannabis and incarcerated for 3 1/2 years in Denmark, leaving the children and the mom with no means of support. Before the dad’s arrest, the mom’s permanent residency in Spain had expired, meaning she was not able

to work in Spain legally, and she decided it was in the family’s best interests to move to a B.C. community only identified by the initials N.D., where they could be with her parents.

With some reluctance, the dad agreed to allow his kids to come to Canada and remain here attending school during his incarceration.

After he was released from prison, in August 2014, the kids were not returned to Spain and the dad lodged a complaint with police, eventually filing the B.C. petition in November 2015.

The judge determined that the date of wrongful retention was August 2014 and the suit filed in November 2015, meaning more than one year had passed between the date of the retention and the commencement of the lawsuit, allowing a consideration of whether the children were settled in a new environment. The children are “fairly settled,” though it has not been an easy path considering the impact on them of their father’s arrest and incarceration, said the judge, adding that she did not think the kids should be returned to Spain.

“A forced return would undo all of the hard work they have done to recover from the trauma. They have struggled to settle in and have achieved success with the support of their family, community, schools and a number of professionals. They do not adapt to change easily and it could be harmful to force them into another major life change at this point.”

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pilot project launching at women’s shelters across B.C. aims to help victims of domestic violence through the use of specialized “trauma-sensitive” yoga classes.

The B.C. Society of Transition Houses has partnered with Yoga Outreach to provide the classes, which are starting this year in Burnaby, Revelstoke, Kitimat and Ucluelet, with plans to expand to an additional 21 sites next year.

Renee Turner, research coordinator with the B.C. Society of Transition Houses, said the specialized classes are meant to give women — who may have anxieties around being controlled — more “agency” while accessing the physical and mental benefits

yoga provides.

“Sometimes as we enter traditional yoga classes it can feel really overstimulating for people, it can be really challenging physically for people, and this trauma-sensitive yoga really simplifies movement,” Turner told host Stephen Quinn on The Early Edition.

“It brings the choice back to the person. Everything is optional, there’s always choice between this pose or this pose or not participating at all.

“So that’s a huge part of it, giving the agency back to the person and bringing that power back within them and also creating a time for them to actually be in a positive relationship with their body.”

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newly formed political party would like to see Vancouver Island become Canada’s 11th province.

The Vancouver Island Party has launched a petition to put pressure on the provincial government to hold a 2021 referendum asking Islanders to vote on the issue. “We would be much better off as an independent province,” said party leader Robin Richardson. “This year in 1866 there was a forced merger of the colony of Vancouver Island and the colony of British Columbia. It wasn’t the popular wish of either side of the water.” Richardson, a former Conservative MP in 1979-80, is not the first to suggest an independent Vancouver Island. The most recent attempt, a 2013 petition, failed to gain mass support. This movement still has a number of hurdles to clear. The first is for the party to get candidates signed up and vetted to run in the May 9, 2017 provincial election.

The Vancouver Island Party has committed to running candidates in all 14 Vancouver Island ridings. Richardson’s goal is to “elect 3 or 4” MLAs and use that balance of power to convince the government to announce a referendum.

“Our motto is ‘Island first and proud of it.’ In return for our support we would ask them [the province] to have a referendum on 2021 just on the island asking the question, ‘are you in favour of Vancouver Island becoming a province of Canada: yes or no?” said Richardson.

very hungry bear broke into a parked car overnight to get its fill of protein bars! The incident occurred sometime in the early hours of Wednesday, June 22, 2016 while the vehicle was parked in front of a residence on Panorama Drive, Deep Cove, North Vancouver.

The owners of the vehicle woke up to discover their vehicle had been broke into by a bear which had broken the windows, attempted to pry open a door and ripped apart the vehicle’s interior. The unknown bear left numerous paw prints, claw marks, and fur. There was evidence that it had consumed a box of protein bars that had been left in the vehicle.

This is the second such related incident reported on the North Shore in the last several days,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong of the North Vancouver RCMP. The message to not leave any food items at all in your vehicle is one worth repeating. Bears have a very keen sense of smell and incredible strength enabling them to cause the damage they do!

All North Shore residents are encouraged to educate themselves on bear safety and the precautions that need to be taken to keep our community, personal property and bears safe.

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Possible mail disruption triggers warning about paying property taxes early

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looming strike or lockout at Canada Post has prompted a warning to homeowners to get their property tax cheques in the mail early, or risk a possible late fine. Property taxes for most of B.C. are due in early July. That’s why the City of Victoria is warning people who plan to mail payments that they should have those payments posted no later than tomorrow, June 23. And in Surrey the city is rolling out a special ad campaign in local papers aimed at making people aware of the issue. City of Surrey spokesman Oliver Lum says mailed

cheques will be considered on time “as long as the actual postmark is dated before July 4.” Late property tax payments are assessed a five percent penalty in Surrey. In Victoria the penalty is ten percent.

Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been in contract negotiations since late 2015 and a legal strike or a lockout could happen as early as July 2.

“Any payment posted after this date may not be received in time and would therefore be subject to a 10 per cent penalty,” a statement on the city of Victoria’s website warns.

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Jason Kenney to leave federal politics to help unite right wing in Alberta

onservative MP Jason Kenney is poised to announce this summer that he will leave federal politics, fuelling expectations that he intends to run a campaign to unite the right in his home province of Alberta.

Sources tell CBC News that Kenney made his decision following a series of weekend meetings with key friends and advisers in Ottawa and Calgary. The group includes former MP Monte Solberg, former Conservative campaign guru Tom Flanagan as well as a number of key figures in the former Harper government: Howard Anglin, Mark Cameron and Ian Brodie.

Kenney’s decision will be huge, not only in Alberta where the fractured right-of-centre vote contributed to the NDP’s stunning majority win last year, but in federal politics.

He’s considered a leading contender to replace Stephen Harper, and there’s been intense pressure on him to run to replace the former prime minister. “I feel that if I decide to run I would have very broad and very deep support in the party,” he said in a May 28 interview with CBC Radio’s The House. “But this still doesn’t make it an automatic decision for me. There’s a lot to reflect on and that’s what I’m taking time to do.”

Kenney was first elected as an MP in 1997 when he was just 29. He held a number of senior cabinet posts in Harper’s government, including National Defence, Citizenship and Immigration and minister responsible for multiculturalism. He is considered the architect of the Conservatives’ highly successful inroads among immigrants and ethnic voters that contributed to Conservatives three straight election election wins.

He’s also been a money-raising machine for the federal party. In 2015, his Calgary Midnapore riding association doled out $183,000 to 44 Conservative candidates according to returns filed with Elections Canada.

But insiders say Kenney is focused on returning to Alberta — and his belief that the

government of NDP Premier Rachel Notley is charting the wrong course for the province.

Kenney, himself, seemed to confirm that last month during a panel discussion at the Conservatives’ convention in Vancouver.

“To my Alberta colleagues here let’s make Alberta again the free-enterprise capital

of Canada by working together to defeat the socialists in 2019.”

Kenney’s supporters say he’s also attracted by the challenge of uniting the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties. They also believe the path and time frame for a return to power in the province is shorter than rebuilding the federal party

as an alternative to Justin Trudeau’s Liberals.

The PC leadership has been vacant since May 2015 when then-leader Jim Prentice resigned after leading the party to its first defeat in four decades. Prentice quit despite winning his own riding, leaving the PCs with just nine seats and in third place behind Wildrose.

No other candidates have declared for the leadership race, which must be held before April 30, 2017.

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South Asian Widow of Mac’s shooting victim demands more security for overnight workers

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iran Bhangu says she will never be able to take off her engagement ring.

She twists it around her finger as she speaks about how her husband, Karanpal

was frustrated. I was almost giving up hope ... Karan was my strength. He supported me throughout. He said, ‘It’s OK, as soon as we will be there as a family, everything will be better.’”

Four months later, just before Christmas, Karanpal was killed.

“I just cannot imagine myself without him. He was everything to me. He was my passion, he was my love, he was my strength. He was the love of my life. He had such a pure heart ... He was more than my husband, he was my best friend.”

To cope with her husband’s death, Bhangu started The Karan Project to raise awareness about the dangers of late-night jobs. She wants Kiran Bhangu’s son, Royce, and her the government to tighten safety husband, Karanpal Singh Bhangu regulations to protect overnight workers at gas and convenience Singh Bhangu, died in a deadly robbery stores. spree. He was one of two Mac’s convenience Volunteers helped Bhangu organize a store workers killed during a frigid night in community event on Saturday to launch the Edmonton last December. project during the Father’s Day weekend.

Thieves shot the 35-year-old man during “My child is missing his father on Father’s his night shift at a Mac’s store in the Day because of some avoidable tragedy, and Millwoods neighbourhood. He later died in I don’t want anyone else to go through this hospital from his wounds. pain and suffering,” Bhangu said.

Every night since his funeral, Bhangu says The couple was never able celebrate a she looks at a photograph of Karanpal in his Father’s Day with their son because they casket. She does it to remind herself he won’t lived in different countries, she added. be coming to bed, and that she’s going to Saturday’s event attracted Alberta Labour sleep alone.

Minister Christina Gray, who said she wants “All those hopes that we had for a better to include Bhangu in future discussions future and everything as a family I feel like, about workers’ safety. to me, everything is gone. There’s nothing “These are tragic situations that should be left,” she said. preventable,” Gray wrote in a statement after For six years, the couple lived an ocean meeting the Karan Project team. apart while she went to college in Ontario.

“Families need to know that when their Her husband and son stayed behind in India. loved ones go to work, they will come home Bhangu, who now works as a kindergarten safe at the end of the day.” teacher in Edmonton, said she applied for Bhangu said the project is her way of post-secondary programs in Canada to help giving meaning to her husband’s otherwise realize her husband’s dream of someday senseless death. living with her in the country.

“It’s the worst thing that can happen to That dream came true last September, anyone. But if the community is supporting when she stood waiting to pick up Karanpal me through this the way they did, I should and their six-year-old son, Royce, at the do something about it that will help prevent airport. this from happening ever again to anybody,” “I thought ... finally, we’re together,” she she said. says. “It was just killing time before that. I “It will help me find a purpose for my life.”

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Pig’s head left outside Quebec City mosque with ‘bon appétit’ note

n the middle of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a regular at a Quebec City mosque finished a prayer in the early hours of Sunday only to find a pig’s head at the doorstep as he was leaving.

The package, found in front of one of the doors of the Islamic cultural centre of Quebec City around 2:30 a.m., was accompanied by a note: “Bon appétit.”

A well-known restriction in the Islamic faith, the consumption of pork is prohibited in the Qur’an.

“It is a waste of time, money and energy. We have high-definition cameras.

We will certainly find the person who did this,” said the president of the centre, Mohamed Yangui.

“We love everyone. We have no problem with anyone and we respect people. We hope it’s mutual. And we are always here to give the image of the good Muslim to all Quebecers,” he said.

Yangui believes the act, while unfortunate, was isolated.

But though the centre has a good relationship with its neighbours, Yangui said

the four mosques in the Quebec City area are vandalized once a year on average.

More on this story: Pig’s head left outside mosque puts spotlight on Islamophobia In November 2014, three of those mosques, including the one Yangui presides over, became the targets of xenophobic messages when a group plastered posters on their front doors that read “Islam hors de chez moi,” or in English, “Islam out of my country.”

On Sunday, Jean-Yves Duclos, the federal minister responsible for the Quebec City region, condemned the act.

At an open house at the multiethnic centre of Quebec City (CMQ), Duclos said there was work to do.

“Any form of intolerance, hatred and unjustified incomprehension has to be condemned. We must continue to promote inclusion and integration,” he said.

Representatives of the four Quebec City mosques plan to meet soon to discuss the incident.

Quebec City police have opened an investigation into the matter.

Coquitlam couple plans to ‘upgrade’ life after winning $12.8 million in Lotto 6/49 Coquitlam resident Ian Hirsch, who won $12.8 million on the June 18 6/49 draw, doesn’t plan on spending a fortune on a new house, although it’s possible.

“That could happen,” said Hirsch, who on Tuesday accepted the cheque in Vancouver with wife Dianne, “(but) most of it will be invested long-term.”

Hirsch said that

after discovering he had the winning number, he didn’t just double-check his ticket, he triple-checked it to make sure he won the huge draw.

“We couldn’t believe our eyes so we walked over to the store to check it again. It was overwhelming and surreal. I was shaking a lot!”

Added Dianne: “I didn’t believe it and I can’t believe we’re actually here. I can’t believe we’re going to have a cheque put in the bank today. It’s amazing. I feel so grateful, so blessed.”

Hirsch, a 56-year-old employee with the Chevron refinery in Burnaby, thinks he’ll take early retirement. Dianne took early retirement recently, “so I’m just going to enjoy it.”

The couple’s five children “went crazy” after hearing the news.

“We Facetimed with our kids to share the news because we wanted to see their reactions,” said Hirsch. “And that was priceless.”

Hirsch said he also plans to put some of the money away for his grandchildren’s education.

Said Dianne: “We’ll upgrade our house, upgrade our cars, upgrade our seats on the airplane, upgrade our hotels, just enhance our life.”

The winning ticket was purchased at the Shoppers Drug Mart on David Avenue in Coquitlam.

Hirsch said he doesn’t have a special number-selecting formula, noting he buys two tickets a week — a routine that he’ll continue.

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here are “systemic vulnerabilities” in the Canadian mortgage market that would be exposed if the country were hit by a U.S.-style housing meltdown, according to a report from Moody’s Investors Service.

A crisis on that scale could result in combined losses of more than $17 billion for the Canadian banks and mortgage insurers, with house prices falling by as much as 35

per cent, the ratings agency said in the report, published Monday. Among the vulnerabilities cited in the analysis is the potential for downward pressure on prices emanating from a sub-group of lightly regulated mortgage lenders that have slipped through the regulatory cracks and do not face the tighter underwriting standards imposed on deposittaking banks and some credit unions.

Feds won’t fight Quebec’s ‘sweetheart’ immigration program despite BC fallout

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he Trudeau government says it has no interest in challenging Quebec’s “sweetheart” immigration system, even though West Coast critics say two components of that province’s system effectively hurt B.C. “I’m quite happy with the relationship that we currently enjoy with Quebec,” Immigration Minister John McCallum said in an interview after confirming that he won’t pursue changes.

Jason Kenney, considered a leading challenger for the Conservative Party leadership if he remains in federal politics, fumed when he was immigration minister about “fraud” in Quebec’s Immigrant Investor program.

That program lets wealthy foreigners effectively buy permanent residence status in Canada, but research has indicated that most settle outside Quebec and especially in B.C. As a result, Quebec gets the financial benefits from the cash-for-visa program while, say critics, B.C. has to deal with both the positives and negatives associated with the arrival of wealthy migrants.

Benefits for B.C. include the stimulation of the economy with luxury purchases. But new arrivals — including the spouses and children of “astronauts” who work and pay taxes overseas — also use public education and health care services, plus they play a role in driving up real estate prices.

The federal government shut down its own investor program in 2014 due to public criticism

and the widespread perception that the cost outweighed the benefits.

Kenney, who also complained about a “sweetheart” 1991 deal that gave Quebec a hugely disproportionate share of federal immigrant settlement dollars, was never able to convince cabinet colleagues and the bureaucracy to take on Quebec.

McCallum said he also has no interest in shutting down the investor program or taking steps that would require Quebec to keep rich immigrants in the province longer.

“It’s not something we can control even if we wanted to, because once you are a permanent resident the Constitution allows you to live wherever you want to live in Canada.”

He also said he will not try to renegotiate the 1991 Canada-Quebec immigration accord, agreed to at a time when the sovereignty movement was at its strongest.

It granted Quebec an annual grant starting at $75 million a year in immigrant and refugee resettlement money. That $75 million would be worth about $117 million in today’s dollars.

However, the generous escalator clause included in the 1991 deal has resulted in Quebec getting almost triple that post-inflation amount, or $345.1 million, in the 2015-16 fiscal year.

The formula, based on past immigrant intake as well as Canada’s economic growth figures, results in steady and sometimes dramatic increases.

Alta. couple sues over purchase of $3m Langley home with medicinal grow-op

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n Alberta couple have filed a lawsuit after buying a Langley home for $3 million and discovering there was a marijuana grow-op on the property.

Yuling Fu and Hongxing Jiang say that it was only after they bought the threebedroom home on an acreage in May that they learned of the grow-op.

They say that mortgagees on the property at 2768 208 St., as well as the realtor who had conduct of the sale, were aware of the grow-op and took steps to conceal that fact from them.

“In the circumstances, the act of concealment of the illegal marijuana grow operation and the steps taken by the defendants constituted misrepresentation,” says the couple’s suit filed in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. “The misrepresentation was made to induce prospective purchasers, including the plaintiffs, to purchase the property.”

The mortgagees, identified as Terry Lessard and Cindy Lessard of Coquitlam, are named as defendants in the suit along with realtor Paul Quinn and his employer, Re/Max Colonial Pacific Realty Ltd. In February, following foreclosure

proceedings on the property, the Lessards were granted exclusive conduct of the sale of the home, subject to the approval of the B.C. Supreme Court. On May 9, the plaintiffs entered into a contract of purchase and sale for the property with the Lessards and made a down payment of $100,000 with their real estate agent, Bay Realty Ltd. The sale was approved by the court.

They say that the defendants denied access to their agent to certain areas of the property and knew access had been denied to an appraiser of the property.

They’re seeking to have the court declare that the contract is void and to have their $100,000 deposit returned.

No response has been filed to the suit, which contains allegations that have not been tested in court.

Reached by phone, Cindy Lessard had no immediate comment. In an interview, Quinn denied the allegations, calling them “preposterous.”

Quinn, who has been in the real estate business for 35 years, said that all of the prospective buyers of the home were made aware that there had been a legal medicinalmarijuana grow-op on the property, which had a listing price of $1,495,000.

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What the CPP boost means for the average Canadian worker

he Canada Pension Plan will soon start collecting more of your money to provide support later in retirement, after the federal government and most of the provinces hashed out an enhancement plan Monday.

Depending on whom you ask, the hike is either a much-needed shot in the arm for middle-income retirees or another blow to the bottom line for businesses.

The federal government hopes to finalize the agreement by July 15 of this year and then begin collecting more premiums from workers and employers alike starting in January 2019.

What exactly does this deal mean for the average Canadian worker? Here is a look at what the changes mean.

1. What happens to my premiums?

Under the enhanced plan, CPP will replace fully one-third of a person’s pre-retirement income (up from the current 25 per cent replacement rate) up to a maximum amount of earnings that will also rise dramatically.

Currently, a worker and his or her employer each contributes 4.95 per cent of the worker’s income annually — on earnings between $3,500 and $54,900 a year — to the plan.

That is set to change with a one percentage point hike to premiums (up to 5.95 per cent each) phased in over five years, starting in 2019. By the time the higher premium is fully phased in, in 2024, a worker earning $50,000 annually will pay roughly $25 a month more in premiums — or $296 more a year.

That will be followed by an increase in the maximum pensionable earnings level to $82,700 from $54,900, phased in over two years, meaning higher-income earners will pay further premiums — but will stand to receive even higher retirement benefits.

The CPP premium on income between $54,900 and the new maximum, $82,700, will be lower — it is expected to be 4.0 per cent rather than 5.95 — a spokesperson for Finance Minister Bill Morneau said in an e-mail to CBC News.

2. What happens to my benefits?

In plain terms, a middle-income Canadian entering the workforce now who earns an average of $50,000 a year would receive a pension of $16,000 a year (in today’s dollars)

in retirement, instead of the $12,000 allocated under the current regime, according to Finance Canada.

But current retirees will receive no additional money. It is younger workers, who will contribute the higher rate for longer, who stand to gain the most when they eventually reach retirement age.

And with the significant increase to maximum pensionable earnings after 2025, higher-income Canadians will receive even higher benefits in the future.

3. How does the deal affect lower-income Canadians?

There was concern in some circles that a premium increase would hurt lower-income Canadians by taking more of their disposable income during their working years for a relatively small increase in retirement.

To offset any financial pain, the federal government has agreed to expand an existing refundable tax credit known as the working income tax benefit (WITB) to offset the higher premiums. The maximum payout for that program is currently $1,800 for a family earning less than $28,000 a year.

For higher-income earners, the premium on the income above $54,900 will be tax deductible (taxpayers will be able to “write them off ” come tax time).

4. No ‘made in Ontario’ plan Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne campaigned on launching a provincial program in the face of opposition from the previous Conservative government, which was reluctant to levy higher premiums on businesses.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper threw up a number of roadblocks, at one time saying he was “delighted” to forbid the Canada Revenue Agency from working alongside Ontario to ease the implementation of its plan.

Ontario’s pension plan, which was all but finalized and set to roll out in 2018, will now be scrapped.

While Wynne pushed hard for a national solution to address slumping retirement savings — she called herself the “thorn in the side” of her colleagues on the issue — she was forced to lower her expectations in the end.

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MintChip launch brings Canadian made digital cash to consumers

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intChip, the digital cash platform started by the Royal Canadian Mint and acquired earlier this year by Toronto financial technology startup nanoPay, will be available to consumers starting today.

All Canadians are now able to download and use the MintChip app to send and receive digital cash between family and friends for free. The digital cash is also being accepted by select merchants

in Toronto’s Liberty Village neighbourhood until Labour Day. MintChip was founded in 2012 by the Royal Canadian Mint as a secure way to send and spend money.

Like cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, it is an encrypted system that processes payments instantaneously, therefore removing the need for a third party to process or settle the transaction.

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Senators frustrated with secretive decision to drop ‘independent’ titles

he Senate’s administrative committee quietly decided last month to rename “independent” senators as “non-affiliated” in a move that has upset some legislators in the Red Chamber who say they were not consulted about the change.

The move was made by the Senate’s Internal Economy, Budget and Administration Committee last month, at a public meeting.

To outsiders, the change may seem insignificant, but for some senators, the move is seen as an insult, and is even being described as an “abuse of power” by some.

Senator Pierrette Ringuette has asked the

Senate Speaker to look into the issue, and wants her “independent” status returned as quickly as possible.

“Nobody contacted us, nobody asked us.

This is my privilege to designate how I want to stand in the Senate. I’m an independent,” Ringuette said.

The senator from New Brunswick explained that she only discovered the change when searching the Senate’s website earlier this week.

Some of her colleagues were also caught off guard, including Senator John Wallace.

“It’s a serious concern of all the

independent senators I’ve talked to,” Wallace told CBC News. “I think it’s entirely wrong, and I want that designation changed.”

Conservative Senator Leo Housakos On Thursday, the committee chair, Conservative Senator Leo Housakos, defended the committee’s actions.

Speaking on the floor of the Red Chamber, Housakos apologized, saying “I want to make it clear that the changes have in no way, shape, or form been designed to offend anybody.”

A statement from Housakos’s office and Deputy Chair Jane Cordy further explains the decision was partly based on a need

to make filling out paperwork easier when the committee adopted a new model of disclosure for senators and senators’ attendance “for clarity and uniformity across all of our online platforms.”

But Ringuette believes political pushback against changes made by the new government is a key factor in the word play.

“There’s a core group of Tory senators, and a few Liberals...that maybe feel threatened by the fact that we are independent senators.” she said. “The current process put in place by Prime Minister (Justin) Trudeau, appointing independent senators, maybe they feel threatened by that. But that’s not an excuse to abuse their power.”

Wallace, who left the Conservative caucus last November, described apparent hostility toward himself and his fellow independent senators.

“We’ve been running into these issues, where the political partisan caucuses are creating issues, let’s put it that way, for the independent senators.”

In March, Trudeau appointed seven new senators, who are now sitting as independents.

Fedral govt. sets up working group to monitor housing market

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he federal government plans to work with British Columbia and Ontario and the cities of Toronto and Vancouver to keep a close eye on housing markets in those two cities and across the country., Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Thursday.

“The working group will review the broad range of policy levers that affect both supply and demand for housing, the issue of affordability, and the stability of the housing market,” Morneau said in a speech to the Economic Club in Toronto on Thursday.

Morneau said that while he worked with his provincial counterparts on Canada Pension Plan issues, the housing market was also a major topic of conversation in Vancouver at their meeting Monday evening.

“Housing prices have surged by 15 per cent in Toronto, and 17 per cent in Vancouver in the last year alone,” Morneau said. “People want to know what’s going on.”

Managing the housing market to ensure new buyers can still get in without harming existing owners is an “extremely complex problem,” Morneau said, made even more

so by the fact that no level of government has complete control over the issue.

“We want to make sure housing stays

affordable for Canadian families but we also want to make sure the market stays stable, that it’s not vulnerable to economic shocks,” he told. “It’s important to understand that while the federal government has some levers it can pull, we don’t have all of them,” Morneau said.

Foreign buyers most prominent in new condo developments, CMHC analysis finds The working group created will work through the summer and advise policymakers on how to proceed at the end of the summer and beyond, he said.

It’s all part of the “deep dive” Ottawa is taking to get more information on the housing market.

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China must get better on human rights before Canada will sign a trade deal

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rime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to establish closer relations with China but, citing human rights and governance concerns, won’t rush into a free trade agreement with the superpower.

Trudeau, in an exclusive interview in Vancouver, struck a cautious tone when asked how he will proceed with one of his most delicate foreign policy challenges.

“I don’t think an FTA is something to rush,” Trudeau said when asked if he hopes to strike a trade deal prior to the end of his first term in 2019.

Trudeau made clear that Canada will need to see improvements in human rights, as well as assurances that Canadian companies operating in China will be treated fairly.

“I think it’s certainly a goal to look towards, but there’s an awful lot of work to do to get towards that, whether it’s on human rights and governance issues, whether it’s on respect for the rule of law around Canadian investments” in China.

“Canada and China have a long and storied relationship that goes back decades, and I certainly hope we’re going to be able to benefit from that friendship.”

He said he has constantly raised human rights issues in meetings with his Chinese counterparts, as well as express concerns about consular cases such as the detention of

Canadian Kevin Garratt for allegedly spying while in China.

Trudeau said Canada can advance those issues while still seeking to improve trade and investment activity.

“We certainly hope to create a relationship” that generates more Canadian jobs through exports to China’s massive and growing middle class, he said during a two-day visit to Vancouver to announce transit funding and meet experts to discuss the affordable housing crisis.

“As every country around the world is realizing, this is a challenge. This is a country with a massive amount of weight but also a lot of work still to do on a number of issues that are important to us.”

Top Chinese officials, pointing to Pierre Trudeau’s bold decision in 1970 to recognize the Chinese Communist regime, have made glowing comments about the prospects of Canada-China relations after Pierre Trudeau’s eldest son replaced Stephen Harper as prime minister in 2015.

The Vancouver-based Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada has documented over several years a cooling public attitude towards China due to issues such as human rights abuses, attempts by Chinese stateowned companies to buy major energy industry assets and China’s sometimes belligerent foreign policy.

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Govt mulls dope test for college-goers

he Punjab government is keen on starting a state-level drive in all government colleges of the state to tackle the drug menace.

The Higher Education Department has planned to start the substance abuse test for all students seeking admission or re-admission in government colleges.

Sources confirmed that the moot proposal was ready with the department which wanted to take the Health Department on board before go ahead with the implementation. The idea is to clear the “myth” that 70 per cent of the state youth are addicted to drugs and also to

identify those who are taking drugs, if any, they added.

Punjab has a total of 48 government colleges with a total strength of 80,739 students --

38,695 boys and 42,044 girls. There are 136 private aided colleges in the state having a total of around 1.88 lakh students.

These colleges will be covered in the second phase. “Getting a dope test done for this number will actually be a mammoth task, but it will surely help the authorities to get to the problem at an early stage,” claimed a senior police officer, adding that the addicts at that level could be treated effectively.

Higher Education Minister Surjit Singh Rakhra told The Tribune that the proposal was at an initial stage and he was trying to get feedback from all quarters before it was implemented from this or next academic session. “We are

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hopeful to initiate a discussion on the topic with the affiliated college principals and get the Health Department also involved in the exercise,” Rakhra said.

A college principal, preferring anonymity, said it was a brilliant idea if implemented in right earnest. “Getting candidates screened at the college level will certainly help us find addicts and take steps for their rehabilitation,” he said.

Officer on special duty with the Higher Education Minister, Ravee S Ahluwalia said the proposal was to identify addicts and recommending their cases to the Health Department for treatment. “We are hopeful that there won’t be many drug abusers at this stage. But only the test results will reveal the truth,” he said.

Kejriwal to visit Amritsar on July 3 SINCE 1982

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P convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will formally kick off the party’s campaign on July 3 from Amritsar by releasing a manifesto for Punjab youth.

It would be the first party document out of 10 manifestos, which are being drafted targeting as many administrative categories and social groups.

Kejriwal’s visit is expected to heat up the political climate of the state as he would stay in Punjab for three days during which he would attend functions organised by various sections of society in five big cities, including the one being organised by Christians in Gurdaspur.

Sources said Kejriwal would attend functions in Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Khanna before leaving for Delhi on June 5.

CM meets Modi, seeks funds to modernise police

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hief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed a range of issues, including financial problems faced by the state due to its foodgrain procurement operations, and urged for Central help to modernise its police force.

On financial assistance to the state, Modi constituted a committee to resolve the issue.

Before calling on Prime Minister, Badal met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Their discussions were on similar issues.

In his about half-an-hour meeting with Modi, Badal said the states faced problems due to a huge gap between the cost incurred on operations relating to foodgrain procurement and reimbursement made by Central agencies.

He sought a permanent mechanism for reimbursing the entire expenditure meted out by the state in procuring the foodgrain.

He made a case for the settlement of all previous issues regarding the cash credit limit in the interest of farmers. Talking to the media, Badal asserted that the SADBJP alliance in Punjab was “everlasting and firm”, and was based on a solid foundation.

“It is a time-tested alliance,” he said.

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France backs India’s NSG bid, urges members to take ‘positive decision’

EW DELHI: After the United States , France has strongly backed India’s membership bid for the Nuclear Suppliers Group and has asked member nations to take a “positive decision”.

“France considers that India’s entry into the four multilateral export control regimes (NSG, MTCR, The Australia Group, The Wassenaar Arrangement) will bolster international efforts for combating proliferation.

A key member of the 48-nation grouping, France also asserted that India’s participation

in nuclear control regimes will help better regulate the export of sensitive goods, whether they are nuclear, chemical, biological, ballistic or conventional materials and technologies.

“In line with its active and long-standing support to India’s entry to the NSG as a full-fledged member, France calls on its members, who are meeting on 23 June in Seoul, to take a positive decision,” the French foreign

NRIs entitled to admission on basis of 10+2 marks: HC

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utting to rest the controversy over admission of NRI candidates to MBBS courses, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has made it clear that they are entitled to admission against NRI quota seats on the basis of qualifying marks obtained in the 10+2 examination, subject to equivalence

certificate issued by Baba Farid University.

A Division Bench also set aside an order passed by a Single Judge holding that it was mandatory for the NRI students to appear in the PMET or the common entrance test.

The Division Bench added its order would not result in the dislodging of other students already admitted.

The ruling came on an appeal by Jagraj Singh Dosanjh and five other students through senior advocate Anand Chhibbar.

The appellants had not cleared the common entrance test but became eligible for selection under the NRI category seats on the basis of the 12th class exam.

The Bench of Justice SS Saron and Justice Amol Rattan Singh observed the State of Punjab too supported the appellants’ plea that it was not necessary for NRI students to appear in the common entrance test.

Their requirement to appear in the PMET

was only because of a circular dated January 16 last year, which was invalidated by the Karnataka High Court and subsequently withdrawn by the MCI in September 2015.

“In the circumstances, it was not necessary for the NRI students to appear in the PMET or common entrance test unless there was legislation to that effect by the Central Government or the Medical Council of India as the case may be”.

The Bench added private respondents or the general category students admitted against NRI quota seats were higher on merit. The first professional course of MBBS 2015 session was mid-way.

“Therefore, it would be improper at this stage to disturb or dislodge the students who are private respondents herein from pursing their academic course”.

The Single Judge had earlier quashed a public notice for filling vacant seats in MBBS and BDS courses under the NRI category on basis of qualifying class XII examination marks.

Challenging the order, Chhibbar had contended that the appellants fulfilled necessary eligibility requirements. Referring to the Punjab Private Health Sciences Educational Institutes (Regulations of Admission, Fixation of Fees and Making of Reservation) Act, Chhibbar stated admission to all categories of seats in private health sciences institutes, except in case of foreign Indian students, was to be made on the basis of inter-se merit of the candidates appearing in the common entrance test.

ministry said in a statement.

The ministry also mentioned that strategic partners since 1998, France and India share common goals regarding the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.

These goals were reaffirmed during the visit of the President of the French Republic to India, from 24 to 26 January 2016, it added. The French President was the

Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations here.

On Tuesday, the United States had made an appeal to the members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to consider and support India’s application to join the grouping during their plenary meeting in Seoul.

China , which has been talking about procedures on India’s entry, on Wednesday said it will play a “constructive” role in the discussions on India’s bid for membership of the 48-member NSG.

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India overhauls foreign ownership rules

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ndia has announced a radical overhaul of its foreign ownership rules to attract more overseas investment.

Airlines and some defence industries may now be 100% foreign owned - up from 49% and 74% respectively.

And for overseas retailers there’s respite from a rule that required 30% of what they sold to be Indian sourced.

The move will be welcomed by brands like IKEA and Apple which see India as the next big market, he added Investment rules in pharmaceuticals and food production have also been relaxed.

The new rules were introduced “with the objective of providing major impetus to employment and job creation in India,” the government said in a statement.

“With these changes, India is now the most open economy in the world for FDI [foreign direct investment].”

So just a couple of days after central bank governor Raghuram Rajan says he is leaving - to howls of anguish about the damage this will do to India’s credibility abroad - we get this.

Sweeping changes to foreign investment rules in some major sectors, which show that India’s very much open to international investment.

Attracting foreign investment into India is the main reason Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spent so much of his first two years in office travelling the world.

A relaxation of arduous sourcing rules, which require foreign retailers to source 30% of what they sell from India, will appeal to companies like Apple. Its boss Tim Cook was here recently and he sees India as the next big market.

Notably there are no steps to let the likes of Walmart and Carrefour come and operate supermarkets here without a local partner.

Those firms would love access to India’s growing middle class.

But the cries of protest from the millions running small stores would likely be too much for politicians to bear.

So even if it created jobs and infrastructure, some industries remain just too sensitive when it comes to FDI. A least for now.

BJP’s ‘Hindu mass exodus’ list sparks anger

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ndia’s ruling BJP has denied that its decision to release two lists alleging the “mass exodus” of Hindus from two towns in northern Uttar Pradesh was intended to create religious divisions in the state, which goes to polls in 2017.

Parliamentarian Hukum Singh, who last week alleged that 346 Hindu families had fled the town of Kairana after facing threats from “Muslim criminal gangs”, told the BBC that he was only trying to highlight the prevailing “lawlessness” in the state and denied that he was playing on religious tensions.

Soon after the publication of the list however, BJP president Amit Shah took up the matter at a public rally in the state on Monday, imploring the crowds to not take the “shocking events of Kairana lightly”.

But soon, some media outlets questioned Mr Singh’s statements after they found that several families mentioned in his list were still living in Kairana, forcing the BJP to take the stand that they were focusing on law and order, and not the “exodus of Hindus” in particular.

Faced with extensive criticism from opposition parties, the Uttar Pradesh state

government and the media, the party on Thursday sent a fact-finding team to the town, which, according to reports has reiterated this stand.

‘Seek the truth’ Mr Singh told the BBC however, that he “stands by his lists”.

“The families left the two districts due to the poor law and order situation. The state government should take notice of this instead of criticising us,” he said.

The parliamentarian, however, added that “one can’t deny the fact the families who had to flee were Hindus” and urged people to “seek the truth”.

Meanwhile, controversial BJP legislator Sangeet Som, who was previously charged with stoking tensions during Hindu-Muslim violence in the state’s Muzzafarnagar district in 2013, was stopped by police from taking out a “peace procession” in Kairana.

He warned the state government however, that he would not hesitate to take to the streets again, if the families who fled are not “rehabilitated”.

93 people dead in lightning strikes

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t least 93 people have been killed and more than 20 injured by lightning strikes in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, officials say.

Most of the people who died were working on farms during torrential rains on Tuesday, reports said.

Lightning strikes are common in India during heavy monsoon rains.

Fifty-six people died in Bihar while 37 people were killed across Uttar Pradesh, Jharkand and Madhya Pradesh.

“Many of the victims are children and women,” Anirudh Kumar, a senior official at Bihar’s disaster management agency, told AFP news agency.

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One man taken to hospital in Rohtas said: “When it was raining, we immediately took shelter. It [lightning] hit us there, and then we fell unconscious.

“We could not understand what had happened. Then in the middle, when I regained consciousness, I realised that I had been hit by something.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was “deeply anguished” by the loss of life.

At least 2,000 people have died in lightning strikes in India every year since 2005, according to the National Crime Records Bureau.

India receives 80% of its annual rainfall during the monsoon season, which runs between June and September.

India food watchdog bans ‘toxic’ bread chemical

ndia’s food watchdog has banned the use of a cancer-causing chemical in bakery products, a senior official said.

The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) took the decision after a study found residues of potassium bromate in 84% of bakery product samples collected in Delhi.

The study said the chemical “can cause cancer”.

The FSSAI said a notification announcing the ban has been issued.

“FSSAI has banned potassium bromate,” PTI news agency quoted the watchdog chief Pawan Kumar Agarwal as saying.

Delhi-based environmental think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), which conducted the study, has said it was expecting the government to also ban potassium iodate, another toxic chemical, in bakery products.

“As far as potassium iodate is concerned,

it has been referred to a scientific panel,” Mr Agarwal said on Monday.

Both the chemicals are banned in many countries, but India continues to allow their use in bakeries.

The CSE had collected 38 bread and other baked food samples from retail stores, bakeries and fast-food shops in Delhi for its study.

“More than 84% of samples tested were found to contain potassium bromate and/or iodate,” the study said.

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India-China financial dialogue postponed

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ndia-China financial dialogue at the level of Secretaries, which was due to be held next week, has been postponed to July.

The postponement has been necessitated because of inability of India’s Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das to travel to Beijing for the meeting which was scheduled for June 27. Das was asked to stay back in Delhi in view of the voting on Brexit which is taking place today to decide whether Britain should stay in the European Union or not which will have implications

for India.

However, India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is embarking on a five-day visit to China today, will meet his counterpart Lou Jiwei as scheduled on June 27.

Fresh dates for the financial dialogue at the level of Secretaries in July are being worked out.

The two countries have so far had seven rounds of financial dialogue at the level of Finance Secretaries, the last being in New Delhi in 2014.

India launches 20 satellites in a single mission

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ndia has successfully launched 20 satellites in a single mission, the most in the history of the country’s ambitious space programme. They include satellites belonging to the United States, Canada, Germany and Indonesia.

The launch took place from the Sriharikota space centre off India’s east coast.

Observers say it is a sign that India is emerging as a major player in the multi-billion dollar space market. The record for the most number of satellites launched in a single mission belongs to Russia, which sent up 37 satellites in 2014. The US space agency Nasa launched 29. As Indian scientists and government ministers kept a close watch, the

rocket carrying 20 satellites blasted off from the launch facility in Andhra Pradesh state.

The payload included devices ranging in weight from more than 700kg to as little as 1.5kg.

They include an Indian cartographic satellite as well as those belonging to the country’s universities and international customers - 13 satellites are from the US, including one made by a Googleowned company. Launching several satellites in a single mission reduces cost and India has been positioning itself as a key player in the lucrative international commercial space market as an effective but low cost operator, our correspondent says.

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Opposition from multiple nations as Modi pushes case with China

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ndia made the final push for its entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) as Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tashkent today.

While Modi asked Jinping to “make a fair and objective assessment of India’s application”, the news coming from Seoul, where a special session of the NSG is being held to discuss India’s membership, was not that positive.

Apart from China, which has been vocal about its opposition, Brazil, New Zealand, Ireland and Turkey were also not welcoming about India’s induction into the elite nuclear club. Most of these nations have expressed reservations about India not being a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

The special session of the NSG, which began post-dinner in Seoul, concluded without reaching any decision on India’s membership. The discussions will continue tomorrow when a final call on India’s candidature can be expected.

Meanwhile, Pakistan made sure that it was not left behind in the game for the NSG membership and its President Mamnoon Hussain also met Jinping in Tashkent today. According to a press note issued by the Pakistan foreign ministry, both leaders discussed the issue of Pakistan’s entry into the NSG. Pakistan has been consistently saying if an exception can be made for India, it should also be allowed to join the NSG. Both India and Pakistan have not signed the NPT. Hussain told Jinping that “any exception given for NSG membership could disturb strategic stability in South Asia”.

The meeting between Modi and Jinping lasted for about 45 minutes. The Ministry of External Affairs said most of the meeting was devoted to this issue and Modi told Jinping that “China should contribute to the emerging consensus in Seoul”. The Chinese side did not come out with any details of the meeting and made no comments on what had been the response of Jinping to the Modi’s request.

Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar led a team of officials in Seoul, lobbying for India’s candidature.

Despite the US, the UK, France and Switzerland backing the India’s bid, the going has been tough for India.

While China’s opposition was always known, what

might come as a shock to many here is the resistance being put up by smaller countries.

India, in a bid to woo many of these nations, had sent senior diplomats of the foreign ministry to these countries so as to address their concerns.

For now, the suspense continues as discussion will resume in Seoul tomorrow morning on India’s bid for the NSG membership. The final outcome will then seal the deal for India—one way or the other.

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Taj, Vaishno Devi among 10 spots to be ‘cleaned’

aj Mahal and Vaishno Devi shrine are among the 10 iconic places with high footfall identified by the Centre to undergo cleaning on a par with international standards for which foreign experts will be involved.

Top government officials today said World Bank would provide technical assistance. The Centre is also in the process of drafting standard operating procedures to ensure cleanliness at 10 popular sanctuaries and tiger reserves, they said.

“We have taken an initiative at 10 iconic places. The idea is to ensure cleanliness of international excellence level here. We

have invited international experts for help,” Parmeswaran Iyer, Secretary (Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation), said.

Iyer said the government plans to do bench-marking to ascertain what would be the standard of cleanliness both inside and outside these places.

He said the ministry would organise a two-day workshop next month, when consultations would be held with the experts, who, he said, would help chalk out a roadmap to implement the “site-specific” programme, fix indicators of international standards and decide on timeframe and financial resources.

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

$3.6b budget presented

HE Attorney-General and Minister for Finance, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has presented a $3.6 billion budget for the remainder of this year and up to June 30, 2017.

It’s about $200m more than last year largely attributed to the post TC Winston recovery works.

At least $2.1b has been budgeted for the running of the Government while $1.4b will be spent on capital projects.

The Government’s revenue will be sourced from taxes and other means is estimated to be $3.1b.

The Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority will need to collect $2.9b.

The shortfall in revenue or the gross deficit of $620m is expected to be funded through domestic and

overseas loans.

The $290m expected to be sourced locally will be through treasury bills, Mr Sayed Khaiyum said.

Our overseas borrowing of $329m is expected to include loans from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank.

The World Bank and ADB are providing an emergency recovery loan totalling $US100m ($F212m) for post TC Winston efforts.

We will also loan $69.5m from the ADB and $30m from the World Bank for the transport sector.

The ADB will also lend $5m for the water and sewerage projects.

Government is expected to spend at least $152m in servicing or repaying its debts.

The major drivers of economic Man charged with growth in 2016-2017 budget using forged document

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RANSPORT, storage, wholesale and retail trade, construction, accommodation and food services, financial and insurance activities, public administration and defence are expected to be the major drivers of economic growth in the new budget year.

According to the Ministry of Finance, growth in these sectors is projected to outweigh the decline in agriculture, electricity and forestry and logging sectors.

“Furthermore, strong demand in the tourism sector, increased inward remittances and improved investor confidence will provide needed impetus for growth despite weak global demand,” the Budget Supplement report said.

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N Indian national charged with one count of using forged document and one count of conspiracy to defraudinfluencing a public official, appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court today.

Mukesh Shankarsinh Purohit is alleged to have used a birth certificate knowing that it was false, and conspired with another person with the intention of dishonestly influencing Fiji immigration officers in their exercise of duties in the issuance of passport.

He had pleaded guilty early this month.

The State read the Summary of facts today.

The matter has been adjourned to July 7 for sentencing and mitigation submissions.

2016-2017 Budget is just ‘more politics’

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PPOSITION spokesperson for Finance and National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has labelled the 2016-2017 National Budget as “more politics, less economics”.

Prof Prasad said the budget had nothing much in terms of addressing the rising cost of living which Government brought upon the people of Fiji as a result of 9 per cent VAT on basic food items.

“And there is little discussion on building confidence. The talk of broad-based economic growth, the incentives remain as they were before,” he said.

Prof Prasad said the budget did not talk much about investment after the devastation brought about by Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston.

“We see that we are continuing to pile more debt, it is now close to $5 billion and as I said before, it’s the people who will pay in the future and in the present time as well.

“All the excitement of the change in financial year which we said was unnecessary, all the changes that we see in the 2016-2017 National Budget could have been done quite easily in a revised budget and that would have been better, that would have given a better sense of the change in government expenditure and revenue.

“While there are some good, there are many bad as well as many unknowns that we have to entangle, scrutinise and analyse in this budget.”

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Amjad Sabri, renowned Pakistani qawwali singer, shot dead in Karachi

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ne of the best known qawwali singers Amjad Sabri was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Wednesday, the country’s media reported.

According to the reports, Sabri, 45, was travelling in a car with an associate in a car when unknown gunmen on motorbikes opened fire at his vehicle in the city’s Liaquatabad area. His driver has also been reportedly shot and is stated to be in a critical state.

The two were rushed to Abbasi Shaheed hospital, where Sabri succumbed to his injuries.

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have been killed in a targeted attack on his car in Liaquatabad 10 area this afternoon,” a senior police official said. “He was shot in the chest and head and he was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed hospital immediately, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The driver and associate have been killed in the targeted attack,” the official said.

Sabri was the son of renowned qawwal Ghulam Farid Sabri whose family is famous in the subcontinent for their contribution to this sufi art and mystic poetry. Known for his soul-stirring renditions of mystic poetry, he was one of the finest Pakistani qawwali singers.

Pakistan is selling nuclear materials to North Korea

akistan is continuing to sell nuclear materials to North Korea, even as its urging the international community to accept its membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), said highly placed US sources who track nuclear commerce.

These sources said the Pakistan Energy Commission (PAEC) has been continuing to supply restricted items like ‘Monel’ and ‘Inconel’ material to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions.

They added that that nuclear materials supplied to the PAEC by Chinese entities have also found their way to North Korea, and that the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA)

recently received a written complaint that supplies of a Chinese company, Beijing Suntech Technology Co. Ltd, were being diverted to North Korea by the Pakistani authorities.

The Chinese government hushed up the matter as it could have consequences for Beijing’s bid to support Pakistan at the NSG. But this information leaked out of North Korea and came to the knowledge Of Western governments who are members of the NSG. In another alarming revelation, informed sources said Pakistan has been giving North Korea equipment which has a direct bearing on producing nuclear weapons.

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Five Nepalese injured in Kabul attack

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ive Nepalese guards, injured in a suicide attack in Kabul two days ago, are under treatment at

the city-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, hospital authorities confirmed on Wednesday.

“We have received five Nepalese patients who were

working as private security guards in Kabul. They are being treated for blast related injuries,” a senior authority of Apollo told IANS. The injured Nepalese worked for private security company Sabre International to guard the Canadian embassy in Kabul.

On Monday, 12 Nepalese security guards were killed in a suicide blast targeting their minibus in Kabul.

Nine other people were wounded, including five Nepalese and four Afghans.

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Bangladesh police shoot militant behind killing of bloggers, gay rights activists

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olice in Bangladesh on Sunday shot dead an Islamist militant wanted for the killings of several liberal bloggers and gay rights activists, a senior official said.

The militant, identified as Sharif, one of the leaders of the banned group Ansar Ullah Bangla Team, took part in the killing of blogger Avijit Roy, a US citizen of Bangladeshi origin, in Dhaka last year, police official Abdul Baten said.

Sharif was also behind the killing of two gay rights activists in April, as well as four other bloggers and a publisher, the police officer told a news conference.

Bangladesh, a deeply religious but moderate Muslim-majority country of 160 million people, is struggling to control attacks by Islamist groups on

bloggers critical of extremism, atheists and religious minorities.

This month the government, facing growing pressure from an

international community alarmed by the spate of attacks, launched a crackdown across the country under which more than 11,000 people have been arrested.

A 19-year-old suspected Islamist militant was killed in a shootout on Saturday, days after he critically wounded a Hindu college teacher, police said.

Police officer Baten said Sharif was killed in a gunbattle that erupted following a raid on a militant hideout on the outskirts of Dhaka.

“During the pre-dawn raid, our personnel had to open fire after three suspected militants on a motorbike started firing at them,” he said, adding that Sharif died in the gunfight while two others fled.

Rights groups and opposition parties say hundreds of innocent people have been taken into police custody as part of the crackdown.

Two Indians among 25 killed in Afghan blasts

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wo Indians are among 25 people killed in a string of bombings across Afghanistan on Monday.

In the first attack, a Taliban suicide bomber hit a minibus carrying foreign security guards in Kabul along the main road to the eastern city of Jalalabad. The Taliban also claimed a second smaller blast in south Kabul.

The third blast took place in a market in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan.

External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup in New Delhi said, “We have learnt that 2 Indian nationals, Ganesh Thapa and Govind Singh from Dehradun died tragically in the blast in Kabul today morning.”

“Government is in touch with the families of Indian nationals and is working with the Afghan government to repatriate their mortal remains at the earliest,” he said.

Fourteen Nepali security guards working for the Canadian Embassy in Kabul were also killed in the first blast.

The attacks come days after the US announced an expansion of the US military’s authority to conduct air strikes against the Taliban, a significant boost for Afghan forces which have limited close air-support capacities.

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Deepika chickens out from dancing to Pinga with Priyanka at IIFA

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riyanka Chopra and Deepika Padukone were approached to perform to the Pinga number (from Bajirao Mastani) together at the IIFA, slated for tomorrow.

Sources reveal that Deepika refused to perform alongside Priyanka. On the other hand, Priyanka had no issues about sharing the stage with the xXx: The Return of Xander Cage star.

Did Deepika fear being overshadowed by the Quantico star?

Quantico is a rage in Spain. On the other hand, Deepika was referred to as an "unidentified leggy brunette" by a British tabloid when she was spotted post a dinner outing in London.

No entry at the Deols’ front gate

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or decades, Dharmendra, andYash Chopra's bungalow gates have been next to each other. And Ajay Devgn's bungalow is diagonally opposite that of the Deols. Given the setting, the security staff of the Devgns and the Deols quite naturally shared a special bond. Not to forget, they also provided extra security to the entire lane. However, recently the whole arrangement altered when the Deols decided to change the position of their main gate. A source says, "The Deols' gate has now moved to the

other side of their bungalow. One hears this was done for Feng Shui reasons."

Salman Khan: I am dying to get married

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alman Khan might evade queries about tying the knot with rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur but the superstar says he is “dying” to get married.

The 50-year-old star says contrary to popular perception, he has always wanted to settle down but had to wait for “the other party” to agree.

The ‘Dabangg’ star was on the singing reality show ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ to promote his upcoming film ‘Sultan’ when a contestant, Jugpreet Bajwa, asked for his advice to get a life partner.

“You have targeted the wrong person, Jugpreet. I have always been unlucky in this matter, but the public impression about me in this regard is all wrong,” Salman said, as per a statement issued by the TV show.

“I am actually dying to get married and had always been waiting for the other party to agree.

Men have no say... It’s the women who decide it all,” the actor quipped.

Singer Mika Singh, who is a mentor on the show, said, “I am Salman Bhai’s biggest fan and will follow his footsteps. Whenever Bhai will marry, I will also get married the same year.”

Apart from Mika, the show features music director Pritam and composer duo Sajid-Wajid as mentors. The episode featuring Salman will air on June 26.

Guess who called Shraddha Kapoor the ‘prettiest Half Girlfriend’!

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ollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor has been called the ‘prettiest Half Girlfriend’. Can you guess by whom?

Guess who just called Shraddha Kapoor the ‘prettiest Half Girlfriend’!

By none other than Chetan Bhagat!

The author took to Twitter to share a photo with Shraddha Kapoor from the sets of the

upcoming film ‘Half Girlfriend’.

He wrote, “Possibly the prettiest #halfgirlfriend in the world. Fab actor. So humble needs to be reminded she is a star!”

The shoot for ‘Half Girlfriend’ has begun in Delhi. The film, directed by Mohit Suri, also stars Arjun Kapoor. (Revealed! Arjun Kapoor’s first look as Madhav Jha in ‘Half

Girlfriend’) ‘Half Girlfriend’ is an adaptation of a novel of the same name written by author Chetan Bhagat.

This is not the first time that Arjun will be working in an adaptation. He has also starred in the movie ‘2 States’, an adaptation of Bhagat’s book ‘2 States: The Story of My Marriage’.

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Big B’s ‘102 Not Out’ to roll in 2016 end

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ational Award winning director Umesh Shukla, who will be collaborating with megastar Amitabh Bachchan and veteran actor and BJP MP Paresh Rawal for “102 Not Out”, says the shooting of the upcoming film will begin towards year-end, and the makers are planning to release the film in April next year.

“The shooting of ‘102 Not Out’ will begin in November or December. The first draft of the story has been made. ‘102 Not Out’ will be a family drama. It will be a satire, and will mainly be shot in Mumbai only,” Shukla told IANS on the sidelines of the launch of his new TV show “Khidki”.

“Amitabh sir has a TV commitment in between. First he will finish shooting for that. Then we will start shooting for ‘102 Not Out’. There is no release date for the film as of now, but we are looking to release it in April next year during the vacations,”

added the “OMG: Oh My God!” fame director.

Further sharing details about the story of the film, Shukla said: “It’s a very different film. Amitabh sir will be playing a 102-yearold man, who wants to break the record of world’s oldest man living on earth. Paresh will be seen as Amitabh’s son in the film.

“One of them has a positive attitude towards life, but the other one doesn’t want to live. The film is a humorous take on their lives.”

“Khidki”, which will be aired on SAB TV starting from June 28, will feature actors Sarita Joshi, Rajeev Mehta, Aishwarya Sakhuja among others The show will feature stories sent to the makers by common people. The stories will be adapted into a mini-series.

The makers of the show had asked viewers to share their real life stories in March after which they shortlisted the entries and wove them into episodes designed to last for a minimum of three to eight episodes, depending on the length of each story.

Talking about it, Shukla said: “TV is a medium through which you can reach to people’s houses. There are no theatres in small town, but most houses have a TV. These days we get to hear a lot of beautiful stories, which we feel that these can’t be made into a film but we can show them on TV.

Priyanka Chopra’s message to youth: Don’t restrict yourself

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he is 33, and is a proud recipient of the Padma Shri and a People’s Choice Award - and has made huge inroads into Hollywood. Actress Priyanka Chopra has advised youngsters to push their boundaries.

“You have to be who you are. You just have to be able to evolve to do different things and people shouldn’t restrict themselves.

“You should not shut yourself and your possibilities,” Priyanka told the media here on the sidelines of the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) celebrations here.

Priyanka, who has gained global recognition with her stint in the American TV show “Quantico”, will next be seen starring in the international movie “Baywatch” along with Hollywood stars like Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

She will be seen playing a negative character named Victoria Leeds in the film.

As of now, she can’t wait to perform at the 17th edition of IIFA. “I am very happy to be here as I believe that whenever the film industry comes together, it’s such a unique feeling. We take our film industry through this platform.

Also, performing on stage is exhilarating,” she said.

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Towering New released Bollywood films presence After a hectic round of promotions for her TV show Quantico in Paris, Priyanka Chopra turned tourist as she visited the landmarks in the city of love. She posted snapshots on social media at the various attractions including at Eiffel Tower and captioned it “Eiffel at my finger tips.” PeeCee is now headed to Spain for an awards show.

Dream creation Hard Kaur has managed to wear a costume in her upcoming single that was made keeping the queen of pop, Madonna, in mind. The rapper picked up the outfit from designer Priya Kataria Puri, who had created it for her TV chat show hoping that Madonna could be one of her guests on the show!

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March 21 - April 20 Your stars indicate a massive personal and professional turnaround. In terms of family affairs, parents seem to be more important than children. At the very least, you must observe the dictates of authority and tradition!

Taurus

April 21 - May 20 It looks as if Taureans will divide into two groups. On one hand, there’ll be those smitten with a desire to leave home in search of adventure. On the other, will be a group who embarks on a quest for spirituality. What links the two is a conviction that the world could, indeed must, become a better place.

Gemini

May 20 - June 21 Joint financial arrangements loom large, and anything which occurs this week will require attention – don’t delay any more than is necessary. At the heart of your current mood lies the feeling that you may have been undervalued in the past, and that you should now be paid the respect you are due.

Cancer

June 22 - July 23

The key to successful personal relationships is to participate in all social gatherings as much as possible but, at the same time, to retain a certain sense of detachment. That way you’ll be less likely to be taken in by unrealistic promises, or to be dismayed by those who get upset without reason.

Leo

June 24 - August 23 You may well be concerned by the number of chores, duties and obligations which seem to be rolling in your direction. It does look as if you’ll now have the chance to abandon your commitments, but never do so without considering the consequences.

Virgo

August 24 - Sept 24 If you have never had a reputation as a party-goer, now is the moment to acquire one. Many people say that this is a time for children, so have you considered what fun it would be to revert to childhood and have a good time?

This photo proves why Rekha is Bollywood’s most stylish diva

Libra

Sept. 24 - Oct 22 As fate would have it, this is one of those periods when you are liable to face last-minute family emergencies. The best astrological advice is to remain cool, calm and collected and take nothing for granted.

The better you manage your affairs now, the less the chance of your losing control.

Scorpio

Oct 23 - Nov 22 If you’re travelling this week there’s one golden rule: check, check and check again.

Make sure you have everything you need, confirm all directions and see to it that all arrangements are understood by everyone concerned.

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aughter of producer Rikku Rakesh Nath, she has styled Madhuri Dixit and now designs for Bhumi Pednekar.

Shaina, who considers Rekha as her aunt, took some styling tips from the star for her wedding outfits. Even at home, Rekha is quite the diva. Check out her headgear, cat-eye shades and those manicured talons.

Now is the time to pay special attention to anyone who feels that they have been ignored.. Such feelings may exist only in their imagination, but that makes them no less concerning. You should also be aware that financial generosity could be one of the best ways of oiling your emotional wheels!

Capricorn Dec 23 - Jan 20

A powerful and harmonious Sun-Moon alignment will be seen as a moment to inaugurate a series of new cycles, mainly personal ones. It is also, as luck would have it, an excellent time for making a fresh start in a number of family relationships: please lay the upsets and regrets of the past to one side.

Aquarius

Jan 21 - Feb 19 Venus’ celestial marriage with Uranus is a classic indicator of new emotional commitments. It reveals that this is an extraordinarily suitable period for making discreet declarations of love. As far as work is concerned, you should be thinking of a new collaboration once business picks up again.

Pisces

Feb 20 - March 20 If you’re not the life and soul of the party now, you’ll miss out. Granted, there’s the usual emotional turmoil going inside your Piscean soul, but that shouldn’t stop you letting it all out. The only draw-back is your tendency to keep your feelings to yourself.

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Bollywood

'Raman Raghav 2.0' Movie Review

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he title of this film comes with uncomfortable memories of the stories that one has heard of this ruthless, unhinged serial killer in the 60’s who went about smashing heads of the homeless and slum dwellers, just because he felt like it. This serial killer, who is said to have eliminated 41 lives, had spread so much terror that the city would have no soul roaming out on the street after dark, till he was arrested.

Ramanna is Nawazuddin. Nawazuddin is Ramanna. A man born with a dark heart, and outwardly with no desire than to coolly go about killing people.

Partly thanks to the vivid character sketch and partly thanks to Nawaz’s brilliance, every moment spent with Raman is spine chilling. It’s not his actions, but his casual attitude after the killings that aims straight at your gut. One particular scene which involves Ramanna paying a visit to his sister Lakshmi (Amruta Subhash) and destroying all that she’s built over the years with one casual stroke, is unforgettable.

Ramanna wants to surrender to the police, not with any sense of guilt but because in his head his actions are justified, and also there is a bigger reason, which is revealed later in the film. Ramanna has already killed 9 by the time he surrenders but then the cop Raghav (Vicky Kaushal) is convinced he’s fibbing.

Raghav himself is rapidly spiralling towards the bottom of a black pit because

Raman Raghav 2.0’ A; Drama, Thriller Director: Anurag Kashyap Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala of his dangerous dependence on drugs.

So, Kashyap’s film talks of not one but two psychopaths, one daring to do it blatantly on his own, and the other doing it under the disguise of his ‘respectable’ position.

Only Ramanna stalks and recognises his ‘soulmate’.

Nawazuddin breathes and lives Ramanna so effortlessly, when he in a nonchalant manner goes about dragging an iron rod in the dead of the night looking for his victims or coolly jots down the number of people he killed, in his small book.

Vicky Kaushal is a green horn compared to Nawazuddin, but he does a pretty good job. What works against Kaushal is also the shallow character sketch that he gets as Raghav. Amruta Subhash is fantastic.

We know that Kashyap likes the women in his films badass and thus ultracool, but Sobhita Dhulipala (who plays the girl who Raghav picks up from a bar) seemed to be stuck in one expression of indifference throughout, making one wonder if she was still figuring out what she’s supposed to do in the whole scheme of things. Also, at two and half hours and with no respite from the relentless gloom, it is a tad too long.

It is dark, very dark and deprived of even a shred of dignity. It makes you feel nauseated at the shocking spread of depravity served to you. But then again, it is unique storytelling.

Go for it, if you have the suitable palate.

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What scares Kangs

John Abraham

Varun Dhawan

Central line John Abraham, Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez will be visiting the Zero Mile Stone in Nagpur today. The monument,

Jacqueline Fernandez

erected by the British, is the geographical centre of India. The stars will be at the historical site to kickstart promotions of their upcoming film, Dishoom. They want to start from the centre and then head in all directions.

Kangana Ranaut just let out a secret. The actress recently confessed at an event that she suffers from ophiophobia — a phobia of snakes. Kangs gets the heebie-jeebies when she sees the creepy crawlies. The star was not too keen to divulge her phobia as people may take advantage of it. She also stated that now that she has spoken about her fear, some people are likely to play a prank on her!

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Veteran actress Rekha caught up with stylist Shaina Nath recently.

Daughter of producer Rikku Rakesh Nath, she has styled Madhuri Dixit and now designs for Bhumi Pednekar. Shaina, who considers Rekha as her aunt, took some styling tips from the star for her wedding outfits. Even at home, Rekha is quite the diva. Check out her headgear, cat-eye shades and those manicured talons.

Shaina Nath and Rekha GOVINDA on the sets of The Kapil Sharma Show at Film City. PIC/SATEJ SHINDE

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Towering presence After a hectic round of promotions for her TV show Quantico in Paris, Priyanka Chopra turned tourist as she visited the landmarks in the city of love. She posted snapshots on social media at the various attractions including at Eiffel Tower and captioned it “Eiffel at my finger tips.” PeeCee is now headed to Spain for an awards show.

Dream creation Hard Kaur has managed to wear a costume in her upcoming single that was made keeping the queen of pop, Madonna, in mind. The rapper picked up the outfit from designer Priya Kataria Puri, who had created it for her TV chat show hoping that Madonna could be one of her guests on the show!

Kaur is thrilled that she is slipping into something that Material Girl singer could have worn.

Ram Charan Kunal Kapoor and Kritika Kamra

The right fit Kunal Kapoor and telly actress Kritika Kamra feature in Sumit Aroraa’s short film, White Shirt, which delves into relationships.

The film has been shot by Surjodeep Ghosh, who was the cinematographer of Sulemani Keeda (2013) and in real locations

in Mumbai over four days. Sumit has been writing for television for over a decade. His shows include Dill Mill Gaye, Chhona Hai Aaman, Bhaskar Bhatt and, more recently, Sadda Haq. Sumit now has his sights set on directing a film for Bollywood.

Ram Charan has turned vegetarian for his upcoming Telugu film, Dhruva. The actor is also tucking into a lot of fresh fruit juices. This is his way of attaining a dream body for his character in the film. Ram Charan is hoping it is worth all the effort and that the results will be seen on screen.

Dhruva is an official remake of the Tamil film Thani Oruvan (2015). The film has Arvind Swamy as his co-star.

Ahil Sharma and (inset) Arpita and Ayush Sharma

Tiny tales Arpita Khan and Aayush Sharma’s son, Ahil, is Bollywood’s most famous social media tot. He recently got a snapchat puppy filter which made everyone go aww. Salman Khan’s youngest nephew is just too cute; don’t you all agree?

Hard Kaur

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Foodie

Mango Mastani Recipe

Mango mastani, a delicious, very popular, chilled beverage of Pune made with mango puree, milk, ice cream and nuts

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ango mastani! Sounds unique, right? It is a concoction of a chilled, thick mango milkshake, mango ice cream, fresh cream and chopped dry fruits.

A special beverage of Pune and a popular one at that. The simple pleasures of life are sipping on chilled beverages and mango desserts during the hot summer season.

Preparing juices, shakes, smoothies are high on the priority list during the summer

months. So continuing on my mango masti series, I present to you mango mastani pune style.

I have tasted it many years ago on a trip to Shirdi en route Pune. Pune is well known for its street food and there are a number of ‘Mastani’ or cold drink houses that sell a variety of milkshakes and drinks.

Interestingly, the name of this delicious mango based “ice cream cold drink”

has a history to it. An age-old cold drink house served this chilled mango drink to its customers who praised its flavor and called it ‘mast’ which means ‘lovely’. So this popular milk based mango dessert was given a royal name, Mastani. It was named after the famous and beautiful wife of the Marathi Prime Minister, Peshwa Bajirao.

An opulent treat meant for the kings and a perfect refreshing dessert to beat the heat.

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Mango mastani recipe is the simplest of milkshake recipes you can ever make. Do keep in mind it is a thick milkshake with a rich mango flavor that’s enriched with thickened full-fat milk. There is more quantity of mango puree versus milk content with ice cream providing the extra oomph and richness. I wouldn’t want you to are miss out on this creamy tropical beverage. So do yourself a favor and make yourself this intense yellow colored, sinfully delicious mango mastani before the mango season ends. :) Mango mastani recipe • Prep time: 10 min • Cook time: 15 min • Serves: 4 Ingredients • Mango puree - 4 cups, chilled for few mins • Sugar - 3 tbsps or honey • Milk - 1 1/4 cups • Mango ice cream - 4 scoops • Almond - 4, sliced a few for garnish • Pistachio - 6, chopped • Cashewnut – 3, finely chopped • Mango - few mango cubes for garnish • Glazed cherries – 3 • Tutti frutti - a heaped tbsp for garnish (optional) • Whipped cream for garnish (optional) Method • Bring milk to a boil in a vessel and simmer on low-medium heat for 10-12 mins. Add sugar and allow to dissolve. Turn off heat, bring to room temperature and chill for few minutes.

• Set aside 1/2 cup of mango puree.

Blend the remaining 3 1/2 cups of the chilled mango puree and chilled milk to a smooth thick consistency.

• Pour 2 tbsps of mango puree in the bottom of each glass. Next, pour the blended thick mango milkshake into the chilled serving glasses to almost three-fourths of the glass. Place a scoop of mango ice cream or vanilla ice cream on top.

• Garnish with chopped nuts, chopped mango pieces, tutti frutti, and glazed cherries. Serve cold.

Tips • Vegans can use coconut or almond milk • You can also add few ripe mango cubes in the bottom of each glass instead of mango puree.

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Elon Musk sees $1 trillion Tesla as shares drop over SolarCity deal

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ome of Tesla Motor Inc’s biggest investors have signalled support for CEO Elon Musk’s plan to buy solar power company SolarCity Corp, although

the electric car maker’s stock cratered on Wednesday, lopping more than the $2.8 billion US value of the proposed deal off Tesla’s market capitalization.

“It’s a natural evolution of their mission to transform transportation into a sustainable business,” said Joe Dennison, a portfolio manager of Zevenbergen Capital Investments, which has about 600,000 Tesla shares, or about 0.4 per cent of shares outstanding.

It is still early in the process, he said, but “We expect it to go through and believe that most investors who actually own the stock understand management’s long-term vision for the company.”

That was not the market’s broad reaction, sending Tesla’s shares down more than 10 per cent, and taking more than $3 billion US off

its market value, which now stands around $28.7 billion US. That was a blow to Musk, who is chief executive of Tesla, chair of SolarCity and the biggest shareholder in both companies. He is also the CEO of rocket-maker SpaceX. He and Tesla management risk being distracted from rolling out the new Model 3 sedan, a massmarket electric vehicle key to the success of the young firm, analysts said, questioning whether merging two companies which both need substantial cash was a good idea.

The audacious entrepreneur envisions a one-stop shop for clean-energy fans, who could buy an electric car, home solar system and battery backup in a single visit. Some argued the two firms cater to different groups of customers, with little crossover.

Shares of the much smaller SolarCity rose more than three per cent, valuing the U.S. market leader in residential rooftop solar panels at $2.15 billion US. In a hastily arranged call with investors and Wall Street analysts early on Wednesday, where Tesla executives defended the deal, Musk said institutional shareholders had some idea of the plan.

He had not disclosed the deal, he said, but over the years, “this idea has been bandied about with some of our largest shareholders, institutional shareholders. Yeah, there have been discussions.”

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Planet Pride Logistics Ltd. of Richmond, BC is urgently seeking an Office Manager on f/time, perm. basis. Must have min. high school education and either min. 2 yrs. exp. in clerical/ secretarial/office admin. or a university degree or college diploma in business admin.

Duties incl. manage office staff and assign tasks as needed; analyze internal processes and recommend / implement procedural or policy changes to improve operations; establish work priorities; manage office supply inventory and maintain office equipment repairs. wage btwn $22.25 - $24/hr (depending on exp). Please email resume to planetpridelogist@gmail. com. No phone calls or drop-ins please.

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-------------- Oct 31 2015 Baker / Sweet Maker wanted Nirala Sweets and Restaurant in Surrey BC needs fully qualified Pakistani style Baker/Sweet maker (Mithai). Responsibilities will include Sweet making for retail and banquets, training of employees, labour & food cost control and supervision.

Must have at least three years experience as a Pakistani Baker.

Knowledge of Urdu an asset. ourly salary $15.50/hr. Contact Pasha 604 593 7323 or send resume at anwarpasha786@hotmail.com --------------- Jan 23 2016 Cook for Pakistani cuisine wanted Nirala Sweets and Restaurant in Surrey BC needs experienced chef for Halal Northern Pakistani style dishes. Must be expert in making kababs and tandoori dishes. Must be able to handle halal meats. Responsibilities will include menu design and

JOBS planning, cooking for individual customers and banquets, training of employees, labour & food cost control and supervision of kitchen staff. Must have at least 3 years experience as a Pakistani cook.

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

South Asian Seniors Father’s Day Ashirwad ( Blessings ) Dr. Swami Satya Prakash - 19th June. 2016 from 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm.

Vedic Seniors Parivar Centre of Vedic Hindu Cultural Society Surrey invites South Asian Adults/ Senior members and non members also, Everybody is welcome to attend the Presentation with Musical Touch on Father’s Day Ashirwad ( Blessings ) by Dr. Swami Satya Prakash a well known Swamiji in the community & Pandit Mansukhbhai Thandi will play on Tabla , on 19th June 2016 ( Sunday ) from 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm at Shanti Niketan Hall of Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple 8321 - 140th street Surrey BC. Please do attend it to avoid regrets that you missed it, tea and light snacks will be served after the presentation. Please contact Surendra Handa Coordinator Tel. 604 - 507 - 9945 for further information.

-------------------------------------------Vancouver Cross Cultural Seniors Network wins prestigious SFU award Metro Vancouver Cross-Cultural Seniors Network Society’s (MVCCSN) Elder Abuse Awareness to Action Program was recently honored with the 2016 – EAAAA- Innovative Program Award by SFU’s Gerontology Research Centre.

The award was presented by Prof. Gloria M. Gutman, of SFU’s Gerontology Dept. and Gerontology Research Centre and received by President Ihsan Malik board members Sonia Chaudhary and Mohinder Grewal on behalf of MVCCSN. Recognizing the exemplary work that the society does for seniors, Gutman said, “It was impressive indeed that to date 837 South Asians from twenty-three different groups have attended the seventeen workshops on elder financial abuse that MVCCSN has organized.”

The 2016 SFU Gerontology Elder Abuse Awareness to Action Awards (EAAAA) were presented at a reception held on May 16 at SFU’s downtown Vancouver Harbour Centre Campus.

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and all the community partners on behalf of the society, President of MVCCSN Ihsan Malik said he was humbled, honored and excited that his society was chosen for this prestigious award. “I would be amiss if I didn’t mention the efforts of Board members Mohinder Grewal and Sonia Chaudhary in achieving this milestone,” added Mr. Malik.

Incorporated in September 1995, MVCCSN is a non-profit organization whose members are seniors from various cultural backgrounds and service providers who are involved with seniors’ issues, including seniors who are newcomers and recent immigrants in Metro Vancouver. The Society is managed by a volunteer board, current members include Ihsan Malik (President), Mohinder Grewal (Vice Prsident), Barbra Mikulec, Arun Mehta (Director), Sonia Chaudhary (Treasurer), Narayan Kulkarni (Secretary), and Hien Phu Nguyen (Director). Our mission: The Society is committed to cultural diversity, and, as such, will show leadership in actively promoting inclusiveness, respect and participation through activities involving inquiry and advocacy.

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People also had to be approved for mortgages – in other words, they had to have a job with a high enough income.

“We wanted to be very stringent on the qualifications,” said Murray.

“We wanted to give young families… the opportunity to purchase. We wanted to make sure we reached out to those people and made sure we did our due diligence.”

Concord Pacific drew 60 names from a group of approximately 400 qualified applicants Sunday afternoon and is in the process of setting up sales appointments. The Brentwood development will be open for public sale, by appointment, on Wednesday, said Murray.

Analysts say not much information is available on who buys real estate in the Lower Mainland, but this weekend’s line up demonstrates what young people in the region face when buying a home.

“Buyers from overseas are an important part of demand… baby boomers who are sitting on large home equity have become an important part too,” said Thomas Davidoff, an economics professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.

While Concord is “subsidizing locals” through its first time homebuyers program, its not up to developers to help people, said Davidoff.

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ousing affordability in Canada has continued to erode in the first three months of the year, with Toronto and Vancouver featuring prominently in that decline, according to a new report from RBC. The two housing hot spots have grown substantially less affordable, although the change was not as pronounced in most other parts of the country, the bank said in its latest quarterly look at the housing market.

Rising house prices were the main cause for the decline in affordability, especially in

the single-detached home segment. However, in Calgary and Edmonton, which have been affected by the decline in oil prices, slipping income was the main factor behind reduced affordability in those markets.

Meanwhile, Winnipeg, Regina and Saskatoon actually went against the trend and became more affordable for some or all housing categories in the January-March quarter.

For the Vancouver area, RBC said owning a single-detached home at market prices has “become out of reach for all but just a

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RBC’s affordability measure shows the proportion of median pre-tax household income required to pay for mortgage payments, property taxes and utilities based on the average market price for a dwelling.

The bank said that the affordability measure for the single-detached category in Vancouver rose by 9.9 percentage points to 119.5 per cent, making it the worst ever recorded anywhere in Canada.

In Toronto, by comparison, it would take 71.7 per cent of a typical household income to cover ownership costs at market prices in the first quarter.

RBC characterized affordability in the Toronto’s single-detached home segment as “significantly stretched,” but said conditions in the condominium market were “much less severe.”

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he $240-million Credit Suisse/ SwissReal tower in the heart of downtown Vancouver will be completed in less than a year, but so far, only one tenant has signed up to move in.

The tenant has committed for a 10th of the 370,000 square feet – leaving a state of emptiness that is unusual for an office skyscraper in this city. Even so, a huge shift in business tenancy is expected as the region experiences something it has not seen before: an office-tower building boom much of which is speculative construction rather than for specific committed tenants.

“This is kind of uncharted territory for Vancouver,” said Mehdi Shokri, a principal with the capital markets team at Avison Young.

“But I don’t see a big disaster occurring.”

The Credit Suisse tower is only the most visible and furthest along of a second wave of new office towers planned for Vancouver and some key suburbs. A first cluster of towers – some two million square feet – was built downtown in the past three years.

Another 11 office developments are proposed within blocks of Credit Suisse’s Exchange tower at Howe and West Pender streets, even while the office-vacancy rate in the region continues to inch up as a result of the first wave of building.

But commercial brokers say the city is not about to be populated by ghost towers.

Mr. Shokri and others say they expect many of the new towers to start signing tenant leases as they get closer to completion. That is partly because companies in Vancouver, which do want to be in new, energy-efficient buildings, tend to operate on short timelines.

As well, he said, prices in the new buildings will likely come 4 i Saturday, July 25, 2015down in the

next two years due to competition.

The landlords who will likely suffer as a result of the current boom are owners of older buildings, Mr. Shokri said. As well, new developments in the suburbs, which have already experienced higher vacancy rates in recent years, may have trouble as they compete with each other.

In Vancouver, the co-developer of the Cred-

correction,” while the Bank of Canada has said that house price gains in the two regions are unsustainable.

However, RBC said it doesn’t expect a change in the country’s divided housing situation soon, as resale activity and demand in Vancouver and Toronto are still going strong.

“We expect such market conditions to fuel further rapid price increases in Canada’s hottest markets in the near term,” RBC said.

“This would mean that owning a home — especially a single-detached dwelling — at market price is likely to become even less affordable in those markets.”

Morneau taps municipal, provincial counterparts to tackle runaway housing markets

he federal government took the first concrete steps Thursday to involve its provincial and municipal counterparts in a bid to slow the runaway housing markets of Toronto and Vancouver, after a series of steps by Ottawa alone have proved insufficient.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced Thursday that a working group will be formed in the coming days, comprising federal officials as well as provincial representatives from Ontario and British Columbia and municipal officials from Vancouver and Toronto — two markets that economists have warned may be in a real estate bubble.

No timeline was given for when the group would make recommendations, but Morneau stressed that any issues that are found can’t be fixed without a “co-ordinated” approach

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by all three levels of government.

“It’s important to understand that while the Federal Government has some levers it can pull, we don’t have all of them,” said Morneau.

“This is a shared responsibility, with provincial governments and municipalities having regulatory and taxation powers to respond to unique local conditions.”

The Finance Minister’s comments follow a promise earlier this month to take a “deep dive” into the housing market, but tempers expectations that any policy measures will be announced in the near-term.

Thursday’s announcement comes as the price surge in two of Canada’s hottest markets shows no sign of slowing. Prices in Vancouver are now increasing at an averaging annual rate of 25 per cent, while Toronto is seeing gains of roughly 12 per cent a year. Toronto-Dominion Bank said in a report earlier this month that both markets appear ripe for a correction, while the Bank of Canada has warned that the recent gains are unsustainable.

Morneau declined to speculate Thursday about what policy measures might be considered as part of the working group, but economists have suggested several approaches, including tougher qualifying rates on borrowers, introducing a flipping tax on speculators and imposing restrictions on foreign buyers.

Benjamin Tal, the deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets, said that provincial governments will have to tackle the supply crunch that has been created in both markets. Much of that is due to regulations on land development, whether a focus on improving density in Ontario or height restrictions in Vancouver.

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ore than 90 per cent of all detached homes in Vancouver are now worth more than $1 million, up from just 19 per cent a decade ago, a new study by a local urban planner has found, showing how rapidly housing prices have escalated in the Canadian city.

The biggest jump came in the last two years, with the proportion of million-dollar homes in the city climbing to 91 per cent in 2016 from just 59 per cent in 2014, according to the study by Andy Yan, acting director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program.

“This shows how what used to be the earnest product of a lifetime of local work is perhaps quickly becoming a leveraged and luxurious global commodity,” said Yan. The median household income in Vancouver, meanwhile, rose just 8.6 per cent between 2009 to 2013, according to the most recent data from Statistics Canada. Adjusted for inflation, it would be about $77,000 a year in 2016.

That puts typical incomes well below the threshold needed to purchase million-dollar

homes, said Yan, noting other factors must be driving the sharp increase in home values in Vancouver.

“It’s global cash, meeting cheap money, meeting limited supply,” he said, adding that all three factors are working to “magnify each other” and drive further speculation.

Foreign investment has long been blamed for soaring housing prices in Vancouver, with the most recent wave of offshore cash coming mostly from mainland China.

A widespread corruption crackdown launched by Chinese president Xi Jinping in late 2012 has led to massive currency outflows, which have coincided with a sharp jump in housing prices in Vancouver’s prime neighborhoods.

The new data comes as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Vancouver for a two-day visit. Trudeau on Thursday said that his government needs to take measures to ensure residents of cities like Vancouver and Toronto can afford housing.

Yan’s study looked at provincial assessment data, which lags sales data by several months, and was focused exclusively on the roughly 67,000 detached homes in the City of Vancouver. All values were adjusted for inflation.

Region-wide, the price of a detached home soared 130 per cent over the last 10 years to hit $1.5 million in May, according to the local real estate board. Adding in apartments and townhomes, the typical home in Greater Vancouver now costs $889,100.

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here might be an end in sight for some of Canada’s red-hot housing markets.

The Ottawa-based Canadian Real Estate Association said existing homes sales were down 2.8 per cent in May from April on a seasonally adjusted basis and CREA, which represents about 115,000 realtors across the country, predicts 2017 will see a major levelling off in the market.

“The long-awaited cooling of Canada’s housing market may be finally at hand,” said Robert Hogue, senior economist with the Royal Bank of Canada.

“Only time will tell.

When you look at market conditions in Canada’s two hot markets, it is still very, very tight.”

Pressure has been building on the federal government to intervene in the housing market — even a couple of bank chief executives have expressed concerns about market conditions that saw Vancouver and Toronto resale home prices increase about 30 per cent and 16 per cent, respectively, in May from a year ago.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has promised a “deep dive” into the housing market data, including a look at whether those two markets are being heavily influenced by foreign buyers.

Even with the May drop in seasonally adjusted sales, on a year-over-year basis activity rose 9.6 per cent. The imbalance that

drove prices up 13.2 per cent on a national basis in May, compared to a year earlier, has been tied to a massive drop in inventory.

Hogue said one of the unexpected events he’s witnessed is people being reluctant to list their homes for sale because they can’t afford a more expensive house as prices keep going up. On the price front, the average home is now forecast to sell for $490,700 in 2016, a 10.8 per cent annual increase. By next year, prices will be relatively flat, with the average sale price $491,100.

British Columbia will see a decline in sales and prices by 2017. Ontario will see modest price growth of 1.5 per cent in 2017, with sales relatively flat.

The moderation in B.C. and Ontario is expected to impact national prices on the way down, just as it did on the way up. “In these two provinces, luxury sales activity is anticipated to recede from current levels, resulting in a decline in their share of total sales activity,” CREA said.

Gregory Klump, chief economist with CREA, said housing markets in B.C. and Ontario are slowing down now because inventory has fallen to all-time lows. “This suggests a lack of supply may be starting to rein in sales amid a continuation of strong housing demand,” he said.

He added that those provinces are running out of homes to sell in the $3 million and up price range.

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Sutton Group - West Coast Realty #106 7565 132 St., Surrey. BC. Sutton Group - West Coast Realty PH:604-572-3005 FAX: 778-574-4174

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14.827 ACRES HOME FOR SALE

Spectacular! Estate home on 14.827 Acres of high yield blueberry farm. Luxury unfolds with the stunning front foyer, dual staircases, and elevated catwalk. The regal great room is situated next to a gourmet chef kitchen w/ separate 8318 Scott Road is offering medical and wok kitchen & walk in pantry. A media room, yoga/ exercise Spectacular! Estate home on 14.827 Acres of high yield blueberry farm. Luxury other professionals an opportunity to room, 8 bedrooms & multiple entertaining rooms round out unfolds with the stunning front foyer, dual staircases, and elevated catwalk. The regal this spectacular home. Gaze out upon south views of Mt. purchase premium office space in Surey, great room is situated next to a gourmet chef kitchen w/ separate wok kitchen & walk Baker or the north views of the North Shore Mountains from in pantry. A media room, yoga/ exercise room, 8 bedrooms & multiple entertaining BC. Set to be completed by fall 2016, this outdoor patios situated both upstairs and down. This is true rooms round out this spectacular home. Gaze out upon south views of Mt. Baker or the luxury at its best! The farm features healthy mature state if the art steel and concrete north views of the North Shore Mountains from outdoor patios situated both upstairs blueberry varieties Duke, Elliott, and Reca ensuring steady and down. This is true luxury at its best! The farm features healthy mature blueberry building will offer a mixture of retail and crops throughout the season. Fully automated irrigation. varieties Duke, Elliott, and Reca ensuring steady crops throughout the season. Fully Too much to list! Book a showing today! Asking $4,999,900 office space to professionals looking for a

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CUSTOM STEEL & FABRICATION BUSINESS FOR SALE

established with love and a business owners delight don't miss this opportunity! Please do not approach staff, contact listing realtor for any info required. Asking $75,000 Established custom steel and aluminum fabrication business. Great opportunity to run your own business with services that include: aluminum welding and repair, custom and stock trailers, mobile welding service, crane fabrication, fabrication of residential gates, security bars and much more! Mon– Fri operation closed on weekends. Please contact me for more details on this hard to Established custom steel and aluminum fabrication business. Great opportunity to run your own come by opportunity! Asking $149,000

CUSTOM STEEL & FABRICATION BUSINESS FOR SALE

business with services that include: aluminum welding and repair, custom and stock trailers, mobile welding service, crane fabrication, fabrication of residential gates, security bars and much more! Mon– Fri operation closed on weekends. Please contact me for more details on this hard to Established Indian Sweets and Restaurant business located in high traffic area of Scott Rd, Surrey. come by opportunity! Asking $149,000

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“This is kind of uncharted territory for Vancouver,” said Mehdi Shokri, a principal with the capital markets team at Avison Young.

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next two years due to competition.

The landlords who will likely suffer as a result of the current boom are owners of older buildings, Mr. Shokri said. As well, new developments in the suburbs, which have already experienced higher vacancy rates in recent years, may have trouble as they compete with each other.

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8318 Scott Road is offering medical and other professionals an opportunity to purchase premium office space in Surey, automated irrigation. Too much to list! Book a showing today! Asking $4,999,900 BC. Set to be completed by fall 2016, this long term home for their business. Space state if the art steel and concrete ONE IN A MILLION BUSINESS FOR SALE is limited. Call today for more details.

A very rare opportunity to own a beautiful Parisian feel Salon/Café in building will offer a mixture of retail and Historic Abbotsford. Well established, with a loyal client following this A very rare opportunity to own a beautiful Parisian feel Salon/Café in office space to professionals looking for a beautiful establishment offers all day brunch, Lunch and Afternoon Tea. ACREAGE FOR SALE IN REGINA - SASKATCHEWAN Historic Abbotsford. Well established, with a loyal client following this In addition, this beautiful café offers so much more! Reservations for long term home for their business. Space beautiful establishment offers all day brunch, Lunch and Afternoon Tea. Showers, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Special occasions and even Private GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY! In addition, this beautiful café offers so This much more! Reservations Wedding ceremonies.

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#106 7565 132 St., Surrey. BC. PH:604-572-3005 FAX: 778-574-4174

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Magnificent luxury estate situate don 8.5 acres with over 8100 sq. ft of living space. Home includes 6 bdrms, 8 washrooms, a separate guest house and fruit stand. 5 acres has blueberry plants as well. This stunning home possesses every luxury possible with high ceilings, crown molding, stainless steel appliances,Granite counter tops, open floor plan, large gym room, grand patio, sundecks, built in vacuum, top of the line security system, separate wok kitchen and much more! This gorgeous home is situated in the middle of serene farmland yet only two minutes away from Aldergrove Town centre and with quick access to Hwy #1. The second house is rented as well as fruit stall.Rare opportunity to advantage of this stunning Magnificent luxury estate situate don 8.5 acres with over 8100 sq. ft of living space. Home includes 6 home! Call today for a personal viewing. bdrms, 8 washrooms, a separate guest house and fruit stand. 5 acres has blueberry plants as well. This

stunning home possesses every luxury possible with high ceilings, crown molding, stainless steel appliances,Granite counter tops, open floor plan, large gym room, grand patio, sundecks, built in vacuum, top of the line security system, separate wok kitchen and much more! This gorgeous home is situated in the middle of serene farmland yet only two minutes away from Aldergrove Town centre and with quick access to Hwy #1. The second house is rented as well as fruit stall.Rare opportunity to advantage of this stunning home! Call today for a personal viewing.

PAYAL BUSINESS ACREAGE FOR SALE IN REGINA - SASKATCHEWAN CENTRE - 82 Ave & 128 St 4 acres, Hotel and development site available in the City of Regina, Saskatchewan. Prime location, not to be missed! Contact for more details.

GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY!

4 acres, Hotel and development site available in the City of Regina, Saskatchewan. Prime location, not PIZZA BUSINESS FOR SALE to be missed! Contact for more Great opportunity. Non Stop Pizza Franchise available in various locations throughout the Lower Mainland. Contact for more information. details.

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BUSINESS FOR SALE

PAYAL BUSINESS CENTRE - 82 Ave & 128 St MORE 1000 TO 12,000 S.F. RETAIL & OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE FOR SALE & LEASE

UNITS FOR SALE & LEASE 13737 96 Ave, City Centre

#705 $465,000, #706 $335,000 MORE 1000 TO 12,000 S.F. RETAIL & OFFICE SPACE

AVAILABLE FOR SALE & LEASE Two adjoining offices in a new building across from SMH. Can be bought or Laundry Business for Sale. Well established coin laundry on Scott leased together for a total space of Established Indian Sweets and Restaurant business located in high traffic area of Scott Rd, Surrey.

1600 sqft. or separate.

Baby ultrasound franchise, 3D ultrasound private clinic for pregnant moms is Rd. and 94 Ave. Very profitable, heavy duty washers and dryers.

BUSINESS FOR SALE

Wide variety vegetarian menu with sweets. Can be expanded to add non vegetarian dishes to the menu. Catering services provided regular clientele. Seating for 50. Complete turn key restaurant great business opportunity! Asking $129,000

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Wide variety vegetarian menu with sweets. Can be expanded to add non vegetarian dishes to the menu. Catering services provided regular clientele. Seating for 50. Complete turn key restaurant great business opportunity! Asking $129,000 In Mughal Garden plaza 2 units available, approx 4875 sqft.Already leased to long term tenants, to be sold together. Asking $1.25 million

PIZZA & INDIAN CUISINE BUSINESS

Fantastic opportunity to run your own Pizza & Indian Cuisine UNIT FOR SALE business! Excellent food, rated 4.5/5 by customers open 7 days a 82nd Ave & 124 Ave, 2350 sqft. office space is available for sale. Ready to move in. Asking week, very busy location take out with availability for seating if $645,000 desired. Tons of tourists year round, central to major sites in Hope and integral area near grocery stores, city hall, local police station, motels and cinema. Well established, great sales and a complete RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE turn key operation that will not last long! Asking $199,000 8321 - 128 St., Surrey. Excellent location in busy plaza. Asking $209,000

CONVENIENCE STORE & MINI MART

12837 76 AVE Don't miss this chance to run your own buy Convenience store/Mini 2986 sqft. Warehouse including offices and kitchen available in Newton area of Surrey. mart! This well established business is well or-ganized, excellent set Asking $360,000 up, with all your essential sundries for sale as well as lottery AND the licensing to sell Pizza at this location! Busy area near parks, schools, residences it is the perfect OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE small business! Ample of opportunity to add your ideas to an already turn key operation!

Approx. 3100 SF of office space available for sale in the busiest plaza in Surrey. Close to Don't miss this great small business prospect! Asking $149,000 Banquet Halls, retailshops & offices. Asking $749,000

LIGHTHOUSE INDIAN CUISINE WAREHOUSE WITH LOADING DOORS FOR SALE

Don't miss this rare opportunity to own your own busy Lighthouse Indian Cuisine Franchise! Prime location in Brickyard Station Plaza this fantastic business has Take out and dine in, beautiful décor, quality #303 8675 130th St. kitchen, Full Liquor license and full Indian Cuisine Menu. Complete turn key operation enables you to be your own boss with this Approx. 2800 sqft. warehouse for sale. 12’x14’ ceiling. Full established franchise. Contact me today for further info. Asking washroom. Ready to move in. Adjoining unit is also available. $389,000

D available for sale. Easy to run with low overhead. Located across Surrey SOL Good lease terms.

Memorial Hospital in a medical building. Asking $169,900

13737 96 Ave, City Centre

UNITS FOR LEASE

Hair Salon Business for sale

J.J SAINI PLAZA OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE

Located on Fraser Hwy, Cloverdale area, well established business, easy to maintain, higher monthly revenue. Asking $69,900 Non Stop Pizza and Curry Business for Sale

8927 152 St.,Approx. 1100 sqft. office space for 8077 KING GEORGE BLVD. The perfect retail lease available in Guildford area on 152nsd street Very well running Non-Stop Pizza and Curry Restaurant for sale in corner unit in busy plaza move in ready. Approx D L GREAT FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY in Surrey.

SO 1200 sq ft perfect for fast food, office or retail Cloverdale - 191 and 72 Ave. Don’t miss it. Asking $99,000 Great Franchise opportunity just listed! Busy Coquitlam Center space. Easy access to highway, close to all 93 AVE & 120 ST Mall location for Chop N Toss Franchise! Wont last long! amenities on Busy King George Hwy. Great Units available on busy Scott Road at 93rd Ave & 120 St. Approx. 750 to Asking $158,800 Opportunity contact me today.

Hair Salon Business for sale 1700 sqft. space available on main floor, second floor and basement.

Ready to move in!

BUSINESS FOR SALE

Located on Fraser Hwy, Cloverdale area, well established business, easy

to maintain, higher monthly revenue. Asking $69,900 Excellent established ladies Apparel and jewelry wholesale business for sale. Well established clientele with showroom and full online business.

GREAT FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY Great Opportunity for this turn key Great Franchise opportunity just listed! Busy operation.

Asking $125,000 Coquitlam Center Mall location for Chop N Toss

DONAIR BUSINESS FOR SALE

ITALIAN RESTAURANT FOR SALE

RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE

UNITS FOR SALE & LEASE

#705 $465,000, #706 $335,000 9453 120 St., Two adjoining offices in a new building Non Stop Pizza and Curry Business for Sale Baby ultrasound franchise, 3D ultrasound private clinic for pregnant Approx. 1200 sqft, space available across from SMH. Can be bought or Very well running Non-Stop Pizza and Curry Restaurant for sale in Cloverdale - moms is available for sale. Easy to run with low overhead. Located D for lease. Located on Delta side of 191 and 72 Ave. Don’t miss it. Asking $179,900 leased together for a total space of SOL across Surrey Memorial Hospital in a medical building. Asking Scott Road. Lots of exposure.

1600 sqft. or separate. $169,900

Franchise! Wont last long! Asking $158,800

UNIT FOR SALE 17358 104A AVE

Fully finished side by side strata units for a total In Mughal Garden plaza 2 units of approx. 5540 sqft. Available for sale. Close to available, approx 4875 sqft.Already leased to long term tenants, Port Kells Industrial area. Easy access to both to be sold together. Asking $1.25 million Highway 1 and Pacific Highway truck crossing.

Laundry Business for Sale. Well established coin laundry on Scott Rd. and 94 Ave. Very profitable, heavy duty washers and dryers. Good lease terms.

AUTO BODY SHOP FOR SALE

Established auto body shop for sale be your own boss today!

LISNEW 11925 95 AVE TIN Well established and well equipped Auto Care Center which G offers complete car & truck inspection, service and repair.

Approx. 4500 sqft. office space available. Rec. area, small office, lunch The perfect opportunity to run your own business with a room and conference room. Very nicely designed and finished. well recognized and established automotive center. Contact realtor for more details. Asking $139,000

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OFFICE SPACE FOR LEASE 8077 KING GEORGE BLVD. Units available for lease in one of the best located plazas. East access to highway and close to all amenities.

8927 152 St.,Approx. 1100 sqft. office space for Amazing opportunity to be your own boss! Established Donair food lease available in Guildford area on 152nsd street outlet in prime busy area in Langley. Already steady clientele from A treasure gem of Italian cuisine tucked away UNIT FOR LEASE ON 72 & 132 ST NEW the numerous businesses surrounding, tons of traffic and lots of in Hope! Open for lunch and dinner this quaint in Surrey.

LISTING Available for lease. Opp JR Furniture. Good mix of warehouse and office opportunity to expand the business further. Low lease, and great restaurant serves traditional Italian classics in space. Centrally located in light industrial zoning.

93 AVE & 120 ST a fantastic atmosphere and ambiance. Perfect area make this the perfect turn key operation to own your own casual dining for locals as well as tourist traffic. business today! Asking $99,000 Units available on busy Scott Road at 93rd Ave & 120 St. Approx. 750 to Turn key operation ready for you to implement 1700 sqft. space available on main floor, second floor and basement. Ready your dreams as a restaurant owner! to move in!

Asking $219,000

BUSINESS FOR SALE BEAUTIFUL TURN KEY SPA / SALON FOR SALE OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE 2590 sqft. Retail and Office Located in a busy commercial plaza in the heart of Surrey.

Approx. 3100 SF of office space available for sale in the busiest plaza in Surrey. Close Well established Pizza Franchise on Scott Road & 93 Ave. Lots of traffic and close to public transportation, Located in a busy area with great exposure. Reputable and space for sale Asking $649,000 to Banquet Halls, retailshops & offices. Asking $749,000 11925 95 AVE restaurants, office and retail shops. Established recently complete turn key operation. Recent renovations done only a DONAIR BUSINESS FOR SALE D 95 Ave & 152 St., 940 sqft. office space is available for lease on 2nd floor including 3 few months ago. Great business opportunity. Ideal location on SOL the spa and salon offers modern décor up to date small offices, meeting room and reception. Also available 9400 sqft. space for lease.

Amazing opportunity to be your own boss! Established Donair food Approx. 4500 sqft. office space available. Rec. area, small office, lunch room 17358 104A AVE equipment/furnishings. Excellent turn key operation. busy Scott Road lots of traffic both drive by and walk in. Near and conference room. Very nicely designed and finished.

LOTS OF EXPOSURE. 8321 - 128 St., Surrey. Excellent location in busy plaza. Asking $209,000

Fully finished side by side strata units for a total of approx. 5540 sqft. Available for sale. Close to Port Kells Industrial area. Easy access to both Highway 1 and Pacific Highway truck crossing.

outlet in prime busy area in Langley. Already steady clientele from to school, business and residential and commercial area.

2590 sqft. Retail and Office INVESTOR OPPORTUNITY Investment Opportunity in Hope.

7200 Sq. ft large Lot Fully space for sale Asking $649,000 renovated home close to the NEWNG I LIST

95 Ave & 152 St., 940 sqft. office space is available for lease on 2nd floor including 3 small offices, meeting room and reception. Also available 9400 sqft. space for lease.

LOTS OF EXPOSURE.

Asking $80,000

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the numerous businesses surrounding, tons of traffic and lots of opportunity to expand the business further. Low lease, and great UNIT FOR LEASE ON 72 & 132 ST area make this the perfect turn key operation to own your own Available for lease. Opp JR Furniture. Good mix of warehouse and office space.

Centrally located in light industrial zoning. business today! Asking $99,000

Downtown core. 2 bed, 2 bath 850 sq.ft home to use as a rental property. Asking $259,000

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NEW FRANCHISE

Great opportunity to get into a Franchised and easy to operate Candy business! This established franchise is located in Ocean Park Shopping Center near major anchor Safeway. This rapidly growing franchise currently has 22 locations within BC and Alberta. With unique product Imported from the US and UK this franchise is completely turn –key and full training provided. This easy to run business is perfect for a couple and for those wanting to try their hand at being an entrepreneur.

Asking $79,900

BEAUTIFUL TURN KEY SPA / SALON FOR SALE

Located in a busy commercial plaza in the heart of Surrey. Lots of traffic and close to public transportation, restaurants, office and retail shops. Established recently the spa and salon offers modern décor up to date equipment/furnishings. Excellent turn key operation. Asking $80,000

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