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www.theasianstar.com Vol 20 - Issue 36 BC records 580 new cases of COVID-19 and 9 more deaths British Columbia announced 580 new cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths on Thursday. In a written statement, the provincial government said there are currently 5,348 active cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus in B.C. A total of 378 people are in hospital, with 153 in intensive care. Continued on page 2

Senior Indo-Canadian bureaucrat Harpeet Kochhar appointed chief of Canada’s Public Health Agency A senior Indo-Canadian scientist has been appointed as the next President of the Public Health Agency of Canada or PHAC replacing an incumbent who has had a controversial tenure which included being censured by the Speaker of the House of Commons. Dr Harpreet S Kochhar, currently a senior bureaucrat with Health Canada, the country’s health ministry, with the designation of associate deputy minister of health, will assume charge later this month, replacing Iain Stewart. Making the announcement on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanked Stewart for his service to the PHAC and “recognized his leadership in successfully implementing the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.” Kochhar, who formed part of the senior management of Health Canada, will now take over at a time when Covid-19 cases in the country are declining but the country remains in the midst of a fourth wave. Kochhar received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in veterinary science from Punjab Agricultural University before moving to Canada and completing his doctorate in animal biotechnology at the University of Guelph in the province of Ontario.

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Canada’s wireless costs ‘continue to be the highest or among the highest in the world’ A new report by a Finnish telecom analyst has become the latest piece of evidence to show that Canadians pay more for cellphone service than anyone else. “Prices in the Canadian wireless market … continue to be the highest or among the highest in the world,” reads the latest international comparison of mobile data rates by Rewheel, a Helsinki-based telecom research firm. The report tracked more than 40 countries to find the minimum cost needed to acquire a 4G cellphone plan with at least 100 gigabytes of mobile data per month. Canada was by far the most expensive at around $144. The next most-expensive country was South Africa, at around $127. (Prices have been

adjusted to Canadian dollars.) On the other side of the spectrum was Israel. There, a 4G cellphone plan with unlimited minutes and 100 gigabytes of monthly data costs only about C$10 per month. Rewheel also noted that owning a Canadian cellphone is roughly 13 times more expensive than owning a French one. Canada cellphone bills have been topping Rewheel rankings for years. In a dedicated 2019 analysis of the Canadian cellphone market, the group put the blame squarely on the country’s lack of telecom competition. “Significant structural … remedies are required,” it concluded, calling the Canadian system a “de-facto Continued on page 8

Canadian national jailed for 20 years in Fiji for importing $31 million worth of cocaine Canadian national, Joshua Aziz Rahman who was found in possession of 39.5kg of cocaine worth $31 million in Caubati in February 2019 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Police found 39 bars of cocaine at the house Rahman and his father were renting. While sentencing Rahman, Justice Daniel Goundar said Rahman had the

option to live a good and decent life but he chose a life of crime. He said rehabilitation is of little value when the offender does not take responsibility for his crime. Rahman was not present in court. He appeared via a zoom link from the Remand Centre. A nonparole period of 14 years has been set. Continued on page 7

South Asian man jailed for 21 months in hit & run that killed 19-year-old Vancouver Whitecaps prospect A man has been sentenced to 21 months in jail in connection with a hit-and-run collision that took the life of a Vancouver Whitecaps prospect more than two years ago. Dilpreet Sandhu, who was 18 at the time of the crash and is now 20, received 18 months for his role in Brandon Bassi‘s death, along with three months for leaving the scene of the incident. He also received 15 months for causing bodily harm to other people who were in the vehicle with Bassi, to be served concurrently. Sandhu will also be prohibited from driving for three years. The judge said Tuesday that a jail sentence, in this case, is

“necessary” and Sandhu was taken into custody immediately. Bassi, who was also 19 at the time, died when the Jeep he was a passenger in crashed at 78 Avenue and 122 Street in Surrey around 12:30 a.m. on May 18, 2019. Six people had been in the Jeep. Three other people were taken to hospital, with two of them in serious condition. At the time of the crash, police said two people fled the scene, but they were later identified. Sandhu was initially charged with eight offences, including dangerous driving causing death and failure to remain at the scene of a fatal crash. Continued on page 7

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BC records 580 new cases of COVID-19 and 9 more deaths

Overall hospitalizations, which typically lag behind spikes and dips in new cases, are up by 1.3 per cent from last Thursday, when 373 people were in hospital with the disease and about 31 per cent from a month ago when 288 people were in hospital. The number of patients in intensive care is up by about 15 per cent from 132 a week ago and by 9.2 per cent from a month ago when 140 people were in the ICU. The provincial death toll from COVID-19 is now 2,042 lives lost out of 195,766 confirmed cases to date. There are a total of 19 active outbreaks in assisted living, long-term and acute care. The acute care hospitals affected are Mission Memorial Hospital, University Hospital of Northern BC, and Tofino General Hospital. As of Thursday,

89.0 per cent of those 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 82.9 per cent a second dose. From Oct. 6 to 12, people who were not fully vaccinated accounted for 66.9 per cent of cases and from Sept. 29 to Oct. 12, they accounted for 75 per cent of hospitalizations, according to the province. So far, eight million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. On Thursday Windebank Elementary School in Mission announced a closure due to staffing shortages from COVID-19. A statement from Supt. Angus Wilson said that the school would move to remote learning from now until Thursday, Oct. 21. It said that remote learning will commence on Monday, Oct. 18 as teachers will use Friday to prepare for the alternative format.

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Showers, alert in effect for heavy rain starting Friday The weather is expected to be soggy, with showers throughout the day and a high of 10 C, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. The federal weather agency also posted a special weather statement on Tuesday, saying there’s a wet and windy start to the weekend in the forecast. From Friday to Sunday morning, rainfall totals could reach 75 to 150 millimetres in the region, with higher amounts near the mountains. The agency says two frontal systems will cross the South Coast Friday through Sunday, accompanied by high southeasterly winds. As freezing levels rise above 2,000 metres on Saturday, snow melt will also add to run off. This

could cause swelling of local streams. Localized flooding is possible during this time. Overnight Thursday, there’s more rain, with the temperature remaining steady around 11 C. Then on Friday expect heavy rain all day, with a high of 12 C. The rain is forecast to continue on Saturday and Sunday, with highs of 13 C both days and then Monday looks sunny and dry, with a high again of 13 C. Thursday: Showers. Wind east 20 km/h. Temperature steady near 10 C. UV index 1 or low. Thursday eve: Periods of rain. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind east 20 km/h. Temperature steady near 11 C. Friday: Rain at times heavy. Amount 15 to 25 mm. Wind southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature steady near 12 C. UV index 1 or low.

Lytton residents skeptical of report clearing railway in deadly fire Some residents of Lytton, B.C., say they’re disappointed and angered by a new finding that train activity did not spark the massive wildfire that razed their town last summer. In a report released Thursday, the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) concluded there was no “definitive connection” between railway operations and the blaze that forced roughly 300 residents to evacuate the southern B.C. village on June 30. “I think I can speak on behalf of all Lyttonites that there’s a lot of disbelief and anger at this finding,” said Kevin Loring, who was born and raised in Lytton and lost his family home in the fire. “There are eye witnesses who saw the train that started the fire.” The blaze killed two people, injured others, and destroyed roughly 90 per cent of the town’s infrastructure.

According to the TSB report a Canadian Pacific coal train with 157 cars passed through Lytton 18 minutes before the fire was first reported, in the suspected area of the fire’s origin, but no conclusive evidence was found to suggest it was the cause. Pressed by journalists, the TSB confirmed it did not conduct any “direct interviews” with Lytton residents during its investigation, but said it did conduct “extensive” work. “You have to wonder if they’re not captured by the industry they’re supposed to oversee,” said Loring, who now lives in Ottawa. “If you have eye witnesses to the account of what started the fire and you don’t interview them, how can you possible come to the conclusion that you do?” Loring posted a video on Twitter, shared with him by an observer, that he believes captures the coal train and the fire together.

Northern BC COVID-19 restrictions tightened again amid lagging vaccination rates Pubs and nightclubs could be closed early, house parties limited and religious gatherings moved back to virtual in an attempt to manage COVID-19 cases in Northern B.C. B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry outlined the new measures for the Northern Health region on Thursday. The communities of Kitimat, Terrace, Haida Gwaii, Stikine, Nisg a’a, Telegraph, and Prince Rupert are exempt from the new orders due to high levels of immunization. As part of the new measures, proof of full immunization will be required for any activity inside or outside, Henry said. All indoor and outdoor organized events will require a safety plan, and everyone is to wear masks and show proof of full immunization with their vaccine card. The new restrictions include stopping all liquor sales after 10 p.m. Pubs and nightclubs can remain open if they have food service, however, establishments with no food service will now be closed. Restaurants can continue indoor dining with proof of vaccination. Previously announced regional restrictions in Northern Health will also remain in place. This includes restricting personal indoor gatherings to one additional family or five guests. Personal gatherings outside of the home are restricted to up to a maximum of 50 people. All indoor fitness classes and gym facilities can proceed at normal capacity with proof of immunization against COVID-19. Sporting events will continue at 50 per cent capacity but a vaccine card must be used and masks will be required.

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The former Liberal minister of the environment and nine staffers — not one or two, but nine — spent nearly $42,000 and tens of thousands litres of aviation fuel on a farewell “climate change” tour of Canada, logging 22,000

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Gold-plated pensions of our diligent MPs kms. in 10 days to make speeches on global warming. Dear ‘Squid Game’ fans, please stop calling the phone number shown in the series Dear ‘Squid Game’ fans, please stop calling the phone number shown in the series “We need to reduce air pollution,” McKenna

said during a July 27 stop in Edmonton, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. “Consider that the transportation sector represents a quarter of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions.” And then she jetted off. Air travel is a leading emitter (of air pollution) and should be avoided if unnecessary, said her friends at the David Suzuki Foundation. “Think twice before you grab that great flight.” McKenna obviously didn’t think twice, instead signing out a kerosene-guzzling government jetliner for a two-week jaunt across Canada. The good news is that she won’t be getting a pension, falling shy of the six years in office required for the gold-plated sinecure. The bad news for the taxpayer is that a bunch of long-serving MPs are getting that pension. Oh to have been elected in 2000 when I attempted but narrowly failed to get the Canadian Alliance nomination in John Baird’s old riding of Nepean-Carleton in Ottawa. Oh what a pension I would have if I had run the table. Like Geoff Regan, for example. The Liberal MP for Halifax-West since 2000 will be collecting at age 65 — he’s 61 now — a yearly pension of $147,400, which, if he lives to 90, will total over $5 million. And Wayne Easter, Liberal MP for Malpeque, Prince Edward Island since 1993, will be immediately collecting a yearly pension of $138,400. Currently, the annual base salary for MPs is $185,800, which is damn fine money. Cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries receive more generous salaries and allowances, all of which reflects on their pensions. Geoff Regan, for example, was a former cabinet minister as well as speaker of the house, which is why his pension is larger than Wayne Easter’s, who served as solicitor general in former prime minister Jean Chretien’s cabinet. According to the Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, MPs have to contribute to the plan for at least six years before they can claim a pension.

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Saturday, October 16, 2021 Surrey women attacked in three separate incidents, RCMP says Mounties in Surrey are sharing details about three separate attacks in recent weeks that appear to have targeted women. The incidents took place in Whalley and Newton between Sept. 27 and Oct. 10. Investigators say in each circumstance, a woman was walking alone and grabbed from behind by an unknown man. All three women were able to escape. While they were not physically hurt, police note these incidents can have “lasting emotional impacts.” The first of the attacks are said to have happened around 5 p.m. on Sept. 27 in Bear Creek Park. A second incident happened the same day, just before 7:30 p.m., in the area of Millar Road and River Road. The third incident is believed to have taken place on Oct. 10 just before midnight on a path between 132 Street and Edinburgh Drive. Right now, the RCMP doesn’t have any evidence to indicate the three attacks are linked. However, given the similarity between the attacks and the fact they took place within such a short period of time has prompted the RCMP

to put out a warning for people to be vigilant. “We want the public to be aware of these incidents, to maintain a healthy vigilance and report all suspicious activity,” said Cpl. Vanessa Munn. “We recognize these incidents can lead to a sense of unease within the community. We want to assure residents that in addition to our ongoing investigations we have stepped up patrols in the areas of these incidents.” While the RCMP is telling people not to “alter their behaviour because someone else is doing something criminal,” investigators are sharing some safety tips. They include walking with another person when possible, being aware of your surroundings, limiting distractions from things like mobile phones or headphones, and trying to take well-lit and populated routes. Anyone with information about these recent attacks is asked to contact the RCMP at 604.599.0502 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1.800.222.TIPS or www. solvecrime.ca.

Almost 2,000 workers in BC’s long-term and assisted-living homes refuse vaccination, risk dismissal About four per cent of the 49,000 people who work at B.C.’s long-term and assistedliving homes hadn’t been vaccinated for COVID-19 by Tuesday, the first day a public health order requiring them to have at least one dose as a condition of their employment came into effect. A similar order is coming later this month for health care workers in acute and community care settings. For one of the largest LTCs, Menno Place in Abbotsford with 675 employees, that meant nine permanent workers and 19 casual employees were forbidden by a public health order from working and face termination in two weeks unless they get vaccinated, said CEO Karen Biggs. “Some people chose to retire at this time rather than be vaccinated,” she told Postmedia via email. “Others are on long term disability or leaves so we don’t know their vaccination status.” The province has collected data from all but four of the 546 long-term and assistedliving homes in the province. Of the 48,897 staff members approximately 96 per cent have had their first dose, and 93 per cent have had both doses. Any scheduled workers who hadn’t been vaccinated were placed on

immediate leave, according to Biggs. “Unvaccinated staff go on unpaid leave until the (Oct.) 26,” said Biggs. “After that date, if they have not started a vaccination plan, they will be terminated so we can post their positions permanently, with benefits.” Workers who choose not to be vaccinated will face “definite employment consequences,” said Mike Old of the Hospital Employees’ Union, which represents 20,000 of the workers in senior homes, most of them care aides. He said the union has an obligation to support its members and would review any grievances on merit. And he said “anybody can go the B.C. human rights tribunal” with a complaint but he admitted the odds of winning a decision at the tribunal are slim. Old said long-term and assisted-living homes are required by law to ensure all workers are vaccinated. Workers will have a chance to apply for a medical exemptions but conditions for those are strict, he added. Under new provisions of the health order released this weekend, workers with one dose as of Tuesday could continue to work as long as they wear PPE, get regular rapid tests and plan a second dose in 28 to 35 days.

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US land border to reopen to vaccinated Canadians in November Fully vaccinated Canadian vacationers and day-trippers will be allowed to drive into the United States beginning in early November, the Biden administration said Tuesday, the first glimmer of hope in nearly 20 months for the families and businesses that depend on two-way traffic across the Canada-U.S. border. Senior government officials delivered the news in a conference call with reporters on condition they hold their reports until early Wednesday — a plan that quickly went out the window when New York congressman Brian Higgins all but shouted the news from the rooftops. “At long last, there is action by the United States to open the doors and welcome back our Canadian neighbours,” Higgins said in a statement. “Border communities await further details from the administration with great expectation, and I will continue to advocate for a more fully

and freely open border to both governments, sooner rather than later.” Those details remained few and far between Tuesday, but the plan is designed to dovetail with the administration’s existing plan to allow international travellers from further afield to resume travelling to the U.S. on the same timeline, provided they’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. “We understand how valuable … travel from Canada and Mexico is to the economic activity in border communities and to our broader economy,” one of the officials said. “We also know how meaningful the ability to travel is to maintain the personal ties between people living on either side of the northern and southern U.S. borders, who are often effectively members of one community.” Non-essential travel to the U.S. by unvaccinated foreign nationals will remain prohibited, officials said.

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Saturday, October 16, 2021 Senior Indo-Canadian bureaucrat Harpeet Kochhar appointed chief of Canada’s Public Health Agency From page 1 moving to Canada and completing his doctorate in animal

biotechnology at the University of Guelph in the province of Ontario. PAU alumnus Harpeet Kochhar to head Canada’s Public Health Agency Before joining

Health Canada in April 2020, just as the Covid-19 pandemic started causing a crisis in the country, Kochhar was with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada since 2017, and prior to that, between 2015 and 2017, he served as the chief veterinary officer for Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Canada’s Delegate to the World Organization for animal health.

Police issue warning after West Vancouver couple transfers $500K to scammers Police in West Vancouver are warning the public to beware telephone scams after a couple transferred half a million dollars to fraudsters posing as bank staff and police. In a statement Tuesday, police said the scam began on Oct. 6, when the victims got a call on their home phone from someone who claimed to be a police officer investigating fraudulent activity on the couple’s debit card. The victims were asked to contact their bank using the number listed on the back of their card. They then spoke with someone who identified himself as a fraud investigator, according to police. They were given a reference number and told not to share it with anyone, including family, friends, or even other bank staff because the fraud investigator was conducting an internal investigation and didn’t want it to be compromised. West Vancouver Const. Kevin Goodmurphy said this is not the first time police have received reports about this type of telephone scam, which is known as the “hang-up delay.” “Callers are led to believe they are speaking with multiple people at multiple locations. In fact, the caller is simply staying on the other end of the line while the victim makes the calls, thus never actually disconnecting,” he said. More of these types of calls were made before the victim set up a wire transfer of $500,000 after being convinced that their money was not safe at their bank, Goodmurphy said. The victim eventually grew suspicious and contacted police, who advised them to speak to their bank immediately. Goodmurphy said it is yet to be confirmed if the funds were successfully transferred, but the incident remains under investigation.

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Canada’s wireless costs ‘continue to be the highest or among the highest in the world’

US land border to reopen to vaccinated Canadians in November

From page 5 duopoly.” Rewheel is far from the first foreign analyst to be surprised at the disproportionately high mobile rates paid by Canadians. Tefficient, a Swedish telecom market analyst, found in a July

study that Canadian data rates were the highest of 45 countries surveyed. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the analysis also found that Canadians were the most miserly with their mobile data.

South Asian man jailed for 21 months in hit & run that killed 19-year-old Vancouver Whitecaps prospect Bassi played for Simon Fraser University’s men’s soccer team, where he had recently started an undergraduate arts degree. He had joined the Whitecaps residency program after playing for BC Soccer’s squad. In the wake of the tragedy, Bassi’s family

launched a crowdfunding campaign to create the Brandon Bassi Foundation. The foundation will award a $1,000 scholarship annually to a student who “demonstrates leadership in and outside of the classroom.”

As of early January, even essential travellers who are foreign nationals seeking to enter the U.S. will need to provide proof of vaccination. Travellers will be considered to be fully vaccinated if they have received a full course of a COVID-19 vaccine approved by either the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the World Health Organization, which includes Oxford-AstraZeneca, a common vaccine in Canada that never received FDA approval. The jury is still out on whether travellers who received mixed doses will be eligible, but experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are currently working on how to address that issue, the officials said. Higgins, who serves as co-chair of both the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group and the Northern Border Caucus, became a tenacious and vocal critic of the restrictions as soon as the vaccines proved effective and accessible in both countries. His efforts and those of allies in both countries, some of them mounting concerted media campaigns and lobbying efforts to expand awareness of the extended delay in easing the restrictions, soon resulted in a chorus of prominent U.S. congressional voices exerting pressure on the White House to take action.“A robust cross-border exchange between the United States and Canada is fundamental to our binational relationship and mutually beneficial to our nations’ citizens, businesses and economies,” Higgins said. “Strong vaccination rates in Canada made the continued border shutdown absurd and unjustifiable.” Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents have been allowed back

into Canada since August, provided they have waited at least 14 days since getting a full course of a Health Canada-approved vaccine and can show proof of a recent negative COVID-19 test. Beginning in early November, the U.S. plans to allow fully vaccinated visitors from a host of countries where stateside travel has long been restricted, including China, India, Ireland, Iran, South Africa, Brazil and the 26 European countries without border controls, known as the Schengen group. No specific dates have yet been announced. Only about 66 per cent of eligible Americans are fully vaccinated against the virus, according to the latest numbers available from the CDC. By comparison, Health Canada says 81 per cent of eligible Canadians 12 or over have had a full course of vaccine. The decision to reopen the land border ends a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic and is part of a plan to also open the border with Mexico. Vehicle, rail and ferry travel between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico has been largely restricted to essential travel, such as trade, since the earliest days of the pandemic. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was expected to provide more details about the new rules Wednesday. Both Mexico and Canada have been pressing the U.S. for months to ease restrictions on travel that have separated families and curtailed leisure trips since the onset of the pandemic. The latest move follows last month’s announcement that the U.S. will end country-based travel bans for air travel, and instead require vaccination for foreign nationals seeking to enter by plane.

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Motorcyclist dies in crash in East Vancouver Police are investigating after a serious crash left a motorcyclist dead in East Vancouver on Wednesday evening. The crash happened at 41st Avenue and Rupert Street just before 7 p.m. PT. The motorcycle and a white Mazda 3 collided near the intersection, police said in a statement. The 41-year-old motorcycle rider died on scene. The motorcycle was found on its side in the middle of the road several metres away from the victim, and a helmet

was seen on the ground nearby. Police said the 26-year-old driver of the Mazda stayed at the scene and has cooperated with investigators. “Drugs and alcohol are not considered to be the cause of the collision at this time,” police said. Police are asking any witnesses or anyone with dash-cam footage to call VPD’s Collision Investigation Unit at 604-717-3012.

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Saturday, October 16, 2021 Ski resorts across BC desperate for staff as seasonal workers struggle Heavily reliant on seasonal workers from all over the world to stay afloat, staff shortages are one of the biggest concerns facing B.C. ski resorts right now. With the pandemic continuing to prove a roadblock for many trying to enter the country, resorts are now scrambling to find alternative solutions. With winter fast approaching and the border open again to international visitors, some of the province’s ski resorts say they’re worried they won’t have enough staff to operate at full capacity this season, especially as ticket sales start to increase. “It is the largest issue that we’re dealing with,” said Michael Ballingall, senior vice-president of the Kelowna-based Big White Ski Resort. The resort needs 600 staff to keep their mountain running this winter, Ballingall

said, and so far, they’ve only confirmed 230 employees. “I say confirmed — they’ve accepted a job with us. But we don’t know if they’ve accepted a job somewhere else. It’s not until we ask them to report that we actually can breathe a sigh of relief,” he said. Ballingall said Big White normally experiences an influx in applications from seasonal workers during this time, but the pandemic is proving difficult in getting those people to Canada. Pedro Pablo Iturrieta is one of those people. Before the pandemic struck, Iturrieta was working in a restaurant in Whistler, B.C., on a working holiday visa. But when public health restrictions closed down his only source of income, he was forced to head back home to Chile.

South Coast under rainfall warning as ‘atmospheric river’ approaches Environment Canada has upgraded a weather alert for parts of B.C.’s South Coast to a rainfall warning. The warning applies to Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast and Howe Sound. The Fraser Valley, Whistler and eastern, western and central Vancouver Island remain under a special weather statement. The national weather agency is forecasting between 75 and 150 millimetres of rain to fall within a 48-hour window starting Friday morning. B.C.’s South Coast under rainfall warning as ‘atmospheric river’ approaches - The heavy rain is expected to arrive with a pair of frontal systems loaded with moisture from an “atmospheric river” flowing off the Pacific

Ocean, according to Environment Canada. Story continues below advertisement “A ‘river’ of atmospheric moisture is flowing high above the Pacific Ocean this morning, and taking aim at B.C. Pockets of heavy rain will invade the North and Central BC Coast today through tonight, but it is the South Coast that will experience the heaviest rainfall in coming days,” Global BC meteorologist Mark Madryga said. “From Friday morning through early Sunday, rain will be frequently heavy especially in areas closest to the mountains.” Freezing levels are also forecast to climb above 2,500 metres on Saturday, potentially adding snowmelt to the rainfall.

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BC announces new plant in Merritt to remove carbon dioxide from the air B.C.’s dioxide use the hydrogen

second atmospheric carbon capture facility intends to greenhouse gas to produce fuels at a plant near Merritt.

Energy Minister Bruce Ralston and Upper Nicola Band Chief Harvey McLeod announced the project Thursday, with $2 million from the province’s clean energy fund for engineering and design. Carbon Engineering, which operates a CO2 capture pilot project at Squamish, is a partner in the venture with Huron Clean Energy, a new company established in 2019 to develop “air to fuels” plants. Ralston said if the project begins construction in 2022, it could be pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and using it with clean electricity to produce liquid fuel by 2025.

“That fuel can then be used as diesel, marine and aviation fuels,” Ralston said. “This project proves that the low-carbon economy doesn’t have to be based just in the Lower Mainland.” McLeod said the project is a significant economic opportunity for the community. If financed and built, it would provide 5,000 construction jobs and more than 300 operating jobs, Ralston said. The project qualifies for a new lowcarbon innovation rate for B.C. Hydro electricity, which is available industries that advance B.C.’s hydrogen strategy. Huron has an equity partnership and land-lease arrangement with the Upper Nicola Band, which will receive a substantial part of the equity interest in the project as consideration for the land lease and other services, the energy ministry said in a statement. “Huron has entered into a partnership with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and also has an exclusive licensing arrangement for Canada with Carbon Engineering, a B.C.-based company leading the world in ‘negative emissions technology’ that removes carbon dioxide directly from

PM Trudeau to shuffle cabinet on October 25 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his cabinet on Oct. 25, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said on Thursday, citing unnamed government sources.

Trudeau, who was reelected last month, needs to replace four government ministers who were either defeated or quit.

Double-vaccinated Canadians still need negative PCR test to return to Canada: Public Safety Minister When the United States border reopens to double-vaccinated Canadians for non-essential travel in early November, the country is not requiring Canadians to get a PCR molecular test to cross, but Canadians will still need a negative test to re-enter their home country. “It has proven to be exceptionally effective in securing the safety and security and health of Canadians,” says Canada’s public safety minister, Bill Blair. But finding a PCR or molecular test stateside isn’t easy. “We have two employees that are on that side of the border that are hunting down two tests to come home and we’ve been at that since last night, and they’re still there this morning,” Laval Tool and Mould President Jon Azzopardi said. After searching for a test all the way from North Carolina to Michigan, Azzopardi says the workers finally made it home. The experience, combined with dozens of other trips for employees, has Azzopardi and others concerned over the availability of tests. “We have a lot to do between now and when that border opens that the supply and demand for tests are there and that the systems are in place to be able to manage it,” he says. Aside from finding a test, he points out they don’t come cheap. A quick scan of U.S.-based clinics shows prices ranging from $125 to $350 (US), depending

on how quickly the results are needed. The president of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce says that’s a steep price for business owners to pay for a necessary trip to a customer which is still deemed ‘non-essential.’ “It’s not a small amount,” says Rakesh Naidu. “Sometimes they may need to send two or three people, that’s $750 just to get the PCR test.” Windsor’s mayor believes the regulation will limit the number of people making day-trips to the U.S. “You’re not going to run over to a Lions’ game, or a concert or even a trip to Costco or visit your parents for the day if you have to spend $200 to get a test in advance,” says Drew Dilkens. Some are questioning the need for tests for double-vaccinated travellers. “There are physical barriers like closed borders, but there are also administrative barriers, too. And i just think the testing requirement is redundant,” says Brian Higgins, A New York congressman who has been vocal about reopening the border over the past 12 months. Higgins has calls into Canadian MPs to reconsider the testing requirement, but the public safety minister says it works. “At the present time, the advice is we intend to retain it,” Blair says. He noted Canadians do now have the option of getting a PCR test done in Canada. If they plan on taking a cross-border trip under 72 hours,

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Madhuri’s moves Madhuri Dixit, who is also the judge of dance reality show ‘Dance Deewane’, will be seen walking onto the sets with a Ganpati idol in her palms, along with judges Dharmesh Yelande, Tushar Kalia and hosts Bharti Singh and Haarsh Limbachiyaa. Madhuri will narrate the story of her love for ‘Modak’ and says: “Modak making is about family coming together, making it together and it’s about celebrating this great festival.” This will lead to a Modak making session

on stage as Madhuri will teach everyone to make it properly. Not just this, for all the married women on set, Madhuri will do a Haldi Kumkum rasam. She will apply haldi (turmeric) and sindoor (vermillion) and also gift beautiful sarees, bindi, and bangles as part of the tradition. All the contestants will be dedicating their performance to Lord Ganesha and also there will be Jacqueline Fernandez and Yami Gautam as special guests.

Aryan Khan has been made ‘super duper star’ by NCB, calls it an ‘extraordinary launch’ : says Ram Gopal Varma Ram Gopal Varma said that ‘nothing will come out of the accusations’ levelled against actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan. He took to Twitter to share his opinion on the drugs case against Aryan. The Narcotics Control Bureau arrested Aryan and a few others last week after a raid on a cruise ship off the shore of Mumbai. Ram Gopal Varma sarcastically said that the NCB should be credited for the ‘extraordinary launch’ it gave to Aryan. “Bottom line is

everyone including the agency knows nothing will come out of the accusations on Aryan khan son of @ iamsrk and he will of course be out once the tactical delaying processes are done with. Concerned agencies in good faith are using him as an advertisement board to shout out their objective for getting rid of the drug menace by saying, ‘if we are not even sparing @iamsrk’s son just imagine what we will do to you’,” he wrote.

Sunny Leone shares glimpses of her apartment “Feeling blessed to have a piece of heaven right in our home!” Sunny Leone . Sunny Leone shared snippet of her new home in Mumbai in recent Instagram post and it indeed is a piece of paradise. “And let Mumbai’s nice weather begin! Feeling blessed to have a piece of heaven right in our home!” Sunny Leone captioned

her photo, in which, she can be seen enjoying the October showers. Dressed in monochrome swimwear, Sunny Leone was ready for the surprise Mumbai rains. Sunny Leone’s outdoor space comes with a glass fence, offering an unobstructed, stunning view of the cityscape. Sunny Leone lives in Mumbai with her family - husband Daniel Weber and kids Noah, Asher and Nisha.

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Salman’s ‘Tiger 3’ and Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathan’ likely to release in 2022 Two of the much-awaited films ‘Tiger 3’ and ‘Pathan’ starring superstars Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, might get released in the second half of 2022. The news was shared by an Indian trade analyst and movie critic on his Twitter handle. ‘Tiger 3’ is the third film in the successful ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ franchise, which will also feature Katrina Kaif and Emraan Hashmi as an antagonist. The movie will have Salman reprise his role of R&AW (Research & Analysis Wing) agent Avinash Singh Rathore aka Tiger, while Katrina will be seen playing the female lead. The first film of the popular franchise called

‘Ek Tha Tiger’ came out in 2012 and was directed by Kabir Khan. The film received an overwhelming response and was a massive success at the box office. On the other hand, the upcoming Siddharth Anand directorial ‘Pathan’, which stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles might also star John Abraham in a crucial role. The movie that is currently under production marks Khan’s comeback to the big screen after a hiatus of almost three years.

Deepika Padukone reveals Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Lover’ is her current favourite Superstar Deepika Padukone on Thursday (September 16) hosted a question and session for fans where she disclosed that singer Diljit Dosanjh’s latest hit ‘Lover’ is her current favourite song, to which here`s what the singer replied. During the question and answer session on her Instagram handle, Deepika asked her fans to drop a word and she will tell them what it reminds her of. Fans poured a number of words, like eyes, ice cream, favourite movie and more. One of the many words asked was ‘music’. While many fans would guess her favourite songs from the English or Bollywood playlist, a few could guess that it was Punjabi superstar

Diljit Dosanjh’s romantic ballad ‘Lover’ from the latest hit album ‘Moonchild Era’. “My absolute favourite song at this point which came to my mind is Lover by Diljit Dosanjh,” the dimple queen revealed in her Instagram story. Diljit who himself had revealed in earlier interviews that the ‘Padmaavat’ actor is one of his favourite female actors, was quick to notice this IG story. He reposted the video on his Instagram handle and wrote, “Thank @ deepikapadukone Ji. Mainu Hun Hor V Sona Lagan Lagg Peya #lover Song (Now I find Lover song more beautiful).”

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No evidence trains caused Lytton wildfire: Transportation Safety Board The Transportation Safety Board says it has not identified any link between railway operations and the Lytton Creek wildfire. The fire left two people dead and nearly the entire village destroyed after it began on June 30. It came just after the hottestever temperatures in Canada were recorded in Lytton on three consecutive days. It’s believed the homes closest to the river were lost first before the flames moved at a “ferocious speed” east across the streets of the village. Nearly

every home in the centre of Lytton burned down. This summer’s heatwaves, drought conditions, and heavy wind in the Fraser Canyon only exacerbated the spread of the fire, which, once started, moved terrifying fast and forced many residents to flee with only the clothes on their backs. An investigation into the cause of the fire was launched 10 days later by the TSB and came following outrage from residents over a possible connection between train activity and the devastating fire.

Electric motorcycle company Damon breaks ground in Canada 1,500 kilometres north of San Francisco, one Canadian company is doing what many Silicon Valley startups fail to do — go from concept to production. On October 5th, EV Motorcycle manufacturer Damon broke ground on their new factory in Surrey, B.C. When the company’s HyperSport motorcycle comes to market, with deliveries projected for next year, one of the most advanced motorcycles on the road will come with a Made In Canada sticker on it. Any vehicle company choosing to begin manufacturing in Canada is good news, but then, Damon is something of a Canadian

success story. Founded in Vancouver by CEO Jay Giraud and COO Dominic Kwong, the company made headlines early last year when it won a Best Innovation Award at the Consumer Electronics Show. Giraud and Kwong’s central plan for the HyperSport revolved around trying to make a better, safer bike than the market currently offers. Instead of merely fitting a motorcycle with an electric powertrain, the idea was to create something more focused on being innovative rather than alternative. The HyperSport is the long-awaited fruit of the labourers at Damon, and it is a seriously impressive machine.

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Saturday, October 16, 2021 Girls, young women still face barriers in science There have been some changes in the sciences and technology sector when it comes to job opportunities for women, but there are still some hurdles to get past. It’s the observation from the team at Science World, as it gears up for another Girls and STEAM event, which is set to take place on Saturday, Nov. 6. The goal is to connect girls between the ages of 11 and 13 to potential mentors who work in these industries. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Design, and Mathematics. Typically, life sciences has seen a relatively better representation, and the mentor attendees who work in STEAM industries will aim to inspire. “If you, like me, took a degree in physics, the numbers are pretty dire. It’s like 20 to 30 per cent women, which is really low, and it’s stayed really low for a long time,” said Sandy Eix, the

Director of STEAM Learning at Science World. “Engineering has made a comeback, made some improvements, anyways, in terms of women pursuing engineering as a career, which is great. So, I think good things are happening, but we still have a long way to go to make sure that there’s really good gender diversity,” she explained. As for whether there has been an increase in interest in the sciences because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Eix says it’s definitely something to watch out for. “I haven’t seen any studies that reflect that [interest], however, I do hear a lot of buzz from young women about the number of female STEM models who are also leaders in the pandemic. So, we see people like Dr. Theresa Tam, Dr. Bonnie Henry, we see them in the news being both in a leadership role and in a science role,” she noted.

Point Roberts leaders want COVID test exemption for Canadian visitors OVID-19 testing requirements for Canadians driving home from the United States could only prolong the hardships for the tiny coastal town of Point Roberts, Wash., community leaders say. Brian Calder, president of the Point oberts Chamber of Commerce, said that before COVID-19, the community would see about 1.5 million visitors each year, but half of them often spent an hour or less in the town getting cheaper gas, buying groceries or checking on their cabins or boats. When the U.S. border reopens to vaccinated Canadians, there will be no testing requirement to go south, but Canada requires a negative COVID-19 test to return and

Calder said that’s a problem for Point Roberts. Point Roberts only offers testing on Wednesdays and Sundays, which he said would limit Canadian visitors. He said he’s hoping the Canadian government lifts the testing regulation for the town. Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Oct. 14, 2021. We’ll provide summaries of what’s going on in B.C. right here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments added as they happen

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Saturday, October 16, 2021 Supreme Court orders new trial in shooting death of Indigenous man The Supreme Court of Canada is ordering a new trial for an Ontario resident who was acquitted after shooting and killing an Indigenous man in 2016. Peter Khill, of Binbrook, Ont., was found not guilty in 2018 of second-degree murder in the death of Jon Styres of the Six Nations of the Grand River in southern Ontario. Khill testified at trial that his training as a military reservist kicked in when he heard a noise outside his home

in the early morning hours of Feb. 4, 2016, saw that his pickup truck lights were on, and then grabbed his shotgun and loaded two shells. Quietly leaving his house in bare feet through the backdoor, he said he saw a shadowy figure leaning into his truck and ordered him to put his hands up. He testified the man then made a move with his hands, which is when Khill shot him twice. Styres, 29, was hit in the chest and shoulder, and died minutes later.

Canadians to remain among world’s top energy users even as government strives for net zero Canadians are and will remain among the biggest consumers of energy over the next decade even as policies ramp up to make the country more energy-efficient, a global energy forecast suggests. The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook, published Wednesday, shows Canadians used more than 300 gigajoules of energy per person last year — three times the world average and one of the highest per capita rates in the world. Canada’s energy use was slightly higher than what Americans consumed, and almost twice the energy demand recorded in the European Union. The agency report forecasts that as a result of policies to make homes more efficient, remove fossil fuels from the power grid and put more electric cars on the road, Canada’s power demand will fall below 300 gigajoules

per person by 2030. But it will still be among the highest in the world. Even though energy demand is expected to rise in India, China and the Middle East, Canada’s consumption is forecast to remain almost three times the world average. It takes about 25 gigajoules to power the average Canadian house over 12 months, but the total energy use per person includes all energy used, including for transportation, industry, and heating and cooling. The IEA report doesn’t break down Canada’s energy use by source. A report earlier this year from BP, however, said that in 2020, 61 per cent of energy used in Canada was supplied by burning oil and gas, 25 per cent was from hydroelectricity, six per cent was nuclear energy, four per cent came from renewables like wind and solar power, and 3.7 per cent came from burning coal.

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Dollar hits three-month high amid signs of solid economic rebound The Canadian dollar on Thursday strengthened to its highest level in more than three months against its U.S. counterpart, as oil prices rose and domestic manufacturing data added to evidence that economic activity picked up in the third quarter. Canadian factory sales rose 0.5% in August from July, on higher sales of petroleum and coal, chemicals and primary metals, Statistics Canada said. “The broad-based increase in Canada’s manufacturing sales in August is welcome news,” Omar Abdelrahman, an economist

at TD Economics, said in a note. “Canada’s economy appears to be on track to record a solid rebound in the third quarter.” Canada’s economy surprisingly shrank in the second quarter. But data last Friday showed that Canada has added back all the jobs it lost during the pandemic. The jobs data has bolstered expectations for the Bank of Canada to further cut its bond purchase program later this month. The central bank is due on Oct. 27 to make an interest rate announcement and update its economic forecasts.

Hinshaw apologizes to family of 14-year-old after saying he died from COVID-19 Alberta’s top doctor delivered a public apology on Thursday after saying earlier this week that a 14-year-old boy with other medical conditions had died from COVID-19. While an initial report had indicated that COVID-19 was a secondary cause of the teen’s death, a subsequent review has determined that not to be the case, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw told a news conference. “I first want to apologize to the family of the 14-year-old whose death I spoke about on Tuesday,” she said after stepping to the podium. “Thepainoflosingachildisterribleenough without having that loss compounded by a public debate about the circumstances. “I am sorry if the way that I spoke about that just made your grief worse.” Dr. Hinshaw says the province has

changed reporting for pediatric deaths: Dr. Deena Hinshaw apologizes for cause of death mistake in 14-year-old “The pain of losing a child is terrible enough without having that loss compounded by a public debate about the circumstances,” Hinshaw said Thursday. On Tuesday, she had announced that COVID was a contributing factor in the child’s death. It was not. 3:44 Alberta typically records deaths where COVID-19 may have been a primary or secondary cause. Deaths of people who were recently diagnosed with COVID-19 are also reported, Hinshaw said. In cases where the cause of death is not certain, the cases are reviewed. If it turns out that COVID-19 is not a primary or secondary cause of death, that death is removed from the total.

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International Punjabi Literature Prize Bridges Borders. The Dhahan Prize proudly announces the 2021 winners awarded for excellence in Punjabi literature. The Dhahan Prize promotes Punjabi literature on a global scale by awarding $25,000 annually to the best book of fiction published in either Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi scripts, along with two finalist prizes of $10,000 CDN each. 2021 Winners and Finalists of the Dhahan Prize in Punjabi Literature are:

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BJP leader accuses Ajay Mishra of being behind Lakhimpur violence BJP leader Ram Iqbal Singh on Thursday accused Union minister Ajay Mishra of being behind the Lakhimpur violence and sought his sacking from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Hesaidthatquestionsarealsobeingraisedabout the prime minister for not sacking the minister. Singh alleged that Mishra was behind the Lakhimpur violence. His “threatening statement” added fuel to the fire. “He should have apologised to farmers but he only tried to defend his son. He has not regretted the incident yet. This incident is a blot on humanity,” Singh, BJP state executive member, told reporters. “His son crushed farmers to death under his car. He was arrested after the intervention of the Supreme Court, but even today the minister is sitting on the chair. In such a situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack him immediately,” he said. In response to a question, Singh said that the image of the BJP government has been “tarnished” by the Lakhimpur incident and

the Gorakhpur businessman murder case. He said that BJP workers have also been killed in the Lakhimpur incident and the government should also take care of them. “Activists across the state are angry due to the callousness of the government on this incident. Like the farmers, the government should also provide financial assistance to the relatives of the deceased workers and a job to their family members,” he said. The former MLA claimed that the condition of dedicated party workers in the BJP has become like a “bonded labourer”. The BJP leader has been criticising the government through his statements. He had earlier said that bureaucrats are running the government in the state and had also raised a question mark on handling of the second Covid wave by the Yogi Adityanath government. Eight people died in the October 3 violence and of them, four were farmers, allegedly knocked down by a vehicle carrying BJP workers.

Health minister meets with former PM Manmohan Singh Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who has been admitted to the AIIMS here after complaining of weakness following a fever, and enquired about his health. “Singh’s condition is stable,” a doctor at the hospital said. In a tweet in Hindi, Mandaviya said that he met former prime minister Manmohan Singh at AIIMS, New Delhi, and enquired

about his health. The health minister wished Singh a speedy r e c o v e r y. The 89-yearold former prime minister was admitted to a private ward of the cardioneuro centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Wednesday and is under the care of a team of cardiologists led by Dr Nitish Naik, the doctor said.

Man mauled to death by lions in front of busloads of zoo visitors Man has been mauled to death by lions at a zoo in India after he climbed over a large perimeter wall into the animals’ enclosure.

The victim ignored zoo keepers, after scaling a 12ft perimeter wall, ‘jumped inside’ the lions’ enclosure. The incident took place at Chhatbir Zoo in Mohali. Zoo officials said a young man in his early twenties was seen climbing the wall and told to stop by keepers. He ignored them and “jumped inside”, Punjab wildlife chief Dr Kuldeep Kumar told the Hindustan Times. The man had entered the zoo’s lion safari attraction, a large enclosure housing four lions which visitors are only able to access via bus tours. He was immediately spotted by two lions, a male and a female, said Dr Kumar.

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“Lionesses have a very curious nature and [lioness] Shilpa saw something falling from a great height inside their territory. She rushed to take a look and found her prey. She instantly attacked the man, caught hold of his neck and then dragged him along,” Dr Kumar said. The incident lasted around 10 minutes and was witnessed by two busloads of visitors before a rapid response team drove the lions away from the man. The victim was rushed to hospital in a police vehicle but declared dead on arrival. No forms of identification were found on the body, meaning police have been unable to inform the man’s next of kin and begin an autopsy. Police said a notice would be placed in newspapers asking the man’s family to come forward. If no one does so, doctors will proceed with the postmortem examination in 72 hours. Zoo officials said they were investigating how the man was able to enter the enclosure. The wall he scaled was 12ft high and topped with barbed wire, they said. In the meantime, the lion safari has been closed to visitors indefinitely.

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Surrey entrepreneur Manjit Litt donates $1000,000 for Surrey Hospital Foundation

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Entrepreneur Manjit Litt celebrated his birthday by gifting $100,000 in support of Guru Nanak Diversity Village, a dream project of the Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society (PICS). He also gifted $100,000 to Surrey Hospital Foundation, $100,000 to Peace Arch Hospital, and $100,000 to BC Children Hospital. Mr Litt wanted to celebrate by helping the community at large.

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Police arrest politician’s son in killing of 4 farmers Police on Saturday arrested son of a minister in centre govt days after nine people were killed in deadly escalation of yearlong demonstrations by tens of thousands of farmers against contentious agriculture laws in northern India, a police officer said. Four farmers died October 3 when a car owned by junior home minister Ajay Mishra ran over a group of farmers protesting in Lakhimpur Kheri, a town in Uttar Pradesh, officials and farm leaders said. Farm leaders alleged that Mishra’s son was in the car when it ran over the protesters, but Mishra denied it. His driver and three

members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, who were in a car, were all killed by the protesters by beating them with sticks in the violence that broke out after the incident. Police officer Upendra Agarwal said on Saturday that Ashish Mishra was arrested following day-long questioning in the town after “he failed to furnish any supportive evidence to prove that he was not present in any of the three vehicles that plowed through a crowd of farmers killing four of them.” Ajay Mishra said that his son was innocent and was not present.

SIT takes Union Minister’s son, 3 others to recreate sequence of events The SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Thursday took Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son and three others arrested in the case to recreate the sequence of events leading to the incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Tikonia village. Amid tight security, the accused were taken to the site of the incident on the TikoniaBanbirpur road, around 60 km from district headquarters Lakhimpur city, police said. Eight people died in the October 3 violence and of them, four were

farmers, allegedly knocked down by a vehicle carrying BJP workers. Infuriated farmers then allegedly lynched some people in the vehicles. The other dead included two BJP workers and their driver. In the incident, a journalist was also killed. Farmers claimed that Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra was in one of the vehicles, an allegation denied by him and his father who say they can produce evidence to prove he was at an event at that time.

India to start vaccinating children with needless DNA-based shots The Indian government is expected to announce guidelines for vaccinating children against the coronavirus. Priority would be given to children with comorbidities. Following the Drugs Controller General of India’s (DCGI) green light for Zydus Cadila’s DNA vaccine for emergency

use in adults and children aged 12 years and above, the vaccines will be soon introduced into the national vaccination programme. The needle-free, three-dose vaccine, ZyCoV-D, is potentially the first vaccine to be administered to the adolescent group in India, and is the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine built on a DNA platform

Indian-origin doctor among 2 killed in US plane crash A small plane owned by a prominent Indianorigin cardiologist crashed in the US state of California, killing two persons, including the physician, and causing a major fire that engulfed nearby homes and left a swath of

destruction, according to media reports. Dr Sugata Das, who worked as an interventional cardiologist at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Arizona, owned the twinengine Cessna C340 aircraft, media reports said.

Shahrukh Khan’s son Aryan is regular consumer of drugs, says NCB Will superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan be granted bail is the big question, as the bail hearing gets underway in Mumbai on October 14. The bail hearing regarding Aryan’s arrest after a drug raid by NCB was adjourned yesterday and continues today. Bollywood star Sharukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan, accused in a drug bust case, being

taken from NCB office to the Killa court in Mumbai, Thursday, October 7, 2021. According to reports, NCB has claimed in the court today that Aryan is a regular consumer of drugs since the last three years and also added this his friend and accused Arbaaz Merchant, who was found with banned drugs on his person, was carrying the stash.

Hindu temples attacked in Bangladesh during Durga Puja, 4 killed Some Hindu temples in Bangladesh have been vandalised by unidentified Muslim bigots during Durga Puja celebrations, prompting the government to deploy paramilitary force in 22 districts after four people were killed and many others injured in riots, media reports said on Thursday. A home ministry spokesperson said the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) troops have been deployed in 22 districts across

the country to stop the spread of violence. The elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and the armed police were also ordered to be on guard with the BGB in 22 of the 64 administrative districts and elsewhere to contain any violence, he said. According to media reports, three people were killed during clashes between Muslim bigots and the police at Hajiganj sub-district in Chandpur, bordering

Varun Gandhi shares clip of Vajpayee’s speech in support of farmers BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday posted on Twitter a short clip of a speech by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1980 in which he warns the then Indira Gandhi government against repressing farmers and extends his support to them. Gandhi tweeted, “Wise words from a big-hearted leader...” The BJP MP has been vocal in empathising with farmers agitating against the three agri laws enacted by the Modi government and sharing Vajpayee’s speech is seen as his message to the central government. In the video clip, Vajpayee is heard telling

a gathering that farmers cannot be scared. “If the government will suppress (farmers), misuse laws and repress a peaceful agitation then we will not shy away from joining the farmers’ struggle and standing with them,” he is heard saying. Gandhi has also sought stringent action against those responsible for the death of four farmers after vehicles, allegedly linked to BJP leaders, ran over them in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. He was recently dropped from the BJP national executive in what was seen as an indication of the party leadership’s unhappiness with the Pilibhit MP.

3 NSCN-K militants nabbed by Assam Rifles near Indo-Myanmar border Three hardcore militants of the banned NSCN-K (YA) outfit were nabbed from Mon town of Nagaland in an intelligenceled counter-insurgency operation by the Assam Rifles after the ultras crossed over to India from Myanmar, sources in the security establishment said on Thursday. All three militants apprehended are residents of Myanmar and they sneaked into the Indian side with the purpose of carrying out a string of attacks, they said.

The militants identified as Yunah Konyak, Tonpho Konyak alias Aton and Songam Konyak were caught by troops of the 35 Assam Rifles in the operation on Monday in the border town with support from local police, sources said. While Yunah is a resident of Thela village in Myanmar, Tonpho is from Kamka village and Songam is from the Langkho area of the neighbouring country, they said.

Man accidentally voting for the wrong party chopped off his finger A man in India says he chopped off his finger after accidentally voting for the wrong party in the country’s ongoing general election. In a number of videos which have since gone viral, Pawan Kumar is seen sporting a large bandage on the index finger of his left hand, which would have been daubed with indelible

ink after he cast his vote. Mr Kumar, 25, is from the historically downtrodden Dalit community (formerly untouchables) in Bulandshahr, in the vast bellwether northern state of Uttar Pradesh. He went to vote on Thursday, but apparently mixed up the symbols associated with other party.

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Punjab RSS cancels its annual Dasehra parade in Punjab Cornered by farmers’ resistance, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has decided not to hold its annual full-uniform parade, Path Sanchalan, in Punjab on Dasehra this year. It involves showcasing of strength by RSS cadres in full uniform and carrying sticks. Sometimes, they would display weapons too. The practice has been going on for several decades.

The state leadership of the RSS has reportedly told its local units to avoid parade or hold small events in closed areas, not necessarily on Dasehra. Though they have not categorically mentioned the farmers’ threat as the main reason, an RSS leader from the Malwa region said they had been verbally told not to hold any big event on Dasehra.

Orders to Navjot Sidhu clear, strengthen Congress as Punjab chief: Rawat Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu said he had conveyed his concerns about the state of affairs to the party and would abide by whatever decision the Gandhis take, even as party leaders reiterated that the orders to Sidhu were clear and these were to strengthen the Congress organisation in the state as Punjab chief.

AICC general secretary, Punjab, Harish Rawat said Sidhu had been appointed state chief to work and empower the party in Punjab and he has said today that he would abide by the decision of the party. “Mr Sidhu clearly said today that the decision of Gandhis would be acceptable to him and he would follow it. The party’s orders

Police detain Sukhbir Badal and other SAD leaders as they try to gherao Governor house The SAD leaders were protesting against the Centre’sChandigarh Police detain Sukhbir Badal. orders to extend the jurisdiction of BSF in Punjab.

Chandigarh Police on Thursday detained SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal and other leaders as they wanted to gherao the Punjab Governor’s house.

Punjab electricity crisis deepens as 2 more thermal plant units shut down In another blow to the current Punjab power scenario, the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited lost supply of power from two thermal plant units on Thursday morning.

A unit each of Lehra Mohabbat and Talwandi Sabo thermal plants tripped on Thursday following which the PSPCL faces power shortage yet again. Already a unit each of these two plants is shut.

Pakistan Petroleum prices lowest in region: Prime Minister Imran Khan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that prices of petroleum products in Pakistan are still lowest than other regional countries. He said this while presiding over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) parliamentary party in Islamabad on Thursday.During the meeting the prime minister directed the parliamentary party

members to spend more time in the constituencies. He said that the development projects would be started in consultation with the MNAs, while health cards and Ehsaas ration cards would also be issued in consultation with the members of parliament.

Covid-19 cases dropped Pakistan has reported the lowest number of Covid-19 cases in a single day since June, the health ministry said on Tuesday, as the pandemic situation improved markedly in the country. The Ministry of National Health Services has reported 689 new cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since June 21, when 663 cases had surfaced. The total number of active cases now stands at 41,754 while the new infections have pushed the total caseload in the country to 12,59,648. With

18 more deaths being reported in the last 24 hours, the toll has touched 28,152. On Monday, Pakistan conducted a total of 42,476 tests, with the positivity ratio standing at 1.62 per cent. The data also showed that 1,189,742 persons were fully recovered, while 2,280 are still in critical condition. The Covid-19 curve has been flattened due to the efficient vaccination drive in which more than 34 million people have been fully vaccinated, while over 64 million have received at least one shot of the vaccine, the ministry said.

Violence surges in tribal area as Taliban, IS-K go on attack It was 2am and the teenager was exhausted. He’d been working all day as a guard. On the other end of the line was his brother, who told Israr that men had

barged into their family house, dragged their father outside, and shot him dead. “He asked me to rush back home,” recalled Israr, whose name has been changed for his safety.

PIA suspends flights from Kabul due to Taliban interference Pakistan International Airlines said on Thursday it was suspending flights from Kabul after what it called “heavy handed” interference by Taliban authorities, including arbitrary rule changes and intimidation of staff. The statement came as the Taliban government ordered the airline, the

only international company operating regularly out of Kabul, to cut ticket prices to the levels from before the fall of the Western-backed government in August. “We are suspending our flight operations to Kabul from today because of the heavy handedness of the authorities,” a spokesman said

FIJI COMPOL commends sentencing of drug trafficker The successful prosecution of a Canadian national to 20-year imprisonment for possessing 39 kilograms of cocaine will act as a major deterrent. 26-year-old Joshua Aziz Rahman was handed

a hefty sentence by the High court this week. The Police Commissioner BrigadierGeneral, Sitiveni Qiliho says collaboration and cooperation is key to any transnational operation and protecting the region from the impacts of illicit drug trades.

‘Travel at your own risk’ as Fiji plans to reopen for tourists from December 1 New Zealand’s Covid-19 Response Minister, Chris Hipkins, is advising Kiwis not to travel internationally at this time, after Fiji announced it will open its borders to tourists from December 1. The Fiji Government announced on Sunday it had a clear pathway to reopen to

tourists from December, after the country double vaccinated more than 80 per cent of its eligible population above the age of 18. Fiji plans to reopen to green list countries that have similar high rates of vaccination to Fiji, as well as low test positivity rates.

World bodies call out Fiji Govt over statistician sacking International organisations representing statisticians have called on the Fiji Prime Minister to explain the sacking of the Government Statistician, Kemueli Naiqama. Naiqama was arbitrarily removed from office last month after publishing

the 2019-2020 Household Income and Expenditure Survey which showed three quarters of Fiji’s poorest people are indigenous Fijians, the i-Taukei. Naiqamasaidthereportprovidedan‘honest snapshot’ of the country’s poverty situation.

Melbourne set for COVID lockdown exit despite record cases as vaccinations spike Melbourne will exit months of COVID-19 lockdown next week helped by a fasterthan-expected vaccine uptake, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday, ahead of schedule even though daily infections hit a record the same day. In the worst day of an outbreak of the Delta variant coronavirus that began in early August, Victoria logged 2,297 new cases on Thursday, up from 1,571 the day

before and the highest for any Australian state or territory since the pandemic began. Eleven people died, bringing the total toll in the latest outbreak to 125. But the surge comes as Victoria also nears the 70% threshold for double-dose vaccination among eligible adults – the level at which authorities have promised to end strict stay-home restrictions.

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Invest19 plans to launch gateway for NRIs to invest in Indian stock market To make the Indian stock market accessible to NRIs, Invest19 on Monday said it is planning to launch a gateway for such investors by November-December this year. The online multi-broker trading platform is going to launch a one-click investment feature for NRIs, where they can actively take part in the Indian stock market, without being present in the domestic territory of the country, the company said in a statement. Kaushlendra Singh Sengar, Founder & CEO at Invest19 said there is a certain percentage of the Indian population staying outside India, who till now does not have easy access to the stock market in India.

Recently, we have seen a surge in emigrating population thus increasing NRIs. There is no such platform available for them, where they can actively invest in the Indian stock market, he added. According to him, countries like the US, UK, Australia have more than 1 per cent population of Indian origin, Canada has over 4 per cent population of Indian origin. “In the time of globalization and globallocal, we must come up with creative ideas like Invest19’s feature for NRIs, that will erase the virtual boundaries for financial participation in their home nation,” he added.

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Patna: A man in Bihar was beaten and paraded through the streets after he was found frequently cutting power supply to a village to meet his girlfriend under the cover of darkness. Witnesses said the residents of Ganeshpur village in eastern Bihar’s Purnia district reacted after facing frequent power cuts for two to three hours at a particular time in the evening, while the neighbouring villages remained illuminated. On investigating, they were surprised to find that a local electrician posted with the electricity department was the cause of this power crisis. The villagers found that the electrician had been cutting power supply in the evening so he could meet his girlfriend under the cover of darkness. Power supply would be restored only after he left the

village. Worried villagers soon chalked out a plan to catch the accused red-handed. The next time power went off, a group of villagers rushed to a government school located on the village’s outskirts and caught the couple. Witnesses said the electrician was beaten up before being tonsured and paraded through the streets as punishment. The man told the villagers that he would cut the power supply whenever he wished to meet his girlfriend. The villagers then got him married to the girl. “The man was married to the girl in the presence of the Sarpanch and other village council officials,” villager Marar Ram Murmu said. The police said they had not received any complaint so far. “We have come to know about the incident but will act once we receive a complaint,” local police station in-charge Vikas Kumar Azad said.

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