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Air quality in New West worse than in New Delhi Smoke blowing into parts of southern B.C. for the past three days has been so bad it landed Vancouver in the top three spots on a list of major cities that have the worst air quality in the world. And the smoke from Washington state wildfires keeps coming. Vancouver landed in the second spot this week, with its air quality deemed “unhealthy” at a rating of 160 on the website IQ Air. Vancouver’s air was ranked worse to breathe than that of Los Angeles, but not as hazardous as Portland’s, rated at 305. The air quality index alerts people to unhealthy levels of pollutants including particulate matter that can be inhaled into the lungs. At the levels found in Vancouver, people are urged to shelter indoors, especially given the risk to health from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. But Vancouver isn’t the only bad place to breathe in B.C.
India on Name Changing Spree to erase the Mughal history Early this week, the government of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) decided to change the status of a project that has been in the making since 2016: the Mughal Museum. In the city of Agra—home to the famous Mughal monument, the Taj Mahal—the museum was conceptualised to showcase the “political and cultural milestones” of the Mughal empire that ruled India for more than two centuries. In the middle of the announcement, UP’s Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked, “How can our heroes be Mughals?” He, then, revealed plans to rename the museum after the Hindu ruler, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, to “invoke a feeling of nationalism and self-esteem”.This is the latest incident of the UP government doing away with Muslims names in its cities and establishments. Historians and political scientists have been observing this erasure with alarm. Zoya Hasan, professor emerita at the Centre for Political Studies in New Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University, told VICE News that renaming a museum meant for Mughal artefacts in a city that was the seat of the empire for centuries, after a Hindu ruler “flies in the face of reason, logic and history.”“ Continued on page 7
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BC govt outlines $1.5 billion economic recovery plan The BC govet on Thursday unveiled its wideranging economic recovery plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with support for job retraining, a tax break for businesses, and funding for a new tourism task force.The province said about 200,000 jobs will be protected in a plan that’s largely being seen as a potential election platform if Premier John Horgan decides to send voters to the polls this fall.About $300 million will go toward small- and mediumsized business recovery grants, touted to help
approximately 15,000 hard-hit businesses. Another $470 million for a new provincial sales tax rebate on business investments in machinery and equipment, as well as a 15-percent refundable tax credit based on eligible new payroll. More than 8,000 businesses in Metro Vancouver have closed since February, according to Statistics Canada, while the same region has lost 149,100 jobs. The unemployment rate has climbed to 11.6 per cent from 4.6 per cent before the pandemic.
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Surrey RCMP officers swarmed by large group of kids & adults Video footage shared on social media shows RCMP officers being surrounded and harassed by a large group of kids and adults earlier this week in Surrey. Officers were responding to a report of an unattended child in the Newton neighbourhood around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, police said. Surrey RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Elenore Sturko said a group of about 10 to 15 minors and adults had a “very hostile and oppositional reaction” to officers attending the area. The officers were the subject of attacks with rocks and other objects and physically assaulted, according to RCMP. Footage appears to show one youth trying to rip the side mirror off of an RCMP cruiser and throwing a shoe at one of the officers.
One officer also chased after a youth who allegedly threw something that struck the officer in the head, police said. “While he’s trying to arrest that young man for the assault, the child is being held onto by other youth that were there,” Sturko said.
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Canada sees a surge in COVID-19 cases A resurgence in coronavirus infections in several provinces over the last few weeks has raised alarms about current disease control measures in place and what steps need to be taken to curb the spread of the virus. B.C, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec have all reported a bump in cases throughout September, and some have paused their reopening plans as a result. Those under 40 are driving the spread in most provinces. In Ontario, health officials have identified smaller, indoor gatherings as the culprit. Younger people may also be working in precarious jobs where their exposure is increased,
or where sick days may not be readily available. Officials will need to determine which reopening policies to roll back and which to keep, as cases mount. Those choices will need to be made quickly, infectious disease experts said. “In pandemics, it’s all about the speed of response,” said Dr. Matthew Oughton, an infectious disease specialist at Jewish General Hospital and assistant professor at McGill University in Montreal. “The slower you are for something that spreads and expands exponentially, the farther and farther behind you’re going to get.”
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Crime significantly up in several Vancouver neighbourhoods: VPD Property crime was significantly up in several Vancouver neighbourhoods between January and June, the Vancouver police reported Thursday. Deputy Chief Const. Howard Chow says that during the pandemic the number of commercial break-and-enters rose, especially in Chinatown, the West End, Yaletown and Strathcona. During the first six months of this year, the number of break-ins to businesses and other commercial properties was up 47.9 per cent in Vancouver from the same period last year. “Although Vancouver residents did their best to stay home and stop the spread of COVID, VPD officers could not do the same as crime continued,” Chow said during a news conference in Vancouver on Thursday. “We know that many of these breakins happened because businesses were closed and unstaffed for several weeks. Chronic property offenders saw this as a golden opportunity.” Although commercial break-and-enters were up, overall property crime was down by 12.9 per cent because of a significant decrease in auto theft as a result of fewer cars being parked on
the streets, Chow said. Violent crime increased by 5.2 per cent driven by an increase in the number of serious assaults, said Chow. “I’m so concerned about the increase in violence and serious crimes and street disorder in some of the neighbourhoods like Strathcona, Yaletown, Chinatown and the West End,” he said. In the downtown area to the end of July, thefts had gone up 36 per cent, calls for weapons were up 11 per cent and, in Yaletown, commercial break-and-enters spiked 58 per cent. Assaults were up 16 per cent and, in Strathcona, where a tent city has grown to hundreds of tents in the park, weapons calls were up 50 per cent. In Chinatown, violent crime was up 17 per cent and commercial break-ins were up 60 per cent compared with this period last year. “Sometimes statistics don’t always show the whole picture because people don’t always call police,” said Chow, who added that the Vancouver police has added more police officers to patrol the areas that have been hardest hit by crime.
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Inequality is not the Bank of Canada’s problem to solve
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem last week provided a further illustration of the disturbing mission creep under way at the central bank by wading into the political debate over income inequality. In his most revealing speech since taking over in June, Mr. Macklem indicated the central bank would pursue a more inclusive approach to monetary policy
by considering not only aggregate economic outcomes but also redistributive ones, as well. “Striving for equality of opportunity is simply the right thing to do,” he said. The speech coincided with the start of a year-long review of the central bank’s mandate and suggested that Mr. Macklem may recommend that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland expand
the Bank of Canada’s responsibilities. Since the 1990s, the bank’s mandate has mainly involved keeping inflation low and stable, at around 2 per cent, reflecting a consensus view that monetary policy works best by targeting the conditions conducive to investment and economic growth rather than targeting full employment. Since the last recession, however, central banks across the developed world have faced increasing pressure from progressive politicians and economists to reconsider this approach. The debate has been fuelled by a recognition that central banks may have contributed to wealth disparities in recent years with policies such as quantitative easing or QE, which involves large-scale central bank purchases of government bonds and other debt securities in order to drive down long-term interest rates. One of the effects of QE has been to send investors piling into the stock market. And that has made the already rich much richer, since the wealthiest households have far larger stock portfolios than middle-class or poor ones. The Bank of Canada did not engage in QE after the last recession. But it has embraced the policy wholesale since the pandemic struck, buying up billions of dollars worth of government debt since March. “It is true that QE works through many channels, including financial portfolios, that may boost wealth inequality,” Mr. Macklem conceded in his speech. “But as research on the experience with QE in the United States and the euro area highlights, QE can also reduce income inequality. That’s because lower borrowing costs stimulate economic activity, which in turn boosts jobs and incomes, particularly for people with lower incomes.” Still, while defending the bank’s embrace of QE, most of Mr. Macklem’s speech sounded like it could have been written by the folks at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. The left-leaning, Ottawa-based think tank has been arguing for “an ambitious extension” of the Bank of Canada’s mandate to achieve a broad array of policy goals that include everything from decarbonizing the economy to preserving public services. While there are valid reasons for Mr. Macklem to point out that the impact of the pandemic-led downturn has disproportionately fallen on women, low-wage workers and minorities, fixing the problem is beyond the Bank of Canada’s ability or purpose.
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Vancouver spent more than $300K on office furniture during the pandemic’s early days Staff working for the City of Vancouver spent more than $300,000 on office furniture between January and May, a period that coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and dire warnings from Mayor Kennedy Stewart about the city’s finances. The $316,800 worth of furniture was purchased as part of a $2.6 million renovation of parts of the second floor of city hall, spending that was approved in December in the city’s capital budget. City staff say a steering committee of “senior leaders� reviewed the project at the start of the pandemic and decided to continue with the renovation. Their rationale, according to city staff, was that the work was already underway and would be less disruptive to employees who normally worked in that part of the building but had begun working from home because of the coronavirus. The part of city hall being renovated hadn’t had any major improvements
in 30 years, according to the city, but the purchases of pricey furniture continued even as the pandemic took an economic toll on the city and its residents. In mid-April, Stewart warned that widespread defaults on property tax payments by out-ofwork residents would wreak havoc on the city’s budget. “If 25 per cent of homeowners do end up defaulting on their property taxes, we could shed up to an additional $325 million in revenues,� he said at the time. “Losing more than half-abillion dollars in operating funds in 2020 would devastate the city’s financial position, forcing us to liquefy assets and exhaust every reserve fund we have -- just to avoid insolvency.� Holding back money that had been allocated for new office furniture wouldn’t make much of a difference in the sort of apocalyptic scenario Stewart was describing, but the city’s continued purchases didn’t match the mayor’s messaging.
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 India on Name Changing Spree to erase the Mughal history From page 1 Changing the name of the museum represents an attempt to selectively airbrush history away,” she said. “Renaming the museum cannot erase history. It can only further historical vendetta and a politics of conquest and conflict.” The state government announced a plan to change its name. Changing names of establishments, cities, streets and stations is not new to India. After India’s Independence from British colonisation in 1947, several cities rejected distorted, colonial names. Calcutta was changed to Kolkata; Madras became Chennai; Pondicherry became Puducherry; and Bombay became Mumbai. Hindu nationalist assertions over Islamic names gained momentum after Hindu nationalist leader and current Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014. Behind the name change is the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) version of a throwback to India’s “golden” Hindu past, which is said to have ended when the Muslims invaded. The ongoing mission to erase Islamic names is an attempt to reclaim that version of history. Over the last two years, several states went on a name-changing spree. UP is a Hindu majority state, with 79.73 percent Hindus, while Muslims make up 19.26 percent. CM Adityanath himself is a hardline Hindu nationalist, a priest, and member of the BJP. One data shows that out of around 600,000 cities, towns and villages in India, as many as 704 carry names of the first six Mughal emperors viz., Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb. In that, UP tops the list of modern cities bearing names of Mughal rulers.
Video footage shows Surrey RCMP officers getting swarmed by large group of kids, adults From page 1 officer in the head, police said. “While he’s trying to arrest that young man for the assault, the child is being held onto by other youth that were there,” Sturko said. “Another [officer] comes to his assistance to help him make that arrest, and that officer — a female officer — was then punched in the head several times by some of the people in the crowd.” One youth was arrested for obstruction, a second for assault, and a third for mischief, Sturko said. No charges have been laid yet. Mounties said they would like to speak to witnesses and anyone who may have additional video of the incident.
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2 dead in separate homicides in Vancouver Two people were killed in separate homicides in Vancouver on Wednesday night, according to police — one in the city’s southeast corner and another in the Downtown Eastside. In the first incident, police were called to the area near 64th Avenue and Knight Street around 7:30 p.m. PT. Police tape was later seen stretched across much of the street, and near at least one house. One person was later confirmed dead.
A second person was killed at or near the Astoria Hotel on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside. There was a heavy police presence in both areas overnight. Vancouver police confirmed both deaths are being investigated as homicides. No further details were immediately released.
BC govt outlines $1.5 billion economic recovery plan From page 1
But the $100 million targeted for the tourism sector falls far short of the $680 million the industry was asking for. The task force, which has a $50-million budget, will develop recommendations on how the sector can be positioned for the 2021 season. Local governments, First Nations and non-profits will also receive grants to build tourism infrastructure. The province has committed $1.5 billion to
economic recovery as part of the province’s initial $5-billion COVID-19 relief fund. It has also paired up with the federal government to provide an additional $1 billion for transit and municipalities. A coalition representing B.C.’s struggling tourism industry had presented the province with a recovery stimulus proposal that would see the government give it $680 million from its $1.5-billion pool.
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 Getting your flu shot will be different this year in BC While there’s a high demand for flu shots every year, B.C. pharmacists say the demand will be much higher heading into the fall. With heightened awareness of respiratory illnesses because of COVID-19 and 2 million doses of publicly funded flu vaccines available in B.C. this year, the British Columbia Pharmacy Association expects there to be a higher demand for flu shots. British Columbians planning to get their flu shot from pharmacies this fall should expect a different experience, as pharmacists are adding additional precautions to protect against COVID-19.Some of these changes will include the requirement at many pharmacies that you book an appointment for a flu shot well in advance, rather than walkin. “With COVID-19, there’s an expectation
that B.C. pharmacists will deliver more shots because of the increase in demand,” said Geraldine Vance, CEO of the BC Pharmacy Association. “Pharmacists will be putting in more time and resources to keep patients and themselves safe during COVID-19.”In 2020, patients will need to book their appointment before heading to a pharmacy. In the past, many pharmacies offered walk-ins or even host flu shot clinic hours, where patients have come in at a designated time, knowing a pharmacist is available for those hours to administer the shot. “We expect to schedule most of our patients through appointments,” says pharmacist Lisa Le, pharmacy manager at YYoung Pharmacy in Vancouver. “We are also planning on approaching nearby businesses to see if they would like us to offer flu clinics at their locations.
Another gangster cuts plea deal in a Metro Vancouver murder case Another Metro Vancouver gangster has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to kill in exchange for a first-degree murder charge against him being dropped. David Brian Tull, 37, appeared before B.C. Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin on Sept. 4 and entered the plea to conspiracy.He had also been charged with the first-degree murder of Tyler Pastuck, who was gunned down outside a Langley restaurant on June 9, 2017. And Tull had also faced an attempted murder charge because the suspected target of the conspiracy, Kyle Gianis, was wounded in the shooting. Dan McLaughlin, a spokesman for
the B.C. Prosecution Service, confirmed Wednesday that a plea agreement had been reached. “Sentencing has been set for Nov. 23- 25,” he said in an email. “It is anticipated that the outstanding charges will be stayed at the conclusion of the sentencing hearing.”He said he wouldn’t comment on the circumstances of the plea deal. “There will not be any comment … while the matter is before the court,” McLaughlin said. Just last week, Red Scorpion leader Jamie Bacon was sentenced after pleading guilty to conspiracy for his role in the 2007 Surrey Six murders. A first-degree murder charge was dropped in the plea deal, reached in July 2020.
Saturday, September 19, 2020 Rents in Vancouver & Toronto are dropping at record rates With immigration stalled during the COVID-19 pandemic, rental markets in some of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest and most expensive cities have seen record declines. Toronto and Vancouver, both gateways for new Canadians, have had rents drop in the double digits since the year before.In its Canadian National Rent Report, PadMapper, an online rental site covering Canada and the United States, analyzed August listings in 24 Canadian cities to determine where median rent prices were going.In Toronto, one and two-bedroom rents are down 10% and 12%, to $2,070 and $2,630 respectively, from a year ago. From the month before, they slipped 1.4% and 0.8%. In Vancouver one and two-bedroom rents were down
9.1% and 14.1%, to $2,000 and $2,750 respectively. From the month before, rents dropped 2.9% and 1.8%. Data from another study on Toronto condo rental listings support the findings. In the second quarter, condo rental listings rose 45% year over year, while the number of condos rented dropped 25%, said online realtor Zoocasa, in an earlier study.Condo rental listings increased in 25 of the 35 neighbourhoods in the study, with 20 of them seeing jumps in the doubledigits.But while PadMapperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s analysis found rents falling in the most expensive markets, the rest of Canada appears to be recovering from the sudden halt in demand during the pandemic.
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Man convicted of killing common-law spouse in Kelowna given life sentence with no parole for 12 years A 71-year-old B.C. man has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 12 years for killing his common-law spouse in the Okanagan two years ago. Tejwant Danjou of Surrey was convicted of second-degree murder in August.
Danjou was accused of murdering Rama Gauravarapu while vacationing at the Best Western Hotel in West Kelowna in July 2018. During the trial, court heard that Danjou and Gauravarapu got into an argument while they were winetasting at Mission Hill winery.
Speeding Tesla driver from BC caught napping behind the wheel on Alberta highway Alberta RCMP have charged a 20-yearold B.C. man for speeding while asleep at the wheel of a Tesla electric car. RCMP got a call around 4 p.m. on July 9 about a 2019 Tesla Model S speeding south on Highway 2 near Ponoka, about 100 kilometres south of Edmonton. Both front seats were fully reclined and both occupants appeared to be sound asleep. The car appeared to be driving in autopilot at more than 140 km/h,
RCMP Sgt. Darrin Turnbull said. “Nobody was looking out the windshield to see where the car was going,” Turnbull said. “I’ve been in policing for over 23 years, and the majority that in traffic law enforcement, and I’m speechless. “I’ve never, ever seen anything like this before but of course the technology wasn’t there.” Tesla Model S sedans have autopilot functions including auto-steer and “traffic-aware” cruise control and both functions appeared to be activated.
More than 200 firefighters from BC heading south to battle Oregon wildfires More than 200 firefighting personnel from BC are travelling to the United States to help fight extreme, deadly wildfires in Oregon. The province said Thursday crews are being deployed to Redmond, Ore., a city southeast of Portland. The crews are among 800 personnel who volunteered to head south to the state, where fires have so far killed at least eight people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes. “That is just extraordinary, and it speaks volumes about our compassion and our commitment to helping each other. I’m very proud of those individuals,” Premier John Horgan said of the crews’ decision to volunteer. Gusting winds and low humidity Wednesday urged on blazes in Oregon, which have scorched more than 4,000 square kilometres to date this year. Search for survivors ongoing as wildfires rage in western U.S. and officials warn of mass casualties Smoke from what officials and political leaders say is the worst wildfire season in recent memory has blanketed the continent, fouling air quality across B.C. for days. The crisis is also taxing available resources at a time when the region’s fire season is only half over and the COVID-19 pandemic has exerted unprecedented pressure on governments, agencies and families. The B.C. government said the decision to send its personnel came after the U.S. asked for help. A statement Thursday said there is still potential to send another 200 personnel to Washington state and other parts of Oregon in coming days.
BC Liberals nominate Mark Bowen as candidate for Vancouver-Point Grey Press release In preparation for a potential fall snap election, BC Liberal members in VancouverPoint Grey have elected local business professional and community advocate Mark Bowen as the candidate in the upcoming election. As a long-time magazine publishing professional and community volunteer, Bowen has dedicated his time to making his community in Vancouver-Point Grey the best place to live. He is an advocate for small businesses in Vancouver and he believes that they are the economic driver of our communities. He has also volunteered with many non-profit organizations, including Self-Management BC, an organization that provides individuals with the knowledge and skills to successfully manage their chronic health conditions. As a cancer survivor, Mark understands the need to overcome obstacles and setbacks and move forward with vision, strength, perseverance, and passion.
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 New BC Green leader takes aim at John Horgan and possible snap election The BC Greens have elected a new leader, and Sonia Furstenau wasted no time taking aim at a possible snap election – characterizing it as “reckless.” Furstenau, the MLA for Cowichan Valley, accepted the leadership position Monday after a months-long campaign. The leadership election comes after Andrew Weaver announced he was leaving as leader, and later that he
would sit as an independent MLA. In her first speech, Furstenau spoke about the sexism that exists, remarking she was asked once if she missed being a housewife. She said it was important for her to show herself as an example of a woman in a political leadership position.
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$100k Keno jackpot for Surrey man who ‘still can’t believe it’ Keno player John Nguyen watched his $100,000 win in real time. Using his phone at home, the Surrey resident was monitoring a Keno + Keno Bonus draw on Aug. 15 and looked on in disbelief when nine of the numbers drawn matched those on his ticket. “I checked it on the Lotto! app and it told me that I was a winner,” Nguyen says in a BCLC news release. “I couldn’t sleep,
so the next morning I checked my ticket again on the Lotto! app — I was so excited.” Nguyen bought his winning ticket at the Circle K Convenience Store on 152nd Street in Surrey, and selected his numbers using Quick Pick. “Unbelievable, it’s crazy,” Nguyen said after claiming his prize using BCLC’s alternate prize-claim process. “I still can’t believe it.”
South Asian Adults & Seniors - Yoga Classes on line (Free) By Mrs. Sumita Kolppa Expert Yoga Instructor. Vedic Seniors Parivar Center of Vedic Hindu Cultural Society of British Columbia invites South Asian Adults and Senior members to attend Yoga classes on line Free through Zoom Meetings to be conducted by Mrs. Sumita Kolppa an Expert Yoga Instructor from her studio on Monday the 21st September 2020 & Thursday the 24th September 2020 from 10.00 am sharp to 11.00 am both the days. It will be organized through Zoom Meetings for which you will be provided a link to click to join the Zoom Meeting, the link to click for Monday class is different and the link for Thursday class is different. You must have Web Camera with Mike installed to your Computer or smart phone to have Video display for the participating members on your Computer screen or Smart phone screen. Please call Surendra Handa Coordinator Tel. 604 - 507 - 9945 for further details.
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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.
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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 5843 180 STREET CLOVERDALE
$210,000
Solid family home on almost 10,000 square foot rectangular lot in Cloverdale with loads of potential. Large open lot offers plenty of space for a pool, playground & trampoline; or use the extra space to build your dream home. Great central location - close to shopping, transit & schools. Same owners since 1987. Three bedrooms up, one down in partially finished basement (just needs a closet). Walkout basement with its own entrance offers potential for two bedroom suite. Large covered patio off the living area overlooks the private, sunny backyard. Transform it into a modern, functional family home or design a new build.
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Saturday, September 19, 2020 Culturally safe long-term care beds coming to Surrey Press release building with other residents, family members and staff, and will be able to provide care for a full range of complex care residents. The beds will be resourced at an average of 3.36 direct care hours per resident day in keeping with the provincial target. ‘‘As our population continues to age, we are continuing to bolster the resources we provide seniors living in our region, including long-term care beds,’’ said Dr. Victoria Lee, Fraser Health president and CEO. ‘‘While we want to ensure we are supporting people to live independently in the community for as long as possible, we are also working to make longterm care beds more accessible to seniors if and when they need that level of support.’’ While all beds will have the capacity to provide culturally sensitive care to the South Asian population, any senior who meets the criteria to be admitted into long-term care can list PICS Diversity Village as their preferred facility, regardless of their ethnic or cultural background. ‘‘PICS has been serving the community for more than 30 years,’’ said Satbir Singh Cheema.
To support seniors who are no longer able to live in the community, the Province through Fraser Health, will add 125 publicly funded long term-care beds to the region with the planned opening of a new facility in Surrey in 2024. PICS Diversity Village, operated by Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS), will be open to all seniors in need of long-term care and will provide culturally sensitive services to people who identify as South Asian. ‘‘Across our province, our senior’s population continues to grow, which is why investments into services such as long-term care beds are so important,’’ said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. ‘‘With the addition of these new beds in the Fraser Health region, we are ensuring services for seniors are in place to support people for many years to come.’’ PICS Diversity Village will be located at 6471 175A St. in Surrey. It will provide a total of 125 publicly funded beds and feature unique neighbourhoods to facilitate community-
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Record daily 97,894 infections push India’s Covid tally to over 51 lakh A record single-day increase of 97,894 infections has pushed India’s COVID-19 tally to over 51 lakh while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 40 lakh on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 51,18,253 while the death toll climbed to 83,198 with the virus claiming 1,132 lives in a span of
24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. The total recoveries surged to 40,25,079 while the active cases of COVID-19 crossed 10 lakh for the first time. The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection was recorded at 1.63 per cent. There are 10,09,976 active cases of COVID-19 in the country which comprises 19.73
Amitabh Bachchan to voice Amazon’s Alexa Device Alexa, make way for Amitabh Bachchan. Amazon announced Monday that the Bollywood star will lend his voice to the tech giant’s assistant device Alexa starting next year. He will be the first Indian actor to voice the Amazon artificial intelligence gadget. In a post for its India blog, Amazon said the
new feature will be available for India users. The new Alexa voice will offer jokes, weather updates, motivational quotes, advice and more. Bachchan, who will be the first Indian actor to voice the Amazon gadget, said in the blog post that the tech opportunity has allowed him to explore a new medium.
Australia to further boost trade & ties with India to cut dependence on China Australia’s escalating tensions with Beijing have shown up its reliance on China trade and propelled a push to increase links with Asia’s other giant economy, India. New enrollments of international students from India expanded 32% in 2019 from a year
earlier and it’s the fastest growing major market for Australian services. India has overtaken China as the largest source of net migration to Australia, and its diaspora is the third largest Down Under, just behind China and the U.K.
Fiji Two govt emploees suspected to be involved in land sale scam She says the issue first surfaced when the Ministry noticed a letter was issued under a fake letterhead of the Ministry to a person in Bangladesh in Labasa, giving him consent to apply for a temporary water connection. Kumar says another three fake letters were found a day later after an inspection was carried out by the Ministry at Millennium informal settlement in Nausori.
She says both cases were immediately informed to FICAC and to date eight cases from the Millennium informal settlement and another three cases from River Road have been given to FICAC. She says this time the letter was authorizing people to construct dwellings within the settlement.
10 year jail for raping 11 year old girl A 67-year-old man who raped an 11-yearold girl on Koro Island in December 2018 has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Themanhadpleadedguiltytoonecountofrape.
While sentencing the Court Judge, Justice Riyaz considering time spent in man will spend 9 years and 1
man, High Hamza says remand, the month in jail.
PAKISTAN Legislation passed to get out of FATF grey-list Federal government on Wednesday’s Parliament’s session managed to refer ‘Anti-Terrorism (Third Amendment) Bill, 2020’ to the joint sitting of the Parliament for consideration and passage. The Opposition, with the onset of the proceedings, suspended the house by pointing out lack of required quorum in the House. The House remained suspended for over
an hour and later the government rushed to refer the bill to the joint session (the Senate and the National Assembly) sitting for its approval. Three important bills to meet the requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to bring Pakistan out of the grey-list were passed during the Joint Session of the Parliament on Wednesday.
Hafiz aides indicted for funding terror n anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday indicted four top leaders of the banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), including the brother-in-law of Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, in four more cases of financing terror. “Terror-financing charges were framed on Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki (brother-in-law of
Saeed), Yahya Mujahid (JuD spokesperson), Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Ashraf in four more cases,” a court official said after the hearing. The suspects were brought to the ATC-III amid high security from the Kot Lakhpat Jail. The official said judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar directed the prosecution to present witnesses on next hearing on Thursday.
Saturday, September 19, 2020 3 arrested for killing cricketer Suresh Raina’s kin The police have arrested three members of the notorious ‘kale kachchewale’ gang who allegedly murdered Ashok Kumar and Kaushal Kumar, uncle and cousin, respectively, of cricketer Suresh Raina. The gang also injured his aunt and another cousin on the intervening night of August 19 and 20. Gulneet Singh Khurana, SSP, Pathankot We are working on certain clues and hope to nab the accused soon. In all, 13 persons were involved in the crime. The gangsters have their origins in Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan. Interestingly, the police nabbed the accused on the same day when Raina visited his injured aunt Asha Rani and cousin Apan Kumar at the hospital where they are recuperating. Later, he also paid a visit to the family’s ancestral house in Thariyal village falling in the jurisdiction of the Shahpur Kandi police station.
Farmers continue protests at CM’s hometown, Badal village On the second day of their six-day protest, thousands of farmers today continued with their sit-in at the PUDA ground and raised slogans against the Central and state governments for their “anti-farmer policies” and “failure to address the genuine issues of the farming community”. Farmer unions vowed not to allow corporate officials to enter grain markets and purchase anything. The Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) held a protest march in the Patiala. “Capt Amarinder Singh had promised a loan waiver to all farmers. The Congress government is left with a little over a year and still there are no signs of any waiver,” said Joginder Singh Ugrahan, a senior farmer leader.
Death rate in 9 Punjab districts higher than state average Punjab’s Covid death rate is 2.97 per cent, which is one of the highest in the country. However, there are nine districts in which the rate is alarmingly higher than the state’s average fatality rate. Kapurthala tops the list with 4.98 per cent death rate, followed by Ludhiana (4.28 per cent), Sangrur (4 per cent), Fatehgarh Sahib (3.98 per cent), Amritsar (3.8 per cent), Tarn Taran (3.71 per cent), Ferozepur (3.21 per cent), Ropar (3.19 per cent), Hoshiarpur (3.14 per cent) and SBS Nagar (3.04 per cent). According to health officials, these are the very districts which are reporting maximum cases too. “A large number of cases from Ludhiana, Amritsar, Sangrur and other districts are increasing the overall caseload,” said Dr Rajesh Bhaskar, state’s nodal officer for Covid.
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