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America’s three richest men appoint NRI doctor as CEO of their new company Dr. Atul Gawande (pictured) will lead the joint health-care venture between Amazon, J.P. Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway, the three companies a n n o u n c e d We d n e s d ay.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a partnership in January to tackle rising healthcare costs. They will form a

new company for the venture, which will be headquartered in Boston, a hub for biotechnology and medical research. It will be “free from profitmaking incentives and constraints.�

Gawande will start July 9. He currently practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and is a professor at the Harvard T.H.

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Surrey youth to play with UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball program has signed sharpshooting guard Manroop Clair of Surrey (pictured) Clair is transferring from Seattle University – an NCAA Division I school in the Western Athletic Continued on page 7

Woman lied about CRA scam The Vancouver Police Department said Friday that a 58-year-old woman exaggerated her claims of being handcuffed and defrauded out of $6,000 by two men posing as RCMP officers as part of an elaborate Canada Revenue Agency scam. “At no time was she physically approached by people claiming to be police officers,� Const. Jason Doucette said.

Doucette says the woman did receive a phone call from someone claiming to be a CRA official and she was scammed out of $6,000, but she was never visited by two men Continued on page 7

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India imposes $241 Million tariff on US goods The country has proposed hiking tariffs on 30 US products in order to recoup trade penalties worth $241 million, according to a revised World Trade Organization filing.

India said the retaliatory barriers are equal in value to US tariffs on steel and aluminum from India that were imposed by the Trump administration in March. The new tariffs target products including American almonds, walnuts and apples, as well as some chemical and metal products. India said its tariff on large American motorcycles, which President Donald

Trump has repeatedly spoken out against, will also be hiked.

The latest filing with the World Trade Organization submitted

by New Delhi is dated June 14.

It updates an initial complaint about US metals tariffs made on May 18. India said last month that its proposed tariffs on US goods would take effect by June 21. The Indian government is also leaving the door open for further tariff hikes, it said in its latest notification. “India reserves the right to adjust the specific products for which [tariffs would apply], and its right to adjust the Continued on page 7

Federal Liberals give jobs program funding to Islamic hate preacher’s group Using the politicized Canada Summer Jobs grant, the Trudeau government recently gave funding to a controversial hate preacher who’s the subject of a criminal complaint. The Islamic Humanitarian Service in Kitchener, Ont., was approved by the Trudeau

government to receive the grant in 2018, according to the government’s public registry of approved organizations.

This organization is also in the news this week following its participation in the racist and hateful al-Quds Day rally held on June 9. AlContinued on page 6

Trudeau says Marijuana will be legal in Canada on Oct. 17 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says recreational marijuana will become legal in Canada on Oct. 17. Trudeau made the proclamation during question period Wednesday, saying the provinces wanted more time to implement the new regime than originally anticipated. “We heard from provinces and territories who told us they needed more time to transition to this new framework, so our government will continue to work in full partnership with them, to ensure the smooth and orderly implementation of this new law across Canada,� Trudeau told reporters during

an end-of-session news conference. This announcement comes after a historic vote in the Senate Tuesday night to pass Bill C-45, the government’s legislation to legalize cannabis. Trudeau said that though legalization will be a process and not “a single-day event,� he expects that as of the date the new regime comes into force, all stakeholders will be ready to roll.

This announcement comes after a historic vote in the Senate Tuesday night to pass Bill C-45, the government’s legislation to legalize cannabis.

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Team Trump’s silly fight with Canada over tariffs is igniting unprecedented blowback from our neighbor to the north. It’s unnecessary — and it misses the big picture.

Start with Trump’s insistence that the tariffs are of strategic importance. That’s like saying that Canadians are untrustworthy. He also complains about Canadian subsidies to Quebec dairy farmers. But those subsidies go to a swing constituency of conservative voters in a province that nearly voted to secede from In American terms, the subsidies are Iowa ethanol plus Fort Sumter together. They’re also Besides, Trump and his people have bigger fish

Freeland was in Washington Wednesday, she delivered the most anti-American speech any foreign official has delivered in DC since her countrymen burnt the White House in 1814.

Viewers of the Bill Maher show will recall Freeland as an ultra-lefty. Like most Canadian officials, however, she’s good at covering up her views when she needs to, which is why her candor is so remarkable. She didn’t quite say she despises Trump. But she came close.

And she specifically cited the tariffs Trump announced on Canadian steel and aluminum, calling them “protectionism, pure and simple.” And so they are.

Trump’s trade war on Canada is just dumb

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Indigenous people too often seem to think that their rights are absolute or act as if their rights trump everything else. This attitude was seen clearly in a reaction from the Saskatchewan-

to fry: The US runs a trade deficit in goods and services with everyone else — China, the European Union, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, India and Brazil. The only player with which it has a trade surplus is Canada. On goods, Canada is the US’s major export market, almost as big as the entire European Union and twice as big as China. About 8 million Americans owe their jobs to exports to Canada.

Dismissing this is like Spinal Tap blowing off a gig in Boston because it’s not a big college town.

The Canadians, of course, are overreacting.

When Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia

former federal pastures or Crown land. “I’m going to hunt on these lands, so be prepared to charge me,” dared FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron. The policy change was made because the government was concerned about the safety of people and livestock in the pastures. And the Supreme Court of Canada has clearly ruled that safety is paramount in Indigenous hunting rights cases. However, that doesn’t stop some Indigenous people from acting like their rights are absolute.

Indigenous proponents of certain natural resource projects display the same absolutist attitude when they invoke the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to oppose projects, arguing they have what amounts to veto power. Even the fact that the Supreme Court has ruled that UNDRIP doesn’t represent a veto doesn’t stop some Indigenous people from claiming it does. Indigenous peoples sometimes need to be reminded that their rights must be balanced with rights and interests of other people.

They need to understand that there are many other important objectives in society, such as the orderly development of resources to the benefit of all Canadians. Or for the conservation of resources. In this age of truth and reconciliation, it’s hard to not think that First Nations are the most important issue out there. Indigenous people need to learn more humility around these issues. Our public policy discourse needs to move away from where Indigenous issues are paramount to where they’re one set, albeit an important set, among many.

Indigenous rights are not absolute based Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) after the Saskatchewan government changed the policy regarding when people can hunt on summer pasture lands.All hunters must now receive the permission of pasture managers or lessees before hunting on

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Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. He is founding executive director of Ariadne Labs, a health systems innovation center. He’s also written numerous books, including “Being Mortal” and “The Checklist Manifesto.” Gawande will transition to chairman of Ariadne Labs from executive director, the organization said in a press release. He will not give up his positions at Harvard or Brigham and Women’s Hospital and will keep writing, including for The New Yorker. “I’m thrilled to be named CEO of this healthcare initiative,” Gawande said in a statement. “I have devoted my public health career to building scalable solutions for better

healthcare delivery that are saving lives, reducing suffering, and eliminating wasteful spending both in the US and across the world.

“Now I have the backing of these remarkable organizations to pursue this mission with even greater impact for more than a million people, and in doing so incubate better models of care for all. This work will take time but must be done,” he added. “The system is broken, and better is possible.” The trio hasn’t laid out a specific plan for the new company, which has yet to be named. The overarching vision is to lower health-care costs for employers.

J.P. Morgan’s Dimon told CNBC earlier in June that this is a long-term initiative. He said there are a lot of ideas out there and things

they know can be done better, pointing to fraud, administrative costs, overuse and underuse of various drugs, and specialized procedures. Gawande has been vocal about his ideas to improve health care and lower costs. He has advocated more integration in health care, saying in a 2012 TED Talk that the ones

getting the best results at the lowest costs have found ways to get all the different pieces to come together into a whole.

“There’s a famous thought experiment that touches exactly on this that said, what if you built a car from the very best car parts? Well it would lead you to put in Porsche brakes, a Ferrari engine, a Volvo body, a BMW chassis. And you put it all together and what do you get?

A very expensive pile of junk that does not go anywhere. And that is what medicine can feel like sometimes.

It’s not a system,” he said. Despite momentum around the venture, some health-care experts have been skeptical about whether Buffett, Dimon and Bezos, while business icons, can simplify the current system.

Andy Slavitt, who was chief of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services during the Obama administration, is among the consultants the trio spoke with. He praised the decision to have Gawande lead the effort.

“There are few better people in health care than [Gawande],” he said. “They are fortunate to have him, principally because of his moral leadership.”

Buffett said in a statement that the trio was looking for “talent and dedication” when interviewing candidates. “We said at the outset that the degree of difficulty is high and success is going to require an expert’s knowledge, a beginner’s mind, and a long-term orientation,” Bezos said in a statement. “[Gawande] embodies all three, and we’re starting strong as we move forward in this challenging and worthwhile endeavor.”

Liberals give jobs program funding to Islamic hate preacher From page 1 9. Al-Quds is an annual march, started by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s radical Mullahs, dedicated to the destruction of the world’s only Jewish country. The march frequently features anti-Semitic speeches and chants, and some rally-goers wave terrorist flags and show their open support for jihadist organizations like Hezbollah. One of the largest and most radical rallies takes place each year in Toronto, on the grounds of Queen’s Park.

This year’s rally caught the attention of Ontario’s premier-designate Doug Ford, who denounced the rally as “racist” and “anti-Semitic.” “Our government will take action to ensure that events like Al Quds Day, which calls for the killing of an entire civilian population in Israel, are no longer part of the landscape in Ontario,” Ford said on Twitter. As reported by the Toronto Sun’s Joe Warmington, human rights organization B’nai Brith filed a police complaint over the al-Quds rally, specifically pointing to a troubling speech

by Sheikh Shafiq Huda. Huda, who is a cleric at the Islamic Humanitarian Service, delivered a fiery speech where he called for the fall of what he called “the American and Zionist empires.” The hate preacher went even further, calling for the “eradication” of Israelis and Zionists.

According to a YouTube posting of the recent al-Quds Day rally, Huda insists “its not a matter of Semitism or antiSemitism.

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India imposes $241M tariff on US goods From page 1 additional rate of duty imposed on such products,” it said. Exports of steel and aluminum from India to the United States are worth around $1.2 billion, according to the World Trade Organization filing. The United States sold goods and services worth $42 billion to India in 2016, according to the US Trade Representative. That translated into a US trade deficit with India of $30.8 billion.

Tensions between the United States and many of its biggest trading partners have spiked dramatically in recent weeks.

Three of America’s biggest trade partners -- the European Union, Mexico and Canada -are retaliating after the Trump administration allowed exemptions that had spared them from tariffs on steel and aluminum to expire.

And on Friday, China accused the United States of firing the first shot in a trade war when the White House said that it would impose tariffs of 25% on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. Beijing said it would respond in kind to the US tariffs. The moves raise the specter of an intensifying trade war, which would hurt consumers, companies and the global economy.

Woman lied about CRA scam From page 1 dressed as Mounties. Her story about being handcuffed, driven to a bank and then to a bitcoin machine where she was abandoned by her captors after depositing the money was fabricated. “Based on the seriousness of the information originally reported by the victim, a team of Major Crime investigators were reassigned to focus on and prioritize this incident. Detectives confirmed this morning that the victim was embarrassed for falling for the scam and panicked, deciding to exaggerate her story to include fake police,” said Doucette. “Our officers will continue with their investigation and will consider available options.” Original story, 06/21/2018: Vancouver police are warning the public after a woman was handcuffed and defrauded out of $6,000 by two men posing as RCMP officers as part of an elaborate Canada Revenue Agency scam. On Wednesday, the 58-year-old Vancouver woman got a call from someone claiming to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. Police say the scammer told her there was a warrant for her arrest because she owed income tax. She was then connected over the phone to another fraudster who claimed to be an RCMP officer.

Woman who caught in racist rant is back to work The Cranbrook woman fired from her job after a racially charged rant in a Lethbridge Denny’s went viral has been rehired, Postmedia has learned. Kelly Pocha was let go from her position at Cranbrook Dodge after a video of her telling a group of Afghan-Canadians to “Go back to your (expletive) country” made the rounds on social media in May. But Pocha’s termination was only temporary and she is now back at the dealership. Steve Mercandelli, general sales manager at Cranbrook Dodge, would not comment on why the decision to fire Pocha was reversed. In a video of the incident which contains graphic language, Pocha can be seen shouting racially charged comments at Lethbridge resident Monir Omerzai and his friends. Omerzai, who came to Canada from Afghanistan 13 years ago, said he was out with three friends at the Denny’s restaurant on April 21. He said the men were laughing at a joke and speaking in Dari, their native language, when Pocha unleashed a racist tirade.

in Business. He began his post-secondary career at the University of Hawaii, a member of the NCAA’s Division I Big West Conference, where he played in 25 games with six starts. Clair saw time at both point and shooting guard, and averaged 2.4 points, 1.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 11.5 minutes played per appearance. “I bring a scoring mentality and leadership,” remarked Clair. “I think I can help on and off the court.

I’ve lived away from home since I was 16 years old, so now I can give back and help our team and program get better.”

Hanson says Clair has had a great journey to get to this point.

“He’s proud of what he accomplished down in the NCAA. It was time for him to come home,” said Hanson, who is the second-winningest coach in Canada West conference history.

Surrey youth to play with UBC Thunderbirds men’s basketball Conference – and will have two years of U SPORTS eligibility remaining. “He’s coming back a very mature basketball player,” said UBC head coach Kevin Hanson. “He’s one of the best three-point shooters this province has ever produced, so we’re looking forward to having him come in.” “It’s a great opportunity, it’s like a second chance I’m getting,” said Clair, who will be pursuing a Master’s degree at UBC. “I’m very grateful to Kevin Hanson and the UBC staff for helping me get here. I’m very grateful to my aunt for helping me also.” The 6-foot2 guard played two full seasons for Seattle. In 2015-16, Clair appeared in 31 games, averaging 21.5 minutes, 8.3 points and 1.5 rebounds per outing. Clair notched a career-high 22 points on Dec. 6, 2015 against Mississippi Valley State.

He led the team in three-point makes and

attempts (69-184), nearly six attempts per game, shooting 37.5 per cent from beyond the arc. He was also successful on 85.7 per cent of his foul shots.

In his sophomore season (2014-15), Clair averaged 8.9 minutes played and 3.1 points in 16 games. Clair made three appearances for Seattle during the 2016-17 campaign and graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies, with a minor

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WorkSafeBC fined the River’s Reach Pub in New Westminster after its investigation into an incident where a worker died after falling on a running meatslicer. The incident happened in March 2017. A family friend identified the victim as Sanjeev Kainth, a line cook who had a wife and two children, including a daughter less than a month old. Victim Sanjeev Kainth, who had a newborn daughter, worked at River’s Reach Pub as a line cook. According to the WorkSafeBC investigation, the meat slicer in the pub needed to be sharpened and cleaned. It had been turned

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Kainth reached for a container on the shelf above the slicer and fell on the exposed blade. The slicer nearly severed his arm, causing massive bleeding.

“Initial aid was administered on-site and the worker was extracted to hospital but succumbed to his injuries,” said WorkSafeBC spokesperson Scott McCloy at the time. River’s Reach was shut down for 2½ days after the incident. Fined $9,450.32 Investigators with WorkSafeBC found the pub did not follow the manufacturer’s instructions to clean and sharpen the slicer, which included turning it off and unplugging it.

It also found it did not have an occupational health and safety program or regular workplace inspections.

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Eight arrested following fraud investigation by RCMP Surrey RCMP say they’ve arrested eight people after making a “significant seizure” of goods during a fraud investigation.

The focus of the probe was a residence in the 18900-block of 64th Avenue, where police believe the accused “were forging documents and credit cards using stolen data,” according to a release posted to the RCMP’s website.

Surrey RCMP’s District 4 Community Response Unit, or CRU, launched its investigation in March, and a search warrant was executed at the 64th Avenue residence on Friday, June 15.

During a search, the release says, investigators said they located and seized “a significant amount of evidence” including thousands of identity cards, identity documents and stolen mail, along with five printers, two embossers, nine laptop computers, and two airsoft guns.

“Eight people were arrested during the

investigation,” the release says, “each allegedly found to be in possession of fraudulent identification and credit cards. Charges have not been laid at this time as the investigation is ongoing.” Identity theft often has a big impact on victims, especially those who have their personal credit affected, said Corporal Elenore Sturko. “We are pleased that we have been able to stop this illegal operation and will continue to investigate finding those responsible for these types of crimes and bringing them before the courts,” she stated.

Anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to call Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, or contact Crime Stoppers if you wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800222-8477 or solvecrime.ca.

Mother of slain BC teen Reena Virk dies in accident - family Suman Virk, an anti-bullying advocate and mother of murdered Vancouver Island teen Reena Virk, died over the weekend in what her family describes as a tragic accident. A relative confirmed to Global News that Suman Virk died on Saturday, adding that the loss has been difficult for the entire family.

Last fall, the family marked the 20th anniversary of Reena Virk’s death. She was 14 years old when she was swarmed by several teens, beaten and drowned in 1997. Her body was found eight days later. Kelly Ellard and Warren Glowatski were found guilty of seconddegree murder in the killing. The national

tragedy has become a catalyst for change, sparking antibullying and youth violence prevention initiatives, the creation of a research centre at the University of Victoria and art created to contribute to Reena Virk’s legacy.

The Virk family has worked tirelessly in the fight against bullying, speaking at schools and community events in an effort to prevent others from being victim to bullying and violence. A relative of Suman Virk said a private service will be held in Victoria over the weekend. The family is asking for privacy at this time.

Don’t blame taxes for high gas prices, blame oil companies: Economist When oil prices crashed at the end of 2014 — from a high of $110 per barrel to roughly half within a few months, and eventually bottoming out at about $35 in early 2016 — a funny thing happened with Vancouver’s gas prices.

They went down a little, but not nearly the same as the bulk base price. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives economist Marc Lee has taken a look at how gas prices have tracked over the past few years and found data that broke down where the increases were coming.

While the price of oil globally fell by 68 per cent, the price of gas in the Lower Mainland fell just 18 per cent. And now local gas prices are actually higher than they were during their 2014 peak, while the global price of oil remains

two-thirds of its 2014 peak. What Lee found was that the growth in prices was heavily tied to the resurgent price of crude, but also due to increased profits for refineries. Taxes, which some have said is the big problem, have actually only gone up a comparatively small amount.

“In other words, refiners and retailers stepped in to take greater profits on the down side.

Compare this to the almost instantaneous increases in price at the pump whenever there is an accident, bad weather or any other excuse that industry could use to justify a price hike,” he wrote for policynote.ca. “The refining part is what really jumped out at me, I had no idea that that was going on,” he said this week of how oil companies reacted as crude prices were falling.

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Record numbers of so-called birth tourists, mainly from China, are expected at Richmond Hospital this year. Yet the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority has no plans to deter women from having their babies at the hospital to give them Canadian citizenship, despite suing a woman for nonpayment of $313,000 for her delivery. The lawsuit filed in April relates to a birth in 2012 that involved complications and kept the lawsuit defendant, Yan Xia, and her infant, in the hospital for an extended time.

Xia has not yet filed a statement of defence.

Vancouver lawyer David Georgetti, retained by Vancouver Coastal Health to sue a Chinese woman who had her baby at Richmond Hospital. Photo: Vertlieb & Co. Although the hospital reserves the right to

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‘Birth tourism’ climbs in BC add interest charges of two per cent a month to unpaid bills, a spokeswoman said that is not the plan at this point. If such interest were to be added, the bill would exceed $1 million.

There has been a steady increase in the number of babies born to non-resident mothers at Richmond Hospital, to 384 in 201617 from 18 in 2010. Halfway through the 201718 fiscal year, there were 189 non-resident births, according to VCH spokeswoman Carrie Stefanson. While all pregnant women are asked to register well in advance of giving birth so that hospital resources can be planned, there have been no measures taken by the hospital to deter birth tourism, which

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now accounts for 20 per cent of its deliveries.

That is believed to be the highest proportion in the province, if not Canada. B.C. Women’s Hospital discourages birth tourism through var ious policies and practices.

At times, Richmond Hospital has to send local women in labour to other hospitals when it is too busy. The birth tourism phenomenon is tied to several factors, including Richmond’s demographics, a preponderance of “birth houses” for pregnant Chinese women in the city, the large number of doctors and nurses who speak Cantonese or Mandarin, and an industry fuelled by brokers who charge high fees to make the arrangements for women wanting to have so-called “anchor” babies in Canada. Stefanson said she believes the Xia case is the only maternity lawsuit over $100,000 so far. Typically, the health authority uses other means to collect unpaid bills.

“VCH has invoiced non-residents for approximately $43 million in (all kinds of medical) services in the past year, and has collected about 80 per cent of that amount,” she said. In the Xia case, such efforts have been unsuccessful, and with a six-year deadline for legal action approaching, the health authority decided it was time to take that action. Xia’s whereabouts are unknown. Stefanson said the hospital exists to provide health care and will never deny urgent hospital care to anyone based on their ability to pay or where

they are from. She said the health authority expects foreigners will have travel insurance or some other means of paying. Non-resident pregnant women who go to any hospital in B.C. are expected to pay a deposit of $8,200 for a vaginal birth and $13,300 for a caesarean delivery. If they stay in the hospital for at least a night, there may be additional charges. In the past year, VCH has invoiced non-resident maternity clients $6.2 million, and 82 per cent of that amount has been recovered. An article posted on the “Hongcouver” blog in the South China Morning Post says Richmond is at the centre of the birth tourism phenomenon.

It highlighted one “birth house” called the Baoma Inn and its Instagram account showing photos of smiling expectant or postdelivery Chinese mothers enjoying touristy outings around Vancouver. Also pictured are newborns asleep, next to their new Canadian passports. In addition to pre- and postpartum accommodation, the inn is said to be able to arrange birth certificate and passport services plus getting newborns enrolled in the B.C. Medical Services Plan so they can receive publicly funded health care after they’ve resided in the province for three months.

The Baoma Inn is one of the dozens of socalled birth houses in Richmond. It is not known what birth house the defendant in the VCH case used, or even if she stayed in one.

The South China Morning Post article pointed out that Canada is one of a few countries (including the U.S.) that offers citizenship to babies born in the country, regardless of the nationality of parents. By contrast, in China, nationality is acquired upon birth only if one parent is a Chinese national, similar to policies in Australia and Britain. David Georgetti, the Mandarinspeaking lawyer retained by VCH to litigate the case, could not be reached for comment.

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BC government to crack down on hidden ownership of real estate BC gov’t is taking steps to end opportunities to anonymously invest and hide wealth in real estate. Finance Minister Carole James says a new, publicly accessible registry is being created to identify the owners of real estate in the province. A news release from the Ministry of Finance says the first-of-itskind registry in Canada is aimed at improving transparency in the real estate market while

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ensuring owners pay their share of taxes. Law enforcement agencies, tax auditors, as well as federal and provincial regulators will be able to access the registry when seeking details for any investigations.

Draft legislation, including a proposed land owner transparency act, has been included in a white paper posted on a government website and is open for feedback until Aug.

“Ending this type of hidden ownership in real estate will help us fight tax evasion, tax fraud and money laundering,” she says.

Canada’s impaired driving laws just got a huge and controversial overhaul — here’s…

Bill C-46 made reforms to alcohol-impaired driving and drug-impaired driving, and police now have powerful new tools to charge drivers

Trudeau says Marijuana will be legal in Canada on Oct. 17

After more than a year of intensive study in both the House and Senate, the bill cleared the final legislative hurdle Tuesday evening, passing by a vote of 52 to 29 with two abstentions.

For a full accounting of how things unfolded ahead of the vote, including a final failed push to insist on allowing provinces to ban home cultivation, click here.

The bill still needs to receive Royal Assent, which is scheduled for Thursday morning.

Oct. 17 will be the day that the major social policy change will come into force.

Bill Blair, the government’s point person on pot, said the date was extended after discussions with the provinces and territories. Blair said because they have been given the ability to set regulations in their jurisdictions as to how a

legalized marijuana regime will operate, this extra time will allow for the final set up of retail establishments and get online systems up and running.

“We’re very appreciative of the effort everybody’s making, but I think Canadians expect us to do this in a responsible way and that’s what we’re aiming to do,” Blair said.

Mark Zekulin, president of Canopy Growth, told CTV’s Power Play host Don Martin that while they would have been ready for a July implementation, “we’ll take the breathing room.” One of the biggest outlying concerns is public education about what the new law allows for and what it doesn’t.

Councillor Bruce Hayne resigns from Surrey First Party, will sit as independent On the day before the party’s meeting to pick a new leader, Coun.

Bruce Hayne has resigned from Surrey First to sit as an independent.

“It’s been a difficult decision … but I really feel my values and the direction I see the city taking is simply no longer aligned with Surrey First, so it would be disingenuous for me to keep sitting as a Surrey First member,” said Hayne, who was first elected in 2011.

The former president of the Surrey Board of Trade, Hayne originally considered running for leadership of Surrey First after Mayor Linda Hepner announced she wouldn’t seek re-election.

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner will not seek re-election — who will be her party’s nominee?

‘We don’t engage the public enough’

But Hayne said he realized in the longterm, he no longer wanted to be associated with the party, which has run the City of Surrey since 2007 and held every seat on council since 2011.

“It’s been a lack of getting things accomplished over the last couple of years, and a lack of consultation with the public,” he said.

“We don’t engage the public enough in the decisions we are making, whether on transit or public safety or development, and I really believe we need to be much more consultative with the public, much more open with the decisions we are making.”

Hayne said he will run in October’s municipal elections, but was unsure whether he would run for mayor or council, and whether he would do so as an independent or for a new party.

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Speaking about Bill C-45 passing, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould cautioned Canadians that the current prohibition and laws about cannabis will remain in place until the date of implementation, and urged people to follow the law until then.

For a comprehensive rundown of how each province is approaching legalized marijuana, click here. The legislation -- an electoral promise

Trudeau and the Liberal Party --allows adults in Canada to legally possess and use small amounts of recreational cannabis. It sets out parameters around the production, possession, safety standards, distribution, and sale of the drug. It also creates new Criminal Code offences for selling marijuana to minors.

The proposed federal law spells out that it will be illegal for anyone younger than 18 to buy pot, but allows for provinces and territories to set a higher minimum age.

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Convicted Canadian killer arrested in India A convicted Canadian killer who fled the country while on parole for a 1999 gang hit has been arrested in India as part of a drug ring that has been shipping the drug ketamine to BC and beyond.

RCMP has a Canada-wide warrant out for Kenny Cuong Manh Nguyen, 38, who failed to return from a 2015 trip to Vietnam authorized by the Parole Board of Canada.

According to the warrant, Cuong “contacted his parole officer and indicated that he has decided to remain in Vietnam and will not be returning to Canada.”

Cuong was arrested in Goa, India, last week in connection with a ketamine factory allegedly run by former BC gangster Jimi Sandhu.

He had entered India using a Vietnamese passport and didn’t admit to Indian police that he was Canadian at first. When he learned he

could be facing a lengthy sentence for his alleged role in the ketamine ring, Cuong said he was from Canada and requested consular services.

Cuong was convicted of a second-degree murder for the fatal gang shooting of 19-yearold Doan Minh Vu in February 1999 outside Madison’s nightclub in downtown Vancouver.

Cuong was in a vehicle driven by gang leader Gurmit Dhak, who was convicted of manslaughter for rolling down the window so that Cuong could take a better shot.

Dhak was gunned down in October 2010 outside Burnaby’s Metrotown mall.

The aftermath of Dhak’s murder was a bloody eight-year-long gang war that left dozens dead across the Lower Mainland.

Sandhu was charged in 2014 with one of those murders, the fatal stabbing of Red Scorpion leader Matt Campbell.

Man confesses that he killed his half sister by soffocation An Abbotsford man suffocated his teenage half-sister because he was angry about how she was acting over his sexual abuse of her as a child, a Crown lawyer said today (Thursday) in court.

Wendy Stephen was speaking in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster at the sentencing hearing for Mathew Pernosky, 33. Pernosky pleaded guilty May 28 to the second-degree murder of Rachel Pernosky, 18, of Mission.

Rachel, the mother of a now six-year-old boy, was reported missing on March 16, 2013 from her home on Kite Street in Mission. Her body was located three days later in steep terrain in Chilliwack, near Old Orchard Road. Pernosky’s guilty plea comes with an automatic life sentence, but the sentencing hearing will determine how long he must wait before he is eligible for parole. In seconddegree murder, that term can be anywhere from 10 to 25 years. Crown and defence lawyers made a joint submission today in court, recommending that Pernosky’s parole eligibility be 13 years.

The judge is scheduled to render his decision on July 4. Stephen said Pernosky was arrested and charged following a “Mr. Big” operation in which an undercover officer posed as the head of a criminal organization. She said Pernosky confessed to “Mr. Big” that he had killed Rachel – with whom he shared the same dad – and all the information he provided was backed up by the evidence obtained by investigators. The confession was taped on hidden cameras.

Stephen said, on the night of the killing, Pernosky had gone to Rachel’s residence – her son was not there at the time – and he apologized for molesting her when she was a young child.

(He was 14 or 15 at the time of the assault, and he was convicted at the age of 19 and sentenced to probation, the court heard.) Stephen said Rachel then had a text exchange with a friend who asked her how the conversation with Pernosky was

going. “She said it was a good conversation, an emotional conversation, but she was very tired and hoped he would go home. That angered him,” Stephen said. She said Pernosky described in his 2016 confession to the undercover officer that Rachel’s text made it seem as if she was the victim, when he was the one who had suffered by being charged and going through the court process. Stephen said Pernosky then hit Rachel in the head, pinned her down and suffocated her by holding his hand over her mouth and nose. He then took her body to his Abbotsford residence, sexually assaulted her and dumped her body in Chilliwack.

Stephen said Pernosky “covered his tracks” by sending texts to and from Rachel’s phone after the killing and disposing of her keys and some other personal items.

Defence lawyer Ondine Snowdon said the murder has been a “traumatic incident” in Pernosky’s life, leading him to have panic attacks, sleepless nights, flashbacks and nightmares.

He has now being treated for depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Snowdon said Pernosky had an unstable childhood, bouncing around between his parents and grandparents, and was sexually molested at the age of eight by a female neighbour.

She said he has had a “great deal” of anger and frustration that he has never dealt with, but he is now taking programs in prison to help him understand his issues.

“He continues to be deeply affected by these events,” Snowdon said in reference to the murder.

The courtroom was packed with Rachel’s family and friends. Stephen read aloud victim impact statements from Rachel’s sister, mother, and father of her son, detailing the devastating emotional impacts that her death has had on the family.

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‘Massage therapist’ facing sexual assault charges A Vancouver former registered massage massage therapy.� Police say they were first therapist has been arrested and charged with notified about the allegations in February and the VPD sex crimes unit sexual assault related to allegations began investigating in March. made by several female clients.

They believe there may be Vancouver police say Bodhi more alleged victims. Surrey Jones is facing four counts of day spa chain facing 7 new sex assault for alleged incidents allegations of client sex assault involving women who were “We are publicly releasing this receiving treatment at his office information with the hope of near West Seventh Avenue and providing those affected with Burrard Street between September a direct point of contact at 2016 and March 2017. Jones was the VPD,� said Const. Jason released after a bail hearing last Doucette. “We want to hear month on conditions that include from anyone who feels they having no contact with six women. may have been assaulted by The 37-year-old is also Mr. Jones.� Bodhi Jones is also prohibited from being within one Bodhi Jones allegedly a singer - songwriter who has block of Qi Integrated Health. assaulted female clients while they were receiving earned local acclaim as a busker Under the terms of his bail, treatments at his office and a recording artist. His 2014 Jones is prohibited from providing “any massages to female persons.� album Bones was nominated According to a notice posted by the College for a Juno award for best recording package. of Massage Therapists of British Columbia, Anyone with more information is asked to Jones voluntarily resigned from the college contact the VPD Sex Crimes Unit at 604-717on Feb. 21, 2017, “during an investigation 0603 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. arising from his conduct while practising

Vancouver shuts down decrepit Regent Hotel, with residents to move into nearby property The City of Vancouver has ordered a Downtown Eastside SRO to close, with the residents moving into a nearby property purchased by the B.C. government.

The Regent Hotel at 160 East Hastings St. was declared unsafe by the city on Wednesday, with all occupants ordered to leave by June 28, according to a news release by the provincial government.

In the same release, the province said it had purchased two buildings on Main Street called the Jubilee Rooms, approximately two blocks away, for $12.5 million.

Around 80 residents of the Regent will move into the buildings — which had been renovated prior to the government purchasing them — at shelter rates of $375 per month or lower. “After many years of deplorable negligence by the owners of the Regent Hotel, the city and province must intervene for the safety and wellbeing of tenants,� said Mayor Gregor Robertson in a statement.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson applauded the B.C. government’s purchase of the Regent Hotel.

The Regent had been the subject of more than 1,000 bylaw violations, of which 445 have been referred to prosecution.

In April, the building’s bar was closed due

to myriad health and safety issues, including blocked fire exits and fire alarms muffled by bags. “Life safety is at risk,� said Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services spokesman Jonathan Gormick at the time. ‘Life safety is at risk’ from violations found at Downtown Eastside SRO bar, official says The building is owned by the Sahota family, known for owning various problem buildings in the city, including the Balmoral Hotel, which the city ordered evacuated last year over fears of a collapse.

The Regent had room for approximately 150 occupants, but 50 of them had already moved out in recent months, according to the government.

It’s unknown what will happen to people who stayed at the Regent but won’t get into the Jubilee Rooms, but the province says they will work with the City of Vancouver, B.C. Housing and other groups to “provide supplemental support to help tenants move to better housing.�

In addition, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said the city would work to purchase both the Regent and Balmoral hotels from the Sahotas, due to chronic delays in responding to safety violations.

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Motorcyclist killed in collision with SUV in Surrey A man is dead after a fatal motorcycle accident in Surrey Wednesday night.

The crash happened just before 9:00 p.m.PTnear181AStreetand61BAvenue.

Deadly weekend on BC roads sees 5 killed in just over 24 hours BCmanwholeftsceneafterfatalSurrey crash sentenced to 4½ years in prison According to police, the driver of a small SUV was waiting southbound on 181A Street when the motorcyclist collided with the vehicle.

The rider was killed in the crash and

the driver of the SUV remained scene and is cooperating with Collision investigators gathering evidence and believe is a possible factor in the

at the police. are speed crash.

BC Hydro forecasts record usage during heat wave Have you heard about the heat wave that’s sweeping Vancouver? It has fans all over town.

Electric fans, that is. Air conditioners, too, as locals try everything to beat the sudden heat.

The result has been an increased demand for electricity that B.C. Hydro predicts could exceed the historical record for June.

On Monday, the utility recorded the highest peak hourly demand of the season — at nearly 7,300 megawatts, it’s more than a 10 per cent increase over the previous Monday.

And as more people plug in their fans and air conditioners, and sit in front of their refrigerators, BC Hydro forecasts demand rising even higher, potentially to as much as 7,500 megawatts by mid-week.

That would match a record for summer power consumption set last August.

As that’s hardly ideal, BC Hydro recommended on Tuesday several energy-efficient solutions for

beating the heat in a news release: t $MPTF UIF ESBQFT BOE CMJOET shading windows can block out up to 65 per cent of the heat. t 0VU XJUI UIF XBSN JO XJUI UIF cool: position a fan by a window or door in the evening when temperatures are cooler to direct the cool air in. t 4QJO UIBU GBO DFJMJOH GBOT BSF UIF most efficient option for cooling. Ensure the fan is rotating counter-clockwise to help direct the cool air down. t )BOH MBVOESZ UP ESZ BWPJEJOH UIF ESZFS will keep unnecessary heat out the house. t 0QU GPS TNBMMFS BQQMJBODFT PS UBLF UIF cooking outside: use a microwave, crockpot, toaster oven or barbecue to avoid the extra heat produced by the stove or oven.

Or you could just leave your sweltering apartment and spend the day splashing about in the ocean.

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BC Hydro customers angry over new crisis fund charge

It’s less money per month than most people carry around in pocket change — approximately 25 cents — but that’s not what’s got Chilliwack senior Sandra Hawkes steamed over BC Hydro’s new Customer Crisis Fund charge.

“I’m livid,” said Hawkes. “They don’t refer to it as a tax on the bill ... but I’m calling it a tax because that’s what it is. First of all, it’s arbitrary and second of all it’s a wedge in the door — what’s to stop it from going up?”

According to BC Hydro, the B.C. Utilities Commission ordered the creation of the fund in a three year pilot program aimed at helping residential customers who are in arrears and facing disconnection.

The line on a recent BC Hydro bill shows the charge for the new Customer Crisis Fund, which came into effect June 1. The charge, which amounts to 0.82 cents per day, is also subject to five per cent GST. The levy of 0.82 cents per day plus five per cent GST came into effect June 1.

In total it amounts to just over 25 cents per month or about about $3 per year, but the paltry sum is not the point, says Port Moody’s Helen Pemberton.

“We’re now going to pay into this stupid fund for people who don’t pay their bill, who have ‘Wake Up Surrey’ rally was called to end drug & gang wars. arrears or are on the to avoid disconnection of your service.” verge of being disconnected? I’m thinking of BC Hydro meters at the side of a house. not paying, because I’m so upset,” she said. A B.C. Utilities Commission report says the According to the BC Hydro website, “if Customer Crisis Fund program will collect $5.3 you’re a residential customer experiencing a million per year from BC Hydro’s 1.8 million temporary financial crisis, such as a loss of residential customers. (Simon Charland/CBC) employment or benefit income, unanticipated A BCUC report says the program will medical expenses, or a death in the family collect $5.3 million per year from BC and you’ve fallen behind on your BC Hydro Hydro’s 1.8 million residential customers. bill, you may be eligible for a grant payment

$80 million school replacement largest seismic project in Vancouver history Students at a secondary school in South Cambie will be moving into a new building by 2022, in what the province is calling the largest seismic project in Vancouver’s history.

The BC government is spending nearly $80 million to replace Eric Hamber Secondary. The new school will be built beside the current building on Willow Street and 33rd Ave. Eric Hamber Secondary — which serves 1,700 students in Grades 8-12 — opened in 1962 and has been renovated and expanded several times over the years.

The building still needs more updating and has been deemed highrisk in the event of an earthquake.

Interactive 155 ‘high risk’ B.C. schools still have no plans for seismic upgrades “Not only will the replacement school be safer in the event of an earthquake, our intent is to provide an even more welcoming environment for our students and staff in a facility with more opportunities for community activities,” said Vancouver school board chair Janet Fraser in a statement.

Students will stay in the school during construction, which is slated to start in 2020.

The province says keeping students in the school, rather than moving them to portables, will save about $16 million.

The annual cost of operating the program is estimated at $900,000 with an additional $600,000 to set it up.

A successful crisis fund applicant can be granted a maximum of $600 per year to be put against unpaid hydro bills, renewable every 12 months.

Data from 2016 shows on average seven per cent of BC Hydro customers are in arrears 30 days or more.

Hydro rate freeze wasn’t the solution lowincomecustomersneed,saysB.C.advocacylawyer A spokeswoman from the B.C. Utilities Commission said the idea for the CCF originated in 2015 when the British Columbia Old Age Pensioners’ Organization told a public review that low-income ratepayers needed help with rising electricity rates.

“Among the proposals put forward by the BCOAPO for consideration in the proceeding was a crisis intervention fund program to assist customers who have arrears with BC Hydro and are unable to pay their electricity bills,” said Katharine Carlsen, BCUC manager, gas marketing and media relations.

Canada ‘working very hard’ to curb number of migrant children held in detention The Canadian government is taking steps to further reduce the number of migrant children and families held in detention centres, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says.

“The numbers are low in Canada, but they are getting lower,” Goodale said.

“We’re working very hard to make sure that our system is as secure as it needs to be, but also humane and compassionate.”

Goodale said Canada’s handling of asylum seekers is “obviously already better than the American system,” but he acknowledged it could be improved.

Human rights advocates have for years called on Canada to eliminate its practice

of holding asylum seekers in detention centres, which are surrounded by barbed wire and resemble medium-security prisons.

Canada aims to avoid detaining migrant children, but it happens A total of 595 minors have been detained at Canadian immigration holding centres in the past three years. Of those, 43 were unaccompanied by an adult, according to the Canada Border Services Agency .

The U.S. adopted a policy in April of separating children from their parents after illegally crossing from Mexico.

More than 2,000 children were affected.

BC looking to reform environmental assessments for major projects Environmental assessments for major projects in B.C. could change as the province seeks a “revitalized” process.

In a statement Monday, the province announced it would reform project evaluation to increase public confidence, advance reconciliation with First Nations and to protect the environment “while offering clear pathways to sustainable project approvals.”

Court rejects challenge to Trans Mountain pipeline from Vancouver and Squamish Nation A Ministry of Environment spokesperson says large industrial, mining, energy, water management, waste disposal, food processing, transportation and resort developments usually require an environmental assessment from the province.

The public will be asked to weigh in on how those assessments are conducted as part of the revitalization.

“I’m looking forward to hearing from British Columbians from every corner of the province on the proposed changes, so we can be sure we get it right,” Environment Minister George Heyman said in a statement.

The government says a new assessment process would lead to faster approvals by increasing clarity to proponents.

It also noted the revitalization was called for in the government’s Confidence and Supply Agreement with the B.C. Green Party’s MLAs. Calvin Sandborn, legal director of the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Centre, says the province’s talk of increased First Nations involvement over decision making about resource projects is encouraging.

“It’s been broken for a long time,” Sandborn told All Points West host Jason D’Souza about the environmental assessment process in B.C.

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Saturday, June 23, 2018 As violence and war push the world’s forcibly displaced population to a record high of nearly 69 million, the number of asylum seekers rose dramatically in Canada last year, a United Nations report says.

Canada was the world’s ninth-largest recipient of asylum claims last year with 47,800 claims registered in the year, more than double the 23,600 claims in the previous year, according to the latest annual report from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The new asylum seekers in Canada last year included 7,300 from Haiti, 5,500 from Nigeria and 2,200 from Turkey. There were also 2,100 claims from the United States, but these were mostly U.S.-born children of third-country nationals who were living in the United States before seeking protection in Canada.

Across the world, nearly one in every

Number of asylum claims more than double in Canada in 2017, UN says 100 people has been forcibly displaced by persecution, war or other violence, and the global total has reached a record high for the fifth year in a row, UNHCR said. More than half of the forcibly displaced are children, it also noted.

The report cited the crises in South Sudan, Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as among the biggest sources of refugees. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh, and millions of refugees have fled from brutal conflicts in Congo and South Sudan. In total, more than 16 million people were newly displaced last year alone.

While the refugee flows have provoked huge publicity and fierce political battles in Europe and the United States, the reality is that 85 per cent of refugees are living

South Asian man charged in 2017 stabbing death The victim of a fatal stabbing in East Vancouver last year did not know his accused killer, police say.

Ranjit Sangha, 47, turned himself in to Vancouver police on Wednesday and has been charged with second-degree murder in the Oct. 12, 2017, death of Joseph Jandrew.

Jandrew was 33 years old when he died after an altercation near Commercial Drive and East First Avenue.

Vancouver police investigate stabbing death on Commercial Drive Investigators relied on surveillance

video and witness statements to identify Sangha as a suspect, according to police spokesperson Sgt. Jason Robillard.

“Our investigators were not able to find a relationship [between the two men] and believe this to be one of the first times they met,” Robillard said.

The stabbing was Vancouver’s 16th of 19 homicides last year. Sixtyfive per cent of those crimes have been solved, according to Robillard.

Sangha remains in custody and is scheduled to make a court appearance on July 25.

Surrey parents object to revolving door for support staff who work with autistic kids

A group of Surrey parents is pleading with the school board to ensure their autistic children are assigned the same support workers next school year.

Parent Jennifer Newby says a policy of continuity for educational assistants (EAs) is the only way the students will get the care and support they need. “We are being bullied to accept less than our children deserve,” said Newby.

Newby said the EAs can be moved around by the district and union each year, meaning a child’s support worker could be different every school year.

“When the child makes contact and a connection with the support worker they’re placed with, beautiful things happen,” said parent Tamsyn Angelini. “Their progress skyrockets.”

Eight parents have demanded hearings with the the Surrey School District board of trustees to discuss the issue.

“The next step after that is a human rights tribunal, that’s where we’re headed,” said Newby.

The Surrey school district has 3,000 students who receive education assistance.

It has received 20 requests for children to keep the same support worker next year.

“We fully expect a number of those [students] will have the same EA,” said school

district spokesperson Doug Strachan. “And they’ll be some that won’t, but there will be lots of consistent support by others in the school.”

in developing countries, and 80 per cent are in countries next door to their own, UNHCR said. Many of the host countries are “desperately poor and receive little support to care for these populations.”

As the global numbers increase, many countries have become increasingly hostile to refugees. The UNHCR reported “incidents

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of forced returns, politicization and scapegoating of refugees, refugees being jailed or denied the possibility to work, and several countries objecting even to the use of the word ‘refugee.’”

The report documented a sharp rise in asylum seekers in the United States, but it made clear that this increase is largely owing to a slowdown in the processing of asylum claims under the Trump administration.

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Summer get together at Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey

Vedic Seniors Parivar members had a pot luck get together for summer 2018 at Shanti Niketan hall in Lakshmi Narayan Mandir, Surrey BC.

Vehicles collision ends with 1 passenger plunges into gasoline A woman who doused herself in gasoline after a two-vehicle accident in Surrey on Monday morning has been taken to hospital for observation.

Surrey RCMP were called about the collision in Clayton Heights, near 70 Avenue and 192 Street, at 8:20 a.m.

Police said they were told that a woman started dousing herself in gasoline before being held down another person.

The woman was taken to hospital.

No further details have been released.

RCMP dive team finds body of Delta man in Alice Lake An RCMP underwater recovery team has found the body of a 20-year-old man who went missing while swimming with friends in Squamish, B.C. Police started their search Wednesday night after a caller reported hearing someone screaming about a man in Alice Lake.

Irish father thanks volunteer and rescue dog for finding son’s body in B.C. The Mounties say in a news release that the man was swimming

with friends when he went into distress close to the shoreline on the southwest side of the lake. The RCMP say the swimmer’s friends and bystanders immediately combed the area before police, fire, ambulance and search and rescue personnel arrived. The RCMP underwater recovery team found the man’s body Thursday afternoon. Police say the man is from Delta, B.C., but his name will not be released.

Woman urges Delta city to ban shark fins sale A Delta woman is calling on city council to ban the sale and distribution of shark fin. Kendra Luckow, a veterinary technologist, was inspired to act after learning about the impact global demand for the controversial delicacy has on sharks and ocean conservation while living in Australia last year. She also learned that Canada, despite a long-standing ban on the practice of shark finning, is one of the top importers of shark fin, which is often used in soup traditionally served at Chinese wedding banquets and celebrations. “It was shocking for me

to find out we are the second-largest importer of a product of this horrible act that is having a great effect on our oceans,” said Luckow.

Conservationists estimate up to 73 million sharks are killed for their fins every year.

Typically, fishermen remove the shark’s fin and throw the maimed animal back into the ocean. Unable to swim, the sharks die from suffocation, blood loss or predation. In March, Luckow launched a petition that has collected close to 50,000 signatures. She has submitted a proposal to Delta city council, one of 20 items of external correspondence coming before council Monday. There are no restaurants or stores that sell shark fin in Delta right now, said Luckow, but by putting in a ban, the municipality can get ahead of the issue. “It’s easier to prevent it from occurring than dealing with it once it’s happened,” she said. “By putting this into law now, you don’t have to go through a backlash.”

She also hopes a municipal ban would help convince the provincial and federal governments to act. There have been efforts to ban the importation of shark fin into Canada, most recently last year by Conservative Sen. Michael MacDonald, who called the practice “inhumane and wasteful.” Green party MLA Sonia Furstenau introduced a privatemember’s bill to restrict the possession and distribution of shark fin last fall. The bill died after the first reading. In 2012, Port Moody became the first municipality in B.C. to ban shark-fin sales. It was followed by Coquitlam, Nanaimo, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Maple Ridge and Abbotsford. Vancouver and Richmond, which have a large concentration of Chinese restaurants, haven’t followed suit.

In Toronto, a 2011 ban on the possession, sale and consumption of shark fin was overturned by an Ontario court, which ruled council overstepped its bounds. In 2012, Delta council decided against a ban due to concerns it would be challenged by the business community.

It opted instead to lobby the upper levels of government for an import ban.

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Albertans turn increasingly to self-employment in recession’s wake They come in a variety of styles and prices.

The “Chicken & Wooffles” pack includes seven biscuits and sells for $12.50. For $16, you can get a dozen “Lucky Dog Fortune Cookies” complete with personalized, paper messages for your pooch. She does this full time, now.

But a year and a half ago, she was still working as a mental health outreach nurse.

Her old job paid well and afforded her a large home in a sought-after, inner-city neighbourhood. But the work had become unfulfilling, and the dog-biscuit opportunity beckoned. So she quit the steady gig, sold the big house, and moved to a smaller condo. She devoted herself to what had previously been a side hustle. She made the decision just as the

unemployment rate had peaked in Calgary at north of 10 per cent. The two-year recession that had gripped Alberta was finally coming to an end, although it wouldn’t have felt like it at the time to most people in the province.

And yet, at that same moment, Law was far from alone as she considered making the leap into self-employment. Tens of thousands of Albertans have since joined her and taken the plunge. Whether out of a sense of opportunity or necessity (or a little bit of both), these people have chosen to stop seeking a steady paycheque and instead set out to be their own boss. Their swelling ranks account for 86 per cent of the net job growth in the province over the past year and a half.

Alberta mosque set on fire in brazen attack A mosque in Edson, Alta., was set on fire on Saturday night shortly after a small group be a red jerrycan. Firefighters arrived 15 of people left the building following evening minutes after the fire started and extinguished it, said Tufik prayers. Three people Baterdouk, vicewho were praying president of the inside had left the Islamic Society Edson Mosque, about of Edson. “It was 200 kilometres west of quite brazen,” Edmonton, and were Baterdouk said. still in the parking lot “Typically you when the fire started would think at the building’s south that someone entrance at around 11 who wants to p.m. local time. commit arson or Mosque security The premises of Edson Mosque set on fire on Saturday. vandalism, if they camera footage captured the flames as well as a person in a dark hoodie see people ... they probably would change leaving the property with what appears to their mind. But this individual, it does not seem to be a concern for him. “That makes it a little bit more scary to see the fact that the individual knows that there’s people on the property, whether they’re inside or not, and he still went ahead with it.” Someone set fire to the Edson Mosque in Alberta late Saturday after a group of people left the building following prayers. The fire occurred a day after Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim celebration that marks the end of Ramadan, a holy month of fasting. It left soot and scorch marks on the exterior of the building, which was built five years ago using fire-resistant material.

Baterdouk, who has lived in Edson for 26 years, said he feels disappointed and shocked someone would act violently against his community. He called the fire an attack, and said it’s the only one that has happened at the mosque since it opened in 2013.

Metro Vancouver police warn of CRA scams after residents lose thousands Police forces in Metro Vancouver are warning residents about Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scams after people in different cities lost thousands of dollars — one in an incident involving fake police officers.

In Vancouver, a 58-year-old woman says she lost $6,000 after someone phoned her claiming to be from the CRA on Wednesday. Police say fraudsters told her there was a warrant out for her arrest related to money owed on her taxes.

After that, another person claiming to be an RCMP officer took over the phone and convinced the woman to reveal her location. Two more scammers, wearing what appeared to be Mountie uniforms, showed up and handcuffed the woman.

Police said she was then driven to a bank near Cambie Street and King Edward Avenue, where she withdrew $6,000 at the counter.

A statement said she was then driven to a Bitcoin machine in Surrey and ordered to deposit the money. Once she did, the suspects allegedly abandoned the victim.

In both alleged scams, police say victims were ordered to withdraw money and pay scammers in Bitcoin.

Police said the first suspect is described as a white male in his 30s who’s 5 feet 11 inches tall with an average build, light brown hair and a full, trimmed beard.

The second is described as a white male between 25 and 27 years old. Police said he’s clean shaven with short, brown hair.

Both suspects were said to be wearing what looked like short-sleeved RCMP shirts, blue pants, police-duty belts and firearms. They drove an old black, fourdoor sedan.

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US auto tariffs could cost Canada 160,000 jobs Donald Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on Canadian cars and car parts could cost the country up to 160,000 jobs, especially if Canada retaliates, TD Bank warns.

In a report Monday, senior economist Brian DePratto crunched some numbers on the economic impact of a 10 per cent tariff on car parts, and a stiffer 25 per cent levy on fully assembled vehicles. Those numbers aren’t just pulled from thin air. They’re the exact tariff levels the Trump administration recently implemented on aluminum and steel, and DePratto assumes a similar breakdown is a decent base-case scenario to work from, with 10 per cent on car parts, and 25 per cent on more high-value fully assembled vehicles.

His analysis also assumes that Canada would respond with some sort of tariff on U.S.

cars and car parts, just as it did with metals.

Technically, nothing is written in stone and the earliest we’d likely see any vehicle tariffs would be August. But the wheels are certainly in motion for another front to soon open in the unexpected trade war between Canada and the United States. The first warning shots were fired in May when the Commerce Department began an investigation into the auto sector along national security grounds — the same justification that was made in slapping tariffs on steel, aluminum and other products. Trump’s tariff plan could put a serious dent in the auto industry Almost half of the 17 million new vehicles sold in the U.S. last year were imported from abroad, and about half of those imports were primarily assembled in either Canada or Mexico.

BCIBN welcomes Indian business delegation The BC India Business Network (BCIBN) welcomed a delegation of Indian business persons visiting Canada with the Indo-Canadian Business Chamber (ICBC), New Delhi. Indian business delegates spent over two weeks travelling across Canada visiting Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia culminating their tour in Vancouver.

The delegation consisted of SME representatives from the Punjab, Gujarat and Chennai in a wide

range of sectors including automotive, agriculture, clean tech, export-import, and manufacturing. BCIBN members were keen to have the opportunity to network with business persons seeking to engage in bilateral trade between Canada and

India. BCIBN and ICBC delegates were appreciative of the opportunity to hold this event at the Vancouver Economic Commission offices in Vancouver.

Joining BCIBN’s business networking event were several dignitaries including the Consul General of India, Abhilasha Joshi; BC’s Minister of Citizens Services, Honourable Jinny Sims; Mayor of Langley, His Worship Jack Froese; BCIBN Advisory Board Member Stockwell Day PC, and Manitoba Member of Parliament James

Bezan. Presentations were made by BCIBN President & CEO Vivek Savkur; ICBC Delegation Leader, Pikee Sharma; Canadian Trade Commissioner Emily MacKenzie and BC Ministry of Jobs, Trade and Technology, Director for India, Victoria Hayes and CEO Vancouver Economic Commission, Bryan Buggy.

BCIBN members and ICBC delegates enjoyed an opportunity to network and socialize enjoying a traditional Indian buffet.

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longstanding relationship between BCIBN and ICBC members and they are looking forward to maintaining the ongoing promotion of Indian and Canadianbilateral trade relations along with the Vancouver Economic Commission.

The BCIBN, established in December 2015, is a Vancouver based not-for-profit and a non-partisan business network organization dedicated to building, promoting and maintaining economic & cultural ties between British Columbia and India.

Canada faces new trade test from Italy as feds battle challenges on many fronts Add Italy to growing list of trade headaches facing Canada. Italy’s Agriculture Minister Gian Marco Centinaio is reported as saying Italy won’t ratify the Canada-European Union free trade accord and that he’s heard doubts about it from many of his European colleagues.

The development adds to Canada’s significant trade challenges — which already include deep uncertainty surrounding the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement and hefty steel and aluminium tariffs imposed recently by the United States.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, in Washington to try to jump start stalled NAFTA negotiations, says she’s confident Italy will eventually sign on to the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, or CETA. A spokesman for Francois-Philippe Champagne says the international trade minister visited Italy a few days ago to sell the merits of CETA to Italy’s populist government, which took

power on June 1. Following an hour-long meeting with U.S. trade czar Robert Lighthizer, Freeland says Canada, Mexico and the U.S. will continue negotiating NAFTA through the summer. “We didn’t set specific dates today,” she said Thursday. “We did very much, though, agree ... that NAFTA talks continue and that we’re going to make a real push over the summer.” Freeland is one of several federal cabinet ministers that have been reaching out to their American counterparts this week in an effort to advance NAFTA talks and to persuade the Trump administration to back down from the tariffs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called the tariffs “insulting” because they are based on the premise Canada poses a national security risk to the U.S. — which earned him an unprecedented personal attack from President Donald Trump and his emissaries after last weekend’s G7 summit in Quebec.

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Conservatives take Liberal seat in Quebec byelection The Conservatives have stolen a Quebec riding away from Justin Trudeau’s ruling Liberals, in the first test of Andrew Scheer’s effort to recreate the nationalist-conservative coalition that helped federal Tories dominate the province in the 1980s. With all 188 polls reporting, Conservative candidate Richard Martel had captured 53 per cent of the vote in a federal byelection held in ChicoutimiLe Fjord — more than 5,000 votes ahead of Liberal Lina Boivin, who took 29 per cent.

Martel is a former head coach of the Chicoutimi Saguenéens Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team and is well known in the riding. The NDP and Bloc Québécois candidates were not in contention, capturing just 8.7 per cent and 5.6 per cent respectively,

while the Green candidate had just 3.1 per cent of the vote. The byelection was precipitated by the resignation of rookie Liberal MP Denis Lemieux. He won the riding almost by fluke in the 2015 general election, with just 31 per cent of the vote. At that time, the contest was a four-way fight, with the NDP capturing 29.7 per cent of the vote, the Bloc taking 20.5 per cent and the Conservatives taking 16.6 per cent. Boivin’s showing Monday was only marginally worse than Lemieux’s but there was no longer a split vote for her to benefit from. The Conservatives, who’ve been assiduously wooing former separatists and soft nationalists in the riding, benefited from the collapse in support for the Bloc and NDP, vaulting from fourth place to first.

Trudeau’s Liberals already using passage of marijuana bill to fundraise Less than a day after Parliament adopted landmark legislation to legalize recreational marijuana, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has started using its passage to raise funds. In a series of Facebook ads, the Liberal Party points out it kept its campaign promise to legalize recreational cannabis use. “It’s been too easy for our kids to get marijuana – and for criminals to reap the profits,” say the ads that began appearing Wednesday. “We’re keeping our promise to change that, with our plan to legalize and regulate marijuana. Make a donation now and support the progress we’re making together.” While some ads show an image of a marijuana leaf, others feature a picture of Trudeau. Clicking on the ads take you to the Liberal Party’s donation page, which also has trackers for Facebook

Custom Audience and Facebook Connect — tools that allow Facebook to direct targeted ads at you in the future. According the ProPublica’s Facebook ad collector, the ads are microtargeting Canadians over 18 years old who have visited the Liberal Party’s website or used one of its apps. Social media sites like Facebook allow advertisers to microtarget ads to particular voters or groups, making them very difficult to see unless you are in the group being targeted.

Ads from political parties often centre on specific political issues. The Liberals also sent out a fundraising e-mail Wednesday morning, calling the marijuana legislation, Bill C-45, “a smart, evidence-based plan” and urging supporters to donate to help the Liberals defend marijuana legalization from Conservative attacks.

Ex-MP received ‘secret’ cut of $12.4M deal in resort town run by his sister, OPP probe alleges A former Liberal MP may have used his connections with municipal officials in a popular vacation town northwest of Toronto — including his sister, the mayor — to secure a $756,000 consulting fee that was hidden from taxpayers, police documents obtained

by CBC News reveal. Details of the payment are contained in Ontario Provincial Police materials filed in court in 2014, as fraud investigators sought a court order to search the bank records of Paul Bonwick, a former parliamentary secretary in the Paul Martin government whose riding included the town of Collingwood. The documents, recently unsealed at CBC’s request, show Bonwick’s company, Green Leaf Distribution, earned a 6.5 per cent cut of a $12.4-million construction contract he allegedly brokered with the town of Collingwood in 2012. The project was to

enclose a community pool and an outdoor hockey rink in the rapidly growing resort community on the southern shore of Georgian Bay. On Aug. 27, 2012, town council, including Bonwick’s sister, Mayor Sandra Cooper, voted 8 to 1 in favour of the sole-source deal, but neither Bonwick’s role in securing the contract, nor his company’s commission were disclosed publicly.

“I’m shocked!” Keith Hull, the lone opposing vote on council, said of the information in the OPP documents. “It’s very disappointing … to learn the fee and the connections involved.”

In the 2014 documents, investigators alleged Bonwick’s role was kept “secret” from council, and that the payment to his company was “shrouded in various layers of secrecy and is evidence of fraudulent activity — to which the Town of Collingwood is the victim.”

Scheer calls on Trudeau to put a stop to ‘queue jumping’ at Canada-US border Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking him to table a plan to immediately stop “queue jumping” by the ongoing influx of illegal border crossers.

Last week, Scheer and his Public Safety critic, Pierre Paul-Hus, visited Saint-Bernardde-Lacolle, Que., where the vast majority of irregular migrants have arrived this year after crossing the Canada-U.S. border through the now well-worn path at Roxham Road.

Scheer says he went to the site to witness first-hand the “epicentre of the crisis at our borders.”

In his letter, Scheer says he also met this

week with other immigrants and refugees who say friends and family who’ve applied to enter Canada through the regular channels are now waiting longer for their files to be processed “due to those jumping the line illegally.”

He calls on Trudeau to table a plan to immediately stop what he calls “the queuejumping and public safety crisis at our borders.”

“Canadians are concerned, both about the safety issues this crisis has caused and with the unreasonable delays for those seeking to move to Canada who have followed the rules and now must wait longer,” he wrote to Trudeau on Friday.

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Rift widens between Kejriwal & Khaira Leader of the Opposition in Punjab Mr Sukhpal Singh Khaira faces ire of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his alleged support to ‘Sikh Referendum 2020’, a Sikh radicals’ campaign to ‘liberate Punjab’. The latter refused to meet him, it is learnt.

Beleaguered Khaira then met Manish Sisodia, in-charge of Punjab affairs, who too rebuked him and asked him to come out clean on his act. Lashing out at Khaira, Sisodia said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had nothing to do with his referendum thoughts. Khaira has been asked to explain his stand in writing through the Punjab unit president of the party. Last week, Khaira had reportedly said: “I support the ‘Sikh Referendum 2020’ as Sikhs have the right to demand justice against atrocities suffered by them.”

Political parties in Punjab, including the Congress and the BJP, are demanding sacking

of Khaira while cornering the AAP on the issue. Khaira, along with eight other MLAs — Jagdev Singh Kamalu, Pirmal Singh, Nazar Singh, Jai Kishan Singh, Baldev Singh, Manjit Singh, Bibi Baljinder Kaur and Sarabjit Kaur, met Sisodia at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday. Talking to The Tribune at Punjab Bhawan here, Khaira said he did not support the referendum. “All states in the country were demarcated on the basis of language.

But it was not done in case of Punjab. In 1966, Punjab was restructured. It was truncated Punjab. I also speak against the attack on Darbar Sahib in Amritsar in 1984, injustice meted out to riot victims and blacklisted Sikhs living abroad.” If speaking against all this is anti-national, what should one term the act of burning a copy of the Constitution by former Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal in April 1982.

52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, held in Oregon A group of 52 Indians, mostly Sikhs, has been held at a detention centre in the US State of Oregon for being part of a large contingent of illegal immigrants seeking asylum, an American lawmaker has said. The Indians form the largest group of detainees in the total 123 illegal immigrants being held at a facility in Sheridan. The detention centre was recently visited by a group of Democratic lawmakers from the Oregon State, who later told the media about the alleged inhuman condition of the illegal immigrants. The immigrants are seeking asylum in the US. The detainees from India is the largest group of detainees being held in Sheridan, wrote Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici on her blog post. She along with several other Democratic lawmakers from the State visited the detention centre Saturday. “Through our Punjabi translator, we learned that these men were planning to request asylum because they faced severe religious persecution in India. Most are Sikh or Christian. Instead they were incarcerated in a federal prison,” she said.

Jalandhar youth faces deportation from USA Having gone to the USA in October 2016, a city youth, who had dreams to make it big in life, is now detained at the Otero Processing Centre in Texas, facing deportation, while his family back home hopes for his safety. As per the North American Punjabi Association (NAPA), over 70 from Punjab have been detained.

While 50 youths were arrested at the Texas border last week and sent to Otero, others have been there for over a year.

In his 20s, the city youth is a statelevel sportsman. Unwilling to disclose his identity, the youth’s father, who is a government employee, said: “It was his dream to work in the US, but destiny had other plans. Now they are deporting him. We never thought it would end like this. Who would like to spend all his life’s savings and see their child’s dream shatter?” He said: “He talked to us on Tuesday night. Some of his friends have made it to the US. But he was arrested on the Mexico border and has been in prison for one-and-a-half years. We have been talking to him on and off.”

He said they had no complaint against the travel agent who had promised to take him to the US. “He did what he promised,” he added. Speaking on why they sought asylum for their child, he said: “What will he get here for which he should come back? He would have been happy there pursuing what he wanted.”

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Marriage registeration within 7 days leaves NRI couples confused Ministry of Women and Child Development warn if registration of NRI marriages within seven days is not done, “passports and visas will not be issued”, it is said. Also mandatory registration of NRI marriages within seven days leaves Punjabi diaspora confused. The decision by a Group of Ministers (aimed at checking fraud marriages) is riddled with ambiguities. For instance, what would be the way out if a would-be-bride or groom already has a passport and visa, but fails to get the marriage registered within seven days. The ambiguities in the order are likely to harm the prospects of the would-be NRI bride than to protect her interests for all practical purposes for she could face difficulties in getting

her passport in case of a dispute. Another question being asked is whether the new rule is for those betrothed to NRIs who have yet to apply for a passport or those already in the process of acquiring one.

Tarlochan Sohal, Sheriff of Livingstone County, California, was planning to solemnise the marriage of one of his sons in India. He now has second thoughts. He says the order is “vague” and the government must come out with clear guidelines. Raising questions on the efficacy of the new norms, Harsimarjit Kaur, former chairperson of the Punjab Social Welfare Advisory Board, says the Centre has no powers to withhold a foreign passport (held by an NRI) in case he defaults on the mandatory marriage registration.

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ICICI bank CEO Chanda Kochhar leaves the job until independent inquiry on conflict of interest is over India’s largest private bank ICICI Bank said its Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar, who is facing allegations of quid pro quo and non-adherence of code of conduct and conflict of interest, will go on leave till an independent probe against her is completed.

The board of directors of the bank, which met in Mumbai, decided to appoint Sandeep Bakhshi, who is currently MD and CEO of ICICI Prudential Life, its life insurance subsidiary, as Wholetime Director and Chief Operating Officer designate of the bank. Bakhshi will be responsible for handling all businesses and corporate centre functions at the bank and also report to the board till the probe against Kochhar is over.

On March 29, The Indian Express first reported that Videocon group promoter

Venugopal Dhoot provided crores of rupees to NuPower Renewables Pvt Ltd (NRPL), a firm he had set up with Chanda Kochhar’s husband Deepak Kochhar and two relatives six months after the Videocon group got Rs 3,250 crore as loan from ICICI Bank in 2012.

He transferred proprietorship of the company to a trust owned by Deepak Kochhar for Rs 9 lakh, six months after he received the loan from ICICI Bank. The Videocon account was declared an NPA or a bad loan in 2017.

In a statement Monday, the bank said: “All Executive Directors on the board of ICICI Bank and the executive management will report to him. Bakhshi will report to Chanda Kochhar who will continue in her role as MD & CEO of ICICI Bank.”

India to impose tariffs on US items worth $240 Million Dry fruits, shrimps, chemicals and motorcycles all figure in the list of US imports that are set to attract a higher duty soon and represent a crafty trade reaction by India to threats of ‘reciprocal tariffs’ by Donald Trump.

India has notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of its decision to impose higher import tariffs on 30 US goods - including motorcycles and heavy machinery as well as a large number of agro products such as almonds, shrimps and chocolates - which is expected to rake in an additional $240 million.

The move comes after New Delhi received a cold shoulder from Washington DC on its request for exempting India from the higher tariffs announced by the US on steel and aluminium imports. “Our estimates place a combined $240 million loss for India on account of Mr. Trump’s steel, aluminium

tariffs and we felt a reciprocal tariff of a similar amount on US imports would be fair,” a senior Commerce Ministry official said.

Interestingly, the list also includes as many as 18 iron and steel items, a potent political reply against Trump’s tariff hikes.

He added that the list was prepared keeping in mind the relentless attacks by the US in certain sectors. As a result, motorcycles above 800 cc have been kept in it despite having only small amount of trade since Trump has used Harley Davidson bikes as an instrument to attack India on alleged market access issues. On the other hand, repeated calls by US-based trade bodies to penalise Indian exports of lobsters may have been the reason behind American Brine Shrimps finding its way into the list of tariff hikes.

BJP man explains why he quit Political discourse is at its lowest point in the country, at least in my lifetime. The partisanship bias is unbelievable and people continue to support their side no matter what the evidence, there is no remorse even when they’re proved to have been spreading fake news. This is something that everyone – the parties and the voters/supporters are to be blamed for. BJP has done a great job at spreading some specific messages with incredibly effective propaganda, and these messages are the primary reason that I can’t support the party anymore. But before we get into any of that, I’d like everyone to understand that no party is totally bad, and no party is totally good. All governments have done some good and messed up on some fronts. This government is no different.

The Good: 1. Road construction is faster than it was earlier. There has been a change

in methodology of counting road length, but even factoring that in it seems to be faster.

2. Electricity connection increased – all villages electrified and people getting electricity for more hours. (Congress did electrify over 5 lakh villages and Modi ji finished the job by connecting the last 18k so, you can weigh the achievement as you like. Similarly the number of hours people get electricity has increased ever since independence, but it might be a larger increase during BJP). 3. Upper level corruption is reduced – no huge cases at the ministerial level as of now (but the same was true of UPA I. Lower level seems to be about the same with increased amounts, no one seems to be able to control the thanedar, patwari et al. 4. The Swachh Bharat Mission is a success – more toilets built than before and Swachhta (Cleanliness) is something embedded in people’s minds now.

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Sikh leader to enter Afghan House Avtar Singh Khalsa will represent Afghanistan’s tiny Sikh and Hindu minority in the next parliament, where he says he hopes to serve the entire country.

Few Afghans are as invested in the government’s quest for peace and stability as the dwindling Sikh and Hindu minorities, which have been decimated by decades of conflict. The community numbered more than 80,000 in the 1970s, but today only around 1,000 remain.

Khalsa, a Sikh and longtime leader of the community, will run unopposed for a seat in the lower house of parliament that was apportioned to the minority by presidential decree in 2016.

After the October election, he will be a solitary voice among 259 legislators, but hopes his 10 years

of service in the Afghan army can help him secure a seat on the defence and security committee. “I don’t only want to serve my Sikh and Hindu brothers. I have to be able to serve all the Afghan people, no matter which ethnicity or group they belong to.”

The 52-year-old father of four has lived most of his life in Kabul. He also served as a senator representing the minority, which has long had a seat in the upper house of parliament.

Sikhs and Hindus have been driven out of many areas by heavy fighting.

They have suffered widespread discrimination in the conservative Muslim country.

Khalsa will join parliament at a time when Afghanistan is struggling against a resurgent Taliban and an Islamic State affiliate.

Nepal PM to seek investment in China Nepal’s Prime Minister left on Tuesday on his first official visit to China as the impoverished Himalayan nation seeks closer ties and much needed energy and infrastructure investment from its powerful northern neighbour. KP Sharma Oli will meet President Xi Jinping during his six day visit to China, which has flexed greater economic and diplomatic muscle in Nepal in recent years and raised hackles in traditional ally India.

In an address Monday to parliament, Oli praised China’s economic support for Nepal, one of the region’s poorest countries and

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sandwiched between the two Asian giants.

“Our government’s agenda is to expediate development and during my visit we will focus on securing support for our work,” Oli said.

Kathmandu has signed up to Beijing’s ambitious Belt and Road initiative, which New Delhi opposes.

India, which has long considered Nepal part of its sphere of influence, has pledged its own major infrastructure projects to counter China’s influence but Beijing still outspends it in the Himalayan nation.

Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia critically ill Banglasesh’s former PM Khaleda Zia, who has been imprisoned on corruption charges, is critically ill and could be paralyzed if not treated urgently, a top leader of Bangladesh’s main opposition party says.

Zia was convicted of misusing power in embezzling some $250,000 in donations meant for an orphanage trust.

Zia’s close aide Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that 72-year-old Mrs Zia recently suffered from a mild stroke and had multiple complications.

According to Alamgir, doctors said Khaleda Zia could be paralyzed if not treated urgently and properly.

Khaleda Zia and her party have rejected an offer by the government to treat her in two state-run facilities.

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Chinese businesswoman, Immigration Officer & another man charged with corruption related offences A Chinese businesswoman, an Immigration Immigration Department Sereima Rokovada Officer and another man appeared in the Suva is charged with a count each of bribery Magistrates Court this afternoon charged and using forged documents. It is alleged with Corruption that Rokovada related offenses. accepted an advantage of Ling Gao and Parvir Rattan are charged $100 and also with bribery and used a false work permit.

Gao is also charged Magistrate with possession of a forged document. It Jioji Boseiwaqa has remanded is alleged that Gao Gao as the court and Rattan offered an Parvir Rattan, Sereima Rokovada and Ling Gao advantage of $100 to was alerted that an exemption officer at the Department of she does not have a valid work permit since 2015 hence she doesn’t have any legal status Immigration on the 29th of last month.

It is also alleged that Gao possessed a to be in Fiji. FICAC lawyer Anaseini Lomani false work permit on her Chinese passport informed the court that Gao has been between 17th January 2015 and 25th January overstaying in Fiji since her work permit 2018. Former Exemption Officer of the expired in 2015.

Fish sellers can be fined for selling kawakawa and donu during the season ban Fish sellers that are still selling kawakawa and donu during the season ban can now have their fish confiscated and also be immediately fined with $10,000 for individuals and $20,000 for corporations.

This was revealed in a workshop organized by the C ommunications for Change, where the Fiji Police Force, Fiji Revenue and Customs Service, the Fiji Navy and town councils across Fiji are joining forces with the Ministry of Fisheries to ensure the effective enforcement of the recently enacted seasonal ban on catching, selling and exporting of kawakawa and donu. Ministry of Fisheries Director,

Aisake Batibasaga says this is a very important process because they need all the support for the ban to effectively serve its purpose, especially those in the rural communities who rely on fishing for their livelihoods.

Batinibasaga says this training will help spread the message on what the ban is about, why it is important and what it means for those involved in the commercial fishing and sale of these important and highly valuable fish species.

Communication for Change Programs Manager, Mafa Qiolele says the participants will be trained to conduct effective outreach and how to support enforcement actions, when necessary.

Fiji loses $406M annually due to four lifestyle diseases Currently, Fiji loses $406 million annually due to the prevalence of the four major NCDs which is cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory disease, the leading causes of mortality in Fiji leading to premature deaths.

This was highlighted by President, Jioji Konrote while launching the Pacific Research Symposium on Sport and Sustainable Development at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus.

Konrote says that according to the Global School-Based Student Health Survey conducted by the World Health Organisation in 2016, only 19.2 per cent of students aged 13 to 15 years in Fiji reported that they were physically active for at least 60 minutes a day within a seven day period.

Life sentence for woman who set her husband on fire A 43-year-old woman who murdered for the murder of her 34-year-old defacto her de-facto partner by setting him alight partner sentenced to life imprisonment

by Judge Justice Salesi Temo. Devi was sentenced to life imprisonment. will have to serve a Marianne Devi mandatory term of 17 threw a bowl of years before a pardon kerosene on her can be considered by husband from head the President. Devi had to toe and set him on poured kerosene on her fire. partner and had burned The incident took place in him on 17th November 2016 in Sakoca after November 2016. an argument had arose High Court judge between them.

Justice Salesi Temo Justice Temo said that while delivering the it would appear that the sentence today said there were other Premila Devi after being sentenced demands of life had put ways in which Devi coming out of Suva High Court stress on Devi.

He also highlighted could have resolved the matter but she chose murder. that Devi and her partner’s relationship Devi will need to serve a minimum was not always friendly as they both had of 17 years before she can apply for a domestic violence restraining order presidential pardon. She was convicted against each other.

Fijian sugarcane farmer spends $300,000 on harvesting machine

Labasa chief and big time canefarmer Ratu Savenaca Ritova Qomate

may be the first indigenous canefarmer to purchase his own harvester. Ratu Savenaca, who harvests 8000 tonnes of cane annually, is also believed to be one of the biggest cane producers in the country.

Yesterday, families at Naseakula Village celebrated his achievement in securing the harvester for the chiefly Qomate

family. “We are just so happy to have bought our own harvester because this means we will save $150,000 a year,” he said. “For the past four years, since we started harvesting, we have had to use $150,000 a year to hire harvesters.

“Now, we will save that money and use it on labourers and other costs.”

Ratu Savenaca spent about $300,000 to purchase the machine from India.

He says that notably, the same survey highlighted that the level of physical activity among female students in Fiji, and across all surveyed Pacific Island Countries and Territories was lower than their male counterparts. He says that Fiji’s health system is bearing the burden of NCDs and Fiji has one of the highest rates of NCD-related deaths in the region. Konrote adds that if we have a fit and healthy nation, a good portion of the $406 million could be channeled to education, youth and sports development, among many other nation building initiatives.

The Pacific Research Symposium on Sport and Sustainable Development continues at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus today.

“The mechanics are also included in this package so when we purchase the harvester, the company sends a mechanic with it to fit the pieces together,” he said.

“They also remain with us for two years so during this period, they carry out necessary repairs and maintenance work on the harvesters.”

But he said that being a canefarmer or a businessman is never an easy duty as it

involves a lot of hard work and sacrifice.

“Sometimes back, when things got tough, I wanted to throw the towel in but I thought of the vast land we have and how God has blessed us with it,” Ratu Savenaca said. “So I stayed back and I have never regretted because the tough times have taught me a lot of good things. “I believe, all landowners can do the same and be successful because we have the resources that are valuable.”

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Pakistan has not taken decisive steps against terror safe havens: US official An American diplomat says nearly a year after Donald Trump unveiled his South Asia strategy accusing Islamabad of harbouring terrorists, Pakistan has not taken “sustained or decisive” steps against terror safe havens as expected by the US. Alice G Wells, senior bureau official for South and Central Asian affairs said despite some positive indicators,

the US has not yet seen Pakistan taking the sustained or decisive steps that it would have expected to see ten months after the announcement of the South Asia strategy, including “arresting or expelling Taliban elements who will not come to the negotiating table.” Wells, who is scheduled to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Election commission rejects nomination of former PM Abbasi and Imran Khan from Islamabad constituency Pakistan Election Commission candidates have vowed to challenge rejects nomination papers of former the decision in the election tribunal on Wednesday. Khan’s nomination PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Opposition party leader Imran papers for the same constituency Khan for the NA-53 constituency of were rejected on account of being incomplete.

Islamabad. Nomination papers of Abbasi and his covering candidate His nomination papers were Sardar Mehtab Khan for NA-53 challenged earlier this month by Pakistan Justice and Democratic were rejected by the returning Imran Khan officer after the candidates failed Party candidate Abdul Wahab to fill the affidavit as per the requirements, Baloch, who contended that Khan did not Dawn reported. According to the returning fulfill the criterion under articles 62 and 63 officer, Abbasi had not submitted complete on the issue of Sita White and her daughter tax returns with his documents either. The Tyrian.

Reham gives former military ruler Musharraf a lesson in gender equality Reham Khan gave a lesson in gender equality to former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf. Reham is former wife of Imran Khan, she has been in the news for her unfavourably know book ‘tell-all’ - which is said to include salacious details about her few months married life with Imran Khan.

Former military ruler Musharraf retweeted from his political party which said, among other things, that Reham, being a woman - or “lady” as the tweet said - should be “ashamed

of herself ” for writing whatever she has reportedly written about. The tweet also said Reham was being used by another political party, the PML(N), to further its agenda.

“Reham is being used by PML(N) I have read some content in WhatsApp messages she should be quite ashamed of herself you don’t write such things and specially a lady doesn’t write such things,” said a tweet by the Musharraf-founded party All Pakistan Muslim League (APML), which the former

today, said in her prepared statement ahead of her hearing that “Pakistan is on notice that we expect its unequivocal cooperation ending sanctuaries” that the Taliban have enjoyed since the remnants of their toppled regime fled into Pakistan in 2001. The US, she said, is engaging with all of Afghanistan’s neighbours and near neighbours to build regional

support for the Afghan government’s peace vision and discourage spoilers. Unveiling his new South Asia strategy in August last year, Trump had accused Pakistan of giving “safe haven to agents of chaos, violence, and terror,” and said the time had come “for Pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilisation, order, and to peace”.

Accountability Bureau launches new inquiry against Sharifs Fresh wave of trouble starts for former disqualified PM Nawaz Sharif as National Accountability Bureau (NAB) starts another inquiry against him over a journalist’s complaint that more than Rs.56 million were sent out of the country by Nawaz family between 1988 and 1991, in a media report it is said. The development assumes significance as Sharif, his sons Hussain and Hassan, daughter Maryam, and son-in-law M. Safdar Awan already facing many corruption charges for money laundering and illegal offshore

holdings in Panama Papers probing.

Sharif, 68, is currently in London with his daughter Maryam to see his ailing wife Kulsoom Nawaz, despite NAB’s request to put their names on Exit Control List fearing they may not return to Pakistan and face corruption cases. Fresh inquiry over money laundering allegations was launched by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on the complaint of Asad Kharal, a journalist/columnist, an NAB spokesperson was quoted as saying by media.

Hafiz Saeed leads Eid prayers in Lahore despite ban Hafiz Saeed on Saturday led Eid as a foreign terrorist organisation prayers at the Qaddafi Stadium in by the US in June 2014. He Lahore amid high security even carries a $10-million American bounty on his head for his role though the Pakistan government has in terror activities. Pakistan last outlawed his organisation JuD. Police year promulgated an ordinance personnel and Saeed’s own security to amend the country’s Antimen were deployed in and outside Hafiz Saeed Terrorism Act to list JuD and the the stadium to secure the area. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief also delivered a Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) as terror sermon on the occasion and asked Pakistani organisations.

The JuD is believed to be the front citizens to extend their full support to the people of Kashmir. Saeed has been allowed organisation for the LeT which is to hold public rallies and lead gatherings responsible for carrying out the Mumbai in Pakistan even though his organisation is attack that killed 166 people. banned in the country. His JuD was declared

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A Goan man was convicted by the IsleworthUKKonkani interpreter as his family watched Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty from the public gallery. to sexually grooming two 12-year-old girls Pereira pleaded guilty to two charges of (actually a middle-aged woman volunteer attempting to meet girls under the age of with an Internet vigilante group posing online 16 following sexual grooming as two girls) and trying to meet and two charges of attempting them to commit further sexual sexual communications with two offences. The convict, Francisco underage girls. He had pleaded Pereira, 30, who now lives with not guilty to the same charges at his uncle in Southall, hails from Uxbridge magistrates’ court in Panaji in Goa. Sentencing was May. The particulars of the offences adjourned to July 11 and Pereira were that between December 15 was released on bail on the and 30, 2017, he attempted for the condition that he did not apply purposes of sexual gratification to for any travel documents. He communicate with two underage was also put on the sex offenders’ register. girls who he did not reasonably believe to be Pereira, dressed in an Adidas hooded top aged 16, and his communications with both emblazoned with a Manchester United logo girls were sexual. He also pleaded guilty to and jeans, stood in the dock and listened two charges of attempting to meet the two to the charges being read out to him via a girls, following sexual grooming.

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NRI hotelier in car park row with Heathrow Airport An Indian-origin hotel tycoon in Britain is locked in a legal battle with Heathrow Airport over his plans to build a multi-storey car park on land he owns at the facility.

In a row that could have implications for expansion of the hub, Surinder Arora issued a UK High Court claim against the west London airport over his plans to build a 2,077-space, nine-storey car park on the land he owns at Heathrow, the Sunday Times reported.

However, Heathrow Airport Ltd claims it alone is entitled to build these spaces.

Under local planning rules, a maximum of 42,000 car parking spaces are allowed at the airport, but Arora said the 42,000 cap referred to the airport site as a whole - of which his land is a part. So, he said, he should be allowed to build car park spaces. According to the report, a planning application has been

pending with Hillingdon Council since 2015.

Unable to secure approval for his car park, Arora was allowed to build a smaller version - 1,000 spaces and five storey - on the site, which opened in 2017. Arora now wants to expand this by adding another four floors and undercut parking charges at Heathrow - which are among the most expensive in the world. Heathrow Airport guards its car parking rights “jealously”. Earning money from drivers, they allow it to reap returns from airline passengers by adding the value of the car parks to its asset base, currently worth 15.8 billion pounds. The report said the row was about “more than just car parking” and was a “proxy for Arora’s broader battle with the airport on whether competition should be allowed”.

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Amitabh, SRK & Taapsee togather in new ‘Badla’

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hah Rukh Khan’s home production company Red Chillies Entertainment announces a new film “Badla,’ in association with Azure Entertainment, with a unique star combination – Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Taapsee Pannu.

Bachchan and Pannu did “Pink� in 2016, and she enters the Khan orbit with this film.

The film is directed by Sujoy Ghosh, and hopefully, it will be another gripping “Kahaani (story).�

But with Ghosh on board, will it mark the return of Vishal-Shekhar (his consistent composers as a director) to Red Chillies after four films?

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(2000), “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Ghamn‌â€? (2001) and “Veer-Zaaraâ€?

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them in pivotal lead roles. And for the record, Bachchan has done a long cameo in Red Chillies’ “Paheli� (2005) and a short one as himself in “Om Shanti Om� (2007).

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(2009), rendered a crucial song in “Kahaani�

(2012) and starred in his production “TE3N�

(2016). Badla also stars Taapsee Pannu. This will be the second time that Amitabh and Taapsee will be seen sharing screen space again after “Pink�. However this will be the fourth time Big B will be collaborating with Ghosh. The two have previously worked in films like TE3N, Kahaani and Aladin.

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ekha will be performing live on the stage after 20 years – but will seek to raise awareness about women’s empowerment, gender equality and pollution by plastic.

Back to the Thailand after a decade, International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) and Awards, will be commencing on June 21, will not be just feature power-packed performances by celebrities including the evergreen Ever since its debut in 2000, the IIFA gala has been annually exhibiting the prowess of Bollywood, celebrating the magic of Hindi cinema on foreign shores. The event has been held at picturesque locales like Johannesburg, Amsterdam, Dubai, Colombo, Toronto, Singapore, Tampa Bay, Kuala Lumpur and New York. For its 19th edition, the organizers have a glittering show planned at the 2,000-seater Siam Niramit

here. “We’re excited to go back to Bangkok.

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Andre Timmins, one of the three forces behind Wizcraft International, told IANS.

Bangkok happens to be one of the favorite tourist spots for Indians. Also, the Indian community in Thailand is estimated to be over 100,000 strong, according to the official website of the Embassy of India in Thailand.

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Ayushmann Khurrana, who will next be seen in Sriram Raghavan’s next film, earlier took to his social media to tease fans about the title of that film. The actor, who pairs up with Raghavan for the first time, took to Twitter by putting up the film’s title in the form of an emoji. The makers had started this game to tease the audience with this stint, asking them to guess the title.

Khurrana shared on Twitter: “Guess the title of my next film directed by Sriram Raghavan�

And finally, Khurrana and Radhika Apte unveiled the title – “Andhadhun.�

Khurrana shared, “Oh it’s not easy when you have to match up to Sriram Raghavan’s string of badass film titles but we all gave it a try! Presenting #AndhaDhun!� He plays a blind pianist in this thriller that also marks Radhika Apte’s second collaboration with the director after “Badlapur.� Tabu plays a pivotal role. Ayushmann Khurrana (born 14 September 1984) film actor, singer and anchor. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards. In 2012, Khurrana made his film debut in Shoojit Sircar’s romantic comedy Vicky Donor, which touched on the topic of sperm donation in India, and received Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut.

[3] He rose to prominence with romantic comedies Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015) and Bareilly Ki Barfi (2017), and comedy-drama Shubh Mangal Savdhaan (2017), all of which received critical and commercial success.

He hosted the 63rd Filmfare Awards with Shah Rukh Khan, Parineeti Chopra and Karan Johar.

His upcoming films include Sriram Raghavan’s thriller Shoot the Piano Player and romantic comedy Badhaai Ho. Khurrana born in Chandigarh to P. Khurrana and Poonam Khurrana, studied at St. John’s High School and DAV College in Chandigarh. Major in English literature and master’s in Mass Communication from School of Communication Studies, Chandigarh , Panjab University, Khurrana did theatre for few years. He was also the founding member of DAV College’s “Aaghaaz� and “Manchtantra�, which are active theatre groups in Chandigarh.[6] He conceptualised and acted in street plays and won prizes in national college festivals such as Mood Indigo (IIT Bombay), OASIS (Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani) and St. Bedes Simla. He also won a Best Actor award for playing Ashwatthama in Dharamvir

Bollywood

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Film: ‘Race 3’

Salman Khan is back with a treat for his fans this Eid on Friday, June 15, and they are lapping it up. If the early reviews from fans are anything to go by, Salman has delivered another “sure-shot blockbuster” with Race 3.

Race 3 releases in the United Arab Emirates, and many Twitter users have already given their verdict. Check out some of the tweets: #RACE3 is a Blockbuster Saga , One of the best from the Super Star himself @ BeingSalmanKhan , it has the word SUPER HIT written all it , detailed review later today !!!

Directed by Remo D’Souza, the third installment of the popular Race franchise will have Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez reuniting on the big screen after their 2014 hit, Kick. Joining Salman and Jacqueline in the film are Bobby Deol, Daisy Shah, Anil Kapoor, Saqib Saleem and Freddy Daruwala.

Buzz is that the makers of Race 3 are laughing all the way to the bank, with the film having recovered its production costs even before it

hit the screens. Race has beat Aamir Khan’s Dangal to fetch the highest satellite deal for a Bollywood film ever. According to reports, the satellite rights of the film have been sold for a staggering Rs 130 crore.

Meanwhile, advance booking trends look extremely promising, and several shows are already sold out. Trade analysts are expecting Salman’s film to earn anything between Rs 3035 crore on its opening day, and at least Rs 100 crore in the first weekend.

What fans say....

5 stars from my side !!! ***** Ejaz Waris (@drejazwaris) June 14, 2018 Today my mom n dad watched #Race3 #Sharjah with packed house,he said SALMAN hamesha ke tarah chahh gya! @ BeingSalmanKhan biggest entertainer Rajesh Seth (@iRajeshSeth) June 14, 2018 #Race3 review : It’s a shocker from @ remodsouza . Complete entertainer. Superb visuals. Great action sequences. Must not be missed.

KB (@LazyMoviesta) June 14, 2018 Watched #Race3 with sister and her kids.

Fantastic mind-blowing excellent... Another Highest Grosser nd 300cr film Congo @BeingSalmanKhan ??

Ahuja Jain (@Ahuja_Jain) June 14, 2018

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How Taapsee is training herself for ‘Soorma’

HOROSCOPE Aries March 21 - April 20 You start the week with a lighthearted and playful spirit as upbeat Mercury angles toward jovial Jupiter. And with lovely Venus opposing Mars and chatty Mercury linking to fervent Pluto, there should be plenty of options for discussing, conducting business, and making new and lucrative connections. Mars in your social sector could encourage you out and about, which will lift your spirits. But there might be some tension surrounding certain issues, especially over this week when sensitive feelings may cause upset.

Taurus April 21 - May 20 Trust your intuition - your friends and colleagues appreciate your sensitivity.

A brand-new idea or direction that inspires you could boost your mood. The cosmos suggests that you should be bold and not

discover that good luck or the kindness of others gives you all the courage you need.

With lovely Venus opposing Mars on

attracted to someone in a position of authority.

Gemini May 20 - June 21 Lovely Venus in your communication zone could pique your interest in getting out and

for a gathering of friends and enjoying fun

new circles. When it comes to your career and goals, ethereal Neptune turns retrograde on Monday, which could bring one or two realizations your way.

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beliefs. Once you gain this understanding, it would be wise to do something about it. On a more positive note, lively Mercury aligns with jovial Jupiter on Tuesday, and this could bring a very upbeat opportunity your way.

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Virgo August 24 - Sept 24 With expressive Mercury, your guide planet, making a harmonious alignment with upbeat Jupiter in your sector of communication, the start of the week could be quite uplifting. Opportunities to work more closely with someone might prove very rewarding and net you a new and supportive ' retrograde in your relationship zone

Libra Sept. 24 - Oct 22 A chance to boost your income or take advantage of a golden opportunity could be yours early in the week. However, with lively Mercury also aligning with ethereal Neptune in your work zone, it might be a good idea to investigate this more deeply before you commit. With some discussion, this could

yourself in the limelight once the sun moves into Cancer and the topmost sector of your chart on Thursday.

Scorpio Oct 23 - Nov 22 With restless Mercury moving into your sector of travel and far horizons on Tuesday, you may have the travel bug and "

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seems too amazing to pass up. With luscious Venus in your relationship sector moving to oppose feisty Mars in your sign on Thursday, an encounter could have quite an impact on

and leave you wondering how you might get to know this person better.

Pisces Feb 20 - March 20 On Monday, nebulous Neptune turns retrograde in your sign and will remain so for some months, which can be a good thing.

Neptune retrograde can bring powerful realizations and insights to key situations, and these could lead to a breakthrough. This may not happen right away, but things could begin to change over the weeks and months ahead.

A beautiful set of aspects involving chatty Mercury, upbeat Jupiter, and ethereal Neptune could bring new people into your life, as well as opportunities to hone your skills and talents.

Here’s what went behind Taapsee Pannu’s character in “Soorma.�

Pannu, who will be seen in this Sandeep Singh bio-pic, shared the making video for her character.

The actress took to social media to share her prep for the role of a hockey player, for which she was trained by none other than Singh himself. The video puts forth the hard work and training that the actress underwent to learn the nuances and techniques of the game. It also showcases the strict Singh punishing Taapsee for missing her sessions and being late for practice!

Pannu portrays the role of Singh’s love interest. His role is played by Diljit Dosanjh. She tweeted the video and stated, “Between my craziness n madness I learnt a little bit of this

wonderful sport! Coach saab will approve of it.�

The actress is going strong and has leaped into the A-plus bracket with a romantic lead opposite Shah Rukh Khan in his next home production “Badla.�

The trailer of the film had garnered appreciation from the audience. It is an inspiring true story of the human spirit, about a player, who made headlines for his miraculous comeback after an unfortunate accident.

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Ranbir Kapoor after playing Sanjay Dutt in ‘Sanju, he hopes to essay Kishore Kumar now He’s so pedigreed that his lifetime score of four hits in 10 years has not affected his popularity or stardom a whit. Add his courteousness and humility, and he is an example of how an actor can mix flawless upbringing and sheer charisma into a package that has fans drooling over him or showering hosannas all the time. Even a combo deal of “Bombay Velvet,” “Roy” and “Tamasha” have not affected him. There is a reason for that as well; Ranbir Kapoor’s brilliance as an actor ensures a matchless, superior performance in every single role, regardless of caliber of film. If he was magnificent in “Jagga Jasoos” (which he co-produced), so was he in “Barfi!,”

a role diametrically opposite, and these were two diverse films from the same filmmaker – Anurag Basu.

“Raajneeti,” “Wake Up Sid!,” “Rocket Singh – Salesman Of The Year,” “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” and even “Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani” – and his career-biggest hit “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani” – it is clear that in a better environment for actors, Ranbir Kapoor has shown his genetic brilliance, inherited from parents Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh – every time, prompting Manisha Koirala, who plays his mother in “Sanju,”

Mindy Kaling talks about the dominance of white opinion

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amous Indo-American actress Mindy Kaling said she wouldn’t have become one of the most popular names in entertainment if she had relied on the opinions of “white men.”

In a recent interview, the “Ocean 8” star spoke out against the heavy presence of white men as film reviewers, which, she said, negatively affects the way films are critiqued. “…it seems just unfair,” Kaling told Yahoo Movies.

“If I had to base my career on what white men wanted I would be very unsuccessful, so there is obviously an audience out there who want to watch things like (‘Ocean’s 8’), what I work on, what (co-star) Sarah (Paulson) works on.”

Kaling is part of the star-studded cast of the all-women “Ocean’s 8” film, which stars Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Paulson, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, and Awkwafina. In the heist drama, which released June 8, Kaling plays the role of Amita, an Indian American jeweler who is recruited by Bullock’s character for a heist. “And the thing about so

much of what this movie is, I think white men, critics would enjoy it, would enjoy my work,” she continued, “but often I think there is a critic who will damn it in a way because they don’t understand it, because they come at it at a different point of view, and they’re so powerful, Rotten Tomatoes.” On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has received a 67 percent approval rating. But, according to the Daily News, the film has put up impressive numbers at the box office. “Ocean’s 8” grossed $41.5 million in its opening weekend to lead all movies between June 8-10, reports the publication, adding that its debut earned more money than any of the previous “Ocean’s” movies, which starred George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt. Kaling’s comments follow a new study released by the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, according to which, 80 percent of the film reviewers who wrote about the top 100 films in 2017, were white males.

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to remark that he is “way better than Rishi Kapoor,” who was her co-star way back in the 1990s in “Anmol” and “Kanyadaan!”

On the eve of the release of “Sanju,” in which he plays Sanjay Dutt’s role, he was in a mad rush, running helter-skelter in director Rajkumar Hirani’s office, giving bytes and interviews on camera besides to

the print media. And India-West had to do its best in the allotted time of SEVEN (!!!) MINUTES, which Ranbir (can’t call him ‘Kapoor’ – for this warm and friendly youth it sounds so absurdly formal!) good-naturedly extends to 12 by asking the PR team to go easy. After all, HE is the one who has to leave for an important personal engagement!

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Aamir at screenwriters’ meet Aamir Khan knows the all-important role of scriptwriters well — the reason why he gets it right every time at the box office. Mr Perfectionist has now given his nod to attend the Screenwriters Association’s conference, which will be held in Mumbai from August 1 to 3. The meet aims to discuss the challenges Indian film writers face in today’s times. Zama Habib, general secretary, SWA, says, “We are honoured to have Aamir Khan as the chief guest.”

Veteran TV personality Vinod Dua will deliver the keynote address.

Staying away

PeeCee, Nick to visit Mumbai?

Salman Khan and his entourage is in the US for the Da-Bangg tour, but Iulia Vantur preferred to fly solo for the IIFA awards in Thailand this weekend. There has been chatter about her being miffed when Salman added Katrina Kaif to the tour, which includes Jacqueline Fernandez, Sonakshi Sinha and Daisy Shah. Guess it was too much for Iulia to handle with everyone vying for Sallu’s attention. Someone should tell her there is nothing like a deep tissue Thai massage to calm frayed nerves.

The curious case of missing Taimur Yesterday, Karisma Kapoor shared this snapshot on Instagram. She wrote, “Family lunch, missing Taimur.” Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan’s munchkin’s absence threw netizens into a guessing game. From

assuming that he had taken off to see the Queen (he is royalty too!) to having a bad hair day, there were speculations galore. Some felt perhaps Taimur was taking a nap or was in no mood to step out or was with his nanny or at a play date. Lolo needs to share another family photo with Taimur soon before netizens have a meltdown.

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Rumours have been flying thick and fast that Priyanka Chopra will be in Mumbai soon with rumoured beau, Nick Jonas.

PeeCee is apparently keen the American singer meet her family and friends. It is also said that she will throw a housewarming bash to show off her new purchase — a bungalow at Versova. Looks like things are getting official.

New direction Aarya Babbar, who is pursuing a filmmaking course at the New York Film Academy, turns director with the short film, Shunya. The film deals with communal strife and features veteran actor, Yashpal Sharma. He kicks off the shooting in Bhandardara and in other parts of Maharashtra’s interiors this weekend.

Date is fixed?

The latest news on the Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh wedding front is that a date has been fixed. Rumour is that the Padmaavat stars will get hitched on November 10. It is also said that it will be a destination wedding, but there will be one function in Bengaluru, Dippy’s hometown. True or not, time will tell.

Rubina, Abhinav wed in Shimla Yesterday, television actors Rubina Dilaik and Abhinav Shukla tied the knot in Shimla, which is Rubina’s hometown. The wedding was a traditional ceremony, which was attended by some of their

industry friends. A reception will be held on June 28 in Mumbai.

Rubina is currently seen in Shakti — Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki and Abhinav features in Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka.

From acting to writing Telly actor Varun Badola turns writer with Ekta Kapoor’s web series, Apharan. The suspense thriller, directed by Siddharth Sengupta, also features him as an actor. Varun has always been inclined towards writing, especially dialogues. On the set, he is also seen correcting the diction of co-actors and making impromptu changes to the script.

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tax that they’re owed.” Moore, who has been a realtor since 1989, is expecting the registry to make property transfers more transparent and help the provincial government crackdown on money laundering. “It’s one step in the right direction and it’s proactive, instead of reactive. We’ve also seen it implemented with pre-sales on new construction and that’s a

positive measure as well.” He feels investors started hiding behind numbered companies about two years ago when the 15 per cent foreign buyers’ tax was introduced to keep speculators from leaving homes vacant, so this legislation also gives the province more accurate information to better analyze the market.

Condo prices soar but there are signs of softness at the top end Prices for condos are on a tear across the Lower Mainland but there are signs of an emerging peak at the top end of the market.

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being affordable. It’s been mostly reserved for describing detached homes, but that’s changing.

A few weeks ago, an analysis by David Taylor, senior vice-president at Colliers International, of inventory on the Multiple Listing Service put the median asking price of apartments and

Will BC real estate registry make housing more affordable?

It’s too early to say if it will allow more people to enter the local housing market, but a new public registry identifying property owners has support from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. Board President Phil Moore, who represents more than 14,000 realtors and brokers, says it’s difficult to predict how this will impact sales, but there’s no reason for investors to hide behind numbered companies. “Any time that the government places in measures that make people accountable to pay the taxes

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