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A new survey finds more Canadians report strong attachment to their primary language than to other markers of identity, including the country they call home. The survey, which was conducted by Leger for the Association for Canadian Studies, found 88 per cent of respondents reported a strong sense of attachment to their primary language, whereas 85 per cent reported the same for Canada.

A man was shot dead in axicab at a strip mall on 108th Avenue near 148 Street in Surrey on Aug. 9, 2022

More Canadians report strong attachment to their language than to Canada: poll

Vancouver scholar who decolonized ancient Indian scripture wins prestigious award A Vancouver scholar who wrote the world’s first decolonized English translation of the ancient Indian scripture Bhagavad Gita has been honoured with a prestigious award from the Indian government. Jeffrey Armstrong, founder of the Vedic Academy of Science and Arts, and author of The Bhagavad Gita Comes Tim Hortons officially launches in India this weekend with unique menu items The iconic Canadian chain Tim Hortons is becoming well known across the world for its signature coffee, iconic beverages, delicious food, and the specialty items that are unique to each location. India is no different, introducing several brand new menu options we’ve never seen before, like Chole Kulcha Flatbread, Chicken Makhani Ravioli Pasta, and Paneer Tikka Wraps. The Chilli Cheese Toast, Chicken Tikka Croissant Sandwich, and Lamb Kebab Wrap are just three more tasty-sounding items we really wish we had here in Canada.

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Air India, which is currently the only carrier offering flights between India and Vancouver, announced that the expansion would start at the end of the month. Currently, only three flights between YVR and DEL are available a week, but will soon be offered every single day starting August 31. The company says it was able to make the change due to the return of the Boeing 777300 ER to its fleet which was grounded during the COVID-19 pandemic. The widebody aircraft has a total of 342 seats, including first, business, and economy India Pakistan

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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has identified the victim of the latest shooting in Surrey where a taxi driver was also hit. David Chavez-Jara, 30, of Surrey was shot and killed while a passenger in a taxi in the 14800 block of 108 Avenue around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, investigators said. He died at the scene. The taxi driver, meanwhile, was rushed to hospital with serious injuries. Chavez-Jara was well known to police and was recently convicted of possession for the purpose of trafficking, police said. “Investigators believe Mr. Chavez-Jara was the target of this senseless act,” Sgt. Timothy Pierotti of IHIT said in a release on Wednesday. “IHIT is committed to working with our law enforcement partners as well as partners in the community to find those responsible and hold them accountable before they can hurt others.” Resident Leah Sidora told Global News the busy shopping complex is where she does her grocery shopping and other tasks. “(It’s) too close to home,” she said. The condition of the taxi driver on Wednesday was not known. dealer gunned down Surrey In some Metro Vancouver municipalities, candidates who will participate in this year’s municipal elections practically

The number of COVID-19 cases in B.C. hospitals fell to its lowest point in a month Thursday, amid signs hospital admissions may also be dropping off. As of Aug. 11, there were 398 positive cases in hospital, the fewest since July 7. There were 22 people in critical care, the fewest since June 16. The way BC reports cases includes anyone who tests positive for the virus, regardless of their reason for admissions. Thursday’s update from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control also reported 900 new cases in the week ending Aug. 6, however strict limits on testing mean the true number is likely far higher. Just over 15,000 tests were conducted that week, while the provincewide test positivity rate sat at 10.1 per cent. The number of people initially reported to have been admitted to hospital with the virus also fell in the week ending Aug. 6 to 173, the fewest since July 2. Those figures are preliminary, however, and weekly admission data has been consistently revised upward significantly. For context, the BCCDC originally reported 242 COVID-19 hospital admissions between July 24 and July 30. That number has now been revised to 312, an increase of 28.9 per cent.

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A hearing panel of the LSBC Tribunal has ordered Surrey lawyer Serf Grewal be suspended for two months, effective August 2, 2022. The panel found that Grewal committed professional misconduct by engaging in various actions. The proven misconduct includes unintentional misappropriation of slightly over $42,000 of client trust funds, due to trust shortages and accounting errors, mishandling of a further $3,770 of client trust funds which resulted in a trust shortage that he did not report to the Law Society, improper withdrawal of $5,500 held in trust for fees before delivering bills to the client, failure to comply with accounting obligations over a four year period, and improperly commissioning an affidavit by not personally witnessing the attestation. The hearing panel also found that Grewal breached Law Society Rules related to Law Society reporting requirements. In imposing a two-month suspension rather than a lengthier suspension, the panel considered evidence establishing that none of Grewal’s misconduct arose from dishonesty or deliberate misconduct for personal gain. The panel also considered evidence of a clear connection between Grewal’s misconduct and mental health issues related to childhood and personal trauma, and that the consequences flowed from his decision to report that trauma. In addition to the suspension, the panel ordered conditions on Grewal’s practice, including requirements related to trust supervision and educational courses in trust accounting and practice management and ordered Grewal not to engage in residential real estate conveyances. The decision on disciplinary action, including the specific conditions ordered, is available here. Mike Farnworth, MLAke F rnworth, MFaraarn rnww thwo th, Port Coquitlam Rachna Singh, MLAhna M Surrey-Green Timbers Pam Alexis, MLAAPamamam MLAxis LAlexiexs, Abbotsford-Missionl JagrupSurrey-FleetSurrey-FleetwoodwooddBrar,MLA GarrySSurSurrSurrey-Guildfordeeyerrey-Gyy-rey-GGuGuilduildforordrreBegg,MLA Katrina Chen, MLAhen,hen,n,, hatrtrinaaina Cat na Ch KaKBurnaby-Lougheed Esquimalt-MetchosinMitziDean,MLA Bob D’Eith, MLAMLA MEBBoBob Eith, Mb DED , Maple Ridge-Mission George Heyman, MLA Mo man,Geo n,, Vancouver-FairviewMLM SelinaCoquitlamCoquitlam-MaillardvilleMaillardvilleRobinson,MLA Harwinder Sandhu, MLAndhu, Mrwinder M Vernon-Monashee Aman Singh, MLA RA Aman Richmond-QueensboroughMLA Mike Starchuk, MLAMikeeSurrey-CloverdaleMLAVancouver-Point Greyancouver-PointVaVDavid Eby, MLAMAnne Kang, MLAg, MngKe Me KangAnAAnnennene LA Burnaby-Deer Lake Murray Rankin, MLARy Oak Bay-Gordon Head ay Ra Jennifer Whiteside, MLAnnifernifer Mde,, New Westminster Henry Yao, MLA JM Richmond South Centre Cases in BC hospitals fall to one-month low

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Sources close to the government’s proposed $5.3-billion dental-care program say the Liberals are planning a temporary solution that involves giving money directly to patients in order to keep their promise to the NDP while they work on a permanent answer. The Liberals promised the NDP a new dentalcare program for low and middle-income families in March as part of a supply and confidence agreement to prevent an election before 2025. The government has until the end of the year to provide some kind of coverage for children under the age of 12 with an annual household income of less than $90,000. The NDP have vowed to walk away from the deal if the deadline isn’t met. Four sources with knowledge of the government’s plan, but who are not authorized to speak publicly, say the government is unlikely to meet its deadline, and is planning a stopgap solution until a permanent incarnation of the program is put in place. Though details are scarce, the sources say the temporary solution would involve giving qualifying families the money directly to fund their dental health services while the government works on a more permanent, expanded program. In a statement, the health minister’s staff did not confirm or deny the temporary plan but say they are on track to deliver on the dental-care commitment as outlined in the agreement with the New Democrats. NDP health critic Don Davies did not directly address the temporary plan either, but said in a statement the party has “identified several ways to ensure the target groups can access dental care on the identified timelines.”

The NDP are now focused on pushing the Liberals to introduce dental-care legislation when Parliament resumes in the fall, Davies said. “That legislation will deliver the resources needed to help children under 12 see a dentist and care for their teeth this year,” he said. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh echoed the health hasmanytouninsuredfederalprogramcommitmentisofficemeansgovernmenttheSinghtheminister’sfaithaboutmeetingthedeadlinelastweek.“We’reveryconfidentwecanachievethatbeforeendoftheyear,asouragreementoutlines,”saidatanewsconferencelastThursday.Theagreementisn’tprescriptiveabouthowcoverageshouldbeachieved,andthehasn’tcommittedtoanyparticularofadministeringtheprogramyet.HealthMinisterJean-YvesDuclos’shassaidrepeatedlythedepartmentlookingatseveraloptionstomeetitsanditsend-of-yeardeadline.TheNDPoriginallyenvisionedafederalthatfunctionssimilarlytothehealth-benefitsprogramrunforFirstNationsandInuitpeople.Thefederalgovernmentcouldalsooffermoneyprovincesandterritoriestotakeitover,sincealreadyoffersimilarprogramsanddentalcaretraditionallyfallenwithintheirjurisdiction.

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Vonovia SE, Germany’s largest landlord, is reportedly reducing night-time temperatures in its properties to a maximum of 17C. Germany has no LNG import infrastructure today to help ease the energy shortfall. But since Russia invaded Ukraine, the country has started building at least seven new LNG import terminals.

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OPINION Europe is counting on natural gas from Canada Canada’s potential to supply natural gas to Europe as liquefied natural gas (LNG) has gone from an afterthought to a critical part of the discussion on how to replace gas from Russia, according to analysts with Norway-based Rystad Energy. European countries are facing emergency measures to reduce energy use to ensure enough natural gas is in storage for the winter amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. “From a European perspective, Canadian LNG was always kind of an afterthought. It has been quite a reversal that we’ve seen in the last few months with some of those East Coast projects being lifted to the highest policymaking levels,” says Rystad vice-president Thomas Liles. “We’re going from Russia accounting for around 40 per cent of Europe’s gas imports to a situation where policy-makers and utilities are really scrambling to source any gas they can get from anywhere.” The European Commission is working to reduce its use of Russian gas by two-thirds this year and eliminate it entirely “well before” 2030. But the reality is that gas is still needed today, and Russia has reduced its supply to Europe to dangerously low levels. The challenge is most pronounced in Germany, where governments are turning down lights, restricting heat and limiting warm water in public spaces.

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Even before the war in Ukraine, Shell analysts forecast a global LNG shortage by the mid-2020s. Total world LNG demand is expected to nearly double in the next two decades, reaching 700 million tonnes in 2040. Russia, the world’s second-largest natural gas producer in 2021, had been expected to be a significant supplier in the increasingly tight market, Liles says. “Before the invasion, Russia was always in our base case slated to be a very important

The MLA, who worked as a registered nurse at Vernon’s Royal Jubilee Hospital before being elected in 2020, says she stands behind the decisions the government has made to keep residents and frontline workers safe during the pandemic. “I have worked really hard to represent all people of Vernon-Monashee diligently and I will continue to do so every day because I am so proud of the people I represent,’’ Sandhu said in a statement on Monday.

The CEOs of five of the most powerful high-tech companies in North America have origins in India. They’re heading Microsoft, Google, IBM, Twitter and Match Group (which owns Tinder). And people of Indian ancestry are punching above their weight in politics in the U.S. and Canada. “There may well be an Indian-American president before there is an American Indian one,” says The Economist. The educational achievements of people of Indian origin are above the norm in North America. And the wages of Indo Americans are among the strongest of any ethnic group in the U.S. and Canada. This is not to mention one study showing people of Indian origin are almost four times more likely to own a home than the average Canadian. The influence of Indo North Americans is destined to expand further. Let’s look at why.

Douglas Todd: People of Indian descent a rising force in the U.S. and Canada

People of Indian descent a rising force in the USA and Canada India is on the rise across the United States and Canada — in education, high-tech and politics.

BC has seen more police shootings this year A different response to crime is needed, say experts

The British Columbia government’s handling of the healthcare file has prompted a Vernon, B.C., resident to launch a recall campaign against her local New Democrat member of the legislature. Genevieve Ring says VernonMonashee MLA Harwinder Sandhu should be recalled because she is part of the NDP government that has failed residents of British Columbia on the critical issues of COVID-19 and health care. Ring says she is not prepared to wait for the next election scheduled for the fall of 2024 to make changes to improve health care. Elections B.C. says in a statement it has received a petition application from Ring that meets the requirements of the Recall and Initiative Act and will issue the petition on Aug. 12. Any registered voter in B.C. can apply to have a recall petition issued for their electoral district, as long as they submit an application form, a $50 processing fee and a short statement about why the MLA should be recalled. B.C. declared overdose deaths a public emergency 6 years ago. Advocates say the only change is the body count B.C. enters third Omicron wave as COVID hospitalizations jump 35% over last week

Some gas stations run out as prices go down across BC Drivers were so eager to fill up before gas prices rise again that some stations across British Columbia ran out. After weeks at around the $2-mark or more, prices dipped a bit over the weekend and remained relatively lower into the start of the week. It’s still expensive to drive, but at an average price of 186.3 cents per litre in the province and 184.8 in Metro Vancouver, it’s significantly cheaper to fill up now than back in June when the cost rose to 236.9. Also impacting supply at times is ongoing maintenance at a refinery south of the border, among other factors. One person told CTV News the cause for many dry stations is a lack of fuel truck drivers. In an email, they said a contractor that delivers to Esso and Shell was dealing with illnesses, and one that delivers to Chevron was down about one-third of its staffing. Some stations used tape to block off the pumps Tuesday, including a Chevron in Hope. Red tape blocked drivers from the pump area at a station on Old Hope Princeton Way on Tuesday afternoon.

Sandhu says she will not be intimidated by those she calls “a small group of extreme activists that do not represent the vast majority of people’’ in the riding.

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When a police interaction in British Columbia ends with someone being killed or seriously injured, the province’s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) launches an investigation into what happened. On average, the IIO deals with six to seven police-involved shootings every year. But in 2022, four months into a new fiscal year, there have already been 15. “Unfortunately our office has been extremely busy. We have faced an unprecedented number of officer-involved shootings,” Ron MacDonald, IIO’s chief civilian director, told CBC on Monday, two days after police shot a suspect in a machete attack on the Granville strip. “We’ve had more than double the number in one-third of the time.” MacDonald says he’s not sure why there’s been a sharp increase in police using their weapons, but the IIO has noticed an “unusual” amount of police interactions where a suspect was armed with a gun. Since April 1, the IIO has opened 95 investigations, 30 of which were related to incidents that took place in Vancouver, where officers with the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) were involved in four deaths and 26 serious injuries. The 65 other incidents being investigated by the IIO are scattered across the province.

Vernon MLA Harwinder Sandhu to face recall petition over health-care issues

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Tim Hortons officially launches in India

Police said they believe he was an innocent bystander. “Safety is the responsibility of the government,” Mohan Singh Kang, president of the B.C. Taxi Association told Global News. “We are there to follow the rules. We do what we are supposed to do: To carry a passenger from point A to point B in a Drug dealer gunned down in back of cab in Surrey parking lot safe and professional manner.” IHIT is asking any witnesses or anyone with dash camera video who were in the 14800 block of 108 Avenue between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. or who has any information to contact the IHIT Information Line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email. able to handle the nearly 15-hour long-haul flight. It comes as travel rebounds following years of pandemic disruptions and airlines continue to say overwhelming demand. “This increase in our frequency between Delhi and Vancouver is very welcome for many reasons. It is another sign of recovery from the pandemic and caters to strong customer demand. More importantly, it marks the first step in restoring Air India’s fleet and international network,” said Air India’s CEO Campbell Wilson. The full DEL-YVR schedule is as follows: Flight AI 185 – departs New Delhi at 5:15 AM, arrives in Vancouver at 7:15 AM Flight AI 186 – departs Vancouver at 10:15 AM, arrives in New Delhi at 1:15 PM +1 “We are pleased to mark this significant milestone, and the team at Air India is hard at work to enable more expansion in the near future,” he added. You can now fly from Vancouver to Delhi any day of the week Gita Comes Alive has been given the Distinguished Indologist 2021 award by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. In a ceremony held in Vancouver, India’s consul general presented the award to Armstrong, who used English words to describe a Sanskrit word in it’s true form to translate the Bhagavad Gita, which was written more than 5,000 years ago — Vancouver scholar who decolonized ancient Indian scripture wins prestigious award although some say it was around 7,500 years ago. The award was in recognition not just for the translation but for his lifetime of work, which includes being a Vedic teacher for more than 30 years. Armstrong is the first Canadian to be awarded the annual prize, which since 2015 has recognized the outstanding Starting today, August 11, guests can try these new food items in India, as well as menu staples like the Iced Capp blended frozen coffee beverage and the delicious bitesized Timbits. The new coffee shops, located at Select Citywalk Mall (Saket) and DLF Cyberhub, offer comfortable interiors that remain inspired by Canadian culture. “We are very excited to bring Tim Hortons to India,” said Thiago Santelmo, president of RBI EMEA, the parent company of Tim Hortons, in a media release. “With over 55 years of coffee heritage, Tim Hortons has captured the hearts and taste buds of Canadians, and we are confident our guests in India will love our premium quality coffee and food.”

The contest to become the next leader of the BC NDP — and Wednesdayannounced32,Appadurai,activistandNDPone-horse—premierultimatelyofB.C.isnolongerarace.FormerfederalcandidateclimateAnjaliofficiallyshe will challenge David Eby, who has stepped down from his roles as attorney general and minister responsible for housing, for the top spot.

Appadurai, the director of campaigns for the organization Climate Emergency Unit, said that she chose to enter the race after a group of supporters pledged more than $40,000 at an online meeting Saturday night — enough to cover her entry fee.

“I think British Columbians are ready for a leader who will tell them the truth. We’re in a very dangerous situation. But I believe in our collective power to shape a different future,” said Appadurai. She said her campaign will focus on the environment, clean energy, housing, food security and caring for communities. “Our province is not healthy. The people are not healthy, and the land is stressed,” said Appadurai. “We need a government that will prioritize the health of people and the planet. B.C. NDP leadership candidate Anjali Appadurai works as the director of campaigns for the Climate Emergency Unit. (Gian Paolo Mendoza/CBC) In the 2021 federal election, Appadurai was the NDP candidate for the riding of Vancouver Granville. She lost to Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed in one of the tightest races in the country, falling short by less than 500 votes. Appadurai will face off against Eby, whose campaign, up until now, has been unchallenged, gaining the endorsement of 48 of the 57 members of the B.C. NDP caucus. In a statement, Eby welcomed Appadurai to the race.

“I wish her luck, but not too much luck.”

David Eby launches campaign for leadership of the B.C. NDP In June, Horgan announced he would step down before the next provincial election, citing a lack of energy after undergoing treatment for throat cancer.

Climate activist Anjali Appadurai enters BC NDP leadership race

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“I look forward to engaging in a productive dialogue about the issues that matter most to British Columbians. This race is an opportunity for a healthy exchange of ideas and a chance for members to have their voices heard through the electoral process,” he said.

Metro Vancouver is planning to spend $40 million to create a new regional park that would bring overnight camping to Bowen Island. “It’s really, truly an amazing opportunity,” said John McEwen, chair of Metro Vancouver’s Regional Parks Committee, of the plan to purchase almost a square kilometre of land around Cape Roger Curtis at the island’s southwest tip. The land is a mixture of waterfront and forested area, and has been owned by a private company. Much of it is zoned for singlefamily homes on 10-acre lots, and proposals to develop and densify the area have created controversy on Bowen Island over the past decade. “[The owner] cleared the sites. They put in electricity, they’ve actually put Wi-Fi at each site as well, and drilled for water,” said McEwen. According to Metro Vancouver, the campground will have approximately 90 sites that would be a mix of walk-in and drive-in spots, though no RV camping would be permitted. It would be the first place for overnight camping on Bowen Island, which is a 20-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver

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Two bodies found inside a burned vehicle in the South Okanagan died because of foul play, say police. On Tuesday afternoon, the RCMP’s Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED hadPolicethiswasresultindividualsvehicleFiremorning,MCU)issuedanupdateontheinvestigation.ThebodieswerefoundonSaturdayAug.6,aftertheSummerlandDepartmentextinguishedafireonGarnetValleyRoad.“Investigatorsnowbelievethetwointhevehiclediedasaoffoulplay,andastolenvehicledeterminedtobeassociatedwithhomicide,”saidtheSEDMCU.PolicesayonAug.7,theAbbotsfordDept.locatedastolenvehiclethatbeenflaggedashavingaconnectionto

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Police have identified the three victims in last weekend’s fatal shooting at the South Surrey Athletic Park. The shooting happened on Saturday, July 30 at about 2:45 p.m. in the 14600-block of 20th Avenue in Surrey. The Integrated Homicide Investigations Team is in charge of the case and has identified the three victims as 26-yearold Harbir Khosa, 20-year-old Robeen Soreni and 19-year-old Jordan Krishna. Investigators believe the shooting was targeted and connected to the gang war in the Lower Mainland. On Friday, police searched a home near the park. One person was taken into custody but no charges have been laid.

Human remains in burned car found near Summerland linked to fatal Abbotsford crash

Police say the investigation is ongoing. They said they are still trying to identify the victims and determine the stolen vehicle’s involvement. Police are investigating after shots were fired into two Surrey homes early on Tuesday morning. Just after midnight, RCMP said they followed up on a report of gunfire and a vehicle speeding away in the 14800-block of 76A Avenue and found a residence with bullet holes. About 20 minutes later, they responded to another report and found a house with damage “consistent with a shooting” in the 9200-block of 163 Street. “Although no one was injured as a result of these shootings, incidents No injuries reported after shots fired at two Surrey homes of this nature place members of our community at risk,” said Cpl. Vanessa Munn in a Tuesday news release. “We urge anyone with information to reach out to police.” The investigation is still in the early stages, but police said it’s possible the two shootings are connected. Anyone with information about the incidents is asked to contact the detachment at 604-599-0502, or Crime Stoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800-222-8477.

The stolen vehicle that lost control and crashed in Abbotsford was a white 1991 Acura Integra. Police say the female passenger in that crash died at the scene, while the male driver died in hospital. As for the Summerland vehicle — no information was released as to its make or model.

Police identify victims in fatal South Surrey shooting

the burned vehicle in Summerland. “As such, Abbotsford (Police Dept.) made attempts to stop the vehicle. During the pursuit, the stolen vehicle lost control and crashed on Maclure Road, fatally injuring the male driver and female passenger,” said police.

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IHIT is seeking witnesses who may have been in the area of the South Surrey Athletic Park parking lot around 2:30 p.m. on July 30. Police say the victims arrived to the park in a black 2010 BMW X5 and that the shooter likely ran away. “We’ve established a timeline with the black BMW X5 arriving in the park around 2:27 p.m. and the shooting taking place right after,” said IHIT Sgt. David Lee, “the shooter then fled on foot in a western direction out of the park.” Anyone with information about the shooting or the suspect is asked to call the IHIT information line at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448) or by email at ihitinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca. Website

Chen, a 42-year-old mother of two who lived a few blocks from the accident scene, was driving westbound on West 10th Avenue. The provincial court heard that as Chen approached the intersection, which had a pedestrian-controlled traffic light, she observed that there was a yellow light. Prior to entering the intersection and turning left, she also observed that the light had turned red and she continued into the intersection,

Ruth Lutgens is raising questions about the case involving her mother, 73-year-old Sarah Lutgens, who died after being hit by a vehicle being driven by Qiaojun Chen at West 10th Avenue and Sasamat Street on Sept. 28, 2020. Chen pleaded guilty to the Motor Vehicle Act offence of driving without due care and attention and last month received an $1,800 fine, 18 months of probation and a one-year-driving ban. The victim, a mother of five, was on the south sidewalk of West 10th Avenue, headed eastbound toward Sasamat Street at the time of the accident.

The Canada Revenue Agency says it will be sending e-notifications about uncashed cheques to 25,000 Canadians this month. The federal agency said it has approximately $1.4 billion worth of uncashed cheques in its coffers that have accumulated over the years, with some dating back to 1998. Each year, the CRA issues millions of payments in the form of benefits and refunds, but some cheques remain uncashed for various reasons, including misplacing a cheque or changing addresses. Another 25,000 Canadians will receive e-notifications in November, followed by 25,000 more in May 2023. The CRA launched a campaign in February 2020 to get Canadians to cash their cheques and said it has so far returned more than $800 million back to taxpayers. The CRA said Canadians can check if they have uncashed payments by logging in to or signing up for an online CRA account.

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A lightning storm that rolled over western and central Vancouver Island sparked at least 10 wildfires on Wednesday. All of the ignitions are considered “spot fires” of less than one hectare in size. B.C. Wildfire Service crews are using helicopters to watch for spreading, said Nadia Linning, spokeswoman for the service, said Wednesday afternoon. “We had anticipated the lightning strikes and increased our prep level with additional resources on standby,” Linning said. The fires are at Ralph River, Shepherd Creek, south of Homasum Lake, Della Falls, west of McBride Lake, north of Nahmint Lake, Nahmint River, Barkley Sound area, Nitinat Lake and northwest of Great Central Lake. Lightning activity was expected to continue Wednesday night into today. “There is the possibility of more lightning strikes and possible fires, and we are watching for holdover fires,” said Linning, noting a lightning strike can smoulder for several days before becoming an active fire.

Liberals planning temporary solution to dental care promise an annual household income of less than $90,000. The NDP have vowed to walk away from the deal if the deadline isn’t met. Four sources with knowledge of the government’s plan, but who are not authorized to speak publicly, say the government is unlikely to meet its deadline, and is planning a stopgap solution until a permanent incarnation of the program is put in place. Though details are scarce, the sources say the temporary solution would involve giving qualifying families the money directly to fund their dental health services while the government works on a more permanent, expanded program.

Kamloops police are now reporting previously missing Rejeana Neveu has now been found deceased. Police investigators said they do not believe criminality was involved in her death. The body was found on Aug. 10, 2022. The BC Coroners Service is conducting an investigation looking into the the death. Neveu’s family said their last contact with her was on Aug. 7, and her last known location was in Lake Country, B.C.

Kamloops woman missing in Lake Country found dead Daughter angry as careless driver who killed her mom in Vancouver avoids jail time

The daughter of a woman who was killed when she was struck by a careless driver in a Vancouver intersection is angry that the accused got what she considers to be a lenient sentence.

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Sources close to the government’s proposed $5.3-billion dental-care program say the Liberals are planning a temporary solution that involves giving money directly to patients in order to keep their promise to the NDP while they work on a permanent answer. The Liberals promised the NDP a new dental-care program for low and middle-income families in March as part of a supply and confidence agreement to prevent an election before 2025.

The government has until the end of the year to provide some kind of coverage for children under the age of 12 with

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The teacher had an intimate relationship with Student A shortly after the student graduated. During this time, the teacher spent time with the student and sent them instant messages that included sexual content, said the agreement. He also developed an intimate relationship with Student C soon after the student graduated and told the student “how to ‘protect’ him when he became aware of concerns by school staff about this relationship.”

“The Public Health Agency of Canada is working with provinces, territories and international partners, including the World Health Organization, to actively monitor the situation.” Symptoms of monkeypox include a painful rash that could last between 14 and 28 days, which can be accompanied by fever, chills, headache, swollen lymph nodes, muscle pain, joint pain, back pain or exhaustion.

“It is believed that the suspects who helped Alkhalil escape bear a close resemblance to the photos they left behind.

“Alkhalil is confirmed to have left in a White Econoline Van with two others who were posing or employed as contractors. The van left North Fraser Pre-trial at approximately 6:48 p.m., and travelled westbound on Kingsway Avenue,” said an earlier police statement. They say the van was taken to an “abandoned location.” The first man suspected of helping Alkhalil escape was wearing a white hard hat, a face mask, a black shirt with a high-visibility vest, black pants, black gloves, and black boots.

Monkeypox cases in Canada surpass 1,000 with most in Ontario

Amanda Todd’s mother, Carol, says she’s still processing the news that a man accused of harassing and blackmailing her daughter online in 2012 has now been found guilty. “Saturday, obviously the adrenaline rush,” Carol told Global News Monday afternoon. “Sunday, the repeat of the previous person saying ‘guilty’ and also when the judiciary asked ‘any jury member if you feel this is unanimous stand up’ and saw them all stand up. It just keeps going in my head.” Carol said when she got home on Saturday she went out and had a celebratory glass of wine with her partner and friend and so many people reached out to her because the news was reaching far and wide, even around the world .

Aydin Coban, 44, has pleaded not guilty to five charges including possession of child pornography, extortion, criminal harassment and communicating with a young person to commit a sex offence. The jury found him guilty on all five counts. Carol has been an advocate for online law and safety since her daughter took her own life. “The way I see it, I’m a mother and I’ll fight for my kids no matter what. And in that case, one of my kids is gone, but you still fight for them when you have to fight for them,” she said.

A Surrey high school teacher had his licence revoked for 15 years after developing intimate relationships with former students. According to a consent resolution agreement posted last week, the teacher had a pattern of breaching professional boundaries by forming relationships with students then deepening those relationships further after they graduate. It said the teacher developed personal relationships with three students from 2005 to 2008, then entered into “inappropriately intimate relationships” with them shortly after graduation. The teacher nor the Surrey school he taught at was not named in the agreement. The students were identified as Student A, B, and C.

The teacher also communicated via an instant-messenger program with Student B and invited the student to meet up socially after the student was 19. “The teacher used his position of trust as a teacher to elicit sensitive personal information from two students and use that information to his personal advantage,”

PHAC states on their website that the agency will continue to collect and analyze epidemiological information on monkeypox reported by provinces and territories in an effort to “determine if there are any increased health risks to people in Canada.”

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Surrey teacher handed 10-year ban after ‘intimate relationships’ with three students

Amanda Todd’s mother says the fight is far from over as sextortionist found guilty “It feels very surreal.”

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As of Aug. 10, monkeypox cases in the country hit 1,008 according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Ontario reported a total of 478 monkeypox cases, making it the province with the most cases in Canada, while Quebec reported 425 cases. British Columbia recorded 85 cases and Alberta reported 16. Saskatchewan and Yukon reported two each. Monkeypox is a viral infectious disease related to smallpox, from which most people recover on their own after a few weeks, but people can become very sick and could die in some circumstances, according to PHAC. The U.S. declared monkeypox a health emergency. Should Canada follow suit?

RCMP have released surveillance photos and video of two men they believe helped an accused killer escape from a Port Coquitlam jail last month. =Rabih “Robby” Alkhalil escaped on July 21, 2022. He faces murder charges for gang-related killings. RCMP say were informed by staff at 7:30 p.m. that a 35-year-old male inmate had “escaped from lawful custody.”

Coroner’s report shows 16 suspected heat related deaths linked to recent hot spell in BC The B.C. Coroners Service is reporting 16 suspected heat-related deaths in late July and early August, coinciding with heat warnings over much of the province. A report from the service on deaths says the fatalities happened between July 26 and Aug. 3, although the numbers are considered preliminary until investigations into each case conclude. The report shows all but two of the deaths happened in the Interior and Fraser health regions and involved victims aged 40 to over 90, with six in their 70s. The fatalities came as local and provincial agencies implemented hot-weather protocols developed after 619 people died during last year’s heat emergency in late June. The 2021 emergency happened as record heat baked the province for days, peaking with the highest-ever temperature in Canada at 49.6 C in Lytton the day before the village was destroyed by a wildfire. The hot spell linked to the most recent deaths did not warrant the declaration of an extreme heat emergency, but the province began rolling out its new heat response system because temperatures were high during the day with little relief at night, potentially putting people at risk.

Rabih Alkhalil (“Robby” ) escaped the North Fraser Pre-trial Centre in Port Coquitlam on July 21, 2022.

Coquitlam RCMP release photos of suspects in Alkhalil jail escape Policehadpreviouslyprovidedadescription of Alkhalil: 5’10”, 166 lbs., with short black hair, and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a jump suit and a high visibility vest. “Alkhalil is considered dangerous, so if you see Alkhalil, police ask that you not approach him and instead call 911 immediately,” the original RCMP statement said. Rabih “Robby” AlkhalilRabih “Robby” Alkhalil (Photo credit: Coquitlam RCMP) RCMP had previously shared photos depicting people they believed to be accomplices to the escape. However, they later advised those photos were “stock images that do not represent the suspects themselves.”

The other suspect was wearing a black ball cap, black shirt, black pants, black boots, black gloves, a face mask, and glasses.

Rajendra Kumar Tuli was born in Punjabi Khatri family in Sialkot (now in Punjab, Pakistan). His grandfather was a successful military contractor and his father had a textile business in Karachi. During the partition in 1947, the family had to leave all the land and property behind and move to India. When they came to Bombay, Kumar decided to try his luck in the Hindi film industry. He never wanted to be a hero and took up work with director H. S. Rawail as an assistant. For nearly five years, he worked with Rawail as an assistant in films like Patanga, Sagai, Pocketmaar. During this time, he made his film debut with a cameo in the 1949 film Patanga, followed by a small role in Kidar Sharma’s 1950 film Jogan, opposite Dilip Kumar and Nargis.

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South Asian Adults & Seniors - New Game for Seniors - Bean Bag Toss or Corn Hole Game, Introducing at Shanti Niketan on August 14th 2022 (Sunday) from 2,00 pm to 3.30 pm. Vedic Seniors Parivar Centre of Vedic Hindu Cultural Society of BC invites South Asian Adults & Seniors to come and play New Game which we have recently purchased, Bean Bag Toss or Corn Hole Game. This game is designed to engage Seniors in activities of sports and the exercise for arms & Shoulders. A Board is placed which has a hole and a Toss Line is marked at 9 Feet distance, where the player has to stand and throw the Bean Bag in the Hole on the Board. A Bean Bag must land in a target hole to earn 3 points, if it lands on the Board not in the hole then it is scored as 1 point and if it lands on the floor then the score is Zero. Each player is provided with 4 Bean Bags to throw and his / her score is recorded, the player who scores the maximum ( 21 Points ) is awarded with a Package of Treat. The game will start at 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm at Shanti Niketan hall of Lakshmi Narayan Temple 8321 - 140th St., Surrey - Yoga Classes will continued at Shanti Niketan hall every Monday and every Thursday by expert Yoga Instructor Mr. Ashwini Bansal from 10.00 am to 11.15 am She started her year with a bang with A Thursday and Dasvi. Yami’s career graph is soaring high.

Chowdhury’sAniruddhakittyfilmsinterestingtheMeanwhile,actresshasinherincluding,Roy Lost, Amit Rai’s OMG 2, Aditya Dhar Dhoom Dhaam, and another one which will soon be announced. Yami mentioned that Lost will probably be her next release. “It’s an verythriller.anundertonedramainvestigative-withanofemotional-Ithasarealistictone,a lot of human-drama, nothing pretentious - it is what it is in today’s time. I play a crime beat journalist in it, and in its own subtle way it touches about media integrity in today’s time. So

Katrina teams up with Gauri Khan for a project Katrina Kaif is coming up with something exciting with Gauri Khan however is tight-lipped about the same. The actress shared a bundle of specialFloralsbetweenatahandleherphotoshootsdreamyonInstagramandaddednotewhichhintedacollaborationthem.Shewrote,“Dreamysomethingcomingsoonwith

@gaurikhan”, with a ‘’ emojis. Time and again, Katrina’s sartorial choices have always been noteworthy. Having said that, floral patterns have a special spot in the diva’s closet. Katrina looked all things mesmerizing in a floral ensemble in shades of pink, purple, red, and blue. Meanwhile, on the work front, Katrina Kaif will soon be seen in Phone Bhoot sharing screen space with Ishaan Khatter and Siddhant Chaturvedi. She also has ‘Tiger 3’ in her kitty which stars Salman Khan and Emraan Hashmi in lead roles. Apart from this, she has also been roped in for Ali Abbas Zafar’s superhero series, and Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zara.

It was producer Devendra Goel who noticed Kumar in Jogan and gave him a break in Vachan in 1955. Kumar was paid only fifteen hundred rupees for the film; however, the film was a hit and was Kumar’s first silver jubilee film and he was given a title – ‘A star is Born’. He got further success with his supporting role in Mehboob Khan’s blockbuster epic film Mother India in 1957 in which he played Nargis’s character’s son. His first major success as a romantic leading man was in Amit Saxena’s musical Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959), co-starring Ameeta. The 1960s saw Kumar rise to stardom. There were times when he had six or seven films which had run for more than 25 weeks (known in India as a “silver jubilee film”), all running at the cinema at the same time, which rendered him the nickname “Jubilee Kumar”. He starred in many box office hits including Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Gharana (1961), Dil Ek Mandir (1963), Mere Mehboob (1963), Sangam (1964), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964), Arzoo (1965), Suraj (1966), Jhuk Gaya Aasmaan (1968), Talash (1969) and Ganwaar (1970). He received the Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor for Dil Ek Mandir (1963), Ayee Milan Ki Bela (1964), Arzoo (1965), and as Best Supporting Actor for Sangam (1964). He also starred in K. Asif’s incomplete film Sasta Khoon Mehanga Paani co- starring Saira Banu. His brother Naresh Kumar directed him in films like Gora Aur Kala (1972) and Do Jasoos (1975). Rajinder Kumar acted in film Mother India (1957) with Sunil Dutt and Nargis where Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar played sons of Nargis. He had a special relationship with Dutt and used to actively participate in campaigning for him, whenever the latter used to contest for elections. Dutt quoted as having said that “Even though Rajendra Kumar did not win any award throughout his career, he was one of the most genuine human beings I have ever encountered. When I was struggling with the troubles related to the arrest of my son Sanjay Dutt and my house was repeatedly being searched by means of numerous police raids, Rajendra Kumar was the one who came to my rescue by staying at my house and ensuring that raids were conducted using due procedures, false evidences were not planted in the house and valuables were not stolen.” Kumar was best friends with Raj Kapoor, so much so that his son Kumar Gaurav was engaged to the latter’s daughter, Reema. However, their friendship fell apart after their children broke the engagement and Kumar Gaurav married Sunil Dutt and Nargis’s daughter Namrata. He attained a Ph.D. and had a title of ‘Doctor’ prefixed to his name.

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Yami Gautam throws light on her upcoming releases you can take it literally or metaphorically, there is something which is lost, there is someone who is lost. I’m so excited for a film like that. I am very proud of it,” disclosed the actress. Yami mentioned that she had a great time while shooting for Oh My God 2 with her co-stars. For Akshay she shared “He is a very good producer also, and someone who is very passionate about this film. When I was given the narration I could feel that he really wants to make it with the right team. Of course, whatever chance I got to work with Pankaj Tripathi also, such a fantastic actor. With the new writing, there is another perspective which is very relevant, talked about, yet not talked about. So that will be interesting to see,” Yami concluded.

Both SRK and Gauri grew up in New Delhi. While Shah Rukh Khan studied at Hansraj College, University of Delhi, Gauri finished her Bachelor’s from Lady Shri Ram College. Sunny Leonne complets decade in Bollywood Sunny Leone’s first Bollywood outing, Jism 2, completed 10 years of release in first week of August. The actress, well into her 11th year in Hindi film industry, believes that the last 10 years have been nothing short of amazing and that she is excitedly looking forward to the next 10 years in the business here. Talking about it, she says, “The significance of completing these 10 years is that I completed these 10 years. There are so many amazing things that have happened and that are happening - the opportunities I have had to perform different roles and work with different people. I am excited and looking forward to the next decade already.”

Shehnaaz Gill has finally put an end to all the rumours related to her exit from Salman Khan’s muchawaited film Kabhi Diwali without talking anyone’s name, has shared a note on Instagram that read, “LOL. These rumours are my daily dose of entertainment for the last few weeks. I can’t wait for people to watch the movie and of course me too in the movie.”

Won’t allow Laal Singh Chaddha to run in India, threatens Hindu outfit Sanatan Rakshak Sena Aamir Khan’s latest release Laal Singh Chaddha has been in troubled waters and faced the wrath of certain elements with a looming threat of a ban on the movie since its trailer was out. In the latest, members of the Hindu outfit Sanatan Rakshak Sena staged protests in Uttar Pradesh and stated that they were adamant on calling for an absolute ban on the movie, which is an adaptation of Hollywood’s Forrest Gump, in the state and across India. The protest came to the fore after the members alleged Khan of mocking and making fun of Hindu deities. The outfit’s members raised slogans against the Advait Chauhan directorial while accusing the actor of hurting their religious sentiments. The demonstration was carried out outside IP Vijaya mall in UP’s Bhelupur, “We all sanatanis will not allow his films to run in our country,” the Hindu outfit members have said. Notably, the state president of the Sena’s youth wing, Chandra Prakash Singh, and its vice-president Arun Pandey went on to claim that Khan was against Sanatan Dharma and that the celebrated 57-yearold actor had made fun of Hindu deities.

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Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali, directed by Farhad Samji, also stars Pooja Hegde in a crucial role. As per reports, it was said the makers of Shehnaaz dismisses rumours of her exit from Kabhi Eid, Kabhi Diwali Diwali had asked Shehnaaz Gill to leave the film after she signed another project. Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali has created a lot of buzz ever since the project was announced. Earlier, this blackSalman,onhiswheneveryonesurprisedKhanSalmanyear,hesharedfirstlookInstagram.inall-attireand long hair, is giving major rusty vibes. In the caption, the actor just wrote, “Shooting commences for my new film.”

Sunny’s journey has not been short of difficulties and challenging situations. Recalling those testing times and the milestones that she has seen in the last decade, the actress, who has been seen in films like Ek Paheli Leela, Mastizaade, Shootout At Wadala among several others, says, “The most difficult thing sometimes is to sift through the good, the bad and the ugly from the things that come your way.

SRK & Gauri caught up with friends n family in Delhi Gauri Khan (Mrs Shah Rukh Khan) shared picture with her husband Shah Rukh Khan and their friends and family in Delhi. The couple were in the capital city for a special occasion, it seems, and posed with their loved ones in the latest picture. Gauri wrote about spending time with her family, who live in the city. She looks stunning in a white top with jeans, in the image, and SRK opts for a dark blue t-shirt with black pants. In the caption, Gauri wrote: “Going back to Delhi always refreshes my most cherished memories... Fun evening with friends and family celebrating at Shalini Passi’s.”

Pushing past the negatives is difficult, too.

The British Columbia Real Estate Association (BCREA) reports that a total of 5,572 residential unit sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in July 2022, a decrease of 42.4 per cent from July 2021. The average MLS® residential price in BC was $923,449, a 3.6 per cent increase from $891,376 recorded in July 2021. Total sales dollar volume was $5.1 billion, a 40.3 per cent decline from the same time last year. “High mortgage rates continued to lower sales activity in July,” said BCREA Chief Economist Brendon Ogmundson. “Many regions around the province have seen sales slip to levels well below normal for this time year.”of As the pace of sales upcentunitpersalesevenremainInventorieslowyear,roseProvincialinventorybelowdeclinesactivitynormallevels,isaccumulating.activelistings28percentyear-over-thoughfromaverylevelinJuly2021.quitelow,buttheslowpaceofsaleshastippedsomemarketsintobalancedorbuyers’marketterritory.Year-to-date,BCresidentialdollarvolumewasdown20centfromthesameperiodin2021to$58.7billion.Residentialsalesweredown29.3perto56,801units,whiletheaverageMLS®residentialpricewas13.2percentto$1.03million.

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“I know these things happen, I did a presale before,” said Evans, who has so far put down about 10 per cent of the cost of the studio unit, about $40,000. “But I have never seen these kinds of delays. If there’s potential for the deal not to go through to completion, I’m not sure if I want to do the next payment and be the dumb guy who loses his money.”

The report also notes housing prices have dropped by more than four per cent in each of the three months that followed February, when the national average home price hit a record $816,720. Despite the adjustment in the forecast, prices are still expected to be above the prepandemic level at the end of 2023. Regionally, the report says the largest price corrections are most likely to occur in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, where prices skyrocketed during the pandemic. “While we don’t want to diminish the difficulties some Canadians are facing, this adjustment is helping to bring some sanity back to Canadian real estate,” the report said. The authors also note that the upcoming economic slowdown will ease inflationary pressures enough for the Bank of Canada to begin reversing interest rate hikes. Desjardins expects the Canadian housing market to stabilize late next year.

“Market conditions remained much more balanced in July 2022 compared to a year earlier. As buyers continued to benefit from more choice, the annual rate of price growth has moderated,” reads the TRREB report released Aug. 4. These figures doen’t tell the whole story, however; Prices aren’t falling across the board, in every part of the region, across every housing type. “Less expensive home types, including condo apartments, experienced stronger rates of price growth as more buyers turned to these segments to help mitigate the impact of higher borrowing costs,” notes TRREB, which reports a 7.6 per cent average price increase for townhouses in the City of Toronto. The benchmark price of a newlybuilt single family house in Toronto recently shot up 31 per cent, yearover-year, hitting $1,843,595. Condos in the 416 were also up, 4.3 per cent year-over-year, while condos in the suburbs were some 11.9 per cent more expensive than they were last year at the same time.

Steep price drops will bring ‘sanity’ back to housing market in 2023: Desjardins Toronto home sales dropped by nearly 50% With only 4,912 homes sold throughout the entire Greater Toronto Area in July of this year — some 47 per cent less compared to July 2021 — the predictions of real estate experts and analysts continue to play out as promised. For better (in the case of some buyers) or worse (sorry, sellers).

A Ladner couple who put down a deposit on a studio unit in an unbuilt Coquitlam condo tower just before the COVID-19 pandemic are worried about their investment as delays push back construction. Gerry Evans and his wife, Lillian Liu, were told when they signed the pre-sale contract for Horizon 21, a 21-storey building with close to 150 units, in February 2020 that the tower would be complete in early 2023. But construction hasn’t started yet and the building that still occupies the site at Blue Mountain Street and Lougheed Highway hasn’t been torn down.

The unforeseen delays, caused by a new layer of B.C. red tape and months of COVID shutdowns, is an example of how developers’ plans can be disrupted between the time pre-sales agreements are signed and the actual move-in date. Gerry Evans of Ladner and his wife Lillian Liu at 154 Blue Mountain (Blue Mountain and Lougheed Hwy), Coquitlam. Gerry Evans of Ladner and his wife Lillian Liu at 154 Blue Mountain (Blue Mountain and Lougheed Hwy), Coquitlam. The main issue causing the delay is a new site disclosure statement that B.C.’s Environment Ministry invoked in 2021 as a screening-tool requirement for potentially hazardous building sites. That issue has been resolved, Andrew Wong, a spokesman for the developer, Centred Developments, said Wednesday. Wong said the developer couldn’t get a building permit from the City of Coquitlam until the site disclosure statement was approved. The developer submitted it in in February 2021 and it was approved in late June or early July. Wong said that means the demolition of the building can go ahead. He couldn’t disclose when ground would be broken on the mixed-use tower with 142 condo units, four retail units and five secondfloor office units as well as a threestorey building with eight townhouses.

The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) released its monthly stats report for July 2022 on Thursday, noting that both sales volumes and new listings were down on a year-over-year and month-over-month basis across the region. Home prices are up ever so slightly at 1.2 per cent compared to last year at this time, but the average (seasonallyadjusted) selling price actually fell 2.6 per cent between June and July, from $1,137,494 to $1,108,158. A 2.6 per cent average price drop for the GTA isn’t amazing, but it’s better than what prospective buyers were looking at last summer, when prices were rising by as much as 2.8 per cent every month.

BC home sales continue to slow in July

The original disclosure statement sets Jan. 31, 2024, as the “outside date” for completion, which is 18 months away. Wong said it’s likely the disclosure statement would be amended to extend that date, which he said is a common occurrence with projects. The B.C. Financial Services Authority, which oversees different financial sectors, has a lengthy checklist of what to watch for and how to ensure provincial safeguards under the Real Estate Development Marketing Act that protect pre-sale buyers’ deposits and other aspects of the sale. Desjardins is forecasting the average home price in Canada will decline by nearly 25 per cent by the end of 2023 from the peak reached in February of this year. In its latest residential real estate outlook published on Thursday, Desjardins says it’s expecting a sharp correction in the housing market, adjusting its previous forecast that predicted a 15-per-cent drop in the average home price over that same period. Desjardins says the worsened outlook stems from both weaker housing data and more aggressive monetary policy than previously anticipated. The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate by a full percentage point in July, pushing up the borrowing rates linked to mortgages, and further increases are expected this year.

Pre-sale condo buyer skeptical about down payment

New data released by the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) last week revealed that the average benchmark price for a home in the GTA fell six per cent month-over-month in July to $1,074,754. In a report published on Aug. 4, RBC Senior Economist Robert Hogue said recent data from real estate boards underlines that higher interest rates are beginning to take a “huge toll” on the market.

Conspiracy theory about ‘new world order’ won’t save Vancouver home from foreclosure

Real Estate When Karen Wai King Lew told a B.C. judge that her mortgage debt had been completely forgiven, she invoked a twodecade-old conspiracy theory about a « new world order » that has recently resurfaced.

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Sellers have considerably less power, and property values are expected to fall “rapidly” in the coming months. The pain will be felt particularly in single detached homes, while condo apartments will prove to be more resilient. “Soaring interest rates have been the catalyst for this widespread correction,” Hogue said. Housing correction could end up becoming ‘one of the deepest of the past half a century,’ RBC warns

In a recent report, Robert Hogue, assistant chief economist at RBC, said the downturn has deepened in housing markets across the country. In Toronto and Vancouver — the two least affordable markets — the decline is “quickly” becoming one of the sharpest drops in the last 50 years. “Prices are sliding fast, and the exuberance that permeated these markets earlier this year is being replaced by fear,” Hogue said. “[Toronto and Vancouver] are most at risk in light of their excessively stretched affordability and outsized price gains during the pandemic.” In Toronto, the pullback is in full force, and the “frenzy” that propelled the city’s housing market to unforeseen heights last winter is “completely gone,” the economist noted. Excluding the lockdown of April 2020, housing activity is at its slowest pace in more than 13 years. Previously rock-bottom inventories have risen 58% year-over-year, while Toronto’s composite MLS Home Price Index (HPI) has fallen 13% since March 2022, to $1,160,000. “We expect buyers to remain on the defensive in the months ahead as they deal with rising interest rates and poor affordability,” Hogue said. “We see them in a position to extract further price concessions, especially in the 905 belt where property values soared during the pandemic. Condos in the City of Toronto are likely to remain relatively more resilient.” Since the spring, rising interest rates have been pouring “buckets of ice-cold water” on Vancouver’s housing market. Activity has fallen 40% in the last four months and prices are weakening — the composite MLS HPI has fallen 4.5% since April. RBC believes the city’s correction is still in its early stages, and buyers in the region will only face further pressure as rates rise and affordability reaches “suffocating levels.”

Canada’s housing correction now runs “far and wide”: RBC A housing correction which has already led to four consecutive months of price declines in the previously overheated Greater Toronto Area market could end up becoming “one of the deepest of the past half a century,” a new report from RBC warns.

Believers in this theory claim that NESARA, the National Economic Security and Reformation Act, was secretly passed by U.S. Congress in 2000 and set to be announced on Sept. 11, 2001. The theory is that all evidence was destroyed when a shadowy cabal of world leaders arranged for the attack on the World Trade Center in New York.

Hogue said that with further hikes to come, prices will likely continue to slide in the coming months. That prediction, it should be noted, goes against a report from Royal LePage last month which painted a rosier forecast for sellers in which values would more or less holding for the rest of the year following some declines in the second quarter. “Our expectations for further hikes by the Bank of Canada—another 75 basis points to go in the overnight rate by the fall— will keep chilling the market in the months ahead,” Hogue said. “We expect the downturn to intensify and spread further as buyers take a wait-and-see approach while ascertaining the impact of higher lending rates.

Canada’s least affordable markets Vancouver and Toronto, and their surrounding regions, are most at risk in light of their excessively stretched affordability and outsized price gains during the pandemic.”

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According to a recent B.C. Supreme Court ruling, Lew appealed a foreclosure order on her Vancouver home on the basis that something called NESARA/ GESARA (new window) had been enacted and all credit card, mortgage and other bank debt would be wiped out in a jubilee of forgiveness. She described it as a pending new world order that has its roots in the United States (NESARA), but has evolved to a global movement (GESARA), to which many countries are signatories, including Canada, Justice Sharon Matthews wrote in her July 12 decision (new window). She asserted that it involves resignation of world leaders, new currencies that will be backed by gold, and a more harmonious and peaceful world where the enslavement qualities of debt will be abolished.

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The lineup at the soup kitchen window, where volunteers are dishing out heaping plates of curry and rice, is long yet orderly, with men, women and children calmly waiting their turn for their meal. Patience is something many in Sri Lanka are clinging to, as food prices have spiked by 90 per cent and cooking fuel and gasoline are in short supply in this island nation crippled by economic collapse and political instability. Ranjani Subramanium, 39, eats timidly at the community kitchen outside the capital, Colombo, grateful for the hot lunch. The single mother frets constantly about how to feed her young daughters. Her meagre means of income is selling betel leaves to support her daughters, aged two and 12, and 15-year-old son. “We are so helpless. I am unable to give my children even one proper meal a day because of the way the country has fallen,” she told CBC News through a Sinhalese translator. Before this, she said they ate three good meals a day. Now, “we don’t have anything,” she said with resignation. Subramanium spends nights worrying about her children’s future, with schools in Sri Lanka limited to only three days of in-class attendance a week due to the fuel shortages plaguing the country. Subramanium can’t afford the computer needed for her older daughter to log onto the online classes scheduled on the remaining two days of the week. “It makes me sad when she tells me that the other children are studying online but she doesn’t have a way to join them,” Subramanium said. She is not alone in her struggles to feed her family. Food prices in Sri Lanka are double what they used to be and the country is bankrupt, a dire situation many blame on the ruling class and Sri Lanka’s recently ousted president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Many Sri Lankans struggle to eat amid the country’s economic collapse, Sri Lankan social media event curbed in China after ship denied entry to Hambantota port After Sri Lankan govt cancelled approval given to a Chinese ship to dock at the country’s Hambantota port, the Chinese social media platform TikTok has reportedly barred a promotional campaign of the Sri Lankan embassy on Douyin-- the TikTok equivalent in China. Meanwhile, on August 12, the Sri Lankan embassy had planned for a TikTok campaign. However, they were been informed by Chinese officials that it cannot be put into practice. The Sri Lankan government believes it was in retaliation for the island nation’s postponement of the Chinese ship’s port call over concerns raised by India, ANI reported. On August 6, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka asked the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to postpone the arrival of Yuan Wang 5, a massive space-satellite tracker ship, which was scheduled to arrive at to11portHambantotathetowasdualvesselThefurtherport,Hambantotathe“untiltalks.”ChinesewithpurposesscheduledarriveinleasedonAugustinorderrefueland

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Sushil Modi’s constant attacks on RJD leader Lalu Prasad and his family over the course of four months on allegations of corruption played a significant role in the fall of the JDU-RJD Grand Alliance government in Bihar in 2017. Following this, the JD(U) of Nitish Kumar dumped the Grand Aliance of his party, RJD

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar alleges, ‘Wouldn’t have split with BJP had Sushil Modi been in cabinet’ INDIA Indian woman kills herself in USA after facing domestic abuse by husband and in-laws

The video quickly became viral on Twitter and Facebook where several enraged people commented on the stigmas in society. “I tried my best, but I cannot take the daily beatings now. For eight years, I have been tolerating his bad behaviour, hoping that he will mend his ways one day,” the mother of two daughters — aged 6 and 4 — was heard saying in Punjabi as she wept. Kaur and Sandhu are from Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh. They moved to USA in 2015. She also said that her husband had been cheating on her for years. Her father also got Sandhu booked in a case. “He pleaded and got off,” the woman added. She said further that her mother-inlaw verbally abused her and her family, and encouraged Sandhu to torture her.

In a massive development, Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, who broke away from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and joined hands with the Opposition to form a ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government, has stated that had his friend and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sushil Modi been in the cabinet, the split would not have taken place. Nitish wanted to become Vice President: Sushil Kumar Modi; CM replies Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar wanted to become the Vice President and he dumped the BJP after the party failed to accommodate his ambitions. Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi have a long-standing, intriguing friendship that dates back many years. Sushil Modi held the position of Nitish Kumar’s Deputy Chief Minister for more than 11 years in total, seven of which was in the first spell from 2005 to 2013.

A 30-year-old Indian Sikh woman killed herself at her house in New York area, following “years of domestic abuse” and exploitation by her husband and in-laws. Hours before taking her life, Mandeep Kaur recorded a video of herself where she was heard detailing her ordeal. In the nearly five-minute-long clip, she said that her husband, Ranjodhbeer Singh Sandhu—who works as a truck driver—used to beat her up daily. Her clip was shared on Instagram by The Kaur Movement, an organisation that works for sexual and domestic abuse victims, focusing on the Sikh community.

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The Pakistani-origin woman said she has been tying rakhi to Modi for more than 24-25 years now.

A report by Bloomberg suggests that the reason for this is to give a push to the Indian smartphone brands. It would be safe to say that their stand in the market has only weakened in the previous years. This step will affect companies like Xiaomi, Realme, and even Transsion Holdings.

FIFA has reminded India’s football association that it risks losing the upcoming Under-17 Women’s World Cup and faces a ban due to “deviations” from an agreed road map aimed at sorting out governance issues. In May, India’s highest court disbanded the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and appointed a three-member committee to govern the sport, amend the AIFF’s constitution and conduct elections that have been pending for 18 months. In response, football’s world governing body FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) sent a team, led by AFC General Secretary Windsor John, to meet stakeholders in Indian football and laid down a road map for the AIFF to amend its statutes by the end of July and subsequently conclude elections at the latest by September 15. This week, the Indian court ordered elections to be held promptly and said the elected committee would be an interim body for a period of three months. “As per the said roadmap, the AIFF was to call for a special general assembly on the first week of August 2022 to approve the new statutes worked upon with FIFA, the AFC and the Indian football community,” a letter sent by FIFA and AFC said. “Unfortunately, we have been informed that the Supreme Court’s hearing held yester day on the situation of the AIFF allegedly resulted in deviations to the aforementioned roadmap.

Qamar Mohsin Shaikh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Pakistani-origin sister, sent a rakhi ahead of the Raksha Bandhan, and wrote a letter praying for his good health and long life and wishing him for the 2024 general election. Qamar said she has made all preparations and expected to meet Modi this time. “I hope he (PM Modi) will call me Delhi this time. I have done all the preparations. I made this rakhi by myself by using a Reshmi ribbon with embroidery design,” news agency ANI Shaikh as saying. “There is no doubt, he will be the PM again. He deserves this because he has those capabilities and I wish him to be PM of India every time,” she added.

Qamar Mohsin Shaikh has been sending rakhi and Raksha Bandhan card to Modi Ji every year.

INDIA The Janata Dal United’s (JDU) abrupt move to end its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar will marginally affect the ruling party’s strength in the Rajya Sabha as well where the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) tally will dip due to the BJP’s loss of an alliance partner. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajya Sabha deputy chairman and Union minister Piyush Goyal during M Venkaiah Naidu’s farewell ceremony, in New Delhi on Monday (ANI File) JDU’s Nitish Kumar resigned as chief minister of the NDA coalition government on Tuesday, and staked claim within hours to lead Bihar’s Grand Alliance, or Mahagathbandhan, with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress. It is not clear how Nitish Kumar’s pole vault - he again took oath on Wednesday afternoon - will impact Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, a JDU member who was elected to the post with the support of the BJP. Singh has not indicated if he will continue or offer to step down. While the BJP has an envious tally of 303 members in the Lok Sabha where the halfway mark is 272 and does not need to depend on its coalition partners to pass legislations, the ruling party is still some distance How Nitish Kumar’s switch in Bihar will impact BJP in Rajya Sabha India wants to drive Chinese brands out of the sub-Rs 12,000 Bracket: Report

Willing to ‘feed the world’ by summer, India may have to import wheat come winter

These are the companies that have contributed to the third of India’s sales volume in the sub-Rs 12,000 price bracket in the April-June quarter this year, as per Counterpoint Research. Chinese brands in India acquired a major share in the market. However, there’s no word on what the Indian Government plans on doing about this. We don’t know if there will be a new policy for this or “informal channels to convey its preference to Chinese companies.”

India facing football ban over ‘deviations’ from FIFA ‘roadmap’

Rising wholesale and consumer prices of wheat may push India to allow imports of the staple food item in a few months’ time. If India turns importer, it will be a drastic reversal from desiring to ‘feed the world’ in the summer to battling a shortfall by winter. Compared to last year (202122) when India exported about 7.2 million tonnes of wheat, exports are estimated to be 6 million tonnes by the end of the ongoing financial year (2022-23).

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Pakistani-origin woman living in India sends rakhi to Modi

There’s no official word on this. So, it remains to be seen how things will shape up.

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Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama should have the decency and courtesy of informing people in Fiji about the election date instead of talking about it to a group of Fijians in the United States, says National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad. PM should have decency and courtesy to inform Fijians of election date “His comment that he wasn’t sure about the date but it would be held by December shows he has to consult his righthand man, the A-G (Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum) before making the announcement,” Prof Prasad said.

Not enough milk – Prices force mothers to give baby gruel made from cassava

The Punjab Government has accepted the resignation of Dr Raj Bahadur as Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences. Sources in the Chief Minister’s Office said the resignation has been sent to state Governor Banwari Lal Purohit for the final approval. The resignation comes in wake of a controversy over the eminent doctor being “humiliated” and forced to lie on dirty mattress in the hospital by the state Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra, during his inspection of the hospital, late last month.

Two boxers of Pakistan’s 2022 Commonwealth Games contingent reported missing in Birmingham after conclusion of the event . Boxers Suleman Baloch and Nazeer Ullah were found missing, confirmed Pakistan Boxing Federation Secretary Nasir Tang, a few hours before the Pakistani squad, which consisted of five boxers and four officials, was to depart for Islamabad. Tang said, “The travel documents, including their passports, are still with federation officials who accompanied the boxing team to the games.”

He was accompanied by Fiji Airways CEO Andre Viljoen, senior civil servants, executives from Fiji Airways, Tourism Fiji, Fiji Airports, representatives from the hotel industry, and many traveling Fijians who were visiting family in Canada. This promotional trip is designed to ensure travelers are aware of the direct flights operated by Fiji Airways when choosing their next holiday destination.

The cabinet also approved a new policy for crusher units and decided to levy environment duty of Re 1 per cubic feet on production material, which would fetch Rs 225 crore to the state exchequer.

Fijian diaspora welcomes Vancouver flight

Cabinet approves revision in sand rate, fixes MRP for gravel

Punjab Cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to amend the state’s mining policy to raise sand rates to Rs 9 per cubic feet and fix the maximum retail price of gravel at Rs 20 per cubic feet.

The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) has begun issuing a Chinese-themed 88-cent commemorative banknote, which has been causing a stir with many questioning the timing and significance of the release. The 88-cent collectors’ item was released on the eighth day of the eighth month of the year. The number eight is considered a lucky number in Chinese culture, bringing wealth and fortune — and the more eights the better. Accompanying the lucky Chinese number, one side of the note features an image of the Chinese god of wealth and a money tree.

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Authorities in London, as well as the Pakistan High Commission in the United Kingdom, have been informed about their disappearance.

Soaring milk product prices is forcing mothers and carers of infants and young children to resort to gruel made from cassava and other crops. Loraini Nailatikau, a mother of five children, said over the past few years the cost of nearly all food items had increased to a point that required careful budgeting. “Right now my husband is the only one working and supporting the family,” the 38-year-old Cunningham resident said. Govt accepts Dr Raj Bahadur’s resignation as Vice Chancellor Baba Farid University

Fiji Airways first promotional flight from Nadi International Airport has landed safely in Vancouver, Canada. Upon arrival the delegation was enthusiastically welcomed by a large number of the Fijian diaspora living in Canada. In the lead up to direct flights between Nadi and Vancouver, the promotional flight included a delegation led by Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Reserve Bank releases 88-cent numismatic banknote with Chinese wealth and fortune imagery

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A new flashpoint has erupted in Pakistani politics leading to a TV anchor fleeing the country, a spokesman of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) under arrest and prospects of former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry being slapped with sedition and conspiracy charges. The crackdown comes three days ahead of Khan’s plan to hold a massive public rally in Lahore, where he said he would make an important announcement. ARY News anchor Arshad Sharif fled Pakistan after a case was registered against him following the arrest of PTI spokesman Shahbaz Gill on sedition charges after he criticised the army during a TV programme. While the anchor fled for Dubai, the houses of his colleagues were raided and the head of ARY News Ammad Yousaf was arrested from his house in Karachi. “Can such shameful acts take place in any democracy?” Imran Khan tweeted about Mr Gill’s arrest.

Chinese spy ship changes course but Pakistan warship to dock at Columbo

New flashpoint in Pakistan as scribe flees to Dubai

The Chinese tracking and survey vessel, Yuan Wang 5, has changed course and does not seem to be approaching Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port after Colombo, on India’s prodding, told Beijing to defer its port call. While the Chinese vessel is unlikely to dock at Hambantota, Colombo has allowed a Pakistani warship to make a port call at Colombo while on its way to join the Pakistan Navy in Karachi.

Tricolour displayed at SFJ leader Gurpatwant Pannu’s house Amid the Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan, the Indian flag was on Thursday displayed at the house of Gurpatwant Pannun at Sector 15 in Chandigarh. Congress leader Gursimram Singh Mand from Ludhiana, along with his supporters, arrived outside the house of Pannu, and raised slogans. They were carrying Indian flags, which was put up at the main gate. Satya Narayan, a security guard at the house told that a few people had came around 1.40 pm, and raised slogans ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ and ‘Inquilab Zindabad’. Police arrest man for making extortion calls to doctors Punjab Police have arrested a man for allegedly making extortion calls to doctors and industrialists in the name of Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar gang, from this district of Gujarat. The man arrested on Wednesday night, hailed from Bihar and was camping in the Chani area of the Vadodara city for the last 15 days. According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police from Punjab: “Extornist Sharif, alias Mazaralam Shaikh, had called up an Amritsar-based doctor demanding Rs 5 lakh as ransom. After introducing himself as Vicky Brar and a member of Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar, he had threatened to kill the doctor if the ransom money was not transferred into his account.”

Army Chief reaches out to UAE, Saudi Arabia for bailout package Days after seeking US help in securing an early release of a crucial USD 1.7 billion instalment from the IMF to Pakistan, Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has now reached out to Saudi Arabia and the UAE as part of his efforts to ensure financial assistance for the cash-strapped nation, according to a media reports. As the Executive Board of IMF is set to meet later this month to formally approve next tranche of USD 1.2 billion instalment, the international lender wants Pakistan to ensure it receives commitment from its friends for financial assistance.

NDP Critic for Women and Gender Equality Leah Gazan issued the following statement: “The Liberal government needs to step up and give provinces the means to protect and defend access to abortion and the reproductive health rights of women and gender diverse people. Last week, a young woman in Quebec was refused access to emergency oral contraceptives, also known as the morning-after pill, at a local pharmacy. This was an unacceptable violation of her right to access reproductive health care. The decision to seek emergency oral contraception, or any reproductive health care, is already a difficult decision, and to have barriers stand in the way of accessing that care is an injustice. Reproductive health care is protected under Section 7 of the Canadian Charter SABA (South Asian Business Association) annual Golf Tournament 2022 Liberals must push provinces to protect reproductive health care access of Rights and Freedoms. Governments have an obligation to protect abortion and reproductive health care access under the Canada Health Act in order to receive health transfers from the federal government.

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