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Tim Hortons seeks to shut down ‘Tim Hottens’ knock-off cafe in India Tim Hortons will seek to shut down an apparent knock-off restaurant in India that uses a name and branding very similar to the coffee-and-doughnut chain. Tim Hottens, located in Yamunanagar, India, is two letters away from the coffee chain in its name. Its logo and branding appear to mimic the Canadian chain’s as well. The font and colour of the name in its logo is nearly identical. Tim Hottens also uses the phrases “always fresh� and “cafe & bake shop,� as well as the red-hued striped background in its logo. “While we believe that imitation is often the sincerest form of flattery, we do have very high standards when it comes to our brand, the quality of our products Continued on page 7
Arts, Culture and Entertainment key to a vibrant city, says Tom Gill Surrey First mayoral candidate Tom Gill has a comprehensive plan to turn Surrey into. A vibrant city. He outlined his team’s plans this week to showcase and grow the arts, culture and entertainment in Surrey. Joined by council candidates Vera LeFranc and Narima Dela Cruz, Gill said Surrey First will create an endowment fund to kick-start plans for a world class performing arts centre, double arts and culture grants, develop a contemporary art gallery in South Surrey and use the “maker space� planned for the new Clayton Community Centre as a model for more artist work spaces across the city. “Great cities, the ones we all admire, have a strong and vibrant creative side and Surrey is no different,� said Gill. “We have a very creative arts and cultural
Three men charged with $100,000 liquor theft appear in court Three men, including an employee of the Liquor Control Branch, are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday charged with stealing more than $100,000 worth of alcohol from a warehouse. Rakesh Prakash Sharma, 52, and Krishneel Reddy, 35, both of Surrey face five counts of theft over $5,000. Kamlesh Reddy, a 43-yearold from Delta was charged with one count of theft over $5,000 and possession of stolen property. It has not been confirmed which of the men is the
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liquor distribution branch employee. Police executed a search warrant May 14, at a Delta home, which is where they say they recovered the alcohol. 1,000 bottles The
stolen liquor ranged from “common brands to higher end exclusive stuff,� according to Sgt. Jason Doucette of Vancouver Police. Earlier, he said there were “boxes and
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community in Surrey. We want to encourage that talent and see it flourish right across our city. For instance, the performing arts centre will be a creative hub for Surrey, a destination for our region and an anchor for a vibrant new entertainment district.� Gill said he would commit $1 million annually over the next five years to an arts and culture endowment fund as a way of launching plans for the performing arts centre, including developing a detailed financial and fundraising case that would include other levels of government and local philanthropists with a passion for the arts. Gill first introduced the performing arts centre Continued on page 7
How the Singh brothers lost a $2 billions inheritance In just a few years since inheriting a fortune from a company founded by their grandfather, brothers Malvinder and Shivinder Singh have managed to lose almost everything — including control over two public companies. Their story seems to affirm the axiom of “shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations,� a curse that plagues too many inherited family businesses. Reflecting on their recent history (and recognizing the lack of public information available), there are lessons to deduce on how to avoid this sad, but common, occurrence. The Singh brothers were heirs to Ranbaxy Laboratories, which was then India’s foremost
pharmaceutical company, founded by their grandfather Bhai Mohan Singh and stewarded by their father, Dr. Parvinder Singh, who died in 1999. The brothers, who each inherited one-third of the company, engineered its sale in 2008. After that, they heavily invested the proceeds into the fast expansion of Fortis Healthcare and Religare Enterprises, two other public companies they owned. They also loaned vast amounts of money to companies owned by a family headed by a spiritual leader whom they followed and who was a relative of theirs — Gurinder Singh Dhillon. Dhillon was a businessman as
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BC gov’t appoints task force to get dirty money out of real estate Finance Minister Carole James is appointing an expert panel to investigate the effect of money laundering on B.C real estate. “Our goal is simple — get dirty money out of the housing market,” said James. The decision is a response to Peter German’s Dirty Money report, a scathing look at the prevalence of money laundering in B.C. The former RCMP deputy commissioner found organized crime groups, primarily from Asia, laundered money from illegal drugs and then invested it in Vancouver-area real estate. Solicitor General David Eby also announced Thursday
that German was undertaking a follow-up investigation into money laundering as it relates to real estate, horse racing and the luxury car market in B.C. The report deadline is March 29, 2019. “Money laundering is not a victimless crime,” said Eby. In Dirty Money German found that more than $100 million in proceeds of crime had been cleaned in B.C. — mostly through casinos — amid a “collective system failure.” German said stricter controls were required because Lower Mainland casinos were unwittingly serving as “laundromats” for the proceeds of crime.
WhatsApp appoints a grievance officer to handle fake news concerns in India WhatsApp has appointed a ‘grievance officer’ to address complaints concerning the spread of fake news and misinformation on its platform in India, reports the Press Trust of India on NDTV. This comes in response to the government’s demands from earlier in the year, following a nationwide string of lynchings believed to be incited by false information shared on WhatsApp. The Facebook-owned messaging service has named Komal Lahiri – its senior director of global customer operations and localization in Menlo Park, California – as its first grievance officer for its largest market. An updated FAQ on WhatsApp’s site states that people can contact the grievance officer directly via email. But it’s unclear as to how WhatsApp will process complaints, and what measures it will take to address reports of fake news and hoax forwards. We’ve written to ask, and will update this post when we hear back. WhatsApp’s move follows a slew of initiatives to address the spread of misinformation in
India: It previously launched ad campaigns in newspapers and on the radio to help people identify fake news. It also began labeling messages that were forwarded (and not created by the sender), and limited forwarding for users in the country. What it won’t do is break its encryption to intercept, read, analyze, and censor content on its platform. That would undermine its promises of privacy and security. The appointment of a grievance officer satisfies one of the Indian government’s major demands on it to curb the spread of misinformation, but it remains to be seen if that’ll be enough. It probably won’t. Besides, there’s always the possibility of the government shifting the goal post and demanding that WhatsApp do more – or face consequences like being blocked, or see initiatives like payments and Business account support being stymied in the country. It’s good to see WhatsApp stepping up in the fight against misinformation, but it
Amazon to open 450,000 square-foot warehouse in Tsawwassen Amazon will open a new distribution warehouse in Tsawwassen, and when complete in 2019 will be the third such centre in Metro Vancouver. The online retailer will occupy more than 450,000 square feet of space in Delta iPort, a new industrial park on Tsawwassen First Nation land. Amazon said in a release that the new centre will create 700 full-time jobs and will be the 10th facility in Canada where employees pack and ship items such as books, toys, small electronics and home goods. The industrial park is being developed by GWL Realty Advisors for the project owner, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan. The First Nation said it signed a 60-year lease agreement on the 23.3-acre parcel in 2017. Chief Bryce Williams says the warehouse is a promising development that will continue to unlock the potential of the Tsawwassen First Nation as an economic driver in Metro Vancouver. At the Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 announcement on Tsawwassen First Nation lands are (left to right): Glenn Somerville, Amazon; Simran Dhatt, Amazon; Rick Glumac, MLA for Port MoodyCoquitlam and parliamentary secretary for technology: Carla Qualtrough, federal minister of public services and MP for Delta; Don Harrison, GWL Realty Advisors; Barb Joe, Tsawwassen First Nation; Chief Bryce Williams, Tsawwassen First Nation; and Chris Holtved, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan. At the Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 announcement on Tsawwassen First Nation could consider doing more by adopting more measures like the ones detailed on Medianama and Columbia Journalism Review. Meanwhile, the Indian government needs to recognize that the violence it’s seen as a result of the spread of misinformation can’t be solved by policing a single messaging
lands are (left to right): Glenn Somerville, Amazon; Simran Dhatt, Amazon; Rick Glumac, MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam and parliamentary secretary for technology: Carla Qualtrough, federal minister of public services and MP for Delta; Don Harrison, GWL Realty Advisors; Barb Joe, Tsawwassen First Nation; Chief Bryce Williams, Tsawwassen First Nation; and Chris Holtved, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan. In 2007, the First Nation ratified Canada’s first urban land-claims treaty, more than doubling the
size of its reserve and providing members with millions of dollars in benefits that allowed it to develop its land. “Our ability to create hundreds of goodpaying jobs with great benefits is thanks to the network of support we’ve received from community leaders, project partners, and fantastic customers,” said the director of Amazon operations in Canada, Glenn Sommerville. There are two other distributing warehouses
platform. It’ll need to address a number of systemic issues across the country to prevent horrific incidents like these recent lynchings in the future – that means going beyond treating the symptoms, and understanding its people better to start.
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Multiple charges laid against 69-year-old South Asian man in Surrey collision that left one woman dead The family of the woman who was killed in a crash in Surrey last year says they’re relieved an arrest has finally been made in the case. Janet Dudgeon, 61, and her mother Barbara, 84, were travelling through the intersection of 72 Avenue and 152 Street in Surrey on March 22. It was around 6:35pm when an eastbound van smashed into their sedan, killing Janet and leaving Barbara with serious injuries. “We miss her terribly,” said Janet’s daughter, Melissa Gambone. “My grandmother, too. We miss the way she was before the injury.” On Tuesday, police arrested Iqbal Singh Sidhu, 69, in Surrey. Sidhu appeared in provincial court in Surrey on Wednesday to face 15 charges, including manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving causing death.
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“It was definitely a long, complicated investigation,” said Sgt. Chad Greig with Surrey RCMP. “We hope the charges being laid will bring some solace to the family of the deceased.” Sidhu was released from custody on several conditions. Gambone says her family is pleased to see the accused has been charged with manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison. “It means that our society is looking at impaired driving with a little more seriousness,” she said.
50 million Facebook accounts affected by security breach Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. The hack is the latest setback for Facebook during a year of tumult for the global social media service. In a blog post , the company says hackers exploited a bug that affected its “View As” feature, which lets people see what their profiles look like to someone else. That would let attackers steal the “access tokens” Facebook
uses to keep people logged in. Possession of those tokens would allow attackers to “seize control” of user accounts, Facebook said. Facebook says it has taken steps to fix the security problem and alerted law enforcement. To deal with the issue, Facebook reset some logins, so 90 million people have been logged out and will have to log in again. That includes anyone who has been subject to a “View As” lookup in the past year.
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Tara Kiran You get home after a long day at work and the cough that’s been bugging you just doesn’t seem to be letting up. Your muscles ache, you have chills and you hear a slight wheeze when you breathe out. Do you head to the local emergency department? A walk-in clinic? Or does your family doctor have an after-hours service? As a family doctor, I’d like to think you’d call your doctor’s office or go to their after-hours clinic. But chances are, you head to the emergency department. Canadians use the emergency department far more than people in other high-income countries. In the last two years, 40 per cent of Canadians were seen in the emergency department compared to 24 per cent in the United Kingdom, 20 per cent in the Netherlands and just 11 per cent in Germany. Canadian governments have wondered whether one way of curbing emergency department use is to improve access to family doctors after hours. About 15 years ago, Ontario introduced practice models that paid physicians differently, encouraged them to work in groups and take responsibility for a roster of patients. Physicians
How do we decrease emergency room visits? in these new models were also required to provide a certain number of evening or weekend clinics. The hope was to divert some emergency department visits to family practices. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work as planned. Our recent study found that emergency department use didn’t decrease for patients who joined the new practice models. Between 2003 and 2014, there was actually an increase in the rate of emergency department visits in Ontario, particularly during the day. At the same time, the overall rate of visits to family doctors went down but family doctors seemed to be providing more after-hours care. Why didn’t asking family doctors to provide afterhours care reduce emergency department visits? There are a few potential explanations: First, it may be that an increase in family doctor availability after hours was offset by a decrease in availability during the day. Ontario has a fixed supply of family doctors, many already juggling a demanding workload. Perhaps one way of coping with new requirements was to decrease daytime hours.
Second, providing more services may just increase people’s demand for services. When the U.K. introduced urgent care clinics, people started going there but they also kept going to the emergency department at the same rate they did before. Or maybe you do see your family doctor and they’re worried about pneumonia so they send you to the emergency department because that’s the only way they can get an X-ray after hours. Many of our emergency departments are overcrowded - partly because of a shortage of hospital beds but also because of the sheer numbers of people seeking care. Can better access to primary care help us reduce the demand on emergency departments? Our findings suggest it’s complicated. Just asking family practices to provide more care on the evenings and weekends is likely not enough. Family practices need to have the right resources to provide care after hours, including access to labs and X-rays. Ideally, after-hours coverage is shared by a large group of doctors and other team members who have access to shared electronic patient records. We also need to improve timely access to primary care during the day. Few Canadians are able to get a timely appointment with their family doctor or nurse practitioner when sick. In a recent survey, 25 per cent said they went to the emergency department because their family doctor wasn’t available. We can learn from reforms in other countries. For the last 15 years, family doctors in the Netherlands have been organized in large cooperatives, each serving 100,000 to 500,000 patients and featuring a single regional telephone number. In the evenings and on weekends, trained nurses triage calls and, if needed, physicians assess patients on the phone, in clinic or at home. Perhaps it’s not surprising that the Netherlands has one of the lowest emergency department visit rates. More after-hours care may not necessarily reduce emergency department visits but it’s still an important service for patients. We need to better understand patient values and rethink how we’ve designed our system for those with acute health complaints in the evenings or on weekends. Let’s learn from other countries and evaluate related reforms in Canada. Tara Kiran is a family physician at the St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team, adjunct scientist at ICES, and the Fidani Chair in Innovation and Improvement at the University of Toronto.
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How the Singh brothers lost a $2 billions inheritance
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From page 1 as well, and he and members of his sect were central to investments made with loans from the brothers, including investments in a wide-ranging real-estate portfolio. The web is tangled, and some of the Singh brothers’ affairs are currently under criminal investigation by financial authorities. There are allegations of forged documents and the illegal movement of money from public companies to cover loans and investment losses elsewhere. The brothers also lost a lawsuit from the company that bought Ranbaxy for not disclosing problems in the company before the sale, and for this they owe many millions. It appears that the loans and the income from the sale were used to greatly expand their companies — before a downturn, including a real-estate downturn, led to losses in every area of investment. The story of their decline and their web of investments is very complex and very opaque. What seems clear is that the brothers made loans and commitments to many different entities. What is also clear is that their spiritual and personal relationships led them to make business decisions that in hindsight appear to be extremely ill advised. What happened? First of all, there seems to have been no established principles or procedures regarding how money was managed in the Singh family. Money was moved from one entity to another, and in some cases, there was a board and executives who were not consulted. The brothers appeared to believe that their financial empire was theirs to control. They were heirs to a long tradition of family secrecy and lack of oversight. This legacy left them unprepared to exercise business discipline or recognize their responsibility to other shareholders outside the family — a challenging problem in today’s India, as the government of Prime Minister Modi is seeking to link the country with global
networks of business and finance. There are differing versions of what occurred, and legal proceedings are underway to determine who was responsible. The brothers blame Sunil Godhwani, a follower of Gurinder Singh Dhillon’s, who held leadership positions at Religare and RHC, the holding company for their investments. They assert that Godhwani made loans without their knowledge. Meanwhile, the new owners of Ranbaxy have accused the family of hiding legal questions about their processes when they made the sale. And the younger brother, Shivinder, sued his older brother for making bad decisions, while claiming his own innocence and saying he only acted as the “supportive younger brother” to Malvinder. Fortunately, their mother convinced her sons to seek mediation, and the lawsuit has been dropped. Still, the tension and distrust remain. While many aspects of this story are uniquely Indian — such as the deep connection to a family spiritual leader, moving funds among family ventures, and opaque business structures — similar situations can be seen in many cultures when family enterprises pass to the third generation. India is an example of a type of culture that has been called an “honor culture.” Such cultures, common in South Asia, South America, Africa and southern Europe, are characterized by a strong family hierarchy with a single family leader, intense loyalty within the family and to a close network of longterm allies, and little trust of anyone outside the family and its network. These cultures are oriented around power, loyalty, secrecy and distrust of external powers. They take root in societies where there is little long-term stability and limited or developing rule of law. The breakdowns and accusations that the Singh brothers are experiencing are all too common for honoring family business cultures
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boxes” of hard liquor totalling about 1,000 bottles. ‘Boxes and Boxes’ of hard alcohol stolen “This investigation remains active and we are continuing to work with our partners at the LDB to determine if there is evidence of additional offences,” Doucette said in an email. The charges cover a fivemonth period between Dec. 13 and May 14. The charges against Sharma and Krishneel Reddy cite five specific dates when the alcohol was allegedly stolen. The LDB launched an investigation after discrepancies were found in the inventory, which is tracked daily, according to
spokesperson Viviana Zanocco. Police and the LDB investigated before moving in on May 14 and seized the alcohol. The men were all released on bail. The charges cover a five-month period between Dec. 13 and May 14. The Liquor Distribution Branch has not brought in new security measures, Zanocco said in an email.“It is done as far as we are concerned in terms of the incident.” The theft occurred at the Vancouver distribution centre at Rupert and Broadway, which is where the employee was arrested.
in generations after their founding. The cause is often a structure wherein a single person makes decisions, often poor or self-serving ones, with no collaboration or checks and balances. Very often, these decisions move money from businesses for personal use, in ways that are both opaque and appear to go against accepted and ethical business practices. While it is tempting to assign blame or denounce the irresponsibility of business heirs, it is more valuable to use the Singh brothers’ errors as an opportunity to examine what needs to be put in place in a family enterprise in order to avoid similar successor collapses. Three inherent problems appear to have led to the downfall of the Singh brothers’ empire: Excessive Secrecy. Honor cultures emphasize secrecy and reliance on a strong — and often unquestioned — leader. Today, this timehonored secrecy and lack of transparency is giving way to global agreements that
emphasize transparency. Secret agreements with governments are being questioned, and businesses, even those owned and controlled by a single family, are becoming regulated. But it seems that the Singh family businesses were caught midstream in this evolution. The Singh brothers’ trust of the Dhillon family that led to their no-interest loans with little accountability have little place in an arena of more open dealings with greater accountability. And while family members tend to be satisfied with secrecy when they receive predictable profits and wealth, when things go south, conflict erupts. A Sense of Entitlement. The brothers were raised to expect their inheritance along with the business leadership that goes with it. However, it seems that they were neither trained nor mentored in the skills needed to manage huge public businesses. They experienced this as a right and entitlement and ignored their responsibility to manage well for future generations and their other shareholders.
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Arts, Culture and Entertainment key to a vibrant city, says Tom Gill
at his campaign launch. The 1,200-seat performing arts centre would include a smaller 200-seat theatre and rehearsal space, expanded lobby for receptions, meeting space for conferences and a privately-run signature restaurant. The preliminary 240,000 sq ft concept is estimated at $245 million. “The performing arts centre would be a catalyst for a vibrant entertainment district in and around city centre and a major attraction for those of us in Surrey as well as visitors from across the region,” explained Gill. “I’d like to see us spend the next four years pulling the business case together, finding the right partners and securing funding. There’s a lot of work to do, but I believe we can have our performing arts
Tim Hortons seeks to shut down ‘Tim Hottens’ knock-off cafe in India From page 1 and the service we provide our guests,” said Jane Almeida, a spokeswoman for Restaurant Brands International, the parent company of Tim Hortons, in an email. “Therefore, we will be taking steps to protect our brand and trademarks, including closing down this imitation restaurant.” She declined to answer whether RBI was aware of the cafe’s existence before the Canadian Press asked about it. It’s unclear how long Tim Hottens has been open. The store’s first post on its Facebook page, a profile picture of the logo, dates May 8, 2016. Its first Facebook review appeared two days later. Inside, it appears markedly different from a Canadian Tim Hortons location. Photos show a dark interior that resembles more of a bar or nightclub than a coffee shop. While it serves coffee, the menu is more expansive and includes alcoholic drinks, like mojitos, and burgers. Wait staff serve the diners. Reviewers on Facebook call the food “delicious” and the coffee “best... I ever had,” leaving it an average score of 4.6 stars.
3 Metro Vancouver mayoral candidates facing citations from Law Society of BC Three Metro Vancouver mayoral candidates are facing investigations from the Law Society of B.C. The reviews relate to the sitting mayor of Pitt Meadows, along with candidates in West Vancouver and Richmond. West Vancouver mayoral hopeful Mark Sager led that city from 1990 to 1996, and is seeking the top job once again. He’s facing a citation for possible professional misconduct, following a complaint to the law society. It is alleged he accepted gifts totalling more than $100,000 from a client. Sager says it was a gift from a longtime family friend. “This has been an incredibly unpleasant thing to go through,” he told Global News. “I had helped this individual with a number of legal issues because of our 55-year relationship. A bond as close as I had with only my mother and father. I didn’t ever contemplate she was a client. I never billed her anything,” he said. The society is also reviewing complaints against Pitt Meadows Mayor John Becker, who is also a lawyer by trade. That probe relates to allegations of misappropriation of client trust funds, failing to deliver a bill and other professional misconduct. “In due course, there will be a hearing panel. I will be providing evidence,” said Becker. “I am very confident that when the process unfolds, I will be exonerated in full.”
centre open within 10 years. But, the time to start is now.” Council candidate Narima Dela Cruz lives in city centre and said Surrey First’s commitment to the arts comes from the genuine belief that art and culture can “transform communities” and add value to the entire city. “The performing arts centre will be an exciting addition to our city and something everyone will enjoy,” said Dela Cruz. “When you add it to our new city hall, the growing university district and the thousands of people who are calling city centre home its easy to see why there’s such a great fit.” Incumbent councillor Vera LeFranc echoed Gill’s enthusiasm for
Surrey’s creative potential and said Surrey First would double arts and culture grants from $500,000 to $1 million annually over the next five years. “Creativity helps define a city and the creative economy is a growing part of our community,” noted LeFranc. “Expanding arts and culture programs is also a wonderful way to engage our children and teens. It fits perfectly with our anti-gang plans and like free access to our pools, rinks and gyms, our arts and culture programs are a really positive way to reach out and protect our kids.” Gill said the
contemporary art gallery in South Surrey represents much-needed gallery space for Surrey artists. “Art is meant to be seen,” explained Gill. “The new gallery in South Surrey is an important part of our art and culture platform because it goes a long way to giving Surrey’s artists the space they need to showcase their talent. At the same time, the addition of ‘maker space’ at the Clayton Community Centre will promote collaboration between artists and is a terrific model for more working spaces at other centres around the city. When you knit all of these creative pieces together it represents a long-term commitment that will encourage the tremendous talent that calls Surrey home.”
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‘The PM has betrayed India’ Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced calls for his resignation over allegations of corruption in a military jet deal with France after former French president Francois Hollande was quoted as saying New Delhi had influenced the choice of a local partner. Indian political parties have been gunning for Modi over the 2016 purchase of 36 Rafale planes from Dassault Aviation estimated to be worth $8.7 billion, saying he had overpaid for the planes and had not been transparent. In recent months, the opposition has questioned the government on the choice of billionaire Indian businessman Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defence as Dassault’s local partner instead of a state-run manufacturer with decades of experience. On Friday, Hollande, who cleared
New details about a $9 billion fighter-jet deal may bring down India’s leader the intergovernmental deal when he was in office, was quoted as saying New Delhi had put pressure on Dassault to choose Reliance. “We had no choice. We took the interlocutor that was given to us,” he was reported as telling the French news service Mediapart, fuelling a political storm in India. Under Indian defense procurement rules, a foreign firm must invest at least 30% of the contract in India to help it build up its manufacturing base and wean off imports. For that, the French firm picked Reliance and not Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the state-run giant that has been producing planes for decades, most of
them Russian under license. “The PM personally negotiated and changed the Rafale deal behind closed doors. Thanks to François Hollande, we now know he personally delivered a deal worth billions of dollars to ... Anil Ambani,” Rahul Gandhi, the president of the main opposition Congress party, said in a tweet. “The PM has betrayed India.” Modi, who stormed to power in 2014 promising to rid India of deep-seated corruption, had no “moral right” to remain
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in power after the revelations from Hollande, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said. Smaller parties also joined the attack on Modi who is already under pressure to shore up his political base ahead of a series of state elections this year followed by a national election in 2019. Dassault Rafale fighter at 2015 paris air showThe French Rafele fighter by Dassault shows off its dual after-burners. Modi’s office did not respond to a request for comment. The defense ministry said in a tweet that neither the French nor Indian government had a say in the matter. “The report referring to former French president Mr. Hollande’s statement that GoI (government of India) insisted upon a particular firm as offset partner for the Dassault Aviation in Rafale is being verified. “It is reiterated that neither GoI nor French Govt had any say in the commercial decision.” Reliance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Dassault denied the report, saying it had picked Reliance as a partner for industrial reasons. “This is Dassault Aviation’s choice, as (Dassault) CEO Eric Trappier explained in an interview published in MINT newspaper on April 17,” the company, which also makes Falcon business planes, said in a statement. “Dassault Aviation and Reliance have built a plant in Nagpur for manufacturing parts for Falcon and Rafale aircraft. The Nagpur site was chosen because of the availability of land with direct access to an airport runway, an essential condition (for) aeronautic activities.”
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New report calls Liberals’ 2016 tax hike ‘revenue loser on a national scale’ The Liberal government’s 2016 tax hike on Canada’s top one per cent not only failed to yield the promised billions, but resulted in a net revenue loss for government coffers, according to a new report released by the C.D. Howe Institute. After adjusting for economic changes and one-time factors, the paper estimates, based on 2016 tax data, that the Liberals’ new tax bracket for top earners creates $1.2 billion in new revenue for the federal government but a $1.3 billion loss for provincial governments. As such, “the hike was a revenue loser on a national scale,” writes study author Alexandre Laurin, director of research at the Institute. However, commenting on the results of the report, Finance Canada official Jack Aubry told Global News via email that “preliminary statistics for the 2017 tax year are broadly indicative of a substantial rebound in taxable income reported by high-income taxpayers in 2017.” For now, though, “it is too early to quantify this effect,” Aubry added. In December 2015, the Trudeau Liberals announced that the tax rate on income over $200,000 would go up four percentage points, from 29 per cent to 33 per cent. This was meant to help offset the revenue losses from the government’s signature “middle class tax cut,” which reduced the tax rate on incomes between about $45,000 and $90,000 by 1.5 percentage points, from 22 per cent down to 20.5 per cent. Tax data from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) revealed this summer that Ottawa’s tax hike failed to live up to its revenueboosting expectations in its first year of implementation. The numbers showed that high-income earners actually paid $4.6 billion less in federal tax in 2016, the first year the tax changes took effect. That was a far cry from the $3 billion in new revenue that the Liberal Party’s campaign platform said the new tax would raise. Continued on page 9
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Bail denied for Surrey real estate agent charged in West Kelowna murder The Surrey man accused of killing a woman he was travelling in the Okanagan with has been ordered to remain in custody. The decision in the case of Tejwant Danjou was made Thursday at a bail hearing before Justice Alison Beames. The reasons for the decision are subject to a publication ban. Danjou, 69, was arrested July 22 after police were called to the Best Western hotel in the 3400-block of Carrington Road following a report of a woman in need of assistance. The woman, Rama Gauravarapu, died and from page 8
Danjou was charged with second degree murder. At the time, Staff Sgt. Annie Linteau said the two were known to each other, and a code used on Danjou’s court file is reserved for cases where the victim and accused are in, or were previously in, a close and personal or intimate relationship. Gauravarapu had been a financial planner at a Surrey Royal Bank branch for 20 years. The branch was briefly closed the day her death was announced as her co-workers grieved.
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Rafale first strike French MoD The French foreign ministry published a statement saying French authorities were not involved in the choice of Indian industrial partners involved in the Rafale deal. “The French government is in no way involved in the choice of the Indian industrial partners which have been, are or will be, chosen by French companies,” the statement said. “In accordance with the Indian procedure, French companies have full freedom to choose the Indian industrial partners they consider to be most pertinent and then to propose to the Indian
government for approval the offset projects they want to carry out in India with local partners to respect their obligations,” it added. The deal with Dassault was expected to deepen strategic ties with France and the company itself has hoped it would lead to a larger order for combat jets that the Indian air force says it needs to face a perceived twin threat from China and Pakistan. India picked the Rafale plane to replace its ageing fleet of Russian aircraft from a field that included Lockheed Martin’s F-16, Saab’s Gripen, the Eurofighter Typhoon, Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the Russian MiG35.
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Are you earning a middle-class income? Here’s what it takes in Canada, based on where you live Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s office, however, has maintained that the revenue drop for 2016 was a one-off event. Because the government announced the changes in late 2015, high-income taxpayers had an opportunity to shift some of their income to the 2015 tax year, thus partially avoiding the new tax bracket — at least temporarily. Top earners are more likely to receive some of their income through dividends and to have some discretion over the timing of those dividend payouts. As a result, many decided to pay themselves through dividends in 2015, inflating tax revenues for that year and resulting in a drop the following year. The recession in Alberta also likely took a toll on 2016 revenues, as a large chunk of Canada’s top earners live in that province. But an analysis of the data that adjusts for the impact of the dividends maneuver and economic factors still shows that the tax hike would have fallen far short of the hype, according Laurin. Laurin’s calculations
show that the higher tax on Canada’s onepercenters would have added only $1.2 billion in fresh federal revenues. That’s just over a third what the Liberals initially predicted and slightly over half the $2 billion that a later, revised estimate from Morneau’s office said the tax would bring in during its first full year of implementation. Worse, that $1.2 billion in federal revenue gains is less than the $1.3 billion in lost revenue that the tax hike would have cost the provinces, according to Laurin’s analysis. Preliminary statistics for the 2017 tax year are broadly indicative of a substantial rebound in taxable income reported by highincome taxpayers in 2017, but it is too early to quantify this effect. Studies have shown that top earners are more likely than lower-income taxpayers to react to tax increases by reducing their taxable income. This may be because the wealthy have access to more sophisticated tax advice, are more easily able to shift assets to lower-tax jurisdictions or can afford to simply decide to work less given that they get to keep less of their money.
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Most overdoses deaths happen at home, not on the streets: BC coroner confirms The vast majority of fatal overdose victims in B.C. are men, and they’re much more likely to die after using drugs at home and alone, according to a new coroner’s report. The review of 872 illicit drug overdose deaths in 2016 and 2017 found that 81 per cent of victims were male, and two-thirds overdosed alone, inside a private residence. “We continue to urge those using substances to plan to take them in the company of someone who can provide help: administering naloxone and calling 911 for assistance,” chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said in a news release. “Illicit drugs continue to be the source of more than three deaths per day in B.C.”
Illicit drug users are far more likely to overdose at home than any other location. The report puts the lie to any stereotypes suggesting B.C.’s overdose crisis mainly affects people living on the streets of Vancouver’s impoverished Downtown Eastside. Only nine per cent of those who died were homeless, and 13 per cent lived in social housing or single-room
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occupancy hotels. Just under half were employed at the time of death. Canada has seen more than 8,000 apparent opioid deaths since 2016 The report identifies several other common threads together many deaths in B.C.
That includes mental illness and pain — more than half of those who died had reported a mental health diagnosis or showed evidence of a disorder, and about the same percentage reported pain-related issues. Among employed victims, people who worked in the trades or transport were most likely to die of an overdose. It also includes employment sector. About a quarter of all deaths involved people who worked in the trades or transportation. Most overdose victims were regular or chronic users of illicit drugs, and two-thirds had never been married. Fentanyl continues to be a major factor in B.C.’s ongoing crisis; and was detected in connection with more than three quarters of all deaths.
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The largest cruise ship ever to visit Vancouver will arrive this weekend. The Norwegian Bliss is about the length of three football fields at 333 metres and is capable of carrying nearly 6,000 guests. Ahoy! Vancouver welcomes first cruise ship of 2018 season. The new ship will dock at Canada Place in Vancouver on Sunday for the first time and has several more scheduled stops in Vancouver for the 2019 cruise season. The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says in a news release that the Bliss will pick up 4,000 passengers for the final leg of a cruise that began and ends in Seattle and includes stops in Victoria and Alaska. The Norwegian Bliss ship makes its way
through the locks of the Panama Canal in Agua Clara, Panama, Monday, May 14, 2018. Norwegian Bliss, one of the largest ships to ever navigate the Panama Canal, is the largest ship in Norwegian’s fleet, with 20 decks and a capacity of about 4,000 passengers. Three other cruise ships will also visit Vancouver this weekend, and officials warn congestion is expected around Canada Place as thousands of passengers move through the port. By the time Vancouver’s 2018 cruise season ends in October, 27 vessels will have visited, many of them numerous times, and the port authority estimates that each ship generates nearly $3 million in direct economic activity per visit.
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Surrey mayoral candidates square off over public safety, transit, cops The race for mayor in Surrey appears wide open, following the decision of current mayor Linda Hepner to not seek re-election. Surrey mayoral hopefuls squared off during an allcandidates’ meeting Wednesday, tackling issues facing BC’s fastest-growing city, including business growth, transit and public safety. In a recent survey, Surrey residents identified crime as their top concern — making it an outlier in a region where municipal concerns are dominated by housing and affordability issues. That concern was reflected in some of the candidates’ answers to the evening’s first question on what the top issue facing Surrey businesses is, and what they would do to address the problem. “Public safety is the number 1 thing for businesses,” said former mayor Doug McCallum, noting he had talked to Newtonarea businesses and learned three of them are moving out of Surrey because of gang violence and concerns over employee safety. “They are moving right out of Surrey to Langley.” The only way to address public safety and keep businesses in town is for Surrey to establish its own police force, he insisted, reiterating his pledge to withdraw from the RCMP and form a municipal police force at the earliest opportunity. Coun. Tom Gill, who represents reigning party Surrey First, also raised the importance of public safety in creating an environment that’s conducive to businesses and their customers. Aside from ensuring low taxes and working to provide a skilled workforce, Gill said “businesses need peace of mind that they will operate in an environment that’s crime free,” although he did not expand on solutions.
He said he supports a referendum on the RCMP versus municipal force issue. Councillor Bruce Hayne (pictured), who quit Surrey First in the summer to form Integrity Now, said small businesses would benefit most from the reduction of red tape. “The city has to get out of the way” and instead focus on creating an environment that encourages and fosters investment in the region, he said. Later, community organizer Imtiaz Popat, who is running under Progressive Sustainable Surrey, accused McCallum of failing to deal with gang violence during his tenure as mayor from 1996 to 2005. “The gang problems started when Doug McCallum was mayor,” he said. “We need to do things differently.” Imtiaz Popat, left, listens to Francois Nantel answer a question during the Surrey mayoral allcandidates meeting Wednesday night. Popat said citizens have “lost trust” in the RCMP. He also supports an independent police force, as well as a “multi-pronged approach” that includes hiring more youth and family case workers. All eight candidates vying to be mayor attended the meeting — organized by the Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association — including Pauline Greaves of Proudly Surrey, Rajesh Jayaprakash of People First Surrey, and independents Francois Nantel and John Wolanski. The race for mayor in Surrey appears wide open, following the decision of current mayor Linda Hepner to not seek re-election.
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Request that your child be excused from the FSAs Dear parents, We work hard to give your children the best education possible. Because we care, it’s our professional responsibility to raise our concerns about the Foundation Skills Assessment (FSA). Standardized tests like FSAs for Grades 4 and 7 students take time away from classroom activities, do not count for marks, and have not been meaningfully used to support student learning. FSA results provide no new resources or other funding for classrooms.
The misuse of FSA results to rank schools and the inadequate protection of student privacy are other major concerns. We are urging the provincial government to work with teachers and others to protect school and student information, rather than proceed with this year’s FSA. These are some reasons why BC teachers recommend that parents of Grade 4 and 7 students write to their school principal to request that their children be excused from the FSAs. More information, including a sample withdrawal letter, is available at bctf.ca/fsa.aspx.
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Former Victoria police chief Elsner hit with ‘unprecedented’ misconduct ruling Former Victoria police chief Frank Elsner will never wear a police uniform again. For the first time in B.C. the discipline imposed on a police chief under the Police Act would have resulted in his dismissal. “These findings and discipline measures are unprecedented in Canadian policing,” Police complaint commissioner Stan Lowe said in a news release Wednesday. Elsner, who was sworn in as police chief on Dec. 15, 2013, resigned in May 2017, but the discipline process continued. Lowe’s report, a Review of the Investigations and Disciplinary Process Concerning Frank Elsner, said the former chief committed eight acts of misconduct under the Police Act. His service record will show that he has been dismissed from policing. The penalties for some of the misconduct also included demotion to the rank of constable,
suspension for 30 days, and training on ethics, harassment and sensitivity. Lowe is also calling for changes to the Police Act. After reviewing the way Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins and Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps, the co-chairs of the Victoria Police Board, dealt with the Elsner matter, Lowe said he has made a recommendation to government that a retired judge, not a mayor, be appointed to serve as discipline authority for misconduct matters involving allegations about a chief or deputy chief of a municipal police department. In August 2015, Helps and Desjardins received information that Elsner had exchanged personal and sexually charged messages on Twitter with the wife of one of his officers. The allegations were initially addressed through an internal investigation process, with the mayors placing a discipline letter on Elsner’s file.
Report on VPD street checks shows no systemic racism, but changes on the way An internal report is recommending an overhaul of the Vancouver Police Department’s use of random street checks, even though it found “no statistical basis” to conclude officers use the checks to discriminate against certain races. The report’s six recommendations include calls to formalize existing street check standards, make street check data public and continue training sessions to ensure officers stay within their legal authority when conducting the checks. VPD Chief Adam Palmer commissioned the study following complaints earlier this
year from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs about the checks, also referred to as “carding.” He is recommending an independent analysis of the street check data, saying it will provide a balanced perspective to the city, province and police to make policies. Palmer said street checks occur in areas with the highest rates of violent crimes or they are also used to check the well-being of at-risk Indigenous women. Josh Paterson, the executive director of the BC Civil Liberties Association, welcomed Palmer’s recommendation.
Tenants facing renoviction cite BC Supreme Court ruling Tenants of a West End building who are facing a mass eviction say a recent court case backs up their right to return to their renovated units at the same rental rates they currently pay. Around 60 renters at Berkeley Tower at 1770 Davie St. have been told they will have to leave in one year’s time so the owner of the building, Reliance Properties, can do extensive repairs to the 60-year-old building. Andre Dechene, who lives at Berkeley Tower in Vancouver’s West End neighbourhood, says he and other tenants have been told they must move out in one year’s time so the building can be renovated. Andre Dechene, who lives at Berkeley Tower in Vancouver’s West End neighbourhood, says he and other tenants have been told they must move out in one year’s time so the building can be renovated. But Andre Dechene, who has lived in the building since 2013, said the 2018 B.C. Supreme Court case Baumann v. Aarti has established that landlords don’t need to end tenancies if tenants voluntarily move out to accommodate renovations. Developers threaten to dump rental projects for condos if BC adopts stricter rent control “The vast majority of the people here are fighting, and the building’s quite well-organized,” Dechene said. “The
longest tenant I know has been here 40 years, others have lived here 20 or 30 years. These are long-term tenants.” In the court case, Vivian Baumann, a tenant in another West End rental building, disputed a Rental Tenancy Board (RTB) arbitration decision that her landlord could end her tenancy in order to renovate her unit. B au m an n had offered to temporarily move out of her unit so the renovation could be completed. Justice Michael Brundrett found the RTB arbitrator had erred in failing to consider whether the landlord needed to end Baumann’s t e n a n c y in order to do the renovation. In response to that ruling, the B.C. government issued a guidance to the Residential Tenancy Board in May 2018 that said the Residential Tenancy Act does “not allow a landlord to end a tenancy for the purpose of renovations or repairs if… it is possible to carry out the renovations or repairs without ending the tenancy (i.e. if the tenant is willing to temporarily empty and vacate the unit during the renovations or repairs, and then move back in once they are complete).”
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Man convicted of trafficking cocaine in Yellowknife A Burnaby man has been convicted of possessing cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possessing marijuana, but will remain free until he is sentenced next month. Hassen Abdul Kerim Mohamed (pictured) was arrested in a raid on a Yellowknife house on April 15, 2015. It was obvious to police who entered the Finlayson Drive townhouse that it was being used as headquarters for a drug trafficking operation — there was cocaine, marijuana, scales and large amounts of cash out in the open in the living room, with some of the cocaine packaged in small amounts typically sold on the streets. Yellowknife’s appetite for hard drugs exposed at B.C. man’s trial Mohamed, now 50 years old, was in an upstairs bathroom as police broke open the back door. After handcuffing him, they found a small bag of individually wrapped “street grams” of crack and powdered cocaine on the floor between his legs. The townhouse was leased to William Nelson Castro, a convicted cocaine dealer and the target of the raid. Castro jumped out of a secondfloor bedroom window, but was arrested. Castro pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine, fentanyl, marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possessing the proceeds of crime and was sentenced to six years in prison. Mohamed was not in the courtroom as the verdict was delivered. He listened by telephone from Burnaby as he has been out on bail since shortly after his arrest. Following the verdict, Crown prosecutor Dwayne Praught asked that
Mohamed be immediately jailed until his sentencing, which is scheduled for Nov. 14. “We would oppose him being incarcerated at this point,” said Mohamed’s lawyer, Jennifer Cunningham. “Yes, he’s been convicted, but we can’t assume he’s not going to appear in court for sentencing.” “Given his convictions, the risk of non-attendance goes up,” said Praught, who noted the starting point for sentences for trafficking cocaine is three years in prison. Justice Shannon Smallwood allowed Mohamed to remain out on bail, but required him to report to police in Burnaby twice a week instead of once, and ordered him to turn himself in to police a week before sentencing. Acquitted of most serious charge Mohamed was facing the same charges as Castro, but was acquitted of possessing the proceeds of crime and possessing fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking. Smallwood found that, although police found $1,000 in cash in a shoe with his passport in the guest room Mohamed occupied, it could have been travel money he brought from B.C. when he arrived a week before the raid. Smallwood acquitted Mohamed of the fentanyl trafficking charge — the most serious charge he was facing — saying she could not conclude beyond a reasonable doubt he knew the drug was in the house. Police found 90 pills in baggies in a glass jar on the fridge. Smallwood said the walls of the jar were obscured enough that Mohamed may not have known it contained the fentanyl pills.
Arrest warrant issued for man wanted in Surrey stabbing who remains at large. Arrest warrant has been issued Drydgen is described as for a man wanted in connection being 5-foot-8 and 170 pounds with a stabbing at a Surrey hotel. with a slender build. He has On June 14, Surrey RCMP short black hair with a receding responded to a report of a stabbing hairline and has brown eyes. inside the Sheraton Vancouver He is believed to be Guildford Hotel. A male victim somewhere in the Lower was discovered suffering Mainland or possibly Alberta. from serious stab wounds. He has since been released Anyone with information from hospital but police say he is Malcolm Drydgen, 29 about his whereabouts is still recovering from his injuries. asked to contact Surrey RCMP at A charge of aggravated assault has now been 604-599-0502 or Crime Stoppers at laid against 29-year-old Malcolm Drydgen, 1-800-222-8477.
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Boyfriend charged with second-degree murder of Japanese student William Schneider, on trial for murder of a Japanese student two years ago, lived in a homeless shelter at the time, was broke and returned to his doctor weekly for anti-anxiety pills. Schneider, 51, is accused of seconddegree murder of Natsumi Kogawa, 30, and details revealed on the second day of the trial in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver on Tuesday before a packed public gallery painted a bleak picture of the middle-aged man’s life at the time. Kogawa’s decomposed body was William Victor Schneider, pictured here alongside Japanese found in a suitcase in the fall of 2016 student Natsumi Kogawa (left) was reported missing in Vancouver hidden on a West End property in on September 12, 2016. Her body was found on September 28 at the abandoned Gabriola mansion on Davie Street. Vancouver, where Schneider told his brother it would be, about two planned to go to Stanley Park to have sex weeks after friends reported her missing. in the tent, but they never made it. They Schneider has pleaded not guilty instead had some drinks and took drugs to second-degree murder and to before she left for another engagement. interfering with human remains. William Victor Schneider, is pictured here Natsumi Kogawa, a 30-year-old Japanese alongside Japanese student Natsumi Kogawa. student, was reported missing by her RCMP Kogawa’s autopsy showed she had boyfriend in Vancouver on September 12, anti-anxiety pills in her system — Lorazepam, 2016. Her body was found Sept. 28 at the that had been prescribed not to her but to abandoned Gabriola mansion on Davie Street. Schneider that summer — said Proulx. At trial Tuesday, Vancouver Police Court has heard Kogawa came to Const. Beatrice Chow described taking Canada in May 2016 on a student visa, photographs of the badly decomposed body. found a place to live in Burnaby and She said Kogawa’s naked body was in a took English classes until July 22, 2016. fetal position in the wheeled suitcase, head A statement of facts agreed to by Crown down, with her arms across her chest, and that and the defence lawyer read into court twigs, leaves and moss were stuck to her skin. on Tuesday revealed some details about Kogawa was last heard from on Sept. 8, Schneider’s life around the same time. 2016, the day she was seen on CCTV video On June 10, 2016, Schneider had buying vodka and chips and walking toward flown to Japan to an airport near Osaka. Stanley Park with Schneider, Crown counsel Court heard that his wife lives in Japan. Geordie Proulx told the judge and a jury. Schneider returned to Vancouver Court heard Schneider was carrying a on July 25, 2016, the Monday tent and he had told his brother they had after Kogawa’s final English class.
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ICBC’s new fees for unlisted drivers and learners could drive up 2019 rates BC motorists who might occasionally let a friend or family member drive their vehicle will need to pay a new $50 fee on their basic auto insurance next year or face the risk of large penalties if the borrower crashes. The “unlisted driver protection” fee is a littleknown part of the overhaul at the Insurance Corp. of B.C. that government announced in August and will take effect in September, 2019. The changes are touted as a way to pull the Crown insurance agency out of its financial crisis. But critics say the driver protection plan is one example of several rate hikes masquerading as hidden fees that most drivers will feel pressured to pay out of caution or confusion. “If your vehicle is involved in a crash caused by an unlisted driver and you didn’t have the unlisted driver protection, there will be a financial consequence,” ICBC’s Adam Grossman said in a statement. “We need to ensure that the right incentives exist and, more importantly, that all drivers aren’t paying for the decisions that individuals make about who they lend their vehicle to.” The $50 annual protection plan would apply to anyone who intends to lend their vehicle out fewer than 12 times a year to family members, friends, neighbours, acquaintances or co-workers — for example, if you lent someone your truck to help them move. If an owner doesn’t buy the extra protection, and then someone with a worse safety record than the owner crashes their vehicle, ICBC would hit the owner with a steep fine. Anyone who might drive that vehicle more than a dozen times in a year must be explicitly listed on the insurance and their driving record will be considered in calculating premiums. The surcharge is one of several new levies that motorists will face next year when insuring their vehicle with ICBC, which has a monopoly on basic auto insurance. Attorney General David Eby has said the changes are intended to increase rates for the riskiest drivers while providing savings for those with safer records. He has said 39 per cent
of ICBC customers could have rates fall by up to $50, 13 per cent by between $50 and $100, and 15 per cent by more than $100. However, those reductions are based on 2018 rates and could be wiped out by ICBC’s new fees and any rate hike for basic insurance in 2019. Families, in particular those that have a teenager or new driver trying to obtain a driver’s licence for the first time, appear to be particularly hard hit under the new rules. An average family with a basic insurance rate of $1,094 this year could pay almost $200 more next year for the same vehicle, reflecting what ICBC says is the increased crash risk of young drivers. “All of this adds up to a pretty steep rate increase that David Eby is trying to hide,” said Opposition Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson. “It sounds like David Eby’s newborn ICBC is going to be a whole bunch of flat rate fees with no real relationship to risk.” All vehicle owners will soon be required by ICBC to list everyone who may drive their vehicle after September 2019, including spouses, children and other relatives (any friends or neighbours who will drive it more than 12 times a year). ICBC’s new 2019 rate structure will mean the principal operator (say a parent with a lengthy clean driving record) will only account for 75 per cent of how ICBC sets the insurance premium on that vehicle. The highest-risk driver on the list (say a teenager) will be used by ICBC to calculate the remaining 25 per cent of the rate. ICBC also plans to levy a new learner premium for drivers who must use the red ‘L’ signs, of between $130 and $230 annually, depending on where you live in B.C., to “recognize the risk that a learner driver represents.” A crash by a learner would not affect the premium of the vehicle owner, or the learner’s driving record, according to ICBC. But once that learner graduates to a full licence, their risk would increase insurance rates for a parent who lets them drive the family vehicle.
BC to review campaign finance laws after civic elections BC gov’t will review its new campaign finance laws after next month’s civic elections following an outcry over gaps in the rules on third-party advertising and transparency of donations. Municipal Affairs Minister Selina Robinson said her government moved to get big money out of politics in British Columbia and address unfettered fundraising, but she acknowledged changes may be needed. “There’s certainly more room to make sure that the elections are as fair as they can be. And we have committed to review everything around this election cycle,” she said on Wednesday. The Globe and Mail has highlighted what critics have called loopholes in the new law. Prominent Vancouver developer Peter Wall was able to anonymously donate $85,000 that was used to erect billboards in support of a pro-
development candidate. The rules requiring third parties to declare their donations did not apply until a month before the Oct. 20 vote. As well, The Globe has reported that independent candidates have been able to form unofficial groups without the constraints on donations they would face if they were running for the same party. Ms. Robinson noted that the civic elections are the first test of the new law, and the government is open to changes. The law bans corporate and union donations and limits individuals to donating no more than $1,200 to a party or candidate. They also restrict how much third parties can spend on advertising during a campaign period. “This is the first time that there is election expenses as well as campaign contribution limits,” Ms. Robinson said. “So everything is up for review and up for consideration to make
Woman charged after racial slurs hurled at man following Edmonton parking dispute A 44-year-old woman has been charged after a racist rant in an Edmonton parking lot was caught on camera late last month. On Aug. 15, Rahul Kumar started recording a dispute with a woman over a parking spot in his south Edmonton apartment parking lot. “I was like, ‘What’s going on?’ I was actually shocked,” he said at the time. He told Global News he was leaving for work that afternoon when he noticed a car parked in the emergency lane behind him. He said he had asked the woman who owns the car not to park there several times before. When the woman was moving her car a short time later, Kumar said the woman started yelling out the window at him. He started recording when the
woman began using racial slurs, he said. “You can film all you want…,” she can be heard saying. “Go back to your f****ng country, man.” Watch below: Police have laid charges following a racist rant that went viral last month. The incident is believed to have followed a parking dispute that quickly escalated. Albert Delitala has the details. WARNING: Offensive language. In an interview with CTV Edmonton, the woman said she was not a racist and doesn’t regret what she said. She told CTV that Kumar left out much of the story and that he has been the aggressor in their various confrontations. “It’s not even the whole story. It’s the end of something that happened three weeks ago [in] which… my friend who lives there
BC to review campaign finance laws after civic elections The B.C. government will review its new campaign finance laws after next month’s civic elections following an outcry over gaps in the rules on third-party advertising and transparency of donations. Municipal Affairs Minister Selina Robinson said her government moved to get
big money out of politics in British Columbia and address unfettered fundraising, but she acknowledged changes may be needed. “There’s certainly more room to make sure that the elections are as fair as they can be. And we have committed to review everything around this election cycle,” she said on Wednesday. The Globe and Mail has highlighted what critics have called loopholes in the new law. Prominent Vancouver developer Peter Wall was able to anonymously donate $85,000 that was used to erect billboards in support of a prodevelopment candidate. The rules requiring third parties to declare their donations did not apply until a month before the Oct. 20 vote. As well, The Globe has reported that independent candidates have been able to form unofficial groups without the constraints on donations they would face if they were running for the same party. Ms. Robinson noted that the civic elections are the first test of the new law, and the government is open to changes. The law bans corporate and union donations and limits individuals to donating no more than $1,200 to a party or candidate. They also restrict how much third parties can spend on advertising during a campaign period. “This is the first time that there is election expenses as well as campaign contribution limits,” Ms. Robinson said. “So everything is up for review and up for consideration to make these kinds of elections as fair as possible.” The new law does not require candidates to disclose their donors until 90 days after the election, although some candidates have volunteered to do it earlier. Dermod Travis, executive director of Integrity BC, a group that monitors campaign financing issues, said all parties donating and spending money should release all information.
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 A senior officer Senior Delta with the Delta Police Department has been suspended pending the outcome of a Police Act investigation. The DPD is not naming the officer in question, but CTV News is reporting that Inspector Varun Naidu was suspended last month while investigators with the
police officer suspended pending investigation of interactions with young woman Saanich Police Department look into his interactions with a young woman who was interested in a career in policing. Naidu has been with the Delta Police department for 25 years and was in charge of its emergency response team. In March of this
North Delta restaurant fire closes Scott Road Friday morning Scott Road was closed both ways for several hours on Friday morning after a local restaurant caught fire. According to Delta fire department deputy chief Dave Wood, firefighters were called to a structure fire at 4:22 a.m. this morning. The firefighters were able to contain the fire to that one restaurant, although a neighbouring building had a bit of smoke damage. Delta police closed the Scott Road
between 92 Ave and 94 Ave while the firefighters were battling the blaze. Firefighters were able to put out the fire around 7:30 a.m. this morning, and the road was re-opened shortly after. The fire department is still on scene putting out hot spots. The investigation into the cause of the fire will likely begin before 10 a.m., Woods said.
Vancouver police won’t be using federally approved marijuana testing device The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) doesn’t expect the world to change overnight when marijuana is legalized on Oct. 17. Speaking on CKNW’s Lynda Steele Show, police Chief Adam Palmer says the VPD won’t be using the federally-approved Drager DrugTest 5000 as a screening device. “It’s not something that we’re going to be deploying here in Vancouver,” Palmer said. READ MORE: New roadside test to detect marijuana coming to Canada “There may be other agencies in British Columbia that will deploy it, and other
places in Canada, but our experts have looked at it, and it doesn’t meet our requirements so we’re going to pass on this one.” The VPD leader added that the device is quite bulky to carry and doesn’t always work properly in cold weather. Palmer says he’s also concerned about the amount of time it would take to get a swab from someone who may be under the influence of drugs. While the police chief says Vancouver is going to pass on the Drager device, the department will look at other options.
Persian speakers seek to add Farsi to BC public school language curriculum Students in British Columbia’s public schools could have another option for language studies, if a new campaign is successful. The Farsi Dar BC campaign calls for Farsi, also identified as Persian, to be added to the list of nine languages included in the Education Ministry’s policy covering second language requirements for Grades 5 through 8. Farsi is spoken in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and some Persian Gulf States and the latest Canadian census shows in BC it is the mother tongue of more than 43,000 residents and more than 28,000 consider it their first language at home. Farsi Dar BC campaign founding member Amir Bajehkian says he believes those numbers don’t reflect all Persian speakers and census data shows Farsi is spoken more frequently in BC than French, German, Italian, Spanish or Japanese. Those five languages, and Mandarin, Punjabi, Korean and American Sign Language are included in the list of languages approved by the B.C. school curriculum and Bajehkian says it’s time Farsi was also acknowledged. He says some local school board representatives, several provincial politicians and a number of municipal election candidates turned out Sunday at a public information session to support adding Farsi to the language policy.
year he received the Police Officer Commission from the Lieutenant Governor of B.C. DPD public affairs coordinator Cris Leykauf said it is not a criminal investigation and the allegations regarding the officer’s actions do not involve Delta Police Department employees. “Another police agency is leading this investigation to ensure it is fair and impartial.
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That agency has assigned a discipline authority who is in charge of the investigation,” Leykauf said in an email to the North Delta Reporter. “The Office of Public Complaints Commission has oversight of this investigation. Pending completion of the investigation the officer has been suspended. This decision was made by the external discipline authority.”
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BC limits rent increases to inflation, but tenants’ group wants more protections The British Columbia government has chopped the annual rent increase that landlords are allowed to charge by two per cent but an advocacy group is calling for more changes to protect tenants in heated markets. As of January, the rent hike will be limited to 2.5 per cent, based on the rate of inflation, instead of an extra two per cent per year. Premier John Horgan told a news conference Wednesday the change strikes a balance between providing relief for tenants and encouraging landlords to maintain their properties by applying for higher increases for improvements. The changes follow early recommendations by a task force appointed by Horgan, and are in line with policies in Ontario and Manitoba. A final report to be released soon will contain more recommendations following widespread consultations across the province. The current policy was brought in by the former Liberal government in 2004. Liberal MLA Todd Stone said landlords will have little incentive to improve aging housing stock in cities like Vancouver and Victoria if they have to go through a
bureaucratic application process to afford renovations. He also called on the government to focus on improving the housing supply. Housing Minister Selina Robinson said the province is expected to review the approval process because developers face a “big hurdle” when it comes to costs. “It hasn’t been reviewed in decades and decades so that’s another place where we’re going to be looking to identify ways that we can speed up approval processes so that we can get these developments to fruition much sooner,” she said. Recent changes have seen the province close a loophole that allowed landlords to evict tenants while renovations were underway. However, Andrew Sakamoto, spokesman for the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre, said while renters now have the first right of refusal in renting their former unit, their rent could be hiked significantly following a so-called renoviction. He said renters need more protection and he’s hoping the task force’s recommendations will include them.
Nanny charged with sex abuse of 3 children Saanich police are worried there may be the public’s help in assisting us.” more alleged victims after a local nanny Saanich police are worried there may be was charged with sex offences against three more victims and are asking the public for help children, including two brothers in his care. identifying other places where Robichaud may Johnathon Lee Robichaud, 30, of Central have worked. (Saanich Police Department) Saanich has been charged with Robichaud has lived in the one count of sexual interference, Victoria region for a “significant two counts of invitation to period of time,” police say and sexual touching and one count has worked or volunteered of making sexually explicit with youth groups, church material available to a child. groups, child-care facilities The investigation began and before-and-after-school when a mother reported that programs. He’s also advertised her sons, who are both under his nanny services online. the age of 10, may have been Robichaud is currently bound abused by the family nanny, Johnathon Lee Robichaud, 30 by conditions that bar him from according to a police statement. contact with any children under Police later identified a third alleged victim. the age of 16 and from visiting recreation Detective’s ‘hidden side’ came out when centres, daycares, schools, churches, parks he took advantage of young sex crime victims or any other place frequented by children. “As we’re unable to verify all the places where Investigators say they’re unable to provide Mr. Robichaud volunteered or worked with any specifics about the charges against children, we’re asking the public to contact Robichaud, but they’re asking anyone whose us” Sgt. Jereme Leslie said in a news release. child has been alone with him to “We all have a responsibility call police at 1-250-475-4756. to protect children and we need
Adrian Dix reveals Phase 2 of Royal Columbian Hospital project will be a design-build The B.C. government revealed Saturday afternoon that the second phase of the Royal of medical-surgical in-patient rooms. The project’s first phase, which includes Columbian Hospital revitalization project will be a design-build project owned and operated a 36,500 square-metre mental health by Fraser Health, rather than the previously and substance-use wellness centre, is approved public-private partnership. expected to open in 2020. It replaces the Health Minister Adrian Dix and Mental aging 30-bed Sherbrook Centre and will Health and Addictions Minister Judy Darcy serve hundreds more patients each year. That phase will bring another 75 made the announcement on a construction site at Royal Columbian in New Westminster, treatment beds, including a 20-bed olderwhere contractors, Fraser Health Authority adult psychiatric unit, a 10-bed highand hospital staff watched as a crane operator psychiatric high-acuity unit and 45 beds lifted a steel beam they had signed to celebrate the project’s progress. Dix said that while the hospital’s three-phase, $1.35-billion revitalization was announced by the previous B.C. Liberals government, his government — as well as the Fraser Health executive and Treasury Board — determined it would be best to move away from a public-private partnership for the second phase. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Minister of Mental Health and “We felt design-build made Addictions Judy Darcy — along with Jim Sinclair and Dr. Anson Koo from more sense here, it makes the Fraser Health Authority — revealed the plans for Phase 2 of more sense for the workers Royal Columbian Hospital here, it keeps our hospital for acute mental-health in-patient care. team together over the period of construction, Another 105 beds are slated to open next which is one of the most important hospitals in British Columbia,” Dix said. year at a new mental health and addictions “It gives us more control to make decisions centre on the Riverview lands in Coquitlam. around maintenance over time and we The $101-million project was also announced are convinced it was the right way to go.” by the previous government and replaces Dix said the change will not the aging Burnaby Centre for Mental increase the project’s estimated budget. Health and Addiction, which has 94 beds. Meantime, B.C.’s overdose-related The second phase includes a new acute-care health emergency continues tower and expanded emergency department, public and its facilities will include 229 new beds, to kill roughly four people each day. Darcy said her government is working more MRI scanners, a neonatal intensive-care unit and a rooftop heliport. Construction to expand treatment services, and has is expected to be completed in 2024. a therapeutic recovery community on On Thursday, the government will issue a Vancouver Island and a youth-treatment request for qualifications for the design and build. facility in Chilliwack on the way. “We’re working very hard on a wide A third phase, expected to start when the second is completed, will expand on existing array of options for people because for parts of the hospital including laboratories, some people, if they have the most acute medical imaging, pharmacy and food mental illness or acute substance use, they services, and will include the renovation may need to be in a treatment facility, for others, it’s outpatient support,” she said.
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Surrey Mounties have arrested Codee Daun Mullin, 24, accused of robbery and assault. On March 8 a woman was held at knifepoint by a robber who took her groceries and a few dollars in change. This was in the 10400-block of Whalley Boulevard. The victim was not physically injured but was duly terrorized, police said at the time. Mullin is charged with one count each of robbery, disguising face with intent, and assault. “Due to the violent nature of this robbery, we hope these charges will provide some small measure of relief for the victim,” Sergeant Chad Greig said. “It is files like this that illustrate how our investigations always remain active and our officers continue to pursue all avenues until charges are laid.”
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Integrity NOW releases downtown Surrey Cultural Centre Plan In advance of the highly anticipated Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association (DSBIA) mayoralty candidate Town Hall event this evening, Integrity Now, the new political organization in Surrey headed by mayoralty candidate Bruce Hayne reaffirmed their commitment for developing a performance and cultural centre in the downtown core. “Over my time as a city of Surrey Councillor I’ve advocated for a cultural and music venue in the downtown core, and if our team is elected we are committed to establishing a multifaceted facility that will draw creatives from across the province and beyond to a spectacular facility dedicated to art, culture
and music,” says Hayne.Integrity Now believes that a performing arts centre is a much needed asset for residents of all ages and abilities, a venue that showcases world-class talent and creates positive economic impact throughout the city, as well as a facility that embraces and provides a showcase for local talent. “Music and the arts brings people together regardless of age, ethnicity, language or economic position,” says Hayne. “I see this facility being both a huge financial benefit to this neighbourhood and throughout the city as well as a place where our residents can gather and learn, experience and celebrate.”
Surrey residents are up in arms about a proposed development in Rosemary Heights Development Proposal Number: 16-0708-00 Doug McCallum and the Safe Surrey Coalition visited the site yesterday to take a first hand look at the property. McCallum noted” “It’s a beautiful property that is heavily treed and also borders on the Nicomekl River. I kayak along there fairly often.” The Safe Surry Coalition (SSC) candidates agree that they will not allow current development proposal to pass. Especially given the sensitive nature of the eco-system Doug McCallum and his team also promise to look into the possibility of purchasing the land and turning it into a park.
It’s the last remaining large parcel of nature in the area. It’s an important environmental hub for Surrey and it should be preserved for the community and for future generations. The development proposal is for 285 townhouse units and 23 single family homes, it’s on the site of former Catholic Church retreat. Bableen Rana pointed out the questionable process for public input used in relation to this project. “Surrey First, with councillors Bruce Hayne and Tom Gill, failed to ensure that Surrey’s public consultation process met acceptable standards. The Safe Surrey Coalition will review and improve Surrey’s public consultation processes – in consultation with residents. Effective consultation is a key part of our smart development approach.” Steven Pettigrew also gave voice to complaint that has been all too common lately: “Once again we see the community’s desire for the preservation of the environment being disregarded. This is very similar to Surrey First ignoring 12,000+ Surrey residents and putting a road through Hawthorne Park. Enough is enough! It is time for a change.” Join the residents protesting this proposal Sat Sept 29th 11:00 AM at 154 St & 37A Avenue
B.C. residents evenly split 3 ways over electoral reform: Angus Reid poll This fall, B.C. will choose whether to keep its current first-past-thepost electoral system, or change to a system of proportional representation. Proportional representation is an electoral system in which in which parties gain seats in proportion to the number of votes cast for them If a majority of people are in favour of proportional representation, then one of three systems — which voters will rank in order of preference in a second question on the ballot — will be adopted for any future provincial election. But according to a new public opinion poll by the Angus Reid Institute, B.C. residents remain split three ways over whether to change the voting system, less than a month before the ballots will be mailed to voters. The Angus Reid Institute conducted the online survey from Sept 10 – 14, 2018 among a representative randomized sample of 800 adult B.C. residents who are members of Angus Reid Forum. Probability samples of this size would carry a margin of error plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The poll shows that 31 per cent support the current first-past-the-post voting system, while 33 per cent support a proportional representation voting system. Another 33 per cent of British Columbians polled remain undecided, and two per cent said they’d ignore the voting package altogether. In B.C.’s current first-past-thepost system, the number of seats a party gets in the legislature equals the number of districts its candidates win. This system tends to elect candidates from large parties and results in single-party majority governments. According to the poll, 61 per cent of British Columbians believe that a system that more closely reflects parties’ actual popular vote would increase voter turnout — meaning B.C. would be more likely to have minority governments in the future.
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TELUS commits Speciallyequipped mobile health ‘clinics on wheels’ across the country to provide primary care to more than 20,000 Canadians in need annually, where and when they need it most. At a media conference in downtown Vancouver, TELUS President & CEO, Darren Entwistle announced a $5 million commitment to expand the company’s innovative Health for GoodTM program nationally. The innovative program provides primary healthcare to vulnerable and underserved Canadians through the deployment of specially-equipped mobile health “clinics on wheels� into communities where frontline care is urgently needed. Once fully operational the program will be able to care for more than 20,000 Canadians annually. Currently active in Montreal, Vancouver, Victoria and Calgary, these partner-operated mobile clinics act as a vital link between the communities in which they operate and the local health authority by facilitating better continuity of care for vulnerable people who are often experiencing homelessness or living with addiction and complex health issues including serious physical and mental illnesses; and cannot easily access traditional medical care yet are in urgent need of care. To date, the technologypowered Mobile Health Clinics have supported nearly 10,000 patient visits and reintegrated more than half of these patients back into the public healthcare system. With the support of TELUS, the program will roll out to more than 10 communities in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia by 2019, enabling thousands more Canadians to access the primary care they urgently need. “At TELUS, a cornerstone of our passionate social purpose is our heartfelt commitment to enabling better health outcomes for our fellow Canadians, which is why we have expanded our TELUS Health for Good program nationally,� said Darren Entwistle, President & CEO, TELUS. “As a part of our Connecting for Good portfolio, which includes Internet for GoodTM – offering low cost high speed internet to low income families; and Mobility for GoodTM – providing fully subsidized smartphones and data plans to youth transitioning out of foster care, our Health for Good program leverages the power of our technology to deliver customized, compassionate care and enable better health outcomes for more Canadians in need. Working in collaboration with community partners and organizations, we are bringing healthcare directly to the community and helping a traditionally underserved group receive the care they require in an environment that truly meets their unique needs.� Providing healthcare to Canadians without access to the current
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voice, television, entertainment, video and home security. TELUS need it most, we are is also Canada’s largest healthcare IT provider, healthcare system due reminding our fellow and TELUS International delivers business to life or extenuating Canadians that they process solutions around the globe. circumstances are not alone, that In support of our philosophy to give where presents some unique they are cared for, and we live, TELUS, our team members and challenges. Estimates that there is indeed the retirees have contributed over $525 million show that between promise of a friendlier to charitable and not-for-profit organizations 150,000 and 300,000 future for everyone and volunteered more than 8.7 million hours individuals experience in our city and well of service to local communities since 2000. homelessness in beyond. About Canada in a given Created in 2005 by President and CEO TELUS TELUS Darren Entwistle, TELUS’ 13 Canadian year, and nearly 30,000 (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) community boards and 5 International boards citizens experience is Canada’s fastest- have led the Company’s support of grassroots homelessness across growing national charities and have contributed more than $67 Canada on any given Darren Entwistle, President & CEO, TELUS (left) night. They also typically and Juggy Sihota, Vice-president, TELUS Health telecommunications million in support of 6,283 local charitable company, with $13.6 projects, enriching the lives of more than lack a documented medical history that can be referenced by billion of annual revenue and 13.1 million 2 million children and youth, annually. healthcare practitioners. The majority of these subscriber connections, including 8.9 million TELUS was honoured to be named the Mobile Health Clinics will be equipped with wireless subscribers, 1.8 million high-speed most outstanding philanthropic corporation TELUS Health’s electronic medical record Internet subscribers, 1.3 million residential globally for 2010 by the Association of (EMR) technology and TELUS LTE Wi-Fi network access lines and 1.1 million TELUS Fundraising Professionals, becoming the network technology to assist the onboard care TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range first Canadian company to receive this team in delivering immediate, quality care. of communications products and services, prestigious international recognition. For Skilled practitioners will be able to collect including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), more information about TELUS, please visit and store data, examine results over time, and telus.com. provide better continuity of care to patients No charges against son of Afghan diplomat, lawyer says who previously had undocumented medical histories. At the event in Vancouver today, A sexual assault investigation related “Most individuals in his situation — attendees were invited to tour a Mobile Health to allegations against the teenage son and I’ve had many over the years — rely Clinic which is divided of an Afghan diplomat ended without on their diplomatic immunity, quietly into two main areas: the charges, according to his lawyer. return to their country and leave the first for patient reception Global Affairs Canada had to seek a waiver charges stranded in Canada. My client was and nursing care; and of diplomatic immunity from Afghanistan’s vehement that he was not guilty,� Sellar said. the second with an examination table and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul to allow Global Affairs intervenes to aid Ottawa doctor’s workstation including equipment Ottawa police to question the diplomat’s son. police investigation of diplomat’s son necessary to provide primary healthcare Ottawa defence lawyer Rodney Sellar Sellar said the diplomat’s son said the teen and his father both wanted submitted to two exhaustive lie such as routine testing, contraception, STI to waive his diplomatic immunity. detector tests, and passed both. treatment, harm reduction services, and mental health care and counselling. The DMJOJDT XJMM BMTP JODMVEF t#MPPE QSFTTVSF machine with thermometer and pulse PYJNFUFS t0UPTDPQF BOE PQIUIBMNPTDPQF t &NFSHFODZ BOE IBSN SFEVDUJPO TVQQMJFT t7BDDJOBUJPO GSJEHF GPS JNNVOJ[BUJPOT BOE MBC TQFDJNFOT t -PDLFE DBCJOFUT GPS NFEJDBUJPOT (please note there are no narcotics onboard) In 2014, TELUS was inspired by Doctors of the World, an organization that had been delivering healthcare services on foot in the streets and parks of Montreal, QC for a decade, with nurses equipped with nothing more than clinical expertise and a backpack of medical supplies. Today, through numerous partnerships, volunteers, and the power of technology, that inspiration is about to become one of the most efficient and innovative mobile healthcare delivery tools in the world to reach the homeless. By bringing healthcare directly to the communities and people that
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MPs unanimously pass motion to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary Canadian citizenship MPs have unanimously passed a motion to strip Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship. More and more Canadian politicians have been calling on Ottawa to revoke the honour bestowed on the de facto Myanmar leader in 2007 over her complicity in the brutal crackdown of the Rohingya people. A United Nations fact-finding mission recently found the Myanmar military was committing genocide against the minority Muslim population and other ethnic minorities, and that Suu Kyi had failed in her duty to protect her own citizens. Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggested Parliament could consider revoking her honorary Canadian
citizenship, but that he believes such a move would do little to ease the humanitarian crisis afflicting the Rohingya people. Andrew Leslie, parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, said the next steps are not immediately clear, since this is “new ground.” “Keeping in mind this is the will of Parliament, now the machinery of government will actually chew over the details of what specifically is required to implement,” he said. While Suu Kyi is no longer recognized as an honorary citizen by the House of Commons, the Senate must pass a similar motion before it is officially revoked. An emotional Bob Rae tells Senate of rape, oppression of Rohingya
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UN strikes repatriation deal Bob Rae says Canada should take leadership role in Rohingya crisis Canada, EU slap economic sanctions on seven Myanmar officials Last week, MPs from all parties unanimously adopted a motion condemning the acts of the Myanmar military against Rohingya Muslims as an act of genocide. The UN report names six military commanders in Myanmar who should be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state, and crimes against humanity in other areas, calling their actions “shocking for their horrifying nature and ubiquity.” “Many of these violations undoubtedly amount to the gravest crimes under international law,” it read. The report also condemns Suu Kyi for failing
to use her power or moral authority to prevent the persecution of the Rohingya and protect the civilian population. Instead, civilian authorities have spread false narratives, allowed hate speech to flourish and blocked independent investigations, the report says. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the symbolic gesture won’t do much to ease the suffering of the Rohingya. “Whether she has citizenship or not, it doesn’t help the Rohingya in any degree,” he said. “Parliament granted her citizenship, Parliament can take it away. But we’re focused on helping the millions of people who are suffering either in place or as refugees.” In Canada, honorary citizenships are not conferred by the prime minister or the cabinet of the day, but by a vote in Parliament. Similarly, it would take such a vote to strip someone’s honorary citizenship away.
Bank of Canada will continue with gradual rate hikes: Poloz The Bank of Canada will continue to raise interest rates gradually, Governor Stephen Poloz said on Thursday, stressing that despite economic uncertainties, the bank did not want to let inflation momentum build. The central bank has raised rates four times since July 2017 and most market players expect another hike on Oct. 24. Poloz said that while the bank did not know exactly where the economy was heading, that did not justify inaction. “It does not mean keeping interest rates on hold until inflation momentum starts to build,” he said in a speech in Moncton, New Brunswick. “The bank will continue to follow a gradual approach to raising interest rates, and remain dependent on incoming data and other sources of information to guide our decisions,” the governor added. Market expectations of an interest rate hike in October, as reflected in the overnight index swaps market, rose slightly to 76.46 per cent from 72.36 per cent before the speech. Although the annual inflation rate in August was 2.8 per cent, well above the bank’s 2.0 per cent target, Poloz said that was partly due to the boost provided by temporary factors such as higher gas prices.
Poloz, who cited the inflation rate and very low unemployment, said in his speech that the economy was operating near capacity. “We know that if we move too slowly to raise interest rates, the economy could move firmly above its capacity limits and inflation could establish significant momentum. We certainly want to avoid this outcome,” he said. That said, new digital technologies could be giving the economy more room to grow before inflation pressure emerged. “Raising interest rates too quickly could choke off this economic growth unnecessarily,” Poloz continued. Story continues below advertisement The bank left rates unchanged on Sept. 5 and Poloz said policy-makers had pondered at the time whether the gradual approach to raising rates was still appropriate, given that its economic forecasts were on target. The bank discussed whether the data coming in as planned “was a reason for more moving more quickly … and our conclusion was no, we still have a number of uncertainties we are carrying,” he said.
135 students stung by wasps during elementary school’s Terry Fox Run What started out as a fun school activity for a good cause ended in tears on Thursday at a Kamloops, B.C., elementary school after 135 children were stung by wasps. A total of 215 students at Dufferin Elementary School were participating in the school’s annual Terry Fox Run to raise money for cancer research. A spokesperson for KamloopsThompson School District said two or three children were taken to hospital by ambulance after they had a reaction to being stung. When wasps attack: How to dodge the summer sting “Some of the children were quite upset and parents were called right away,” said Diane Skoglund, communications manager for the school district.
The incident happened after some of the lead runners inadvertently disturbed an underground wasps nest along the course, said Skoglund. “As runners kept running through, the wasps kept getting more agitated,” she said. Paramedics and local search and rescue volunteers attended the school and treated children in the gymnasium. What to do if you get stung by a wasp Skoglund says some students were stung as many as six times and paramedics used ice to treat their wounds and remove any stingers. Students were given freezies after their ordeal. Some children left school early with their parents while others remained until the end of the day, Skoglund said.
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Canada’s ‘use-it-or-lose-it’ parental leave coming three months early, in March Soon-to-be-parents will be able to access extra weeks of leave three months earlier than expected. This year’s federal budget announced additional weeks of “use-it-or-lose-it” leave for non-birthing parents, like fathers, and set June 2019 as the date it would come into effect. The reason for the timing was largely technical in nature. The system that operates employment insurance, which includes special benefits like parental leave, had to be updated to handle the government’s new options. Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the system updates were finished faster than expected, and the timeline to add the new leave for dads was moved up to mid-March 2019. Only parents whose children are born or adopted after March 17 will be able to take
advantage of the additional weeks. The Liberals said that moving the date of implementation up by three months could benefit more than 24,000 people. Parents will get five additional weeks if they opt for the traditional 12-month parental leave, or eight weeks under the new 18-month option introduced late last year, so long as the couple agrees to split the time off to care for a new child. If the couple doesn’t share the time off, then the family won’t qualify for the extra weeks — making it a use-it or loseit option. Quebec has already dedicated leave for second parents, which provides up to five weeks of paid leave to new fathers that covers up to 70 per cent of their income. Duclos said in an interview that the results in Quebec, his home province, are clear.
First women-only foreign minister conference held in Canada Top female diplomats from around the world have gathered in Montreal for a first-of-itskind meeting. Foreign ministers from almost 20 countries will discuss topics including security and gender-based violence. Women foreign ministers from around the world have kicked off a two-day conference in Montreal, Canada, that is aimed at highlighting women’s key role in politics and decision-making processes. The meeting is being co-chaired by Canada’s top diplomat, Chrystia Freeland, and the foreign affairs representative of the EU, Federica Mogherini, who at the opening both expressed hope that the meeting would set a precedent for growing cooperation between women ministers. Women are “key to finding solutions to the political, economic and social challenges facing our societies,” Freeland said
in her opening remarks on Friday, as reported by the Agence France-Presse news agency. “When we are all involved in the decisionmaking process, our societies become stronger, our economies and our middle class become more prosperous and our countries safer,” she
added. The agenda is scheduled to cover topics including international security and peace, promoting and strengthening democracy and the elimination of gender-based violence. Mogherini also stressed the all-around benefits to societies when women have full access to decision-making positions in all spheres. “It is not just an issue of equal rights .
Former interim RCMP commissioner Beverley Busson, businessman Martin Klyne named to Senate The first woman to hold the reins of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a Cree Metis businessman are the two newest members of the Senate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making the appointments to fill seats in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Beverley Busson will take the seat in B.C. and Martin Klyne will fill the vacancy in Saskatchewan. Busson served as commissioner of the RCMP on an interim basis in 2006, which made her the first woman to hold the position.
Klyne published 2 newspapers She was part of the first wave of women to enter the force, and later she was one of the first female RCMP officers to work in plain clothes and undercover. Klyne served as chief operating officer of the company overseeing the Regina Pats Hockey Club, a lecturer at the First Nations University of Canada and publisher of two Postmedia Network Inc. newspapers — the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post.
Security Minister Bill Blair says he ‘misspoke’ on asylum seeker deportations Confusion over the number of asylum seekers who have been removed from Canada led to an apology on Monday from Border Security Minister Bill Blair – and attracted fresh calls from Opposition MPs for more action to address ongoing border woes. On the weekend, Mr. Blair created a hornet’s nest of criticism when he told Global News in an interview that the “overwhelming majority” of asylum seekers who have crossed into Canada over the past 21 months have left the country. But the government’s own numbers tell a different story. Newly released figures show Canadian officials have removed only a handful of the hundreds of asylum seekers who arrived in Canada while they were already facing deportation orders from the United States. The numbers, tabled recently in the House of Commons, show almost 900 asylum seekers intercepted by the Mounties in Canada since April, 2017, were already under removal orders issued by U.S. authorities. As of late June, only six of these people had been removed from Canada. Meanwhile, the over all number
of asylum seekers who have been deported or removed from Canada also remains low. Since early 2017, more than 34,000 asylum seekers have crossed into Canada through unofficial points. To date, only 398 – or about one per cent – have been removed. Mr. Blair issued an apology on Monday afternoon, saying he “clearly misspoke” when he said the majority had left the country. “They have not. They await disposition of their claim. Sorry for the obvious confusion that I caused,” he said. Later, he explained to reporters that he was trying to explain a different point, but that he “did so inadequately” and immediately took steps to clarify his remarks and apologize, first in a tweet on Sunday and later in the formal statement issued on Monday afternoon. Story continues below advertisement As for why the number of removals remains so low, he explained that border officials can only remove failed refugee claimants after they have exhausted all legal options available to try for refugee status.
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Moon mission a calculated risk, says ISRO chairman K Sivan ISRO’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2, a ‘calculated risk’ undertaken in the knowledge that 50 per cent of such launches have failed, will land at a spot where no country has gone before,its chairman K Sivan said. “Though half of lunar missions have failed, ISRO is taking a calculated risk, because calculated risk along with innovation is absolute essential if we want to be a major player in the space industry. Chandrayan 2 is also a calculated risk,” he said. He said the landing site at the Moon is above 70- degree latitude, “where no one else has gone before”. He said India has not only developed launch vehicles and satellites, but also undertaken extremely challenging and inspiring missions like Chandrayaan, Mars Orbiter Mission andAstrosat. Sivan was speaking at the ninthConvocation of GITAM Deemed to be University at Rudraram in neighbouring Sangareddy district. Sivan said India will have its first demonstration flight of SSLV by mid-2019, which would be the cheapest launch vehicle in the world with the least turnaround time. He said a lot of innovation has gone into the design to ensure that the vehicle is assembled in around 72 hours rather
than 70 days required to assemble other launch vehicles. Just six people with a laptop can assemble and launch the SSLV, a university release quoted him as saying. The ISRO chairman said India today has the worlds second largest internet user base. But the broadband speed at present ranks the nation at 76 in the world, he said. “With high throughput satellites GSAT-11, GSAT-29 and GSAT-20 set to be launched before the end of 2019, the country can enjoy more than 100 Gbps high bandwidth connectivity,which will help bridge the digital divide”, he said. Sivan said the Centre has approved Rs 10,900 crore for 30 PSLVs and 10 GSLV Mk-III launches in the next four years, in addition to more than 50spacecraft. He said ISRO was not only interested in engaging with established industries, but would also like to see start-ups taking up the challenge. Sivan also said that ISRO has established a capacity building program office to widen the participation of academia and industry in the space sector. “The idea is to conduct activities related to space technology research across the nation through the establishment of Space Technology incubation centers,”he said.
Court lifts ban on entry of women to Sabarimala Temple A five-judge Constitution Bench on Friday lifted the ban on the entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 to the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala. Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar ruled against the restriction on women, saying it’s not an essential religious practice. The CJI said the exclusionary practice is invalid. The CJI and Justice Khanwilkar allowed the petitions against restriction on the entry of women to the temple. In all there were four verdicts. The first one was by CJI Misra and Justice Khanwilkar, and the second and third by Justice Rohinton F Nariman and Justice DY Chandrachud. The first three verdicts were concurring. Justice Indu Malhotra-the lone woman judge on the five-judge
Constituion Bench--delivered a dissenting verdict. CJI Misra delivered the first verdict for himself and Justice Khanwilkar. The CJI spoke against patriarchal religious practices. The CJI and Justice Khanwilkar ruled that followers of Lord Ayyappa didn’t constitute a separate religious denomination. Justice Nariman said the practice violated women’s right to religion and right to equality. Majority ruled against the the Sabarimala Temple entry restriction on women. Justice DY Chandrachud termed the practice derogatory to women. He said religion couldn’t become a cover for such discriminatory practices; women couldn’t be treated as children of lesser gods. Justice Chandrachud termed it a patriarchal practice.
India successfully lifting millions out of poverty, Trump tells UN US President Donald Trump on Tuesday lauded India’s efforts to lift millions of its citizens out of poverty as he addressed world leaders at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. “There is India, a free society (of) over a billion people, successfully lifting countless millions out of poverty and into the middle class,” Trump said in his second address to the General Debate of the UN General Assembly that opened here on Tuesday. India, a free society of over a billion people, lifting people out of poverty into the middle class, says US President Donald Trump at the UN In his about 35-minute address, he said over the years, history has transpired in
the halls of the UN General Assembly. “We think of the many before us who have come here to address the challenges of their nations and of their times and our thoughts turn to the same question that ran through all their speeches, resolutions and through every word and every hope.” “It is the question of what kind of world will we leave for our children and what kind of nations they will inherit,” Trump said. He said the dreams that fill the UNGA hall today are as diverse as the people who have stood at this podium and as varied as the countries represented in the United Nations. “It really is something.
Extramarital sex is no more a crime: Supreme Court Supreme Court on Thursday declared unconstitutional Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code which punished only men for having sexual relationship with a married woman. In a unanimous verdict, a five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the archaic Victorian era law violated a woman’s right to equality and right to non-discrimination guaranteed under Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution as it treated women as chattels. The court said the law on adultery violated a woman’s sexual autonomy and deprived her of dignity. But the Bench, however, said adultery could be used as a ground for divorce by a husband or a wife in matrimonial proceedings. While declaring the penal provision on adultery unconstitutional, CJI Misra cautioned that the verdict should not be taken as a licence to indulge in such acts. The top court rejected the Centre’s demand to make adultery genderneutral and keep it on the statute book in order to protect sanctity of the institution of marriage. In all there were four concurring verdicts. The first one by the CJI for himself and Justice AM
Khanwikkar and then one each-separate but concurring verdicts by Justice RF Nariman, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra--who all declared Section 497 of the IPC unconstitutional. According to Section 497, whosoever has sexual intercourse with the wife of another man is guilty of adultery, which is punishable with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years, or with fine, or with both. It says the woman in question can’t be punished as an abettor. An Italy-based NRI-Joseph Shine–has challenged the provision which prescribes a jail term of up to five years or fine or both, terming it “unjust, illegal and arbitrary and violative of citizens’ fundamental rights”. He questioned the gender bias in the provision drafted by Lord Macaulay in 1860. He also challenged Section 198(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code which allows a husband to bring charges against the man with whom his wife committed adultery. While reserving its verdict, the top court had on August 8 rejected the Centre’s argument to make gender-neutral Section 497.
Another video of ‘surgical strikes’ out Almost two years after the Indian Army’s ‘surgical strikes’ on PoK terror camps, another video of the military operation was released on Thursday. Thus this has added new twist to the raging debate on whether the event should be commemorated by institutes affiliated to the UGC as ‘Parakram Parv’. The Army had carried out surgical strikes on the night of September 28-29, 2016 in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, inflicting heavy casualties on terrorists. The Congress has termed the observance of Surgical Strike Day as a “jumla” (gimmick), contending that the exercise will enhance national prestige. “This is
only meant to increase the prestige of the Army. There is no politics in it. I must denounce the Congress charge that we are politicising the surgical strike. No, we are not doing that,” the Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister had said. The decision to celebrate the day was announced last Thursday when the University Grants Commission (UGC) in a letter to all Vice Chancellors of the universities had asked them to observe the day in their institutions through special parades by National Cadet Corps, and pledge of support by students to the armed forces by writing letters and cards.
PUNJAB
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Details in ‘jamabandi’ to check fraud The Revenue Department in the state has decided to incorporate email address, contact number and Aadhaar number of property owners in the record of rights (jamabandi). This will come as a boon for NRIs and Central government employees, who are residing outside the state. Revenue Minister Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria said the government would charge Rs 1,000 for the facility. This would safeguard the ownership rights of people and also make them feel secure from fraudulent sale of their property by swindlers. The fear of losing their land due
to fraudulent means had become a nightmare for NRIs. Therefore, this facility would stop fraud in property sale and purchase as e-mail and telephone number would be available in the revenue record, which would facilitate genuine buyers/sellers in contacting each other personally and it would also be a boon for the state exchequer. Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Revenue, MP Singh said this facility would also make the procedure of summoning of parties in partition/girdawari cases and even in civil or criminal cases.
Amarinder Singh gets aerial survey of flood-affected areas Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday undertook an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Punjab. After the survey, Amarinder in a tweet said, “There appears to be considerable damage to crops due to floods around the Beas river but things could have been worse. DCs asked to submit girdawari reports within three days.”
Two injured as parcel bomb exploded Two persons, including the owner of a courier agency, were injured after a lowintensity parcel bomb exploded in the firm’s office here around 2 pm on Wednesday. Preliminary investigations suggested the parcel was meant for delivery to “Bhupesh Rajyana, Rajyana House, Patiala Gate, Sangrur”. The man who came with the parcel mentioned his address as “Buta Karyana Store, Malsian village, Shahkot, Jalandhar district” and told the agency the carton contained clothes. Suspecting that clothes couldn’t have weighed so heavy, the agency owner, Vikas Sood, inquired what it actually contained. The man reportedly panicked and rushed out of the shop. The explosion occurred within seconds, leaving Vikas and a customer, Rakesh Tayal, injured. An official said small iron pellets and nails were used in the bomb, though presence of ammonium nitrate as explosive could be confirmed only after a forensic examination.
Punjab, Himachal sign MoU to set up Anandpur SahibNaina Devi ropeway Punjab and Himachal Pradesh governments on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to set up a ropeway between Anandpur Sahib and Naina Devi. The signing of the MoU, which coincided with the 111th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, took place in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Himachal counterpart Jai Ram Thakur. It was done by Vikas Pratap, Secretary, Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Punjab, and Ram Subhag Singh, ACS, Tourism Himachal. Amarinder welcomed the agreement as a historic move to facilitate pilgrims visiting Anandpur Sahib in Punjab and Naina Devi in Himachal Pradesh. The project would prove to be mutually beneficial for the two states, he said, underlining the need to promote tourism to boost the state’s socio-economic development. The Chief Minister also stressed on the huge tourism potential in the region saying it was in the interest of all the states in the region to work collectively to facilitate tourism. Jai Ram Thakur said the project should have been completed long ago because of its importance to the two states.
Amarinder interacted with Charanjit Kaur of Sherpur Dogra village in Sultanpur Lodhi, whose crops had been damaged due to flooding in the Beas. The CM assured her of help and said the girdawari would be completed in the next three days.
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Chief Minister Amrinder Singh writes to PM Modi, wants Rs 100/quintal for farmers to manage paddy straw Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterating his request for Rs 100 per quintal as compensation to farmers for management of paddy straw. The compensation should be given only to those farmers who refrained from burning paddy residue, he wrote in his letter to the PM. The task of achieving zero stubble burning in the state was not only Herculean but also put additional financial burden on the farmers, the CM pointed out, adding that despite strict control measures, nearly 15 million MTs of paddy straw was being burnt in the state annually. Listing some of the initiatives taken by his government to curb the menace, the CM said farmers were being provided subsidized equipment for management of crop residue. In addition, individual farmers
and Custom Hiring Centres are also making huge investments in providing equipment for crop residue management. However, use of new machines was putting an additional burden of Rs 2,500 to Rs 3,000 per acre on the farmers, which they were unable to afford, the CM said. Further, in case these machines were to be optimally utilised to achieve the objective of zero stubble burning, additional cost on management and use of these machines is incurred which needed to be compensated, Amarinder underlined in his letter. The CM said that despite repeated requests from the state, the Centre had not yet taken any decision on compensation to farmers. “The harmful effects of stubble-burning are well known and need not be reiterated.
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SC declines to refer to larger bench whether mosque is integral part of Islam The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to refer to a five-judge Constitution bench the issue of reconsideration of the observations in its 1994 judgment that a mosque was not integral to Islam which had arisen during the hearing of Ayodhya land dispute. In a majority verdict of 2:1, the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the civil suit had to be decided on the basis of evidence and the previous verdict had no relevance on it. Justice Ashok Bhushan, who read out the judgment for himself and the CJI, said it had to find out the context in which the five-judge had delivered the 1994 judgment. Justice S Abdul Nazeer disagreed with the two judges and said whether mosque is integral to Islam had
to be decided considering belief of religion and it required detailed consideration. He referred to the recent Supreme Court order on female genital mutilation and said the present matter be heard by a larger bench. The apex court said now the civil suit on land dispute would be heard by a newly constituted three-judge bench on October 29 as Justice Misra would retire on October 2 as the CJI. The issue whether mosque is integral to Islam had cropped up when the three-judge bench headed by CJI Misra was hearing a batch of appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court’s 2010 verdict by which the disputed land on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid area was divided in three parts.
Everything you need to know about the massive crisis brewing in India’s financial markets India’s financial markets are in the throes of a bear hug. And the core of the crisis that has shaved off Rs8.48 lakh crore ($116.33 billion) in investor wealth in the last ten days is Mumbai-based Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS). IL&FS is an over 30-year-old infrastructure lending giant that claims to have helped develop and finance projects worth $25 billion in Asia’s fastest-growing economy. The company recently defaulted on a few payments, which means it has run out of cash. This spells trouble not only for the firm but also for its investors, which include banks, insurance companies, and mutual funds. The situation is so grim that it is being compared to the 2008 Lehman Brothers crisis that triggered a global financial meltdown. Investors and traders have been worried sick over the cascading effects of IL&FS’s defaults. In September, the benchmark index Sensex has already shed over 2,000 points till now. Here’s all you need to know about the crisis: What is IL&FS? Apart from envisioning and building infrastructure projects, IL&FS is also a “shadow bank.” The term is used to refer to the non-bank financial intermediaries
that provide services similar to traditional commercial banks. Since these are not deposit-taking companies, they are not as stringently regulated, say experts. IL&FS sits atop a web of 169 subsidiaries, associates, and joint-venture companies that makes the default even more worrisome. State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), which owns a 25.34% stake in IL&FS, is its largest shareholder, followed by Japan’s Orix Corporation (23.54%). Other key shareholders are the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (12.56%), Housing Development Finance Corporation (9.02%), Central Bank of India (7.67%), and State Bank of India (6.42%). To put it simply, IL&FS has run out of money and, therefore, has been unable to service its repayment obligations. Since Aug. 27, it has defaulted on around Rs450 crore of inter-corporate deposits (ICDs) to the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). Earlier this month, IL&FS and its subsidiary, IL&FS Financial Services, also delayed payments on ICDs and commercial papers, instruments that mature in less than a year.
Civilian, soldier and militant killed in encounters in Kashmir A civilian, a soldier and a militant were killed in three anti-militancy operations in Kashmir on Thursday. Three encounters broke out in Anantnag, Srinagar and Budgam districts when security forces launched three separate operations in the wee hours of Thursday. A civilian was killed at Noorbagh locality in Srinagar city, during a cordon and search operation which was launched following an input about the presence of militants. The slain civilian was identified as Mohammad Saleem Malik. Security sources said they had an input about the presence of two militants in the area when the operation was launched. Intense clashes have erupted in the area and authorities have suspended mobile internet in Srinagar to maintain law and order.
Meanwhile, a soldier and a militant were killed in gunfight in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district that broke out on Thursday morning. The gunfight broke at Gaksigund Dooru when the forces were carrying out a search operation in the area. “In the gunfight a militant and a soldier were killed,” police sources said. The identities of the slain could not be established. Another anti-militancy operation is under way in Budgam district. Sources said at least two to three militants were trapped in Panzan mosque which had been cordoned by the forces. The operation is under way and special forces had been deployed to flush out the militants. Meanwhile, an unidentified man was killed in alleged Army firing in Kupwara district.
Massive landslide hits Rohru region near Shimla A large number of commuters had a narrow escape as a massive landslide occurred near Pattshall on the Rohru-Theog highway in upper Shimla on Wednesday. The terrifying footage was captured by an onlooker on a mobile phone moments before the boulders and muck came crashing down. Panic griped the people there and they could be heard shouting “run, run, the hill is coming down”. Commuters in the video can be seen frantically reversing their cars as the hillside started giving way, uprooting trees and sending big rocks onto the road.
Many people have been stranded as the road has been closed for traffic. “It looks like a never-ending ordeal for the people as such a landslides on Jubbal-Theog road have become a common phenomenon,” said Chaman Tanta, a resident of Mihana village in Jubbal who was among those stranded. The landslide was caused after three days of heavy rains in the state. The clip appeared to have been captured by people standing at some distance away from the landslide.
Antigua assures full cooperation in Choksi’s extradition The Antigua government has assured India of its full cooperation in the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, allegedly involved in the USD 2 billion scam in the Punjab National Bank, and conveyed its commitment to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, a senior official said Thursday. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Foreign Minister of Antigua and Barbuda E P Chet Greene here on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly and raised the extradition issue of Choksi, who is currently in the Caribbean island. “Greene conveyed to the EAM the assurances of his Prime Minister for the fullest cooperation of their Government in the matter of extradition of Mehul Choksi to India,” Ministry of External Affairs
Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. Kumar told reporters that Greene told Swaraj he wanted to personally inform her about the Antiguan government and its Prime Minister’s “commitment on Mehul Choksi’s extradition.” The bilateral meeting had been requested by Greene, Kumar said, adding that Swaraj requested to him that there should be “expeditious resolution” of the matter. Greene said his country too would like this issue to be resolved as quickly as possible within the framework of Antigua’s law and court process. He added that Antigua’s government will try its best to resolve the issue. Greene informed Swaraj that there are certain legal angles and court procedures that need to be examined but conveyed full commitment on this issue.
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 Pakistan unlikely to change its behaviour over terrorism: Haqqani Pakistani leadership defines terrorism differently than the US government and is unlikely to act against all terrorist groups as demanded by Washington, Pakistan’s former ambassador to America Husain Haqqani has said. In an article in the journal ‘American Interest’, Haqqani said that Pakistani leaders’ view of their country’s interests in Afghanistan, differ vastly from those of the US and that limits the prospects of cooperation in ending the Afghan war. “Pakistan’s leadership defines terrorism differently than the US government and thus is unlikely to act against all terrorist
groups, as (Secretary of State) Mike Pompeo demanded,” Haqqani, who is now the Director for South and Central Asia at Washington-based Hudson Institute, said. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is scheduled to meet Pompeo on October 2 to further discussions initiated during the Secretary of State’s brief stopover in Islamabad on September 5, while on his way to India. “US diplomats have spent almost three decades trying to lure Pakistan’s decision-makers into seeing things their way,” Haqqani observed.
Nepal reinstates $2.5 billion hydropower deal with Chinese firm Nepal has reinstated a deal with a Chinese state-owned company to build a $2.5 billion hydroelectric plant scrapped by the previous government, officials confirmed Monday, as the new pro-Beijing administration seeks massive infrastructure investment. The agreement with the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) to construct Nepal’s largest hydro plant was abruptly cancelled by the outgoing government just weeks before a general election late last year. “The decision to scrap the agreement
with the Chinese company by the previous government was taken without any grounds,” information minister Gokul Baskota told AFP. “We decided to correct that, because Nepal doesn’t have the capacity to build such a big project and funding is also challenging.” The long-mooted 1,200 megawatt Budhi-Gandaki plant would nearly double Nepal’s hydropower production. The impoverished landlocked country suffers chronic energy shortages and is forcedtobuyelectricityfromneighbouringIndia.
Afghan mullah faces stoning death over sex tapes scandal
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A self-proclaimed mullah in Afghanistan, who allegedly filmed himself having sex with women, is on the run after the videos went viral on social media, prompting religious leaders to order his death by stoning. Mullah Rasool, a traditional healer who wrote amulets for clients in a village in the northwestern province of Faryab, is accused of sexually exploiting and raping several women who had gone to him for help. Rasool, whose nickname is Landay, which means “Shorty” in Pashto, allegedly used the videos to blackmail the women. A number of videos began circulating on social media in recent weeks, but it is not clear when they were made or if they were filmed in Rasool’s village of Chinar in Pashtunkot district. In one video posted on Facebook, a bearded and turbaned man purported to be Rasool is seen loosening his white baggy trousers, clearly aroused.
A young woman, still wearing her long dress and headscarf, removes her trousers and lays on a large floor cushion where they have sex. While the identities of the women are not yet known, their faces are visible in the videos, which have been viewed tens of thousands of times, raising fears for their safety in the deeply religious country. “We predict there will be honour killings,” Faryab governor spokesman Jawed Bidar told media. Provincial women’s affairs department head Sharifa Azimi said the women had been “tricked” and has urged religious leaders to tell their worshippers that they are “innocent victims, not bad women”. “We are very worried that they will be murdered,” Azimi told AFP. The body of a woman was found dumped in a ditch near Chinar village several days ago, but it has not yet been identified, Azimi added.
China’s leading e-vehicle maker Sunra mulls setting up plant in India China’s leading electric vehicle company, Sunra, sees India soon emerging as the world’s biggest market for electric bikes and plans to set up a factory in the country. The firm, which exports e-bikes and its spares to some 70 countries, including India, says it is upbeat about investing in the country, especially in light of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policies for the electric vehicle (EV) sector and invitation to companies to manufacture e-vehicles in India. “We are studying the policies and we want to set up a factory in India, most likely in Bangalore (Bengaluru),” Sunra’s General Manager Victor Lu told IANS at the company’s
headquarters here in Wuxi, a fast-developing city in China’s eastern province Jiangsu. According to McKinsey, China has emerged as the leader in both the supply of -- and demand for -- electric vehicles. In 2017, 777,000 EVs were sold in China as compared to 507,000 in 2016. Victor, however, thinks India will outpace China in four or five years in terms of demand for e-vehicles. “We see India as the world’s biggest market for e-bikes and we want to tap into it,” Victor said. “There is a so much pollution in Delhi and other Indian cities. People would switch to e-bikes very soon.”
Maldives voters throw out China-backed strongman president Voters in the Maldives have thrown out the incumbent president, Abdulla Yameen, in an extraordinary rebuke to a leader who jailed political opponents and judges and drew his country closer to China during a tumultuous five-year term. Yameen formally conceded defeat in a televised address on Monday, ending hours of apprehension in the capital, Malé, over whether the strongman would accept the decisive result or try to hang on to power. His opponent, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, a low-key stalwart of the democratic
movement, surged to a lead in early ballots shortly after polls closed at 7pm on Sunday. The margin grew as votes poured in from across the 26 atolls that make up the Indian Ocean state. Solih’s final tally was 38,000 votes greater than Yameen’s, according to the official count. Yameen, who has imprisoned or exiled his main rivals on dubious charges and eroded many of the checks on his power in the past five years, said nothing about the result on Sunday evening, even as Solih claimed victory before a cheering crowd in Malé.
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FIJI
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Fijian Government to legally contest ‘Bula’ trademark move Fijian Government is laying the legal groundwork to contest, on multiple fronts, the move of a United States businessman who had trademarked the word “Bula”. Fiji’s AttorneyGeneral Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, in a statement earlier this evening, said preparations were underway to lodge necessary documentation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr Sayed-Khaiyum also confirmed that the matter would also be raised with the World Intellectual Property Organisation. “Government was, along with Fijians and friends of Fiji around the world, both shocked and outraged to hear of this blatant case of heritagehighjacking,” Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said. “We would never give permission for anyone –– particularly someone outside of Fiji looking to profit –– to effectively claim ownership of ‘bula’, a word so deeply-rooted in our national identity that it has become synonymous with Fiji itself. Ross Kashtan, who runs a kava bar in Florida, has trademarked the word which is
a commonly-used traditional Fijian greeting. The trademarking can be used to prevent other businesses using the word “Bula” in bars and cafes selling kava and other drinks. This move was met with outrage from the local and international community including Fijians abroad along with other Pacific Island countries. “The idea that a single person could control the use of a word so dear to the hearts of Fijians is offensive, it is tone-deaf, and it is wrong. We will fight this trademark with every power international law affords,” Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said. Mr Sayed-Khaiyum further claimed that previous governments were fully complicit in allowing foreign interests to get away with many trademarks dear to Fijians. “Those days –– the days that Fiji sits quietly while corporate and personal interests try to take advantage of our ‘bula spirit’ –– are over,” he added.
School principal sent home A school principal in the North has been sent home after he was investigated for allegedly assaulting a student. Police had earlier confirmed that a report was lodged at the Labasa Police Station in June and investigations were in progress. Police had also confirmed that the principal is alleged to have assaulted the student during class when they celebrated the festival of Holi. It is understood the student had colourful powder on his face and the teacher allegedly hit the student’s face and told him to wash out the powder. The school management has confirmed the incident. School parent and executive Aisake Galodamu said they met the
principal before he left the school compound last week. He described the principal as a dedicated teacher who had done a lot of good things for the school. “We believe the principal didn’t assault the student as earlier expressed by the complainants to police, except that he only touched the student’s face,” he said. “We are not happy with the decision because exams are around the corner and parents will have queries which the principal can attend to. “The parents and management of the school hope that the remaining teachers can step up to the call and ensure our children pass well in their exams.” The Ministry of Education confirmed the situation but refused to comment further.
Dismembered body found Family of a woman reported missing two weeks ago are waiting for police to confirm the identity of the dismembered body found at Malamala, Nadi, last weekend. The 25-year-old mother of two was reported missing by her family after she failed to return home from work on September 11. Her brother had posted a message on Facebook a few days after she disappeared seeking information from the public on her whereabouts. The body parts were found in an unused
well located near the home of the missing woman’s husband’s family. Police have confirmed that a man, who is also in his 20s, was in their custody and being questioned for allegedly “inflicting serious harm” on his wife. The woman was estranged from her husband and was living with her family at the time of her disappearance. Family members said they would speak to the media once an official confirmation was received from police.
Any other political party member must join NFP if they want to contest election as a united front - Biman Prasad National Federation Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad has made it clear that any other political party member that wants to contest the election as a united front with NFP has to resign from their current party and become a member of NFP and then go through the selection process to become a NFP candidate. Professor Prasad confirms that there have been some discussions with some party leaders like Fiji Labour Party Leader Mahendra Chaudhry and Freedom Alliance Leader Jagath Karunaratne however Prasad says the NFP’s stand is clear. Speaking to Fijivillage, Freedom Alliance Leader Jagath Karunaratne says they have decided on the option however there is still no final decision on whether Freedom Alliance
and FLP members will resign and join NFP. Karunaratne says they are still trying to go as a united front with NFP and FLP but things should not be made harder. Professor Biman Prasad stresses that there is no coalition and there is no guaranteed NFP ticket for another party member as they have to follow the full selection process. He also says more people are still approaching NFP and these include some FijiFirst parliamentarians who were not announced as FijiFirst provisional candidates. Professor Prasad has refused to reveal the names of the FijiFirst parliamentarians for now. However he says NFP’s 51 provisional candidates will be announced soon.
Farmer calls it quits after losing 206 cattle “We are not interested in dairy farming anymore.” These were words of cattle farmer Baljindar Singh of Waimaro in Korovou, Tailevu, after he lost 206 cattle to the bovine tuberculosis (TB) disease since 2014 — recording a loss of about $300,000. The 45-year-old started his cattle farm in 1983 with 400 cattle, but with these incidences, he is now left with only 50 milking cows. “We do not know about this bovine tuberculosis or where it comes from,” he said. “We are all farmers and we are doing what we are supposed to do. We know about milking and rearing of cows, but not TB.
“They (Ministry of Agriculture officers) come and inject the cows.” On Monday, 30 of Mr Singh’s cattle which were infected with bovine TB were taken to the slaughter house. “Imagine $1500 per head,” said the disillusioned farmer. “There has been a big loss in our stock and it really takes a lot of time to replace those stocks. For the calves, it takes four years to rear them. It is a long process for us.” Mr Singh said as a result of the loss, they have had to reduce the number of labourers on their farm from eight to two.
Military officer on attempted murder charge further remanded THE military officer who is Ms Serukai said there was a high possibility that the accused facing an attempted murder charge for allegedly trying to murder person might interfere with the his girlfriend has been further witness. remanded in custody. Rajiv Krishan Padyachi appeared before She also sought time from the High Court judge Justice Thusara court to file the grounds of their objection to bail. Rajasinghe. State prosecutor Susan Serukai informed the High The case has been adjourned Military officer Court that the State would be Rajiv Krishan Padyachi to October 2, 2018. objecting to the bail application. (middle) facing a charge of attempted murder
Teacher charged with 20 counts of indecent assault A teacher who is charged for 20 counts of indecent assault will be produced at the Lautoka Magistrates Court today. Police say the teacher who is in his 20s is alleged to have indecently assaulted two students at his quarters earlier this month. Fiji Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said the teacher was alleged to have played with the victims’ private parts on several different
occasions. “He is alleged to have committed the offences during a study camp where the two victims who are both 13 years old were staying in his quarters,” Ms Naisoro said. “One of the victims relayed the alleged incident to his parent whereby a report was lodged with the school management to Police.”
PAKISTAN
Saturday, September 29, 2018
Court summons former PM Sharif in treason case over Mumbai terror attack remarks Lahore high court summoned former PM Nawaz Sharif on October 8 during the hearing of a petition seeking action against the deposed prime minister for claiming that those involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack belonged to Pakistan. Sharif, for the first time in May, publicly acknowledged in an interview to a media Dawn that terrorist organisations are active in Pakistan and questioned the policy to allow the “non-state actors” to cross the border and “kill” people in Mumbai. In the exclusive interview, he had
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also criticised the apparent delay in the conclusion of the Mumbai attack trial. The Lahore high court’s three-member bench headed by Justice Syed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi also issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Dawn journalist Cyril Almeida and ordered placing his name on the Exit Control List. “Justice Naqvi expressed anger over nonappearance of Almeida in the court, directing the Deputy Inspector General of the Police Punjab to present him in the court on next hearing (October 8),” a court official told reporters.
Non-bailable arrest warrants issued against Dawn media reporter Cyril Almeida Lahore high court issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Dawn reporter Cyril Almeida. The court has also barred him from leaving the country. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) was quick to take note and express its concern while several journalists and media groups across the globe condemned the harassment of Almeida who works for English language newspaper, daily Dawn. The Lahore high court moved against Almeida for failing to attend proceedings in
a petition seeking action against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif and former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in a case related to treason. Almeida’s name has also been put on the Exit Control List (ECL). The decision against the journalist came in connection with a petition filed against PM Sharif for defaming state institutions after he had publicly admitted in an interview with Dawn newspaper in May.
India postpones Pakistan experts’ inspection of 2 hydropower projects: Report India has postponed the scheduled inspection of its two hydropower projects on the Chenab river by Pakistani experts following the fresh tension in bilateral ties and cancellation of foreign ministers’ meeting in New York, according to a media report here on Wednesday. The Indian authorities postponed the inspection by Pakistani experts and said that it would not be possible due to the local-body elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Dawn news quoted a
source as saying. After the bilateral talks on the Indus Waters Treaty last month in Lahore, India rejected Pakistan’s objections on the construction of the 1,000MW Pakal Dul dam and 48MW Lower Kalnai hydropower projects on the Chenab river and invited Pakistani experts to visit the sites to address their concern. The experts were scheduled to inspect the two hydropower projects by October but India cancelled it, citing some local issues, the report quoted the source as saying.
project with Chinese leadership Prime Minister Imran Khan will be besides exchanging views on economic visiting China next month (October), cooperation. Geo News reported on Friday. Sources Sources added that Pakistani said a high level delegation will also delegation will also participate in a accompany PM Imran Khan during his conference in China. After assuming visit to China. It will be Khan’s first visit office, PM Imran first visited Saudi to China after assuming office of Prime Arabia on September 18, where he Imran Khan Minister. met Saudi King Shah Salman, Prince The date of his visit in date and meeting Mohammad Bin Salman and discussed matters of schedule with Chinese officials is being finalized, mutual interest. the sources added. The Premier will discuss China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
Supreme Court promises high-level security to former President Musharraf on his return Supreme Court on Tuesday assured former dictator General Pervez Musharraf that highlevel security will be provided to him if he returns to the country to face the trial in a high-profile treason case. Musharraf, 75, has been living in Dubai since 2016. The former Army chief is facing a high-profile treason case and has been declared absconder due to his persistent failure to appear before the special trial court set up to try him in the case. A three-member bench, presided by chief justice Saqib Nisar was hearing a petition on Tuesday pertaining to losses suffered by the country after the promulgation of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case in 2007. Nisar asked Musharraf ’s lawyer Athar Shah why did he not return to Pakistan, the Dawn newspaper reported. “He left the country
on the pretext of pain in his backbone but he can be seen dancing abroad,” Nisar said. The lawyer responded that the former military ruler respected the courts but could not return because of security issues. The chief justice said that the head of the Rangers force in the relevant province will be responsible for Musharraf ’s security upon his return to the country, the report said. Musharraf will also be offered the services of best available doctors in the country if he comes back, Nisar asserted. The court also ordered to de-seal Musharraf ’s farmhouse to accommodate him upon his return. The case pertains to the recovery of a large amount of public money wasted allegedly by former presidents Musharraf, Asif Zardari and former attorney general Malik Qayyum in the wake of the NRO in 2007.
Police officer killed protecting polio vaccination workers A police officer was killed while proticting polio vaccination campaign workers in northwestern province. The killing comes amid a nationwide campaign aimed at vaccinating 38.6 million Pakistani children under the age of 5. The official, Anwarul Haq, said that some suspects were detained following Monday’s killing of officer Mohammad Sarfraz. The attack took place in the village of Badam in
Bajur region, which borders Afghanistan. Pakistan is one of few countries where polio is still endemic, along with Afghanistan and Nigeria. Attacks on polio workers are common as the Taliban and militant groups claim the vaccination campaign against the crippling disease is part of a Western conspiracy. No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the latest attack.
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 11-month-old American boy dies in Indian airport after Qatar Airways flight An 11-month-old American boy died after getting off a flight from Qatar to India Wednesday morning, according to the airline. The baby’s family alerted airport staff that Arnav Varma was ill when the Qatar Airways plane from Doha landed in Hyderabad, the airline said in a statement. The flight lasted about three and a half hours, according to flight
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records. Varma arrived at Apollo Medical Center in Hyderabad, already dead, at 2:29 a.m., about 50 minutes after the flight landed, according to his death certificate, which noted he had a red mark on his forehead when his body was brought to the hospital. Varma was from New Jersey and his father, Anil Varma Alluri, is from Hyderabad, the certificate said.
Indian religious leaders back new declaration of peace in Europe Religious leaders joined those from across the world to extend their support to a new concept of the “Declaration of Friendship” to foster world peace by countering hatred and intolerance. The contours of the Declaration was laid out by The Hague-based Peace Palace, the Carnegie Foundation and the Elijah Interfaith Institute. Prominent religious leaders of diverse faith, including Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Christian and Jewish, from around the world would sign the document at a major summit to be held at the Peace Palace in June 2020, an official statement said. The declaration aims to counter division, hatred and intolerance between people of different religions by promoting friendship between members of diverse faiths, it said. “We are very grateful that the Indian government also cooperates
with us to make this peace initiative as broad and inclusive as possible,” said Erik de Baedts, Director of the Peace Palace, in the statement. He described the crafting of the declaration as a complicated and delicate matter, which follows a careful interactive process supported by experts from the Elijah Interfaith Institute, VU University in Amsterdam and the Carnegie Foundation, among others. Rabbi Dr Alon Goshen-Gottstein, director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute, said: “Several of India’s most prominent religious leaders are members of the Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders. “They have also participated in the Make Friends campaign. These include Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Amma Amritanandamayi, Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev, Swami Chidanand (Muniji) and the Ramakrishna Order.”
Hurricane Florence swept away family’s hard work & savings When the floodwaters from Florence receded, half the Starlite Motel was gone. A ragged lip of concrete edged parking spaces with no corresponding rooms, just a void of standing water and debris. The surge swept away personal belongings of the owner’s family — even his father’s wheelchair. And it wiped out the investment that three brothers from India had spent years working toward.“We put all our life savings in there,” co-owner Kishor Depani said of himself and his brothers. “We moved to America in 2007. We’ve been working
until last year, when we bought this motel. We used to work at a gas station, small jobs — McDonald’s and stuff like that — just to save up money so we can start this business.”
11-month-old American boy dies in Indian airport after Qatar Airways flight An 11-month-old American boy died after getting off a flight from Qatar to India Wednesday morning. Qatar Airways says an 11-month-old baby died following a flight from Doha to the Indian city of Hyderabad on Wednesday. The child, identified as Arnav Varma Alluri, reportedly suffered breathing problems after he was fed during the 4-hour flight. After the plane had landed, as they made their way to the immigration counter,
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the parents raised the alarm. Arnav was immediately rushed to the Apollo Medical Centre, located in the airport, at 2:29 a.m., about 50 minutes after the flight landed, but was declared dead upon arrival. Officials at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport said that they were yet to determine if Arnav passed away at the airport or on the flight. Varma was from New Jersey and his father, Anil Varma Alluri, is from Hyderabad.
FCC’s Ajit Pai labels California net neutrality law ‘illegal’ FCC head honcho, Ajit Pai, didn’t mince words in comments regarding California’s recent passing of a tough net neutrality bill. In his keynote speech for neoconservative policy organization Maine Heritage Policy Center, Pai called California’s SB 822 “illegal” and said it “poses a risk to the rest of the country.” Pai also hinted that he’d be coming for California should SB 822, seen as the toughest net neutrality law in the nation, receive the governor’s signature, as it’s expected to in the next two weeks. Suggesting that the FCC would pull federal rank over state’s rights, he reminded his wellheeled audience: “In fact, just last week, the
US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reaffirmed the well-established law that state regulation of information services is preempted by federal law. Last December, the FCC made clear that broadband is just such an information service.” As many are aware, the FCC chief is responsible for ending true net neutrality in such a way that facilitated scenarios like the throttling of California firefighters while they fought life-threatening blazes. As we wrote, “The incident hampered a fire department’s response to California wildfires” (and is now part of a net neutrality lawsuit). So for California, the issue of net neutrality is also personal.
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‘I have not completely embraced my fame’ Anushka Anushka Sharma is awkward with fame, and hasn’t completely embraced her stardom. The actressproducer says she still lives in denial and yearns to lead a normal life. From taking risks early on in her career to getting into the filmmaking business as a producer, Anushka Sharma has come a long way since her modeling days. She is one of Indian film industry’s highest-paid actresses and also got featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 list. But how has her fame shaped up her life? “I have never answered this question. Not even thought about it. I have always been very awkward with fame. I am not an actor who
has embraced fame completely,” Anushka Sharma told IANS in a sit-down interview here. “There are actors who embrace fame. Like Salman Khan is a star, and he embraces his fame. Like Varun Dhawan when he is out there, he embraces his stardom. If he will go out to the crowd, he will be comfortable. If I will go to a crowd, I will be uncomfortable,” added the actress, who is confident about her forthcoming film “Sui Dhaaga - Made in India” – a Yash Raj Films production. Sharma asserted that she is not “someone who embraces her stardom.” “I still stay in denial about it, and reluctant as well.” For her, normalcy is very important. “I want to do normal things. I want to go to a grocery store and all. I want to be able to do simple things and normal things.”
Tanushree Dutta alleges Nana Patekar harassed her 10 years ago Tanushree Dutta, better known for her role opposite Emraan Hashmi in Aashiq Banaya Aapne is all over the news. The actress, who had vanished from the film industry for a good decade, is back and has made some serious allegations on Ab Tak Chappan actor, Nana Patekar. As per the actress’ allegations, Tanushree was harassed on the sets of Horn ‘Ok’ Pleassss (2009) by the actor. In an interview to Zoom TV, Tanushree Dutta said that despite the industry insiders aware of Patekar’s behaviour towards the actresses, nobody really spoke about it. She said, “Everyone knows about Nana Patekar that he has always been disrespectful towards
women. People in the industry know about his background... that he has beaten actresses, he has molested them, his behaviour with women has always been crude but no publication has printed anything about it.” The actress further added in the interview, “Everyone has gossiped about this but they’ve never spoken. People with this kind of character speak like this against the kind of character that I have because they say she does glamourous roles so must be glamorous and all. Behind the back, they are so dirty. When you are in the industry you hear so many stories about these actors. But these things never take surface because they are PR packaged very well. They will give some money to some poor farmers. How much they do, and how much they don’t know, no one knows. But all this is just for show.”
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Bollywood HOROSCOPE Aries March 21 - April 20
No matter how frustrating a situation seems, staying calm and refusing to react might be the better way forward. With a full moon in your sign on Monday making some edgy aspects, this lunar phase could leave you feeling rather uptight and vulnerable. It might not be helpful to make decisions from this perspective. If you can detach and bide your time until things are more settled, the solution might be more obvious.
Taurus April 21 - May 20 Peace of mind could come at a price this week. The full moon in your spiritual sector suggests that you might need to let go of something in order to maintain it. This powerful lunar phase could leave you feeling a tad frustrated, especially if you’ve been seeking opportunities to progress. This could just be the wrong time. Dropping it now doesn’t mean forever. Another chance could easily show up in the future.
Gemini May 20 - June 21 On Monday, your social life could be marred by tension and petty arguments that sour an event or leave you and a friend at odds. This could be due to the full moon in your social Rather than prolong any arguments, it might be wiser to take a step back. In a few days it may seem like nothing, and you might wonder what you were so uptight about.
Cancer June 22 - July 23 You could be dealing with important issues and responsibilities at the start of the week. However, with a full moon in Aries in a prominent sector of your chart, someone may not respond as expected. In fact, their approach could seem rather immature. Nevertheless, this isn’t the time to wade in and say your peace because it could make things worse. Bide your time for now. You might have an opportunity to talk again within a few days
Leo June 24 - August 23 On Monday, the full moon in your sector of travel and new opportunity looks rather edgy. With cautious Saturn and wounded healer Chiron involved in the mix, the day could see emotions rising and a tendency to be argumentative. If a plan must be abandoned, especially if it was something you were looking forward to, you likely won’t feel in a very good mood.
Libra Sept. 24 - Oct 22 Relationships might need special care on Monday. A full moon in your relationship zone could coincide with some very frustrating circumstances. There could be some drama, and it might take a great deal of tact on your part not to overreact. If you can stay cool, it might give you a chance to think things through and come up with a solution that works for everyone.
Scorpio Oct 23 - Nov 22 You could be very busy at the start of the week, yet your plans could spiral out of control. This might be due to the full moon in your sector of work and lifestyle disrupting your schedule on Monday. Tempting though it may be to get annoyed and let others know how you feel, it might not achieve very much. With the sun and lively Mercury in a more
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‘Today, I Do Not Give a Damn!’ Freida Pinto A Mangalorean Catholic born and raised in a Mumbai suburb, Freida Pinto has made America her home and base, from where she chooses her film and television assignments in USA and Britain. In Mumbai, she was acting in amateur plays, modeling and working as a television presenter until her 2007 audition for Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire.� She was down last week for her new film “Love Sonia� produced by David Womark and Tabrez Noorani (who is of Indian descent) and directed and co-written by the latter. The media is told before she comes in that she would be uncomfortable in Hindi, and that we should pose our queries in English, but when I told her this, she replied, “No way! I can definitely understand and speak Hindi!� Good. Excerpts from an interview: Q: How did you land this movie? A: Tabrez was researching this story from 2007. That’s even before my first film released. I was in from then. I found
the story extremely moving and disturbing. Q: So in 10 years, what did you personally research? A: As I said, Tabrez had me in from the beginning and was updating me. But over here, I had to shop around the red-light areas of Mumbai to get costumes that would look authentic. Q: How was it working with only Indians, which include names like Anupam Kher? A: Actors are the same everywhere. But I was blessed with powerful co-actors like Manoj Bajpayee and Richa Chadha. They are all so wholesome and candid. If I were working in India, I would have loved to have a career like Richa’s. As for Mrunal Thakur, I wish I had been as confident in my first film as she is here. She is beyond phenomenal! But I had no scene with Anupam Kher or Rajkummar Rao. Q: Most such films deal with the problem but do not offer a solution. Why is that? A: Look, we are not preachers. We leave it to your intelligence to figure out what the solution to the problem of trafficking of young girls or sex workers should be. We are not standing there and saying “You do something!�
Financial restraints could mean that a plan of yours is unable to proceed. The extent to which the full moon in your leisure zone on Monday. As it angles toward sobering Saturn in your money sector, you could feel a huge sense of frustration and powerlessness at not being able to do what you want. If you can detach and see this from a !
Capricorn Dec 23 - Jan 20 If you were hoping for a quiet week, the full moon in your home and family sector on Monday suggests you might not get one. The start of the week could be particularly fraught as the full moon ties in with sobering Saturn in your sign and a more sensitive point in your chart. The result could be frustration with a family member who seems to be in a childish and manipulative mood.
Aquarius Jan 21 - Feb 19 What you say and the way you say it can be important over the coming days, especially on Monday when a full moon in your communication zone could cause an outburst. If you’ve had it with something or someone, you likely won’t be in the mood to hold back. It might be best if you do, however, because your annoyance could escalate and become a channel for all the other frustrations that have upset you recently.
Pisces Virgo full moon in a very sensitive sector of your deep emotional bonds. As this lunar phase links awkwardly with cautious Saturn and Chiron, the celestial body linked with the wounded healer, you could feel much more emotional than usual. It would be best not to make any snap decisions r overreact now.
Feb 20 - March 20 Go easy with the spending, especially around the time of the full moon in your money zone on Monday. The temptation could be to give in to impulsive urges and buy something that blows a hole in your budget. If you’re shopping, set yourself some spending limits. Think carefully about whether it’s better or worse to invest in an item that might lose its sparkle after a few days.
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Why corporate Canada needs to talk about Covering in the workplace In 2017 half of the visible minority population in Canada was comprised of two ethnic groups – South Asian and Chinese – with each group numbering approximately 2 million. Yet job candidates with Asian-named applicants, according to a study conducted by Ryerson University and the University of Toronto1 in 2017, have a 32.6% lower rate of selection for an interview compared to Anglonamed applicants, even when both groups had equivalent all-Canadian qualifications. But what if Asian-named applicants Anglicized their names, a phenomenon known as “covering�? At this year’s Annual Fall Conference on September 10th, 2018, Ascend Canada, a nonprofit organization with a mission to advance and develop panAsian talent, addressed this very topic by launching and publishing a guide titled ‘Fitting in at work.’ Covering is about downplaying our differences to fit into real or perceived workplace norms from their gender identity, place of birth, accent, age or religion to subtler context like family responsibilities, mental health issues, a disability, or even a lack of interest in sports. Even some of the most prominent and wellestablished leaders in business, government and the arts have engaged in covering, according to law professor, Kenji Yoshino, who has written a book on covering. At the Ascend Canada conference, Jad Shimaly, EY Canada Chairman and CEO, discussed the concerns he had early-on about needing to cover differences to advance in a corporate work environment – like playing golf and thinking in his first language. He credits challenging the norm by being his authentic self as a driving force behind his success and is an advocate for personal empowerment among others. Covering was therefore identified as a key topic by Ascend Canada’s Chief Inclusion Officer Forum (CIO), a multi-industry group of volunteers, many of whom lead inclusion initiatives for their respective organizations.
“Authenticity is at the heart of inclusivity, and diverse workplace cultures have proven benefits to businesses,� explained Miyo Yamashita, Cochair, Chief Inclusion Officer Forum, Ascend Canada. In the Ascend Canada whitepaper on Covering, Yamashita cited research from Harvard Business Review notes that individuals who feel they can bring their whole self to work are 42% less likely to say they will leave within the next year. And employees with inclusive managers are 1.3 times more likely to say their innovative potential is unlocked.
Covering also has high costs, whether it is a lack of employee engagement, loss of revenue and productivity as a result of a narrower talent pool, or wasted dollars on diversity programs where companies have more to lose than gain when it comes to covering in the workplace. “We all want to fit in at work and to feel like we belong. Opening up to diversity leads to discovering new talent and bringing out the best in others.� said Kelvin Tran, President and Chairman of Ascend Canada, “To lead is more than just about you, it is about being able to motivate others. Leaders need to inspire and connect with their people and their customers.� The ‘Fitting in at work’ whitepaper on covering was launched at Ascend Canada’s 7th Annual Fall Conference, a marquee event in Toronto which had over 450 participants. The all-day event is held every year and includes interactive learning workshops and professional development. Visit ascendleadership.ca to view the ‘Fitting in at work’ whitepaper and video or to join Ascend Canada.
‘Sui Dhaaga’ depicts Slice-of-Life with fanciful happy end Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma, Raghuvir Yadav, Namit Das, Yamini Das, Sidharth Bhardwaj, Ashish Verma, Puja Sarup, Bhupesh Singh, Abha Parmar, Sawan Tank, and others Yash Raj banner is always known to give short shrift to hugely talented character artistes, and this film is no exception. We would love to know who played the man who conducts business next to Mauji (Varun Dhawan) in the park, who plays the acerbic sister-in-law and the flighty brother and also the wily hospital accountant among others. End credits with stills of the actors would be a great end to such films. But for this grouse, very important but nothing to do with the film’s content itself, YRF’s “Sui Dhaaga - Made In India� is an enticingly sweet narration of a simple and lovable family comprising of Mauji (Varun Dhawan), his ever-busy-to-romance homemaker Mamta (Anushka Sharma) and his parents (Raghuvir Yadav and Yamini Das).
All the film’s characters, but for Mamta, are all imperfect in minor ways, and thus endearingly human. And Mamta is very endearing indeed! Mauji’s late grandfather has made a mess of his tailoring business, and the family leads a basic existence. Mauji works for a shop selling machines and is humiliated and made to do weird things, like doing everything for his employer Bansal (Sidharth Bhardwaj) and even doing a weird comic act of imitating a hungry dog! However, when Mamta watches this ‘comic’ act and witnesses how her husband is treated at Bansal’s son’s wedding, she is very upset at this insult and goads him into starting his own tailoring business. Mauji rejects the idea, stating that his father has sworn off his grandfather’s profession after seeing what happened, but soon decides to heed her pleas. This brings in fresh challenges and troubles, because his long-suffering father, who always misunderstands him and has just retired, taunts him.
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Integrity Now releases transit position for Surrey Integrity Now, the Surrey political party committed to thoughtful, transparent and honest government for the people of Surrey today released their position on transportation initiatives for the community. “As the fastest growing city in Metro Vancouver, I believe Surrey needs to take a regional leadership role in advocating for more resources for our city and other severely under resourced communities south of the Fraser,â€? says Integrity Now mayoralty candidate Bruce Hayne. “There is a lot of back and forth on this discussion from my opponents in this election race, but the fact of the matter is, I have never seen a business case for LRT in Surrey, I believe that’s because one doesn’t exist and I believe we need to ensure that the $1.6 billion in committed funding for transportation enhancements in Surrey is used quickly, but I also think that we need to ensure it’s used wisely.â€? Integrity Now’s USBOTQPSUBUJPO DPNNJUNFOU JODMVEFT t Developing a clear and comprehensive plan PO USBOTJU GPS 4VSSFZ t 5BLJOH B SFHJPOBM leadership role on transit as mayor and council of the fastest growing city in Metro 7BODPVWFS t"EWPDBUJOH GPS 5SBOTMJOL community shuttles in Surrey town centres Ăž Enhanced bus service throughout Surrey t &OTVSF UIBU UIF #JMMJPO EPMMBST
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Vancouver, Toronto among biggest property bubbles in the world, Swiss bank says Swiss investment bank UBS has deemed Vancouver and Toronto to have among the world’s biggest housing bubbles, with mispricing that’s even more pronounced than it is in expensive cities like Paris and San Francisco. In an annual report published Thursday, the Swiss bank looked at 20 cities around the world that are considered to be financial centres, local metropolises that are hubs for their regional economies. The list includes familiar names such as Tokyo, New York, Sydney, Singapore and others, and for the most part, all the cities on the list share one thing in common — the cost of living is higher there than it is in other nearby places. Some cities were worse for renters and others presented particular challenges for foreigners. In terms of overall housing prices being far more than they should be based on fundamentals, the bank singled out six cities for having worse housing bubbles than anywhere else: Using data about local salaries, housing prices, rental markets, mortgage debt and other metrics, the bank looked at 20 of the biggest housing markets and gave each city
a score. A score below –1.5 is considered to be a depressed market, while a score in a range of between –1.5 to –0.5 is considered undervalued. Fairly valued to UBS is between –0.5 and 0.5, while overvalued is up to 1.5. Anything above 1.5 is considered to be a bubble, which the bank defines as “ a substantial and sustained mispricing of an asset, the existence of which cannot be proved unless it bursts.� That’s not as bad as Hong Kong, which topped the list with a score of 2.03. But both Canadian cities are solidly in the range where the bank considers them to be among the most overvalued housing markets in the world. Over the past five years, UBS says housing
markets in the world’s biggest cities have gone up on average by about 35 per cent. Vancouver has gone up by twice that. Toronto is up by 50 per cent. The bank says a new foreign buyers tax implemented in 2017 “proved futile in braking its boom� in Vancouver as after a brief pause, the city’s housing market has continued to rise. By the bank’s calculations, the sale price for a 675-squarefoot apartment near downtown would cost a highly skilled service worker nine years in salary to afford. And even that assumption is based on the impossible premise that they could spend 100 per cent of their income on their home. A recent slowdown in Toronto has made the city marginally more affordable
for affluent people. But a 675-squarefoot apartment in downtown Toronto would cost a highly skilled service worker more than six years in salary to afford. “Price dynamics have slowed considerably and its index score declined somewhat from last year’s,� the bank said. The bank also said “rising rates, stricter market regulations or an economic downturn could turn the lights out on the party given the high valuations and strained affordability.� High prices for housing have trickled down into the rental market, too, but even then there’s ominoud clouds on the horizon. Based on the bank’s calculations, anyone buying housing in Toronto as an investment property would have to rent it out for 25 years to break even, based on current rates. In Vancouver, it would take even longer — up to 34 years. “Investors anticipate being compensated with capital gains for overly low rental yields,� UBS said. “If such hopes do not materialize and expectations deteriorate, homeowners in markets with high price-to-rent multiples are likely to suffer significant capital losses.�
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Overhauls to the City of Vancouver’s bylaws covering laneway homes are part of the municipality’s overall strategy to tackle housing affordability, and the changes were approved by Vancouver City Council meeting earlier today with only Green Party councillor
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Classifieds / Jobs Change Of Name
I,Nandani Mudaliar presently residing at 9990 124 A Street Surrey BC V3V 4W5 changed my name from Nandani Mudaliar to Nandani Nand
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Saturday, September 29, 2018 Housing minister defends affordability promises The BC Rental Housing Task Force says it’s reviewing the formula used to determine allowable rent increases, after panic from tenants over the possibility of paying significantly more for housing next year. The province recently approved an allowable rent increase of 4.5 per cent for 2019, the largest increase since 2004. It would mean someone living in a one-bedroom apartment paying $1200 a month could, over the course of the year, pay almost $650 extra in rent. BC’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Selina Robinson talked to Stephen Quinn, host of CBC’s The Early Edition, about how her government plans to keep its promise to make life more affordable for British Columbians. When we formed government 14
months ago, we made a commitment to address affordability and we put forward a 30-point plan that we’ve been implementing over the last number of months. We know that this is hard for many in our communities so we’ve put together the Rental Housing Task Force to go out and identify what are some of the priority areas that we need to focus on next. We’ve asked that the issue of the annual rent increase and rent control is part of that review. Where is the renters rebate of $400 a year that Premier John Horgan promised in April of last year? We’ve always said that we are committed to bringing in the renters’ rebate and that hasn’t changed. Our plan is to bring the renters’ rebate in over the life of our government and, with that goal in mind, we’re going to continue to work on the details of the rebate itself.
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