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California is banning gas cars California regulators on Thursday will vote to put in place a sweeping plan to restrict and ultimately ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars, state officials said, a move that the state’s governor described as the beginning of the end for the internal combustion engine.
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India for the first time on Wednesday voted against Russia during a “procedural vote” at the United Nations Security Council on Ukraine, as the 15-member powerful UN body invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to address India votes against Russia for first time at UNSC on Ukraine a meeting through a video tele-conference. This is for the first time that India has voted against Russia on the issue of Ukraine, after the Russian military action began in February. So far, New Delhi has abstained at the UN Security Council on
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“What’s fortunate is it’s hitting kids under the age of about eight … but the kids get over it quite effectively. After about 7-10 days they’re back to normal.”
After a successful debut event with Murals in the Market last year, two new murals are coming to the Punjabi Market. Murals in the Market brought bright and colourful art to the Punjabi Market in South Vancouver, and there are two new murals coming to the market next week. This marks the second annual Murals in Two dazzling new murals will make splash in Punjabi Market the Market initiative and it will be sponsored and supported by RBC, Orr Development, the City of Vancouver and Mona Cloth House. According to the Punjabi Market Collective, the goal of bringing murals to Punjabi Market is “to help facilitate storytelling through public art by
The number of COVID-19 cases in B.C. hospitals fell by about 10 per cent over the last week, as data shows hospital admissions holding steady. As of Aug. 25, there were 331 positive cases in hospitals, down 35 over last Thursday, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). The number of patients in critical care climbed by seven to 29. The province reports all positive cases in its hospitals, regardless of the reason a person was admitted.
A virus in India is providing insight into the messy science of uncovering emerging diseases as they happen – particularly in a hypervigilant post-COVID world. The disease of the moment is called ‘tomato flu.’ It’s a virus observed in the south western state of Kerala in India. It causes fevers, rashes, and intense pain in the joints of children it infects. The rash is raised and red, with some pustules getting as large as a cherry tomato – hence the name.
Colleges plan remote courses as student visas get delayed With student visas for Canada getting delayed, the India High Commission in Ottawa has issued an advisory pointing out that some universities have put in place contingency plans for those missing out on the Fall Session starting from next month. Pointing out that the processing of visas is a sovereign power of the Canadian Government, the High Commission said it has requested the Canadian authorities to expedite processing of visa applications for
New ‘Tomato flu’ discovered in India
“These blisters sort of resemble monkey pox, and sort of resembles hand foot and mouth – it’s a bit of a mixture,” says Australia’s Victoria University immunologist Professor Vasso Apostolopoulos, who was one of the researchers on The Lancet paper.
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Longhurst acknowledged the province’s successes in cutting MRI wait times, but said the province needs to bring that energy to protecting the public surgical system.
“The number o public MRIs has gone up dramatically, the number of private MRIs has gone down dramatically, and to say that is the corporatization of health care is just not accurate,” he said.
“This sector continues to pull the limited specialized healthcare workers we have in the province out of our public hospitals,” said report author and SFU health policy researcher Andrew Longhurst. While in the short term outsourcing to private clinics may help cut waitlists, he said, their use comes with costs of its own. Amid the string of recent closures and diversions at B.C. hospitals due to a lack of staffing, the public system can’t afford to lose any more specialized staff, he said. “This is making the public sector staffing challenges worse because its drawing on that same pool,” he said. “It makes ramping up capacity in our public hospitals much more difficult.”
Longhurst’s report also cited research showing procedures at for-profit facilities can cost between twice and four times as much as in the public system. Responding to the report Wednesday, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said just one in 25 surgeries in the province is currently done outside of the public sector. The province is also focusing on pushing that number down, he said, and has purchased two private surgical centres.
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The province has nearly doubled the number of MRIs conducted under the public system since 2016, he said. It has has gone from near the bottom to the top of the Canadian Institute of Health Information rankings when it comes to MRI, knee replacements and hip replacement wait times, he said.
“We’ve engaged in surgical renewal, 400 trained new surgical nurses, a hundred new medical device technologists, 84 measures to increase the capacity not of the private system but of the public system, this has been period of remarkable of the public system and the public responses to surgery,” he said.
A new report warns the B.C. government is growing increasingly reliant on surgeries outsourced to private clinics, paid for with public money. The report, produced by left-leaning think tank the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, found that British Columbia spent $393 million on surgeries at private clinics over the last six years, a 57 per cent increase over that time period. On an annual basis, spending climbed from $47.9 million in 2015/2016 to $75 million last year, as the province leaned on 45 private clinics to help it clear the pandemic-driven surgical backlog.
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And while Friedman would surely focus on this government’s spending, he’d likely also note that the additional spending has been financed in some of the worst ways, including raising marginal tax rates on the most productive members of the economy, which makes Canada less competitive.
But the Trudeau government has never been able to execute its plans for future restraint. Consider its inaugural budget in 2016, which predicted spending of $314.2 billion in 2019-20. Actual spending for that year totalled $349.1 billion, almost $35 billion more than originally planned. Similarly, as a share of the economy, the Trudeau government planned for spending (excluding interest) to decline from 14.6% of GDP in 201617 to 13.8% by 2019-20 — yet actual spending in 2019-20 represented 15.1% of the economy.
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According to the late economist and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, the real burden of government is not taxation but rather the amount of money spent by government. By that measure, the federal government’s burden on Canadians has increased materially since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s election in 2015. Friedman’s basic argument was that the amount of money spent by government in any particular year represents the share of a society’s resources available at that time that are consumed or directed by government that are not therefore available to individuals, families, entrepreneurs and businesses. This use of available resources by government, at the expense of individuals using those same resources, is the true burden of government according to Friedman. He further acknowledged, however, that how government finances such spending is also important and that it could be done more efficiently by, for instance, taxing consumption (i.e. sales tax) rather than taxing investment, entrepreneurship, work effort and risk-taking as is done through personal income taxes. He also recognized the deleterious effects and risks of deferring taxes to the future through deficits. Ottawa’s raw spending numbers tell the story of a much more burdensome federal government. In 2014-15, the last full year of the Harper government, federal spending (excluding interest costs) totalled $256.3 billion. The current budget estimates spending will reach $434.3 billion this year, with very little tied to COVID — more than a two-thirds increase in spending in less than a decade. A different way of measuring government spending, and one generally favoured by economists, is to compare spending with the size of the economy. It’s a way of measuring the degree to which Ottawa is using resources versus individuals, families, entrepreneurs and businesses. In 2014-15, Ottawa’s spending (excluding interest) represented 12.9% of the economy compared to 16.1% this year (based on current federal budget projections). The last time federal spending exceeded 16% per cent of the economy (excluding 2020 and 2021 due to COVID) was 1993-94, prior to the Chretien-era reforms. The government’s standard response, from Trudeau’s original finance minister Bill Morneau to current Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, is that spending will decline in the future.
For 19 years since his mother was brutally killed in India, Vancouver businessman Sanjay Goel has been seeking justice. Now, on the eve of a trial in India, Sanjay Goel, 57, said, that despite repeated requests, Canadian authorities and the RCMP have declined to arrest his uncle, Subhash Agrawal, one of the men wanted in the slaying, who is in Canada. Asha Goel, a prominent and widely respected Canadian doctor, was found bludgeoned to death in her brother’s home in Mumbai in August 2003. “It’s painful every day,” said Sanjay Goel. Asha was born in India but came to Canada in 1963. She became the chief obstetrician at the Headwaters Health Centre in Orangeville, Ont. A tireless advocate for women, Asha delivered over 10,000 babies and was active in her community, said her son, who believes authorities have done less for her case than for other Canadians killed overseas. In 2003 Asha travelled to Mumbai for a family wedding. At the time, Asha and her brothers were embroiled in a squabble over a substantial family inheritance. His mother, whom Sanjay describes as “the centre of the wheel” among her siblings, wanted nothing to do with the conflict, and tried to stay out of it. Although her brother in India, Suresh Agrawal, had lobbed some troubling accusations at his mom, she agreed to go to dinner at his home to make peace. After dinner, Agrawal encouraged her to stay overnight. The next morning she was found dead, Sanjay said, brutally beaten with two granite baseboards, and stabbed with a vegetable paring knife. Sanjay, president of a cruise ship company, was at sea when he got the news.
On May 26, with the assistance of detector dogs, border officers discovered more than 1,000 vacuum-sealed bags of suspected cannabis in a marine container set for export. The total amount seized in that incident was nearly 600 kilograms of product.
Gordie Hogg, a rival candidate who will be running in the Surrey mayoral election with Surrey First this October, had some strong words when it comes to McCallum’s “fantasy stadium,” as he put it.
South Asian family demands justice for mother slain in India
Mayor McCallum’s “fantasy stadium” slammed Mayor McCallum announced yesterday that he wanted to build a stadium in Surrey that could seat 60,0000 people for “all sports.” “Part of our commitments that we’re going to say as part of our Safe Surrey Coalition is we are going to build a 60,000-person arena in Surrey,” McCallum told reporters from Cloverdale at the site of a new sports complex that broke ground today.
Exactly one month later on June 26, officers examined another shipment container set for export and discovered 100 vacuum-sealed bags of suspected cannabis, weighing around 300 kilograms. “Cannabis and cannabis products continue to remain illegal to import or export without a valid permit. I want to thank the CBSA employees for their continued work,” said Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino. Regardless of the mode of entry (air, marine, land, rail), it is illegal to bring cannabis (and cannabis products) into or out of Canada without a valid Health Canada permit or exemption. It was not immediately clear where the seizures took place. Global News has reached out to the CBSA for further comment.
Surrey teen powerlifter breaks records with weight totals that ‘rival adult lifters’ Surrey teen Gaurav Dhanoa is powerlifting his way to national records. The 17-year-old broke 12 powerlifting records in two age classes, at national and provincial levels, at a Canadian Powerlifting League competition in Nanton, Alberta, on Aug. 20-21. “He squatted 336 pounds, bench-pressed 228 and deadlifted a very impressive 474 pounds, putting it all together for a 1038 pounds total between all three lifts,” explained Pavi Toor, who runs Young Guns Weightlifting .
The statement from Hogg also mentions that the announcement about McCallum’s “fantasy stadium” was made at the Cloverdale Ice Centre, a project that McCallum had cancelled before bringing it back with a higher price tag.
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“Doug McCallum has put absolutely no thought into this idea, because if he did, he’d know Surrey would be saddled with a white elephant that would cost taxpayers an arm and a leg each and every year,” Hogg said in a statement. To put the potential cost into perspective, the brand new Climate Pledge Arena renovation cost Seattle $1.15 billion. This also wouldn’t be the first time McCallum has offered outlandish ideas. Back in 2019, he envisioned turning city roads into a canal to create a “popular hot spot” in Surrey. Hogg thinks that the City of Surrey has more important priorities than a 60,000seat stadium, “starting with public safety.”
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The Canada Border Services Agency says Pacific region officials were able to seize two large amounts of “suspected cannabis” that was leaving the country.
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Police blocked off an area of West Broadway near Alder Street in Vancouver on Aug. 18, after a woman was stabbed while walking her dog. (David Ball/CBC) About 45 minutes later, around 7:15 p.m. PT, a 33-year-old woman was walking her dog in a laneway near West 11th Avenue and Spruce Street when she was approached from behind and punched in the face. Police say the third attack happened just before 8:45 p.m. when a 23-year-old woman was stabbed as she walked near West Broadway and Alder Street. She suffered a serious but non-life threatening injury. In announcing the charges Thursday, police also said Lamb had been charged in connection with a home invasion early on Aug. 20.
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Police say charges have been approved against a 21-year-old Vancouver man following a series of unprovoked attacks on one night and a violent home invasion less than two days later. Martin Lamb has been charged with two counts of assault, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of break and enter. Three of the charges, announced Thursday, are related to three separate attacks from the night of Aug. 18 in the city’s Fairview neighbourhood, which includes Granville Island. Police said the first attack happened just after 6:30 p.m. PT near the False Creek seawall under the Cambie Street Bridge. A 70-year-old man was approached from behind, tackled to the ground, then punched and kicked several times by an unknown man.
Some institutions will provide a remote option for students unable to reach Canada for lack of visa and for students wishing to defer their admission, the university is communicating options including deferring admission to a later
India currently is a non-permanent member of the UNSC for a twoyear term, which ends in December. On Wednesday, the UNSC held a meeting to take stock of the now six-month-old conflict on the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. As the meeting began, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily A Nebenzia requested a procedural vote concerning Ukrainian President’s participation in the meeting by video tele-conference. Following statements by him and Ferit Hoxha of Albania, the Council extended an invitation to Zelensky to participate in the meeting via video teleconference by a vote of 13 in favour to one against. Russia voted against such an invitation, while China abstained. Nebenzia insisted that Russia does not oppose Zelensky’s participation, but such participation must be in-person. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council decided to work virtually, but such meetings were informal and, after the pandemic’s peak, the Council returned to the provisional rules of procedure, he argued. Reiterating that his country’s objection pertains specifically to the President’s participation by video tele-conference, he called for a procedural vote on this matter, students who have already deposited their tuition fees. While the Indian missions continue to be engaged with relevant Canadian interlocutors, local universities have advised that they have in place contingency plans, in order to support those incoming students who do not receive their study permit in time to be present on campus when term begins in September.
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Colleges plan remote courses as student visas get delayed term. Currently, over 2.3 lakh Indian students are enrolled in Canada and make a contribution of $ 4 billion in tuition fees. On the other hand, the Canadian High Commission has acknowledged the problem and said the current processing time is 12 weeks and it is making every effort to reduce wait times in our services globally.
“We urge students who are still awaiting the outcome of their visa applications at this stage to contact their Designated Learning Institution in Canada to discuss options should they be unable to arrive in time for the start of classes,” it said. to which India and 12 other countries did not agree and supported Zelensky to address the Council via video conference.
India votes against Russia much to the annoyance of the Western powers led by the United States. Western nations, including the US, have imposed major economic and other sanctions on Russia following the aggression. India has not criticised Russia for its aggression against Ukraine. New Delhi has repeatedly called upon the Russian and Ukrainian sides to return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue, and also expressed its support for all diplomatic efforts to end the conflict between the two countries.
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South Asian family demands justice for mother slain in India
remembers climbing down the side of a moving ship in the middle of the night, boarding a fishing vessel, numb and in shock. It was the beginning of a long and troubling journey seeking justice for his mom. In 2005, Mumbai police charged four men with conspiracy to murder Asha; three were employees of Asha’s brother Suresh and one was his son-inlaw. One of the men gave a full confession, alleging they had been hired by Asha’s two brothers, Suresh and Subhash. Police named Subhash, then a resident of Ottawa, as a key co-conspirator and “wanted accused.” Subhash has denied he had anything to do with Asha’s death. In 2006 Interpol issued a red notice (a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and arrest a person) for Subhash, who in 2005 had become a Canadian citizen. Because Canada has a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with India, Sanjay expected the RCMP would take action. The family advocated with the RCMP, and the police in Ottawa. Despite spending thousands of dollars to assist in the investigation, and provide documents from India, the Mounties didn’t pursue an arrest of Subhash, who continues to live as a free man in Toronto, said Sanjay Goel.
The new policy, detailed Wednesday morning in a news conference, is widely expected to accelerate the global transition toward electric vehicles. Not only is California the largest auto market in the United States, but more than a dozen other states typically follow California’s lead when setting their own auto emissions standards.
If those states follow through, and most are expected to adopt similar rules, the restrictions would apply to about a third of the United States auto market.
“This is huge,” said Margo Oge, an electric vehicles expert who headed the Environmental Protection Agency’s transportation emissions program under Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama. As additional states put in place their own versions of these policies, “they will drive the market, and drive innovation,” she said.
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The rule, issued by the California Air Resources Board, will require that all new cars sold in the state by 2035 be free of greenhouse gas emissions like carbon dioxide. The rule also sets interim targets, requiring that 35 percent of new passenger vehicles sold by 2026 produce zero emissions. That requirement climbs to 68 percent by 2030.
California is banning gas cars
While New West Police said that the criminals involved in this case were highly organized, they’re reminding the bad guys that police forces are also highly organized. “Criminals should know that we’re coordinated, we’re sharing information, and we’re watching the moves they make.”
“We understand this to be a criminal investigation,” said Andrea Spindler, deputy police complaint commissioner with the Office of the Police Complain Commissioner. The investigation is being handled by the RCMP, the Ministry of Public Safety confirmed to Daily Hive. The RCMP confirmed it’s looking into the allegations. “In July, the Director of Police Services ordered an investigation as per authorities under the BC Police Act.
Covid-19 cases fall 10% in BC hospitals in one week
Criminal investigation opened into police training seminar in Vancouver
“Without any doubt, Miss Dalman was an individual whose character earned her the love, respect and admiration which shone through the victim impact statements,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge said Tuesday. Dalman’s son Austin, now 18, struggled immensely after the loss of his mother, the judge noted. And family and friends continue to be overwhelmed by grief. Wedge accepted a joint submission from Crown and defence, imposing a nine-year prison sentence on Dheensaw for the attempted-murder conviction. Angela Dalman’s son Austin, now 18, hugs her best friend Lisa Robertson outside the Victoria courthouse Tuesday after the sentencing of Anthony Dheensaw. Dalman, 40, was shot to death in a case of mistaken identity on March 6, 2020 in Langford. BC,
A criminal investigation has been launched into a police training session in Vancouver that took place earlier this year where disturbing acts allegedly took place. The troubling nature of the undercover training program was revealed in a Global investigation this spring. The trainees were apparently coached on how to convince others they weren’t police officers, and some role-played scenarios involved defecation on another person, food used in a sexual manner, and more. According to Global, some officers found it so perverse they reported it to their supervisors. Daily Hive has now learned the Director of Police Services ordered a special investigation into the BC Municipal Undercover Program (BCMUP) training course on July 25.
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The latest update on hospital data suggests B.C.’s third Omicron variantdriven wave continues to subside. For the week ending Aug. 20, B.C. reported 737 new cases, however with testing heavily restricted, that number underestimates the true total. The province conducted 17,004 molecular tests that week. Hospital admissions appeared to hold virtually flat for the week ending Aug. 20. The BCCDC reported 180 COVID-positive admissions, however the data is preliminary and weekly admission data has been consistently revised with a significant increase. For context, the BCCDC originally reported 181 COVID-19 hospital admissions between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13. That number has now been revised to 231, an increase of 27.6 per cent. The number of people dying of COVI-19 remains challenging to track. For the week ending Aug. 20, officials reported 33 deaths, but like hospital admissions, the figure is typically revised and increased the following week.
The court listened to 12 victim impact statements from Dalman’s family and friends, many of whom fought tears as they described the devastation caused by her death.
The man accused of killing a Langford mother in a case of mistaken identity has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years. Last month, 38-year-old Anthony Singh Dheensaw pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of Angela Dalman and to the attempted murder of her friend Derrick Oke outside Oke’s Arncote Avenue home in Langford on March 6, 2020. During the two-day sentencing hearing, court heard that Dheensaw, who was high on cocaine, shot the 40-year-old single mother because he thought she was Oke’s girlfriend.
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An attempted heist that spanned New Westminster and Surrey and involved seven luxury Lexus vehicles was stopped in its tracks by Metro Vancouver police forces. What happened during the incident sounds like something you’d see in a movie like The Fast and the Furious or Gone in 60 Seconds. Three young suspects were taken into custody following the dramatic event that took place on May 31. The incident was called “highly organized” by New Westminster Police. Police observed seven stolen Lexus vehicles being loaded into two shipping containers in a Surrey salvage yard. One of the containers was loaded onto a commercial vehicle and had begun to leave the area. Four of those cars were stolen from New Westminster. New Westminster’s Forensic Identification Unit processed the luxury cars and developed prints belonging to the suspects. The suspects include 19-year-old Mohammed Bouterra, 22-year-old Al Rifai, and 21-year-old Yahya Zitouni. They’ve all pleaded guilty to a number of offences including Theft of Motor Vehicles, Possession of Stolen Property for the Purpose of Trafficking and Use of a Computer System with Intent to Commit an Offence. “This was a team effort to put a stop to a highly coordinated and sophisticated car theft operation,” said Sergeant Justine Thom with the New West Police Department (NWPD). NWPD’s Street Crime Unit assisted the Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (IMPACT) and Air 1 in the investigation.
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In the early days of the pandemic, the federal government announced a multimillion-dollar funding agreement with the National Research Council (NRC) to expand a vaccine facility in Montreal — a site Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said would pump out Canadian-made COVID-19 shots by November 2020. Two years after the prime minister made that pledge, the NRC facility still hasn’t produced a single vial of a COVID-19 vaccine.
A Liberal MP who pledged to work for housing affordability holds at least five mortgages on rental properties, according to newly-disclosed filings with the Ethics Commissioner. “We are addressing our housing affordability needs,” Taleeb Noormohamed (Vancouver Granville) said July 29. Noormohamed made the comment in announcing a $7 million federal subsidy for social housing in Vancouver. “Everyone in Canada deserves a safe and affordable place to call home,” he said in a statement.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, filings showed Noormohamed held five mortgages with the Bank of Montreal on rental properties in Vancouver through a corporation, 1310672 British Columbia Ltd. His spouse held two mortgages with the same Bank.
Two years after Trudeau promised a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine, the country is still waiting
Statistics Canada says the number of job vacancies climbed 3.2 per cent in June to reach a new high as employers were looking to fill more than one million positions for a third consecutive month. The job vacancy rate was 5.9 per cent in June, matching the record-high mark reached in September 2021 and up from 4.9 per cent in June 2021. Statistics Canada says employers in the Job vacancies reached new high in June - Statistics Canada health care and social assistance sector were looking to fill 149,700 vacant jobs in June, up 4.3 per cent from May and up 40.8 per cent compared with a year earlier. Job vacancies in the accommodation and food services sector totalled 171,700 in June, up from 6.6 per cent compared with May and up 38.8 per cent from June 2021.
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“Volkswagen has been vigorously pushing the transformation to e-mobility, recognizing the industry’s responsibility in the global battle against climate change,” Herbert Diess, CEO of Volkswagen Group, said in a statement. He signed the agreement with Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science,
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Volkswagen signs agreement to bring battery manufacturing to Canada Volkswagen on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian government to bring some of its electric vehicle battery manufacturing to the country. The European auto giant signed the deal in Toronto in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, speaks with scientist Krishnaraj Tiwari during a visit to the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Royalmount Human Health Therapeutics Research Centre facility in Montreal, Monday,
Liberal MP concerned with housing affordability holds five housing mortgages
“The inspection by Health Canada took place in late July 2022 and the facility has been rated as compliant,” the NRC spokesperson said.
The deal is being viewed as an effort by Volkswagen to make sure it qualifies for electric vehicle tax credits in the United States. The U.S. government recently created new guidelines under the Inflation Reduction Act requiring electric batteries to be manufactured in North America to qualify for EV tax credits.
A spokesperson for the NRC, the federal entity dedicated to research and development, told CBC News its vaccine facility recently secured the necessary Health Canada approvals. But the NRC still offered no target date for when the biologics manufacturing centre (BMC) will be operational.
“The housing crisis is a Canada-wide problem that is especially hard hitting right here in Vancouver Granville,” Noormohamed said last August 24 while campaigning for Parliament. “I’m proud to support the Liberal plan.” Cabinet has promised to introduce a $15 million-a year federal tax on house flippers effective January 1, 2023. Noormohamed won election by 431 votes representing less than 0.9% of ballots cast in Vancouver Granville, the riding formerly held by Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould. Noormohamed was a political aide and cochair of the 2012 Liberal Party convention who previously ran unsuccessfully for Vancouver’s 2018 mayoralty and the federal Liberal nomination in Vancouver Centre in 2004. Noormohamed in the 2021 election campaign acknowledged buying and selling dozens of properties. He would not confirm his net proceeds totaled $4.9 million on the sale and purchase of 41 properties over 15 years.
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A union representing thousands of provincial government workers in British Columbia has escalated job action with a ban on overtime. B.C. General Employees’ Union president Stephanie Smith says in a statement the public service has relied on overtime for far too long. She says the aim is to deal with some systemic issues behind that reliance and to push the government to negotiate a contract after the union issued a 72-hour strike notice on Aug. 12. The ban will not apply to members working in the BC Wildfire Service during the current wildfire season. Last week, the 33,000-member union set up pickets around liquor distribution outlets to back demands like wage protection against inflation.
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A recent federal funding announcement is a major investment in research at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Moderna to supply 12 million doses of Omicron COVID-19 shot to Canada of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the original virus, to an Omicron-containing bivalent vaccine. Canada will also purchase an additional 4.5 million doses of the Omicron-containing candidate, and is moving forward the scheduled delivery of 1.5 million doses of the bivalent vaccine candidate from 2023 to 2022.
Federal government announces funds for skills-training programs for 17 organizations helps address training needs, particularly for under-represented groups in the labour market, including Indigenous Peoples and racialized Canadians.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 25, 2022.
Federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough made the announcement in Charlottetown, where a skills-training company in the city — Workplace Learning PEI — is set to receive about $1.5 million. Qualtrough says the money will be distributed through the Skills for Success program, which helps people develop abilities such as writing and reading. The government says that program
University of Saskatchewan institutes get $170 million from federal government
Gordie Hogg, Surrey First candidate, says he promises to not only hire the new officers, but to get “voters all the facts” about a transition from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service so “they can make the choice about who should police British Columbia’s second-largest city.” In a statement Tuesday, Surrey First says current Mayor Doug McCallum hasn’t hired any new police officers since elected in 2018, even as the city’s population grows by about 1,000 people per month, according to the party.
“Surrey residents deserve to know all of the facts about the police transition, and what it would take to complete the process,” Hogg said. “They should be the ones deciding who polices their community. At the same time, we need 300 new officers to give police the resources and people they need to keep Surrey safe.”
Speaking in a joint press conference with Scholz on Monday in Montreal, Trudeau said “there has never been a strong business case” for a number of projects on Canada’s East Coast, noting distance and transportation challenges.
“We are looking right now and companies are looking at whether or not the new context makes it a worthwhile business case to make those investments,” Trudeau said, adding that the federal government would be willing to ease regulatory hurdles to assist its allies. “But there needs to be a business case.”
Canada’s chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday that Health Canada staff is working “very fast” to review bivalent vaccine submissions from both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.
The federal government is announcing a $60-million investment in 17 organizations across Canada that help people with learning disabilities remain in the workforce.
Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak to the media outside the Montreal Science Centre, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada August 22, Trudeau called out for missing ‘crystal clear’ business case for LNG exports
Hogg is a former South Surrey-White Rock MP, was also the MLA for SurreyWhite Rock, and served as mayor of White Rock before that. Surrey First also includes current city Councillor Linda Annis. At a cost of over $15 million per year over four years, Hogg wants to hire the new officers regardless of their badge, whether it’s RCMP or SPS. “Every new officer costs Surrey about $200,000 annually in terms of salary, benefits, pension, and equipment,” added Hogg. “Surrey has 85 per cent of Vancouver’s population and has just 843 officers.
A hopeful mayoral candidate for Surrey is pledging to hire 300 new police officers if he wins the race come Oct. 15.
U of S vice president of research Baljit Singh said $170 million over the next three to six years, coming through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), “allows us to operate some of Canada’s most advanced science facilities to really generate the knowledge that the world needs to solve some very complex problems.” Specifically, Singh said the money will support studies related to climate change, human health, water security and food security.
Dix said he will also announce a new compensation model for family doctors in the fall and hopes that will encourage more doctors to choose family practices.
The funds will be allocated to support family doctors and medical clinics with operational business costs. The program will begin on Oct. 1 and will only be available for four months, ending on Jan. 31, 2023. The funding is part one of what the province is describing as a “transformational” multi-phased approach to “help protect and improve B.C. s health-care system.”
Qualtrough says about one in five Canadians has a learning disability. The government says about 45 per cent of Canadians lack the literacy, numeracy and digital skills to succeed in the knowledge economy.
The CEO of a Quebec-based oil and gas company is calling out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s claim that there has “never been a strong business case” for liquefied natural gas exports from Canada’s East Coast to Europe. Mario Lévesque, chief executive of Utica Resources, says the rationale for exporting natural gas from Quebec is “crystal clear,” and would generate “tens of billions in royalties and taxes” for Ottawa. Lévesque’s comments follow an energyfocused tour of Canada by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was accompanied by a delegation of business leaders from Europe’s largest economy. The three-day trip saw the two nations reach agreements on hydrogen and electric vehicle battery minerals. However, a plan for Canada to ease the soaring cost of natural gas in Germany did not come to pass, despite Scholz’s call for Canadian LNG to play a “major role” in the nation’s transition from Russian supply.
Moderna will supply 12 million doses of its COVID-19 shot adapted to target the Omicron variant of the coronavirus to Canada, the company said on Monday. The federal government had entered into a deal with the company last year for supply of its COVID-19 vaccine for 2022 and 2023, with the contract allowing access to new vaccine adaptations, company officials said. British regulator 1st to authorize Moderna’s updated COVID booster. Moderna and the Canadian government have agreed to convert six million doses
The provincial government and Doctors of BC is providing a $118 million in short-term funding to help provide stability to struggling family doctors. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Doctors of BC president Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh revealed the “first step” supports in a press conference Wednesday.
Surrey First mayoral candidate wants 300 more police officers
“It also allows us to attract top talent from around the globe to hopefully build their lives and careers in our lovely province,” he added.
Of the four U of S institutes to receive funds, the Canadian Light Source saw the largest contribution at $97 million. CLS board chair Pierre Lapointe said this will allow for upgrades to the synchrotron, which is used by more than 1,000 researchers from academia, industry and government. He also stressed the importance of ongoing support in the global competition for highlevel talent. “It’s crucial. It’s crucial. What you have to realize is that synchrotron machines are international in scope,” Lapointe said, noting the expertise CLS gains from researchers around the world adds to Canada’s capacity for innovation.
BC commits $118M in short-term funds to help stabilize family physician practices, clinics
“Ensuring British Columbians get the ongoing primary care they need means supporting B.C. s family doctors in the ways that help them provide the quality care patients rely on,” he said. “Rising operational costs are affecting their ability to provide patient care, and we’ve been working closely with Doctors of BC to find solutions.
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Priyanka enjoys Indian snacks in LA Priyanka Chopra, just like any other Indian staying abroad, misses “home” food and her latest social media post is a proof of that.
One of the most charming actress & singer (June 15, 1929 – January 31, 2004)
Filmmaker Boney Kapoor and his daughter Khushi visited Priyanka in the US. The father-daughter duo got the actress Indian snacks such as “namkeen”, “poha” and “khakra”. Sky Is Pink’ actress Priyanka Chopra took to her Instagram story to share her gratitude for the “taste of home” food she had been craving. Priyanka Chopra wrote: “Thank you @boney.kapoor and @ khushi05k for taste of home! So kind!” Priyanka, who is married to pop singer Nick Jonas, made her international debut with ‘Quantico’ in 2015. The thriller series was cancelled after three seasons in 2018. On the work front, Priyanka Chopra who was last seen on screen ‘The Matrix Resurrections’, will next be seen in ‘Citadel’, a series produced by Russo Brothers. She will also be seen in ‘It’s All Coming Back to Me’ and ‘Jee Le Zaraa’. Suraiya was born as Suraiya Jamal Sheikh on June 15, 1929 in Lahore. She was one of the most charismatic & charming actress and singer of her era. She started her film career in 1936. Suraiya was one of the most celebrated actress in Hindi cinema of mid 40’s. In Her film career spanning from 1936 to 1963, Suraiya acted in 67 films and sang 338 film songs. She was one of the greatest actresses of the Hindi cinema and leading lady in films. She was also a renowned playback singer, who mostly sang for herself, starting from song in film Nai Duniya (new world (1942) when she was 12. Suraiya made her first appearance as child artist in film Madame Fashion (1936), directed by Jaddan Baai, and then in film Usne Kya Socha (1937). She made her acting career with film Taj Mahal in which she played as Mumtaz Mahal. She was known as Malika-eHusn (queen of beauty). Suraiya as singer: Suraiya’s first song as singer was “Boot karun main polish babu” (as a playback singer) in film Nai Duniya (1942), the song was composed by Naushad. She went on to singing playback for film for Sharda (1942), Kanoon (1943) and Sanjog (1942–43) for Naushad and for Director-producer, A.R. Kardar, When Mehtab Begum saw her first time, Suraiya, she was hesitant to have her as playback singer, but she listen her voice, she wanted Suraiya to sing all her songs in her films. Even in later years, in 1946, Mehtab Begum was so attached to Suraiya’s singing, that she requested Suraiya to record disc versions of her songs in her film Shama (1946), produced by Sohrab Modi, when Suraiya became busy heroine and had left singing. Suraiya then sang for Mehtab, in her own disc versions which were recorded by Shamshad Begum in the film. Suraiya debuted with Manna Dey in his first Hindi film song, and their only duet ‘Jago ayee usha’ for film Tamanna in 1942, was directed by his uncle. In 1942, Suraiya paired with Rajkumari in Station Master ( with music director Naushad for the song ‘Sajan ghar aye’. Suraiya acted in both these films. In 1943, Suraiya sang the song “Ek Tu Hoo, Ek Main Hoon”, Naushad,composedmusicbyinthefilm , which was the first song in Bombay music industry, which had characteristics of western music.
Awards & Achievements: In 1946, Suraiya’s film Anmol Ghadi alongwith Noor Jehan celebrated ‘Silver1954,Jubilee’.herfilm Mirza Ghalib was awarded the President’s Gold Medal for Best Feature Film of 1954. 1996, Suraiya was awarded the Screen ‘Lifetime wasAward’.InAchievement2003,Suraiyahonouredand awarded a memento by Dadasaheb Phalke Academy In May 2013, a postage stamp, bearing her image was released by India Post, owned by Govt of India, to honour her work and achievements. In 2013, Suraiya was voted as ‘Best on Screen Beauty with the Most Ethnic Look’, during the celebrations on completion of 100 years of Indian cinema. She won 68th National Film Award and in 1998 She won one of the most prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award
Federal Minister of Seniors, the honourable Kamal Khera (fifth from left) & MP Sukh Dhaliwal had visit to Lakshmi Narayan Temple, in Surrey. In picutre, Shree Satish Kumar Ji, president, Surendra Handa, coordinator, and management team and officials, along with senior members of Vedic Seniors Parivar Centre meeting at Temple’s Shanti Niketan hall on August 23rd. Community news Management Team of Lakshmi Narayan Temple and Vedic Seniors Parivar Centre Surrey BC, invites South Asian Adults & Seniors to join along with the family members for an annual Picnic to be held on 5th September 2022 (Monday), this being long weekend holiday is preferred from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm. There will be entertainment for all, Antakshri Music competition between two groups, playing cards, Punjabi Folk dance etc. There will be Snacks, fresh Fruits, water bottles, pop, pure vegetarian sandwiches, Vegetarian Burgers & Desserts etc. We need volunteers to come forward to help us in organizing such a big event for distribution, service to all the south Asian community members, to make it a most successful community event. Also, South Asian Adults and Senior members are invited to join and play Bingo on the House on 28th August 2022 (Sunday) from 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm at Shant Niketan hall. Please bring only 2 dollars with you for 2 games, don’t worry if you do not know how to play, members seating next to you will explain the game to you just for the sake of fun. 604 - 507 - 9945 for registration & for more events and info.
Federal Minister of Seniors, the honourable Kamal Khera & MP Sukh Dhaliwal visit Lakshmi Narayan Temple
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Shah Rukh Khan recently returned home after shooting for an extensive schedule of Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘Dunki’ in UK. The actor was joined by Taapsee for the shoot in London and Budapest. Shah Rukh Khan will resume the film’s shoot in Punjab as well. While an international schedule of the film is being planned for in Dubai. The makers of ‘Dunki’ have reportedly started work on the post-production, as they race to meet the December 2023 deadline. ‘Dunki’ is said to be an immigration drama. Apart from this, SRK will also be seen in ‘Pathaan’, co-starring Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. Speaking Shah Rukh Khan to shoot ‘Dunki’ in Dubai about the project, the actor had previously shared, “I’ve always thought of myself as somebody who can do cool action and stuff. In ‘Pathan’, I’m doing all this action which I wanted to do when I was in my twenties. It’s a little late. At the age of 56, I’m trying to be macho and solid and trying to make it work, but I think Siddharth and the whole action team has put in a lot of effort. I hope I will look like a good action hero.” Directed by Siddharth Anand, this film features a special cameo by Salman Khan. ‘Pathaan’ is slated to hit the screens in January 2023. Shah Rukh Khan also has Atlee’s ‘Jawan’ in the pipeline, wherein he romances Nayanthara. Film maker Sawan Kumar passes away Filmmaker, director, producer Sawan Kumar passes away. He passed away due to heart attack at the age of 87. The filmmaker was admitted to hospital due to a lung-related issue, however, He died due to cardiac arrest in the evening. Sawan Kumar Tak’s friends and family are extremely shattered by his death. Superstar Salman Khan too is shaken by his death and penned down an emotional note for the maker. He took to his Instagram and shared an old picture with the late filmmaker and write, “ May u rest in peace, my dear Sawaan Ji. Have always loved n respected u.” Saawan Kumar was born in Jaipur on August 9, 1936 and passes away on August 25, 202. He was one of the best refined film director, producer, and lyricist. He directed many Hindi films, including successful films like Saajan Bina Suhagan, Souten, Souten Ki Beti, Sanam Bewafa, and Bewaffa Se Waffa. He is credited with giving break to actors such as Sanjeev Kumar and Mehmood Junior. His most famous directorial venture was Rajesh Khanna starrer Souten, which was first Indian film to be shot in Islands of Mauritius and the film was a platinum jubilee hit. Saawan Kumar began his career as producer of 1967’s Sanjeev Kumar starrer film Naunihal. He was the one who gave the name Sanjeev to actor Haribhai Jariwala. The film received the Presidential mention at the National Awards. His directorial debut was with film Gomti Ke Kinare (1972), which was Meena Kumari’s last film. He was also a prolific lyricist who had written songs for most of his produced and directed films. Apart from this, he has written the lyrics for movies produced and directed by other film-makers. Among these are “Sabak”, 1973 movie starring Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam and featuring the popular song “Barkha Rani Zara Jamke Barso”. He penned some songs from the film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai and all the songs from the 2004 film Dev. He has also written lyrics of some very popular song of his own movie such as “Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai” Souten, song “Hum Bhool Gaye” film ‘‘Souten Ki Beti, “Yeh Dil Bewafa Se Wafa” Bewaffa Se Waffa all sung by Lata Mangeshkar. He was married to music director Usha Khanna Sawan Kumar provided Salman Khan fame with his debut film ‘‘Sanam Bewafa’’.
After having worked as dancer in Salman starrer ‘Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya’ to playing the leading lady in Salman Khan’s ‘Jai Ho’, Daisy Shah has indeed come a long way. There are no birthday plans, It will be a very normal day, since it’s a weekday and not a weekend! (smiles). I will be spending time at my house, because, me and my mother share our birthdays on the same day. Additionally, the most awaited Ganeshotsav is just around the corner. So, we have to start preparing for it. With whom are you celebrating your birthday this year? Just my mother, my near and dear ones, which also include my cousins. Can you recall your best childhood birthday gift memory? My sister had always been the Happy birthday to you Daisy pampered child, said Daisy. That’s why she always had the most lavish birthday party. by my grandparents during her birthday. My sister used to get these 2 Kg-3 Kg huge yummy cakes. I always used to feel left out. One day, I told my mother, “Mummy, mera bhi birthday manaao naa!” (Mummy. Please spend my birthday also, as lavishly as my sister’s).
Kapil Sharma show to air without Krushna Abhishek? Sunil Grover, Bharti Singh, Ali Asghar, and now another member has taken step back from The Kapil Sharma Show, and the one to bid adieu to the show is none other than ‘Sapna Beauty Parlour’ owner and comedian Krushna Abhishek. Yes, you read that absolutely right. It indeed is a huge shocker for everyone as the comedian had entered the show right after Grover left and in no time he managed to make his place as an integral member of the show through his character ‘Sapna’. Just a few days back it was announced that The Kapil Sharma Show would return with its newest season right after their short break and fans rejoiced over the news. However, this shocking news of Krushna Abhishek’s decision to quit the show has shaken us all. As per reports the reason for Krushna not being a part of the upcoming new season of the show is due to agreement issues between him and the producers.
“But the Victoria market is still pretty healthy. Victoria is a beautiful destination and the best place to live in Canada, so it will always be a desirable and expensive market.”
The US Housing Market Points to Unemployment Rate >6% in 2023 This segment offers a helpful overview of the latest US data.
Between Q1 and Q2, home values fell by 10% to 15% in parts of the GTA, including Durham, which experienced a 14.6% decline, and York, which saw prices drop by 12.9%. Halton (-12.7%), Dufferin (-12%), and Peel (-11.2%) experienced sizable declines as well.
The region just witnessed the singlelowest number of single-family home sales in the over two decades this data has been tracked, reflecting waning demand from shellshocked buyers amid a pressing lack of inventory.
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Home sales way down, but prices still way up in Victoria
In fact, the benchmark selling prices of typical single-family homes and condominiums climbed and climbed and climbed in Victoria over the past two years to hit record-highs of $1,464,400 Detached home values grew substantially year-over-year at the start of 2022, but rising interest rates kept prices at bay in Q2 in Greater Vancouver and the Greater Toronto Area. These findings are courtesy of RE/MAX Canada’s recently released 2022 Hot Pocket Communities Report. The report compared unit sales and prices in 60 districts within the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB), 16 in the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV), and six in the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB). In the GTA, prices held up “relatively well” in central Toronto and the West End, but Durham, Peel, York, Halton, and Dufferin lost some of the gains enjoyed in recent years. West Vancouver and Howe Sound reported moderate price increases, while Q2 median prices in Squamish and the Sunshine Coast were “comparable” to those seen in Q1.
rate hikes and uncertainty caused by high inflation, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, supply chain problems, economy sputtering and possible fall wave of COVID are definite contributors to home sales in July dipping to 510. Those 510 sales less than half of the monthly sales of boomtime March, April and May of last year, which had 1,173, 1,116 and 1,049 sales, respectively.
14 Saturday, August 27, 2022 Some 65%+ of households in Canada and the US own real estate. While the most affluent 10% own 89% of the stock market (in some form), the bottom 90% own 55% of all real estate. Being the lion’s share of household net worth, what happens in the housing sector is the most significant driver of consumer spending and economic growth. Daily changes in bond prices define their yields and set the base for commercial and consumer mortgage rates. For this reason, real estate is one of the first sectors to respond as interest rates change for new loans and those coming up for renewal. Below-average interest rates in 20202021 helped realty prices go parabolic into early 2022. Followed by a rapid rate increase during the second quarter, housing became the least affordable (and unsustainable) since the cycle top in 1989. Not surprisingly, home sales have collapsed over the past five months amid the sharpest price declines since 1989. US mortgage applications fell to a 22-year low in August, down 62% year over year. Equity withdrawals from the home ATM also closed: refinancings were down 82% year over year. The average home sale price in Canada during July was 17% lower than in February and -5% year over year, with similar trends unfolding in America and China (the world’s two largest economies). As shown below, since 2000, the change in interest costs as a percentage of household income has historically led residential prices by 12 months and suggests that home prices should continue to fall over the next year (at least). The good news is that shelter costs make up 32% of the consumer price index (CPI), so falling home prices are a disinflationary force with a 12-month lag. The bad news (shown below, since 1995) is that housing also leads the unemployment rate and suggests rising job losses over the next year. Historically, the deepest recessions and financial market dislocations have coincided with housing downcycles. The evidence is very clear.
Prices down but activity on the rise in Toronto & Vancouver housing markets: RE/MAX
“New condominium apartment sales posted a robust July, buoyed by buyer resiliency and stable prices,” said Edward Jegg, Research Manager at Altus Group. “In contrast, new single-family sales posted a record low in the face of slowing demand and a shortage of inventory.” This shortage of inventory is only getting worse. According to the report, total new home remaining inventory decreased compared to the previous month, now standing at just 10,848 units.
“Buyer sentiment changed virtually overnight as growing geopolitical concerns and spiralling inflation destabilized global markets, leaving the Bank of Canada little option but to raise interest rates,” said Christopher Alexander, president of RE/MAX Canada. “Those fast and furious incremental increases placed downward pressure on housing sales and prices, improving affordability on one hand, but eroding it on the other.”
Victoria Real Estate Board president and ReMax Camosun Karen DinnieSmyth is not overly concerned. “Rising mortgage interest rates specifically, and uncertainty in general, has caused a slowdown in sales and for prices to slip a bit,” said Dinnie-Smyth.
Also a contributor to slowing sales is that Victoria has a supply crisis of not just resale homes, but new homes for sale, apartment rentals and new apartment construction. “I beat this drum every month,”
Housing has led the deepest economic contractions historically
for $1,450,000, which is a little more than the benchmark selling price of $1,433,800 for a typical single-family home in Victoria in July. Prices by no means have dropped as drastically as sales.
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The Greater Toronto Area new homes market broke a record in July, but this time, it’s very bad news for the turbulent real estate biz.
BILD warns that there are only 3.4 months of condominium inventory and 2.4 months of single-family home inventory, compared to the 9-12
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Toronto house sales plummet to an all-time low as buyers recoil from market
A July market report from the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) shows just 97 singlefamily homes sold during the month. This figure includes detached, linked, and semi-detached houses and townhouses across the entire GTA region, and marks the only instance of single-family sales dropping below 100 units in the 22 years of data tracking by market analysts Altus Group. Despite the apparent sticker shock buyers may be experiencing in the wake of hiked interest rates and historic inflation, the benchmark price of a new house is way up year-over-year, rising 27.4 per cent to $1,933,912. As buyers pulled away from the single-family home market in July, the GTA condo market experienced a five per cent year-over-year increase in sales with 1,777 units sold, hovering three per cent above the ten-year average. Benchmark condo prices are also on the rise, increasing by 9.2 per cent in the last year to $1,191,716 in July.
Sluggish August sees fewer buyers
Dinnie-Smyth said prices at the entry level of the single-family home market, which these days hover around $950,000 to $1.3 million, have remained fairly steady. That market tends to be driven by people who have sold condos in the last year and are looking to move up in the market, she said.
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Mounting job vacancies bolster case for more Bank of Canada rate hikes
In fact, in the Maritimes, prices are barely declining at all. In this article, I’ll explore the possibility of the “big city housing crash” spilling over to smaller markets. Housing crashes in Toronto
Housing in Canada’s biggest cities crashed
Dinnie-Smyth said the board is anticipating 350 to 400 sales this month, less than half last August’s 831 residential sales amid a red-hot market, and down from the 510 sales recorded in July of this year.
Karen Dinnie-Smyth, president of the Victoria Real Estate Board, said with just one week left in the month, sales have dropped as high interest rates and soaring inflation push new buyers out of the market. Listings have dropped substantially again, and most buyers right now are those who have sold one property with the intention of moving to another, she said.
Toronto is the poster child of the housing market correction this year. Its prices are down to pre-pandemic levels and still falling. While house prices in smaller cities are generally lower than those in Toronto, the latter has a larger percentage decline. Since February, Toronto has seen a staggering $395,000 decline in house prices. Vancouver, as we’ll see shortly, is in the same boat. Vancouver in the same boat Vancouver, like Toronto, is seeing a significant housing correction this year. According to The Daily Hive, the average Vancouver home price is down 25% from the February peak. That’s well ahead of the 22% correction seen nationwide. Vancouver was long known as a top destination of foreign homebuyers. The city implemented a foreign home buyer tax to cool the market several years ago, which may have contributed to this year’s correction. Having looked at the real estate activity in Toronto and Vancouver, we can now turn to the matter of smaller markets. There are two forces pushing Toronto and
Canadian employers continue to report record levels of job vacancies, pointing to a drum-tight labor market that’s likely to keep the central bank on an aggressive hiking path. Unfilled positions rose by 32,500 in June to 1.03 million, Statistics Canada reported Thursday. It marks the fourth straight month of vacancies near or above the 1 million threshold.
The job vacancy rate -- the number of unfilled jobs as a share of all positions -- was 5.9% in June, matching a record high. There was an average of 1 unemployed person for each job vacancy, a record low and almost half the ratio a year ago. The relentless demand for labor is a green light for the Bank of Canada to move ahead with another sharp increase to interest rates at its next decision. Market pricing puts the odds as high as 80% for a 75-basis-point hike on Sept. 7, which would bring the policy rate to 3.25% -- a full three percentage points above the emergency
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“They’re not new entrants [to the market], so that’s the cycle that we’re seeing right now. We are going to have to see interest rates come down somewhat before we start seeing much new entry into the market.”
Buyers hoping for some kind of deal due to the slowdown may be waiting a long time, depending on what segment of the housing market they are hoping to buy into.
Bobby Ross, a real estate agent with Pemberton Holmes, said there’s more at work than just the typical late-summer slowdown. “Rising interest rates, inflation and recession fears have all affected buyer sentiment and caused many to take a wait-and-see attitude,” he said.
House prices are crashing in Canada’s biggest cities. In Toronto, Vancouver, and elsewhere, prices are coming down, following decades of consistent gains. In July, house prices fell 5.3% nationwide, with the biggest declines being recorded in large urban centres. Since the crash began in March, prices have fallen 22% from the $816,000 peak. For younger Canadians, this may be taken as good news. Millennials have been complaining about high housing costs for years, now prices are finally within reach. For now, interest rates are taking a bite out of affordability, but if the current trends continue then house prices could fall to a level where total costs (price + interest
August is living up to its reputation as real estate’s slowest month.
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In the Canadian financial system, credit history is king. Without, it’s hard to secure most cell phone or which is why learning about credit and how to build a credit history is essential for all Canadians - especially newcomers. Like many seeking their first credit card in Canada, newcomers might expect to receive a lower credit limit. This can be frustrating when it’s clear that access to a higher limit can help improve your credit score and is more efficient for larger purchases.
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1. What it is: A credit score is similar to a report card for your finances that represents your credit risk - the likelihood that you will pay your bills on time, pay back loans, etc. The higher the score, the more likely a bank or other lender is to approve a loan request. Loans can go towards things such as opening a business, continuing your education or securing a mortgage.
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“Newcomers receive less support and education around credit than they would for other facets like finding a job or housing,” says Amit Brahme, Senior Director of the Newcomer and Cultural Client Segment at RBC. “Something many of us who are used to the system overlook is just how critical credit education is to settling down in Canada.”
2. How it’s calculated: Multiple factors are taken into consideration, such as your payment history, the length of your credit history and your used credit vs. your available credit.
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According to the Centre’s advisory on Tuesday, “The disease, which seems to be a variant of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), occurs mainly in children under 10 years of age, but it can occur in adults too.”
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Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar were also present on the occasion. The state-of-the-art Amrita Hospital, built on a sprawling 130-acre campus with sustainability in mind, has a dedicated seven-storey research block and has been constructed over a period of six years under the auspices of the Mata Amritanandmayi Math. The new super-specialty hospital has opened initially with 500 beds and is expected to be fully operational in a phased manner over the next five years. Once fully operational, the hospital with 81 specialties is billed to be the largest private hospital in Delhi-NCR and the country, its officials had earlier said. The hospital buildings will span 36 lakh sq ft in built-up area, with a 14-floor tower housing key medical facilities. There is also a helipad on the rooftop.
Tomato Flu spread in India, govt issues advisory to the states
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a 2,600-bed private hospital here that is equipped with cuttingedge technology, including a centralised fully-automated laboratory, in what will be a major boost to health-care infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR).
The advisory added that children must be educated about the signs and symptoms and side effects of Tomato flu. It pointed out that although Tomato Flu shows symptoms similar to other viral infections such as fever, fatigue, body aches and rashes on the skin, it is not at all related to SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox, dengue and/or chikungunya.
The Centre has issued an advisory to states on the Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), which is more commonly known as the Tomato Flu. Till now, four statesKerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Odisha have reported cases of the Tomato Flu. A report by Livemint said that more than 100 cases of the flu have been reported in the country in children below the age of nine. The Tomato Flu was first reported in the Kollam district of Kerala on May 6 and then spread to other areas of the stateAnchal, Aryankavu, and Neduvathur.
“It seems, the disease is a clinical variant of the so-called hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD) that is common in school-going children. Infants and young children are also prone to this infection through the use of nappies, touching unclean surfaces as well as putting things directly into the mouth,” the Centre’s advisory said.
PM Modi inaugurates 2,600-bed hospital in Haryana INDIA
19Saturday, August 27, 2022 INDIA Phogat was brought dead at St Anthony Hospital in Anjuna area of North Goa district on Tuesday morning In a big development, the Goa police have arrested 2 people in Sonali Phogat murder case. Dy SP Jivba Dalvi said Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi—who were made accused in the case after the autopsy report of the BJP leader came out—have been arrested. The Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code was added in the case related to the death of the 42-year-old leader, a senior police official told PTI here.
A former Twitter Inc security chief has alleged that the Indian government forced the social media firm to put a government agent on the payroll, according to a whistleblower disclosure with U.S. regulators. eiter ‘Mudge’ Zatko raised the issue with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission among other security lapse claims at Twitter. He said the government agent would have had access to sensitive user data due to Twitter’s weak security infrastructure, according to a redacted version of the complaint uploaded by the Washington Post newspaper and verified by Zatko’s attorney at Whistleblower Aid. A company source told Reuters that the allegations about the India government had surfaced previously within Twitter, without elaborating further. Representatives for India’s IT ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
“What we’ve seen so far is a false narrative about Twitter and our privacy and data security practices that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies and lacks important context,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement regarding Zatko’s allegations. Twitter is engaged in a legal challenge against the Indian government after it asked a local court in July to overturn some government orders to remove content from the social media platform, India forced Twitter to put an agent on payroll, whistleblower says
Murder case registered against two as Sonali Phogat’s autopsy reveals multiple injuries
Sagwan and Wasi had accompanied Phogat to Goa when she arrived in the coastal state on August 22. Her brother Rinku Dhaka had filed a complaint against the two men at Anjuna Police Station on Wednesday. Autopsy was conducted on Phogat’s body at the Goa Medical College and Hospital earlier in the day. Phogat (42), a BJP leader from Hisar in Haryana who had found fame on Tik Tok, was brought dead at St Anthony Hospital in Anjuna area of North Goa district on Tuesday morning, a police official earlier said, adding that she died of a suspected heart attack.
Pranay Pathole, an Indian software developer based Pune area, got a chance to meet with his idol, Elon Musk, in USA. This machine learning engineer is just 23 years old and he loves “nerding out about Space and Rockets on Twitter”. Pranay tweeted that he met the Tesla CEO at the Gigafactory Texas and he further added that Elon Musk is the most “humble and down-to-earth person” he has ever met. He also attached a picture of him, standing beside Musk in the same tweet. Pothole currently works at the Tata Consultancy Services and he interacts with Elon Musk regularly on topics such as need for multi-planetary life, technical staff and sending men to Mars. Four years ago, Pranay Pathole had defended Elon Musk from the Twitter users when they were not happy with what Elon Musk had said about the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. He also had a virtual interaction with the world’s richest man.
The court said the government had not cooperated with the committee and it took the same stand as in previous hearings, where it refused to clarify if it had purchased Pegasus to snoop on Indian citizens. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, in response, said, “If they had asked ‘whether you are using a particular malware’, we would have said ‘we are not using it’.”
Adani has launched a hostile takeover of NDTV, first with an indirect acquisition of a 29.18 per cent stake in the broadcaster followed by an offer to buy out a further 26 per cent controlling stake With billionaire Gautam Adani launching a hostile takeover of NDTV, Indian National Congress alleged that the bid by a company owned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “khaas dost” (special friend) is a brazen move to control and stifle any semblance of an independent media. In a stunning move with the potential to change the media landscape, Adani launched a hostile takeover of NDTV, first with an indirect acquisition of a 29.18 per cent stake in the broadcaster followed by an offer to buy out a further 26 per cent controlling stake. The owners of New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), one of the nation’s most popular news channels, said they were completely unaware of the takeover until Tuesday, and that it was done without their consent or any discussion.
Govt didn’t cooperate with probe, malware may not be Pegasus: Supreme Court panel report
Congress lashes out on Adani’s NDTV stake
The meeting that concluded within minutes was physically attended by 53 MLAs, including Mr. Kejriwal. Seven MLAs were out of station while Minister Satyendar Jain is in jail, said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj. Okhla MLA Amanatullah Khan had joined the meeting over the phone, he added. All the AAP MLAs, led by Mr. Kejriwal, reached Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat after the meeting to pray for the failure of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) “Operation Lotus”. Ahead of the meeting, sources in the AAP had claimed that 12 MLAs were incommunicado for a couple of days while hoping that they would join Thursday’s deliberations at Mr. Kejriwal’s residence.
Media freedom fears in India after PM Modi’s ally buys stakes in NDTV
40 MLAs were targeted by BJP with offer of Rs 20 crore each: AAP AAP alleged on August 25 that 40 of its Delhi MLAs were targeted by the BJP with an offer of ₹20 crore each to switch sides, even as all the 62 of its legislators were accounted for during a meeting at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence.
Media freedom fears in India after Prime Minister Modi’s ally Guatam Adani buys 29% stake in NDTV NDTV, one of the media groups willing to criticise Narendra Modi’s govt, faces hostile takeover by country’s richest man But it revealed on Tuesday that it knew nothing about the takeover until Adani announced its move.“The NDTV founders and the company would like to make it clear that this … was executed without any input from, conversation with, or consent of the NDTV founders, who, like NDTV, have been made aware of this exercise of rights only today,” it said in a statement.One of the nation’s most popular news organisations, NDTV is regarded as one of the few media groups that takes a critical view of Modi’s BJPled government policies. Guatam Adani Malware was found in five of the 29 devices but it could not be concluded if it was Israeli-made spyware Pegasus, said the Supreme Court on Thursday as it accused the government of not cooperating with an independent committee’s investigation. The court-appointed committee submitted a sealed report before a bench of Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, Justice Surya Kant, and Justice Hima Kohli. The report was submitted in three parts: two reports by the technical committee and one by the overseeing committee led by a retired judge, Justice R V Raveendran.
People who submitted their phones for the committee’s examination requested the court to not release the report as the matter pertains to national security. The technical committee’s report contains information about malware, public research material, and material extracted from private mobiles
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Indian software developer meets with his idol Elon Musk
Govt of Punjab registers terrorism case against federal minister Rana Sanaullah Lahore: The Punjab government on Thursday registered terrorism case against Federal Interior Minister, Rana Sanaullah for threatening the judiciary and government officials in his speeches on April 15, 2021 and January 29, 2022.
Samsung to roll out its “Solve for Tomorrow” project in Fijian schools
Court grants bail to former PM Imran Khan
Islamabad High Court granted transit bail to former prime minister Imran Khan in terrorism case filed against him a day ago. The plea was filed through Imran Khan’s counsels, Faisal Chaudhry and Senator Babar Awan, in the capital’s top court’s registrar office raised three objections, Imran Khan did not get the bio-metric verification done; instead of approaching the anti-terrorism court, why did he move the high court?; and the attested copy of the terrorism FIR was not provided — after the counsel filed the plea. Website www.theasianstar.com
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The FIR was registered on the complaint of a citizen, Sheikh Aslam, under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (punishment for acts of terrorism), and sections 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 189 (threat of injury to public servant) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) of the Pakistan Penal Code.
Global technology giant, Samsung will be rolling out its Corporate Social Responsibility Project “Solve for Tomorrow” in Fijian schools. This has been highlighted by the President and Head of Corporate Relations of Samsung Electronics, In Yong Rhee during his meeting with the Permanent Secretary of the Office of the Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs, Yogesh Karan.
Pakistan will receive $2 billion from Qatar in bilateral support to help ease the South Asian nation’s funding crunch and the consequent risk of default, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said. The country will also get $1 billion in oil financing from Saudi Arabia and a similar amount in investments from the UAE.
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Actor Diljit Dosanjh comes out to support singer Inderjit Nikku Diljit Dosanjh has come out in support of fellow Punjabi singer Inderjit Nikku after he saw a video where Inderjit is talking about his financial crisis and struggle in career.
Inderjit Nikku, who is known for songs such as ‘Ik Kudi Mere Supne Ch Aai’, ‘Sardari’ and ‘Paggri’, is dealing with a rough patch in life. The singer, in an emotional video, opened up to a ‘godman’ that he is under a lot of stress because he has no work. In the video, after Nikku tells him his problems, the ‘godman’ repeats them on mic. He says, “The first problem is health, you are dealing with a lot of stress, you are struggling financially because of debt and the last issue is that you are not happy in you professional life since you aren’t getting work.”
19,100 Fijians have $538m in Australian banks
The move comes days after the Faridkot district and sessions court said that the proceedings in the Behbal Kalan firing case will not move further in the trial court until the chargesheet in the Kotkapura firing case is filed by the SIT. Sukhbir, who was the home minister when the Kotkapura firing took place, has been asked to appear with the relevant records before the SIT at 10.30am on August 30 at Punjab Police Officers’ Institute, Sector 32, Chandigarh, in connection with two first information reports (FIRs) registered at the Kotkapura city police station on October 14, 2015, and August 7, 2018.
Investigation team summons Sukhbir Badal in firing case Punjab Police special investigation team (SIT) probing the post-sacrilege police firing incident at Kotkapura in 2015 has summoned former deputy chief minister and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal to appear on August 30 for questioning.
About 19,100 Fiji residents held $538 million in Australian banks and financial institution accounts in 2020. This according to information posted on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) website.
The information was obtained by the ATO through its Common Reporting Standard (CRS) under which financial account information on foreign tax residents is collected. “Under the CRS, banks and other financial institutions collect and report financial account information on foreign tax residents to us,” the ATO said.
“We exchange this information with participating foreign tax authorities of those foreign tax residents.
Rhee says Samsung looks forward to working closely with the Fijian Government in areas of technology and connectivity, targeted at youths in Fiji. He says this project is Samsung’s global contest which, would encourage students and young minds to use science, technology, engineering and maths and it would also empower women and youths to venture into Small Medium Enterprises.
Public accounts committee summons former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar
The parliamentary body also issued an arrest warrant for former principal secretary Azam Khan for his absence from the meeting over the Malam Jabba and Billion Tree Tsunami cases. It ordered the interior ministry and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) not to allow Azam to leave the country from any airport. The PAC session, presided over by Noor Alam Khan, also summoned the Supreme Court registrar to provide details of the fund. The fund was set up by then CJP Nisar in July 2018 to collect money for the Supreme Court panel indicts Punjab Police for PM Modi’s security breach
A Supreme Court-appointed committee has indicted the Ferozepur SSP for a security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state in January this year. In its report submitted to the top court, the Justice Indu Malhotra (retd) committee said the Ferozepur SSP failed to discharge his duty of maintaining law and order despite clear instructions, even though sufficient force was available and he was informed two hours in advance that the Prime Minister would take that route.
The committee said there should be an oversight committee for periodic revision of ‘Blue Book’ that contains security drills to secure the PM while he is in transit.
The complaint stated that during his speeches on April 15, 2021 and January 29, 2022, the interior minister had threatened to stop the judiciary from doing its job.
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The security breach happened on January 5 when Modi was on his way to Hussainiwala in Ferozepur district and his cavalcade had to take a U-turn after protesters blocked his way. The Prime Minister was stuck on a flyover for around 20 minutes. “We are taking the PM’s security breach very seriously,” the top court had said during the hearing.
National Fire Authority and Police officers are investigating a fatal house fire in Rakiraki. A woman was killed when the house she Woman dies in house fire, authorities investigate was in was destroyed in a fire last night. Her husband and two sons managed to escape the burning house.
Pakistan Army to assist Qatar with security in FIFA World Cup 2022 Pakistan Army will assist Qatar with security in upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 being held in Middle East. The approval was given by federal cabinet to Pakistan Army - Qatar agreement on providing assistance during mega football event from November 20 to December 18.
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