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The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate as expected to 0.75 per cent — the central bank’s first move upward in the cost of borrowing in seven years.
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longestserving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.
Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. King Charles said: “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother.“I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country,
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“We are happy to see that so many students were able to receive visas and reach their universities after the delays caused in previous years by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was a “moment of great sadness” for him and his family and that her loss would be “deeply felt” around the world. Senior royals had gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday. The
The bank’s target for the overnight rate at which major financial institutions make one-day loans to each other moved up by one-quarter of a percentage point from 0.50 per cent.
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“As a result, a significant amount of economic slack has been absorbed,” the bank said, adding that the remaining slack is expected to be gone around the end of this year, which is earlier than the bank anticipated in its April Monetary Policy Report.
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.75%
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The German ambassador to India last week said that almost 15% of Indian students applying for student visa submit fake documents.
the realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.” He will lead the country in mourning as the new King and head of state for 14 Commonwealth realms. Camilla, his wife, becomes Queen Consort. During the coming period, he said he and his family would be “comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in
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Saskatchewan stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson dies
The US Mission in India has issued a record-breaking 82,000 student visas in 2022, higher than any other country. According to an official statement, Indian students comprise nearly 20 percent of all international students studying in the United States.
Saskatchewan RCMP confirmed Wednesday the capture of Myles Sanderson, a suspect in one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history, after an intense four-day search that held national and international attention. Police later confirmed that Sanderson was pronounced dead in hospital shortly after being taken into custody. Global News first reported Sanderson’s death citing multiple law enforcement sources,
In a statement accompanying the rate decision, the central bank said the Canadian economy has been robust, fuelled by household spending.
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“We have to ensure that only the deserving students go to Germany,”
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German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann suggested that around 10 to 15 per cent visa applications involved fraud and the authorities need to scrutinise the documents thoroughly.
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On the day of the slaying, the couple had made plans to obtain a ride to Langley but when a woman came to pick them up, they were not ready to leave.
Vernon teen Ashley Wadsworth met UK man Jack Sepple online and moved to England
UK man pleads guilty to murder of Vernon teen
Federal cabinet ministers are mulling over how to help Canadians shoulder the weight of inflation but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is warning that any help from the government will target the most vulnerable and must be fiscally responsible.
Hughes became angry at Denham because she could not find the house keys and for about 15 to 20 minutes he shouted at her from outside the residence as he was going back and forth between the residence and the vehicle waiting for them.
He put a hockey bag and a box into the trunk of the vehicle and then re-entered the residence where he saw a shotgun on the floor in the foyer. While he did not own the shotgun, had not fired it in the past and did not know if it was loaded, he was aware that the weapon and some ammunition was in the home.
Jack Sepple, 23, admitted to killing Ashley Wadsworth, 19, in Chelmsford Crown Court in Essex, which is about two hours northeast of London.
The Anti-Prejudice Project is youth-led and aims to aid marginalized people A realization that things could always be worse led two Semiahmoo Secondary students to join forces to help out marginalized people within their community.
doesn’t bring our Ashley back. So even though we may get a lengthy sentence, it doesn’t bring her back.”
The Anti-Prejudice Project raised a total of $500 which went directly to the Mishkeegogamang First Nation people.
When thinking of their next project to help vulnerable communities, Sukhija and Sanctis could not ignore the increasing concern of people in the province living on the streets. “It had become clear to us that homelessness is still a massive crisis in the lower mainland and that it’s
Visiting the shelters also presented an opportunity to speak with everyone and learn about the peoples’ situations and how to best help them.
“After speaking with Julia — a manager at Parkway Shelter — she made it clear that more accessible permanent housing is urgently needed. Although the shelters are meant to be temporary solutions, some individuals have been living there for numerous years,” Sanctis recalled.
“Even though it’s not going to sustain them a long time, they need to know that they’re supported in their community,” Sukhija said.
Feeling ostracized is a common reality for the people that the students spoke with. Many of them expressed “how hard it is to be re-integrated into a society where they can be accepted.”
Freeland said she spent the summer travelling to meet with Canadians for the first time since COVID-19 hit, and the feedback she heard is that while people are
Going forward, The Anti-Prejudice Project hopes to expand it’s reach in the near future.
Gurleena Sukhija and Nicole Sanctis, who are about to go into Grade-12, co-founded a youth-led organization called The AntiPrejudice Project at the start of the year.
The Liberal cabinet is in the midst of a three-day retreat in Vancouver this week as ministers prepare for the fall sitting of the House of Commons. Underlying every discussion right now is the difficulty Canadians are having paying their bills.
Yelling and screaming by the couple was a normal occurrence at their residence, which was in complete disarray and full of clutter as well as drug paraphernalia.
convictions for dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and uttering threats, was on bail at the time of the manslaughter offence with a condition requiring him not to be in possession of any firearms.
“We’ve really been focusing on helping people facing discrimination in their communities or helping people who need support and are not able to get that support,” Sukhija said.
Christy Gendron, Wadsworth’s mother, did not sleep as she waited to learn the details of Sepple’s hearing.
Wadsworth’s best friend, Tianna Kowalchuk, said Ashley Wadsworth’s death came as a shock because she never revealed what was happening behind the smiles.
necessary for individuals with privilege to put aside judgements and stereotypes in order to combat this issue,” Sanctis said.
Together as a group, everyone decided to use a grant they received to make supply packages filled with hygiene products, nutritious foods and socks to hand-deliver to people staying at various shelters in Surrey.
A British man has pleaded guilty to killing his Canadian girlfriend, who was visiting him in England but had decided to fly home early the week she was murdered.
confident in the long-term picture, the current cost-ofliving turmoil is a real challenge.
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Gendron said she got a phone call from someone who was in court who told her Sepple had entered a guilty plea, which was shocking to her since she had planned to go to England for the trial. “So overwhelmed,” she said. “Relieved that we don’t have a lengthy trial to be put through as this has been horrific enough. And then, it was bittersweet because it
Wednesday’s sessions included a briefing from economists about the cost-of-living conundrum, just hours after the Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate for the fifth time in seven months in its continued effort to get inflation under control.
Inflation is starting to ease — the rate fell to 7.6 per cent in July after hitting a 39-year high
Both Hughes and Denham had children from previous relationships and the ministry of children and family development was involved in relation to the kids, who were not living at the couple’s residence at the time of the killing. Hughes, who had a prior criminal record including
One of the very first initiatives the group conducted was raising money for the Mishkeegogamang First Nation after learning in school about how most Indigenous communities on reserve land do not have access to clean water.
“We would see them open the packages and immediately start using the stuff which was really heart-warming to see,” Sukhija said.
“It was really important for me to get that kind of direct fingertip feel of what is happening in the Canadian economy and what Canadians are feeling,” she said before heading into the second day of the retreat Wednesday.
For Sukhija, it was seeing news from other countries where people of colour were being discriminated against that made her want to do something. Seeing people who looked like her be treated much worse than she was experienced was a wake-up call for her.
South Surrey students fight against discrimination by lending a hand to the vulnerable
In one of Wadsworth’s last posts on Facebook, she uploaded photos of herself with Sepple at various tourist locations, calling it an “amazing trip to London.”
“She would message me and send me photos and she looked happy in the photos,” Kowalchuk said. “She was excited to come home and she even wanted him to come visit eventually to Canada.”
Chilliwack man pleads guilty in shooting that killed mother of three
The group visited Parkway Shelter, Gateway Shelter and Cloverdale Community Kitchen to meet with the staff and residents while delivering the items.
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In a statement, Det.-Sgt. Scott Egerton wrote, “The evidence against Sepple is so overwhelming that he was left with very few options than to admit his guilt.”
A Chilliwack man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his common-law partner after the two argued over some missing house keys. On Wednesday, Shane Travis Hughes, 45, pleaded guilty in B.C. Supreme Court to one count of using a firearm to commit the manslaughter of Christine Denham, a 42-year-old mother of three. He’d initially been charged with second-degree murder. Prior to the Feb. 26, 2019 slaying, the couple had been in a tumultuous relationship and both used drugs.
Gendron said her daughter had a six-month visa to visit Sepple and was supposed to come home in April.
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OPINIONSaskatchewan massacre yet another case of Canada releasing a violent criminal to strike again
A man who brutally murdered his aunt and uncle and keeps absconding from parole Last month, 38-year-old Aaron Sealy stood before a Montreal judge on yet another charge of breaching parole conditions. In 2008, after going off his meds, the schizophrenic Sealy murdered his aunt and uncle with a hammer, nearly beheaded the aunt, and then set their house on fire. Despite never acknowledging his schizophrenia, refusing to take medication and even expressing a “thirst to kill,” Sealy has received parole three times in the last year, only to violate his release conditions almost immediately.
Edward Davidson, a 39-year-old navy veteran, had just moved to Calgary when he was fatally stabbed in a random attack outside his condo building. The man charged with his murder is Cory Carl Miklic, who was already wanted by Vancouver Police for failing to make a court date relating to an earlier charge of assault (which was just the latest in a record of violent crimes stretching back to 2010). Just a year prior, he’d been convicted for another Calgary attack very similar to the one that killed Davidson — but a sentencing judge ensured that Miklic was out within seven months.
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beatings and one occasion in which he tried to punch his way into a room where his children were hiding. Despite being deemed at “high risk” for one of those incidents to occur again, he was granted parole in February. Sanderson is only the most conspicuous example of a justice system
Here is a not-at-all comprehensive list of incidents from just the last few months in which the Canadian justice system has given early release to violent criminals — many of whom went on to find new victims. A Calgary man randomly murdered by an alleged assailant with a lengthy history of random assaults
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As of press time, Patrice Mailloux is still at large. In 1987, he shot and killed 16-year-old Laura Davis, who was working the counter at her family’s convenience store. While in prison in 1993, he held a staff member hostage during an escape attempt. But he absconded from a Quebec halfway house on Sept. 1 and hasn’t been seen since. “I’m scared for anyone that might cross his path,” Brenda Davis, Laura’s younger sister,said.
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“We recognize that not all programs are going to benefit everyone equally,” said Finance Minister Selina Robinson, adding that the province leveraged existing programs to target those most in need.
“Whether it’s to make sure that we’re growing the economy, making sure we’re creating good jobs now and into the future, or directly supporting people in the challenges
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Cases in BC hospitals tick up, virus still killing about 4 per day
For context, the BCCDC originally reported 160 COVID-19 hospital admissions between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27. That number has now been revised to 198, an increase of 23.7 per cent. Covid killing just under four British Columbians per day
The B.C. government is boosting the next Climate Action Tax Credit payment and B.C. child opportunity benefit, and capping rent increases next year in an attempt to address the soaring cost of living.
back into people’s pockets and offer families a cushion during challenging times.” Both the Climate Action Tax Credit and the BC Family Benefit are means-tested.
Bains – the MLA – says he’s not weirded out by it. “If they want to pick my name, you know, I’m fine with it. As long as he doesn’t do anything stupid,” he laughed. “My Harry Bains name has been involved in politics for what now, 17 years at least, right? Now in duplicate.”
The number of patients with COVID-19 in B.C. hospitals ticked upward this week, as admissions showed signs of continuing their downward trend.
“Our focus this week, as we kick off what will be a busy and important fall of parliamentary work, is on the economy, is hearing from Canadians, working with Canadians to solve the very real pressures they’re facing,” Trudeau told reporters in Vancouver, where the cabinet retreat is happening.
As of Sept. 8, there were 324 cases in hospital, a one-week increase of 18, while the number of cases in critical care fell by three to 22, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
The measures announced by Premier John Horgan on Wednesday could save a family of four up to $1,500. The child opportunity benefit has also been changed to the B.C. Family Benefit.
After a summer when many Canadians experienced travel chaos and the effects of inflation at the grocery store and gas pumps, ministers are likely to bring to the table the concerns they’ve heard first-hand while in their constituencies and meeting others across the country.
“I don’t see it as being a positive or a benefit. I think Harry Bains – the other Harry Bains – he’s done a lot of work for the city, and the province, and his riding for a number of years. He’s a great gentleman, but no we have no relation or anything like that,” said the lawyer, a partner law with Virsa Law Group LLP in Panorama.
Brenda Locke, mayoral candidate for Surrey Connect, denied it’s a ploy to capitalize on name recognition on the ballot.
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“Harry Bains is a qualified lawyer, he’s grown up in Surrey, he went to high school here, and elementary, raises his kids here, he’s a great candidate for us. We’re very excited –he’s got a high ethical bar like all of us on our team and so we’re happy he’s on board,” she said. “There’s lots of issues when you’re looking for an individual and it was the demographic, where he lived, the whole thing. He lives in the Newton area so we wanted somebody
B.C.’s hospitalization model counts all cases in hospital, regardless of their reason for admission.
In October, the maximum amount for the Climate Action Tax Credit for low- and moderate-income British Columbians will be increased by up to an additional $164 per adult and $41 per child. A family with two children can receive up to an additional $410.
also continued to show improvement.
“Our next support measures will help bring down costs for renters, put money
Bains – the council candidate – also laughed.
Trend lines for hospital admissions
Like admissions, deaths are typically revised upward the following week.
they are facing around the cost of living, that is our focus,” he said on Tuesday morning The retreat is bringing together all federal ministers for a series of meetings, which begun on Tuesday evening and are scheduled to continue through to Thursday. Next week the entire Liberal caucus will gather for a broader conversation about the fall House of Commons sitting, beginning on Sept. 19.
For the week ending Sept. 3, there were 147 COVID-positive admissions across the province, though this data is preliminary and expected to be revised up next week.
“Put our pictures in there – ‘this is the real Harry Bains, that’s the other guy,’” he joked.
“Everyone is feeling the squeeze of global inflation, which is driving up the cost of groceries, gas, and other goods and services,” Horgan said.
Eighty-five per cent of residents are expected to benefit from that increase.
For the period ending Sept. 3, the BCCDC also reported 22 deaths, though this figure is fraught with several caveats.
from that area and we did want somebody with legal expertise, and so he fit that bill.”
The test positivity rate in B.C. as of Sept. 3 was 7.3 per cent, down from a sixthwave high of 13 per cent in late July, and the lowest it has been since late June.
PM Trudeau holding affordability-focused cabinet retreat in Vancouver
Kicking off a three-day meeting with members of the federal cabinet to plot out their plans for the fall, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a key focus will be on coming up with “solutions” to ease Canadians’ affordability concerns.
Harry Bains (not the MLA) running for Surrey council
“I just think that’s silly,” Locke said. “It is just a coincidence.
Surrey Connect has introduced a candidate for council with the same name as a wellknown local politician, Surrey-Newton NDP MLA and Labour Minister Harry Bains.
“We know and you know that we have not been able to do it the way we want to. This is of great concern to us. We are trying to find a solution and to make it a quicker and smoother procedure,” he said.
measures to safely welcome international students in person, online, and via hybrid learning methods, guaranteeing that opportunities and resources to international students remained robust.”
Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs Don Heflin said, “We are thrilled to have done our part to help Indian students
“Since choosing which effigy appears on future Canadian coins goes beyond our mandate, the Mint has not produced any advance tooling depicting a
Though blogTO’s request to the Royal Canadian Mint for details of the inevitable rollout of King Charles currency has gone unanswered as of writing, a representative of the Mint told the National Post in 2017 that none of the work involved was being done under the presumption of who would be named monarch.
pursue a top-notch education. Hopefully, there are a lot of happy students and parents out there. International student mobility is central to US diplomacy, and nowhere is the contribution of students bigger than in India. Here’s wishing this year’s group of students the best of luck in their studies!”
Germany,” he said, indicating that some agents had misled the students.
future, anticipated monarch,” the Mint representative told the newspaper.
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II will bring about sweeping changes across the globe, including new coins and banknotes for the 33 Commonwealth nations that feature the face of reigning British monarchs on their currency.
The US Embassy in New Delhi and four Consulates in Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai prioritised the processing of student visa applications from May to August to ensure that maximum number of qualified students made it to their programmes of study for the scheduled start dates. As per the Open Doors report in 2021, there were 167,582 students from India in the academic year 2020-2021.
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Indian students do not lose out on their studies.
The Royal Canadian Mint hasn’t printed a secret stash of currency with the new King’s face, nor has it even produced the tooling required to strike coins bearing the new monarch’s large-eared likeness.
The last $20 bill design was issued in 2018, with the BOC stating in the months before its release that it would produce its future banknotes in around five years with whoever was monarch at the time.
With that five-year window closing, it is unknown if this new design has already been finalized, or if a new banknote could soon appear depicting the new monarch.
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The Mint could be turning around coins bearing the portrait of the new King very quickly, but The Bank of Canada (BOC) produces new $20 bills on a five-year schedule.
With thousands of Indian students waiting for visa to join academic courses in Germany, Ackermann described the situation as “heartbreaking” and said efforts are underway to facilitate their travel to the country.
He said German authorities are also in touch with some of the universities to ensure that the
Canada will be getting new currency bearing the visage of the new King Charles III, but if you’re expecting to see the new coins and bills rolled out overnight, you might be in for a much longer-than-expected wait.
There are several reasons for this. There was really no guarantee that Charles would be crowned king, and though it was a safe bet, you don’t invest public resources into even the most educated of hunches. Even if the Mint guessed correctly, his title was still undetermined at the time of the Queen’s passing.
“We are very unhappy about the current situation. It is a big concern for us, because we want Indians to get visas smoothly and quickly,” he said during an interaction with the media.
We issued over 82,000 student visas this summer alone, more than in any previous year,” said Charge d’Affaires Patricia Lacina, in a official statement on Tuesday.
US issues 82,000 student visas to Indians, highest ever globally in 2022
Stating that United States remained open to international students throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, the statement noted, “In 2020, the US government and US institutionshigher-educationimplemented
But according to the National Post, technological advances allow the Mint to go from drawing to production in a matter of days, meaning the main hurdle in the process is the Royal Family’s approval of the portrait. And portraits have indeed been vetoed in the past.
Canada will be getting new money after the death of Queen Elizabeth II
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Videos taken from the scene of the takedown showed a white pickup truck on the side of the road, surrounded by roughly a dozen RCMP vehicles while a helicopter hovered overhead.
An emergency alert went out on Wednesday afternoon saying an individual that may be connected to the stabbings was seen driving in the Wakaw area in a 2008 white Chevy Avalanche, which was reported stolen from the town. Wakaw is less than 50 kilometres east of Rosthern.
Saskatchewan RCMP have requested an independent investigation into Sanderson’s arrest and death. The results of a forthcoming autopsy will not be released, RCMP said, citing the ongoing investigation.
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he died from self-inflicted injuries, which RCMP did not confirm. “This evening, our province can breathe a sigh of relief,” Saskatchewan RCMP Commanding Officer Rhonda Blackmore said Wednesday night.
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Blackmore said the pickup truck was seen speeding through Rosthern by a RCMP officer shortly before he was spotted on the road outside town, where he was arrested.
Sanderson, who was facing multiple charges related to a series of fatal stabbings on Sunday, was apprehended around 3:30 p.m. local time near Rosthern, a town north of Saskatoon and more than 100 kilometres southwest of James Smith Cree Nation, where many of the attacks took place. Multiple law enforcement sources told Global News police used a “pursuit intervention technique” — ramming Sanderson’s vehicle on one side and causing it to spin off the highway. Blackmore said the vehicle was “directed off the road and into a nearby ditch” where officers were able to identify Sanderson as the driver. A knife was found inside the vehicle after he was taken into custody. “Shortly after his arrest, he went into medical distress,” Blackmore said, and “all lifesaving measures that we’re capable of were taken,” including CPR. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Saskatoon where he was pronounced dead, she added.
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In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.
She held weekly audiences with her prime minister throughout her reign.
Speaking about the new King, she said: “We offer him our loyalty and devotion, just as his mother devoted so much, to so many, for so long.
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Prime Minister Liz Truss, who was appointed by the Queen on Tuesday, said the monarch was the rock on which modern Britain was built, who had “provided us with the stability and strength that we needed”.
Queen’s death a huge shock to the nation and the world - Prime Minister Truss Queen Elizabeth II’s tenure as head of state spanned post-war austerity, the transition from empire to Commonwealth, the end of the Cold War and the UK’s entry into - and withdrawal from - the European Union.
All the Queen’s children travelled to Balmoral, near Aberdeen, after doctors placed the Queen under medical supervision.
At Buckingham Palace in London, crowds awaiting updates on the Queen’s condition began crying as they heard of her death. The Union flag on top of the palace was lowered to half-mast at 18:30 BST and an official notice announcing the death was posted outside.
Buckingham Palace staff place the official notice of the Queen’s death outside the palaceImage source, Reuters
which the Queen was so widely held”.
On the Queen’s death, Prince William and his wife, Catherine, became the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Cornwall.
“The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
Her grandson and now heir to the throne, Prince William, is also there, with his brother, Prince Harry, on his way.
The official notice read: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”
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Her reign spanned 15 prime ministers starting with Winston Churchill, born in 1874, and including Ms Truss, born 101 years later in 1975.
“And with the passing of the second Elizabethan age, we usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country, exactly as Her Majesty would have wished, by saying the words ‘God save the King’.”
“When we’re dealing with gun violence, we ask the community to provide as much information as they can. In general, these types of perpetrators are dangerous people that don’t respect the welfare of the community, and we’re working hard to reduce
Vancouver police have charged a man for vandalism targeting the windows of buses travelling through the Downtown Eastside last winter. A total of 26 transit buses had their windows broken by BB gun pellets between Jan. 17 and 31 as they travelled along East Hastings Street, said police.
Anyone with information regarding the blue vehicle is asked to call CPS at 403-266-1234. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers.
“As police, we are expected to enforce and uphold the law and investigate where someone is believed to have broken it,” said Scott Sheppard, commanding officer of the Yukon RCMP in a news release.
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Const. Charles Conway of the Carcross RCMP has been charged with assault following allegations he used excessive force while lodging a prisoner in Whitehorse in January 2022.
Man charged after 26 transit buses shot with BB gun: VPD
The incidents occurred when the buses had passengers, but no injuries were reported. In most cases, the damage wasn’t noticed by bus drivers until after their shift.
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Crisis negotiators were able to talk
Philip Beynon, 43, is scheduled to appear at New Westminster provincial court on Sept. 9 on charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement.
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“This was a difficult investigation, given the number of buses that were targeted and because none of the crimes were immediately reported,” said Vancouver Police Sgt. Steve Addison in a statement.
“The Yukon RCMP are committed [to] maintaining public trust and confidence.”
Conway is scheduled to appear in Yukon Territorial Court on Oct. 7.
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In a news release about the charge, Yukon RCMP issued few details about the incident. The charge was laid by prosecutors in British Columbia, after a criminal investigation by N.W.T. RCMP, and
following an internal code of conduct investigation by Yukon RCMP.
A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for man wanted in relation to a shooting near McLeod Trail in July as police search for the people inside a car that was in the line of fire. Calgary police were called to the intersection of Macleod Trail and 10th Avenue S.E. around 2 a.m. on July 12 for reports that a blue car had been shot at. Police said witnesses saw a man fire a handgun at the vehicle as it travelled north. In a news release issued Tuesday, police said they are unsure if the shooting was targeted. Police are looking to identify and speak anyone that was in the vehicle when it was shot at.
the violence that they bring to the streets of Calgary,” said acting Staff Sgt. Roland Stewart in a news release. CPS said Abdullah Amer, 28, is wanted on Canadawide warrants for discharging a firearm with intent, unauthorized possession of a firearm, pointing a firearm, careless use of a firearm, breaching a firearm probation order and possessing a weapon dangerous to the public. Amer is described as being 5’9 tall and weighing approximately 194 pounds. He has black hair and a black beard. Police say he is considered to be armed and dangerous and he should not be approached.
All sightings of Amer should be reported to Crime Stoppers.
Philip Beynon, 43, is charged with sexual assault and unlawful confinement. A New Westminster man has been charged after allegedly holding a woman captive. On the morning of Sept. 4, police received a 911 call from a woman who said she was sexually assaulted and being held against her will. She was able to provide a description of her surroundings, which led officers to an apartment in the 300-block Hospital Street. The woman tried to climb over a balcony to get out, but was pulled back inside by the suspect, said the New Westminster Police Department.
the man into releasing the woman. He surrendered to police, including members of the Lower Mainland District emergency response team, 90 minutes later.
A total of 26 transit buses had their windows broken by BB gun pellets between Jan. 17 and 31 as they travelled along East Hastings Street, said police.
The relationship between the woman and the suspect is still under investigation, but the incident was isolated and “this was not a stranger attack,” said Sgt. Justine Thom. The woman was taken to hospital.
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Conway has been on desk duty since that incident and remains there.
Kristen CouturePrins, 39, was reported missing on Aug. 24 .
A group opposed to the transition of Surrey RCMP to a municipal police force is taking the controversial issue to the ballot box. Keep the RCMP in Surrey is a non-political organization, said organizer Ivan Scott, but with a municipal election looming it has endorsed mayoral candidate Brenda Locke who has promised to restore the Mounties as Surrey’s police force. “For the last four years, Brenda has supported us right from the get-go in wanting to keep the RCMP here,” said Scott.
5 in the area of 10400-block of King George Boulevard on September 5, “however, would like to confirm her well-being.”
In the second year of the deal, rates of pay will go up by the annualized average of B.C. inflation to a minimum of 5.5 per cent and a maximum of 6.75 per cent. In year three, an increase in rates of pay by
The group, which he estimates has about 100,000 supporters, has been wooed by other parties, but had a clear choice in Locke and her new Surrey Connect party, which plans to run a complete slate of seven candidates for council.
The province’s largest publicsector union has reached a tentative agreement with the B.C. government.
The news comes after significant job action, which started back in August, that crippled the province’s liquor and cannabis distribution network, whose stores are still experiencing significant shortages.
For Liquor Distribution Branch employees, the new contract also lays out a one-time economic subsidy equivalent to $4/hour for a 16-week period retroactive to April 1, 2022. This works out to about $2,560 for any worker who worked a regular 40-hour week.
the annualized average of B.C. inflation over 12 months to a minimum of two per cent and a maximum of three per cent.
Dr. Penny Ballem, the executive lead of B.C.’s COVID-19 immunization plan, said it is especially important for people to keep their vaccines up to date as the province enters a new school year.
The negotiated contract for BC General Employees’ Union members, who will now vote on the new deal, includes increases to all rates of pay by 25 cents per hour in the first year, effective back to April 1, and then an increase to all rates of pay by 3.24 per cent.
“She was last seen wearing a cream coloured tube top, light blue jeans and a green backpack,” Sangha said. Police ask anyone with information that could help locate her to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.
On Sept. 1, Health Canada approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna to target the highly contagious Omicron variant. The vaccine is a combination — or bivalent vaccine — containing a mixture of spike protein elements from both the original SARSCoV-2 virus and the Omicron variant, BA.1.
The missing woman is Indigenous, five feet six inches tall and 160 pounds, with dark brown hair and brown eyes.
“She’s the only candidate in Surrey that has
BC General Employees’ Union reaches tentative deal with province
“We are not yet at a point where we can let our guard down,” she said.
The Surrey RCMP is seeking help to find 39-year-old Kristen Couture-Prins, who was reported missing on Aug. 24 after family members were unable to reach her “for an extended period,” police say.
Pro-RCMP group endorses Brenda Locke in Surrey mayoral race
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“Kristen is known to frequent the Central City Mall area in Surrey, as well as areas in Delta and Vancouver,” Const. Sarbjit Sangha said. She added that police are “following up on an unconfirmed sighting” of her on Sept.
The rollout of British Columbia’s fall COVID-19 booster program is expected to begin next week, according to provincial health authorities.
Locke said her party had done polling and believe public sentiment to keep the RCMP is strong, especially now that “people are starting to understand the extraordinary cost of changing to the municipal police department.”
Henry said the vaccine offers protection against all Omicron sub-variants, including BA.4 and BA.5, which are presently the dominant ones in circulation. Invitations to book a booster shot will start going out later this week, with the first wave targeting health-care workers and at-risk groups, including those with compromised immunity or a chronic condition, Indigenous people, those in communal living situations and people aged 60 and over.
Mounties search for missing woman
Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said everyone five and older is encouraged to get a fall booster six months after their last shot. For those who developed COVID-19 after their last shot, the recommended interval is three months after their infection.
said one of her major platforms if she is elected will be to immediately stop the transition from the RCMP to the (Surrey Police Service), and this is what we have been campaigning for right from Day 1.” Locke welcomed the endorsement.
The group “represents literally tens of thousands of Surrey residents,” said Locke, who was elected as councillor with Mayor Doug McCallum’s Safe Surrey Coalition in 2018 but has left the party. “This is going to be a ballot question at the municipal election, no doubt about it.”
BC to start fall COVID-19 booster campaign with recently approved bivalent vaccines
“Children ... are going into a setting where they want to participate in many activities and not be home ill,” she said.
to this point. It has meant we no longer need those restrictive measures,” B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Tuesday.
The report showed Collins earned a base salary of $535,000 and his vice presidents earned between $355,000 and $452,000 a year. The report recommended Collins earn a base pay of $406,000 and have a total salary and benefits package of less than $500,000. It recommended the two highest paid vice-presidents have their base salaries reduced to $347,000 a year.
The government of Canada has announced measures to modernise and digitalise the application process for people seeking permanent residency. The new online service was initiated by Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration.
The Simon Fraser University student is among a number of advocates who deliver overdose education in B.C. schools but want such information made a mandatory part of the curriculum. They say it is a matter of urgency in a province that has suffered more than 10,000 deaths since it declared the toxic drug supply to be a public health emergency in April 2016.
Report criticizes salaries for BC Ferries executives
school students about what an overdose looks like and how to use naloxone.
The statement from the Conservatives says tens of thousands of new memberships have been purchased during the leadership campaign and the updated voters list now contains more than 678,700 names.
“The level of immunity through infection and vaccination has been a game changer.”
Starting this week, the Moderna bivalent vaccine will start arriving in the province. The Health Canada-approved vaccine has a greater effect against the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), with an aim to tackle the backlogs and increase processing capacity, will soon transition to 100 percent online applications for almost all permanent immigration programs. The transition will be done in a phased manner.
When a teenage girl collapsed on the SkyTrain in Coquitlam passengers calling 911 thought she had fainted or was having an epileptic seizure. It was only when paramedics administered naloxone that some realized she’d overdosed on an opioid, said Chloe Goodison, who was sitting beside her.
The party released the final figure after a deadline arrived earlier this week for party members to return their mail-in ballots. The Conservative party’s next leader will be chosen by nearly 418,000 members. More than 430,000 ballots were sent back, but some were rejected because members didn’t include proper identification, which is required to vote.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 8, 2022
The list does not include Damien Sanderson, a suspect in the attack whose body was found on Monday. His brother, fugitive suspect Myles Sanderson, was arrested near Rosthern, Saskatchewan, on Wednesday afternoon but died later in hospital. The attack has left thousands grieving for friends, neighbours and family.
It was a life-changing moment for Goodison, who would be inspired to study health sciences and set up a group called NaloxHome that educates high
commissioned by the authority to see how B.C. Ferries executive compensation compared to six large B.C. public sector organizations. It came as the provincial government — through the Coastal Ferry Amendment Act — sought to bolster the authority’s control over B.C. Ferries operations.
Sunrise presented by Vancouver Sun Banner “She shot back to life,” recalled Goodison, who was jarred by the thought that a girl who seemed about her own age of 16 could have died, with no one around her immediately able to help.
The Conservative party’s next leader will be chosen by nearly 418,000 members
Following this, on October 7, the programs scheduled to be digitalised include Quebec-selected investors and Quebec-selected entrepreneurs. This transition will culminate on October 28.
an Indigenous community, apart from Petterson who lived in the neighbouring village of Weldon in northern Saskatchewan.
“It is vaccination that has allowed us to get
Goodison said of the experience on her way home in August 2017.
British Columbians will receive a notice through the Get Vaccinated system when they are eligible to book an appointment for the bivalent vaccine. Anyone can currently book a booster shot six months after their previous shot for the non-bivalent vaccines.
The police force said it would not release the oneidentitiesoragesofthewounded,butconfirmedyoungteenwasamongthe18injured.
Canada to fully digitalise immigration process from September 23
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This claim was backed by a document released three months earlier and
Pakistan flood toll rises with 25 children among 57 more deaths
He added, “by adding resources where they are needed, and leveraging technology to make processing faster and applying easier for our clients, we can give newcomers and new citizens the welcoming experience they deserve.”
Make overdose education mandatory in BC schools, advocates say
announces its next leader on Saturday.
Starting from September 23 this year, the IRCC will digitalise the application process for programs such as Provincial nominee program (non-Express entry), Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, sponsoring an eligible relative, and sponsoring a dependent child, among others.
Addressing the initiative taken by the immigration department of the Canadian government, Fraser, in a statement, said, “as we look to strengthen our immigration system by updating our technology, people – and our clients – must be at the centre of all that we do.”
But in the days since, the victims have also been remembered as heroes of their community, some of whom fought fiercely to protect others when the attack began early Sunday morning, and others whose lives were taken while serving their community.
That means the party’s next leader will be chosen through a voter turnout of nearly 62 per cent.
The province will require at least a six-month gap between booster doses, including both third and fourth shots.
“In my head, I was thinking, ‘There’s no way. She’s someone who’s around 16 and looks like she’s from an average Coquitlam school and household,”‘
B.C. health officials are now encouraging all British Columbians five years of age and older to receive a COVID-19 booster shot.
The salaries earned by B.C. Ferries’ key executives continued to soar following a report commissioned by the B.C. Ferry Authority that stated the team was overpaid. In March 2022 an authority report said the compensation packages earned by then B.C. Ferries CEO Mark Collins and his eight vice-presidents exceeded standards and were out of compliance with the Coastal Ferry Act — stating effectively that the management group was overpaid. This was based on their 2021 salaries.
This comes as the province prepares for a surge in COVID-19 cases in November and December connected to the respiratory illness season.
The number of votes sets a new record for the party, which
BC launches fall booster campaign with next COVID-19 surge expected in November
Police name victims of Saskatchewan stabbing
The victims were named as: Thomas Burns, 23 Carol Burns, 46, Gregory Burns, 28, Lydia Gloria Burns, 61, Bonnie Burns, 48, Earl Burns, 66, Lana Head, 49, Christian Head, 54, Robert Sanderson, 49 ,Wesley Petterson, 78. All the victims were residents of James Smith Cree Nation,
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Compensation for B.C. Ferries top three executives jumped between 10 and 18 per cent from 2021 to 2022, records show .
A beloved veteran described as a “hero”, an elder who served as an addictions counsellor, a mother of five and a widower who spent his days volunteering are among the 10 victims of Sunday’s deadly knife attack in western Canada. Police in the province of Saskatchewan have named the victims of Sunday’s stabbing rampage, their ages ranging from 23 to 78.
Katrina, who has earlier been in relationships with Salman Khan and Ranbir Kapoor, said, “This is not my first relationship, at that point you know what are the important things.
He married with Jennifer Pandit, an Anglo-Indian, whom he met on flight where she was an air hostess.
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Questions are being raised about whether their film is able to create money at the box office?
and dad, is so incredible. At some point, even if you find certain things about the way he would be in the beginning of our relationship are little bit restrictive, the one thought that always occurred to me was –- if this is the kind of respect, loyalty and the importance he gives to his family, this is the same respect, importance he is going to give to his family when he is married. His principles and values are so strong, that to me was so overwhelming.”
How many box office numbers will Brahmastra make for it to be declared a hit? Well, in an interview with IndiaToday. in, trade analyst Akshaye Rathi gave an approximate estimate of box office calculations about Brahmastra . The film is reportedly made on a budget of over Rs 300 crore and the makers want to give viewers an experience for a lifetime. The actors worked in the film for five years now. As per a report in IndiaToday.in, Akshaye said that in the case of Brahmastra, it is different from most films. He even added saying that films produced by Disney like Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar,
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In late 1940s, he moved to Bombay, where he became an inspector in Police.
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Kulbhushan Pandit was born in Loralai, Baluchistan, now in Pakistan, into a Kashmiri Pandit family.
Raaj Kumar made his acting debut in the 1952 film Rangili and appeared in films like Aabshar, Ghamand and Lakhon Mein Ek, but it was as Prince Naushazad in Sohrab Modi’s Nausherwan-E-Adil (1957) that he became famous. In 1957, he achieved prominence
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recover the investment of this film but will be enough to establish the universe.’ Akshaye concluded by saying that the Astraverse is an attempt to make something like a Multiverse out of India. Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the fantasy drama will also feature Amitabh Bachchan, Nagarjuna, Mouni Roy in lead roles.
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Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer Brahmastra are all set to be released on September 9, 2022. Brahmastra is the first film in the trilogy film was announced by Dharma Productions. The lead actors including Ranbir and Alia are busy seen promoting their upcoming film in full swing. Netizens are constantly theirand#BoycottBrahmastratrendingstarsarerequestingfanstowatchthefilm.
He died on July 3, 1996.
for years. He said, ‘While Rs 100 crore may not be enough, even if we manage to achieve a figure between Rs 200250 crore, I think it will be enough to warrant taking thisforward,universewithmorecharacterscomingoutofit.Rs250crorewillnotbecloseenoughto
Raaj Kumar was born as Kulbhushan Pandit on October 8, 1926. A great Indian actor who appeared in Oscar-nominated film ‘Mother India’ in 1957 and starred over 70 films in career that spanned over four decades.
Later she changed her name to Gayatri Kumar.
How much Ranbir & Alia ’s fantasy drama need to make a HIT
His other notable films included Hamraaz (1967), Heer Raanjha (1971), Maryada (1971), Lal Patthar (1971) and Pakeezah (1972). After period of flops in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he had notable successes as supporting actor in Kudrat (1981), Ek Nai Paheli (1984), Marte Dam Tak (1987), Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987) and Jung Baaz (1989). In 1991, he reunited with fellow veteran actor Dilip Kumar after 32 years in Subhash Ghai’s Saudagar. His last most hit film was Tirangaa and his final film was 1995’s God & Gun.
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They had three children, Puru Raaj Kumar (an actor), Panini Raaj Kumar and daughter Vastavikta Pandit, who also made her screen debut in films.
Katrina Kaif recently spoke about what attracted her to Vicky Kaushal and his Punjabi family. During her appearance on chat show Koffee With Karan, host Karan Johar asked her about the coming together of her British and Vicky’s Punjabi family as the two actors tied the knot last year. Also read: Katrina Kaif reveals how Vicky Kaushal cheered her up when she felt low on her birthday. Talking about how Vicky Kaushal’s principles and values attracted her, Katrina said, “The most important thing that happened is the way Vicky is with his family, Sunny, his mom
with his brief role as the husband of Nargis in Mother India. He also worked alongside Shammi Kapoor in Ujala (1959). He followed this with the unglamorous role of a mill worker in Paigham (1959) alongside Dilip Kumar. In Sridhar’s Dil Ek Mandir (1963), Raaj Kumar played the role of a cancer patient for which he won the Filmfare Award in the Best supporting actor category. He was cast with Sunil Dutt, Shashi Kapoor and Balraj Sahni in Yash Chopra’s family drama Waqt in 1965. He became known for his distinct style of dialogue delivery.[6]
The actress has been trying to get back in shape ever since she gave birth to her second son Jeh Ali Khan. She is
Sunny Leone, who has danced with superstar Shah Rukh Khan to a track in “Raees”, says it is not just a dream come true for her but also the “best thing” that has happened in her life.
About her experience of working with King Khan, she said: “He is unbelievable, he is so humble. I am so happy with the fact that I was offered this song.”
Since then she has been called her arrogant and rude for dismissing the audience who have made her a popular star. It was also one of the reasons why netizens started calling for boycott of her recently released film Laal Singh Chaddha. And now, she got labelled as fat and ugly over her latest yoga video.
“He is unbelievable” Sunny Leonne says about SRK
Kareena Kapoor has been at the receiving end of trolls over her old statement on nepotism where she had said, ‘If you don’t like me, don’t watch me.’
Kareena Kapoor Khan opens up about raising Taimur and Jeh: ‘They should know that their mother also goes to work’
By sharing the news on social media, Dharmendra fulfilled the proverb of ‘Ek Panth Do Kaaj’. cyclingonThevideoofDharamPajisharedInstagraminwhichHeisseenandgrindingwheatat the same time. The fans are once stunned by the act of this actor. Cycling, wearing tracksuit and
Dharmendra, Dharam Singh Deol, for him, it can be said that ‘Age is just a number’. The fitness and vivacity of Bollywood’s Veteran actor remains intact even at this young age of 86. Dharam pa ji is still young at heart. Dharmendra takes care of his health and he is very active at social media as well. He does not let his fans miss any chance to get entertained.
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a cap, Dharmendra has reminded the fans of the past movies such as Sholay. The caption with the video read ‘Cycling, cycling, cycling and grinding mill…and grinding… and grinding.. haha’. Seeing Dharmendra doing workouts as well as grinding wheat, the fans once again came down in praise of him. One wrote ’86 years old young boy… Yeh hai garam dharam’ and the other wrote ‘You are very down to earth’. May God give you a long life and keep inspiring us like this every day.
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“When you go through the struggle personally and professionally, you feel so good that something so amazing
happens. I hope people like it.” The song which Sunny is dancing to with Shah Rukh is reportedly a new take on the 1980 chartbuster “Laila O Laila” from the film “Qurbaani”. The original track featured Feroz Khan and Zeenat Amaan.
often seen performing yoga and inspires her fans by her dedication. However, her latest yoga video invited a series of trolls who called her buddhi, fat and ugly for her appearance. She was seen performing yoga in grey tights and black sports bra. “How is it that she added more weight now than when she was pregnant,” one Instagram user commented. Followed by another one who wrote, “When ever she does any asana seems she’s fighting.” This was not it. There were more people who said that now Kareena has lost her charm with her age and there’s no flow to her, just wobbly. Many people told her that she has become old and should rest now and spare them by not making movies anymore.
Sunny told IANS: “It was a dream come true for me to do a dance number with Shah Rukh. We all want to work with him and it actually happened... It’s the best thing that has happened to me. I am so happy and proud about it.
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Sunny said she can’t talk much about the dance number, but admits “it was fun”. “There are a lot of dance moves in it,” she added.
Kareena Kapoor’s latest workouts
Montreal home sales dropped 20 % since August 2021
The year-over-year average price of a home in Ottawa went up five per cent, to just under $708,000. However, it’s down from the previous month, which saw an
The allowable 2% increase for 2023 is up from 1.5% in 2022 and 0% in 2021.
Ottawa home sales down 27% in August amid interest rate hikes
Condominium properties saw a 28 per cent decrease in sales in August. The average condo price was nearly $422,000, up four per cent from the previous year but down slightly from July.
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BC landlords will only be able to raise rent for existing residential tenants by 2% in 2023. Premier John Horgan announced the new rent cap during a news conference on Vancouver Island, saying it’s a response to improve affordability in the province amid raisetolandlordsHorgandebilitating,”rentincreaseanextraordinaryduringinflation.”“unprecedented“Unfortunatelythistimeinflationaryinwouldbesaid.BCusedbeabletorents2%plus
inflation, but Horgan’s NDP government changed that to only allow rent increases tied to inflation.
But as Canada emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic inflation rates have been soaring to levels not seen in nearly 40 years. The Consumer Price Index rose by a startling 8.1% in June, according to Statistics
“It is worth remembering that it can take 18 to 24 months for a monetary policy action to have its full effect on inflation. This means that central banks must target future inflation by anticipating future deviations from target.”“It is about where we expect inflation to be,” Poloz told reporters.
The bank is currently expecting a “modest overshoot” of the two per cent inflation target in 2019.
The number of homes sold in August was down 27 per cent year-overyear, the Ottawa Real Estate Board reported Tuesday.
hit 13,715.
RBC chief economist Craig Wright thinks the bank’s move signals a turning point to a longer-term trend in rising interest rates.
And the market is seeing closerto-normal inventory, with an inventory of nearly three months for residential properties. The inventory in early 2022, when the market was red hot, was about two weeks.
Home sales in Ottawa decreased sharply again in August as higher interest rates continued to cool the real estate market.
The once red-hot pandemic housing market in Hamilton has finally cooled.
New listings and average home
2015: 2.5% 2014: 2.2%
2007: 4.0% 2006: 4.0% 2005: 3.8%
In the wake of the rate hike, the Canadian dollar shot up. The loonie was up 1.05 cents at 78.48 cents US as of 4:33 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The daily average exchange rate for the Canadian dollar on Wednesday was 78.16 cents US, up 0.76 cents from Tuesday’s average.
The interest rate increase had been widely expected after senior Bank of Canada officials signalled in speeches and interviews over the past weeks that lower rates had done their job, and the Canadian economy was performing well.
Canada. The rate of inflation slowed down in July, rising 7.6% year-over-year from July 2021, but that’s mostly due to a dip in gas prices.
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average price of more than $716,000.
“What happened to prices in 2020 and 2021 was unusual,” Torontow said.
2011: 2.3% 2010: 3.2%
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Ottawa, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz acknowledged that the bank raised its key rate despite inflation
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Charles Brant, director of the association’s market analysis department, says a “drastic” change is playing out in the market because August is usually characterized by a lower volume of properties than most other months of the year.
the pain of interest rate hikes. Here’s why that might change
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He says rising mortgage and interest rates are slowing down the rate of transactions as inventory is building up, causing the market to rebalance, but in a more gradual manner than other Canadian regions. His association also found the median price of singlefamily homes rose by five per cent year-over-year to reach $525,000, while condos edged up three per cent to $385,000 in the same time frame.
New listings and average home prices in the city fell for the fourth consecutive month in August, part of a broader trend that’s also seen properties take a lot longer to sell, according to data released by the Realtors Association of Hamilton-Burlington (RAHB) on Friday.
However, median prices for single-family homes and condos were lower in August than in July.
The cooler market also means a return to standard financing and inspection conditions and fewer scenarios involving multiple offers, she said.
About a third of all households in BC are renters. Horgan’s government still hasn’t delivered its renter subsidy that was promised during his latest election campaign.
Here is the recent history of BC’s previous maximum rent increases 2022: 1.5% 2021: 0% 2020: 2.6% (before March 18, 2020)2019: 2.5% 2018: 4.0% 2017: 3.7% 2016: 2.9%
The move means consumers will likely pay more for borrowing such as variable-rate mortgages and lines of credit.
currently lagging below its stated target of two per cent. Poloz said the bank considers that weakness in inflation to be temporary.
“I think it’s the Bank of Canada having confidence that the breadth and durability of the expansion in Canada can sustain these small increases in interest rates,” Wright said.
2013: 3.8% 2012: 4.3%
“We are moving towards a balanced market state, where buyers have choices and sellers need to ensure they are pricing their properties accurately.”
Home sales in Ottawa decreased 35 per cent in July and 29 per cent in June.
Average price for Hamilton homes still sliding
“The lightning speed at which homes were selling at the start of 2022 is a thing of the past,” OREB President Penny Torontow said in a news release, pinning the slowdown on buyer uncertainty due to higher interest rates.
“Buyers are uncertain about their purchasing power given impending additional interest rate hikes,” Torontow said. The Bank of Canada hiked its key rate by a full percentage point in July, the largest such increase in 24 years. That followed a series of hikes that began in March.
prices in the city fell for the fourth consecutive month in August, part of a broader trend that’s also seen properties take a lot longer to sell, according to data released by the Realtors Association of HamiltonBurlington (RAHB) on Friday.
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students, and that means building communitytostudentstochancellor.presidentsaysofstudentsaccommodationsappropriateforateverystagetheirlifejourney,”JoyJohnson,SFU’sandvice-“IcannotwaitwelcomeevenmoreandtheirfamiliesourvibrantresidenceonBurnaby
Fracchia, a 28-year-old software developer, has an appointment a week from now to tour his new one-bedroom apartment near the SkyTrain and a seaside park. All this for $10,000 down and $1,000 per month rent, which goes toward a down payment on the $470,000 place in two years’ time.
Rent-to-own is a unique path to home ownership that delays one of the biggest hurdles for new homebuyers — the hefty down payment.
Canada is buying into the rent-to-own concept
The development is within walking distance to shops, restaurants, an elementary school, daycare and the SFU Burnaby campus. The two low-rise, wood-framed buildings are positioned around a central courtyard and a standalone community space, providing opportunities for parents and children to meet, play and build a sense of community. The buildings also feature study rooms, secure bike storage and a bike workshop space.
and their families to our SFU residence community,” says Zoe Woods, Director, Residence and Housing. “These residence halls are ideal for couples and families as they have been designed with community connection in mind. We know these accommodations are in high demand and are proud to be offering housing that is dedicated to SFU students and their families. This is an important part of our ongoing commitment to expanding on-campus housing options.”
to double home-building in the next 10 years. The funding, earmarked in previous budgets, is aimed at creating 17,000 new homes across the country, including more rapid housing for the homeless or those at risk of becoming homeless, along with affordable and market-rate housing projects.
But critics caution that rent-to-own is untested and has some pitfalls and risks — such as maintenance costs or the potential to lose the down payment, in some instances, if a renter fails to meet the terms of the deal. 17,000 new homes to be built as part of $2B plan to ease housing crunch, PM Trudeau says Where to look for cheap rent in Canada, as prices soar, again Canada is funding more projects like this by creating a rent-to-own housing program as part of $2 billion in spending
Simon Fraser University is adding purpose-built, sustainably designed family housing to the Burnaby campus this fall, giving students with families a broader range of affordable accommodation options.
Christian Fracchia and Persephone Lavender will soon move into their rent-to-own apartment in Port Moody, B.C., after a four-year wait. Fracchia won a lottery after more than 500 people bid for a chance on about 30 one- and two-bedroom units a short walk from Rocky Point Park. (Submitted by Christian Fracchia)
“Essentially, it’s like free rent for two years. That money [I pay now] I get to keep as long as I go through with the sale,” said Fracchia, who will move in
Advocates say this model of home financing allows people with limited or damaged credit who can’t qualify for
Of that $2 billion, $200 million is earmarked for a new rent-to-own program. This fund, managed by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), will encourage developers and builders to create more opportunities for first-time homebuyers overwhelmed by down payment requirements, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference in Kitchener, Ont., on Aug. 30.
a traditional mortgage to work toward ownership.
Located in UniverCity on the east side of the Burnaby campus, the two new buildings include 90 rental units—including three accessible units—consisting of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The units are reserved for SFU students with a spouse or common-law partner and/or children. Students who are interested in living in this unique residence community can learn more and apply at the SFU Residence and Housing website.
When Christian Fracchia first heard about a rent-to-own opportunity in Port Moody, B.C., four years ago, he saw a way to realize his dream of first-time home ownership, so he put his name in a lottery for 30 units.
with his wife in a few months.
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“SFU is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming environment for all SFU
Reflecting SFU’s commitment to sustainability, the residence units have been built with a high level of thermal efficiency and design features to support passive heating and cooling, minimizing energy usage.
New family housing opens on SFU’s Burnaby campus
About 10 per cent of the 358 units in the development still under construction at 50 Electronic Avenue were sold as rent-to-own, meaning the buyers pay a fixed rent for two years, which is then converted into equity.
SFU’s family housing complements the university’s five-phase Residence and Housing Masterplan. Phase 2 is currently underway and will provide additional housing to more than 350 students when it opens in 2023, providing students with lively, public spaces, rooms for socializing,
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his speeches, the contents were leaked bit by bit due to preservation of the so-called ‘national secret’. In the end all was exposed, and it turned out to be only an eyewash because nothing was ‘so secret’ in the letter.
Another term, with a funny connotation to an otherwise serious situation, is ‘software update’. Using this term to refer to some specifics is not sensible. It will cause further desensitization among masses and will continue to pull our moral fiber.
to strengthen true democracy.
When Imran Khan talked about the ‘letter’, waving it to the public in one of
He coined the term ‘neutrals’, and since then it has been frequently used in the media. Prior to this term, former PM Nawaz Sharif invented an equally irresponsible term of khalai makhlooq (aliens).
‘Neutrals’ has become a household word. It decreases the veneration of the defense establishment. The referred institution is supposed to be neutral anyways. The institution is only ‘non-neutral’ in the face of external threats and enemy maneuvering.
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Imran Khan’s recent comment on the appointment of the new army chief has taken the country’s politics to another low. His continued vitriol against ‘certain’ elements, that in his own words were active to dislodge him, is meant to repair his damaged ego and retake his prime ministerial designation by hook, line and sinker.
‘Neutrals’ has become a household word. It decreases the veneration of the defense establishment. The referred institution is supposed to be neutral anyways. The institution is only ‘non-neutral’ in the face of external threats and enemy maneuvering.
Despite the fact that he was given a quintessential ‘freehand’ to run the country’s affairs for almost three and half years under a ‘hybrid’ system, he could not deliver. The living standard of ordinary people declined due to financial hardships. Pakistan’s relationship with international partners – including the US, Saudi Arabia and China — suffered. Because of Khan’s inability to govern, the state and its people had to bear the brunt.
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Pakistan has spent decades playing musical chairs with democracy and dictatorship. It will take time to come back to something concrete in terms of uninterrupted democratic governance. However, Khan is not contributing
Recently, audio leaks of the PTI senator were played on almost all news channels of the country and on social media with the follow up discussions on all platforms, including the print media.
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131st among 189 countries and territories. The decline in the country’s performance from its previous level was on account of a fall in life expectancy.
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India ranks 132 out of 191 in UNDP’s human development index
An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 domestic passenger aircraft, departing from the Delhi airport and scheduled to land at Amritsar,
Among India’s neighbours, Sri Lanka (73rd), China (79th), Bangladesh (129th), and Bhutan (127th) are ranked above India.
India ranked 132nd among 191 countries and territories on the 2021 Human Development Index (HDI), showed a report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) released on Thursday.
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An Indian Airlines Boeing-737 domestic passenger aircraft, departing from the Delhi airport and scheduled to land at Amritsar, was hijacked by 5 terrorists in 1981. Contradictory to the Pakistan government’s denial of his presence, Gajinder Singh, an accused hijacker of a 1981 Indian Airlines flight, revealed his current location was Pakistan’s Punjab province. The location of the fugitive terrorist surfaced after the individual posted an image of himself, posing for the camera in front of a gurudwara, on his Facebook profile. The runaway hijacker of an Indian Airlines aircraft, which was headed to Amritsar and was forcibly diverted to Lahore in 1981, uploaded his image on Monday. Singh, known as the co-founder of the radical organisation Dal Khalsa, shared his photograph, standing in front of Pania Sahib Gurudwara at Hasal Abdal in Pakistan’s province of Punjab.
was hijacked by five terrorists of the Dal Khalsa on September 29, 1981. Reports suggest that the hijackers were armed with daggers and hand grenades. After hijacking the aircraft which was carrying around 111 passengers, the terrorists forced a diversion to the Lahore airport.
Indian Airlines hijacker Gajinder Singh reveals his Pakistan location in social media post
Their demand was the establishment of a separate State for Sikhs. The leader of the hijackers was Gajindra Singh, whose recent images have appeared in Pakistan. The hijackers not only demanded the release of another terrorist, and the leading face of the Khalistani movement, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, but also spoke with the Indian envoy to Pakistan, Natwar Singh, demanding a sum of USD 500,000. The hijackers underwent a trial in Pakistan and were sentenced to life imprisonment by a court. However, they were released from jail and allowed to walk free in October 1994. Reports suggest that Singh had been on the country’s most wanted list
Gandhi on Wednesday had flagged off the party’s ambitious ‘Bharat Jodo’ yatra with an assertion that he would not lose his country to hate and accused the BJP-RSS of trying
The country is grappling with a phenomenon that other more mature internet arenas have dealt with in past years. With 600 million smartphones and cheap mobile data, more and more Indians are using the internet to check out and buy everything from soap to smartphones.
Bangladesh has been suffering energy shortages as the price of fuels like gas and coal surge following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It remains heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels for electricity, and is aiming to double its power generation capacity by 2041 to support its export-oriented economy, according to the US Department of Commerce. Jharkhand is one of India’s biggest coal-mining regions, but the plant will mainly use fuel imported from overseas, according to a 2017 approval document from the environment ministry.
Bill tabled in US House for CAATSA waiver to India
spanning ports, infrastructure and energy -is also involved in investments in Sri Lanka.
Congress leaders embark on ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra
India is a key market for Alphabet Inc’s Google and YouTube, which is closing in on half a billion users. Some of the country’s savvy early internet users have gained huge followings by posting reviews of products on the platform, but most don’t disclose whether they’re paid by companies to do so.
Russian oil is still making its way to the US and other countries that have imposed some form of sanctions on Moscow by way of India, according to a report from Petro-Logistics.
Indian imports of Russian crude skyrocketed this year as its refiners took advantage of discounted barrels that were shunned by the West after Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine.
US and other countries sanctioned Moscow are likely to import Russian oil via India - report
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has introduced a standalone Bill in the US House of Representatives seeking a waiver to India against the punitive CAATSA sanctions, asserting that it is in the best interests of both countries to deter “aggressors” in light of Russia and China’s close ties.
“We have taken the ratio of Russian crude imports versus the runs of the specific refiners who imported the crude and applied those percentages to their product exports since the war. This yields an estimate of 308 kb/d of Indian product exports possibly attributable Russian crude oil inputs,” Petro-Logistics said.
Tycoon Gautam Adani plans to start exporting electricity from a coal-fired plant in eastern India to Bangladesh before the end of the year, helping to alleviate energy shortages in the South Asian nation. Adani Power Ltd. will commission a 1.6 gigawatt facility in Jharkhand state and a dedicated transmission line for the exports by Dec. 16, Adani said in a Twitter post late on Monday after meeting Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi. The project underscores India’s push to use infrastructure as part of its diplomatic outreach to neighbors. Adani -- Asia’s richest person controlling a business empire
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walk with him through the 3,570km journey from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
Ahead of the start of the padyatra, Gandhi hoisted the national flag at the campsite of the Bharat Yatris, who will
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While it remains difficult to prove with certainty that the crude being imported by the US and others definitely contains Russian oil, the report posits that the data can give a strong picture of where it ended up.
India will tighten rules to root out fake or paid reviews for products from cars to smartphones on e-commerce websites and social media, responding to a growing consumer outcry.
India is going after fake, paid reviews on social media
Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) is a tough US law that authorises the US administration to impose sanctions on countries that purchase major defence hardware from Russia in response to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections.
In fact, India imported 583,000 barrels per day of Russian crude from April to June on average, compared to 36,000 bpd in 2021, Petro-Logistics said. Meanwhile, India’s exports of oil products have increased.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, along with several party leaders, embarked on the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from here on Thursday, marking the beginning of a challenging journey through which the party is seeking to reach out to people and rejuvenate its organisation.
Gandhi began the padyatra from Agasteeswaram here, along with 118 ‘Bharat Yatris’ as well as other party leaders from across the country.
The government will soon announce a framework of regulations that target people paid to endorse merchandise, Rohit Kumar Singh, the most senior bureaucrat at India’s consumer affairs department, told reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday. Such reviewers will be held liable in case of issues related to the product, he said.
The only coup leader who actually suffered as a result of their actions is George Speight, who led the third coup in Fiji. Significantly, Speight was not a soldier and was supported by only one army faction. In
The deceased’s wife managed to escape while his father was taking a bath during the time of the incident.
Man commits suicide after trying to kill mother, sister and 2 other relatives in Muktsar
One-third of the country is under water, following an intense heatwave and longer Monsoon season, that has dumped a record amount of rain.
An argument over smoking turned nasty as a man was killed, allegedly by two Nihang Sikhs, outside a hotel near the Golden Temple here on Wednesday night.
It was after 75 years that a Jalandharbased man got to know that his original family was in Pakistan.
Deputy Supervisor of Elections steps down for medical reasons
country is under water. Scientists say several factors have contributed to the extreme event, which has displaced some 33 million people and killed more than 1,200.
Pakistan. As a notification to the US Congress, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale of F-16 case for sustainment and related equipment for an estimated cost of USD 450 million, arguing that this will sustain Islamabad’s capability to meet current and future counterterrorism threats by maintaining its F-16 fleet.
How did it happen?
The last time the Australian Labor Party came to power (in 2007), Australia imposed sanctions on Fiji as a result of the country’s fourth coup d’état in 2006. Relations worsened before they improved and, partly at Australia’s instigation, Fiji was removed from the Pacific. Forum of the Islands in 2009. Fast forward to 2022. The leader of Fiji’s 2006 coup is now its prime minister, Fiji leads the Pacific Islands Forum and it was the first Pacific country to be visited by Australia’s new Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
Saneem says Rickards has advised that such treatment will need to take place for the next couple of months and as such, he has regretfully indicated that he is unable to continue as Deputy Supervisor for the 2022 General Election.
On behalf of the FEO, Saneem has thanked him for his passionate service and wished him the fullest recovery.
New lake formed in Sindh amid ‘Monsoon on Steroids’
Amarjit Singh of Nurmahal had a tearful meeting with his sister Kulsoom Akhtar at the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara on Wednesday. Kulsoom said she was
2000, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and is still in prison. In contrast, both Bainimarama and Rabuka were top military commanders. And they were smart and strong enough after their coups to ensure that Fiji’s constitution was rewritten to free them from any legal wrongdoing.
The victim was identified as Harmanjit Singh of Chatiwind area. The incident was captured on a CCTV camera installed outside the hotel.
USA approves $450 million for F-16 fleet sustainment programme to Pakistan
Strongman election shows cracks in Fiji’s democracy
yesterday searched the residences of Excise and Taxation Commissioner Varun Roojam and Joint Commissioner Naresh Dubey.
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Researchers say the catastrophe probably started with phenomenal heatwaves. In April and May, temperatures reached above 40 °C for prolonged periods in many places.
The Deputy Supervisor of Elections, Craig Rickards has returned to Australia for urgent medical attention.
Both these firms have already been named in the Delhi excise policy case. The agency
The allotment of wholesale liquor licences for Indian-Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) and Bottled-in-Origin (BIO) brands in Punjab to two companies — Brindco and Anant Wines and Spirits — has come under the Enforcement Directorate scanner.
Why are floods so extreme this year in Pakistan?
A Congressional notification stated that Pakistan has requested to consolidate F-16 sustainment and support cases to support the Pakistan Air Force F-16 fleet by reducing duplicate case activities and adding additional continued support elements. Reversing the decision of its predecessor, the Biden Administration has approved a whopping USD 450 million F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment programme to
Three of them were seriously injured and referred to Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital in Faridkot.
The coups in Fiji damaged both the country’s economy and its democratic standing. Today Freedom House classifies it as “partially free”. The think tank noted: “The repressive atmosphere that followed the 2006 coup has eased since democratic elections were held in 2014 and 2018.
Images taken by NASA in late August show the overflowing Indus River and an inland lake forming. They reveal the stark differences in Pakistan between August 2021 and August 2022. This year’s chaotic monsoon rains have also affected Lake Manchar, Pakistan’s largest freshwater lake. It has overflowed several times, which has put about 100,000 residents in the path of more floodwater, according
Rabuka was the first coup leader to become prime minister, returning five years after his coup to run successfully in the 1992 elections. He was prime minister until 1999. After Bainimarama seized power, he gave himself eight years of unopposed rule before he faced elections—enough time to put him in a position to win.
70% share, 2 firms monopolise IMFL business in Punjab
The 35-year-old man attacked his family with a sharp-edged weapon.
After 75 years, Jalandhar man gets to know about his family in Pakistan
The two companies have been appointed as the sole L1 licensees by two of the biggest IMFL manufacturers in Punjab. As a result, over 70 per cent of the IMFL and BIO business has gone to them. This year, 60 lakh cases of IMFL are expected to be sold in the state.
A third of Pakistan is covered in floodwaters as the country suffers a devastating monsoon season. An inland lake seems to be forming around the southern Sindh province, satellite images show, while an existing lake has swelled dramatically.
With rivers breaking their banks, flash flooding and glacial lakes bursting, Pakistan is experiencing its worst floods of the century. At least one-third of the
born in Pakistan post-Independence. She said that her mother would often tell her that she had an elder brother and sister at Pabwan village in Jalandhar. Amarjit Singh said he was raised by a Sikh family, but never knew that he was from Muslim family, which had shifted to Pakistan.
Supervisor of Elections, Mohammed Saneem says it is unfortunate that Rickards fell ill while he was here and is currently receiving medical treatment in Australia.
to the NASA Earth Observatory. The lake is just west of the Indus River in the Sindh province, which has seen more than five times its average rainfall this year. Images obtained by the Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites show the differences in the overflowing lake on June 25, August 28, and September 5. More than 30 million people across the country have been affected by the floods. About half a million people have been displaced and nearly 1,200 people have died, NBC News reports. Major roads and highways are unusable and some bridges have been washed away, making it harder for some to evacuate badly affected areas, the AP reports.
Argument over smoking leads to man’s murder near Golden Temple
When Fiji goes to the polls later this year, Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimaramara’s main rival will be Sitiveni Rabuka, the leader of Fiji’s first coup in 1987.
A man allegedly committed suicide after trying to kill his mother, sister and two other relatives at his house at Aulakh village in Malout subdivision here on Thursday.
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The Chief Minister said water released from dams in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh had caused flooding in parts of the state. He said, “The rainfall in Uttar Pradesh has been less than average this time, but the problem of flooding has been caused due to excess water released from dams in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.”
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