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Vol 19 - Issue 27

Saturday, August 3, 2019

‘Dr. Lipjob’ sent to jail for illegally injecting Botox Rajdeep Kaur Khakh has been told repeatedly to stop posing as a doctor and giving cosmetic injections. The Abbotsford woman who calls herself “Dr. Lipjob” has been sent to jail after defying a court order to stop injecting Botox and dermal fillers. Rajdeep The college has been dealing with Kaur Khakh received two 30-day Rajdeep Kaur Khakh’s illegal operation for sentences on July 12, after she was more than four years. found to be in contempt of court, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. This is the second time she’s been found in contempt for passing herself off as a doctor and providing cosmetic injections. “For Ms. Khakh to have disobeyed a court order, not once but twice, is extraordinary,” the college’s chief legal counsel, Graeme Continued on page 7 Keirstead, said in a news release.

This city in India swaps plastic for free meals India has just launched its very first ‘garbage cafe’ providing food in exchange for trash. Over half of India’s 1.4 billion citizens are living in poverty with many struggling to provide food for their families. The country also has a plastic waste problem, generating 26,000 tonnes of the stuff every day. So can providing free meals in exchange for plastic rubbish help solve these two pressing issues? Collecting plastic to get a hot meal Continued on page 9

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India criminalizes Triple Talaq ‘Instant Divorce’

n Tuesday, India’s upper house of parliament passed a bill criminalizing the practice of “triple talaq.” The centuries-old custom allows Muslim men to divorce their wives by saying the word “talaq,” or “divorce” in Arabic, three times. Under the new law, “triple talaq” is a criminal offense; men who are convicted of using the practice will face a fine and up to three years in jail. The decision follows a Supreme Court ruling in 2017 which declared the practice unconstitutional. Muslim women’s groups have advocated for the enactment of the bill, using momentum generated by similar movements in other countries. Saudi Arabia Reforms Male Guardianship Laws Local Saudi news media recently announced that the government is amending its male guardianship

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South Asian Business Association (SABA) golf tournament - a huge success

The 11th Annual Open Golf Tournament was organized by South Asian Business Association (SABA) of BC at Hazelmere Golf & Tennis Club in Surrey last Thursday. Pictured above MP Sukh Dhaliwal with SABA golf organizers.

Popular Punjabi singer says he was punched following Vancouver concert A popular Punjabi singer says he was punched following a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Guru Randhawa, a singer-songwriter from Gurdaspur, India, was in B.C. for the ninth and final stop on a North American tour. Randhawa’s Instagram lists over 10.5-million followers, and he’s featured in songs on YouTube, with hundreds of millions of views. Posts to the artist’s social media pages attributed to his management team say Randhawa had asked a man not to come on stage while performing. It goes on to say the man repeatedly tried to come on stage, and when the concert was over, punched Randhawa as the singer was leaving the stage.

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Lilly Singh’s NBC late night show gets premiere date, sets showrunner and writers room NBC has set a premiere date and found a showrunner for its late night series starring YouTuber Lilly Singh. A Little Late With Lilly Singh will debut Monday, Sept. 16, making Singh the only woman hosting a late night show on the broadcast networks. Veteran producer John Irwin has come aboard as showrunner for the series, which is taking over the 1:35 a.m. spot Last Call With Carson Daly has occupied for the past 17 years. The show will also have a gender-balanced writers room: The staff includes Sean O’Connor (The Late Late Show With James Corden, What Just Happened??!), Marina Cockenberg

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Saturday, August 3, 2019

3rd victim ID’d in Northern BC homicides, teen fugitives charged Teen fugitives Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky have been charged with seconddegree murder in the death of a Vancouver man — the third victim in the recent killings in Northern B.C. Leonard Dyck was identified by police on Wednesday. McLeod, 19, and Schmegelsky, 18, were charged on Wednesday with one count of second-degree murder in Dyck’s death. Canada-wide warrants have been issued for both men. Dyck was found dead five days ago at a highway pullout about two kilometres from a burnt-out camper truck, discovered the same day, south of the B.C.’s Stikine River Bridge on Highway 37. Timeline: How 3 killings in B.C. turned

into the cross-Canada pursuit of 2 teenagers The burnt vehicle was later identified as belonging to McLeod and Schmegelsky. The teens are also wanted in connection with the homicides of tourists Lucas Fowler and Chynna Deese. No charges have been laid in connection to those deaths. In a statement, the Dyck family said it is “truly heartbroken by the sudden and tragic loss.” “He was a loving husband and father. His death has created unthinkable grief, and we are struggling to understand what has happened.” Dyck is listed on the University of British Columbia website as a sessional lecturer in botany.

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Lilly Singh’s NBC late night show gets premiere date, sets showrunner and writers room

In a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Hernandez says he did not resist in any way beyond expressing his belief that the police were targeting the wrong individual. Despite complying with police, Hernandez says he was repeatedly struck by police during the course of his wrongful arrest and suffered various injuries including scrapes and bruising to his face and body, several broken ribs and a concussion. He says he was handcuffed and brought into an awaiting police vehicle where he was informed that he was suspected of being the man who shot Harms. When he heard this, he

says he immediately protested his innocence and offered to provide identification that would have shown conclusively that he was not the suspect “Despite the fact that Mr. Hernandez bears almost no resemblance to (the suspect), he was then detained for over five hours while VPD members refused to check his identification or accept his explanation that he was not the person they were seeking,” says Hernandez’s lawsuit. “It was not until his fingerprints were processed and found not to match those of (the suspect) that he was released. The detention of Mr. Hernandez during this time was unlawful, and caused Mr. Hernandez prolonged emotional distress.” Hernandez says that upon his release Vancouver police apologized to him for their mistreatment of him and offered to provide him with temporary accommodations in a nearby hotel. “Having missed an appointment to move into a new residence due to his unlawful detention by VPD members, Mr. Hernandez agreed to this arrangement and was transported by VPD members to a hotel for that purpose,” says the lawsuit. “However, despite ongoing assurances to Mr. Hernandez, the VPD failed to follow through with their offer for accommodations and Mr. Hernandez was forced to spend a night in the hotel lobby awaiting reservations which never arrived. This callous treatment heightened Mr. Hernandez’s distress with the whole series of events.” Hernandez is claiming general, special and exemplary damages. No response has been filed to the lawsuit that contains allegations that have not been tested in court. The police did not respond to a request for comment. Harms, who suffered gunshot wounds to both arms, has since been released from hospital and has returned to work. Daon Gordon Glasgow has been charged

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A Vancouver man is suing police for allegedly wrongfully arresting and assaulting him in a case where he says he was mistakenly believed to be a suspect in the shooting of a Transit Police officer. Jason Victor Hernandez, 37, claims that on Feb. 1 he was leaving the Real Canadian Superstore at 4700 Kingsway in Burnaby when he was confronted by a group of Vancouver police officers, some of whom had their firearms drawn and aimed at him. Two days earlier, on Jan. 30, Const. Josh Harms, a Transit Police officer, had been shot and injured at the Scott Road SkyTrain Station by a person who was not immediately identified. The next day, police released information about a suspect who was well-known to them from his lengthy criminal record. At the Real Canadian Superstore, the police officers instructed Hernandez, who claims he was not armed with anything other than shopping bags, that he must surrender himself into custody without resisting.

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Saturday, August 3, 2019

South Asian man gets four years jail for trafficking 12.5 kilograms of ecstasy A man who was convicted of trafficking 12.5 kilograms of ecstasy in a case that involved a plan to export the drugs to California in exchange for cocaine has been sentenced to four years in prison. Anoop Singh Garcha, 40, pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking ecstasy between March and June 2015. He was a party to an agreement with his coaccused, Tarsem Singh Jawanda, that saw him brokering and delivering the drugs. Garcha became the target of a police investigation

in early 2014 that involved a police agent and several undercover police officers. Jawanda and Garcha, whose communications were intercepted by police, met with the police agent and undercover officers and were shown a secret compartment in a truck that was to be used to transport the drugs. In June 2015, the ecstasy was delivered to a property in Abbotsford, where it was loaded into a truck. When the vehicle left the property, it was seized by police, unbeknownst to Garcha

and Jawanda, who was sentenced in February to six years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to ship the drugs to the U.S. The drugs, which were in crystal rock form, were valued at between $100,000 and $150,000. Police, who were working with U.S drug-enforcement officials, substituted the drugs for a placebo and had the placebo delivered to Los Angeles.

Surrey Mounties seeking robber in attempted Newton-area holdup Mounties in Surrey are searching for the robber in an armed holdup that occurred Tuesday night in the Newton area. According to Surrey RCMP, police were alerted just after 10 p.m. to an attempted robbery in progress outside a residence in the 6800-block of 148th Street. According to reports, a young man “was in possession of a possible firearm, and demanding personal items from an adult

victim,” police said in a news release. The wouldbe robber, described as a thin, white male between 20 and 25 years old with brown hair, fled before Mounties arrived. Police may have arrived at the scene sooner but in responding to the incident two police vehicles were involved in a collision at the intersection of 72nd Avenue and 140th Street. The drivers of both vehicles were taken to hospital and treated for minor

injuries. Surrey RCMP is investigating the robbery, as well as the ensuing crash, and are appealing to the public for witnesses who may have useful information or video footage. Anyone with further information about the attempted robbery, or who may have CCTV footage of the suspect, is asked to contact Surrey RCMP.

3 arrested in Coquitlam after objecting to conservation officers destroying family of bears Three residents of a Coquitlam neighbourhood were arrested Tuesday after allegedly obstructing conservation officers who were tracking a family of bears in the area.

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service (COS) says officers had been tracking a mother bear and two cubs for about six weeks, and had tried multiple times to trap them before they became human habituated.

It says when officers arrived on Tuesday, the bears were seen walking away from a trash bin.

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Canada should use the notwithstanding clause to prosecute returning ISIS fighters The quote: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” is one that is widely, and as it turns out incorrectly, attributed to Albert Einstein. Whatever the true source of the quote, it is certainly a wise observation. Canada and many like-minded liberal democracies have been trying the same thing over and over again by resorting to the standard, existing domestic criminal justice system in the attempt to “prosecute” ISIS fighters and supporters when they return home. And over and over again, we see the same results: no criminal charges due to lack of usable evidence or failure to state an offence, ineffective criminal prosecution for the same reasons, or efforts to resist repatriation in the first place. We need to end the insanity and employ a new approach. A new approach requires a solid understanding of why standard approaches are ineffective. In short, we are relying on a domestic law enforcement process — complete with the fundamental individual protections we hold dear as Canadians — that is not fit for

purpose. Judicial guarantees Take a moment to reflect on some of the most imperative judicial guarantees that form the basis of our identity as Canadians: the right to personally confront witnesses against you, the right to inspect every shred of evidence against you, and the requirement for the Crown to prove each element of all offences to a standard of beyond a reasonable doubt. With that short list of fundamental protections in mind, take another moment to reflect on why these are so essential to our concept of the rule of law. One simple word sums it up: trust. Fundamental judicial guarantees are “fundamental” because they operate as a check on the monopoly of power the sovereign exercises over we the governed. The reason we are not able to find solutions to the problem of prosecuting returning ISIS fighters and supporters is that our starting point is “prosecution” — that is, employing the existing domestic law enforcement structure — to adjudicate alleged offences committed abroad.

What to do with suspected Canadian ISIS fighters and their families detained in Syria? Neither Canada nor any other government exercised a monopoly on the use of force on the battlefield while fighting ISIS. The international coalition fighting ISIS operated as belligerents, pursuant to the law of armed conflict, while employing military force against ISIS. Domestic judicial procedural processes are designed to protect individual freedoms from being abused at home where the government alone is permitted to use powers of force and coercion to settle disputes and maintain the peace, and this monopoly on the use of force is — by definition — not possible on the battlefield as it is at home. An ISIS fighter, regardless of citizenship, did not have the right to examine evidence against him or her before the coalition targeted the fighter on the battlefield. We have now simply moved further along on the spectrum of conflict from active hostilities to adjudicating alleged offences against detained ISIS fighters and supporters. On this spectrum, our government is still acting in its role as belligerent against opposing fighters that are now detained. Why, then, are we still trying to resort to the standard domestic legal system to “prosecute” fighters that operated in a theatre where the government did not exercise a monopoly on the use of force and was not acting as a sovereign during active hostilities? We continue to do the same thing over and over and yet we keep expecting different results. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently said he has every confidence in the RCMP to find solutions. Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale has been talking about the problem for years. Months ago, Parliament passed a motion demanding effective solutions. Solutions are in short supply because we keep blindly applying the same framework without understanding why we do and why it isn’t meant for that purpose.

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‘Dr. Lipjob’ sent to jail for illegally injecting Botox

“doctor” was Khakh. contempt for passing herself off The woman told the as a doctor and providing cosmetic college that Khakh had injections. “For Ms. Khakh to approached her and have disobeyed a court order, not complimented her on once but twice, is extraordinary,” her good looks, asking the college’s chief legal counsel, if she’d ever received Graeme Keirstead, said in a news Botox injections. They release. “It is the college’s hope exchanged numbers and that this will send a message to The college has been dealing with Ms. Khakh and to anyone else who Rajdeep Kaur Khakh’s illegal operation for the tipster eventually more than four years. agreed to getting disregards the law, that the college injections, but she was and the courts take their processes very seriously.” ‘Dr. Lipjob’ nets suspended unhappy with the results and had some sentence for illegally injecting botox The uncomfortable side effects, according to the college has been trying to stop Khakh from college. ‘Dr. Lipjob’ ordered to stop injecting performing cosmetic injections for more than botox, impersonating doctor As a result of four years. Khakh, who also called herself those actions, a judge lifted the suspension Dr. Rajji and Dr. R.K., used a forged medical of Khakh’s sentence for the first instance of licence to buy products and convince spas she contempt and imposed a 30-day jail sentence was legitimate. She injected dermal fillers into for the second. Taken together, she has been sentenced to 60 days behind bars. clients in cars, homes and at “Botox parties.” A B.C. Supreme Court judge issued an order in March 2018, prohibiting Khakh from practising medicine or using the title of “doctor.” She also agreed to pay the college $25,000 for its investigative costs. Undercover footage shot as part of a College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. investigation shows Rajdeep Kaur Khakh, a.k.a. ‘Dr. Lipjob.’ (Paladin Security Group/ College of Physicians & Surgeons of B.C.) Nonetheless, in July 2018, the college learned that Khakh had injected fillers numerous times in defiance of the order. She later admitted she was in contempt of court and received a 30-day suspended sentence this January. But in February, someone reported receiving injections from a woman calling herself “Doctor Romina,” according to the college. The tipster later confirmed the

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aws, allowing women over the age of twenty-one to travel without the permission of a male guardian. The announcement comes in the midst of increased international scrutiny over the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia, with several young women having sought asylum abroad in recent months. If confirmed, the policy marks an important step forward, but Saudi women will still need to obtain male guardian permission to marry and divorce. Saudi women’s rights activists have expressed both optimism and caution about the reform, as they predict an increase in the number of women seeking asylum and remain skeptical of the government’s commitment to women’s rights. Ivory Coast is expected to pass a new marriage law to ensure equal property rights for men and women. The bill is part of a broader government plan to advance women’s legal status, by introducing measures to safeguard women’s inheritance rights, set the legal minimum age for marriage at eighteen, and provide stronger protections against domestic violence. The law does not, however, extend to unregistered customary and religious marriages. Access to property can increase women’s financial security and allow them to build the necessary collateral to start their own businesses. More than seventy countries around the world have at least one constraint on women’s property rights.

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Parched manufacturing city in India brings in water by rail

mid the green Yelagiri hills of southern India, the train inches along the tracks, carrying what has become precious cargo: drinking water bound for Chennai, India’s parched Motor City. Demand for water in the manufacturing and IT hub on the Bay of Bengal far outstrips supply, forcing authorities to take extreme and costly measures to serve the city’s 10 million people. And so, every day, the train sets out on a four-hour, 216-kilometer (134-mile) journey, its 50 tank cars carrying 2.5 million liters (660,000 gallons) of water drawn from a dam on the Cauvery River. The train is classic Indian “jugaad,” the Hindi word for a makeshift solution to a complicated problem.

Executive engineer K. Raju confessed this is not the best engineering solution to Chennai’s water problem. “But this is a timely way to help and that’s all. This is not a permanent solution,” he said. Building an underground pipeline that brings in water from closer areas would be better, he said.As with other fast-growing cities in the developing world, Chennai’s water woes were years in the making. Chennai’s population has more than tripled in three decades, with people arriving to take jobs at pharmaceutical research and development labs, auto plants and high-tech industries. The runaway growth — combined with poor maintenance of its four reservoirs, ineffective sewage systems and, more recently,

delayed monsoon rains — has left India’s sixth-largest city high and dry. Or nearly so. Every day, a train makes a 134-mile journey to bring 660,000 gallons of drinking water to Chennai. Its reservoirs are empty, and it is relying on dwindling groundwater sources and two desalination plants for the vast majority of its water. Since June, the water board in Chennai has been turning off the taps for all but a couple of hours a day. In early July, the government of Tamil Nadu state, of which Chennai is the capital,

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Workers fill wagons of a train with drinking water piped in from the Mettur dam on the Cauvery River, at Jolarpet railway station, 216 kilometers (135 miles) from Chennai in the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. On its daily sojourn, the 50tank train carries two and a half million liters of drinking water, a small but critical source for Chennai’s water board, which is employing an army of trucks to deliver 500 million liters of water a day since desiccated reservoirs and fastdiminishing groundwater forced the city to ration public tap water to millions of users for months.

approved a crash engineering project to bring in water by rail for the next six months at a cost of about $94 million. Raju’s team had just 10 days to lay the necessary 650 meters (half-mile) of pipeline and install a pumping system to put water into rail cars formerly used to carry cooking oil.

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In 1970, the Indian government planned to flood 8.3 square kilometers of pristine evergreen tropical forest by building a hydroelectric plant to provide power and jobs to the state of Kerala. And they would have succeeded—if it weren’t for a burgeoning people’s science movement, buttressed by a pioneering female botanist. At 80 years old, Janaki Ammal used her status as a valued national scientist to call for the preservation of this rich hub of biodiversity. Today Silent Valley National Park in Kerala, India, stands as one of the last undisturbed swaths of forest in the country, bursting with lion-tailed macaques, endangered orchids and nearly 1,000 species of endemic flowering plants. Sometimes called “the first Indian woman botanist,” Ammal leaves her mark in the pages of history as a talented plant scientist who developed several hybrid crop species still grown today, including varieties of sweet sugarcane that India could grow on its own lands instead of importing from abroad. Her memory is preserved in the delicate white magnolias named after her, and a newly developed, yellow-petaled rose hybrid that now blooms in her name. In her later years, she became a forceful advocate for the value and preservation of India’s native plants, earning recognition as a pioneer of indigenous approaches to the environment. Edavaleth Kakkat Janaki Ammal was born in 1897, the tenth in a blended family of 19 brothers and sisters in Tellicherry (now Thalassery) in the Indian state of Kerala. Her father, a judge in a subordinate court system in Tellicherry, kept a garden in their home and wrote two books on birds in the North Malabar region of India. It was in this environment that Ammal found her affinity for the natural sciences, according to her niece, Geeta Doctor. As she grew up, Ammal watched as many of her sisters wed through arranged marriages. When her turn came, she made a different choice. Ammal embarked on a life of scholarship over one of matrimony, obtaining a bachelor’s degree from Queen Mary’s College, Madras and an honors degree in botany from the Presidency College. It was rare for women to choose this route since women and girls were discouraged from higher education, both in India and internationally. In 1913, literacy among women in India was less than one percent, and fewer than 1,000 women in total were enrolled in school above tenth grade, writes historian of science Vinita Damodaran (and Ammal’s distant

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Popular Punjabi singer says he was punched following Vancouver concert

The post says: “Guru is home now feeling safe in India,” raising some concerns he’ll be less likely to perform in Vancouver again. There has been an outpouring of support for Randhawa on social media. The Instagram post on the incident is already one of his most-liked posts in recent months. Amandip Panesar, a local DJ ,says the alleged incident is bad for fans and for Punjabi culture. “I don’t think there is a Punjabi wedding or function that his music doesn’t get played,” said Panesar, who performs under the name DJ Reminsce. “We do have a huge Punjabi community outside of India that resides in B.C., so it’s a big blow.” Panesar doesn’t believe Randhawa will want to come back to B.C. in the short-term with the memory of the alleged attack still fresh but isn’t discounting a return in the future.

“Time will heal and if the right security protocols are negotiated, and the price is right, I don’t know why he wouldn’t want to come back. It’s a business for him at the end of the day. Const. Steve Addison with the Vancouver Police Department confirmed it received a call around 10 p.m. July 28, for a report of an assault. However, after talking with Randhawa, police say it became apparent that he didn’t want to participate in the investigation. With no victim in the country, police consider the case concluded. “Victims of crime have different reasons for wanting to be involved in investigations or choosing not to be involved in investigations,” said Addison. “In this case, it was this victim’s prerogative not to participate in the investigation and we respect that.” Investigators did say they are still working o identify the alleged attacker for “intelligence purposes.”

Surrey unveils Komagata Maru Way signs New commemorative street signs in Surrey will honour the victims of the 1914 Komagata Maru incident. The city unveiled the new signs Wednesday (July 31) that are to be installed on 75A Avenue between 120th Street and 121A Street. “Today, council put into action what we approved a little over three weeks ago to name a Surrey street to remember the victims of the Komagata Maru incident,” said Mayor Doug McCallum at the unveiling. “Komagata Maru Way is proof that the citizens of Surrey will not forget the injustices of the past and that we are a city that welcomes and embraces people from all over the world.” Surrey council voted in favour of installing the commemorative street name signs during its July 8 meeting. As well, city council voted in favour of other staff recommendations – identified by the

Surrey Heritage Advisory Commission during its May meeting – which called for a research project on South Asians in Surrey, a heritage storyboard and for the city continue to offer programming that “shares the culture, history and contributions of South Asian residents in Surrey.” Raj Toor, whose grandfather came to Canada on the Komagata Maru, along with the Descendants of the Komagata Maru Society, had been pushing for the City of Surrey to rename a street in honour of the passengers. Toor previously said, he thought Surrey would be a good fit to memorialize the passengers because the city has such a large South Asian community.

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BC gives Uber a cautious go-ahead IF YOU LOOK Chinese and speak Mandarin you can summon a ride in Vancouver by using an app, as long as it’s Chinese. The drivers normally call to confirm the order, says Daniel Merkin, who lives in the Canadian city. “Sometimes they’ll hang up on me when they realise I don’t speak Mandarin,” he says. But he keeps trying, because popular ride-hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, are not available. Vancouver is the only big North American city where they do not operate. The Chinese service is not legal, but it is tolerated. From page 1

Mr Merkin hopes that his options will soon expand. In July the province of British Columbia, which licenses drivers, said it would allow the big ride-hailing services in. They could start operations by late September. But British Columbia has made their entry difficult by requiring drivers to hold commercial licences. That may deter part-timers who provide much of the services’ workforce. Lyft does not operate in places that require such licences

This city in India swaps plastic for free meals

India suffers from a level of hunger classed as ‘serious’, according to the 2018 Global Hunger Index. The cafe - inspired by other such projects in Belgium and Cambodia - will open in the city of Ambikapur in the central state of Chhattisgarh. Under the scheme, the garbage cafe, which has been built in a converted bus shelter, will provide a full meal in exchange for 1kg of rubbish, or a free breakfast for 500g of waste. For example, 1kg of plastic - that would typically take a couple of hours to collect - can be exchanged for a curry with rice, lentils and papadams. For half that weight, customers can receive a breakfast of samosas, lentil doughnuts or stuffed flatbreads. The collected garbage is then sent to a recycling plant which turns it into plastic granules. And like many of India’s plastic recycling schemes, this shredded plastic is used for road surfacing. There are more than 34,000 km of plastic

roads in the country, mostly in rural areas, and this type of road surface is increasingly popular because it makes the roads more resilient to India’s searing temperatures. Just 14% of the world’s plastic waste in 2015 was recycled. Last year, the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, made an ambitious pledge to eliminate all single-use plastic by 2022. Fulfilling this promise is a huge challenge as India is the fastest growing economy in the world with a population of almost 1.4 billion. And just 14% of the world’s plastic waste was recycled in 2015. Dealing with the hunger crisis is also critical. The country continues to have one of the world’s highest child undernutrition rates, and has about 195 million undernourished people sharing a quarter of the global hunger burden, according to UN figures. Food insecurity in India may be damaging children’s ability to learn – and the future economy

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RCMP admits it has no idea where BC fugitives are, as tips come in from as far away as northern Ontario RCMP is scaling back its search of Manitoba’s rugged northern hinterland for two teenaged murder suspects, conceding that a large dragnet on the ground, air and water revealed no evidence of where the pair may be, how they got away or whether they are dead or alive. “Over the last week we have done everything we can to locate the suspects,” said Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy, commanding officer of the Manitoba RCMP, in a lengthy public update on the manhunt for Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, last seen near the remote communities of Gillam and Fox Lake Cree Nation. “We searched approximately 11,000 square kilometres in northern Manitoba. “We searched rail lines, hydro corridors, lakes, rivers, vast areas of tundra and muskeg, dense forests and brush.

We conducted exhaustive searches on foot, with dogs and all-terrain vehicles. We used boats on lakes and searched from the air with drones, helicopters and planes. “We used some of the most advanced technologies available and received assistance from some of the most highly skilled search and rescue personnel in the country.” Teen fugitives Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod in undated CCTV images taken in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan. Manitoba RCMP Despite the efforts, including Canadian military aircraft, police seem no further ahead in finding the pair, suspected in the murder of three people in northern British Columbia: Chynna Deese, 24, and Lucas Fowler, 23, a couple on a road trip across Canada, she from the United States and he from Australia; and Leonard Dyck,

64, a lecturer at the University of British Columbia. MacLatchy asked everyone, wherever they are, to remain alert and on the lookout for McLeod and Schmegelsky and to call police with any information of possible sightings. The public is doing just that. Late Wednesday, the Ontario Provincial Police were investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle with two young men inside spotted in a construction zone in Kapuskasking, a town almost 1,000 kilometres north of Toronto and a circuitous 2,350-kilometre drive from Gillam. “At this time the OPP cannot confirm the identity of the people

in the vehicle that was occupied by two males. The OPP is continuing to investigate this incident and is actively looking for the vehicle,” the police force said in a statement. Murder victims: Chynna Deese, 24, and Lucas Fowler, 23; and Leonard Dyck, 64. RCMP It seems unlikely, but when you don’t know where someone is, it’s hard to say for certain where they aren’t. “To be clear, we are not ending this search,” MacLatchy said, adding that RCMP officers will remain in the Gillam area to continue the search, despite there being no recent signs of the fugitives.

Canada’s GDP has a good month of May, jumps 0.2 per cent May was a solid month on the whole for Canada’s economy as the gross domestic product edged up 0.2 per cent, exceeding economists’ expectations. The strong GDP numbers from Statistics Canada suggest the country could be tracking better than the Bank of Canada’s annualized second-quarter growth forecast of 2.3 per cent, economists say. Many economists at Canada’s top banks said Wednesday morning that the country’s GDP could rise at an annualized rate of about 3 per cent in the second quarter, rather than the 2.5 per cent that most were looking at prior to this report. “It’s certainly good news,” Sherry Cooper, chief economist at Dominion Lending Centres, said. “All the economists are raising their forecast for Q2 growth.”

Economists now say the Bank of Canada will probably not cut interest rates like its counterpart, the U.S. Federal Reserve, did on Wednesday afternoon. The American central bank’s interest rates are now set to hover between 2 per cent and 2.25 per cent. Canada’s prime rate is currently 3.95 per cent. “Unless financial conditions deteriorate enough to jeopardize the outlook for the second half of 2019 and 2020, don’t expect the Bank of Canada to match the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts,” Krishen Rangasamy, managing director and senior economist with National Bank, said in a research note.The third solid monthly GDP report in a row signals Canada’s economy is recovering after a weak start to the year. Strength in manufacturing led the growth as vehicle production levels returned to normal after temporary shutdowns at some plants in April.

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Judge denies bid to exclude a Surrey golf course from the ALR A court petition from the owner of a Surrey driving range and golf course in Surrey that sought to reverse a decision that would compel the Agricultural Land Commission to exclude the land from the Agricultural Land Reserve has been dismissed by a judge. The petitioner, R.N.L. Investments Ltd., owns a 9.35-hectare parcel of land in Surrey at 5228 King George Blvd. used as a driving range and par 3 golf course, namely Birdies & Buckets Family Golf Centre. A July 13, 2015 planning and development report from the City of Surrey states the applicant

intends to develop the site as an industrial park. ThepetitionwasheardinB.C.SupremeCourtin Vancouver, with Justice Gordon Funt presiding. In his July 22 reasons for judgment Funt noted that the owner’s original application to the provincial ALC regional panel to have the land excluded from the Agricultural Land Reserve was successful but was denied upon reconsiderationbytheALCexecutivecommittee. Funt noted the petitioner wanted the original decision honoured, arguing that the chairman of the ALC was “biased and fettered his discretion” in referring the original

Police cars collide while responding to report of robbery in Newton Surrey RCMP is asking for witnesses to come forward following a robbery – and a collision between two responding police vehicles – which took place in the Newton area Tuesday night. At around 10:17 p.m. police responded to a report of the attempted robbery of a person outside a residence in the 6800-block of 148 Street. Mounties were told that a male suspect was in possession of a possible firearm, and had demanded personal items from an adult victim. The suspect is described as a Caucasian male, between 20 and 25 years old, 5’8” tall, with brown hair and a thin build. The suspect fled the scene before officers arrived.

Surrey RCMP’s Robbery Unit is continuing the investigation and appealing to the public for more information and possible witnesses. While responding to the call, two police vehicles were involved in a collision at the intersection of 72 Avenue and 140 Street. Both officers were treated at hospital for minor injuries and have since been released. The cause of the collision is under investigation. Anyone with further information about the attempted robbery, or who may have CCTV footage of the suspect, is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502 or, if they wish to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers

Victoria police will be dispatched on priority basis, chief says, as force faces cost pressures Major crimes will still be prioritized but park patrols, responses to neighbourhood issues could face delays. Victoria’s chief constable says budget restraints and staff shortages are forcing his department to prioritize how, when and if it will respond to calls for help from the public. Del Manak said Wednesday the Victoria Police Department plans to transform its service priorities after Victoria and Esquimalt councils couldn’t be

convinced to increase the police budget. Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps saluted the chief ’s comments, saying cost pressures are a reality across Canada and the department’s efforts to reform its delivery of services could become a model for other police forces. “If you talk to any police chief in this country they would say we don’t have enough staff and we don’t have enough resources,” she said. “That is a fact of policing in Canada in the 21st century, without a doubt.

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Huawei 5G wireless decision to wait until after vote: Canada Canadians won’t find out until after this fall’s federal election whether Chinese tech giant Huawei can provide equipment for the country’s next-generation 5G wireless network, Canada’s public safety minister said Tuesday. Ralph Goodale said Canada needs more information from the United States about the nature of the potential security threat posed by the state-owned company. The election is Oct. 21. Goodale commented after Canada and its Five Eyes intelligence allies wrapped up a meeting Tuesday that began with divisions over

whether to let Huawei supply the equipment for the 5G system. The United States and Australia have banned Huawei, citing concerns it is an organ of Chinese military intelligence — a charge the company denies. The issue arises as Canada and China are locked in a political dispute. China’s imprisonment of two Canadians is being seen as retaliation for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s decision to arrest Huawei senior executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition warrant.

CRTC to bring in ‘code of conduct’ for internet providers Canada’s internet providers will soon have to abide by a code of conduct brought in by the country’s telecommunication regulator. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced Wednesday that the new code will protect users against unexpectedly high bills and help negotiate with internet providers. The code, which comes into effect Jan. 31, 2020, will enforce easy to understand

contracts and policies around service calls, outages, security deposits and disconnections. It will force internet providers to give clearer information about prices, including limited time and promotion discounts. The new rules will bring in mandatory “bill shock protection” and notify customers when they reach their data limits and allow users to cancel contracts within 45 days of purchasing with no fees.

Four people die in BC Day long weekend crashes each year: ICBC Long weekends should be relaxing, but for emergency crews, they can be some of the busiest weekends of the year. On average, four people die and 630 people are injured in B.C. in 2,300 crashes every B.C. Day long weekend. Last year, on Vancouver Island alone, 74 people were injured in 310 crashes. During the same weekend, 470 people were injured in 1,400 crashes throughout the Lower Mainland, 78 people were injured in 360 crashes throughout the Southern Interior, and 24 people were injured in

130 crashes throughout the North Central region. ICBC and B.C. police have released a warning to drivers, asking them to take precautions when the province’s highways will be busier than ever. Their biggest request? Slow down. “When you slow down, you see more of the road and have more time to react,” says an ICBC media release. “If you’re caught speeding, you end up paying in a number of ways – from increased insurance premiums to fines and impoundment.”

Two-vehicle collision sends car off Highway 10 in Surrey First responders were on scene of a crash at Highway 10 and 153A Street Wednesday afternoon (July 31). The collision appeared to involve a work truck and a sedan. The truck was just off the highway, while the sedan was in the parking lot of King of Floors. Surrey RCMP Constable Richard Wright

said there were “no serious injuries involved.” “One party has gone to hospital, just as a precuation,” he said.”But it’s not believed there is any serious injuries involved.” Wright said there is a tow truck on the way to take away one vehicle, adding the eastbound curb lane will remain closed until the tow truck arrives

College orders ‘significant’ review of chiropractic treatment in BC for kids under 10 The body that governs chiropractors in B.C. is conducting a “significant” review on the safety of spinal manipulative therapy for kids under the age of 10. In a public notice sent out Wednesday, the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia said it would work with researchers to conduct an “independent rapid research review” of the practice. The college originally began reviewing the risks of spinal manipulative therapy for kids in April, following an Australian decision to temporarily ban the practice for children under the age of two.

However, the college said Wednesday that it was unsatisfied with their April review and that it would conduct a scan of policies and regulations on treating kids with spinal manipulative therapy by chiropractors from other jurisdictions and look further into the curriculum of chiropractic education programs related to the treatment of infants and children. The college will also look into advertising done by chiropractors in B.C. to ensure they are not advertising the treatment of conditions outside the scope of their practice, including those that specifically target children.

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Police seek witnesses in Monday night shooting at Richmond Centre Police are searching for witnesses after a Monday night shooting at Richmond Centre that sent a man to hospital with serious injuries. Richmond RCMP went to a parking lot east of the shopping mall at about 10:20 p.m. after receiving reports a man had been shot near the entrance of the Tim Hortons. A 35-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds and was taken to hospital for serious but not life-threatening injuries, B.C. Emergency Health Services said. Witnesses who spoke to investigators said a silver, twodoor sedan was spotted driving by and that shots could be seen being fired from inside the vehicle before the car sped away. About an hour after the shooting, a car was spotted on fire in the 2100-block of Newport Avenue in Vancouver. Police said it appeared to match the description of the car spotted in the Richmond shooting. Richmond and Vancouver officers

are trying to determine whether it’s the same vehicle in both cases. “Our investigators have reason to believe that

the victim, who is known to us, was targeted,” said Insp. Keith Bramhill of the Richmond RCMP. “We are asking anyone who may have been a witness, or may have been driving in the area and have dash-cam video, to please call us,” Bramhill said. Anyone with information can contact Richmond RCMP at 604-278-1212.

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A month after Vancouver touted its strengthened new tenant protection measures, the neighbouring municipality of Burnaby is looking to go substantially further. Burnaby’s council unanimously moved Monday to direct staff to develop a housing strategy incorporating 18 recommendations from the task force struck by the new mayor to tackle the city’s housing crisis. Renters’ advocates hailed Burnaby’s recommended tenant protections as the strongest in Canada, while, on the other side of the equation, development industry representatives expressed concern about discouraging development in a city already experiencing a housing shortage. The task force formed in January, soon after new Mayor Mike Hurley’s electoral victory late last year over five-term mayor Derek Corrigan, in an election largely focused on the incumbent mayor’s record on housing.

Like many parts of Metro Vancouver, Burnaby had seen a worsening housing crisis in recent years, with critically low vacancy rates and soaring housing costs. But while other Metro municipalities managed to increase rental-housing supply, Burnaby saw a net loss of more than 1,000 purposebuilt rental homes during the 16 years Corrigan was in office. Demoviction, the practice of evicting lower-income tenants by demolishing more affordable buildings, had become a particular concern in Burnaby. Burnaby had become “like a world capital of demovictions,” said Thom Armstrong, executive director of the Co-operative Housing Federation of B.C. and a member of the Burnaby Mayor’s Task Force on Community Housing. Vancouver’s recently approved tenant relocation policy, which Mayor Kennedy Stewart acclaimed as “the most generous and comprehensive package of protections

Watchdog investigates video of Vancouver cop firing beanbag rounds at man on sidewalk The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner has ordered an investigation after a video clip showed a Vancouver police officer fire three beanbag shots at a man during an arrest. The video, which was released Tuesday by homeless advocacy group Against Displacement, appears to show a man lying on the ground with his arms up, surrounded by police officers, as one

yells “get on your stomach. Roll over.” After about a minute of yelling at the man to roll over onto his stomach, a police officer appears to fire three beanbag shots at the man, who is seen rolling around, but does not ever get up

The advocacy group said the video was shot in the Downtown Eastside.

‘Human error’ caused mistakes in 32,000 BC Grade 12’s transcripts: education minister Human error was behind the mistake that caused 32,000 students Grade 12 students to receive incorrect

transcripts this week, according to a statement from B.C.’s education minister. Minister Rob Fleming said the error happened “when data was being manually transferred between systems.” The mistake, made public late Tuesday, sent B.C. students and parents into a panic. Many post-secondary institutions require final transcripts for high school students to be submitted in early August, and some require official printed copies, not emails or photocopies, to confirm enrolment. The B.C. government said that as of Wednesday, the transcripts found online will be the correct ones. Some parents, like Langley mom Jane Illot, were concerned that late transcripts might hamper her son Callum’s ability to confirm his enrolment with the Royal Military College. “He’s waiting to show the Royal Military College that yes, he has passed Grade 12, he has passed these exams. They don’t have these exams in Ontario,” Illot said. “I can’t really see that they’re going to be incredibly patient getting his transcript.” Some post-secondary institutions, like the University of Alberta, have confirmed they will allow extra time to hand in B.C. students’ transcripts. Fleming said that “grades will be communicated directly to post-secondary institutions.” In his statement, the education minister said he knew “this has caused anxiety for students and their families.

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Saturday, August 3, 2019 Insurance investigators raided the home office last month of a Richmond, B.C., driving instructor suspected of hacking the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notoriously backlogged wait list for road tests. According to court documents obtained by CBC News, the man was able to schedule road tests for his students in as little as two days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; when the wait for everyone else is as long as three months.

Driving instructor hacked auto insurance computers A search warrant obtained for the instructorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home says his computerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s internet address has been linked to hundreds of suspicious transactions involving the booking of coveted road tests slots for his clients. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are a number of transactions that are occurring within seconds or simultaneously to other related

transactions,â&#x20AC;? the search warrant reads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This type of activity is not humanly possible and is believed to be being completed by a computer program or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;BOT.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Where thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a will, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; CBC is not naming the driving instructor because he hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been charged with any offence. His lawyer said he wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comment at this time.

But according to the search warrant, investigators with the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) say they have grounds to believe the man committed fraud by depriving the insurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other customers of road test appointments. The wait time for road tests has spiked since ICBC, the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s auto insurance provider, made its tests more challenging in 2016. The insurer has blamed the clogged system on drivers who repeatedly fail.

Manhunt for murder suspects shrinking but not ending The extensive, nine-day manhunt for two alleged killers in northern Manitoba is shrinking. With no new leads to pursue, RCMP have decided to â&#x20AC;&#x153;reassess deployment of resourcesâ&#x20AC;? in the remote community of Gillam, Man. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy said investigators covered 11,000 square kilometres in the air and searched more than 500 homes and buildings with no signs of Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod.

The longtime friends are wanted in connection with the deaths of three people in B.C. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even with this extraordinary effort, we have not had any confirmed sightings of the suspects since the burned vehicle was located,â&#x20AC;? MacLatchy said at a news conference in Winnipeg on Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To be clear, we are not ending this search. A number of resources will remain positioned in the Gillam area and will continue the efforts to locate the murder suspects.â&#x20AC;?

Vancouver Island politician wants compensation for colleagues who bike to board meetings Board members at the Regional District of Nanaimo who bike to district meetings will not be compensated for cycling, but one member is holding out hope they could be in the future. Teunis Westbroek, town councillor

for Qualicum Beach and a director with the regional district, was one of three board members who voted for a bylaw amendment that would have provided a mileage allowance for non-motorized transportation.

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Trout Lake to open after 13-day closure Trout Lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-week swimming closure is over. Vancouver Coastal Health announced Wednesday afternoon that the water is good to go, 13 days after high E. coli counts prompted its closure. Closed on July 27, Kits Beach remains the lone swimming area in

Vancouver thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off limits to swimmers. Sunset Beach and Trout Lake, as well as Ambleside Beach in West Vancouver and Snug Cove on Bowen Island, were all closed to swimming due to E. coli earlier this month. Snug Cove is the only other body of water that remains closed out of that initial slew of advisories.

VPD asks for help identifying pair connected to serious assault of man in wheelchair Vancouver police are asking the public for help identifying two people connected to the serious assault of a man in a wheelchair earlier this month.

According to cops, a 44-year-old Vancouver resident was left with serious injuries after being attacked in the underground parking lot of an apartment building on Cecil Street near Kingsway on July 4. On Wednesday, police released images of two people captured on a CCTV camera near the scene of the assault. The pair havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been named as suspects, but VPD investigators believe they may have useful information. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The VPD believes the two individuals in the photos, a man and a woman, may have information about this assault. We are hopeful that the public can assist us in identifying the pair,â&#x20AC;? said Sgt. Jason Robillard. While the images are grainy, the male in the photo is believed to be a white man with a slim build and blond hair. He was wearing a denim jacket, a shirt with a large â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; on the front, black shorts, black flip-flops and a black baseball hat. The woman, also

believed to be Caucasian, has a medium build and orange or blond hair. She was wearing a black, cropped top, a red jacket, green camouflage-print capri pants and sandals. Anyone who may recognize the couple in the photos is asked to call the VPD

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Team Canada lights up the sky for Vancouver’s Celebration of Light Team Canada lit up the night sky Wednesday night with fireworks as part of the 29th annual Honda Celebration of Light.Every year the fireworks draw large crowds to popular viewing sites like English Bay and Kitsilano Beach. Vancouver Police said crowds were a little smaller this year, estimating that there were 130,000 people gathered in English Bay, and around 6,000 in Kitsilano. However they

said there were more boats on the water than usual, saying they counted around 350 vessels. TransLink increased train and bus service to accommodate the event and some road closures were in effect for part of the evening in the West End and at Kits Point.

Grade 12 students in BC issued incorrect transcripts after ‘anomaly’ in tabulation of provincial exams Some B.C. secondary students may have incorrect exam results on their final transcripts, caused by an “anomaly” in the tabulation of Grade 12 provincial exams written in June, according to the ministry of education. The ministry says it’s reviewing every June 2019 exam result to ensure student grades are accurately reflected on their transcripts, which can affect admission to post-secondary schools. “We understand that this situation is stressful for students and families. We are focused on resolving this as quickly as possible,” the ministry said in a statement. It said all B.C. secondary schools have been advised of the problem. The ministry is

also contacting all Canadian post-secondary institutions to “ensure no student applications are impacted.” Some schools have since contacted parents. One of them, Sentinel Secondary School in West Vancouver, said in a note to parents on Tuesday it had been in touch with the ministry several times over the past five days about the technical glitch. College admissions scam ‘very unlikely’ to happen at Canadian schools It said results for the English 12 and Francais Langue Seconde 12 exams (taken by grade 12 French-immersion students) may have been affected.

Tanya Corbet named Conservative candidate for Delta Former Tsawwassen First Nation councillor Tanya Corbet will run for the Conservative Party of Canada in this fall’s federal election. Corbet was confirmed as the party’s candidate in late June, and officially kicked off her campaign on July 4 alongside Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer. The Tsawwassen resident is an active member of the community, serving as a member of the Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation’s board of directors, Reach Child and Youth Development Society’s advisory board and as a council member for the BC Capacity Initiative Council, according to a press release. Corbet has also served as vice-chair of Kwantlen

Polytechnic University’s board of governors and as a director of the Reach Foundation. Corbet is a Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) member and has served as an elected executive councillor. She has worked for the TFN government for 20 years and has held key roles with the treaty team and the TFN Economic Development Corporation. She was elected BC Treaty Commission Commissioner by the First Nations Summit for a one-year term beginning in February 2018. Corbet studied at the University of Northern BC and holds a public relations associate certificate from BCIT. She currently works for a local construction company.

BC gov’t launches class action against estate of billionaire Purdue Pharma founder over deceptive marketing of opioids since 1996 The B.C. government launched a class action against the estate of Purdue Pharma founder Raymond Sackler, claiming the company’s deceptive marketing and promotion of opioidbased painkillers have “caused a crisis of Opioid abuse, addiction, and death in Canada.” Her Majesty the Queen in right of British Columbia filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court under the Class Proceedings Act on July 16. The proposed class includes all federal, provincial and territorial governments and agencies that have paid health-care, pharmaceutical and treatment costs related to opioids marketed by the Purdue group of companies since 1996.

Hot & sunny long weekend Hot and sunny long weekend ahead, temperatures will be hitting 30s with lots of sunshine across Metro Vancouver over the next few days. The good news is we have a beautiful long weekend of sunshine and warm temperatures ahead of us. Then rain, is just setting the stage for some sizzling summer weather. Over the next few days we are in for some sunny skies and temperatures reaching up in to the high 20s. Saturday: A mix of sun & cloud. High 24. Humidex 28. UV index 8 or very high. Source: Environment Canada

“Purdue marketed and promoted Opioids in Canada as less addictive than was actually known to them and for conditions they knew the drugs were not effective in treating,” the claim states. “Raymond R. Sackler personally participated in the development, approval and implementation of Purdue Pharma USA’s aggressive and deceptive marketing campaigns.” According to the claim, Sackler served as Purdue’s CEO and later on the company’s board until his death in 2017. Ten years earlier, Purdue Pharma USA pleaded guilty to charges of deceptive marketing of OxyContin, for which the company was fined $700 million.

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‘I do feel a lot of sressure’ Kriti Sanon Like in “Arjun…” I play a small-town reporter. They behave in a different way from their metro counterparts, and I have to understand their body language and thinking process besides acting in that role between “Action!”

when we met at the Hotel J.W. Marriott. Q: What are the challenges in comedies since this can be called your third humor-laden film? A: But all have been of different kinds. This one is quite over-the-top and it is difficult to do this as you have to make it believable. In “Housefull 4,” my next film, I am again in a different comic zone. Comedy is a flavor I like and I hope to learn and get better with every film. Artistes like Seema Pahwa and Mohammed Zeeshan in “Bareilly…” and “Luka Chhupi” respectively help me get better. Diljit and Varun Sharma – I worked with him in “Dilwale” – are absolute naturals. And Akshay Kumar-sir and Riteish Deshmukh are incredible in “Housefull 4.” Besides, I think that it’s my job to do any role convincingly. These fabulous actors are people from whom I learn something, even if subconsciously.

of “Luka Chhupi” and “Arjun Patiala”) told me to roam around Budapest alone, which I NEVER do! I did it for seven days, but I do not know whether that helped me, though I picked up a bit of the language. On the other hand, when I was to do an emotional sequence for my first film “Heropanti,” I had a bad fight with someone and was almost in tears just before the shot. I recalled that we should use such experiences.

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S h e’s five years old in films, and her releases have been five too – besides two cameos and a couple of Telugu films. Kriti Sanon started with “Heropanti” in 2014 (after a Telugu debut earlier in “Nenukaddine”) and went on to do “Dilwale,” “Raabta,” “Bareilly Ki Barfi” and “Luka Chhupi,” besides song cameos in “Stree” and “Kalank.” With an 80 percent hit score as a lead, Sanon is now set to star in her newest small-town film, “Arjun Patiala,” with Diljit Dosanjh and Varun Sharma as co-stars. It is her first “spoof comedy,” and she was gung-ho about humor in general, as we discovered

and “Cut!” Q: You said you went online to study some bloopers for this role. We know you also interacted with so many local college girls before doing “Bareilly…” as well, so are you in the process of becoming a method actor? A: No, because I do not know what works for me in any film. I have never done workshops or theater. With “Raabta,” my director Dinesh Vijan (also producer

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Pr iy an k a Chopra Jonas has thanked her in-laws Kevin and Denise Jonas for loving her like their own daughter. On the occasion of Father’s Day on June 16, Priyanka tweeted a photograph of herself along with her father-in-law and captioned it: “Happy Father’s Day Papa Kevin Jonas I feel blessed to have you and Mama Denise Jonas in my life! Thank you for taking me in as your daughter with so much love and warmth. Love you loads. Happy Father’s Day.” Pr iy an k a married her pop singer husband Nick in December 2018. The couple married at Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur in traditional Hindu and Christian

ceremonies. T h e 36-year-old actress on June 17 also shared a photograph of her mother M a d h u C h o p r a on to wish her happy b i r t h d a y. “ B e s t birthday girl ever. Madhu Chopra I love you. Thank you for being my rock,” she captioned. On the Bollywood f r o n t , Priyanka has wrapped up shooting for Shonali Bose’s “The Sky Is Pink.” It also stars F a r h a n Akhtar and Zaira Wasim.

Jacqueline Fernandez hits 30 million mark on Instagram 30 million mark following on Instagram Jacqueline Fernandez is grateful to her fans for sending all the love. She is receiving wishes from all across. Not just that, grateful for the wishes, Fernandez is personally replying to the fans on her profile. Fans are showering her with love, and the actress is so generous that she is replying to all her fans and thanking them for the immense love they have for her. This is the kind of rapport Jacqueline has with the fans. Apart from this, celebs like Shilpa Shetty, Preity Zinta, Farah Khan and Diana Penty have congratulated her on this massive success. From her sartorial picks to keeping us updated with her fitness routine, books to travel, the

actress is very active on her social media and keeps it real with all the BTS images and videos from the set where she is shooting or a place she is traveling. Touted to be a positive growth leader and hailed as the most influential celebr ity, Fernandez always succeeds in impressing the fans with her dazzling looks. , creating a statement like always!

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ginny weds Sunnyâ&#x20AC;? Small high-concept films have always been on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ginny and Sunny invite you to be a a high in Hindi cinema in the last few years. Stars, part of the funniest and craziest wedding. if the subject is interesting as well as executed Aaiyega zaroor!â&#x20AC;? This is the media release e f f i c i e nt l y, issued by the are no more makers of the a compulsion just-launched for a film. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ginny Weds V i n o d Sunny.â&#x20AC;? Bachchan The film presents, stars Yami Ginny Weds G a u t a m Sunny, a and Vikrant Soundrya Massey in Production. the lead roles. Produced Directed by by Vinod debutant Bachchan, Puneet R. directed Khanna and by Puneet produced Khanna, by Vinod the film is Bachchan, all set to go the â&#x20AC;&#x153;baaraatâ&#x20AC;? on floors by arrives in Sept. 1, 2019. 2020, say the confident filmmakers.

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Aries

March 21 - April 20 With three planets in your sector of creativity and leisure, the coming weeks can be an exciting journey, encouraging you to promote your skills and talents.The emphasis on this sector of your chart is all about selfexpression, but doing it in a very playful way. It gives your inner child the chance to show up and enjoy some fun activities. This kind your creative well, especially if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve

Taurus

April 21 - May 20 This is a time when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll very much enjoy homey activities, such as entertaining, getting your house in order, and starting DIY projects. And with lovely Venus newly in this zone, beautifying your home may take priority. This might involve giving certain rooms a fresh coat of paint or purchasing pieces of art that uplift and inspire you. You could be a tad frustrated and seeking excitement on Monday, though. Be prepared, because an unexpected guest could show up.

Gemini

May 20 - June 21 You have the wit and sparkle of a polished gem as a vibrant lineup in your sector of communication makes you a smooth operator. This is very much a time to market your business via social media or any other method that works for you. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re good at giving speeches and presentations, you can excel now, and this is an excellent way to establish yourself. Stay on the alert on Monday, though, because you could make an embarrassing mistake. Freudian slips really can happen, and

Cancer

June 22 - July 23

This is very much a time to be creative with your money and come up with imaginative ways to make more. Everybody would like to increase their earnings, and this is a very real possibility for you over the coming weeks. If you approach your boss with the right attitude, you might be able to you think. Equally, if you work for yourself, this can be a very creative time when all kinds of new ideas spring to mind that might

Leo

June 24 - August 23 The cosmos encourages you to roar as loudly as possible to show that you rule the sign, you are shining brightly and attracting plenty of attention. This is one of the best times to showcase your work, delegate tasks, or take charge of a creative project. You have the authority to make others listen and support you in your endeavors.

Virgo A lot of your focus may be on the inside - the coming weeks could see you eager to develop your potential. With a focus on Leo and your spiritual zone, this can be a very empowering time with a lot happening behind the scenes. This is an opportunity to tie up loose ends dragging on and draining you in the process. If you need the help of a life coach or therapist to work with you, this can be an excellent time to make a start. Changing your beliefs and being willing to let go of limiting patterns can open a whole new world.

Libra

Sept. 24 - Oct 22 You seem to be in permanent party mode ! " # left, right, and center. However, it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be possible to accept all of them, so try to pick those that seem most enjoyable or most useful. Monday could see a secret coming to light, and it might happen accidentally. Even

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Scorpio

Oct 23 - Nov 22 This is the time to make your mark and " ! yourself in the spotlight this week and over the # $ Venus move through your sector of goals and career. Promote, promote, promote, and you may ! % into making things happen, and this is what counts.

Sagitarius Nov 23 - Dec 22

The feeling of wanderlust could get stronger this week and over the coming weeks with a dynamic focus on your sector of travel and adventure. You may feel moved to learn a new language so you can journey through a country and authentically connect with the people and the culture. However, you might be just as happy to & you end up. You may feel quite energized and vital, so something like trekking or hiking could be perfect for giving you a daily physical workout

Capricorn Dec 23 - Jan 20

If there is one thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constant, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s change. This week and over the coming weeks, the focus on your sector of transformation and rebirth could encourage you to let go of the old and embrace the new. As this sector is also involved with shared assets, business, and doing very well. In order to get what you want, you might need to be a tad theatrical or dramatic when giving a business presentation or asking

Aquarius

Jan 21 - Feb 19 Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have plenty of help, with a sterling lineup in your sector of relating revealing just how much others are willing to support and encourage you. Whatever you hope to %

& # team than trying to do it alone. The experience and input of those involved can add immeasurably to the success of your project. In addition, with the new moon in your relationship zone on Wednesday, this is a good time to consider collaborating with another person or a group.

Pisces

Feb 20 - March 20 With a very positive alignment showing up in your sector of work and lifestyle, the coming weeks can see you eager to make progress. This isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the time to be modest, though, but rather to stand out from the crowd and showcase your natural skills and talents to the best of your ability. As this is also your wellness zone, you might take extra pride in your appearance. This might be accomplished by increasing your exercise level and perhaps shedding a few pounds.

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hough item songs are on a constant rise in Bollywood despite being under the scanner, Czechoslovakian born Yana Gupta, who sizzled on the big screen in the song ‘Babuji zaraa dheere chalo’, finds nothing wrong with them as “masses love it”. “People enjoy watching item songs, then who is it who decides how moral it is? Item songs are in demand, and that’s why they are happening right now. Masses are really interested in these numbers and they love it,”

“Nobody forces you for anything,” said Yana, who admits she was offered a number by a big production house recently, and she chose not to do it. For now, Yana is upbeat about a new TV show ‘Life Mein Ek Baar 2’, which goes on air on FOX Traveller. On a South African adventure with actress Barbara Mori, model-VJ Archana Vijaya, model Diandra Soares and southern actress Kirat Bhattal, Yana had a great time shooting

Yana told IANS over from London. The day the audience says “no” to item numbers is the day filmmakers will stop including these in movies, added the 33-yearold, who feels the current take on item songs is “hypocritical”. Besides, she said, it depends on an actors’ personal choice to do a song, and how to do it.

for the show. She is all for all-girls trips, and believes it can be “an empowering experience for women of all ages”. “It is just about doing something you love doing, and overcoming your fears. So I do feel women should go out and just enjoy doing what they love most,” she said.

Aamir Khan is shattering box office records left, right and centre. But can he transform his place in the hearts of everyday Chinese into a bridge between nations? Star with many names. “India’s conscience” to Chinese media; “Guaranteed Sales” to film distributors, and nothing less than Nan Shen (Male God) to Mandarin-speaking silver screen lovers. Yet those most familiar with the man shattering record books for Bollywood

films in China refer simply – and fondly – to “Uncle Aamir”. Forward Aamir Khan, an actor described by some as India’s greatest cultural export to China since Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate whose stories held the Middle Kingdom so spellbound in the early 20th century. Khan’s movie, Secret Superstar, a 150-minute film that has become one of the most profitable

unny Leone has been doing it all from her films to TV shows, and even promoting her makeup business. When not neck deep in work commitments, the star makes it a point to jet out on relaxing holidays with her hubby Daniel Weber and their three kids. This time around, the beauty headed over to Jaipur for a short break and surprised fans with a stunning photo to assure all that she is having a swell time there. Posting a mirror selfie in a floral bikini, the star not only showed off her curves but also gave everyone a good look at her sculpted abs. “Pulled this bikini after a long time! Time for a swim in my private villa pool here in Jaipur! Gorgeous resort!” she captioned the photo. While shooting for her TV show, Sunny also ventured South and starred in ‘Madhuraja’ featuring superstar Mammootty in the lead. Known by the name Sunny Leone a Canadianborn Indian-American star and actress, model, currently in Indian film industry, Bollywood. She has American citizenship. She has also used the stage name Karen Malhotra.[8][9] She was named Penthouse Pet of the Year in 2003, was a contract performer for Vivid Entertainment, and

was named by Maxim as one of the 12 top porn stars in 2010. She has played roles in independent mainstream events, films and television series. Her first mainstream appearance was in 2005, when she worked as a red carpet reporter for the MTV Video Music Awards on MTV India. In 2011, she participated in the Indian reality television series Bigg Boss. She also has hosted the Indian reality show Splitsvilla. In 2012, she made her Bollywood debut in Pooja Bhatt’s erotic thriller Jism 2 (2012) and shifted her focus to mainstream acting which was followed up with Jackpot (2013), Ragini MMS 2 (2014), Ek Paheli Leela (2015) and Tera Intezaar (2017). Apart from her acting career she has been part of activism campaigns including the Rock ‘n’ Roll Los Angeles Half-Marathon to raise money for the American Cancer Society and has also posed for a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) ad campaign with a rescued dog, encouraging pet owners to have their cats and dogs spaye and neutered. Since 2011, Leone has been with musician Daniel Weber.

Dimple Kapadia in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Veteran Indian actress Dimple Kapadia has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s action epic “Tenet,” which will also feature Robert Pattinson and Michael Caine, and will be shot across seven countries, including India. The makers announced the espionage thriller on May 22, reported Variety.com. While Kapadia, 61, is yet to comment on it, celebrities from Bollywood have cheered her on. Anil Kapoor, who starred in American series “24”, called her casting “phenomenal,” while filmmaker Anurag Kashyap tweeted wrote: “So cool... Dimple Kapadia in a Chris Nolan Film... Wow.” Producer Guneet Monga sent in congratulations. Dimple Kapadia, who made her screen debut with 1973’s Bollywood film “Bobby,” is a National Award winner. She has proved her mettle in Indian cinema with an eclectic mix of parallel and commercial films like “Rudaali,” “Krantiveer,” “Dil Chahta Hai,” and “Finding Fanny” among others. Mumbai-based talent manager Purvi Lavingia Vats, who was instrumental in getting Ali Fazal a role in “Fast and

Furious 7,” said she pitched Dimple for the role to Nolan’s casting team in Los Angeles. “Dimple is a great and a wonderful person. She is the only Indian actor to be a part of this project as of now. They will be shooting the film in different countries, and India is one of them,” Vats said. “It took me a few months of convincing. But Dimple was up for it. It is something different for her, and it was an interesting process to make it all a reality,” added Vats, who is focussed about getting more international exposure for Indian talent. “Tenet” was so far being described as a “massive, innovative, action blockbuster,” but plot specifics are under wraps, reported IndieWire.Pattinson, John David Washington, and Lea Seydoux are previously announced cast members. Apart from Dimple, the new joiners in the film, to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in theatres worldwide on July 17, 2020, include Aaron TaylorJohnson, Kenneth Branagh, Clemence Poesy and Caine. Pattinson had teased the scale of the film in an earlier interview to USA Today. He had said: “I’ve been a little wary of doing big movies for years and years, but there’s just something about Chris Nolan’s stuff.

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Saturday, August 3, 2019

Forestry roundtable finds social impact of forestry crisis just as damaging as economic shock Government needs to look at the social impact of the forestry crisis as much as the economic shock. This is the message that BC Liberal MLAs received today at a forestry roundtable held in Kelowna, just days after Tolko announced a curtailment at its operations in that community. “I have been travelling to communities across B.C. and the message is the same,” says BC Liberal Forestry Critic and Nechako

Lakes MLA John Rustad. “People are deeply concerned about their future and they want to know government is listening to their concerns. Unfortunately John Horgan and the NDP are missing in action on the frontlines of the forestry crisis and something needs to be done now.” The Kelowna roundtable comes one day after the family-run Sinclar Group announced it is being forced to curtail its operations in

Local MLAs are heralding a decision Local advocacy keeps historical to delay movement of historical paperbased documents from the Kamloops Land Land Title and Survey Authority (LTSA) Title Office to Victoria, an unpopular move that have delayed plans to move to a new office would have resulted in dozens of jobs lost in until January 2022, with records moving Kamloops and damage to critical, original land to Victoria by December 2021. This will title records. After facing strong backlash from provide an opportunity to gather feedback the public, First Nations, and local officials, the from stakeholders on the preservation

Fort St. James, Vanderhoof and Prince George. “We can’t wait while John Horgan’s government remains inactive on yet another mill closure,” says Steve Thomson, MLA for Kelowna-Mission and former forestry minister. “This is a difficult time for everyone and our community needs to know their government is listening.” “We cannot look at just the industry,

we need to recognize the ripple effect these closures will have,” says Norm Letnick, MLA for Kelowna- Lake Country. “One in seventeen jobs in B.C. are tied to the forestry industry, directly and indirectly. The United Way have already written to Premier Horgan with a request for $3 million so that we can start getting much needed social resources to communities devastated by mill shutdowns. The NDP needs to act before it’s too late.”

land titles records in Kamloops and accessibility of historic land title records, particularly those related to First Nations. “Doug Donaldson, the Minister Responsible for the Land Title and Survey Authority, was heavy-handed in his haste to move these records to

Victoria so hitting the pause button on this decision was the least he could do,” noted Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone. “That said, there is no defensible reason for moving any of these records at any time, so I will continue to fight to keep these critical records in Kamloops permanently.”

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Komagata Maru Way street signs officially unveiled in Surrey

From left to right: Raj Toor, Descendants of the Komagata Maru Society, Mayor Doug McCallum, Councillor Laurie Guerra and Councillor Mandeep Nagra

Surrey City Council approved the commemorative naming of a Surrey street to remember the victims of the 1914 Komagata Maru incident. The installation of the commemorative street signs that say Komagata Maru Way on 75A Avenue between 120 Street and 121A Street have been installed and officially unveiled by Mayor Doug McCallum last week. “Today, Council put into action what we approved a little over three weeks ago to name a Surrey street to remember the

victims of the Komagata Maru incident,” said Mayor Doug McCallum. “Komagata Maru Way is proof that the citizens of Surrey will not forget the injustices of the past and that we are a city that welcomes and embraces people from all over the world.” In addition to the commemorative street signs, Council also approved the installation of a storyboard at R.A Nicholson Park, explaining the history of the Komagata Maru and a city project to document the history and contributions of the earliest South Asian residents in Surrey.

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Forest minister needs to act before it’s too late Following yet another mill shut down announced yesterday at Tolko’s Kelowna operation, BC Liberal Forestry Critic and Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad is calling on NDP forests minister Doug Donaldson to act quickly before more temporary mill closures become permanent. “So far this year there have been five mills closed permanently

and more than 125 weeks of temporary shutdowns announced without any tangible response from the provincial government,” says BC Liberal Forestry Critic and Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad. “Unless John Horgan and the NDP act quickly we could be seeing many of these temporary curtailments become permanent closures.

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Vancouver, Toronto lead in CBRE’s top tech talent ranking Global property brokerage CBRE released a report earlier this month that scored and ranked the top 50 markets for tech talent in the U.S. and Canada. CBRE used 13 criteria to build the list, including elements such as the local supply of tech talent, concentration of that talent, wages, housing and office costs and the overall market outlook for the local tech industry. Four Canadian cities earned a place on that list. Toronto ranked as Canada’s highest at third place overall (just behind the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle). Vancouver ranked 12th,

The latest Canadian house price forecast from Moody’s Analytics really has no good news for anyone. If you’re a homeowner hoping to make big equity gains, forget it. And if you’re an aspiring homebuyer hoping for a reprieve from astronomical urban house prices, forget

Montreal 13th and Ottawa 19th. Last week Postmedia reached out to CBRE brokers in each of the four Canadian markets to discuss the strengths and weaknesses and then revealed what’s working well in Ottawa and Montreal, and what needs some attention. Now we’ll focus on Toronto and Vancouver. Universities and post-secondary schools in the Vancouver region continue to graduate plenty of skilled workers who can move into the tech industry fairly quickly and be productive, said Jason Kiselbach, a vice-

president with CBRE in Vancouver. “People also want to live here, which is a big thing for tech companies. They’re usually about lifestyle, so there is that attractiveness,” he said. Like the other Canadian markets, Vancouver ranked at the bottom of the pile in terms of overall wage and office costs, which means the market provides good bang for your buck — if you’re a tech employer — but is not so great if you’re a worker earning relatively lower wages in an expensive city “One of the potential challenges

is our residential market and how low the vacancy is for rental housing,” Kiselbach said. It’s going to be tough for companies to locate or expand here if their prospective staff can’t find affordable homes, he said. Vancouver is also struggling with low office vacancy, which makes it tough for tech firms looking to locate or expand here. “It’s at a record low and the new supply that is coming on is being absorbed rather fast, so that’s going to be a challenge as well.” TORONTO Rank: 3rd; Score: 69.88 Toronto’s rank near the top of the list speaks for itself. Toronto

Canadian house price forecast: What the next 5 years will look like in 33 cities that too. The forecast calls for house prices nationwide to grow by an average of 2.2 per cent per year over the next five years. Given that the Bank of Canada is predicting inflation at 2 per cent in the coming years, this means that inflation-adjusted house prices will likely

see no net growth. With Canada’s economy bouncing back from a slowdown at the start of the year, Moody’s expects mortgage rates to rise by a full percentage point over the next two years. That increase in monthly housing costs, combined with high prices and high debt levels,

will keep prices in check, the research firm predicts. “House price appreciation will slow down in 2020, turn briefly negative in 2021, and only recover in the following years,” wrote Andres Carbacho-Burgos, a director and head housing economist at Moody’s Analytics.

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Growth in Greater Vancouver house prices slowing: realtor survey

rices for homes in Greater Vancouver have stalled over the last two quarters, a new survey says, even as prices year over year still show big growth. The latest Royal LePage House Price Survey, released Tuesday, shows that when compared to the same time a year ago, the aggregate home price in the region is up 7.2 per cent to $1,269,816, with condominium sales driving much of that growth: the median condo price is up 18.4 per cent compared to a year ago, at $692,452. But when tracked with data from January, when the same survey showed the aggregate home price was up 8.5 per cent year over year — a number driven again by condos; they were up 20.2 per cent — there has been a slowing in growth over the last six months. The latest survey’s data show there has been little growth over the last two quarters, with the latest three-month period up just 0.5 per cent compared to the first three months of 2018. While the year-over-year growth in aggregate price in Vancouver (2.4 per cent), West Vancouver (3.8 per cent), North Vancouver (5.9 per cent) and Richmond (six per cent) are all below the regional average; Burnaby, Coquitlam, Surrey and Langley saw above average growth of 8.5, 14, 16.4 and 21.2 per cent respectively. The aggregate price in both Surrey and Langley remains below $1 million: Surrey is at $900,433, Langley at $975,360.

The median condo price in Surrey is now $381,626, up 25.6 per cent compared to last year. The long term picture is a staggering thing to contemplate, as laid out by a Royal LePage representative. “Condominium prices continue to grow at unprecedented levels across Greater Vancouver,” Adil Dinani, real estate adviser, Royal LePage West Real Estate Services said in a news release. “Purchasers look to condominiums for relative affordability, yet with competition continuing to intensify, property values within the segment now outstrip most detached markets across the country. “To put it into perspective, the budget now needed to purchase a condo could have netted someone a two-storey home here in Greater Vancouver four years ago.”

New rules introduced in January, aimed at curbing consumer debt, have made it harder to get a mortgage, for instance. “During the quarter inventory began to rise in the region’s detached segment as sales activity slowed and affordability constraints continued to price many purchasers out of the market. “As a result, large swaths of prospective homeowners continued to look to condominiums in the metropolitan area in search of value, pushing prices higher and intensifying competition within the segment,” they said in a news release. Meanwhile, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s latest report on housing starts showed an upward trend in the number of multiunit dwellings being built. June 2018 saw 222,041 housing starts across the country, compared to May 2018’s 216,701.

At the beginning of the year, Royal LePage predicted there would be 5.2 per cent growth over the rest of the year, but they now expect growth to be relatively flat, just 1.5 per cent over the next quarter. Royal LePage points to erosion in affordability and new governmental policies that have put pressure on purchasing power as the reasons for this slowed growth.

“Notably, the national inventory of newly completed and unabsorbed multi-unit dwellings has remained below its 10-year historical average so far in 2018, indicating that demand for this type of unit has absorbed increased supply,” said Bob Dugan, CMHC’s chief economist. In Vancouver, however, housing starts trended lower in June 2018; the first half of 2018 matched housing starts in the same period during 2017.

Affordable housing unit projects starts in Toronto The city has commenced construction work on hundreds of affordable housing units, with the help of a $357 million cash injection from the federal government. Liberals detail $40B for 10-year national housing strategy, introduce Canada Housing Benefit. Adam Vaughan, MP for Spadina–Fort York, made the announcement on Thursday,

said the project would include three towers comprising some 761 units, of which 229 are affordable units; 532 market units; and 4,371 square feet of non-residential space. “We are in a housing crisis in this part of the country,” said Vaughan, who is also parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. “This investment is wonderful news for the Toronto middle-income families that will

move into these new rental housing units.” The project, located on Block 8 of the West Don Lands in downtown Toronto, will provide affordable housing options close to public transit, schools and services for middle-income families. Mayor John Tory described the announcement as “a big deal” for the city. “This investment will positively impact the

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South Asian Adults & Seniors New Diet System for Good Health Without Medicines, By B.V. Chauhan from India on 13th July 2019 from 3.30 pm & 14th July from 2.00 pm.

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Liberal MLA Stilwell comments on Orca Place opening in Parksville Michelle Stilwell, MLA for ParksvilleQualicum, is pleased to see many years of work and community engagement come to fruition today with the opening of Orca Place. This supportive housing unit includes 52 homes and space for Island Health, Homelessness Outreach Support Team (HOST) and areas for counselling and community support. “As a community, I believe we need to use our resources to help society’s most vulnerable,” said Stilwell. “Whether it’s mental health, addictions or homelessness that have led people to seek supportive housing – they

are there for a reason and we as a community must ensure there are resources to help them out of the cycle.” This grassroots community project began as a way to ensure help for those most at risk in the community and was driven by the City of Parksville, the Town of Qualicum, and the Regional District of Nanaimo. The Island Crisis Care Society and the Oceanside Task Force on Homelessness were key partners. “Working together with community partners to secure funding for Orca place was integral for the project,” said Stilwell. “Now, the success of Orca Place will

rely on the 24/7 support to residents of the building and I will continue to hold the NDP to account to ensure those supports are fully-funded.”

Support for LNG and renew call for forestry help BC Liberal MLAs have wrapped up a successful caucus meeting in Terrace and Kitimat that highlighted the region’s growing importance to the provincial economy. “We are going to experience rapid growth in our region that has never been seen before thanks to LNG,” says Skeena MLA Ellis Ross. “It will open up our provincial economy

Horgan continues to waste taxpayer money, loses in courts yet again While John Horgan and the NDP continue to put their union pals first, the B.C. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge of their flawed and discriminatory Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) framework. “John Horgan thinks it’s okay to force B.C. workers to join an NDPapproved union before they can work on major public infrastructure projects, and we’ve said all along that we think he’s dead wrong,” says John Martin, BC Liberal Labour Critic and MLA for Chilliwack. “It’s great to hear that those being shut out of bidding on these projects will be able to have their voices heard in the courts.” Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo, the BC Liberals’ Critic for Jobs, Trade and Technology, says there is already proof the NDP’s CBA plan is not only unfair— it’s costly. “Figures show the budget for the Illecillewaat fourlaning project east of Revelstoke has risen by $22.3 million— or 47 per cent— partly due to rising labour costs associated with the CBA plan,” says Kyllo. “It’s not just B.C. workers that are poorly served by this labour model. Make no mistake, all B.C. taxpayers are on the hook for these union payback deals devised by John Horgan and the NDP.”

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400 workers laid off as 3 lumber mills go down in Mackenzie More than 10% of workforce in Mackenzie, now unemployed. As more than 400 mill workers are out of work, after three mills closed in just one week in Mackenzie, north of Prince George. The layoffs mean more than 10 per cent of locals are now unemployed, though some hope to be recalled within weeks.

“We’re a community in crisis. There’s no other way to say it,” said Mayor Joan Atkinson. In addition to the hundreds of mill layoffs, many loggers and contractors are also out of work. “I have a roller coaster of emotions,” said Atkinson. “I’m very worried ... for the people in our community that need to have jobs. How are we going to help them through?” And

she fears things could get worse. Atkinson says hundreds more people could yet be laid off, if Mackenzie’s pulp mill goes down. That’s because the pulp mill depends on material from Mackenzie’s sawmills to operate. “The sawmills produce the lumber and then the sawdust goes to our pulp mills ... But now

that chain has been broken, so there’s been a domino effect,” said the mayor. Mackenzie’s pulp mill is still operating. Mackenzie’s mayor fears hundreds more people could be out of work if the pulp mill shuts down because it can’t access the sawdust it needs from local mills.

Abbotsford’s top cop reflects on Mt. Baker climb to remember Cst. John Davidson Two years ago, a tragedy in the Fraser Valley. Cst. John Davidson was shot as he responded to reports of a stolen vehicle, and the 53-yearold Abbotsford Police officer died in the line of duty. In July, 18 people climbed Mt. Baker to remember the fallen officer, including Abbotsford Police Chief Mike Serr.Serr, who was joined by Davidson’s three children on the

climb, is our guest this week on Ask The Chief. Why climb Mt. Baker to honour Cst. Davidson? “One of our members had talked to John, just previously to his death, and John had indicated that one of his goals was to climb Mt. Baker. They had started some preliminary planning. Unfortunately, John never had that

opportunity to make that climb. So, about eight months ago, this member approached me and asked if we would consider climbing to the top of the mountain with a group of people to honour John and to leave a coin or memento to remember him.” What was it like to climb with his children? “John’s children are just amazing.

It’s been a privilege to get to know them and John’s wife, Denise. Denise really encourages the children to experience everything life has to offer. They did just phenomenal. Dina, John’s middle daughter, wrote a poem. As we buried the coin, I don’t think there was a dry eye in the group up there. They were just so appreciative to be with us and to share that experience. It was truly special.”

Major grocery chain Sobeys to remove plastic bags by February Shoppers at Sobeys will need to bring their own bags starting next year as the grocer phases out plastic in a major initiative to go green. The Canadian grocer says the change will eliminate about 225 million plastic bags from circulation. The grocer says the change, which will come into full effect in February 2020, will eliminate about 225 million plastic bags from circulation. Sobeys said it’s making the move to phase out plastic bags as a response to calls from customers and employees to use less plastic. The retailer also committed to launch programs to reduce plastic in other areas of the stores. “We really felt that the amount of avoidable plastic in grocery stores is shocking,” Vittoria Varalli, the company’s vice-president of sustainability, said. Plastic bags from Sobeys’ other banners, including Safeway, FreshCo and Foodland, will also be removed. Starting in August, Sobeys will also introduce a line of reusable mesh produce bags, from recycled water bottles, to provide customers with an alternative for their fresh fruits and vegetables, the company said. Sobeys said they have started to phase out unnecessary plastic from snacking tomatoes in their ‘Sobeys Urban Fresh’ stores in Toronto. Customers are now provided with recyclable paper bags which they can use to carry their tomatoes. Food companies have been on a mission to reduce plastic from their operations recently as consumers push for more sustainable practices. Some are taking initiatives to change ahead of the federal government’s announced ban on singleuse plastics by 2021, which would force them to find non-plastic alternatives. Straw ban coming: What are the alternatives? Last year, restaurants responded to pressure to eliminate plastic straws after a video showing someone removing a straw stuck up a turtle’s nose went viral. Starbucks, A&W and other chains made promises to remove the item from their eateries, and some have already done so.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in June that his government is starting the regulatory work to ban toxic single-use plastics because the garbage infiltrating the world’s waterways is out of hand.Nothing is going to be banned overnight, with the process to implement a federal ban or limitations on a product under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act usually taking two to four years.

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Police identify victims of Markham quadruple homicide Four people found dead in Markham home about two dozen such cases each year, ranging on Sunday are the mother, father, sister and from 21 in 2010 to 34 in 2013 and 2017. maternal grandmother of the man now facing Alleged murders by a sibling are less four first-degree murder charges, according common, with seven recorded cases in Canada to friends of the family. Following autopsies, in 2018, six in 2017 and a decade high of 13 York Regional Police confirmed Wednesday in 2010 and 2011. Statistics Canada does not the victims are: Firoza Begum, 70, Momotaz Begum, 50, Moniruz Zaman, 59, and Malesa Zaman, 21, (pictured) according to a news release. Their cause of death has not been determined and will not be released as the case is before the courts, police added. Menhaz Zaman, 23 specifically track cases of familicide, where a (pictured), was charged perpetrator is alleged to have killed multiple with four counts of firstmembers of their own family. The typical degree murder Monday and most researched familicide involves a after the bodies were male head-of-household who kills his entire found at a house on family for purported prosocial purposes after Castlemore Ave. Sunday his termination from a job or after a divorce afternoon. The police as his identity changes, according to Phillip have not confirmed Shon, a criminology professor at Ontario his relationship to the Tech University, who researches intra-family victims. Police received a call just before 3 p.m. “that there might be some people injured in the residence” on Castlemore Ave., just east of Mingay Ave., police spokesman Const. Andy Pattenden said Sunday. “When our officers arrived, they located a man at the front door, had an interaction with him and he was taken into custody,” Pattenden said. Officers then York Regional Police found four bodies inside this Markham home on Sunday. found the four bodies Menhaz Zaman, 23, was arrested at the scene and later charged with inside the home, he said. four counts of first-degree murder. Friends mourn homicide and parricide (the killing of a parent Markham family after tragic quadruple or close relative). Some of these cases are murder “Familicides” — where multiple murder-suicides, resulting in little information family members are killed at the same time by being released publicly by police in Ontario. a family member — are rare events. The most It is unclear how often murders are carried common homicide involving family members out by family members in the GTA, or how is an intimate partner homicide, most often many parents are killed by their children. a man killing his current or former female Family members excluding current or partner. According to the most recent figures former intimate partners were charged in five from Statistics Canada, there were 30 cases of murders in Toronto in 2018, according to a alleged parricide — the killing of a parent by a Star analysis. In three cases, a son or grandson son or daughter — nationally in 2018. Figures was charged with the murder of a parent or from the past decade show there are on average grandparent. None involved multiple victims.

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Toronto teen facing 71 charges for dozens of high end auto thefts A 19-year-old Montreal man is facing dozens of charges related to an alleged car theft ring in Toronto. Toronto police allege the teen was part of an operation targeting high-end, newer model Lexus and Toyota vehicles, usually taking them early in the morning. They allege the man stole 36 vehicles in just

over a month in November and December 2018. Police estimate the value of the stolen vehicles at roughly $1.25 million. Kevin Ramnaraine now faces 71 charges, including 35 counts each of motor vehicle theft and committing an indictable offence for a criminal organization. He’s due to appear in court next month.

Alberta disability program forums slammed as a delay tactic by opposition NDP The Alberta government will hold forums on issues with the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program outlined in a report released Tuesday, which the Opposition NDP says is a way to delay coming up with solutions. “This is a stall,” said St. Albert MLA Marie Renaud, the NDP critic for community and social services. “There are thousands of people whose lives are impacted by this stall.” The review, launched under the previous NDP government, found numerous problems with the program that provides supports for adults with developmental disabilities. Renaud said the 11-person panel was supposed to come up with recommendations, but there are none to be found in Tuesday’s report. Mother of adult with autism calls Alberta’s support system ‘broken’ Community and Social Services Minister Rajan Sawhney was not made available to CBC News on Tuesday and did not give a reason for the

change in the panel’s direction. Instead, the government will attempt to come up with solutions through a series of forums this fall, each focusing on a problem identified in the report. Renaud said it isn’t helpful to deal with issues individually as everything in the PDD system is interrelated. For example, In order to qualify for PDD, people need to have an IQ of 70 or under, have significant challenges with daily living skills and demonstrate those criteria before the age of 18 in order to qualify. Nearly 80 per cent of participants in the review said eligibility should be expanded to include people with Fetal Alcohol Disorder Spectrum and Autism Spectrum Disorder. But Renaud says any change will ripple through the system. “That will increase the need by thousands,” she said. “And if there is no real plan going forward to create a new system...we are not going to get to the place where we need to be.”

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PM Trudeau says he won’t be ‘looking for wedge issues’ during election Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he won’t lean on divisive issues to score votes in this year’s election. “I’m not going to be looking for wedge issues. I’m not going to be looking for ways to play off one region against another for immediate gain,” Trudeau told The Intelligence, a podcast produced by The Economist. “I don’t want this election to be polarized. I’m going to make sharp contrasts with the policy positions of my opponents, but I’m not going to go around insulting voters who won’t vote for me.” The interview, recorded last month, was published Wednesday. It focused on the perception that Canada stands

alone as a vanguard against a rising tide of populism. “I think in certain extents this is going to be a polarized election in terms of some of the rhetoric that flies around,” he said before pledging that he will be working “very, very hard to make sure that Canadians themselves aren’t overly polarized.” The Prime Minister’s Office declined to offer a definition for what is or isn’t a wedge issue. Immigration shaping up to be wedge issue, again Trudeau has previously criticized

Conservatives for using hot button issues, such as immigration, to galvanize voters and expand their base. He told the Canadian Press last year: “The decision that the Conservatives have taken recently to, for example, go after the global compact on migration in a way that is deliberately and knowingly spreading falsehoods for short-term political gain and to drum up anxiety around immigration is irresponsible, is not the

way we should be moving forward in a thoughtful way on one of the big issues that is facing our country.” The global compact for migration is a non-legally binding United Nations agreement on international migration. Of the 193 UN members, Canada was one of 164 countries that agreed to approve the policy framework. Conservatives have been criticized by academics for spreading misinformation about the UN global compact on migration, falsely claiming it will erode press freedoms when reporting on immigration.

Canadian dollar hits five-week low on hawkish Fed comments The Canadian dollar weakened to a morethan five-week low against the greenback on Wednesday, as comments by the Federal Reserve that were seen by some investors as hawkish offset domestic data showing stronger-than-expected economic growth. The U.S. dollar gained against a basket of currencies after the Fed cut interest rates by 25 basis points as expected, its first ease in more than a decade. Although rate cuts are intended to weaken the currency, the greenback jumped as Fed Chair Jerome Powell during the subsequent news conference called the cut a midcycle policy adjustment, as opposed to the start of a rate-cutting cycle. “It has to be said that the market is viewing this as pretty hawkish ... so it’s no surprise that dollar-CAD is heading a bit higher,” said Christian Lawrence,

a senior market strategist at Rabobank. The downward move in the loonie came despite data showing the Canadian economy grew 0.2 per cent in May, beating estimates for 0.1 per cent growth, thanks to a rebound in manufacturing. Still, the high debt loads and depleted

savings of Canadians look set to crimp their spending for as long as decades, economists say, with consumers already scaling back after borrowing costs began to rise in 2017.

$22.5 billion drop: Figures show Vancouver real estate coming ‘back to reality,’ realtor says New sales figures show the value of Lower Mainland real estate transactions for the first six months of this year plunged more than $22.5 billion from the same period three years ago. With the first half of 2019 in the books, local realtor Barry Magee reviewed sales data from the Real Estate Boards of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. He said he expected to see a slowdown given the market recently. But the extent of that plummet, Magee said, was striking. In Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, the combined value of properties sold in the first half of 2019 was $15.6 billion, less than half the total of $38.1 billion recorded over the same period in 2016, at the market’s high point. The total transaction value is a result of lower prices and fewer sales. Sales have dropped most significantly, but prices have been dropping as well, particularly in certain segments of the market. This week, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver’s monthly report showed its benchmark price for homes in Metro Vancouver fell below $1 million for the first time in two years, and reported the lowest June sales numbers in almost 20 years . This follows a years-long boom that made Vancouver one of the world’s least affordable housing markets. For a story last week in the Financial Times,

the England-based newspaper’s global property correspondent visited Vancouver to compare the local situation with that in far larger cities like New York and London. The B.C. NDP government has implemented measures, including new taxes, intended to dampen the market. But, real estate industry figures say, that slowdown also means reduced tax revenue and other economic impacts in a province with an economy largely dependent on real estate and construction. “I do think it’s a good thing, in my personal opinion. I’m firmly on the side that lower prices are better for society in general,” said Magee , a realtor with 2 Percent Realty West Coast. “It’s really just coming back down to reality.” Josh Gordon, an assistant professor at Simon Fraser University’s school of public policy, said Vancouver’s real estate market was hit by a surge in demand in the years leading up to the high point in 2016. “What’s really interesting is that there was this surge in demand, and that doesn’t really coincide with any fundamental changes in the local economy, or the local situation. We didn’t have a big population surge, it’s not as if incomes all of a sudden took off,” Gordon said. “That kind of a dramatic escalation in demand simply has to be connected to factors like outside money and speculative demand.”

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Green Party tops New Democrats in Spring fundraising The federal Green Party pulled in more donation money than the New Democrats during the second quarter of 2019, a sign that the wave of momentum attributed to the Greens this spring also brought valuable fundraising dollars. Between April and June, the Green Party raised about $1,437,722, beating the NDP’s $1,433,476, according to financial statements posted to Elections Canada’s website on Wednesday. The NDP did, however, have 14,936 contributors, overtaking the Green Party’s 14,616. The NDP currently hold 41 seats in the House of Commons, while the Greens has two members: Saanich—Gulf Islands MP Elizabeth May, the party leader, and Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP Paul Manly, who was elected on May 6,

becoming the second elected Green MP. Neither party has formed government at the federal level. “Canadians are recognizing the (Green Party) as the progressive vote and the fundraising numbers show that,” Green Party spokeswoman Rosie Emery told National Observer. “We have a plan and a leader that have captured the imagination of Canadians.” The fundraising totals were nearly double what the Greens raised during the first quarter of the year. They’re also well above the $760,475 the party raised during the same three-month span in 2015, the last election year. The @ CanadianGreens pulled in more donation money than the @NDP during the second quarter of 2019.

USA to set up plan allowing prescription meds from Canada Trump administration said Wednesday it will create a way for Americans to legally and safely import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada for the first time, reversing years of refusals by health authorities amid a public outcry over high prices for lifesustaining medications. The move is a step toward fulfilling a 2016 campaign promise by President Donald Trump. It weakens an import ban that has stood as a symbol of the political clout of the pharmaceutical industry. But it’s unclear how soon consumers will see benefits, as the plan has to go through time-consuming regulatory approval and later could face court challenges from drugmakers. And there’s no telling how Canada will react to becoming the drugstore for its much bigger neighbor, with potential consequences for policymakers and consumers there. The U.S. drug industry is facing a crescendo of consumer complaints over prices, as well as legislation from both parties in Congress to rein in costs, not to mention proposals from the Democratic presidential contenders. Ahead of the 2020 election, Trump

is feeling pressure to deliver on years of harsh rhetoric about pharmaceutical industry prices. Making the announcement, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said the administration recognizes that prescription drug manufacturing and distribution is now international. “The landscape and the opportunities for safe linkage between drug supply chains has changed,” Azar said. “That is part of why, for the first time in HHS’s history, we are open to importation. We want to see proposals from states, distributors, and pharmacies that can help accomplish our shared goal of safe prescription drugs at lower prices.” Stephen Ubl, president of the industry group Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America called the plan “far too dangerous” for American patients. “There is no way to guarantee the safety of drugs that come into the country from outside the United States’ gold-standard supply chain,” Ubl said in a statement. “Drugs coming through Canada could have originated from anywhere in the world.”

Tories best Liberals with record $8.5M in second quarter fundraising The Liberals and the Conservatives are both boasting of record-breaking fundraising results this spring, with each party pointing to a different measure of success. Newly released figures from Elections Canada show the Conservative Party of Canada raised just over $8.5 million in the second quarter of this year, which came from about 53,000 donors. The party says that breaks the previous secondquarter record, which the Conservatives set in 2011. The Liberals, meanwhile, say the $5 million they raised came from just over 41,500 contributors from April 1 to June 30, which the party calls its best-ever second quarter when it comes to the number of donors. The NDP, meanwhile, was bested by the Greens when it comes to second-quarter fundraising totals. The Greens raised nearly $1.44 million from about 14,600 donors and the NDP raised just over $1.43 million from about 14,900 contributors. The numbers came as Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau tested out his campaign message Wednesday on a friendly crowd of Liberal candidates, gathered to prepare for the coming election. The choice is clear, he told his team, as he characterized the coming battle as one between Conservative cuts and Liberal investments in improving the lives of middle-class Canadians. He also compared Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to Ontario Premier Doug Ford, as well as former prime minister Stephen Harper, even as he claimed his campaign would not stoop to personal attacks. “The middle-class can’t afford another Doug Ford,” he said, “and it’s up to every single person in this room to make that case by sharing our positive, ambitious vision for the future.” A spokesman for the Conservative Party of Canada countered with a similar Ontario-themed argument -- evidence, perhaps, that the vote-rich province will be a key battleground in the coming campaign clash.

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INDIA

Saturday, August 3, 2019

ED confiscate Rs 480 cr worh of assets of basmati rice processing firm in bank fraud case The ED on Thursday said it had attached assets worth over Rs 480 crore of REI Agro Ltd, a prominent basmati rice processing company, in connection with an alleged multi-crore bank loan fraud case. The central agency issued a provisional attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the firm, it said in a statement.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in 2016, had registered a money laundering case against the company, which claims to be the world’s largest basmati rice processing firm. The alleged bank fraud is pegged at Rs 3,871.71 crore. The attachment worth Rs 481.04 crore largely comprises the land building plant

Both vehicles were speeding in road accident carrying Unnao rape victim The investigation team reached the accident scene near Rae Bareli has found that the truck which crashed into the car carrying the Unnao rape victim, her lawyer and two women relatives, was moving at a speed of 70 to 80 kmph whereas the Swift Dzire car was being driven at over 100 kilometre per hour. Since both the vehicles were at a high speed, the impact of the crash was severe and the chassis of the truck was broken.

A CBI official said the truck was found on the wrong side. “This could be intentional since that is how it crashed into the car or it could have skidded due to heavy rain. We are investigating this,” he said. The 12-member Central Bureau of Investigation team that reached here on Wednesday has taken eyewitness account and interrogated two shopkeepers who were present near the site of the accident.

3 policemen suspended, SP seeks CM’s resignation over Unnao rape case Amid nationwide outrage over the Unnao rape incident, the Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday swung into damage control mode by suspending three constables entrusted with the task of guarding the rape survivor, even as Opposition sought the resignation of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Stepping up its attack on the ruling BJP, the Samajwadi Party

said in a tweet, “Without removing these three, the survivor will not get justice.” It tagged photographs of Adityanath, accused Kuldeep Singh Sengar and state DGP O P Singh with the tweet. Leader of Opposition in UP Legislative Assembly Ram Govind Chowdhury (SP) said, “Taking moral responsibility of the incident, Yogi Adityanath should resign.”

Sonia Gandhi leads opposition walkout over Unnao Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi today led the Opposition walkout from the Lok Sabha over Unnao rape case developments alleging that the government was not giving a satisfactory response on the issue. Inside Parliament, Congress, NCP, DMK, IUML and RSP members walked out in protest and outside AICC general secretary in charge of easten Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the party would fight the battle for the Unnao rape survivor decisively. Earlier today when the Lok Sabha session commenced, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury highlighted the alleged threats to life Unnao rape victim’s family. Though Speaker Om Birla attempted to intervene saying the House had agreed not to

raise state matters in the Lok Sabha, Trinamool leader Sudip Bandopadhyay remarked, “If law and order situation in West Bengal can be a matter of debate in the Lok Sabha, why can’t the law and order situation in UP be?” The Congress was seeking an assurance from Home Minister Amit Shah on the safety and security of the victim. “Even when the CBI investigation is on in the matter, the victim’s family is getting threats,” said Chowdhury, walking out along with other MPs. Upon return, the Opposition members again sought to raise the matter but by then the LS had moved on to legislative business with Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Shekhawat introducing the Inter-State River Water Disputes Amendment Bill 2019.

Govt kept us in dark on triple talaq Bill, says Azad The Opposition in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday raised objection to government adopting a questionable stratagem pulling wool over its eyes in getting the “contentious” triple talaq Bill passed in the House yesterday, saying it breached the understanding to pilot it only after getting it scrutinised by a select committee. An intervention by House Chairman Venkaiah Naidu averted a possible showdown by Opposition members. Raising the matter in the House, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad attributed the government’s victory in passing the Bill, in spite having lesser numbers, to absence of members of Opposition parties at the time of voting on the Bill, Azad said.

Two lists of Bills were given to the government by the Opposition parties through the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs for referral to select committees. This was after the government approached them, seeking names from among a list of 23 Bills for referral to select committees. One list from the opposition parties consisted of six Bills categorised as “A”, including on triple talaq and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Amendment Bill, 2019, which listed in today’s list of business. “Since we were in dark, we could not inform our members,” Azad said, referring to their absence in the House at the time of voting on triple talaq. “On one side you are seeking a list of the Bills from the Opposition to be sent to the select committees. You don’t come back.

PUNJAB

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Massive operation in Punjab to snap drug supply chain The Punjab Police are carrying out a massive cordon and search operation (CASO) across the state to tackle drugs. Under focus are 125 sites, identified as havens for smugglers and addicts — the first such mapping of drugs ever. Not just nakas, border areas, bus terminals, railway stations and airports, the police have spread deep into the hinterland and in cities, searching homes, fields and riverine belts along the border with Himachal Pradesh from where smugglers are known to flee to the hill state during raids. “CASO is our special project to get to the root of the problem,” says DGP Dinkar Gupta. The move, initiated in

June, has picked up pace in the past two weeks. Along with teams of the Special Task Force (STF), district police teams are going door-to-door, also covering isolated houses in border belts, slums and downtown areas frequented by addicts. As many as 663 persons have been arrested and 406 FIRs filed so far. On Tuesday, the Ferozepur police found 2 kg heroin in a plastic bottle near the banks of a river in Nihala Kilcha village along the border. The DGP says the raids are neither random, nor a shot in the dark. “These are information-based. We have received immense cooperation from the people.

Policeman ‘forces’ Sikh man to cut hair & beard Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered inquiry into an allegation that a policeman forced a Sikh man to cut his hair and beard at a village in Tarn Taran. “Have already asked @DGPPunjabPolice to personally look into the matter & conduct an inquiry into the issue. Guilty would be suitably punished,” Amarinder tweeted. The directions came after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing an unidentified villager in Tarn Taran district accusing a SHO of abusing, thrashing and forcing a Sikh man to cut his hair and beard in the village. The villager alleged that the victim was also threatened with registration of a case against him. He

Elderly couple burnt to death in Faridkot An elderly couple was burnt to death after their house allegedly caught fire in Teachers’ Colony here during the wee hours on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as 84-year-old Surjit Singh, a retired schoolteacher, and his 81-year-old wife Baldev Kaur. The fire broke out around midnight, when the couple was sleeping in the front portion of the house, the police said. The fire was noticed by neighbours after the windowpanes of the house started cracking. Fire tenders and the police were informed and the bodies of the couple were recovered. The police believe it to be a case of short circuit. However, Rajinder Mann, US-based younger son of the deceased, alleged that his parents were strangulated to death before setting them on fire. “I returned from the US this month to meet my family. And now, this unfortunate incident has happened.” Suspecting foul play, Rajinder demanded a high-level inquiry into the incident. Faridkot SSP Rajbachan Singh Sandhu said they were investigating the incident and a team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh, had already collected samples and evidences from the spot. “All possible angles are being probed,” the SSP added.

‘Illegal’ travel agents’ list creates confusion In a bid to save people from falling prey to unscrupulous travel agents, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has released a list of hundreds of ‘fake’ travel agents operating across the country. The list includes 76 travel agents from Punjab and 22 from Chandigarh apart from a number of operating from Haryana. Another list of ‘Non-Active Recruitment Agents (NARAs) has also been put up on the government portal — https://emigrate.gov.in — wherein names and addresses of

claimed that the SHO, Harike was annoyed over the blocking of a passage by the Sikh man and some other villagers in order to stop illegal mining operations in the area.

To celebrate Guru Nanak’s 550th birth anniversary, 500 Sikh pilgrims to enter India from Pakistan A team of over 500 Sikh pilgrims will enter India from Pakistan via road on Thursday after paying obeisance at the historic Nankana Sahib as part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, event organisers said. “I invite Sangat to join at Attari Border in maximum number to welcome the Nagar Kirtan from Sri Nankana Sahib today at 1.30 pm,” tweeted Akali Dal MLA Manjinder S. Sirsa. Sirsa, who is the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Committee President, is leading the pilgrims from India. “Pakistan feels honoured that celebrations of the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak are being started from Nankana Sahib,” the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi

said in a statement. The Pakistan government is taking several initiatives to make the celebrations memorable and historic, it added. The cross-border Kartarpur corridor will be inaugurated in November, during which thousands of pilgrims from India are expected to cross into Pakistan to visit the Kartarpur gurdwara where Guru Nanak spent his final days. A large portion of the corridor falls in Pakistan’s territory. The construction of the 4.2-km-long corridor will be over by end of September, well before the 550th birth anniversary celebrations in India and Pakistan.

Saturday, August 3, 2019 Doctors on strike against NMC bill, withdraw emergency services

Health care services at several government hospitals, including AIIMS and RML here, were disrupted on Thursday as resident doctors went on a strike and withdrew all services, including that at the emergency department, to protest against a key legislation that seeks to regulate the medical education sector. Resident doctors have threatened to continue the strike for an indefinite period if the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill is tabled and passed in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Resident doctors will refrain from working in OPDs, emergency departments and ICUs as a mark of protest. Amid widespread protests by the medical fraternity, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in a tweet on Wednesday night said he would table the NMC bill for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. He also assured countrymen that the “historic” bill, if passed,

CJI allows CBI to book Allahabad High Court judge would bring “mega changes in the medical education sector”. The bill, which seeks to replace the graft-tainted Medical Council of India (MCI), had got the nod of the Lok Sabha on July 29. Dr Sumedh Sandanshiv, president, Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA), charged that the bill was “antipoor, anti-student and undemocratic”. Resident Doctors’ Associations (RDAs) of the AIIMS, RML and some other hospitals in the city had given notices to the respective administrations regarding the strike on Wednesday. Several Delhi government hospitals, too, have joined the stir on the call of FORDA. “OPD services are closed and no new cards will be made for any patients. Services are expected to be hit in emergency department too, but we will try to manage,” LNJP MS Dr Kishore Singh said.

In an unprecedented move, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has allowed the CBI to register a criminal case against Justice SN Shukla — a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court — after an in-house panel of judges indicted him for granting favours to a private medical college for MBBS admissions. The CJI has already written to PM Narendra Modi to initiate proceedings for the removal of Justice Shukla, from whom all judicial work was withdrawn following the allegation. The permission for registration of an FIR follows a request by the probe

agency to the CJI that a preliminary inquiry registered against Justice Shukla and others, on the advice of Justice Gogoi’s predecessor Justice Dipak Misra, had found some material against the judge and that a regular case needed to be registered. S e e k i n g permission for an FIR, the agency placed a note on the preliminary inquiry and a chronological chart explaining the judge’s alleged misconduct. “In the facts and circumstances of the case I am constrained to grant permission to initiate a regular case for investigation as sought for in your letter...,”

Under anti-Tripple Talaq bill man arrested for divorcing wife Only a few hours before the Rajya Sabha passed the Bill making triple talaq a criminal offence on Tuesday, a Muslim youth in Ahmedabad practised it forcing his wife to commit suicide by setting herself on fire. The incident happened on Monday night in old Ahmedabad locality where Mehboob Hussein Sheikh allegedly divorced his wife Sanabanu by pronouncing triple talaq after beating her up. She was thrown out of the

house after which the woman set herself on fire. Some people admitted her to a hospital where her condition was stated to be critical but stable. The woman recorded a statement to the police this morning, claiming that her husband and in-laws were harassing her for dowry since her marriage in 2015. On her complaint, the police have arrested Mehboob, his brother, sister and brother’s wife for domestic violence and other charges.

‘Will I meet Unnao rape victim’s fate’? girl questions senior cop A senior police officer faces uneasy moments when a girl, during a safety awareness campaign event, asked him if she would face the same fate as the Unnao rape victim, whose vehicle was hit by a truck in which her two aunts died. Speaking at a Balika Suraksha Jaagruktaa Abhiyaan programme at a school here on Wednesday, Additional Superintendent of Police (North) RS Gautam said girls should remain alert, and if they felt anything wrong is being done to them, they should immediately call up the toll-free number.

At this, the student stood up and asked him: “If the person against whom we are complaining comes to know about it, and if we have an accident, what will happen?” “Will I get justice on registering a protest? Because in Unnao an MLA had outraged the modesty of a girl, and when she was fighting the legal battle, she had an accident. “She is now battling for her life,” the girl asked. The question puzzled the officer and he cryptically said, “All complainants to toll-free number would be provided help.”

Boy has surgery to remove 526 teeth ‘reminiscent of pearls in an oyster’ Dentists in India removed a shocking 526 teeth from a sevenyear-old boy’s mouth in what they’re calling the first-ever documented case of its kind. The young boy, who hails from the town of Tiruvallur in southeast India, first visited a hospital in the city of Chennai when he was only three years old because his parents were concerned about “small swelling” in his right

lower jaw. According to the Saveetha Dental College, the boy refused to undergo investigative procedures and he left the hospital undiagnosed. Four years later, the swelling had increased in the same area of of the child’s jaw and he was referred to Saveetha Dental College in Chennai.

3-year-old girl kidnapped, raped, beheaded Jharkhand Police said they were still looking for the severed head of three-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped and beheaded by two men in Tatanagar. The torso was found in a plastic bag in a bush under Telco police station area, around 4 km from the Tatanagar railway station, on Tuesday night, they said. Sniffer dogs have been searching the area to locate the head. The girl was abducted from the railway station on Friday night when she was sleeping with her mother and her male companion. Three persons, including the male companion, have been arrested in connection

with the gruesome rape-murder case. The girl’s mother had eloped with the man and her child from Purulia district of West Bengal and they were staying on the station platform that night. The woman had lodged a police complaint, saying she suspected that the man could be behind the killing of her daughter. His role is being investigated. Superintendent of Police (Railways) Ehtesham Waquarib said the other two accused were arrested after the CCTV camera footage of the platform was scanned.

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20 killed, 50 injured in attack on candidateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office in Kabul The death toll from a suicide attack on the Kabul office of Amrullah Saleh, Afghan President Ashraf Ghaniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s running mate in September elections, reached 20 with at least 50 wounded, officials said on Monday as cleanup operations began. Afghan boys walk at the site of Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attack in Kabul, Afghanistan July 29, 2019. Saleh, a former intelligence chief and security adviser who is running for vice president with Ghani, was slightly wounded

in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attack on the office of his Green Trends party in central Kabul. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, which came at the start of official campaigning for presidential elections scheduled for Sept. 28. Zalmay Khalilzad, the veteran AfghanAmerican diplomat who is leading the U.S. side in peace negotiations with the Taliban, condemned Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attack and said the perpetrators must be brought to justice.

Sri Lanka gives free visa to boost tourism after bomb blasts Sri Lanka says it will give free one-month visas to visitors on arrival from nearly 50 countries in its latest effort to revive the island nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lucrative tourism industry, which was badly hit by the Easter bomb attacks.

Tourism Minister John Amaratunga says tourists or those visiting for business purposes could get their free visa on arrival or by applying online. The measure will be effective for six months, starting Thursday.

Bangladesh grapples with worst dengue outbreak in history Bangladesh is grappling with a recordbreaking spike in dengue fever, with 1,477 new patients diagnosed just within the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry. Experts say the rise is part of a regional trend, driven by climate change and other factors. Bangladesh is seeing the highest number of dengue cases since 2000, when the country

first started to keep records of the disease. As of midday Wednesday local time, 15,369 cases of dengue had been reported so far in 2019, Ayesha Akhtar, assistant director at the Directorate General of Health Services in Bangladesh, tells NPR. So far in July, there have been 13,182 cases, Akhtar says.

Afghanistan bomb blast kills at least 35 and injures 27 Security has been deteriorating across Afghanistan this year, with the Taliban and Islamic State fighters mounting neardaily attacks on Afghan forces, government employees and civilians. The blast on the main road linking the provincial capitals of Herat and Kandahar happened in the Ab Khorma

area of Farah province, said provincial police spokesman Mohibullah Mohib. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bomb was freshly planted by the Taliban insurgents to target Afghan and foreign security forces,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding most of the dead or injured were women and children.

FIJI

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Shameem Khan pleads not guilty to abuse of office A senior staff of the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service, Shameem Khan has pleaded not guilty to one count of Abuse of Office and one count of General Dishonesty Causing a Loss in the Suva High Court. Khan made his first appearance before High Court Judge Justice Thushara Rajasinghe this morning. He is represented by lawyer, Devanesh Sharma while FICAC is represented by the Acting Deputy

Commissioner, Rashmi Aslam. Khan allegedly prevented the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service from obtaining revenue of $4.118 million from January 2016 to May 2017. He allegedly prepared an investigation report with false contents which allowed this loss to occur. Khan who is the Director Intelligence, Compliance and Investigations of FRCS has been sent on leave.

Police officer injured after cane cutter stoned him A Police Officer attending to a report of causing trouble was injured after the alleged suspect threw stones at the victim in Ba. Police Constable Satya Lakhan based at the Ba Police Station while attending to a report at Raviravi Feeder Road was allegedly pelted with stones from a 54-year-old cane cutter. The Police Officer sustained injuries and was conveyed to

Ba Mission Hospital and later transferred to Lautoka Hospital for further examination. Police Constable Satya Lakhan recovering at home The suspect was arrested at the scene and is currently in Police custody. The officer is now recovering at his home.

Fire authority investigating Nadi fire which destroyed a double storey house The National Fire Authority is investigating a fire that completely destroyed a double storey house in Bangladesh Road in Nadi. NFA managed to stop the fire from spreading to the nearby houses as the three-flat double-storey wooden and corrugated iron house was situated in a squatter settlement and the risk of fire spreading to other nearby homes was high as they were only metres apart. The fire started at around 6pm yesterday and

“I am embarrassed and ashamed because this happened when my family organised this to help rebuild my house,” Mr Singh said. A Lautoka man responsible for organising a Qawali event at Tilak High School in Lautoka has apologised to the public after a brawl forced its abrupt end. Ajay Singh, who organised the event by inviting two qawali singers to the school on July 20, said the purpose of the charity event was to help raise funds for a new home after his house was destroyed in a fire at Banaras, Lautoka, in February this year.

The issue was made known after a Facebook video of the two qawali singers, who allegedly attacked each other towards the end of the charity event, went viral on social media.

Man sentenced to 7 years and 7 months jail for cultivation and possession of illicit drugs months imprisonment by the Suva High Court. Emori Koro between 1st November 2018 and 21st February this year, cultivated 196 plants of marijuana in Navosa. Koro was also found with 15.5 grams of marijuana.

A man who was charged with one count each of unlawful cultivation of illicit drugs and one count of unlawful possession of illicit drugs has been sentenced to 7 years and 7

Heavy rains in Suvavou and Lami FRA (Fiji Roads Authority) is urging motorists to drive with caution along Suvavou and Lami as the recent rain has resulted in inevitable potholes. FRA says that they did not receive the opportunity to seal the road before this

the NFA responded to it immediately.

Gov’t confirms joint investigations ongoing into the activities of Grace Road Church Joint investigations between the Fiji Police Force and the South Korean authorities are ongoing into the activities of Grace Road Church in Fiji. This has been confirmed in a statement by the Fijian Government which says that government notes the sentencing in South Korea of the leader of the Grace Road Church. Grace Road Church founder, Shin Ok Ju has been sentenced to six years in prison by the South Korean Court. The South Korean court found Ok Ju guilty on several criminal charges including violence, child abuse and fraud. The statement says any business operating within Fiji, including the Grace Road Church and its business groups, is required to adhere to Fijian

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laws and any allegations of breaches of Fijian law will be fully investigated in the usual manner. The Fijian Government has also stated that Fiji is a close friend of South Korea and offered the full support of the Fiji Police Force towards any investigations into the Church’s activities in Fiji. Grace Road Church founder sentenced to 6 years in prison by South Korean Court Shin Ok Ju convinced her followers to move to Fiji in 2014, claiming they would be safe here from imminent natural disasters. Once they arrived, their passports were confiscated and many of them were allegedly subjected to beatings and brutal rituals supposedly aimed at driving out evil spirits. Shin was arrested last July.

latest spell of wet weather, therefore the road is currently in a poor condition. FRA says this will be rectified as soon as the weather improves. Meantime, the FRA contractors are carrying out temporary repairs to maintain public safety.

Fijina man jailed for 12 years in Australia for raping 2 women A man with links to Fiji jailed in Australia for12 years and six months for raping two women he met on dating app ‘Tinder” between April 2016 and January 2017. 33-year-old Ratu Bose was sentenced by Victoria County Court to total of 12 years and six months. Bose had been on bail for the rape of the first woman at the time he raped his second victim and falsely boasted to the women he was a sniper and ex-French militia. Bose was found guilty by a jury in March of three counts of rape and one count of

assault. According to media reports Bose told a psychologist and lawyer he had worked as a sous chef at a five-star Swiss hotel, his father was a senior employee of the Fijian government and his mother worked for the United Nations. Bose had previously served two months in jail for threatening to kill a woman. He has already served 859 days of his sentence and has to serve at least nine years before being eligible for parole.

PAKISTAN

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Prime Minister Khan orders roll back Naan & Roti prices In a major step to bring down the spiraling prices of common food items in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered to cut down the prices of “naan” and “roti” breads throughout the country, reported Dawn newspaper. “Prime Minister Imran Khan has taken stern notice of increasing prices of naan and roti and decided to take immediate steps to revert them to their original rates,” said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan. After the PM’s intervention during a meeting of the federal cabinet on Tuesday, it was decided to bring down the prices of

naan and roti to their previous rates throughout the country, reported Dawn. Fuel on the agenda At a press conference held after the cabinet meeting, Awan said: “Besides the cabinet meeting, the prime minister also presided over a meeting on gas tariff and rates of naan and roti.” She said the Prime Minister had also called a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the

Pakistan, China discuss measures to step up CPEC security China has urged Pakistan to bolster security for major development drive in the country, following terror attacks two weeks ago which appeared to target Chinese projects, including the strategic deep-sea port at Gwadar. Wang met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan during a three-day state visit to Islamabad, which

concluded on Tuesday, and raised concerns for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), including the need for “effective measures to provide security guarantees” for the US$62 billion network of roads, railways, and pipelines in Pakistan.

Al-Qaida remains resilient, continues to cooperate closely with LeT: UN report Al-Qaeda terror group remains “resilient”, continues to consider Afghanistan a safe sanctuary for its leaders and works closely with the Lashkar-e-Toiba and the Haqqani network despite being overtaken by the Islamic State, a UN counter-terrorism watchdog set up by the Security Council has said in a new report. The Islamic State itself which has diminished

with the loss of its so-called “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, has evolved into a “mainly covert network” and its leadership is focusing on establishing “establish sleeper cells at the local level in preparation for eventual resurgence”, according to the 24th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team that was submitted to the UN Security Council Al-

18 killed as army plane crashes into village Eighteen killed when army aviation plane crashed into residential area in near Rawalpindi on Tuesday, officials said. The plane crashed into a village near Rawqalpindi, creating a fireball that lit up the night sky and terrified residents.

“We have taken 18 dead bodies to hospital... that included 13 civilians and five crew members,” said local rescue spokesman Farooq Butt, adding that a further 12 people had been injured in the accident near the capital Islamabad.

5 killed, 38 injured in blast targeting police in Quetta A powerful blast targeting police vehicle in Quetta killed five people, including two security personnel, and injured 38 others, a top police official said on Wednesday. The blast took place close to a police vehicle at the Bacha Khan Chowk in the remit of the City Police Station, Quetta’s Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) police Razzaq Cheema said. The target of the blast appeared to be the Station House Officer (SHO) of the area who received some injuries and has been shifted to a hospital, the DIG told reporters. “The bomb went off as soon as SHO Shaffat got down from his vehicle,” he said, adding that the condition of the SHO is said to be critical. Cheema said it was too early to confirm whether it was a suicide attack or the blast caused by a remotely triggered device.

Police said the bomb was planted in a motorcycle parked close to the patrolling vehicle. Five people, including two cops, were killed and 38 others injured in the attack.

cabinet on Wednesday aimed at reducing the gas tariff, especially for tandoorwalas, and cutting the price of wheat flour and

duties on it. At present, “naan” is selling for Rs12 to Rs15 (Dh0.27 to Dh0.34) in different cities of the country.

Gov’t gives permission for Nagar Kirtan at eleventh hour Pakistan government gave permission for the religious procession but not before heated arguments between officials of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and heads of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC). Trouble began when ETPB officials feigned ignorance about Sikh institutions — SGPC and DSGMC — at a meeting. DSGMC president

Manjinder Singh Sirsa said it was laughable that the management of the ETPB doesn’t know about the Sikh bodies. “When you are taking keen interest in Sikh matters, you must know about their institutions,” he said, adding “the very basis of visit was the religious procession from the birthplace of Guru Nanak and the Pakistan high commission in India was informed about the programme in advance”.

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Saturday, August 3, 2019 Indian-origin Anita Bhatia appointed UN-Women’s dy executive director

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of India’s Anita Bhatia as Assistant SecretaryGeneral for resource management, sustainability and partnerships and Deputy Executive Director of the UN Entity for Gender Equality

and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). Bhatia has had a distinguished career at the World Bank Group, serving in various senior leadership and management positions, both at headquarters and in the field, the UN Women said in a press release.

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Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington D.C., became the first South Asian American woman to preside over the US House of Representatives. Jayapal took to Twitter to share a clip of Tuesday’s session where she

can be seen presiding over the House as a temporary speaker. In the text that accompanied the clip, Jayapal wrote that she was “beyond proud” to preside over the House and serve in “the most diverse Congress in American history.”

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camp in Pakistan. Federal prosecutors were reviewing the decision and did not immediately say whether they will seek to retry Hamid Hayat.

A clerk who was shot and killed during an apparent gas station robbery in south Alabama on July 24 has been identified by the Pike County coroner’s office as 30-yearold Indian American student Neil Purush Kumar (pictured).

A spokesperson for Troy University confirmed Kumar, 30, was a graduate student assistant pursuing his master’s degree in computer science, WSFA12 reported.A suspect Leon Terrell Flowers, 23, of Troy, was arrested July 27 and is charged with murder.

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