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Brampton councillor Gurpreet Dhillon sued for more than $2M by woman alleging sexual assault A Brampton woman has filed a lawsuit against a local city councillor and the city, seeking more than $2 million in damages for an alleged sexual assault that she said occurred while the councillor was travelling on official city business. Earlier this month, Brampton councillors voted to suspend Coun. Gurpreet Dhillon from his duties and dock him 90 days of pay, the harshest penalty available to them under the Municipal Act, after an exhaustive integrity commissioner investigation determined he had sexually harassed the woman Continued on page 6

Brampton shooting victim identified as wife of priest at Hindu temple A woman who died after being shot inside the garage of her Brampton home was the wife of the head priest of a prominent Hindu temple, a member of the temple confirmed. According to media reports, an administrative staffer at the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton confirmed over the phone that the victim was 56-yearold Sangita Sharma, the wife of Abhay Shastri, Hindu Sabha’s head priest. When reached on Saturday, an employee at the Torbram Pharmacy also confirmed that Sharma, a previous owner of the establishment, was indeed the woman killed on Thursday. Peel Regional Police are calling Sharma’s death a homicide as they continue to investigate.

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Freeland replaces Morneau as finance minister Chrystia Freeland sworn in as Canada’s new finance minister, becoming the first woman to take on the powerful role. Freeland was foreign affairs minister, serving as deputy prime minister and intergovernmental affairs minister.

She will retain her role as deputy

prime minister but hands over her responsibilities for relations with the provinces to Dominic LeBlanc.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the adjustment to his cabinet today after Bill Morneau stepped down late Monday.

PM Trudeau accused of trying to cover up scandal by proroguing Parliament PM Trudeau faces accusations his decision to prorogue Parliament is nothing more than an attempt to cover up an ethics scandal – and to step down at a pivotal moment of the pandemic.

Tuesday afternoon, Trudeau asked Julie Payette, Governor General, to prematurely end the current parliamentary session. He has promised

to resume on September 23 with a throne speech, followed by a vote of confidence.

The decision to ‘reset’ the govt over Covid comes amid the committee’s investigations into the WE charity case, in which Trudeau & former Finance Minister Bill Morneau face charges of improper financial relations with the international development organization.

Virtual prayer and meditation session held for Hindu delegates at Democratic convention The ongoing Democratic National Convention on Wednesday organised a virtual prayer and meditation session for Hindu delegates and members attending the four-day event. The session was led by Anurima Bhargava, vice-chair, US Commission on International Religious Freedom, Harini Krishnan, Indian classical vocalist and South Asians For Biden state director, Neel Gonuguntla, South Asians For Biden state director and community leader, and Ajay Tejasvi, AAPI Faith Leadership Council and Art of Living instructor. Murali Balaji, South Asians For Biden communication team and community leader, and Ajay Bhutoria, AAPI Leadership Council For Biden and

National Finance Committee member, also led the prayer session.

Both camps out to woo Hindu voters in USA Hinduism is the fourth largest faith in the US, representing approximately one per cent of the US population in 2016.

While Trump campaign promises that re-electing President Trump will “reduce obstacles to religious freedoms” for Hindus in America, the rival Biden campaign said former vice-president Joe Biden has made outreach to the Hindu faith community a priority.

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t Gobind Sarvar School there is a belief that “for education to be effective, it needs to be well-rounded, it needs to encourage personal growth and the development of strong personal moral compass”. These are the principles the school lives and operates by.

The beginnings of this school go back to 2005 when congregation members of this gurdwara decided they needed a religious school to teach about Sikhi and Gurmukhi to the young in the community. From evening classes of 20 students when they first started,

Principal Sukhbir Singh Bolina

they had over 650 students by 2016! This success and demand for quality education within the GurSikhi environment led to the opening of the Gobind Sarvar Elementary and High School.“Education is holistic. Students don’t just need to learn math and science, they need to learn more than that from their teachers,” states Principal Sukhbir Singh Bolina. Mr. Bolina is a mathematician and understands the importance of education, yet he also feels all the teachers have ‘life experience’ along Continued on page 7

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South Asian driver slapped with 33 more charges over crash that killed four Australian police officers A 47-year-old IndianAll four police officers died on the scene. a Melbourne highway on April 22 this year He Richard Pusey was allegedly driving at 149 kms origin truck driver, who was On Wednesday, Victorian police said the was earlier charged with four counts of culpable per hour and was pulled over by the police officers involved in crash that killed four police officers investigation into the crash was ongoing and driving causing death.

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OPINION

By Fred McMahon, Analyst The Fraser Institute

In a little noted move, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) flexed its imperial muscle – criminalizing criticism of it anywhere on the planet – by issuing an arrest warrant for U.S. citizen Samuel Chu, a pro-democracy advocate for Hong Kong. In fact, by publishing this op-ed, this media outlet and I are breaking CCP laws and subject to trial by a CCP-controlled court

Saturday, August 22, 2020 China targets everyone in the world and life imprisonment under concentration camp conditions. Be warned, just by reading this you too are breaking CCP law, as you are showing sympathy for criticism of the CCP. Don’t think this is rhetorical overstatement. The CCP may not come for us in the near future, but it has been busy abducting foreign citizens in other countries, threatening and assaulting protesters, and attacking free speech outside of China.

While Canadians know of many bad acts by the CCP, including taking hostage two Canadians (Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor) on spurious charges after the arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Canada, the extent to which Supreme Leader Xi Jingping has ramped up his assault on freedom internationally is less understood. And there’s no sign things will get better after they get worse – just that they will get worse. The newest assaults rise from the security law the CCP forced on Hong Kong just over a month ago. It effectively outlaws any criticism of the party anywhere on the planet.

Article 38 states: “This Law shall apply to offences … committed against the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from outside the Region by a person who is not a permanent resident of the Region.” In other words, the security law doesn’t just impose CCP law on Hong Kong; it imposes it on the world. The law criminalizes advocating Hong Kong independence, subversion (effectively any criticism of the CCP), terrorism (any opposition to the CCP), and working with foreign groups such as the Fraser Institute, which had deep ties in Hong Kong. I have keynoted several events in Hong Kong promoting freedom.

They are now illegal and everyone involved would be arrested and thrown in prison. The language in the law is so broad that “‘it means just what [the CCP] chooses it to mean,” to quote Humpty Dumpty. In other words, anyone can be arrested anywhere for anything the CCP chooses. It was imposed on Hong Kong on June 30. The CCP could hardly wait to use its new toy, making for an eventful month of freedom suppression. The first day it was in force, Hong Kong police arrested 300 protesters. The government banned a dozen prodemocracy candidates from an election scheduled for Sept. 9, then cancelled the election and arrested four young people, ages 16 to 21, for prodemocracy social media accounts. Officials have been pulling books from schools and libraries and started a purge of teachers and professors. And now the police have asserted global power and have issued arrest warrants for six pro-democracy advocates outside Hong Kong, including U.S. citizen Chu. Other countries issue warrants for crimes committed by foreigners, but this is the first time a government has officially made criticism of its rulers an international crime. The CCP has pursued enemies outside China for years. In 2015, it abducted five Hong Kong booksellers – one, a Swedish citizen, Gui Minhai, in Thailand, at least two in mainland China, and another one, a British citizen, disappeared from Hong Kong.

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Saturday, August 22, 2020 China is paving its ‘belt and road’ to British Columbia A major warehouse facility under construction in Surrey is not just paving the way for more trade between B.C. and China. It could be helping pave Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative to Canada. The massive $190 million, 470,000-square-foot complex, dubbed the “World Commodity Trade Center,” is a joint venture between a Chinese state-sponsored company and a local development firm. The centre, first conceived in Beijing, has four warehouses and two large exhibition halls — to be lined with Chinese and Canadian flags — strategically located in the Campbell Heights industrial zone between

Vancouver International Airport and the United States border. The centre is purported to be one of several non-Chinese import-export facilities servicing a central commodities hub on the outskirts of Beijing, called Yanjiao International Trade City, being developed by brand company World Commerce Valley, a division of Hong Kong-based trading firm Shing Kee Godown Group. The centre is being developed through Canadian subsidiaries North America Commerce Valley Development Ltd. and Shing Kee Godown (Canada) Holdings Ltd. and in partnership with local development firm Pollyco Group.

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in Turkey while the two were on a trade mission.The ethics report found Dhillon engaged in the “unnecessary, unwelcome, and unwanted sexual touching� of the woman in her hotel room while on an official trip with the Canadian Turkish Business Council in November 2019. The commissioner’s report is not a finding of criminal wrongdoing or guilt, and the complainant’s allegations, which include sexual assault, have not been tested in court. In her report, the integrity commissioner said Dhillon refused to participate in the investigation, citing “procedural irregularities.� Dhillon has filed

a judicial review claim of the ethics report, claiming that “both the investigation process and the final report itself are deeply flawed.�

The complainant, identified only as Jane Doe, is seeking more than $2 million in damages from the city of Brampton and Dhillon for among other things: sexual assault and battery, engaging in a campaign of “lies and smears� and for obstructing the city’s ethics investigation. She alleges the city was responsible for ensuring Dhillon was properly trained and supervised with respect to his duties as a councillor.

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Gobind Sarvar School – A New Way of Learning

with their qualifications that they bring to their classes, which in turn are helpful learning points for the students.

One of the examples of teaching, not just the curriculum, but also life skills is the importance of ‘being on time’. Mr. Bolina shares this example, “In our culture, we do not have respect for time. We see this at weddings, etc., where nothing happens on time. On that same thought, if I or my teachers here do not show up on time, what are we teaching our children? We need to teach by example.” He continued sharing how in the future when the students enter the workforce, their employer is going to expect them to be on time. “Even learning this discipline of coming to school on time is part of education.” To provide high-quality education, Gobind Sarvar Elementary and Highschool strives to keep the class size between 15 – 20 students per class. “We do not want 30 students per class.” The school operates according to the requirements of the Ministry of Education of British Columbia with added classes in Sikh religion and Gurmukhi language. Mr. Bolina is passionate that the school not just meets the minimum BC Education ministry requirements but “we want to go over and above the minimum.”

Why send your children to Gobind Sarvar Elementary and Highschool?

Their website states, ‘At Gobind Sarvar, our mission is to inspire students to become authentic life-long learners by providing a safe, nurturing environment focused on inquisitive, self-exploration and holistic growth.’

Along with their statement above, the emphasis is also on, “We teach Punjabi, Sikhi, the Sikh way of life, our culture. We also feel all students need to have access to the latest technology to learn for the future and on top of all that, here we are like one big happy family.” Understanding that most parents want to see good grades and can be focused on marks only to judge their child’s success in education, Mr. Bolina instead encourages parents to ask, ‘what kind of human being is my child?’ “My number one goal is that my students here become good human beings, everything else then falls in place by itself.” Mr. Bolina shares how incredible it will be when a student from here goes on to do good in the community, and the credit goes to the school. That he feels will be the best compliment ever for the school and its mission. To help the students be the best they can be, Mr. Bolina is readily available to the parents. He laughs sharing how he has answered the phone at 10 o’clock at night when a stressed parent called.

Since becoming the Principle, Mr. Bolina has introduced sports into the curriculum.

He feels the students can learn a lot by participating in sports. To achieve this Mr. Bolina contacted other private schools in Metro Vancouver and the Independent School Association of BC to provide an opportunity for his students to compete. In their first year, which was the last school year, Mr.

Bolina didn’t expect any of their sports team to win. “I was happy that my students got an

opportunity to compete, have fun, and experience sports. You should have seen me dance on the field when our soccer team scored their first goal.

And, the first game the basketball team won was against the old school that I worked for!” The enthusiasm is apparent on Mr. Bolina’s face as he shares his story. He also got the school involved in SchoolReach, a fast-paced quiz for students that challenges both their knowledge and speed of recall.

This is a very popular competition with the students. “I’m introducing new things that have not been done before in our community.

I want our kids to go beyond our borders. At Gobind Sarvar, our students are encouraged to gain a balance of extra-curriculum activities with academic excellence. We want them to

become independent learners who will have the skills that are the cornerstone of success in this rapidly changing world.”

For more info: 604-930-2122 www.gobindsarvar.ca

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Saturday, August 22, 2020 Canada-bound vaccine blocked by China’s customs was created with Canadian tech The Chinese company, whose COVID-19 vaccine is being prevented from entering Canada for human trials by China’s customs agency, created its shot using medical technology licensed to it by Canada. Three months ago, the Canadian government and CanSino Biologics agreed to start human trials for the company’s vaccine in Canada.

China’s customs agency prevented the first batch of the vaccine candidate from leaving the country when it was en route to Canada.

The experimental shot — among the fastest to go through the approval process — was discovered using a cell line that was licensed

by Canada’s federal government. In the 1970s, Canadian researcher Dr. Frank Graham was part of a team of scientists to develop a cell line called HEK293. A cell line is a reproducing version of the same living cell.

The use of cell lines are common in both modern lab research and biotechnology and pharmaceutical production.

What does it mean to prorogue Parliament?

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has prorogued Parliament, a political first for Trudeau that formally terminates this parliamentary session and sets up a confidence vote this fall that could trigger a 2020 election. Prorogation is a political tool at the prime minister’s disposal, and it is sometimes viewed as a political reset button.

Effective immediately, all legislative work on Parliament Hill has now stopped.Members of Parliament are released from their parliamentary

duties until Sept. 23, when the Liberals unveil a new throne speech, outlining their minority government’s priorities and next steps during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prorogation also kills any outstanding bills that have not yet become law. However, these bills may be introduced at a later time and will be treated as if they were new.

Bills can also be revived at the same stage they were previously in under special circumstances, such as unanimous consent of the House.

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LOCAL / NATIONAL

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Fence erected on US side of international border will deter smuggling, says American official A fence is going up along the longest undefended border in the world to protect the United States and Canada from the threat posed by “dangerous criminal enterprises” in both directions, according to the American border patrol.

That same stretch of road connecting Abbotsford and Aldergrove, B.C., marks the area where families, friends and loved ones separated due to travel bans have been meeting up since the borders closed in March. A statement from United States Border Patrol said its Blaine sector is currently overseeing the construction of a cable barrier on the international boundary between Boundary Road in the United States and 0 Avenue in Canada to address bi-national concerns related to this section of the border.

“Locally in our community, trans-national criminal organizations have capitalized on this vulnerable area by smuggling both narcotics and people,” acting chief patrol

agent Tony Holladay said in the statement.

It states the barrier serves to deter drivers of vehicles from illegally crossing the boundary — by accident or on purpose — and endangering citizens in both countries.

A marker for the international border between Canada and the U.S.on 0 Avenue in Aldergrove with the new fence behind it. (Ben Nelms/CBC) Last month RCMP seized close to 200 kilograms of methamphetamine and charged a U.S. citizen with importation and possession of the drug for the purpose of trafficking.

That man had reportedly travelled across the border using an all-terrain vehicle hauling a trailer. He was later arrested in a blueberry field, according to a release by police on July 23 which states another co-conspirator remains at large.

Pierre Carriere has been cycling 73 kilometres along the route about five times a week for 30 years.

Saturday, August 22, 2020 Trudeau plans sweeping welfare reform for Canada: sources Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is weighing sweeping changes to the country’s social welfare system and a series of economic measures that will align Canada with ambitious climate goals, according to people familiar with the matter.

The economic recovery plan to bolster the social safety net will especially help those hurt most by the pandemic and come after Trudeau replaced a fiscally cautious finance minister.

Trudeau ‘wants to go big,’ plans sweeping social welfare reform for Canada: sources “The prime minister wants to go big,” said a government source, adding that Trudeau, 48, sees the moves as part of his legacy.

Trudeau replaced former Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who resigned on Monday, with close ally Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday. Morneau stepped down amid friction with Trudeau over spending plans, sources told Reuters.

Trudeau said the pandemic had unmasked

“fundamental gaps” in society and the country needed a long-term recovery plan that addressed the issues “head on.”

“This is our chance to build a more resilient Canada, a Canada that is healthier and safer, greener and more competitive, a Canada that is more welcoming and more fair,” he said on Tuesday, after the cabinet shuffle.

“This is our moment to change the future for the better.”

Trudeau took office in 2015 and was reelected last year, with a minority government.

The son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Trudeau has focused on boosting social programs, raising taxes on the highest earners and stressing the need to fight climate change.

Trudeau said he would seek a confidence vote in parliament over his plan when the body reconvenes in September which, if lost, would trigger a new election.

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Saturday, August 22, 2020 Canada’s housing market soared to record high in July Home resales surpassed pre-COVID levels by a mile: Activity surged 26% month over month (and 30.5% year over year) across Canada to a new all-time high of 637,000 units (annualized) in July. Virtually all local markets recorded strong increases—albeit from weak levels in June—fueled in large part by pent-up demand created by COVID-19 lockdowns this spring.

Demand-supply conditions the tightest in almost two decades: Buyers far exceeded sellers last month. The sales-to-new listings ratio jumped to 0.74 Canada-wide—the highest it’s been in 18 years. If sustained at this level, it would signal intense upward pressure on prices. Sellers

were firmly in control in almost all markets east of Saskatchewan.

Supply was especially low relative to demand in Ontario and Quebec.

Prices heating up: Canada’s MLS Home Price Index (HPI) rose 7.4% year over year—the fastest rate of increase in more than 30 months. Ottawa (up 18.4%) and Montreal (up 14.1%) continued to lead the country though most of southern Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area, narrowed the gap with doubledigit increases. Calgary (-1.4%) and Edmonton (-1.2) are the only major markets where the MLS HPI is still down relative to a year ago.

Mortgage delinquencies rising in Vancouver residential market Mortgage delinquencies across Canada have been gradually falling, but in Vancouver and Toronto they are rising from record lows in 2018.

That’s according to Better Dwelling, which tracks Canadian real estate market trends and was co-founded by analyst Stephen Punwasi.

In Vancouver, mortgage delinquencies, which are measured by the rate of mortgages that are 90 days overdue, reached 0.13 per cent in the first quarter of 2020. That is 8.3 per cent higher than the same quarter in 2019 and has been steadily rising from 0.1 per cent in 2018. Similarly, in Toronto, there was a 10 per cent increase between the first quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020.

The last couple of weeks of the first quarter were the start of pandemic lockdowns in Canada, but the trend to higher figures in Vancouver and Toronto were well established before then.

Mortgage delinquencies are all about how quickly a home can be converted into it cash value.

In a hot market, with homes selling fast, an owner who can’t keep up with payments can list the home for sale, get an offer and close within 90 days. There is no effect on the delinquency rate and it stays low.

However, as Better Dwelling explains, “when the market starts to stall, and sales take longer — that’s when delinquencies start to rise. High default rates reflect the inability to exit your real estate in a timely fashion.”

The change in trend from falling to rising delinquencies “will be something to watch, but more of a 2021 story,” said Vancouver realtor Steve Saretsky.

He thinks there will be a related steady increase of foreclosures over the next couple of years. However, the process in B.C. is very long and drawn out.

“From the time you miss a mortgage payment to the time the house sells in court, it takes an average of between 12 to 15 months,” Saretsky wrote in a report released Friday.

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

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Victoria bus drivers win $1 million lottery A group of bus drivers in Victoria are planning to celebrate after winning a $1-million lottery prize.

Frederick “Nate” Green is the “team captain” of a group of friends who regularly purchase lottery tickets together, nine of whom are bus drivers.

Earlier this month, Green learned that a ticket that the group bought at a kiosk at University Heights Mall turned out to be the winning draw for a lottery on July 31. “It was a really great feeling to be able Frederick “Nate” green holds the winning cheque to tell the guys we won — we really won,” Green told the B.C. Lottery Corporation. for him and his nine other friends who won a recent The Victoria resident says that $1-million lottery together. (B.C. Lottery Corporation) when he told the group they had mortgage on his house and buy his wife a new car. won, one of his friends was stunned.

Green says the group has bought Lotto Max “He was in shock, he just kept and BC/49 tickets twice a month for the past seven walking around in circles,” he said. years. Now, despite winning, the group plans on “I think he forgot where he was.” continuing to buy more tickets in the future.

One of the 10 winners said that he plans “We got our spark back to use his share of the winnings to pay off the now that we won,” he said.

In the short term, the group plans on celebrating their win by organizing a physically distanced celebration.

Death toll from COVID-19 in BC reaches 200, as case numbers continue to surge Health officials announced Thursday that the death toll from COVID-19 in B.C. had reached 200, as they confirmed another 80 cases of the disease and two more deaths.

Deputy Provincial Health Officer Dr. Réka Gustafson gave Thursday’s update, also revealing that the current number of active cases of infection with the novel coronavirus has fallen slightly from its peak to 780.

There are currently 11 people in hospital, including four in intensive care, a slight increase from a day earlier.

Health Minister Adrian Dix spoke to the continuing swell of cases and acknowledged the frustration that some people may be feeling.

“In a pandemic we have choices …. We can give up or we can fight. It’s that simple and that hard,” Dix said, quoting Dr. Michael Ryan of the World Health Organization.

PICS Mega Job Fair The PICS Mega Job Fair is coming again!

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Thousands of attendees and numerous exhibitors participate each year, making this day a productive and fun-filled experience for everyone who attends. This Ceremony benefits both job seekers and employers.

Job seekers can explore career options with employers such as retailers, restaurants, service providers, banks, credit unions, and crown corporations; while employers can meet and recruit motivated candidates. The event further serves as a great opportunity to network and build brand awareness. PICS Virtual Mega Job Fair on Sept 10, 2020 will be a grand affair, and we look forward to seeing you there!

Going Virtual Nowadays, going virtual is a new trend. Keeping in mind the safety of our community, we have decided to host a Virtual PICS Mega Job Fair. This professionally developed platform will allow exhibitors and aspirants to meet and share possible career paths and opportunities. You will be able to upload your resume and pre-apply for jobs as they become open. https://megajobfair.ca/ Sign-up for the events at Eventbrite with the link provided: https://www.eventbrite. com/e/108904197386

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RBC report says immigration slowdown due to COVID-19 threatens Canadian economy A slowdown of immigration to Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to derail a major source of economic and labour force growth, according to a report from the Royal Bank of Canada.

The shortfall jeopardizes the ability of the country to find employees needed in sectors such as health and elder care as the baby

boom generation moves into retirement over the next few years, the report says.

It calls on the federal government to find new ways to encourage more immigrants to move to Canada.

“Canada does rely on having large numbers of people coming to the country to fuel growth and, if we see these large declines, one concern

BC’s COVID-19 low-income payments extended to December BC residents on provincial income or disability assistance who don’t get federal COVID-19 help will continue to receive an extra $300 per month until December, Social Development Minister Shane Simpson says.

The B.C. “crisis supplement” began in April, for people who don’t qualify for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit that requires a loss of income related to the coronavirus pandemic. Simpson announced Aug. 17 that the additional B.C. payments will continue for assistance payments to be issued Sept. 23, Oct. 21. Nov. 18 and Dec. 16.

B.C. assistance recipients do not have to

apply for the additional payments. The $300 per month is also being distributed to B.C. residents receiving the B.C. Seniors Supplement and Comforts Allowance. People receiving B.C. income or disability assistance and federal Employment Insurance or CERB are not eligible for the crisis supplement, but any EI or CERB payments they do receive will temporarily not reduce their income or disability assistance.

For those receiving federal disability benefits, Ottawa recently announced a onetime $600 payment that is also exempt for people receiving provincial assistance.

Thousands on evacuation alert as wildfire flares in southern BC Hundreds of residents in southern Okanagan region are out of their homes, and thousands more must be ready to leave on short notice as a nearby wildfire grows in size.

The Christie Mountain wildfire broke out Tuesday afternoon on the east side of Skaha Lake, southeast of Penticton, B.C., and grew from 250 hectares to about 10 square kilometres in just a few hours.

The B.C. Wildfire Service on Wednesday afternoon said on Twitter that the fire was 14 square kilometres in size.

The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen ordered residents of 319 homes in the Heritage Hills area to leave immediately, and the City of Penticton then issued an evacuation alert for nearly 3,700 properties on its southeast side, closest to Skaha Lake.

BC teachers call for smaller class sizes and stricter mask regulations The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is calling for smaller class sizes and stricter face mask regulations when schools start up again next month.

In a release, the union said many people are worried that the government

has not done enough to ensure the safety of teachers, students and families, especially in light of the sharp rise in new COVID-19 cases in the province recently.

“B.C. teachers and the families they go home to need more protection,”

BC Liberals call for immediate reforms to NDP’s failed return-to-school plan Press release The BC Liberals are calling on John Horgan and the NDP to provide greater choice and more certainty for parents, teachers and students for the upcoming school year after the government’s current plan has been met with hostility from families and educators throughout British Columbia.

“As it stands, it’s clear that the NDP government’s K-12 return-to-school in September plan is a failure and does not work for families or teachers,” said Andrew Wilkinson, BC Liberal Leader. “While we must strive for a safe return to in-class instruction, the conflicting information, lack of flexibility, and overall poor administration of the government’s plan is creating unnecessary anxiety for families throughout B.C who have faced unprecedented challenges to preserve and continue the education of our children in the face of this global pandemic.” Earlier , BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson and MLA Dan Davies, BC Liberal Education Critic, sent a letter to NDP Education Minister Rob Fleming calling for immediate action in key areas: - Establish a viable province-wide framework that will ensure school districts can safely implement both in-class and distance learning options, and offer the same level of learning standards and opportunity for students and teachers no matter where they live, ensuring reasonablechoicesforparentsduringthepandemic.

- Implement measures that will promote greater distance learning programs and options for children in multi-generational and immunecompromised households, including restoring the $12 million in funding removed from Independent Distributed Learning (IDL) programs.

- Ensure that every child who requires an electronic device for learning can be provided with access to a laptop, tablet, or electronic device.

- Ensure that the government’s plan does not fail children with diverse learning needs by creating a greater disparity between the quality and availability of learning delivery models and resources.

could be that people may decide maybe they don’t want to come to Canada anymore,” said report author Andrew Agopsowicz, a senior economist for RBC who studies labour trends.

“I think it’s really important for Canada to ensure the process is clear and that we still put out this attitude that we are open and we want people from the rest of the world to come to our country.” Canada added 34,000 permanent residents in the second quarter, down 67 per cent

from the same period last year, the RBC study said.

Meanwhile, new permanent residency applications to Canada were down 80 per cent and just over 10,000 new study permits were processed, down from 107,000 a year earlier.

Despite a recent recovery in the pace of immigration, the bank expects to see only 70 per cent of the originally targeted 341,000 new permanent residents at the end of the year, a decline of about 100,000 people.

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Google launches Kormo app in India to help people find entry-level jobs Google has expanded its employment application - Kormo Jobs - to India as it is looking forward for helping millions of Indians to land entry-level jobs.

According to Tech Crunch, the company had launched the employment application in Bangladesh in 2018 and further expanded it to Indonesia.

Google had also made Kormo Jobs available in India under the brand Jobs as a

Spot on its payment application Google Pay, reported Tech Crunch.

The Jobs Spot is being rebranding as Kormo Jobs in India. The company further said that ever since it launched the application through Google Pay, many companies including Zomato and Dunzo have posted more than 2 million jobs.

The application will help users to identify entry-level job opportunities and also to learn new skills and create CVs.

Congress writes to Mark Zuckerberg over alleged ‘bias’; demands probe into conduct of India leadership team The Congress party wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg alleging bias in favour of BJP and interference in India’s electoral democracy and demanded probe into the same.

The letter by All India Congress Committee General-Secretary KC Venugopal cited a recent Wall Street Journal article about alleged Facebook India operations favouring the BJP and demanded that the Facebook headquarters should set up a time-bound investigation into the same and make their report public in a month or two.

Venugopal referred to the article “about

Facebook India’s blatant biases and dubious practices in content regulation” and demanded in the letter that the US giant should replace the India leadership team till its probe was concluded.

“There are clear charges in the article against the leadership of Facebook India of favouring one political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, consistently and being complicit in propagating hate speech by political leaders belonging to the BJP. Specifically, the article states ‘Ms Das (of Facebook India) has provided the BJP with favourable treatment on election-related issues.

10,000 CAPF troops to move out of J&K The government today issued an order to immediately withdraw about 10,000 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel from Jammu & Kashmir. The decision came after a review of the UT’s security situation by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

According to the MHA order, a decision has been taken “to withdraw 100 companies of the CAPFs with immediate effect from J&K and revert these to their respective locations”. A CAPF company has an operational strength of around 100 personnel.

As per the order, 4,000 personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 2,000 each of Border Security Force (BSF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) have been ordered to be withdrawn from the UT. According to MHA officials, the move is indicative of the improving situation in the newly carved out UT. This is the biggest deinduction of these forces after additional troops were rushed to J&K just before the scrapping of special status to the erstwhile state.

Fiji Young Fijian Rahul Naresh scouted by Australian A-League club The future of Fijian football seems bright when it comes to potential international players.

Recently, Oceania Football Center introduced Ryan Mudaliar, a young AustralianFijian goalkeeper who plays at NPL level in Australia. In addition to Mudaliar, another talented young Fijian could be moving to Australia soon,

as former Ba Academy defender Rahul Naresh is being scouted by Australia’s top club Melbourne Victory.

Rahul Naresh played the last edition of OFC U16 Championship held in Solomon Islands and recently the 17-year-old player moved to New Zealand to represent the Aucklandbased side Manukau United alongside other Fijians such as Etonia Dogalau and Kishan Sami.

McDonalds plans to set up bun factory in Fiji Fast-food franchise McDonald’s is planning to make its hamburger buns and sandwich bread locally.

This comes as imports of the two items have been hampered due to the pandemic.

McDonald’s Fiji Managing Director Marc McElrath says burger buns used are shipped from New Zealand, but supply

has been disrupted for the past six months.

“There’s an opportunity, I guess now for us to look at the setting up of possibly a bun plant for Fiji that would mean that because bun are our continuous item on our menu if we were to have a bun plant in Fiji we would be guaranteed continuous supply without any disruption coming out of New Zealand.

Dengue & leptospirosis outbreak declared Fiji has declared an outbreak of dengue fever and leptospirosis diseases in the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

This week the health ministry announced four people had died from dengue while 10 others died from leptospirosis this year.

Fiji’s Minister of Health, Ifereimi Waqainabete

Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete said between January and July, 3300 dengue cases and 1000 cases of leptospirosis were recorded.

Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease which, without treatment, can lead to kidney damage, meningitis, liver failure, respiratory distress and death.

Pakistan Phase III clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine to start soon The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has given a nod for phaseIII clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine developed in collaboration with a Chinese company, a media report said on Tuesday.

According to a statement from the National Institute of Health (NIH), it has obtained “formal approval” from the DRAP for phaseIII Clinical Trial of Recombinant Novel

Coronavirus Vaccine Adenovirus Type 5 vector (Ad5-nCoV) developed by CanSinoBio and Beijing Institute of Biotechnology China (BIB)”.

The NIH said this would be the first-ever phase-III clinical trial for any vaccine in Pakistan.

“It is a multi-country multi-centre clinical trial which CanSinoBio is already conducting in China, Russia, Chile, Argentina and will shortly start in Saudi Arabia.

PM Khan plays down differences with Saudi Arabia Prime Minister Imran Khan played down differences with ally Saudi Arabia after army chief visited Riyadh in a bid to ease dispute over policy towards the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.

The dispute, brought on by Pakistani demands for Saudi Arabia to take a firmer line against India for what Pakistan says is its human rights violations in Indian-administered Kashmir, has threatened Riyadh’s financial support for Islamabad.

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia had no

differences, Khan said in a late Tuesday interview, backing away from criticism by his foreign minister this month who suggested Saudi Arabia was indifferent on Kashmir.

“The rumours that our relations with Saudi Arabia have soured are totally false,” Imran Khan said in an interview with local tv channel.

Prime Minister rules out cricket diplomacy with India under Modi govt Prime Minister Imran Khan ruled out a bilateral series between Pakistan and India, saying that there will be a “terrible atmosphere” on the cricket ground whilst the Modi government is in power in India.

Speaking to former English batsman Michael Atherton in an interview for the Sky

Sports ‘Out of Exile’ cricket documentary series, PM Imran spoke about the prospects of an India-Pakistan series taking place in future.

“You know Mike [Michael] I played series in India. The first one I played was in 1971 and the two govts were trying to come closer.

Saturday, August 22, 2020 Punjab & Haryana High Court raps child welfare panel over minor’s custody he Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the intent, approach and an order passed by Patiala Child Welfare Committee, whereby a minor was removed from her father’s custody before being given in foster care, lacked bona fides.

The admonition by the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Arun Palli came about a month after a Single Judge rapped the committee for “colourable exercise of powers” in the nine-year-old child’s custody matter.

The Judge had observed that the committee’s order dated June 5 relating to the child’s foster care placement with a family was passed with an incomplete quorum and that also on a gazetted holiday.

The matter was initially brought to the HC’s notice after the child’s father, an Army officer, filed a habeas corpus petition.

Punjab Govt warns private hospitals against overcharging Taking a note of overcharging by some private hospitals and labs for the treatment and test of Covid-19, Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu today instructed the civil surgeons to ensure all such services to be availed as per capped rates decided by the Punjab Government.

If anyone found violating the instructions, immediate action would be taken against them under the Epidemic Disease Act, he warned.

The minister said all government health centres were offering the test and treatment free of cost. To check profiteering by private hospitals, the government had fixed rates in July, he said.

Chandigarh reports 91 new coronavirus cases; tally now 2,396 handigarh reported 91 new coronavirus cases and one death---developments that take the country’s coronavirus tally to 2,396.

A 74-year-old man from Sector 24 died at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, becoming Chandigarh’s 31st fatality to the virus. A medical bulletin issued by the Chandigarh administration said that he died of refractory septic shock caused as a result of acute respiratory distress syndrome---a disease that is frequently seen in severe cases of COVID-19.

About 42 per cent of the union territory’s cases are still active.

Meanwhile, the bulletin also showed that 108 people were released from various hospitals and home isolation after making full recovery

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