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Canada becomes second country in the world to legalize pot People in Canada are cheering, enduring long lines and honking their car horns in support as the country’s first marijuana dispensaries open their doors Wednesday. “I’m having a plaque made with the date and time and everything.

This is never actually going to be smoked. I’m going to keep it forever,� said Ian Power, who was among the first to buy marijuana in St. John’s, a city Mayoral candidate Tom Gill at Surrey’s Ram Temple on Thursday night during Navratri celeberations.

Surrey mayoral candidates have their say on violence, LRT and growth With each passing week and each incident of gang-related crime, the issue of public safety seems to dominate the race to replace Surrey First mayor Linda Hepner. Earlier this year, more than 1,000 people attended a rally against gang violence following the deaths of 16-year-old Jason Jhutty and 17-year-old Jesse Bhangal in what police described as

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in the country’s easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Canada becomes second nation in the world to legalize marijuana Canada becomes second nation in the world to legalize marijuana Like Power, hundreds are now legally buying recreational marijuana all over Canada but not without adjusting to a few rules. As marijuana lovers continue celebrating Continued on page 9

The Chinese debt trap’s jaws close on Pakistan The new Pakistani government headed by Imran Khan is being forced by circumstances into an International Monetary Fund bailout in an effort to deal with the country’s worsening economic conditions and rapidly falling foreign exchange reserves, at least partly because of the enormous cost of indebtedness over the China Pakistan Economic Corridor, which has beggared the country. Forex reserves have hit a record low of US $8.4 billion.

Summer like weather conditions set records

It might be mid-October, but in many parts of Metro Vancouver and BC it feels like summer with bright, sunny weather.

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But the cost of this bailout isn’t just monetary. It is also going to involve some crucial foreign policy turns and maneuvers, if not big changes overall. If anything, it is a cautionary tale for every other country that finds itself a prospective host to Chinese government officials touting their Belt and Road Initiative. It has beggared Pakistan.

The US government has already said it won’t let IMF money be used to repay Chinese loans, putting Imran’s Tehreek-iInsaf (Pakistan Continued on page 8

Surveillance video released of suspects fleeing after deadly shooting of South Asian man Investigators have released surveillance footage they say shows two vehicles used by the suspect in a deadly shooting near an elementary school in Surrey last week.

Sumeet Randhawa, 30, was shot and killed in IHIT released photos of the abandoned, the driveway of a home stolen black Hummer H3 used by one of in the 6700 block of the suspects in shooting death of Sumeet 130 Street just before 2 Randhawa on October 11 pm on Oct 11.

Police identify victim of shooting near school in Surrey. A black Hummer H3 was abandoned less than 10 minutes later a block away, in the 6700 block of 129 Street. Surveillance footage shows the driver leaving the Hummer and getting into a blue, 2012 to 2014 Ford Focus to escape. Continued on page 9

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Why Canada must prosecute returning ISIS fighters Human rights champion Nadia Murad was recently co-awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

In August 2014, Murad’s village in northern Iraq was attacked by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and she was sold into sexual slavery. She managed to escape, sought asylum in Germany in 2015 and has fought for the rights of the Yazidi minority ever since.

Upon becoming a Nobel laureate, she said: “We must work together with determination — so that genocidal campaigns will not only fail, but lead to accountability for the perpetrators. Survivors deserve justice.

And a safe and secure pathway home.”

Accountability has become a key issue.

While the United States-led international coalition has dislodged ISIS from the cities it had occupied and controlled, namely Mosul and Raqqa, the group is weakened but not dead. Both the U.S. Department of Defense and the United Nations estimate that approximately 30,000 ISIS fighters remain in

those countries. At the same time, a significant number of foreign fighters from places like Canada, the U.K. and Australia have fled Iraq and Syria. Numerous countries are struggling to find policy solutions on how to manage the return of their nationals who had joined the group. The Canadian government has stated publicly that it favours taking a comprehensive approach of reintegrating returnees back into society. Very few foreign fighters who have returned to Canada have been prosecuted.

Things are about to become much more complicated for officials in Ottawa. Stewart Bell of Global News, reporting recently from Northern Syria, interviewed Canadian ISIS member Muhammad Ali who is being held

by Kurdish forces in a makeshift prison.

Ali admits to having joined ISIS and acting as a sniper, and playing soccer with severed heads. He also has a digital record of using social media to incite others to commit violent attacks against civilians and recruiting others

to join the group. Another suspected ISIS member, Jack Letts, a dual Canadian-British national, is also locked up in northern Syria.

The same Kurdish forces are adamant that the government of Canada repatriate all Canadian citizens they captured on the battlefield. The issue of how to manage the return of foreign fighters has resulted in highly political debates in Ottawa, demonstrating strong partisan differences on policy choices and strategies to keep Canadians safe. The Liberal government has been accused of being soft on terrorism and national security, while the Conservative opposition has been charged with “fear mongering” and “Islamophobia” for wanting a tougher approach, namely prosecuting returnees. But the most important point is that Canada has both a moral and legal duty to seek justice and uphold the most basic human rights of vulnerable populations.

ISIS and other jihadi groups have engaged in systematic mass atrocities against minorities in Iraq and Syria, including Christians and Shiites. ISIS has demonstrated a particular disdain for the Yazidi minority in Iraq.

The Canadian government recognized the group’s crimes against the Yazidis as genocide. As a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and a signatory of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Canada has a responsibility to uphold these international legal conventions when formulating carefully crafted policy responses that deal with returning foreign fighters. Canada has the option to prosecute its nationals in domestic courts using the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act. Open trials can serve as means by which to lay bare ISIS’s narrative and to help counter violent extremism and future atrocities. They can also serve as a deterrent and warning to other Canadians who might try to join ISIS as it mutates and moves to other countries in the world like Libya, Afghanistan, Egypt, the Philippines,.

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Spectacular shades of sunnier Vancouver weather in fall

Greater Vancouver currently savoring sunny stretch, and the forecast says few more sunny days ahead before rain arrives next Tuesday.

From page 1 in many regions of the prov province, Environment Canada reported a number of new temperatures set in multiple B.C. municipalities. Pitt Meadows saw the highest temperature to topple a record on Wednesday, with the mercury topping out at 22.4 C, breaking a record from 2002.

In eastern Cloverdale, temperatures hit 21.5 C, also beating a 2002 record.

The Lower Mainland wasn’t the only region with “sizzling” temperatures — in relative terms, anyway. The thermometer peaked at 20.7 C in Dawson Creek, beating a 1954 record; Burns Lake weighed in at 18 C, beating a 1981 record and Prince Rupert broke a 1910 record with a temperature of 17.4 C. If the forecast is correct and we get 14 days of dry weather, it would only be the 4th longest dry spell in the past 50 years Metro Vancouver is also in the midst of an unseasonably long dry spell, with five more days of sunny weather in the forecast.

Squamish is the hottest place in Canada and Chilliwack broke a 121-year-old record.

If the weather holds, it will make for a 14-day dry stretch, but that won’t be enough to set any records — or even make the top-three dry spells recorded in the last 50 years.

Back in 1986, Vancouver saw a 24-day dry spell. The city recorded 21 consecutive days without rain in October 1987, and an 18-day stretch in 2013. Environment Canada temperature records across B.C. Burns Lake Area: New record: 18.0. Old record: 16.2 set in 1981 Cloverdale East: New record: 21.5. Old record: 21.0 set in 2002 Chetwynd Area: New record: 20.0.

Old record: 17.8 set in 1978 Dawson Creek Area: New record: 20.7.

Old record: 20.6 set in 1954 Fort St. John Area: Tied record: 19.4 (Tie). Old record: 19.4 set in 1942 Hope Slide Area: New record: 18.3.

Old record: 18.2 set in 1981 Mackenzie Area: New record: 14.9.

Old record: 13.5 set in 2002 Pemberton Area: Tied record: 18.0 (Tie). Old record: 18.0 set in 2002 Pitt Meadows Area: New record: 22.4.

Old record: 21.3 set in 2002 Prince Rupert Area: New record: 17.4.

Old record: 16.1 set in 1910 Sechelt Area: New record: 17.5. Old record: 17.2 set in 1974 Williams Lake Area: Tied record: 16.1 (Tie) Old record: 16.1 set in 1978

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Friday, October 19, 2018 From page 1

The Chinese debt trap’s jaws close on Pakistan

Justice Movement) government in a precarious position vis-à-vis both the US and China, creating a serious diplomatic challenge at a time when the US and China are themselves interlocked in a grisly trade war.

For another, since Pakistan has tapped out its loans from China, the IMF has become the only viable life preserver. That means Islamabad will have to revisit its policy vis-à-vis the US ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan to first secure the bailout package and maintain cordial relations.

As such, Imran Khan’s promise to get Pakistan out of this economic meltdown notwithstanding, the fact that Pakistan has been forced to go to the IMF for the 13th time in the past three decades signifies that for an economy saddled with loans from China, the

Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and the IMF, getting out of this mess is going to take a lot more than just the five years of Khan’s government.

Notwithstanding how Pakistan’s participation in CPEC has partly led to a depletion of reserves, the decision to seek an IMF package has certainly damaged Imran Khan’s populist agenda, which included creating 10 million jobs, turning Pakistan into an “Islamic welfare state” and constructing 5 million homes.

With the IMF’s expected relatively tougher conditions, Khan’s government might end up being forced to do the exact opposite of what he had promised his millions of voters. He might have to privatize the country’s white elephants

such as its steel mill and Pakistan International Airlines.

If Pakistan does privatize, this would mean the privatized steel mill and PIA will not create jobs but cut down the current number of employees massively, which means a political backlash at home and a lot of space for Khan’s powerful opposition parties to campaign against a leader who, before coming into power, was a staunch opponent of going to the IMF and “begging for money.”

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That there will be massive backlash is evident from the way the government’s announcement to seek an IMF bailout package led to an immediate devaluation of the rupee against the US dollar by Rs10 in a single day. Before the announcement, the dollar in Pakistan was trading at 125 rupees to US$1, and the US dollar has since zoomed to 135. The devaluation has increased Pakistan’s debt by RS 900 billion (US$6.75 billion).

However, while Khan may be able to convince his voters of the temporary necessity of going to the IMF, he will not be able to do so with the US government, which believes, as US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters recently, that Chinese loans are partly responsible for creating the chaotic economic situation in Pakistan and that this is a situation that they “have been tracking fairly closely.” The IMF is in full agreement with the US on how the Chinese factor is depleting the Pakistani economy. Addressing a news conference at the IMF-World Bank annual meetings in Bali, the IMF’s Maurice Obstfeld cautioned that Pakistan’s partnership with China would benefit Pakistan only when Pakistan enters into such projects with China wherein solid and excessive debts are not involved which Pakistan cannot repay. But then this is what the whole CPEC project is: a massive debt trap. The IMF has accordingly started to emphasize inducing greater transparency on Pakistan’s debts, many of which are owed to China. China, therefore, has now not only got to worry about Pakistan’s decision to seek IMF bailout but also the possibility of Khan’s government eventually seeking to review the CPEC. While Imran Khan’s government has not yet shown any real intention of reviewing CPEC thoroughly, it has certainly become a bit more cautious in terms of financing projects that may not serve Pakistan’s interests immediately. This has already led the government to cut the size of the biggest Chinese project in Pakistan, a reconstruction of the main rail line between the port city of Karachi and Peshawar by US$2 billion. The obvious reason is the government’s increasing concern with the country’s rising debt levels and increasing dependence on China.

Accordingly, another challenge for Khan, to ensure absolute transparency, is to disclose not only the debt it owes to China but also all the terms and conditions of the CPEC project.

This was made clear by the Fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde when she said that they needed to know the exact position and nature of all of Pakistan’s debt, including lending from sovereign governments and from state-owned enterprises so that officials can determine the country’s debt sustainability.

Thus the price is that Pakistan is going to have to pay for a package isn’t just monetary. It is going to involve many policy compromises, a political and economic backlash, and important disclosures. But the crucial question is: will the IMF’s re-entry in Pakistan’s economy and its willingness to help Islamabad out of China’s debt trap serve to enlighten the country’s political elite of the ‘not-so-win-win’ face of China’s Belt & Road Initiative?

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Canada becomes second country in the world to legalize pot this historic day for Canada, here’s a quick primer to get you up to speed.

Who can buy marijuana in Canada?

Adults of at least 18 years old will be allowed to carry and share up to 30 grams of legal marijuana in public, according to a bill that passed the Senate in June.

They will also be allowed to cultivate up to four plants in their households and make products such as edibles for personal use.

Where can I buy it?

The supply of recreational marijuana could be limited, at least early on, in some stores.

Officials in Nova Scotia and Manitoba said they won’t have a large selection, at least not on the first day, media reported.

“My father is going to be my first customer, and my second customer is going to be a lady who has [multiple sclerosis],’ Thomas Clarke, who owns Thomas H. Clarke’s Distribution cannabis retail store in Portugal Cove-St. Philip’s, said. Marijuana will not be sold in the same location as alcohol or tobacco. Consumers are expected to purchase the drug from retailers regulated by provinces and territories or from federally licensed producers when those options are not available. Can I travel in and out of Canada with weed? No. Please, save yourself a lot of trouble. Whether you are entering or leaving Canada, it is illegal to have marijuana with you, and you could face criminal charges.

You can’t travel across international borders with it, even if it you are going to Colorado or any of the other eight US states where it has been legalized. What about previous pot charges? Authorities will soon announce plans to pardon Canadians who have been

convicted with possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana, CNN partner CTV reported.

The production, distribution or sale of cannabis products will still be an offense for minors.

Why did they legalize it?

The Canadian legislation, known as the Cannabis Act, stems from a campaign pledge of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to keep marijuana away from underage users and curb marijuana-related crime.

Some health care professionals in Canada have said they are afraid of the consequences of legalizing marijuana. Stringent rules will still govern the purchase and use of marijuana.

Canada’s government also made changes to impaired driving laws to address repercussions for driving under the influence of cannabis.

Legalizing cannabis is expected to create an industry worth more than $4 billion in Canada.

Where else is it legal?

Not in many places. Canada is only the second country in the world -- and the first G7 nation-- to allow a nationwide marijuana market. In December 2013, Uruguay was the first country to legalize the production, sale and consumption of marijuana.

Nine states in the United States and the District of Columbia now allow recreational marijuana use. Medical marijuana is legal in some form in 30 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The pot industry took in nearly $9 billion in sales in 2017 in the United States, according to BDS Analytics. The revenue from those sales is equivalent to the entire snack bar industry.

Surveillance video released of suspects fleeing after deadly shooting of South Asian man From page 1 Surveillance video catches suspect vehicle in deadly Surrey shooting Investigators said surveillance video captured a suspect escaping the scene of a deadly shooting in Surrey, B.C. on Oct. 11, 2018. 0:12 IHIT is looking for anyone with information on the two vehicles or the people inside the vehicles as part of the investigation into Randhawa’s killing, which was 200 metres from Martha Jane Norris Elementary School.

Cpl. Frank Jang said the Hummer was stolen. It had Washington state licence plates.

Anyone with information is asked to call the IHIT information line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Those who wish to remain anonymous are ask to phone Crime Stoppers.

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Delta council candidates discuss housing caps at Tsawwassen debate Delta council candidates meeting took place at the Tsawwassen Arts Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 17, saw 17 of the 20 council candidates answer questions from the Sidekick Players Club and the audience.

Achieving for Delta candidates Dan Copeland, Cal Traversy and Alicia Guichon were not present. Fellow slate member Lois Jackson said Guichon was away because her grandfather had passed away the day before.)

The question all candidates got a chance to answer was asked from a South Delta point of view: many good homes in Tsawwassen have been torn down and replaced with large homes, in the process taking down existing trees which has caused problems with underground infrastructure. What would you do to ensure

this practice is stopped?

Current mayor Lois Jackson (Achieving for Delta) talked about the importance of maintaining large trees on properties, as did Joan Hansen (Team Delta).

However, Hansen kicked off the discussion about needing more housing choices in the community, saying that there needed to be more affordable options.

Dylan Kruger (Achieving for Delta), Lori Mayhew, Kale Khilvinder Hale, Simran Walia

(Team Delta), Chen Du and Robert Campbell (Team Delta) all talked about needing to bring in more affordable development to the city, including thinking of more creative housing options like the North Delta family who are building four homes on one lot to help the adult children remain in the community.

However, Campbell said, ““we need to

find the balance between private property rights and what the community needs.”

Kim Kendall (Team Delta) and Darcy Green both took the opportunity to bring up previous campaign commitments. Kendall talked about the housing summit proposed by mayoral candidate Sylvia Bishop and the Team Delta slate; Green talked about his promise to create neighbourhood-specific area plans.

The topic of area plans was touched on by many other candidates, specifically in regards to the North Delta housing cap.

Independents Working for You candidates Garry Shearer, Sandeep Pandher and Bruce McDonald all seemed to agree that the housing cap should be removed, or at least made the same between North and South Delta.

RCMP raid two pot shops in Port Alberni, seize product and issue tickets

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The managers of two pot shops on Vancouver Island where police seized thousands of dollars worth of marijuana say the British Columbia government failed them by only approving one store in the province before legalization as raids were reported on both ends of the country. The RCMP say they entered the Port Alberni Cannabis Club at around 11 a.m.

Wednesday, before visiting Leaf Compassion Cannabis Dispensary around 2 p.m., and found both stores were open without provincial licences. Police gave the store no warning in the weeks or days before the raid, said general manager Christine Jarvis, and

she blamed the province for not approving her licence application in time for legalization on Wednesday. “I feel violated. They had enough time to do this,” she said, adding it’s been three years since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled his intention to legalize marijuana.

Eric Vesaranta, general manager of Leaf Compassion C a n n a b i s Dispensary, said the Mounties left the store practically empty. He intends to dispute his $575 ticket “It’s literally all the government’s fault with not having applications ready on time,” he said. “Everybody filled them out in time, but the government didn’t give them back in time for legalization.”

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Legalizing weed makes anti-smoking activists worried A coalition of groups concerned about the health risks associated with marijuana is calling legalization a “dark day for Canada.”

Members of Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada, Air We Share and Airspace Action on Smoking and Health tried to share the message from the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery on Wednesday.

‘Everything’s got to go’: Vancouver dispensaries clear shelves Canada’s giant public health ‘experiment’ with legalized cannabis begins C o a l i t i o n spokesperson Pamela McColl said she believes legalization normalizes a dangerous substance and positions Canada to be the base of the marijuana industry’s global expansion.

“It is a very, very dark day for Canada,” she told a crowd of gathered media.

“The damage that is going to ensue from this policy change will be horrendous in terms of drugged driving, cognitive damage to children, more addiction, more costs. The list goes on,” she said.

McColl said she wants to see regulation tightened to ban smoking marijuana from any multi-unit residence and anywhere that children live.

“It’s Canada Went to Pot Day,” she declared.

Pro-pot activists said claims presented by the groups were not all backed up by research. ‘Too far, way too soon’ Kevin Sabet, a former senior adviser at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, said Canada’s drug policies have effects beyond its borders.

He compared “Big Cannabis” to “Big Tobacco” and warned that legalization will mean the rise of large cannabis corporations that don’t have an interest in public health.

“We’re going way too far, way too soon,” Sabet said.

The coalition announced the launch of a new website Wednesday for filing complaints about the law and reporting violations at Potwatch.org.

Steps away from the protest, people purchased pot at a makeshift booth.

Across the square, a group of pro-pot advocates also shared an anti-Big-Cannabis message from a makeshift booth selling marijuana and displaying plants.

Dillon Mcardle said the sale was an act of civil disobedience intended to draw attention to the monopoly forming in the industry.

“We’re protesting for the proper legalization of cannabis. We want to see free weed for medical needs and equal rights for every Canadian citizen to grow it, smoke it and sell it, of course over the age of 19,” said Mcardle.

Canadians welcome legal pot sales, put up with supply issues on opening day Pot activist Anil Sthankiya said he was enraged when he read a sign, on the opposing side, that said “Marijuana kills brain cells.”

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Plenty of interest but no chaos as BC’s legal cannabis sales get underway Freshly legalized marijuana is said to be selling well in B.C. — both online and in the province’s only government-run store — but officials say traffic is well under control.

Hours after cannabis was legalized across Canada, a cheer went up as the first dozen customers spilled into the B.C. Cannabis Store in Kamloops when it opened at 10 a.m.

‘History has been made’: Kamloops approves B.C.’s first legal pot shop Kelowna’s Becky Prete was first in line. She drove from Kelowna, stayed overnight in a hotel and rolled up to the store with coffee and a camping chair at 6 a.m. PT. Becky Prete of Kelowna, B.C., was the first person in line at the province’s first pot shop in Kamloops.

Prete arrived with coffee and a camping chair more than two hours before opening.

(Chris Corday/CBC)Craig McCarthy drove for two hours from Chilliwack and arrived at about 2 a.m. PT, but his decision to nap

in his car landed him second in line. He has been smoking cannabis for 20 years and normally buys shatter — a potent cannabis concentrate — from an illegal dispensary.

The government-run store doesn’t carry the concentrated product — which is still illegal — but he says he’ll buy marijuana online now instead of purchasing it illegally.

“I’m just happy it’s finally here,’’ McCarthy said.

“It’ll absolutely change my life.” The B.C. Cannabis Store’s online shop went live at midnight and racked up around 1,000 sales in its first hour, according to B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth.

“It did not crash,’’ he told a conference call hours after the site opened. “So far, it is performing as we hoped it would.’’ The approximately 80 products for sale at the

Pedestrian dies after struck by vehicle in Burnaby An elderly man who was struck by a vehicle in Burnaby last weekend has now died in hospital.

The 84-year-old man was struck in the intersection of Canada Way and Ulster Street on Saturday evening and was

rushed to hospital in critical condition.

The driver remained at the scene.

Burnaby RCMP say they are still investigating whether speed was a factor.

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Canada Post union issues warnning that workers could begin rotating strikes Monday The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has given strike notice to Canada Post that workerscouldwalkoffthejobasearlyasnextweek.

The union representing 50,000 Canada Post employees says rotating strikes will begin Monday if agreements aren’t reached with the Urban Postal Operations and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers bargaining units.

It says it’s pushing for improved job security, an end to forced overtime, and better health and safety measures.

The possibility of a work stoppage has hovered over Canada Post since Sept. 26 after postal workers voted overwhelmingly in late summer in support of a potential walkout to back their contract demands.

Canada Post is the biggest parcel shipping company in the country, having delivered about one million parcels per day during the holiday season last year – an increase of 20 per cent over the same period in 2016.

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Manitoba hires former premier Gordon Campbell to probe Hydro project costs Manitoba government has hired former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell to review two major hydro projects that have added billions of dollars to the provincial debt. Campbell will look at whether the Keeyask Generating Station and Bipole Three transmission line — projects built under the former NDP government — were based on sound economics. Among the issues Campbell will investigate is whether the projects were built long before domestic demand required them, and on overly optimistic projections of export prices.

The transmission line and generating station have run over budget, and export prices for electricity have dropped since the projects

were given the go-ahead a decade ago.

To help cover the cost, Crown-owned Manitoba Hydro has been asking for regulatory approval for annual rate increases of 7.9 per cent. Premier Brian Pallister first announced plans for the review last spring, and it will have a budget of $2.5 million.

Now that Campbell has been chosen to lead the review, a final report is expected by the end of next year.

Campbell is the chief executive officer of Hawksmuir International Partners. He was premier of British Columbia from 2001 to 2011, and served as Canada’s high commissioner to Great Britain from 2011 to 2016.

Surrey man hospitalized after mobility scooter struck A 59-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after their mobility scooter was struck by a vehicle in Surrey on Wednesday.

It happened around 3:30 p.m., at the intersection of 140th Street and Green Timbers Way. The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with police.

Police said alcohol, drugs and speed have

been ruled out as contributing factors in the crash.

The Integrated Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Service (ICARS) & Surrey RCMP’s Criminal Collision Investigation team (CCIT) attended the scene for investigation.

Police closed 140th Street southbound from 100 Avenue to the Fraser Highway for several hours.

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BC gov’t introduces legislation on speculation tax NDP government dug in its heels on the contentious real estate speculation tax Tuesday, moving forward to bring it into law despite the protests of local mayors and a development community that warned it could cause more affordable housing problems than it will solve.

Finance Minister Carole James introduced enabling legislation for the tax, eight months after it was first announced in February’s provincial budget. It will levy a surcharge on vacant second homes in much of Metro Vancouver and other areas, in an attempt to push owners to either rent out those homes or sell them to boost the housing supply.

The legislation did not contain an

opt-out clause requested by municipal governments, many of which are warning the tax will have the reverse effect and actually discourage development of new housing.

“When you face a major provincial crisis like (affordability), it’s the responsibility of the provincial government to act, not to let municipalities pick and choose whether they want to address affordable housing,” James told reporters.

“Affordable housing is a crisis and it’s our responsibility as government to act on that.”

The Union of B.C. Municipalities, whose members voted in September to demand an opt-out provision, expressed disappointment.

“It seems the premier heard many of our local governments, but went in a little bit of a different direction,” said Chilliwack Mayor Sharon Gaetz, UBCM’s second vice-president.

“I know the issue is not going to go away. I’m really hoping it will be carefully monitored and may be an opportunity to look at it again in the short future.”

James did extend an olive branch to the development community by exempting companies holding multiple properties for new housing development if they can show they are moving forward on a regular permitting, consultation, financing and construction project schedule “without undue delay.”

Urban Development Institute president Anne McMullin said her organization was “pleased” with that exemption.

“In the midst of a housing crisis, we applaud the government’s recognition that taxes on development lands will increase costs on the delivery of all types of new housing,” she said in a statement.

“We encourage government to also act in budget 2019 to apply similar exemptions for the new school tax and other new property taxes that are passed on to eventual homebuyers and renters.”

The speculation tax will apply to those who own multiple properties in Metro Vancouver, the Capital Regional District (excluding the Gulf Islands and the Strait of Juan de Fuca), Kelowna, West Kelowna, Nanaimo-Lantzville, Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Mission.

The tax will apply at a reduced rate in 2018, based on property owned as of Dec. 31. It expands in 2019 to 0.5 per cent of assessed value for B.C. residents, one per cent for Canadians from outside

Daredevil arrested after swimming naked in dangerous shark tank facing court case A 37-year-old British Columbia man accused of jumping into a shark tank at a Toronto aquarium and taking a swim completely nude had his court case put over until Friday.

The man made a brief court appearance at the Old City Hall courthouse on Thursday wearing a red and black striped hoodie and grey sweatpants.

Police said the man was arrested in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Tuesday after being on the run for several days following the stunt which was caught on video and posted on social media.

37-year-old David Weaver, the man alleged to have swam with the sharks at Ripleys aquarium and charged in alleged assault at Medieval Times, back in court tomorrow for bail hearing. Case adjourned a few mins after he appeared at Old City hall this morning

Authorities said they received a call around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 of a man exposing himself at the Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in downtown Toronto.

Video of the incident showed a man swimming in the water and doing a backflip before leaving the premises.

Just hours before, police alleged the suspect attacked a 34-year-old man outside Medieval Times, a dinner theatre attraction at Exhibition Place, after being kicked out for being unruly.

The man has been identified as David Weaver of Nelson, B.C. He has been charged with assault causing bodily harm, mischief under $5,000 and mischief interfering with property.

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3 hydro poles vandalized in Port Coquitlam “These poles were actually carrying three high-voltage lines that each carry about 12,000 volts,” said Scott.

Power was knocked out to 4,500 customers, but it was restored around 8 a.m. PT. Repairs involved replacing the damaged poles and connecting the power lines, but Hydro’s main concern is the danger it imposed.

“They really could have hurt somebody or killed somebody.” Scott said.

RCMP are investigating.

An act of vandalism to some BC Hydro power poles in Port Coquitlam has the utility company concerned.

Spokesperson Mora Scott says it happened around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.

“Three power poles along the railway tracks in Gates Park in Port Coquitlam were cut down or damaged with a chainsaw,” said Scott.

That resulted in fallen lines, and also an underground line that emerged on one of the poles was severed.

Pedestrian killed in collision on Marine Drive in Vancouver A pedestrian who was hit by a car Thursday morning on Marine Drive in south Vancouver has died.

The man was crossing mid-block near Ross Street when he was struck by a sedan just after 6 a.m.

Police say he was rushed to hospital but later died.

The 43-year-old driver of the sedan is co-operating with investigators. He, his wife and their small child were taken to hospital for medical assessment.

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Pedestrian dies after collision in Vancouver Marine Drive has been closed between Fraser and Knight streets as police investigate. Anyone with information is asked to call police at (604) 717-3012.

The death fifth pedestrian

is Vancouver’s fatality of 2018.

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New West police ticket more than 60 commercial vehicles NWPD Sgt. Jeff Scott.

New Westminster police handed out more than 60 violation tickets during a three day traffic safety blitz.

Inspectors checked 314 commercial vehicles between Oct. 2 and Oct. 9.

“Officers observed a number of different issues, ranging from minor things that could be repaired on site to major issues, which required the vehicle to be towed,” said

Scott says officers mostly targeted light vehicles like cargo vans and pickup trucks.

The inspections covered everything from driver fatigue to tires and and brakes.

More than $19,000 in fines and $12,800 in bylaw tickets were issued.

Earthquake early-warning sensors installed off the coast of BC An earthquake early-warning system tested off British Columbia’s coast could give residents anywhere from 20 seconds to two minutes to prepare before a quake.

The first-of-its kind warning sensors developed by Ocean Networks Canada is installed along the Cascadia subduction zone and when fully operating next March will be able to estimate location and magnitude of a megathrust earthquake.

Great British Columbia ShakeOut earthquake drill reminder Greig Bethel of Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of the University of Victoria, says the system is active even as more sensors are being installed in the area to increase accuracy.

A simulated exercise was conducted Thursday in Vancouver on the 19-kilometre Canada Line stretch of the SkyTrain system, giving transit operators a chance to slow down trains and hold them at stations.

British Columbia is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an active seismic zone where thousands of mostly small earthquakes are recorded annually by sensors in the province.

Most of the quakes happen near the Cascadia subduction zone, an area where the Juan de Fuca and North American tectonic plates converge, stretching from Vancouver Island to northern California.

“Ocean Networks Canada’s earthquake early-warning technology promises a new era of earthquake preparedness that

will enhance the safety of both riders and workers on the Canada Line,” says Canada Line general manager Ron Powell.

A news release from the network says to maximize warning time, it will focus on setting sensors as close to the Cascadia subduction zone as possible and on minimizing delays in data processing, communication, and delivery of warnings.

Earth still moving in Old Fort, B.C., but not above homes: geologists Global Positioning System receivers will also be located with the seismic sensors to further refine the magnitude.

Earthquakes release energy that travels through the Earth as seismic waves in two forms — secondary and primary waves.

The primary waves travel faster but the secondary waves are the cause of severe damage and ground shaking.

However, the sensors would detect primary waves to deliver alerts before the arrival of the secondary waves.

“The detection of an earthquake by many sensors can provide rapid estimates of the location and magnitude of an earthquake as it occurs,” the release says.

“This information can be used to determine the estimated arrival time and intensity of ground shaking at specific locations across a region, allowing protective actions to take place before the shaking hits.”

RCMP was pressured to keep attempted extradition of BC honour killing suspects a secret RCMP was under pressure to keep secret the federal government’s attempts to extradite two BC residents to India where they are suspects in an alleged honour killing, according to court records.

RCMP officers received instructions to keep prisoners Surjit Singh Badesha and Malkit Kaur Sidhu “out of (public) view” and to bar them from making any calls as they were whisked from Vancouver to Toronto.

One senior RCMP member remarked to colleagues that the clandestine operation, dubbed Project Sidesaddle, made her “a bit nervous as the hours tick by.”

The pair’s lawyers — who succeeded at the last minute in halting their removal from Canada — say the internal RCMP communications, filed recently in the B.C. Court of Appeal, support their argument that Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s justice minister, ignored due process and that the pair’s surrender order should be stayed.

“The minister’s actions demonstrate a complete disregard for the due process of law and an intention on the part of the minister to obstruct justice,” claim the filings.

Canada worked with India in attempt to ‘secretly’ extradite honour killing suspects: defence lawyers Extradition of B.C. mother, uncle for alleged honour killing halted by last-minute ruling Suspected ‘honour killing’ victim sought help from the RCMP two months before her death, court hears On Wednesday a justice department spokesman referred the National Post to responses filed this week by the department’s lawyers stating that any further delays in extraditing the pair would have tarnished the integrity of the justice system and Canada’s international reputation.

“Conveying Mr. Badesha and Ms. Sidhu to India immediately to stand trial for a brutal and notorious killing of a family member is not an abuse of process,” they wrote.

A stay in proceedings is an extraordinary remedy to be granted only in the clearest of cases, they continued. “This is not that case.”

Police in India theorize Badesha and his sister, Sidhu, both Canadian citizens, ordered the killing of Sidhu’s daughter, Jaswinder (“Jassi”) Kaur Sidhu, of Maple Ridge, B.C., after she secretly married Sukhwinder Singh Sidhu, a rickshaw driver, instead of a wealthier man who had been chosen for her.

Men armed with hockey sticks and a sword attacked the couple in 2000 in the Punjab region of India. Jaswinder Sidhu’s body was found on the bank of a canal the next day, her throat slit. Her husband was badly beaten.

A B.C. judge approved the extradition of her mother and uncle to India in 2014, but the decision was overturned on appeal. On Sept. 8, 2017, a unanimous Supreme Court of Canada ruled the extradition could proceed, citing assurances the federal government had received that the pair would not be mistreated.

DOJ still wants us to keep it hush Prior to that decision, lawyers for the suspects forwarded to the justice department information they claimed was fresh evidence of mistreatment and torture of prisoners in India.

But the minister believed the new evidence was “weak, irrelevant and a reformulation of submissions p r e v i o u s l y c o n s i d e r e d ,” court filings state.

On Sept. 20, 2017, Badesha and Sidhu were escorted out of jail and flown to Toronto.

Heavily redacted RCMP emails, BlackBerry messages and handwritten notes reveal the government was keen to remove Badesha and Sidhu swiftly and discreetly as news of their possible transfer had already been “leaked” to media in India.

On Sept. 13, RCMP Staff Sgt. Laura Livingstone sent a text on her BlackBerry: “I heard from DOJ. … They continue to be panicked about leaking.”

Two days later, she sent an email to her colleagues: “DOJ still wants us to keep it hush; although, I have a feeling a lot of people in India are aware! But, we’ll keep up our end.”

On Sept. 19, 2017, RCMP Sgt. Troy Mechan emailed colleagues to say the transfer needed to be “as seamless and discreet as possible.”

“This is a high profile extradition with significant political pressures from many interested parties. The more we can keep our two prisoners out of view from the general public, in secure areas and avoiding/bypassing security the better.”

Jaswinder “Jassi” Sidhu and her husband, Sukhwinder Singh Sidhu Family photo The next morning, Sept. 20, Mechan advised officers escorting the pair: “Ottawa wanted me to remind the pick up/transport team that no phone calls are permitted by the prisoners.”

Lawyers for the suspects learned that day through “family members, rumours and online publications” that they might be on their way to India and sought clarification from Ottawa.

Mechan got a call from Janet Henchey, director general and senior general counsel at Justice Canada.

“Counsel for Sidhu and Badesha asking to speak to police re: well being of clients.

Not given notification of removal from institutions,” the sergeant’s notes say.

“Advised not to answer my phone from 604.”

A short time later, Mechan advised the team escorting Badesha and Sidhu to Toronto “not to answer calls when they land.”

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Threats to 2019 federal election are increasing ‘faster than we expected,’

Cyber threats to Canada’s federal election in 2019 are coming fast and furious, surprising even the intelligence agency tasked with monitoring and combating the issue, and politicians and political parties are the target, a House of Commons committee heard on Thursday.

CSE, Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency, said the threats include “social media botnet amplification” and the use of social media by adversaries to reach their audience.

Botnet amplification involves using dummy accounts on social media to amplify a specific message or user.

“There are more threats and in fact, the

velocity of these threats is increasing faster than we expected,” said André Boucher, the assistant deputy minister of operations at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, which is overseen by the CSE. Last week, Facebook deleted more than 800 political pages that were breaking anti-spamming rules on the platform as governments and tech firms try to get a handle on misinformation campaigns being waged on the web.

The main threat isn’t to the systems that run the country’s elections, like voting machines

North Vancouver trustee files complaint alleging a colleague sexually harassed her At the final North Vancouver school board meeting before Saturday’s elections, fourterm trustee Susan Skinner filed a formal complaint alleging she has endured sexual harassment from a district colleague.

“This is hard. It takes a lot of courage and I mean no ill will,” Skinner said at the end of Tuesday night’s meeting. “Prior to the meeting this evening, I did provide my report on the sexual harassment perpetrated against me.”

Skinner identified her alleged harasser at the meeting, but media is not naming the person or the details of her allegations because they have not been proved and could influence the North Vancouver school board election.

Skinner said later that she felt compelled

to file the report because she has been the victim of a “smear campaign” as other candidates have raised the issue of her spotty attendance record during the election campaign.

She said it is the sexual harassment from the one colleague that has kept her from meetings.

Records show she attended in person just two of the 22 public board meetings in the past two years, although she said she participated through conference calls in many of the meetings she missed and she attended more than half of the board’s private meetings.

Skinner said her attendance will improve over the next four years should she be re-elected.

“These (attendance) allegations are affecting my credibility,” she said.

Vancouver returns city-owned land to Musqueam Vancouver politicians and Musqueam First Nation leaders attended a ceremony Tuesday to mark the city’s return of land once used as a burial site for the First Nation.

The city-owned land in South Vancouver, near the Arthur Laing Bridge, is part of an ancient Indigenous site containing remains of Musqueam ancestors and the so-called Marpole Midden.

“It’s land of ours that’s being returned to the rightful owners,” Grant-John told On The Coast host Gloria Macarenko. “We should all really cherish what’s there because it’s the history of who we are as Vancouver people.”

Grant-John said the site could yield a bounty of artifacts — “The belongings of our people,” she put it — and illuminate Musqueam ways of life at the village.

Located at 8902 Milton Street, the donated land is currently home to a parking lot. It is adjacent to the where the Fraser Arms Hotel used to operate. According to a statement, the hotel was purchased by Musqueam in 1991.

The land, a June city staff report notes, includes the 1,500-to-2,900-year-old remains of a Musqueam house site. It was designated as a National Historic Site by Canada in 1933 as one of the largest precontact middens in Western Canada.

The land at 8902 Milton Street, a city-owned parcel that was donated to Musqueam First Nation.

“It really tells the story of who Musqueam are at the the mouth of the Fraser River,” Grant-John said.

The estimated value of the land, the city and First Nation said Tuesday, is $2.3 million.

and Elections Canada voter lists, but to the politicians themselves. A 2017 report by CSE warned that, because Canadian elections are conducted by paper ballot, political parties and the media are more vulnerable to cyber threats.

“I have every confidence that voter lists will be adequately protected by the measures and technology in place. It’s enough, we

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believe,” said Boucher. “I’m fully confident Canadians can trust their electoral systems.”

At the hearing, Boucher warned that both state actors and contractors hired by nation states are responsible for the activity the agency is seeing. Although no specific countries were named, former FBI director James Comey warned Canadians to be wary of Russian President Vladimir Putin and “his thugocracy.”

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BC Ferries finally launch debit payment option There may have been billions of debit transactions in Canada last year but not a single one took place on a BC Ferries vessel.

That’s because, despite its popularity and pervasiveness, debit has never been offered on board because the company never had the technology needed to make it work.

Until today when longtime debitfrustrated passengers were both shocked and delighted to find the payment option had quietly launched aboard the Spirit of BC on the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route.

The unknown person behind the parody Twitter account, BC Ferrys, captured the prevailing sentiment, posting a photo of a debit console with the caption “WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?” Another tweeter welcomed BC Ferries to 1993, while another mused about what constituted the biggest news story of the day: the arrival of legal weed in Canada or the arrival of debit on BC Ferries.

Lack of ferry capacity has Bowen Island kids missing school, dad says BC Ferries spokesman said debit was a no-

go in the past because the there was no way to secure reliable, real time connectivity through Active Pass in the southern Gulf Islands.

“We’re pretty sure we’ve cracked that nut so it’s time for a trial.” said BC Ferries public affairs manager Darin Guenette.

Guenette says credit cards were never a problem on board because they allow for the storage and delayed transmission of purchase i n for m at i on , something debit cards do not.

The debit trial will start in earnest t o m o r r o w, Oct 18, on all five vessels sailing the Tsawwassen to Swartz Bay route.

BC Ferries has plans to expand the service to the larger vessels sailing between the mainland and Vancouver Island on other routes, and to walk-on passenger ticket sales, where it’s currently not available.

“We’ve heard for years that [debit] seems like a no-brainer and now we’ve got it,” said Guenette. “We’re pretty confident that this will be successful, but we’ll have to assess it.”

Couple charged after they fed Timbit sweet to bears Two people have The pair are been charged after BC due to appear Conservation Officer in a Fort Nelson Service says they posted court next month. photos of themselves A photo tweeted on social media hand by the service shows feeding Timbits and what Harris says is a hot dogs to bears. young grizzly being Conservation officer hand fed a timbit.

Sam Harris says it’s Harris says alleged the man and someone tipped woman were feeding the service to the bears from their vehicle A photo tweeted by the service shows young photos posted on as they drove along grizzly being fed timbit sweet. social media, which the Alaska Highway. led to the charge.

He says the charge under the Wildlife “Our big concern with people feeding Act says a person must not intentionally bears is that once a bear becomes habituated feed or attempt to feed dangerous wildlife. to people and he starts associating people And the fattest bear in Alaska with food, then they become a danger to the is ... this rotund mother bear public,” he said in an interview Wednesday.

Navratri celeberations at Surrey’s Ram Temple

Devotees at Surrey’s Ram Temple on Thursday night during Navratri celeberations.

Vancouver voters to decide on $300 million in spending at ballot-box In addition to electing the next city council, park board and school board on Oct. 20, Vancouver voters will be asked at the ballot box if they approve of the city borrowing $300 million for upcoming capital projects.

10 mayoral campaigns to watch in Metro Vancouver as election race enters final days The three questions have to do with the city’s plans for capital spending over the next four years.

Patrice Impey, chief financial officer for the City of Vancouver, says it’s fairly common to have capital plan questions on the ballot as part of the city’s four-year financial planning cycle.

According to the Vancouver Charter that governs the city, she said, the city must get approval from voters to take on debt for projects outside of water, sewer, and district energy systems.

“We aligned the capital plan signing so that when the civic election comes forward, voters can also cast [their vote] while they’re electing mayor and council, they’ll also be able to approve the non-utility related spending,” Impey said.

Debt to be used for variety of projects The debt — about $300 million in total — is a small portion of the overall plan, she said, and less than 20 per cent of the plan.

“We also have capital reserves and other revenues that fund the rest of the plan,” she said.

The borrowed money will be used for maintenance, reconstruction and enhancement of sidewalks, greenways, and cycle routes, and repairs and structural work on the Granville Bridge.

It will also be used for maintaining community facilities and civic centres, which include community centres, pools, rinks, libraries, childcare centres, cultural facilities, social facilities, housing, fire halls, police buildings, administrative facilities, and service yards.

Some of the money will go to the replacement, renewal or rehabilitation of existing community facilities, including MarpoleOakridge Community Centre, Marpole Library, and the City Archives, among others.

VPD ordered to co-operate with BC police watchdog probe British Columbia’s police watchdog says a court has backed its investigation into a fatal shooting by police two years ago.

The Independent Investigations Office says it petitioned the B.C. Supreme Court to get the full co-operation of seven police officers in its investigation of the shooting of a man at a Canadian Tire store in November 2016.

Chief civilian director Ron MacDonald says the court “strongly reaffirmed” his office’s position and the importance of the civilian oversight of policing.

The investigations office says the court ruled the officers can’t withhold co-operation based on assertions that times proposed for interviews inconveniences them.

The petition said the seven officers will not speak to independent investigators without first reviewing videos of the shooting, though the office has rejected the request, saying the videos could distort their memories.

Theinvestigationsofficesaysinanewsrelease that the court’s finding requires the witness officers to attend interviews at its direction.

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Father of ‘Jihadi Jack’ accuses Andrew Scheer of lying about his son The parents of a young British-Canadian man accused of being a member of ISIS have written an open letter to members of Parliament challenging what they claim are “lies” about their son being repeated by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer.

The letter was circulated Thursday by John Letts, the Canadian-born father of Jack Letts — known to the British news media as “Jihadi Jack.” Jack Letts is one of several Canadians being held by Kurdish authorities in Syria following the collapse of the Islamic State last year. The Canadian government has been trying to negotiate his release from a prison where he is being held alongside hardened ISIS fighters. Simply repeating a lie four times does not make it true.

- John Letts, father of Jack Letts, in an open letter to MPs In the House of Commons this week, Scheer attacked the Liberal government for helping Letts and considering his appeal to come to this country. “British terrorist Jihadi Jack, a U.K. citizen, who may or may not have ever set foot in Canada, reportedly received help from a government representative,” the Conservative leader said, leading off question period on Tuesday. “The Liberals proactively reached out to him to help him come to Canada. Why?” In his letter to MPs, John Letts pushed back against Scheer’s comments, saying he believes his son is innocent and pointing out that Canada and the U.K. have not laid charges against him.

Feds to announce plan to pardon Canadians convicted of simple possession of pot The federal government will announce on Wednesday morning that it intends to proceed with a plan to grant pardons to Canadians who have past simple possession charges.

Sources have confirmed to CTV News that the government intends to issue pardons, and not record expungements or amnesty, for cases of possession of 30 grams or less, as that will be legal as the new recreational legalization regime comes into force at midnight tonight.

At a joint press conference at 9:15 a.m. in Ottawa Wednesday, the main ministers involved on the cannabis file -- Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, Health Minister Ginette

Petitpas Taylor, and Border Security and Organized Crime Minister Bill Blair -- will speak with reporters about the way forward on this in broad terms, and about other issues as legalization rolls out across Canada.

The pardons won’t be granted immediately, but ministers are expected to outline options that could be used to facilitate the pardon process, and potential ways to expedite the sometimes protracted endeavor.

One option could be an application-based approach, where people would have to fill out a form to qualify.

Asked about pardons on the Hill earlier on Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “we’re going to be working on that as I’ve said, as soon as the day of legalization comes into force.”

NDP MP Murray Rankin tabled a private member’s bill earlier this month that pushed for the expungement of records of anyone who carries a criminal record for past minor, non-violent pot possession convictions. By

Hudson’s Bay removes ‘Make Canada Great Again’ hat from website amid backlash Hudson’s Bay Company is no longer selling a baseball cap featuring the phrase “Make Canada Great Again” following online backlash. The retailer wouldn’t comment on their rationale for selling the hat, which featured a Canadian version of U.S. President Donald Trump’s politically loaded “Make America Great Again” slogan, but a company representative confirmed to

HuffPost Canada that they are no longer selling it. “It was never our intention to offend and we have removed this product from our assortment,” the company said in an emailed statement.

A woman holds a Hudson’s Bay shopping bag in front of the Hudson’s Bay Company flagship department store in Toronto.

Twitter users noticed the hat, made by Los Angeles Trading Company, for sale on Tuesday, and many contacted the company to express disapproval.

The hat appeared to have already sold out online when Hudson’s Bay made the announcement. The company didn’t say whether it had also been available in stores.

“Make Canada Great Again” is a direct reference to Trump’s campaign slogan.

Variations on Trump’s “Make America Great Again” have been used by a variety of farright groups all over the world, including Canada’s Rebel Media, which also sells “Make Canada Great Again” hats.

The Bay still sells other items by Los Angeles Trading Company, the American line that made the hats. Many of their other products carry slogans, but none are overtly political — they sell mugs that say “Life is better when you have the right hairdresser” and hats that say, “I’m freaking fabulous.”

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Police investigate stolen container of expensive bikes Police in Delta are investigating the theft of a large shipping container of highend bikes worth up to $800,000, and say some of them have surfaced in Ontario.

Police say in a release that boxes of the unassembled 2019 models of Rocky Mountain bikes arrived in Delta on September 24 but the container was removed that evening by a semitruck that is believed to have been stolen from nearby Richmond.

Police say in a release that boxes of the unassembled 2019 models of Rocky Mountain bikes arrived in Delta, B.C., in September, but the container was removed that evening by a semitruck that is believed

to have been stolen from nearby Richmond.

Delta Police Department says the 160 bikes retail for between $3,000 to $6,000 each and include the Slayer Carbon 50, Altitude Powerplay, Pipeline and Altitude models.

They were supposed to be sent to various dealers across Canada before they disappeared.

Police say the empty container was found abandoned at the side of a highway the next day.

The department says it did not immediately alert the public because it was pursuing a variety of leads but now some of the bikes have recently started showing up in Ontario.

UN drugs board slams Canada cannabis legalization The Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said, “The legalization

by Canada of cannabis for non-medical purposes is incompatible with the legal obligations incumbent on states parties under the international drug control framework.”

INCB President Viroj Sumyai also said the body is “deeply concerned about the public health impact of these policy choices on the health and welfare of Canadians, particularly youth.”

The organization also maintains that by moving forward with the legalization of cannabis for non-medical purposes in disregard of its legal obligations and diplomatic commitments, the government of Canada has contributed to weakening the international legal drug control framework and undermining the rules-based international order.

The board said it would remain engaged with the Canadian government and would examine the matter at its 123rd session scheduled to take place from 30 October to 16 November 2018.

While the UN drug board was unhappy, the opposite was true in Canada as jubilant customers stood in long lines outside shops.

Long lines of customers in cannabis shops

Newfoundland and Labrador were the first to sell cannabis.

Residents of the far-eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador were the first to be able to legally buy marijuana as shops opened at the stroke of midnight.

Ian Power and Nikki Rose were the first to make historic inaugural purchases. “It’s been my dream to be the first person to buy the first legal gram of cannabis in Canada, and here I finally am,” Power said, saying he wanted the stigma against marijuana to end.

The coming into force of the Cannabis Act makes Canada only the second nation after Uruguay to legalize the drug.

How well it goes could have an impact on Canada’s next election in 2019, and on whether other countries follow in its footsteps.

“When people start to see the consequences (of legalization) they will blame Trudeau’s failures for it,” opposition Tory leader Andrew Scheer commented.

Under the new regulations, Canadians who are at least 18 or 19 years old (soon to be 21 in Quebec) will be allowed to buy up to 30 grams (1.06 ounces) of cannabis, and grow up to four plants at home.

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Winnipeg police issue first cannabis ticket Pot only became legal on Wednesday, but Winnipeg police didn’t have to wait long to issue a ticket.

Police tweeted a photo of a $672 ticket for consuming cannabis in a motor vehicle, saying that the infraction occurred on early Wednesday morning.

Pot sells out online in Winnipeg, lineups grow outside stores.

The $672 fine is one of many

penalties Manitobans could face for disregarding the province’s new pot laws.

Fines are as low as $237 for transporting improperly stored cannabis, and as high as $2,542 for supplying cannabis to someone under 19.

Y o u n g adults more likely to crash their cars up to 5 hours after smoking pot: CAA Manitoba

Man punches cougar to save his dog in Red Dear Will Gibb says he didn’t realize it was a cougar that had caught his beloved pet husky by the neck until after he pummelled the wild animal in the head.

“I wasn’t really analyzing it too much at the time,” Gibb said. “All that was going through my mind is that I had to protect my dog.

“It was just very instinctual.

My dogs are like my children.”

The Red Deer man was meeting a friend for coffee at the Whitecourt Tim Hortons on Dec. 26, when he let his two dogs Sasha and Mongo out into the parking lot for a short run.

Within seconds, he said he heard Sasha, the female of the pair, start yelping.

A cougar had emerged from the woods nearby and pounced, he said.

“She (Sasha) was crying out in pain and distress so I went running,” said Gibb, a 31-year-old technician. “And I saw something wrapped around her so I ran up and punched it in the side of the head.

“At that point I realized it was a cougar.”

Gibb said he charged into the woods after the cougar but turned around to tend to his injured dog, which was whimpering and bleeding on the pavement.

‘It was pawing at me and I was throwing punches’ “I was swinging but I looked back and I saw that Sasha was on the ground kind of twitching,” Gibb recalled. “So I went back and tried to scoop her up with my left arm.”

But the dog, alarmed from the attack, latched onto Gibb’s hand and started biting, just as the cougar re-emerged from the woods and charged a second time.

In all the excitement, Sasha bit his left hand, something Gibb suggests was because the dog may have been “thinking I was the cougar.”

He added: “She was fighting for her life, and I was trying to keep the cougar at bay with my right, and it was pawing at me and I was throwing punches at it.”

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Most BC dealerships don’t have any electric vehicles - report A recent study by Clean Energy Canada has found there aren’t enough electric vehicles in B.C. to keep up with demand.

The shortage has led to buyers waiting up to 18 months for their new cars to arrive, according to the study.

“Only 40 per cent of dealerships had even just a single electric vehicle on the lot,” said Clean Energy Canada policy director Dan Woynillowicz.

Myths about electric vehicles scaring off buyers, says BC Hydro He says the government has done a good job promoting electric vehicles to British Columbians, but that “when it actually comes time to finding a dealership that

has one available, it’s pretty challenging.”

The report looked at 292 dealerships across the province. Of them, only 40 per cent had electric vehicles on their lot.

The Lower Mainland led in the number of lots with available electric vehicles at 54 per cent, while Northern B.C. had the lowest numbers at only seven per cent.

“Consumers need to have the choice and ability to go to a dealership and drive away with the electric car of their choice,” said Woynillowicz.

In the Lower Mainland, most dealerships stated it would take a few months to a year to receive a new electric vehicle, according to the study.

Housing stress test disproportionately harms young homebuyers: mortgage industry A recently toughened stress test is making it more difficult for young people and newcomers to the country to buy homes, Canadian mortgage industry leaders say.

The stress test requirement came into effect in January. Anyone taking out an uninsured mortgage must be able to prove that they could continue to make their payments if their interest rate rose by two per cent, or to two per cent more than the Bank of Canada’s five-year benchmark rate.

Real estate analysts warned before the change came into effect that the test could push some prospective homebuyers out of the market.

According to the Canadian Real Estate Association, home sale levels hit a threeyear low in January, as sale volume saw its biggest month-overmonth drop since the 2008 recession.

Residential real estate activity remained slow into the spring before rebounding somewhat in the summer.

The latest data, which was released Monday, showed a slight monthover-month decline in September.

“The government’s recent policies stifled the hopes of aspiring homeowners,” Mark Kerzner, Mortgage Professionals Canada board member, said Tuesday at a press conference.

Kerzner said the stress test has likely been a large factor in a housing sales slump seen across most of the country this year. He said he had heard of complaints from people who want to buy houses but no longer qualify for financing and people who want to sell their houses and are receiving less interest than they expected.

The Mortgage Professionals Canada industry group took its case to Parliament Hill on Tuesday, meeting with MPs and talking to reporters about an issue that they say disproportionately affects

single parents, millennials and people who have recently arrived in the country.

“Our members have seen, firsthand, a significant portion of aspiring Canadians who have been pushed out of the market,” Kerzner said.

The slowdown has also apparently had a knock-on effect on the rental market. With young Canadians needing more time to save up for a house,Kerzner said, they are staying longer in rental stock – pushing vacancy rates down and rental prices up.

“I would suggest that the Liberals are acutely aware that millennials are a large voting demographic … and individuals whose interest they are looking to protect long-term,” Mortgage Professionals Canada president Paul Taylor told reporters.

Taylor questioned the need for the government to guard against the risk of homebuyers defaulting on their mortgages, saying fewer than 25 out of every 10,000 mortgagees in Canada are behind on their payments.

Mortgage Professionals Canada has made several recommendations on the issue to the federal government, including lowering the stress test threshold to 0.75 per cent above the contracted mortgage rate and giving municipalities interest-free loans to prepare new residential lands for development.

Mortgage Professionals Canada also wants the government to create an exemption to the stress test for previously qualified mortgage holders who want to switch banks at the end of their term. People looking to renew a mortgage with the same bank are already exempt.

Conversations with federal officials have suggested that the govt is “considering various options” to address housing affordability, Taylor said.

Two more Canadian LNG projects inching towards construction Two more liquefied natural gas export projects are poised to proceed in Canada over the next six months, setting up what analysts call “a dream scenario” after years of delays. Both Pieridae Energy Ltd.’s $10-billion Goldboro LNG project in Nova Scotia and Woodfibre LNG’s $1.6-billion project in British Columbia are nearing the finish line in a tight race to be the second LNG project sanctioned in Canada after Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its partners approved the $40-billion LNG Canada mega project on the West Coast earlier this month. Pieridae expects to receive its construction permits in Nova Scotia this week and close its merger with Calgarybased natural gas producer Ikkumma Resources Corp. in mid- to late-November, “with our view that we will make our FID shortly after that,” president and CEO Alfred Sorensen told the Financial Post.

‘First of many’: $40B LNG Canada signals revival of mega projects Natural gas sector poised for big boost if LNG Canada moves ahead The project would mark the first LNG project on Canada’s East Coast and, if built, allow Western Canadian natural gas production to be exported

to Europe. Sorensen said the company is currently negotiating a pipeline agreement with TransCanada Corp. to use its existing network, which would need to be expanded.

Woodfibre LNG is nearing a decision that would make it the second LNG project in British Columbia. “We’re looking for a notice to proceed to construction in Q1 (of 2019),” company president David Keane said.

Keane said the company is currently working to finalize an impact-benefits agreement with the Squamish First Nation, looking at ways to reduce the project’s costs and seeking relief on antidumping tariffs for fabricated industrial components imported from Asia.

“The federal government has been clear that if you get to a position where you need to make a final investment decision and (tariffs are) the last remaining issue, then they would be willing to take a serious look at it, but they would prefer you exercise all other options, which everybody is doing,” Keane said.The company is awaiting a decision on the tariffs from the Federal Court of Appeal.

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Surrey mayoral candidates have their say on violence, LRT and growth a targeted shooting. Last week, the killing of a known gangster close to an elementary school in Surrey prompted strong reactions from several mayoral candidates. Traffic and transit also remain major issues in the province’s fastest-growing city.

Last month, the federal government formally announced funding for the Surrey-Newton-Guildford LRT project, the province’s first light rail transit system aimed at providing services in areas of Surrey not connected by SkyTrain.

Following the announcement, there was plenty of discussion about whether the money for the LRT would have been better spent elsewhere. The mayoral candidates’ views on violence in the city, transit and transportation, population growth, and any other issue they believe to be important.

The responses from the candidates who replied are posted below, unedited. It is also important those who are running but did not respond to the questions before deadline.

It has taken us 10 years to secure funding for transit in Surrey. We haven’t added any major investment in transit for more than 30 years. Now, we’re ready to get to work building the first phase of our LRT line.

SkyTrain is great for connecting cities, but LRT is the best system for connecting our neighbourhoods and that’s what we need in Surrey. LRT will make it faster and easier for all of us to get around our city and it’s less expensive and faster to build than SkyTrain. There’s a reason that LRT is used in more than 300 major cities around the world — it works. I want to see 150 km of LRT built over the next 20-30 years so that getting around Surrey is fast and easy.

The federal and provincial governments have come to the table with secured funding for LRT, not SkyTrain. If we turn that money down, we’ll be at the end of the line for another 10 years. We’re about to become the largest city in the province and transit needs to be a big part of our future.

I’m committed to getting on with transit

Surrey Mayoral Candidates in pre-election dialouge and debate in Surrey last week.

Candidates were asked to answer each question in less than 100 words.

Tom Gill – Surrey First 1) Gang violence has long been a contentious issue plaguing Surrey — and it is arguably the biggest issue in this municipal election. What will you do to combat the growing epidemic of gang violence plaguing the province’s fastest growing city? How does Surrey’s police force play a role in this plan?

Keeping Surrey safe is my number one priority. Surrey is a safe city, but you only need a single shot fired to shatter that sense of safety. I’m committed to a plan that adds 125 police officers, pushes for a handgun ban, creates our first Surrey Police Board, letting voters decide if we should have our own police force and adding more programs to help keep kids out of gangs.

Our five-year $50 million plan includes prevention, enforcement and intervention.

For instance, more police is only part of the answer. We’ve already added police and have not seen a major shift in response times. I want to make sure we’re using our police resources properly, and I want more local authority and control of policing.

We’re also going to give children and teens in our city free access to our pools, rinks and gyms to help keep them busy and out of the reach of gang recruiters who are targeting kids as young as 10. And we’re going to give parents a 1-800 number to call so they can learn about programs and services if they think their kids are heading in the wrong direction. Most parents wouldn’t know who to call if they thought their kids were getting into trouble. This central hub will be a great resource for parents. Tackling guns and gang violence means taking gangs head on, but it also means making sure our kids are not headed into the gang lifestyle. Our plan does both. 2)Transit and transportation infrastructure is another flashpoint in this election — and the $1.65-billion LRT project is a contentious issue. How will you address this issue, as mayor?

construction and when you look at the best system to help connect and build our neighbourhoods it’s definitely LRT. Both of my opponents campaigned for LRT and now they are suddenly turning it into a political football and jeopardizing transit in Surrey. 3) In the next 30 years, Surrey is expected to see its population grow by 300,000 people — and the city is already facing a growing housing affordability and supply crisis. What will you do to make living in Surrey attainable and affordable for its residents? For our Surrey First team, this election is all about families and keeping Surrey a great place for families to live, work and play. The key to affordability is supply and that has been our focus here in Surrey. We want to ensure that we have a strong mix of housing options in our city. For instance, in city centre we’re looking at 65,000 people living in a high density neighbourhood and the creation of a real city centre, something we’ve never had until recently. Another element that will help make things easier for families is reducing the wait time for building and renovation permits. We need to move quicker at city hall to make getting a permit faster and easier for those kinds of projects. The addition of transit to our neighbourhoods will also go a long way to building and connecting neighbourhoods — and when it’s easy to get around, without needing your car, it adds to affordability.

Going forward I want to make sure we’re delivering smart development that provides plenty of housing options and prices. Another key is making sure we have the amenities that go along with growth.

Surrey has made record investments in parks, rinks and pools, all of which are first class. More are on the way and I want to make sure that we’ve included these sorts of amenities and schools as part of the mix. I want amenities, transit and transportation to keep pace as we plan and approve any future developments.

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RSS chief calls for laws to build Ram temple Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday unambiguously urged the Narendra Modi government to bring in a law to ensure the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. “It is in nobody’s interest to test society’s patience without reason. Building the temple is necessary for self-esteem; it will also pave the way for an atmosphere of goodwill and oneness,” Bhagwat said in his annual Vijaya Dashami speech in Nagpur. “This matter of national interest is being obstructed by some fundamentalist elements and forces that play communal politics for selfish gains.

Despite such machinations, the decision on the ownership of the land should be

speeded up, and the government should clear the way for the construction of the grand temple through an appropriate law.” Bhagwat had in the past too insisted that the temple be built without delay, but he had so far desisted from asking the government to take the legislative route to overcome the hurdles. The land dispute is before the Supreme Court. At his threeday series of lectures at Vigyan Bhavan last month, Bhagwat had said: “As a Sangh worker, head of the Sangh and as a part of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, I want a grand Ram temple constructed at the earliest at his birthplace.” He had added: “It should have happened by now. But it is better to find a solution through dialogue.

16-year-old girl denied admission to school because she is a rape victim A private school in North Indian state allegedly denied school admission to one 16-year-old girl because she was gang-raped in a boarding school recently, the rape survivor’s lawyer said, demanding cancellation of the school’s CBSE affiliation. Advocate Aruna Negi Chauhan wrote a letter on behalf of the minor’s parents to the chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and state education minister Arvind Pandey, urging them to take “strict legal action” against the school. “Her parents tried to get her admission into many private schools of the city, but they all refused. While the other schools did not give the parents any explanation, one private school categorically told them that they cannot give admission to

her as she is a rape victim,” Chauhan said.

The girl had been allegedly gang raped by four students of her former boarding school on August 14. Although she had informed school authorities, they tried to hush it up.

The matter came to light in September, when the girl thought she was pregnant and informed her elder sister, following which Dehradun’s senior superintendent of police (SSP) Nivedita Kukreti was tipped off.

The four boys were taken into custody and the boarding school’s director, principal, administration officer, his wife and hostel caretaker were also arrested for alleged destruction of evidence and trying to hush up the matter.

Shiv Sena to go it alone in 2019 - Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday reiterated that his party would go it alone in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections which are likely to be held early next year.

Addressing the party’s 52nd Dussera rally at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park this evening, Thackeray asked Shiv Sena workers to begin working in every constituency in Maharashtra. “There are many reports that will enter into an alliance for next Lok Sabha elections... We plan to contest the next elections on our own,” Thackeray said to a packed audience.

Indicating that the Shiv Sena would adopt an even more hardline version of Hindutva than the BJP, Thackeray said he would be visiting Ayodhya on November 25 with his party workers. “You had enough time to visit America, China, Japan and other countries but you could not visit Ayodhya in the last four years,” Thackeray taunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sarcastically calling Modi the 11th ‘avatar of Lord Vishnu’, as referred by BJP’s cadres in Maharashtra, Thackeray wondered why the Lord could not build a grand temple for Lord Ram despite getting an absolute

majority in parliament.

Thackeray also endorsed RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s speech earlier in the day at Nagpur where the latter demanded that the government issue an ordinance for the construction of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. “We fully agree with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat that the government should immediately begin construction of the Ram Mandir,” Thackeray said.

He further taunted Prime Minister Modi by saying the Shiv Sena was capable of building a temple in Ayodhya on its own. “Tell us if you cannot do it... tell us that your promise of a Ram Mandir was jumla and our Shiv Sainiks are fully capable of building a Ram Mandir at Ayodhya,” Thackeray said.

He went on to virtually call the prime minister a liar. “The country has become a volcano because of your lies. When the country erupts you will never be able to return to power,” Thackeray said while referring to soaring prices and crimes against women.

A stabilizing Indian economy driving M&A deals in India Today, a key priority for many business leaders is to look for growth opportunities that will help scale up their organization.

A plethora of growth drivers like advancements in technology and globalization, digital transformation, innovation, mergers and acquisitions (M&As), high cash flows, customer-centricity, agility and scalability of operations enable business expansion. While each of these are individually and collectively significant for bringing about the overall progress of an organization, M&As specifically, present several advantages. In the last couple of years, the Indian economy witnessed a bit of a turmoil due to the introduction of goods and services tax (GST) and demonetisation.

As a result, many companies in India weren’t open to M&As, with most of them looking for inward or organic growth. KPMG, in India’s CEO Outlook 2018 survey, indicates that there has been a considerable slowdown in the number of such transactions in the last couple

of years—a 10% decrease in the number of M&A deals in 2017. Overall, during this period, Indian CEOs have had a rather low appetite for M&As, with only 11% of them considering it a top priority. The phase is said to be “optic but not yet upbeat”, with firms in India still being cautious on variables like soaring oil prices and interest rates. However, 2018 is being looked at as the year when these deals will finally gain momentum. As per KPMG’s M&A Predictor Report, global appetite for M&As is projected to rise by 5%. Given that the quarter ended March 2018 was good, barring a few macro headwinds, both the Indian and global economy are on an uptake. Amid a stabilizing economic landscape in the last four to five months, CEOs in India are exuding confidence and interest in the M&A domain. Industries such as financial services, steel, automobile, cement and even real estate are doing quite well. Though the valuations are high, and organizations are not euphoric about big spends, when it comes to stressed assets,

India’s sleeping tech giants are about to awaken Perhaps Walmart’s $16 billion acquisition of India’s online shopping leader Flipkart this summer was the last straw. Soon after the massive deal was signed, journalists got a look at a draft proposal for a new e-commerce policy from the central government. Suddenly India seemed prepared to follow China’s playbook: Measures that appeared to be copied straight from Beijing included closing loopholes permitting foreign ownership and requiring firms to store Indian consumer data in country and make it accessible to the government. All this and more, the proposal asserted, is needed to “level the playing field,” “encourage domestic innovation,” and give India’s tech companies an opportunity to flourish. According to Kleiner Perkins’s 2018 report on internet trends, nine of the world’s top 20 tech companies are based in China. That country also boasts 76 “unicorns”—private companies, mostly in tech, with a valuation greater than $1 billion. India is home to just 14, most of them funded with U.S. and Chinese venture capital money that flowed into the country in

the wake of China’s tech boom. It has always been puzzling that India—a petri dish for both entrepreneurship and technology talent—never spawned its own consumer tech giant like Alibaba or Tencent. Many blame brain drain, as India’s top software developers often end up working—and driving tech growth—in the United States.

Others cite the appeal of traditional, less risky domestic paths to wealth creation.

Yet those same factors haven’t hampered China. Not surprisingly, then, observers increasingly point to India’s open market for consumer technology as the culprit. Indeed, the country is the largest market for both Facebook and Google; what would India’s consumer tech sector look like today if the government had insisted on homegrown solutions for social media and search a decade ago? Yet tech in India has already flourished in its own way. The country’s consumer tech unicorns may be limited to a handful of online shopping platforms and indigenous avatars of Grubhub, PayPal, and Uber. However, as the Indian economy continues to rise.

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Akal Takht Jathedar expresses desire to quit, citing poor health Amid demand of his removal, Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh on Thursday expressed his desire to quit.

In a statement written in Punjabi and issued through his personal assistant Satinderpal Singh late evening, the Jathedar cited health reasons and his advancing age which do not allow him to continue. He has asked the SGPC president and executive to find a better replacement and that he should be allowed to step down. Neither the Jathedar nor his PA was available for comment.

On the other hand, the SGPC’s secretary and spokesperson Diljit Singh Bedi said his resignation was not received as yet. “As and when we receive it, we will take the

move accordingly. At this juncture, we have no official intimation regarding it and no resignation has been received,” he said.

Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh faced severe criticism for pardoning Dera Sacha Sauda in blasphemy case in September 2015. Though he had revoked the exoneration, Gurbachan Singh had to face massive backlash from the community.

After the Justice Ranjit Singh commission report on sacrilege was tabled in Vidhan Sabha, the issue again took a centrestage as the report pointed towards the alleged role of Badals in persuading the Jathedar to pardon dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim.

One of three accused of assault case convicted A local court convicted gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in an eight-year-old case of assault.

However, his jail term was considered as undergone. There were two more accused in the case. While one of them was a juvenile the other, Deepak Rana, is a proclaimed o f f e n d e r .

The trio was booked for assaulting a Panchkula resident, Kamal Chaudhary.

On September 17, 2010, Chaudhary had complained to the police that he was going to Panchkula from Sector 15 on a bike. Around 5:30 pm, a black car blocked his way near the Sector 16/23 roundabout, forcing him to stop. Three boys came out of the car. They started abusing him and later thrashed him.

Two of the accused were armed with a slugger and a stick which they used to assault him. The three then escaped from the spot in the car while warning Chaudhary not to come to Chandigarh again if he wanted to stay alive.

Chaudhary approached the police, following

Special investigation team starts bribe investigation Two months after his name cropped up in a Rs 10-lakh bribe case, Inspector General Police Gurinder Singh Dhillon joined the probe. He visited the Chandigarh CBI office on Thursday, but did not stay there for long, it is learnt. The lone arrest in the case is an alleged middleman, Ashok Goyal, who was said to have accepted the money on behalf of Dhillon.

The then IGP, Ferozepur range, Dhillon, was transferred as the IG (Human Rights) in August, days after the case surfaced. A special investigation team (SIT), headed by Dhillon, is probing the 2012 patwari frameup case, in which ex-SSP Shiv Kumar Sharma and five other police officials are accused. In the complaint dated August 13, Sharma had accused Goyal of demanding a bribe of Rs 22 lakh on Dhillon’s behalf to settle the case.

Goyal was arrested on August 16 for accepting Rs 10 lakh on behalf of Ferozepur range IGP Gurinder Dhillon. It was also alleged that the bribe was being demanded from the complainant for diluting the case and for returning the seized documents and articles. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had directed the CBI against adoption of “any coercive method” against Dhillon.

Patwari frame-up case Patwari Mohan Singh demanded Rs 20 as government fee from the then, SSP Shiv Kumar Sharma, for mutation of land at Rurki village in Fatehgarh Sahib.

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Sikh-American Chamber of Commerce celebrating 7th annual gala in Jersey city More than 400 accomplished Sikh-American business members and professionals attended the Sikh American Chamber of Commerce’s 7th Annual Gala in Jersey City recently.

Every year, the SACC annual gala brings together top-notch speakers from the Sikh-American community who reflect on their personal and professional milestones to inspire and motivate others to succeed, a release issued by SACC said.

Speaking on the occasion, Gurbir Grewal, Attorney General of NJ, said, “In every position that I have held in the past and even as Attorney General now, I have attempted to promote understanding and acceptance through my service to show everyone through my work that Sikhs are a part of the fabric of this country (and) that we are doing our part to keep all of us in this country safe.”

Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla said, “Organisations like SACC have a growing

importance where businesses can come together to find meaningful value into their existence and join hands to positively affect peoples lives. It is great to see this platform nourishing the aspiring youth with innovative ideas from the role models in the community.”

Speaking at the event, Ravi Singh, CEO of Khalsa Aid International, stressed on the importance of Sikhs uniting for humanity and passed on his message on faith, hope and humanity.

SACC president Sunny Kaila said: “We are proud of the achievements of the already established Sikh-American community in the United States. The gala is not just a showcase of these triumphs but also a realisation of the fact that the road to success is filled with obstacles.

Next year gala will be held on September 21.”

The annual gala is the highlight event of the Sikh-American business community in the United States.

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US Senators ask India’s PM to rethink strict data localization plans Starting on October 15th, global payment giants such as Mastercard, Visa and AMEX would have to store transactions that occurred in India on servers physically located within the country. That’s the deadline the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave them, and it had already informed the firms that they’re not going to get an extension. Now, US Senators John Cornyn and Mark Warner have written a letter to India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the country to soften its stance on data localization. According to Reuters, the senators warned the Prime Minister that the directive would present “key trade barriers” between the two nations.

An Indian publication recently reported that at least 15 payment giants, including Visa and Mastercard, have yet to comply with RBI’s demands. Possibly because the central

banking institution’s directive would prevent them from saving data on offshore servers in addition to local ones. “We see [data localization] as a fundamental issue to the further development of digital trade and one that is crucial to our economic partnership,” the senators wrote. This is just one facet of India’s data localization plans: the government is also in the midst of developing a law that would require internet companies to store locally generated data on servers inside the country. That’s bound to have a huge impact on American businesses, including Apple, Amazon and Google, operating within the nation. The tech giants obviously aren’t thrilled, since it would force them to spend more money (and time) on setting up local servers. Further, that would make it easier for India’s government to spy on its citizens.

BJB gov’t names Allahabad as Priyag Raj An Indian city in a state led by a hardline Hindu nationalist preacher accused of instigating violence against Muslims has had its Muslim name changed to one with Hindu associations.

The state cabinet in Uttar Pradesh announced on Tuesday that it had approved the renaming of Allahabad as Prayagraj, which harks back to the city’s ancient appellation, Prayag, before it was changed by Mughalera rulers in the late 16th century. Prayag in Sanskrit means place for sacrifice, in reference to the Hindu belief that the creator of the universe, Brahma, made his first offering at the area in the city where the Ganges and Yamuna rivers meet. The Uttar Pradesh

health minister, Siddharth Nath Singh, told local media: “The city used to be known as Prayagraj since the beginning. To those who are opposing the decision, how would you feel if the name your parents gave you was to be changed?” The city, about 400 miles (650km) south-east of the Indian capital, Delhi, is the ancestral home of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, which has produced three Indian prime ministers, including the country’s first, Jawarharlal Nehru.

It is also the site of one of India’s Kumbh melas – mass Hindu pilgrimages that are considered to be among the world’s largest religious festivals.

The most recent was held in the city in 2013 and attended by an estimated 100 million worshippers.

SOUTH ASIA Maldives’ winning party seeks travel ban on former President Yameen The party of the incoming president of the Maldives has urged police to impose a travel ban on outgoing President Abdulla Yameen so he can face investigations in connection with graft cases that the party aims to launch.

Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won a surprise presidential election victory on Sept. 23 and Yameen is due to hand over power on Nov. 17, even though he had petitioned the Supreme Court challenging his election defeat.

Yameen said he was preparing to step down.

The chairman of Solih’s Maldives Democratic Party, Hassan Latheef, said Yameen would face inquiries related to the suspected misappropriation of funds at a state-owned agency that promotes the leasing of islands for resort development, in the first of several cases. “A travel ban against President Yameen must be instituted. There are several

cases pending investigation including cases of corruption,” he told reporters after filing a petition before the police. A police spokesman declined to comment, saying it was not the practice to say anything on such pending matters.

Yameen said in a speech on Wednesday he had done nothing wrong and had acted in the best interests of the country during his term as president.

The Maldives, a string of palm-fringed islands and atolls 325 miles (523 km) southwest of the southern tip of India, is best known as a luxury holiday destination. But the Muslim nation of less than half a million people has suffered a turbulent transition to democracy following the end of three decades of authoritarian rule in 2008. Its latest phase of turmoil began in February when Yameen imposed a state of emergency and several ministe

Sri Lanka reverses $300 million China housing deal prior to Prime Minister’s visit to India Sri Lanka has reversed a decision to award a $300-million housing deal to China in favour of a joint venture with an Indian company, the government said, ahead of a visit by the prime minister to its South Asian neighbour.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will meet his counterpart Narendra Modi on Saturday in New Delhi, the Indian capital, for talks. The two countries have long-standing ties, partly because of cultural and ethnic links with Tamils, many of whom live in the island’s north and east. In April, state-run China Railway Beijing Engineering Group Co Ltd won a tender worth more than $300

million to build 40,000 houses in Jaffna in Sri Lanka’s north, with China’s Exim bank to provide funding. But the project was halted after residents demanded brick houses, saying they preferred their traditional type of dwelling instead of the concrete structures the Chinese firm had planned. On Wednesday, government spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said the cabinet had approved a new proposal for 28,000 houses worth 35.8 billion rupees ($210 million) to be built by Indian firm ND Enterprises and two Sri Lankan firms in the north and east.

Afghan police chief killed in Kandahar attack Kandahar police chief was killed on Thursday in an attack following a security meeting with the US commander in the city, Afghan officials said. Two Americans also were wounded in the shooting at Kandahar Palace, said Col. Dave Butler, a spokesman for US ForcesAfghanistan. US Army Gen. Scott Miller, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was present but uninjured in the attack, a statement from US forces said. While Butler initially said three Americans were wounded, he later issued a statement clarifying that the three

wounded personnel were all members of the NATO-led coalition but only two of the wounded were Americans.

The police chief, Gen. Abdul Raziq Achakzai, was one of the most prominent security figures in Afghanistan. The Taliban released a statement claiming responsibility saying they killed “the notorious police chief ” who was their primary target in the attack. “Today I lost a great friend LTG Raziq. We had served together for many years. Afghanistan lost a patriot, my condolences to the people of Afghanistan,”

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I am scared of giving up power to Biman Prasad or Sitiveni Rabuka - Bainimarama The FijiFirst hit back at the National While speaking in hindi, National Federation Federation Party’s comments about the Party Leader Professor Biman Prasad said in government’s VAT policies last night at a a campaign meeting in Tabia, Labasa that this campaign meeting in Sakoca, and the Prime government has stabbed in the stomach of our Minister also made it clear that people by putting nine percent VAT on basic food items that he is scared of giving up power to were previously zero rated.

Biman Prasad or Sitiveni Rabuka.

Speaking to about 250 people, Professor Prasad told the people that basic food items Prime Minister and FijiFirst should not attract VAT and the Leader Voreqe Bainimarama did FijiFirst had also promised in not only respond to the NFP but their 2014 manifesto that they also questioned whether its leader will ensure VAT on the listed Biman Prasad was worthy enough basic food items will be at zero to be Prime Minister.

Bainimarama also said that percent. He says based on this and some threats and other despite comments being made by political parties, people know what PM Voreqe Bainimarama nonsense that some things will the FijiFirst government has done. go away like the free bus fare, FijiFirst General Secretary Aiyaz Sayed- people then went and voted for FijiFirst in Khaiyum told people present at the campaign 2014. Prasad says the current government meeting that they have to be able to live with thought that the people are foolish and will dignity and respect.Sayed-Khaiyum said be misled. He Prasad told around 50 people somebody may come to them and say that at the campaign meeting that he believes that they will reduce VAT on dhal but people their people are not foolish and will not be will not live on dhal alone. He said he would misled as they are much more intelligent than rather pay 50 cents more and live with respect. what this government thinks about them.

Professor Pal Ahluwalia appointed as new Vice-Chancellor and President of USP Professor Pal Ahluwalia has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of the South Pacific and will formally take up his new role in November this year.

The decision was made during the 86th Council meeting of the University which was held in Nauru.

Professor Ahluwalia is currently the Pro

Vice-Chancellor at the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom where he also holds the role of Equality and Diversity Champion.

Current Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Rajesh Chandra, will hand over the role when his term comes to an end in December.

Fiji Football Association warns against fake ‘lucrative’ offers of overseas recruitment The Fiji Football Association has issued a warning to parents and children not to accept any lucrative offer from any individual regarding player recruitment overseas.

Fiji FA CEO Mohammed Yusuf raised this issue after he was informed by a concerned parent regrading a personnel going around and signing players. ‘Let me tell everyone that there is no such recruitment for players overseas and if anyone comes with any sort of documents, please do not accept, “Yusuf said. ‘It’s disgusting to see such people going so down to target kids and

use Fiji FA’s name,” he said. Yusuf said such people would talk very sweet and easily lure kids to obtain money easily.

“We have been told that the person involved is telling parents that their kids have been selected to play overseas and will be paid $15,000 a year. Therefore, they just need to give $250 for making the passport.”

Yusuf said parents should not entertain such people. “Our staff are at the grounds selecting the players for development and we will inform the parents and will not charge them,” Yusuf assured.

Rabuka confident to win 28 seats in next month’s General Elections SODELPA Leader Sitiveni Rabuka says that they are aiming to win 28 seats in next month’s General Elections to form government. Rabuka made this comment on our special general elections talkback show, Straight Talk with our News Director Vijay Narayan last night. He believes they have the numbers to win the 28 seats. However Rabuka says that if they are the major party and have to form a coalition, they are open to working with other parties. When asked if he can work with FijiFirst, Rabuka said that he cannot work with them if SODELPA is the minor partners in the coalition. When asked that their policies do not match, Rabuka said that he can work with them but he has some conditions. Rabuka says that he can work with any other party even if they are the minor partners except with FijiFirst. Rabuka also adds that they had

coalition talks with the National Federation Party but nothing materialized.

FijiFirst Party Leader Voreqe Bainimarama had earlier stated that they want to win the 51 seats in Parliament. Meanwhile, NFP Leader Professor Biman Prasad will be on the Straight Talk Show next Monday, FijiFirst General Secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum will be on the show next Tuesday, Unity Fiji leader Savenaca Narube will appear on the show on Wednesday while Biman Prasad and Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum will appear on the show on Thursday. The Straight Talk show starts at 7pm and you can listen to Viti FM on 92.2FM in Suva, Nausori, Central Division, Labasa, Nadi and Lautoka, 92FM in Sigatoka, the Coral Coast, Tavua, Vatukoula, Savusavu and Ba, and 92.6FM in Rakiraki. You can call 3314766 to ask questions during the show.

Nationla Federation party candidate wants more empowerment for women & youth When it comes to woman empowerment there need to be a lot of changes introduced, especially for those who face family and social problems, says Ansu Vikashni Lata, the National Federation Party candidate. “I think when women are single and divorced it is a more challenging life, especially to National Federation Party candidates Anshu Lata and Anendra Prasad (left). come into politics,” pathways, we are left behind. “Why women she said. “I want women like us from the are afraid to go into politics? “Because most grassroots to get into politics. “To secure a of the time women are not taken into conhigher status we have to struggle to get up sideration.” Her other focus will be on youths. there because we don’t get opportunities. “In But first let’s go through the profile of the NFP Fiji today so much has been done for women, candidate political profile. but when it comes to employment and career

Heavy rains hit Nadi Flood waters entered a few houses and left crossings under water at Transmitter Road in Malolo, Nadi. Area advisory councillor and Crime committee President, Lakshman said that the area consists of 280 households.

“Floodwaters have started to invade a few houses and crossings were flooded due to

heavy rain,” he said. When the Fiji Sun visited the area people were stuck in vehicles while others were crossing flood waters reaching knee level. “It is during times like this that people are restricted from moving around, this is usually the problem from the previous years.

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Friday, October 19, 2018 Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal exposes Sharif brothers’ $20 million corruption deal has exposed another generally. Later, Arif Naqvi project. Wall Street Journal alleged corruption of former disqualified prime mailed that the matter had gone also claimed that the Sharif minister Nawaz Sharif in sale of K-Electric in the wrong hand. The US brothers and the kickback deal corp. According to the journal, A man named paper also published an e-mail dates back to eight years. It Arif Naqvi of Abraaj Capital’s offered a bribe to in this regard. stated that the matters between former disqualified prime minister of Pakistan According to the revelations Abraaj Capital and Sharif Mr Nawaz Sharif and his brother in sale of made by Wall Street Journal, brothers were kept secret.

K-Electric and the deal was struck with a close Arif Naqvi had written in the However, the Sharif brothers aide of the Sharifs for US$20 million. He also e-mail that the Sharif brothers and Arif Naqvi have denied any secretly held meetings with Sharif brothers. will tell that how the kickback amount will be deal. The deal was materialized when Shanghai Wall Street Journal claimed that Arif Naqvi distributed. The amount was to be given to the Electric expressed willingness to purchase wrote to Abraaj Capital to settle the matter Sharif brothers in the election fund or a welfare

Efforts underway to rescue 11 abducted Iranian security soldeirs, Foreign Minister Pakistan informed Iran that it had launched “active” efforts to locate 11 Iranian security personnel, including Revolutionary Guards intelligence officers, who were abducted near the countries’ shared border.

The Guards blamed “terrorist groups that are guided and supported by foreign forces” for the abductions on Tuesday near the Pakistan-Iran border point of Mirjaveh.

In a call, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi briefed his Iranian counterpart Javad

Zarif “about the active efforts launched by the Pakistan law enforcement agencies to ascertain the whereabouts of the missing Iranian guards, in coordination with the Iranian military and intelligence counterparts”, a press release issued by the Foreign Office spokesman said.

Shah Mehmud Qureshi blamed the kidnapping on “our common enemies unhappy with the existing close, friendly relations between Pakistan and Iran”, according to the statement.

Serial killer executed for raping & murdering 7-year-old girl A serial killer was executed at a prison on Wednesday after Lahore High Court dismissed petition for public hanging filed by father of seven-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by the murderer who was convicted for the rape and killing of minor girls in city of Kasur, some 50-km east from Lahore earlier this year, was hanged to death this morning in Kot Lakhpat Central Jail.

Ali, 23, was executed in the presence of both Magistrate Adil Sarwar and the deceased girl’s father. The girl’s uncle was also present at the jail, the Dawn reported.

In January last, police arrested Imran two weeks after he raped and killed the minor girl and threw her body into a garbage dump in Kasur.

The incident triggered nation-wide street protests in Pakistan with people demanding a harsh punishment for the convict. Violent protests in Kasur city following her murder claimed two lives.

An anti-terrorism court in Lahore last week announced that the killer’s death sentence will be carried out on October 17 at Central Jail, Lahore.

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This time again Sharif Brothers ‘Corruption story exposed once again as US Wall Street Journal published the story about 20 Million USD ‘Kickback’ received by Sharif Brothers in K-Electric deal. Wall Street Journal has published a report that documents the journey of Private Equity Firm Abraaj owned by a Pakistani businessman Arif Naqvi from its inception to downfall. The report documents shows Abraaj owner Arif Naqvi Raised billions of dollar by deals.

49 more gov’t vehicles for sale to raise funds Following PM Imran Khan’s The buffaloes were kept by former austerity drive 49 more government prime minister Nawaz Sharif. vehicles from prime minister’s house The highest bid for a buffalo was up for sale at 2nd auction to raise funds.

Rs 385,000 and three of the cattle Cash-strapped Pakistan government were bought by supporters of Sharif ’s Wednesday failed to enthuse buyers Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party. for 49 luxury automobiles, including The government also plans to auction 19 bullet proof cars, as just one vehicle four helicopters under the use of the Imran Khan was sold at a much-publicised auction, Cabinet Division. In an auction held according to a media report. As Prime Minister at the Prime Minister House on Wednesday, one Imran Khan grappled with a major debt crisis, out of the 49 vehicles on display was purchased, his government, which has approached the Geo News reported. The car purchased from International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a the auction fetched the government Rs 90 lakh, financial bailout, sold 61 vehicles during the it said. According to a customs officer, another first auction held exactly a month back. It also auction will be held on October 25 at the I-9 dry auctioned eight buffaloes kept at the Prime port in Islamabad.

Minister House and raised more than Rs 23 lakh.

116 policemen suspended over model town incident In a major development in Lahore, Model Town carnage probe, 116 policemen involved in the incident, have been suspended from their duties on Wednesday. The suspended policemen included DSPs, Inspectors, Incharge investigation and other officials. The policemen have been ordered to report to the Police Line. Four SPs related to the incident were already removed from the field posting.

It is pertinent to mention here that an antiterrorism court (ATC) Lahore recently indicted former Punjab police chief Mushtaq Sukhera in a case pertaining to the Model Town carnage.

On June 17, 2014, atleast 14 people were killed and more than 100 injured when Lahore police opened fire to disperse protesting Awami Tehreek demonstrators during an antiencroachment operation outside the residence of PAT chief Dr. Tahirul Qadri.The one-man judicial commission formed to probe the Model Town incident held that the operation planned under the Law Minister, Punjab Rana Sanaullah “could have easily been avoided” and that the “police officers actively participated in the massacre”.

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An engineering building at the University of Houston has been renamed in honor of Indian American couple Durga D. and Sushila Agrawal in recognition of a gift provided by the couple, the university said in an Oct. 10 report.

The gift, in addition to leading to the renaming of the building as the Durga D. and Sushila Agrawal Engineering Research Building, will provide ongoing support for faculty, students, research and building operations, according to the report. The $51 million building, which opened in 2017, already had a floor named for the couple, the university said. Durga D. Agrawal, founder of Piping Technology & Products Inc., is a member of the UH System Board of Regents and a former member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, it said. After arriving in Houston from India in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in

mechanical engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Agrawal earned a master’s degree and doctorate in industrial engineering from the UH Cullen College of Engineering.

“My message to the students is to always be optimistic; one can achieve any goal with hard work, persistence and determination,” Agrawal said in the report. “As alumni, we must keep the torch of knowledge, excellence and innovation growing and glowing.”

Joseph W. Tedesco, the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean of the Cullen College, said the gift’s impact “will be nothing short of transformational.” “It will allow us to expand and enhance our laboratory and classroom facilities, recruit some of the world’s greatest engineering minds as students and faculty members, and develop new and innovative academic programs,” Tedesco said.

India closely engage with US on H-1B visa issue As the US plans major changes in H-1B visas, India Thursday said it was “closely engaged” with the Trump administration as well as the US Congress on the matter.

The comment by the Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came after Washington said it is planning to “revise” the definition of employment and specialty occupations under the H-1B visas by January, a move which will have an adverse impact on Indian IT companies in the US. “It is a very important topic for us and that is the reason why time and again, at different levels, we have taken up the matter with the

US side. Most recently, it was discussed and mentioned during the two-plus-two talks,” MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said. He said India is closely engaged with the Trump administration as well as the US Congress on the matter. “It is indeed correct that the administration has taken measures to prevent abuse of this programme and there are certain bills which have been introduced,” Kumar said. “I think what we get to hear are the provisions from those bills, but it is important to note that none of these bills have been passed so far,” he added.

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Aishwarya more optimistic about Cancer awareness Aishwarya Rai, who supported Women’s Cancer Initiative (WCI) event, says people generally need to be more aware about the disease as early detection can give them a better chance at a cure. Aishwarya Rai interacted with the media when she supported WCI’s Soul Stirrings event, hosted

by Tata Memorial Hospital here on Oct. 17. The actress and former Miss World pointed out that there are many myths in the country about cancer as a disease. “There are so many myths and misconceptions in our country that it is astonishing to realize and recognize that there are so many people even in this day and age who believe that a disease like cancer could possibly be contagious to us.

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Aishwarya Rai said it is important to educate people and create awareness among them about cancer.

“Events such as these have come together to draw attention and raise awareness, increase dialogue, make information more accessible to people and have people coming for their regular check-ups for early detection because that in the course of action is referred to as a baby step, but it is the most important step to a possible cure of the disease when a patient has it. “So, earlier detection gives you a higher chance at a cure, and that’s a possibility that every person should humanly have a right to access.

Charismatic Kajol on her ‘Helicopter Eela’ She’s completed 26 years in films and now works when she wants and in the right quantity for her. Coming up this week is a unique film for Kajol, “Helicopter Eela,” unique because it is the first film produced by husband Ajay Devgn in which he is not in the cast. It is unique also because she plays a single mom. And unique because there is no major star opposite her – with National award-winning Bengali actor Riddhi Sen playing her grownup son. We catch up with the actress at Hotel Sun’N’Sand for a quick chat.

Q: Why the name “Helicopter Eela?”

A: The social media has made this term famous for a mother who is always hovering and interfering, like a helicopter. My character in the film is like that.

Q: So have you been one with your real children? A: I am 50 percent helicopter – definitely! No two ways about it. My character is zyaada (lots more) just to spice

up. But in real life, being more than 50 percent is detrimental to health. Today, 12 to 13 years-olds want to be seen as adults, and they grow up so fast. They have this “I know everything don’t show me anything” approach. Even if they allow us to decide on their life, it is after asking their consent.

Like recently Yug came and said he wants to do gymnastics. I never gave him any advice on this. My only thing was to insist that he at least complete it – that is my job and responsibility as a parent. I would happily award the “helicopter” tag to Mr. Ajay Devgn!

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Safe Surrey Coalition is not in favour of Cannabis legalization Former Surrey Mayor and Myoral candidate Doug McCallum and Safe Surrey Coalition are opposed to marijuana retail stores and production operations. Surrey is at a crossroads with out of control crime and gang violence.

We need to get crime under control first.

Doug McCallum clearly states: “My biggest concern is that local cannabis stores and production facilities put

another layer of uncertainty onto our city when residents already feel unsafe.

Some people will say that cannabis isn’t dangerous, and they’ll accuse me of overreacting for not welcoming it into Surrey with open arms, but experience tells me that rarely do issues like this arrive without some negative side effects.” The Safe Surrey Coalition will put the health and safety of residents first. Please remember to vote for all 8 Safe Surrey Coalition council candidates on Saturday, October 20.

Fraudulent voter card applications - Bruce Hayne not happy about it Surrey, BC: Today members of Integrity Now, along with all the residents of Surrey, heard the report from our local RCMP that, in fact, there are confirmed cases of fraudulent voter card applications for mail-in ballots being completed in the city. The RCMP further indicated that their investigation is ongoing.

Bruce Hayne, mayoralty candidate for Integrity Now says: “The only way to describe my reaction to today’s news is sad - Sad for the people of Surrey who deserve so much better, and sad for our democracy in Canada. I thank the Surrey RCMP for their incredibly fast work to date, and hope that they are able

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Today, I, along with our entire team, reaffirm our commitment to continuing to talk about the many pressing issues facing our city. We will continue to conduct ourselves and our campaign with integrity and dignity.

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Two pot shops raided in Port Alberni, products seized and tickets issued Police seized thousands of dollars worth of marijuana as RCMP entered the Port Alberni Cannabis Club at around 11 a.m. on Wednesday, before visiting Leaf Compassion Cannabis Dispensary around 2 p.m., and found both stores were open without provincial licences. Police gave the store no warning in the weeks or days before the raid, said general manager Christine Jarvis, and she blamed the province for not approving her licence application in time for legalization on Wednesday. “I feel violated. They had enough time to do this,” she said, adding it’s been three years since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau signalled his intention to legalize marijuana. Eric Vesaranta, general manager of Leaf Compassion Cannabis Dispensary, said the Mounties left the store practically empty.

Premier John Horgan, Shane Simpson, Minister of Social Development & Poverty Reduction and Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, tour a modular home.

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Tackling the housing crisis head-on, so people can afford a place to call home

By John Horgan

When our government came into office 15 months ago, we inherited one of the biggest challenges in B.C.’s history: the housing affordability crisis. For young families starting out, seniors, students, and business owners looking to keep talented workers here, the housing crisis hurts everyone. For too long, the old government refused to act as the crisis spread throughout our province.

They let speculators abuse loopholes and fuel a hot real estate market. The housing crisis was left to spiral out of control. Now, we have near-zero vacancy rates and the most unaffordable housing prices in Canada.

We’re tackling the housing crisis head-on because we believe people who live and

work in B.C. should be able to afford a place to call home. Our government is making the largest investment in affordable housing in B.C.’s history, including affordable rentals for middle-income families, student, social, Indigenous and seniors housing.

We’ve also taken strong steps to tackle fraud and speculation in the housing market. The speculation tax is a key part of that plan, and necessary to moderate the housing market.

And it’s starting to work.

According to experts, including RBC, the Canadian Real Estate Association, and Sotheby’s, the speculation and vacancy tax and other measures introduced by the Province are helping to cool the housing market, and moderate prices and rents. The tax is also overwhelmingly supported by people in B.C.

‘Legalization doesn’t just begin and end today,’ says Public Safety Minister Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the online rollout of cannabis sales went well, with the website holding up and about 1,000 purchases taking place within the first hour.

“It’s a big day for B.C. today and a big day for the rest of the country,” Farnworth said.

The province’s online store has seen steady traffic since legalization and the website did not crash as some had feared and expected. As for price, Farnworth says British Columbia compares favourably to other jurisdictions across the country.

“We have the widest selection of product of any province. Some of them are specialty

strains that are going to be quite popular. Ours includes the PST, the GST, all of those things are in the price,” Farnworth said.

“We are competitive with other provinces.” “This is a business.

There will be market forces at work here.” Legal recreational marijuana was available to purchase just after midnight on Wednesday. There is one brick and mortar retail location in the province, a government store in Kamloops, set to open on Wednesday.

Farnworth has been asked why the province has only one physical, retail location. The Public Safety minister says that there are 35 applications for private store permits in the later stages of approval and that the province wasn’t

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Friday, October 19, 2018

Vol. 9 No. 38

Fridayday - October 19, 2018

Tel: 604-591-5423

E-mail: ads@theasianstar.com

Half of Canadian homeowners say cannabis use will hurt property values: poll More than half of Canadian homeowners recently surveyed say they would be less likely to consider a property if they knew cannabis had been grown inside, according to a poll released Tuesday.

Real estate listings company Zoocasa, which commissioned the study, found that 52 per cent of homeowners would think twice about buying a home that had been used to grow even a legal amount of marijuana.

Set to go into effect on Wednesday, the new federal Cannabis Act will permit the consumption and purchase of the previously-illicit plant. It also allows Canadians to grow up to four plants for personal use inside their homes.

Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing market slowdown, which began with a drop in sales, is now spreading to home construction.

Housing starts in Canada have fallen steeply in recent months as the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s developers react to a slowdown sales brought on by rising interest rates, tough new mortgage rules and historically poor levels of home affordability.

But the timing is wrong: Population growth has accelerated,

But Zoocasa said those involved in their survey generally expressed negative sentiments towards consuming, cultivating and living in close proximity to cannabis use.

Meanwhile, only 15 per cent of all respondents indicated they would consider growing cannabis in their homes.

Nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of homeowners

polled say smoking marijuana inside a home would harm a propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s value; while 21 per cent disagreed and 15 per cent were neutral.

Penelope Graham, the managing editor at Zoocasa, says these are still early days and there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how cannabis legalization will impact property values.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of the negative sentiment in our findings is stemming from this uncertainty among homeowners,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;(Your home is) your largest financial investment. The last thing that you want to do is accidentally devalue it doing something you think is legal.â&#x20AC;?

Among condo and apartment dwellers, a majority (61 per cent) of those polled say that people who live in these properties should not be able to smoke inside their units, while 64 per cent say condo boards and property managers should have the right to ban residents from using the drugs in their units.

The survey also found that nearly half of respondents donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to live near a cannabis dispensary either.

Home construction takes a dip in the midst of population boom and we may now not be seeing enough construction to keep up with demand.

The number of new housing starts fell to an annual rate of 188,700 in September, according to data released Tuesday by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the lowest in nearly two years and a drop of 23 per cent since June, when the country clocked a rate of 245,000 housing starts, annualized.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The slowdown in building has coincided with moves toward more restrictive mortgage rules and higher interest rates,â&#x20AC;? CIBC economist Royce Mendes wrote in a client note.

The decline was led by steep drops in British Columbia and Alberta, where home construction starts have dropped by 43.3 per cent and 34.8 per cent, respectively. Central Canada bucked the trend, with housing starts

up 21.3 per cent and 15.4 per cent respectively.

While itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s common for this data to swing wildly from month to month, this slowdown comes as Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population is accelerating.

Recent estimates from Statistics Canada show the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population grew by more than 518,000 over the past year, to 37.1 million. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fastest rate Canada has seen since the late 1980s.

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Adrianne Carr opposed. Policy changes will significantly cut down the process time for applications, with an outright process for lager two-storey laneway homes. The process is streamlined and no longer requires an extra conditional design review

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Classifieds / Jobs Change Of Name

I,Nandani Mudaliar presently residing at 9990 124 A Street Surrey BC V3V 4W5 changed my name from Nandani Mudaliar to Nandani Nand

Friday, October 19, 2018

Workers required Meat shop in Surrey requires full time / part time worker immediately.

Punjbi and English speaking must. Good wages.

Please call: 604-362-6194

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Friday, October 19, 2018 Durga Puja 2018 Dear community friends, Utsab Vancouver is going to observe the Sharodia Durga Puja 2018 with endless enthusiasm and festivity at Burnaby Siv Mandir. Please join us with your family and friends to celebrate the event sharing love, joy and blessing.

Yours sincerely, President Utsab Vancouver Puja Schedule Friday, 19th October 2018 10.00 am Moha-Shashthi puja 12.30 pm Prasadam 7.00 pm Moha-Soptomi puja, Pushpanjali 8.30 pm Dhunochi naach 9.00 pm Prasadam Saturday, 20th October 2018 10.00 am Moha-Oshtami puja, Pushpanjali 1.00 pm Prasadam 7.00 pm Sandhi puja, Kumari puja, Pushpanjali 8.30 pm Dhunochi naach 9.00 pm Prasadam Sunday, 21st October 2018 10.00 am Moha-Nabami puja and Moha-Doshomi puja, Bisharjan 1.00 pm Prasadam 2.00 pm Sindur rangano ***Members are requested to renew their annual membership. Family contribution of $100 would be highly appreciated

11th Annual SFU Diwali Gala Simon Fraser Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s President Andrew Petter invites you and your guests to celebrate the festival of Diwali and the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s engagements with the South Asian community locally and in India. Diwali is celebrated in India and around the world. Join more than 300 Lower Mainland business, government and community leaders, as well as SFU alumni, faculty, staff and students, for the 11th annual celebration of this signature event.

THURSDAY, NOV. 1, 2018 5:30 PM Reception 6:30 PM Program and Dinner LOCATION Aria Banquet Hall 12350 Pattullo Place Surrey, BC DRESS Business or South Asian Attire ENQUIRIES 778.782.9426 | events@sfu.ca

Contact Brent or Wayne

604-377-5429 Email: fraservalleygolf@shaw.ca Video link: www.cotala.com/28804

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