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BC on cliff edge over COVID-19 infections B.C. continues to expand its testing capacity, with 28,025 tests completed in the last week alone. Henry said rates of transmission remain low in most parts of the province, and she believes it’s still possible to reflatten the curve of infection if everyone recommits to preventing transmission. “We are trying to maintain a fine balance, but we are on an edge,” she said. Right now, British Columbians are maintaining an average of about 65 per cent of their regular, pre-pandemic connections. Bringing that back down to about 50 per cent could bend the curve back down.

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PM Trudeau brushes aside ethics critics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brushed off a question about his ethical compass Wednesday, saying Canadians will have an opportunity to draw conclusions on his record in “election campaigns.” Trudeau made the comment during an interview on CBC Radio’s “The Early Edition” after host Stephen Quinn asked if it’s fair for Canadians to wonder about their prime minister’s sense of right and wrong, particularly in light of the WE Charity controversy and multiple Conflict of Interest Act violations. The prime minister chalked up that kind of flak

to partisan politics. “I think that’s certainly something that a lot of people are talking about in opposition,” Trudeau said. “And Canadians will make their determinations in election campaigns.” He said his government is “totally focused on doing the right things for Canadians,” and referenced the “historic amounts of supports” the Liberals introduced to buttress the widespread economic shocks due to stayat-home orders because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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BC Premier says province is willing to adjust back-to-school plan Premier John Horgan says what B.C. schools look like next week could be much different than what they will look like next month. Taking questions from reporters, Horgan said his government is looking at ways to address the issues raised by parents, teachers and staff. “Teachers will be back at the beginning of the week and then we will start the process of developing the plan that will get us through next week, next month, and into the spring,” he said. “This is not about ‘here is the plan, we are sticking with it.’ Here is the start

and we will amend the plan as we need to in order to address safety and provide a quality education for our kids.” Horgan and Education Minister Rob Fleming met with B.C. Teachers’ Federation President Teri Mooring and the union executive on Wednesday. Horgan says the province is willing to look at remote learning options in an attempt to allow for physical distancing in the classroom. “I believe we have ample time to make the changes we will need going forward,” he said.

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Pakistan’s house of cards may be failing, with Gulf states openly moving closer to India Amid an increasingly polarised Muslim world, Pakistan’s strategy to maintain diplomatic ties with countries in the Middle East is no longer working. In a break from the past where the Gulf countries balanced their relations with Pakistan and India, they are now seen moving towards New Delhi and distancing from Islamabad, according to a report in the Al Jazeera. Pakistan, on the other hand, is seen moving closer to Turkey and Malaysia. two countries that Saudi Arabia sees as challengers to its stronghold within the Muslim world, according to foreign policy analysts Abdul Basit and Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed writing in the Al Jazeera.

Pakistan, on the other hand, is seen moving closer to Turkey and Malaysia - two countries that Saudi Arabia sees as challengers to its stronghold within the Muslim world, according to foreign policy analysts Abdul Basit and Dr Zahid Shahab Ahmed writing in the Al Jazeera. The relationship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, went haywire last month when Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi openly rebuked the kingdom for its lack of support for Islamabad’s interests on the Kashmir issue. During a television talk-show, the Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi made a statement that irked the Saudi “big brother”, where

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Saturday, August 29, 2020 RCMP seize ‘significant’ quantity of drugs, cash Surrey RCMP’s drug unit has seized a “significant” quantity of drugs and cash following a search at a Whalley house.Corporal Joanie Sidhu said on Aug. 20, during the drug unit’s “proactive enforcement,” officers saw two people allegedly involved in “suspicious activity consistent with drug trafficking” outside of a home in the 9400-block of 129th Street. She said both people were detained “and found to be in possession of cash and street-level drugs.”Through a search warrant on the same day with the help of the gang enforcement team, Sidhu said officer seized 225 grams of suspected cocaine, 3.1 kilograms of suspected fentanyl, 157 suspected oxycodone pills, more than $100,000 in cash, one handgun and ammunition, 20

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The province said tenants who received a rent increase notice for 2020 that was set to go into effect after March 18 should continue to pay their current rent until Nov. 30. The NDP government capped the maximum increase at the rate of inflation two years ago. Prior to that, landlords were allowed to raise rents by two per cent plus the rate of inflation. Landlords can raise the rent once a year and must provide tenants with at least three months’ notice.

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Saturday, September 5, 2020 China’s expansionist agenda takes shape on the Indian border

As the past weekend’s latest skirmishes between rival troops underscore, relations between the demographic titans, China and India, have hit a low not seen since their 1962 war. The two countries have forwarddeployed tens of thousands of troops and are now locked in a tense military standoff along

one of the world’s most inhospitable and treacherous borders, which is as long as the distance between Toronto and Los Angeles. The clash of the titans, triggered by a series of furtive Chinese encroachments on key vantage points in India’s northernmost borderlands, has received limited

international attention. However, the spectre of further troop clashes or a 1962-style Himalayan war continues to loom, despite continuing bilateral efforts to disengage rival forces. The confrontation highlights Chinese President Xi Jinping’s muscular revisionism, which has led him to open multiple fronts simultaneously – from the South and East China seas and the Himalayas to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Mr. Xi’s expansionism hasn’t spared the tiny country of Bhutan. While India was wrestling with the outbreak of the Wuhan-originating coronavirus by enforcing the world’s strictest lockdown, China carried out swift and well co-ordinated incursions into the borderlands of India’s high-altitude Ladakh region from late April. Deception and surprise are integral to the Chinese strategy, even in peacetime. The aggression in Ladakh came just six months after Mr. Xi declared on Indian soil that “China-India relations have entered a new phase of sound and stable development.” China’s intrusions into Ladakh differ from its previous Asian territorial grabs under Mr. Xi in one key aspect. China went beyond its usual practice of occupying vacant border spaces by snatching territories from right under another country’s nose. The territorial expansion in the South China Sea by China, for example, has centred on capturing disputed but unoccupied shoals and reefs and then using construction activities to turn them into militarized artificial islands. Since Mr. Xi ordered the launch of major land reclamation in 2013, China has changed the South China Sea’s geopolitical map without firing a shot. In 2017, China captured the unoccupied and desolate Himalayan plateau of Doklam, which Bhutan claims as its territory. The occupation came soon after China ended a more than 10-week-long troop faceoff on the plateau with India, Bhutan’s de facto security guarantor. Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of nine books, including Water: Asia’s New Battleground.

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Henry said the key is to avoid high-risk activities, particularly spending time with people you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know without precautions like physical distancing and wearing a mask. Close face-to-face contact with people outside your bubble should be avoided whenever possible, she said. Young people continue to drive surge in numbers The modelling shows that a spike in infections in younger people has driven down the median age of those who have fallen sick from COVID-19 to 41 years of age. The source of infection appears to vary widely among the different age groups.

Children under the age of 10 are most likely to be infected at home, seniors over the age of 80 are most likely to be exposed in health-care settings, and a large chunk of cases in people between the ages of 20 and 50 are being infected at private parties, in restaurants or at work. The latest update comes as parents and families across the province are preparing to send students back to school. Education Minister Rob Fleming said Thursday that the $242 million in federal funding earmarked for reopening B.C. schools will be given to school districts to spend based on their needs over the coming months.

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Pakistan’s house of cards may be failing From page 1

where he said that Pakistan would be “compelled” to “call a meeting of the Islamic countries that are ready to stand with us on the issue of Kashmir.” In Basit and Shahab Ahmed’s article, the remark by Pakistani Foreign Minister was not taken well by Riyadh and was seen as a veiled threat to concoct a new side against the Saudi-dominated Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). In retaliation, the kingdom was quick to request the sudden repayment of a billion-dollar loan extended to Pakistan in November 2018, which was renegotiated just six months ago. Besides this, it also refused to renew a deferred oil payments scheme that was part of the same loan which was given to Islamabad when the country was trying to avoid a possible sovereign default. After Riyadh raised the bar, Pakistan was forced on a back foot. Thereafter, Qureshi, trying to save face, refuted reports that ties have strained between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in the past few weeks. “The kingdom has neither asked Islamabad to return its loan nor has it suspended oil supply to Pakistan,” Qureshi was quoted as saying by The News International. As a result of Qureshi’s backtracking, Pakistani journalists slammed the Foreign Minister saying it contradicted the comments he made earlier. Soon after, Pakistan went into damagecontrol mode and had to send Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa to Riyadh. However, the visit turned out be futile as the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) did not meet Bajwa, and they were left to meet with Saudi Deputy Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. According to the Al Jazeera report, “the latest diplomatic spat between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan should be seen in the broader context of recent strategic realignments in the Middle East and the Muslim world.” “For some time, Pakistan has been struggling to keep to its traditional policy of maintaining neutral relations with rival Muslim powers. While Islamabad is concerned about the deepening strategic and economic cooperation between its arch-rival India and a group of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia, Riyadh is equally frustrated by Pakistan’s overtures towards Muslimmajority states it views as hostile, such as Turkey, Malaysia and Qatar,” it said. The Gulf countries are now visibly seen moving towards India and distancing from Pakistan. The tides are turning in India’s favour. One such example is MBS’s February 2019 visit of South Asia. During his tour, the Saudi Crown Prince made the unprecedented move of visiting India directly after Pakistan. After signing agreements worth USD 20 billion with Pakistan, MBS said he expects Riyadh’s investments in India “to exceed USD 100 billion in the coming two years”. Saudi Arabia is not the only one. After India’s August 2019 move to revoke article 370, Pakistan called Arab states to raise their voices. However, its Gulf partners including Saudi Arabia failed to put a front against India. Riyadh even told India that it understands “India’s approach and actions in Jammu and Kashmir”. Amid the strategic readjustment in the Middle East, political analysts say that relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is bound to get bumpy as it appears that the former will continue to move closer to New Delhi. Islamabad, on the other hand, will have to retain its partnerships with several countries in the Middle East and return to Saudi Arabia’s sphere.

BC Premier says province is willing to adjust back-to-school plan From page 1 “This government will focus every day to ensure children are safe and families are safe and those that work inside our school system are safe. There is no rigid plan, other than the plan to get started.” Horgan said about 80 per cent of parents across the province are ready and able to send kids back to school next week. The BCTF is advocating for hybrid and remote options in every school district to help reduce class sizes and school density as well as protect students and staff members, or their

family members, who are more vulnerable because of existing health concerns. The union is also calling for assurances that students who choose remote learning can remain connected to their school, and space will be available to them if they opt to return to the classroom in-person.

Fleming has previously said school districts will have control over how the money is spent but indicated the funding can be used to support remote learning options. The Vancouver School Board has said around 30 per cent of parents surveyed wanted an athome or hybrid option for their kids.

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Saturday, September 5, 2020 Tensions between homeless and residents in Strathcona Park area are getting worse: Vancouver mayor Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he’s aware that tensions between homeowners and residents of a homeless camp in the Strathcona neighbourhood have reached a new level. “I do really feel for the residents of Strathcona, and in fact, I have been down and met with a number of homeowners in the area (and) local business improvement associations,” Stewart said Thursday at an unrelated news conference. “I do agree that the situation is worsening.” With more than 400 tents estimated in Strathcona Park, homeowners have repeatedly called on the city and province to address the issue. The municipality is building 100 new units

of modular housing, which will be ready in the spring, but the mayor said he knows they need take action before then. He revealed the city will be making an announcement “in the coming days,” but did not say when or hint at the content. Neighbourhood residents have said that not only is most of their largest park offlimits, but that verbal attacks and violent encounters are on the rise as those who frequent the homeless camp move through the surrounding streets. More recently, neighbours reported a number of scary incidents involving children – including two kids being threatened and another child who was picked up and shaken in the water park by a stranger who appeared to be experiencing psychosis.

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Saturday, September 5, 2020 Staff member tests positive for COVID-19 at Surrey long-term care facility: Fraser Health A staff member at the Cherington Place long-term care facility in Surrey has tested positive for COVID-19, health officials revealed Thursday. Fraser Health said enhanced cleaning and infection control measures have been put in place at Cherington Place, and that the lone sick employee is self-isolating at home. Officials did not describe the incident as an outbreak. “Fraser Health is working with staff to identify anyone who may have been exposed and is taking steps to protect the health of all staff, residents and families,” officials said in a news release.

Staff and residents are being screened twice per day, and their movements throughout Cherington Place have been restricted. Officials said visitors are also temporarily banned from the facility. Extra staff from Fraser Health have been sent to the site to “address quality, answer questions from staff, residents and family, and provide active checks of symptoms with staff and residents,” the health authority said. As of Wednesday’s update from B.C. health officials, there were eight active outbreaks in long-term care homes and assisted living facilities, as well as two in acute care facilities.

Saturday, September 5, 2020 Conservatives promise to pay back federal wage subsidy as Tories & Liberals stop taking subsidy Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives say they are no longer receiving the federal wage subsidy and will pay back the funds the party has received so far. The Liberals, meanwhile, say they will stop accepting the backstop but have no plans to pay back what they have received. The move by the Tories follows on a promise that O’Toole made during the leadership contest to stop taking the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and to pay back “over time” what the party has received. “O’Toole believes the wage subsidy was designed to help businesses survive the economic side-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lock-down, not to subsidize political parties,” Conservative MP Peter Kent said in a post on his Facebook page. The post goes on to say that O’Toole has challenged both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to follow his lead. The Bloc Québécois and the People’s Party of Canada did not apply for the CEWS. The Conservatives have not revealed how much they received in CEWS payments. The NDP says it will not follow O’Toole’s lead. “We will continue to receive the subsidy to support our workers and their families, prevent layoffs, focus on priorities to support Canadians during this pandemic,” said Anne McGrath, the NDP’s national director, in an email to CBC News. “Beyond the end of August, the Liberal Party of Canada is suspending further applications for the emergency wage subsidy at this time, with grassroots fundraising now stabilizing as our economy and communities safely and gradually get back on their feet,” said Liberal Party spokesperson Braeden Caley.

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LOCAL

Saturday, September 5, 2020

Construction on Broadway subway to begin this fall The B.C. government says construction on Vancouver’s $2.83 billion Broadway subway project will begin this fall with service beginning in 2025. The contract was awarded to the Broadway Subway Project Corporation, an Acciona-Ghella joint venture, to design, construct and partially finance the project. Premier John Horgan made the infrastructure announcement on Thursday along with MP for Vancouver Quadra Joyce Murray, B.C. Minister of

Transportation Claire Trevana, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart, and Michel Ladrak, president of BC Rapid Transit Company. Horgan said construction on the subway will adhere to the community benefits agreement, which means they will prioritize hiring locals, Indigenous peoples, women, people with disabilities and youth. He added that major infrastructure projects are key to economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, and when complete it “will transform Vancouver.”

Whistleblowers troubled by Trudeau’s warm words about Governor General Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s defence of the beleaguered Governor General this week has rattled some of those who complained of Julie Payette’s behaviour at work — while others say they’re now more determined to speak to the independent investigator looking into

claims of workplace harassment at Rideau Hall. On Wednesday, Trudeau called Payette an “excellent” Governor General and said he has no intention “right now”’ of asking the Queen to replace her. Payette’s office is the subject of an independent review responding to claims of harassment and a toxic work environment. “We have an excellent Governor General right now and I think, on top of the COVID crisis, nobody’s looking at any constitutional crises,” Trudeau said.

Conservatives ask languages watchdog to probe WE Charity decision The federal Conservatives are asking the official languages commissioner to investigate the government’s choice of WE Charity to run a student grant program, saying the move showed contempt for francophones. Conservative MP Richard Martel alleges in a letter to commissioner Raymond Theberge that the youth group did not have the ability to deliver the multimillion-dollar Canada Student Service Grant program in both of Canada’s official languages. Martel, who made the letter public Thursday, wrote that the Official Languages Act clearly states the government is obliged to ensure any organization carrying out services on its behalf must do so in English and French.

Boy, 10, alive after family dog jumps into action during cougar attack in Lillooet A B.C. boy is lucky to be alive thanks to a quick reaction by a border collie in what could have been a serious cougar attack in Lillooet. According to the B.C. Conservation Officer Service, the boy was walking with two women and three other children, ranging from 10 to 13 years old, at a remote family cabin near Marshall Lake on Monday afternoon (Aug. 31) when the run-in with the big cat occurred. The boy had ran ahead down a trail when the cougar suddenly dropped out of a tree and swiped the child, knocking him to the ground. “The cougar pursued the boy on the ground, scratching his back and chest,” conservation officers said in a statement Wednesday night. A border collie with the group jumped on the cougar’s back, while the group started screaming and throwing rocks and sticks – causing the cougar to run away. Meanwhile, a nearby road worker helped administer first aid. The boy was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Conservation officers are now using hounds to track down the cougar. Cougar attacks are rare in B.C., with roughly 2,500 sightings reported to conservation’s RAPP line. If you encounter a cougar, officials suggest you stay calm, never run and pick up small children immediately. Children are most at risk in a cougar encounter and they should be taught how to behave appropriately.

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Saturday, September 5, 2020

Trudeau says safe drug supply is key to fighting overdoses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is moving forward “aggressively” on ensuring a safe drug supply amid an ongoing overdose crisis that’s claimed more than 900 lives in B.C. alone this year. Speaking on CBC Radio in Vancouver, he said Wednesday that his government is basing its approach on science and evidence, looking at the crisis through the lens of health rather than justice.

Trudeau said the government is heeding the advice of top public health officials, including B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, and Canada’s chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam. Both doctors have called for increased access to a safe supply of illicit drugs to prevent deaths from toxic substances and extreme concentrations of powerful opioids, such as fentanyl.

Feds short $14.5 billion over decade of equalization payments, PBO says The federal government has shortchanged provinces on equalization payments under rules put in place after the last economic crisis in the late 2000s, Parliament’s spending watchdog says, warning the underfunding may get worse due to COVID-19. The parliamentary budget officer’s review of a decade of federal payments to provinces showed that federal coffers have saved $14.5 billion over that time.

The constitutionally required payments are designed to address shortfalls in provinces’ spending capacities so that Canadians have reasonably comparable public services no matter where in the country they live. A decade ago, the annual calculations were changed to tie payments to three-year averages of nominal gross domestic product (GDP), a measurement of economic output that doesn’t account for the pace of inflation

Former premier Gordon Campbell, federal government face civil suit over sexual harassment allegations A Dutch-Canadian woman formerly employed by the High Commission of Canada in London is suing former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell and the federal government over two alleged acts of unwanted touching by Campbell said to have taken place when he was Canada’s high commissioner to the U.K. Judith Prins came to a settlement agreement in 2014 over the two alleged incidents. The new claim says that settlement should be overturned. Details of a civil suit filed in the Central London County Court and recently obtained by CBC News give a clearer picture of Prins’ allegations. Prins, who lives in England and was an employee of the Canadian High Commission in 2013, named Campbell and the Government of Canada as defendants in her claim. She is seeking damages for lost income and for stress and anxiety. Prins’ allegations have not been tested in court and CBC cannot independently verify her claims. Prins alleges in her lawsuit that when she was hired, her manager informed her “that she should be careful around (Campbell)” — which she claims led her to believe Campbell “had a pre-disposition to sexually harass women.”

7832 120 132 ST St. #106 - 7565 SURREY BC Surrey, BC BUS: 604-572-3005 604.572.3005

14103 110 AVE., N.SURREY

11360 RIVER ROAD, N.SURREY W NE ING T LIS

Truly delightful huge basement entry app. 7200 sqft. home sits on rectangular 9965 sqft. lot. House features 11 bedrooms & 10 washrooms build by good reputation builders. Main floor has 5 bedrooms & 4 bath with huge family room,living room,kitchen,& spice kitchen.Ground level basement has 27'x15' media room with bar & washroom for upstairs use.House has 3 spacious ground level basement suites (3 bed.+3 bed & bachelor suite).Total rent of the suites is $3500/month.Very nice tenants.Easy access to Pattulo bridge, Port Mann bridge & shopping center.Motivated sellers.Easy to show.

View! View! Truly delightful 3 storey 4200 SF home sits on over 6200 SF lot in Royal Heights.House has spacious 8 bedrooms & 7 bath,lots of Parking,1 year old hot water tank & brand new washer & dryer.House has 3 basement suites (2 bed+1 bed+ 1 bed.)for mortgage help.Stunning view of New Westminister downtown,Fraser River,mountains & much more.Easy access to Alex Fraser & Pottullo Bridges.Priced to sell.A must see.Call now.

$1,779,000

$1,175,000

26964 28 AVE., LANGLEY

#125 32850 GEORGE FERGUSON WAY, ABBOTSFORD

Truly delightful fully renovated 6 bedroom basement entry home sits on rectangular 7920 sf flat lot in most demanding area Aldergrove Langley.Main floor features 3 bed ,2 bath with new kitchen /island ,new flooring,new tiles , new woodwork,new fixtures,splash back,granite counters,new tiles,new cabinet, new windows,new zebra drapes,4 new washrooms & much more .Newly built 3 bedroom unauthorized basement suite with rear separate entry.Excellent renovated covered 333 sf Patio & deck.Landscape front & fully fenced back yard.Storage shed.Walking distance to both schools,shopping,community center with pools,water Park,ice arena,playing fields& to all major routes.A must see to appreciate.

Hot deal! First Time Buyers or Investors, great investment property with reliable tenants, centrally located in a great neighbourhood. 2 bedroom and 1 bath spacious ground level apartment. Well maintained complex, with many updates on the complex over the last couple of years including, roof, windows, balconies, boilers, security cameras, fob access systems and landscaping. There is shared laundry on every floor. Wheelchair access, elevators secure underground parking. Close to Bus stop, walking distance to shopping, restaurants, banks and much more.

$920,000

$210,000

Saturday, September 5, 2020

CARETEL MEDICAL NOW OPEN in

SURREY

Dedicate yourself to a higher quality of life!

After serving community for the past 7 years in the old location, we have MOVED to a new Location with a Modern Clinic

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Dr. Samina Hamid Dr. Hamid Shabbir

Call for Appointments

604 547 2623

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Saturday, September 5, 2020 Broadway Subway contract continues NDP insider handouts Press release John Horgan confirmed today that, in the middle of a pandemic with countless British Columbians out of work, jobs on the Broadway Subway project will be limited through the NDP’s Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) scheme to only members of the 19 hand-picked unions that have historically donated to NDP campaigns. “While this transit expansion is good news for Vancouver, the issue remains that by continuing to utilize union benefits agreements, this NDP government is only giving its short list of pre-approved insider unions the chance to bid on these contracts,” said Marvin Hunt, BC Liberal Transportation Co-Critic. “With so many British Columbians out of work due to COVID-19, it’s outrageous to see the NDP effectively preventing countless British Columbians from gaining meaningful employment while also ensuring project costs go up during an economic slowdown.” An analysis by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) shows that CBAs could add as much as $4.8 billion more to the cost of public infrastructure projects, which equates to nearly $4,000 for every family in the province. CBAs result in fewer competing bids and higher project costs while freezing out nearly 80 per cent of B.C.’s construction sector. “The Broadway Subway project is yet another example of the NDP’s insidersonly union kickback program, the Community Benefits Agreement, which have added hundreds of million of dollars more to the cost of public projects since its implementation,” added Hunt. “The unions and workers who aren’t on the NDP’s VIP list make up more than 80 per cent of the construction sector, and many of them are currently out of work. During the best of times CBA’s fail to provide for fair and equitable employment, but during COVID-19 and an economic slowdown, shutting these people out is unconscionable. John Horgan and the NDP need to be working for everyone in B.C., not just their friends and donors.” Due to CBAs, the Illicillewaet and Kicking Horse Canyon highway expansions have seen cost overruns of 143 per cent and 33 per cent respectively, costing taxpayers $200 million more than when those projects were first announced by the BC Liberals. The NDP have also estimated that under their CBA scheme, the Pattullo Bridge expansion will cost a minimum of $100 million additional taxpayer dollars. The provincial deficit announced earlier this week, which stemmed from the NDP’s pre-pandemic taxes and spending, will now grow even greater as a result of additional CBA costs.

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Image of tombstone of deceased PLA soldier provides first evidence of Chinese casualty in recent clashes at Galwan valley Months after China refusing to acknowledge the death of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers who lost their lives during the Galwan valley clash, reports are emerging that provides evidence of Chinese casualty in the recent clash with the Indian troops.

According to M Taylor Fayler, a Chinese expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one particular image showing the tombstone of a 19-year-old Chinese soldier who died in the “China-India Border Defense Struggle” in June 2020 gone viral

Anil Ambani’s two finance firms to undergo asset sale, bank consortium set to proceed Lenders to once-a-billionaire Anil Ambani’s two finance companies have decided to proceed with an asset monetisation plan for these firms, with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) disagreeable to a proposal by commercial banks for a resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), ThePrint has learnt.

Bankers speaking to ThePrint on the condition of anonymity said the value of Reliance Home Finance Ltd (RHFL) and Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd (RCFL) has eroded significantly. These companies defaulted last year, which prompted the banks to proceed with the asset sale plan.

Maharashtra, Andhra, Karnataka, Delhi & TN account for 70% of total COVID-19 deaths: Health Ministry Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi and Tamil Nadu account for 70 per cent of the total COVID-19 deaths in the country, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The ministry further said that the five states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu account for 62 per cent of the active cases in the country.

Addressing a press conference, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said if deaths are tracked in these states and UTs across weeks then a different picture emerges. “Ifwetrackdeathsinthesefivestatesacrossweeks, then out of 5 only 2 states i.e Karnataka and Delhi have shown an increase in Case Fatality Trajectory.

Fiji Attorney General and Biman Prasad clash about list of NFP donors Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum and National Federation Party Leader, Professor Biman Prasad today clashed in parliament about the list of donors of NFP. While debating on the Companies Amendment Bill, Sayed-Khaiyum said last week someone from FijiFirst wrote to the Registrar of Political Parties because FijiFirst had their list of donors published and they wanted to

find out if NFP and SODELPA are compliant. He says that SODELPA is compliant and the response they got is that the Fijian Elections Office is currently dealing with compliance matters in getting NFP to provide its list of donors. NFP leader Professor Biman Prasad then raised a point of order saying that the list of donors is with the Registrar of Political Parties and not to bring the issue that is with the independent office of the Supervisor of Elections.

Public assured latest Covid-19 cases in NZ pose no threat New Zealand announced at least five of the people who tested positive for the coronavirus in managed isolation had tested negative before boarding their flight. The five travelled from India via

Fiji, landing in Christchurch last week. Fiji’s Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong, said there was no threat to the public as the Christchurch-bound passengers did not leave the terminal in Nadi.

PAKISTAN Schools to reopen from mid-September as COVID-19 situation in control Pakistan is all set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September after a six-month hiatus with the steady improvement in the Covid-19 situation in the country, which recorded just one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours, officials said. Education

institutions are Only one death due to the viral infection has been reported overnight, the health ministry said. Khan chaired meeting of National Coordination Committe the apex body to take key decisions related to Covid-19.

Non-bailable arrest warrant issued against former PM Nawaz Sharif Lahore: A court on Thursday directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to execute non-bailable arrest warrant against former PM Nawaz Sharif in land allotment case, according to media reports. During the hearing, Model Town, Lahore Police Inspector Bashir told the Judge that Nawaz Sharif was not at his residence. Last month, the accountability court had issued bailable arrest warrant and served a summons at all known addresses former prime minister, is in London for medical treatment.

One of his political party PMN-N member Attaullah Tarar confirmed the court that his party chief Nawaz Sharif had been abroad for six months, according to the media reports. Responding to this, Special Prosecutor Harris Qureshi, appearing on behalf of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), asked the court to issue non-bailable arrest (NBA) warrant against Mr Sharif. The court issued non-bailable arrest (NBA) warrant and directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to execute his arrest.

Saturday, September 5, 2020 Former DGP Saini goes underground even as his Z+ security continues More than 60 persons from the CRPF, Punjab Police and the Chandigarh Police continue to be on the security of former Director General Police, Sumedh Singh Saini who is reportedly on the run fearing arrest in a murder case. Though Saini’s wife in a communication to Punjab Police DGP Dinkar Gupta complained that the security personnel have been withdrawn, a police spokesperson said not a single guard from Punjab or Chandigarh Police or the para-military force has been withdrawn. Police sources said the Z+ security besides a cook and a gardener given to Saini and his family was reviewed last week and a month ago. “The Punjab Police, the Intelligence Bureau and the Chandigarh Police reviewed his security at the highest level and no decision to prune it was taken,” said a senior official.

Stay out of Punjab, Amarinder Singh tells Kejriwal A day after AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said his party workers will go to Punjab villages to check people’s oxygen levels, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked him to stay out of the state and focus on managing COVID in his city. In a video message, Kejriwal on Wednesday had appealed to the people of Punjab to help AAP volunteers in carrying out the campaign. “In Delhi, we have seen oximeters proving to be helpful. So the AAP is taking oximeters to every street, neighbourhood and village of Punjab. Workers of AAP along with people will go to every house and check

Punjab reports 1,527 new COVID-19 cases, 73 more deaths Punjab on Thursday reported 1,527 new cases COVID-19 cases and 73 deaths. The virus toll in the state has climbed to 58,515 with the death toll rising to 1,690, according to an official bulletin. There are 15,554 active coronavirus cases in the state now. According to the bulletin, Ludhiana reported 18 coronavirus fatalities followed by Kapurthala (10), Jalandhar (7) and five each from Patiala, Ferozepur and Moga, Amritsar (4), Rupnagar (3), two each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Sangrur and one each in Bathinda, Fazilka, Mohali, Muktsar, SBS Nagar and Tarn Taran. Among the places which reported new cases are Jalandhar (227), Amritsar (168), Ludhiana (152), Patiala (138), Mohali (134), Gurdaspur (71),

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