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BC Liberals accuse NDP gov’t of deleting emails B.C. government is sending mixed signals over the fact a cabinet minister and several members of Premier John Horgan’s office seemed to have deleted all emails for weeks on end. “We hold ourselves to a high standard. Some recent examples have fallen short of that standard,” said Jinny Sims, the minister responsible for Freedom of Information requests, during question period on Wednesday. Sims made the comments after the B.C. Liberals said a FOI request came back with no record of any emails sent by Advanced Education Minister Melanie Mark for the entire month of February.

Vancouver votes to ban plastic straws, foam cups and containers by June 2019 Vancouver has voted to ban the distribution of plastic straws as well as foam takeout containers and cups as part of its zero-waste strategy.

The ban will be introduced on June 1, 2019. The move is part of the city’s Zero Waste 2040 strategy, which was approved by councillors in a vote on Wednesday.

Council also approved a new, flexible bylaw to reduce the amount of disposable cups, as well as plastic and paper shopping bags handed out across the city. Under the bylaw, a statement said, businesses must choose one of the following options: No distribution of disposable cups or plastic/paper shopping bags at all. The city said it plans to invest in education to support small businesses “as they transition to using more sustainable packaging materials.”

A statement said 2.6 million plastic-lined paper cups and two million plastic bags are thrown in the garbage in Vancouver every week.

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30,000 newly wed women abandoned

by Punjabi NRI husbands The NRI wing of the Punjab government will initiate the process for bringing back NRI husbands who have left behind their wives., referred to as ‘honeymoon brides.’ According to the NRI wing of the Government of Punjab, there are almost 30,000 wives with immigrant husbands. President of Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGPC) Manjeet Singh GK and General Secretary Manjinder Singh Sirsa wrote to the Gyani Gurubachan Jathedar Shri Akal Takht requesting it to ask for a thorough inquiry of to-be NRI husbands before performing the Anand Karaj (Sikh wedding ceremony) Manjeet Singh also addressed letters to Union minister of home affairs, Rajnath Singh, external affairs Continued on page 6

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India asks Canada to stop people from‘glorifying’ terrorists by misusing freedom of expression India says it wants PM Trudeau‘s gov’t to do more to prevent people from misusing their right to freedom of expression to “incite violence and glorify terrorists as martyrs.� The statement was made during a Universal Periodic Review session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland last Friday.

In the statement, a representative of India’s permanent mission to the UN also recommended that

Canada continue its progress in fighting discrimination against Indigenous peoples, work to tackle racial profiling and help promote equal pay for women, among other things.

The recommendation pertaining to freedom of expression is particularly significant in light of the Indian government’s discomfort with what it has said is the leniency shown by the Trudeau government Continued on page 6

Jaspal Atwal denies assault allegations

The man at the centre of a controversy surrounding the prime minister’s trip to India “vehemently denies� threatening a B.C. radio host, according to his lawyer.

Court documents show Jaspal Atwal was charged last month with threatening Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal, host of a daily Punjabi-language talk show broadcast online

by Media Waves Communications.

Atwal made headlines during Justin Trudeau’s February trip to India, when he showed up at an official event despite a previous conviction for trying to assassinate an Indian cabinet minister during a trip to Vancouver Island in 1986. His lawyer, Marvin

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Stern, says Atwal denies threatening the radio host. “There was a conversation between the two of them in the parking lot of the radio station in question,� Stern said. “But there were

Tory MPs call for action against selfconfessed ISIS recruit living in Toronto Conservative MPs say the government should be going after a Canadian who told a New York Times podcast that he shot people in the head as an executioner for Islamic State militants in Syria. The man, who used the name Abu Huzaifa al-Kanadi, is now reported to be living in Toronto. In question period on Friday, Conservatives demanded

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government action, but Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale was cautious, saying he couldn’t comment because of security concerns. “This individual is speaking freely to the media,� said Conservative House leader Candice Bergen. “The government has got to know where he is.�

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by Mr. Atwal whatsoever.� The incident allegedly occurred on April 23. In information sworn two days later, Atwal was charged with uttering or conveying a threat to cause death or bodily harm to Dhaliwal. The 62-year-old was released last month on $1,000 bail with conditions that include having no contact with any employees of Media Waves, a company that claims to broadcast to 300,000 South Asians in Canada. Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal is the host of a daily Punjabi-language talk show on Media Waves.

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South Asian man killed a decade after his brother was shot dead Amanjot Hans, 31 was shot dead at a Langley gas station Tuesday evening about 9 p.m. just after arriving in a dark Range Rover.

Investigators believe his murder was targeted.

He was killed ten years after his brother was killed in Surrey. On March 19, 2008, Hans’ older brother Harkinder was gunned down in the parking lot of the Eagle Quest Golf Club in Surrey.

At the time, police said he had gang links. He had also been named as

a defendant in a massive ICBC fraud case involving a number of gangsters. His father Balwant claimed in 2008 that the elder brother was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time and that he was a law-abiding SFU student.

Harkinder’s murder remains unsolved. Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said Continued on page 7

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EDITORIAL

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Alberta Premier’s threats are turning pipeline friends into foes Umendra Singh

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lberta Premier Rachel Notley’s childish threats to “turn off the taps” and deprive BC of gasoline is now turning pipe line supporters in BC against her.

Go ahead Premier Notley - turn off the damn oil taps. I am not afraid. BC is not afraid. BC was here before Alberta started supplying oil to the world and BC will be here long after Alberta stops supplying oil.

So what will happen if Notley turns off the taps? Gas prices will climb up to $2 a litre?$2.50 a litre? So what ? More British Columbians will drive across into Washington State to get cheaper gas.

And what will happen to Alberta oil

? How will it get shipped out? And what about Alberta wheat and beef that it exports through BC? Do not expect your provinces other products to be shipped through BC if you carry out your threats to turn off the taps.

I, like a lot of other British Columbians, are not against pipelines but I am definitely against Notley’s attempt to blackmail BC under the the threat of “turning off taps.” Just like Notley and Albertans are protective of their oil resource so to are British Columbians protective of their nature and their province.

British Columbians want to protect their Province’s natural heritage for future generations and they want guarantees as to who will cover the cost

of recovery and clean up in the event of an oil spill. British Columbians should also get fair compensation for allowing pipelines through their province.

Nothing wrong with all these requirements.

Would Notley give up Alberta’s control over its oil resource to BC or another province? If not, then why expect BC to give up its rights.

As it is, Notley has painted her province into a corner with her threat to “turn off the tap.” Remember her threat to ban BC wine from Alberta did not go down so well.

So how will this threat work if the Wine threat did not work out?

Most of this is the fault of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau who has failed to show any leadership on this issue.

He should step in and say it is federal responsibility to ensure that pipeline is built.

But he is afraid to do so because he does not want to be painted as someone who is against the environment and lose out on votes in BC. So he is letting the two premiers in BC and Alberta duke it out while standing on the sidelines.

We’ve heard the PM talk about legislation that is going to say once and for all that the feds have the jurisdiction over the pipeline.

We’ve been waiting for that for a month.

PM Trudeau should get into the think of things and say that Notley’s threats mean nothing, that the pipelines will be constructed but with proper environmental studies done and the Kinder Morgan taking full responsibility off the recovery and clean up costs in case of any spills.

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Tory MPs call for action against self-confessed ISIS recruit living in Toronto

In 2017 media repoted that a PakistaniCanadian man who served in the Islamic State’s so-called morality police returned to Toronto and was questioned extensively

by RCMP, but not been charged.

The man told Global News at the time that he had witnessed killings, but had never killed anyone himself. Bergen said he told the podcast he won’t be held responsible for his killings. “The media are reporting this individual is in Toronto, right now, as we speak. Can the government confirm it? Why isn’t this government doing something?” Goodale said police and security agencies are doing

their jobs properly. “I am charged with the responsibility of keeping Canadians safe,” he said. “Discussing operational matters on the floor of the House of Commons is exactly the opposite of keeping Canadians safe.” “This guy is apparently in Toronto,” she said. “Canadians deserve more answers from this government. Why aren’t they doing something about this despicable animal?” On Friday afternoon, just hours after the question period exchange, Abu Huzaifa told the CBC

that he made up the story when talking to the New York Times.

What does it take to lay terrorism charges? An internal government document explains the RCMP view The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has estimated that about 60 Canadians have returned home after fighting with foreign terror groups.

The federal government has established a centre to fund research and programs to stop radicalization and help people leave extremist

groups, although the Conservatives have scorned its efforts as little more than poetry lessons for terrorists. as countries launch coordinated takedown of propaganda network The government says it has a host of other counter-terrorism tools for returnees, including surveillance, criminal investigations, peace bonds, and the revoking of passports.

Such measures are effective, Goodale told the Commons.

“The security and police agencies of this country do an extraordinary job in identifying individuals that pose a risk to the public and taking the appropriate action to make sure that Canadians are safe.”

Body found in Richmond Homicide investigators have taken over an investigation in Richmond after mounties discovered the body of a dead man.

The deceased was found shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday when Richmond RCMP were called to the 16000-block of Dyke Road for a report of a dead body.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) says the victim has been identified, but are waiting to inform his family before releasing his name to the public. He is reportedly well-known to police.

No other details have been provided at this time.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact IHIT via their tipline at 1-877-551-IHIT (4448), or by email at ihittipline@ rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

India asks Canada to stop ‘glorifying’ terrorists by misusing freedom of expression From page 1 towards Sikh elements in Canada.

separatist

The issue was a major flashpoint of Trudeau’s trip to India in February.

The reference to terrorists being glorified as martyrs could be seen as a reference to posters of Talwinder Singh Parmar — believed to be responsible for the 1985 Air India bombing — being displayed at a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C. India could seek extradition of alleged Sikh militant based in Surrey, B.C. India recently also filed a First Information Report against a Surrey man, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who it accuses of plotting to carry out a major terrorist attack in India.

Nijjar has previously admitted to speaking out in favour of Sikh separatism, but denied being involved in any acts of violence.

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New flood warnings for Central and Southern BC VANCOUVER — Heavy rain in southern British Columbia has eased but concerns about flooding remain high in dozens of communities from the Fraser Valley east to Alberta. Environment Canada has lifted a special weather statement that forecast up to 40 millimetres of rain for the Boundary and Similkameen regions, which were already coping with thousands of evacuations caused by rivers swollen from snowmelt after recent hot weather. Despite the improved conditions, flood warnings were posted Friday for the Salmon River near Falkland and Salmon Arm, as well as the Slocan River just north of Castlegar in the same area where more than 60 properties were placed on evacuation alert on Thursday. Flood warnings remained in effect for the Granby, Kettle and West Kettle rivers affecting communities that included Grand Forks, which saw flooding last week as water reached historically high levels.

A spokeswoman for the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary says those rivers are expected to peak by midday Saturday.

Jaspal Atwal denies assault allegations From page 1

Gurvinder Singh Dhaliwal

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He is allowed to have written communication with station owner Ashiana Khan.

Atwal must also have no contact with Dhaliwal or any members of his immediate family.

Stern would not elaborate on the subject of the conversation between Atwal and Shaliwal.

He also refused to provide any detail on Atwal’s involvement with Media Waves. He said Atwal wants the matter to go to trial.

Atwal’s next scheduled court appearance is May 24.

RCMP learned of Atwal’s invitation earlier than previously revealed Controversial figure in Trudeau’s trip to India has been charged with uttering threats During Trudeau’s visit to India, Atwal also received an invitation to an event at the Canadian High Commission in Delhi.

Photos of Atwal posing with a Liberal cabinet minister and Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, at an Indian film industry event in Mumbai were sent to media outlets, including the CBC, touching off a public relations firestorm for the Trudeau government that continued in the House of Commons for weeks.

Frances Maika said about 12 members of the military had arrived to assist with sandbagging and the Central Okanagan Regional District said 45 soldiers were working to protect a West Kelowna neighbourhood threatened by rising water levels from Okanagan Lake.

About 300 soldiers arrived in B.C. from Edmonton on Thursday in response to a provincial request for federal assistance as about 4,500 people have been forced from their homes by flooding and a further 7,000 have been told to be ready to leave on short notice. The arrival of a contingent of at least a dozen members of the 3rd Canadian Division based in Edmonton has been a dramatic morale booster for overwhelmed residents of Grand Forks, said Maika.

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South Asian man killed a decade after his brother was shot dead From page 1 investigators will be looking at whether the murders of the brothers a decade apart are linked.“Our team will be looking at everything from Amanjot’s past, including his brother’s death. We’re looking at any possible ties to gangs that he may have had,” Jang said.

Amanjot Hans had no criminal record in B.C., according to the online court database.

At least one Hells Angel prospect was mourning Hans’ death on social media.

But sources say Hans had friends and associates in several different groups.

Jang said investigators are still hoping to get dash cam video from drivers who were travelling along 72 Avenue between 232 Street and Highway 10 from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. May

15.And they are looking for the public’s help to determine what Hans was doing before his fatal visit to the Chevron station Tuesday night.

“We are releasing Mr. Hans’ name in an effort to determine his activities and who he may have had contact with before his death,” Jang said.

“We urge anyone with information to please come forward.”

Police also found a dark-coloured Dodge pickup truck burning in the 8300-block of 196 Street in Langley shortly after Hans was shot.

Torching suspect vehicles has become a hallmark of Lower Mainland gang shootings in recent years. Jang said investigators are looking for information about the torched truck as well.

Anyone with information is asked to contact IHIT at 1-877-551-4448 or ihitinfo@ rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

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Police say man approached child near Surrey school, tried to convince them to get in car RCMP are warning the public after a “suspicious” man is alleged to have approached a child outside a school and tried to convince them to get in his car.

Police say the incident happened around 1 p.m. on May 14 near Frost Road Elementary, in the 8600-block of 162nd Street.

The child did not enter the car and ran away to a safe location, according to police, who are not releasing the gender of the child.

The man is described as South Asian, in his 40s or younger, with a trimmed beard with grey patches and police say he was wearing a blue turban with orange underneath. The suspect vehicle is described as a grey sedan with tinted

windows and a messy interior.

Surrey RCMP are reminding children and youth of personal safety precautions: Don’t assist strangers.

Trust your instincts and your feelings.

Phone if you are going to be delayed, or if your plans change.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, or Crime Stoppers, to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477 or solvecrime.ca.

Vancouver police’s anti-gang operation shuts down the “Gill Gang” A violent Lower Mainland gang was contracting itself out to commit murders for larger, more-established organized crime groups, Vancouver Police Supt. Mike Porteous said Thursday. But the “Gill group”, headed by 21-year-old Taqdir Gill, has now been dismantled after a months-long investigation that resulted in seven arrests and the seizure of four guns, Porteous said. “Project Temper, a gang violence suppression operation, has resulted in the dismantling of the Gill group.

This violent crime group was comprised of several individuals,” Porteous told reporters.

“The VPD is committed to aggressively targeting people who pose the most risk to our communities.” Gill, Walta Abay, 23, Hitkaran Johal, 19, are all charged with conspiracy to commit murder between Oct. 5 and 27, 2017.

Both Gill and Abay are also charged with possession of a loaded, restricted or prohibited firearm on Oct. 26, and being in a vehicle knowing there was a gun inside. Porteous said the murder conspiracy involved “several victims” — some of whom were rival gang members. But a Vancouver businessman with no gang links was also targeted by the group, Porteous said. None of the victims are listed in court documents obtained by Postmedia.

Porteous said at one time the Gill group was aligned with the Kang faction of Brothers

Keepers, which has traditionally been on the Red Scorpion side of a decade-long regional conflict. But Postmedia has learned that the Gill group had switched allegiances to the United Nations side. “I would suggest that they were working within a cell themselves, but they were working more on a contract basis for other crime groups or bigger crime groups,” Porteous said.

“The way these gangs are structured … across the region — there’s sort of the Red Scorpionassociated people and on the other side there’s the United Nations-associated people.”

He said smaller groups of upstarts or younger would-be gangsters form their own smaller gangs and align themselves with one side or the other.

Also charged are Simrat Lally and Pawandeep Chopra, both 20, and two youths who were 17 when their alleged offences occurred and therefore cannot be identified.

Lally is facing counts of conspiracy to discharge a firearm and conspiracy to commit arson, as well as two counts of possessing a firearm and one of being in a car containing a gun. Chopra allegedly possessed a loaded or restricted firearm on Oct. 30 in Vancouver. One youth is facing firearms charges while the other is charged with conspiracy to commit arson.

Homeowners hire lawyer to fight speculation tax A group of homeowners has hired a lawyer to prepare a class action lawsuit challenging the B.C. government’s speculation tax on second homes. A fundraising page started by a group called Canadians Against the B.C. Spec Tax had raised more than $8,000 by Friday morning, and their lawyer sent a letter to the B.C. Attorney General and finance ministries asking for documents to be retained

in 6 months

for the case. “We also expect the class will include American homeowners who are also adversely affected by the proposed tax,” wrote lawyer Shayne Strukoff of international law firm Gowlings WLG. “Given the substantial financial burden that the tax would impose on homeowners, the tax would effectively restrict the ability of Canadians living in provinces outside of B.C. to live in B.C.

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Pregnant woman loses unborn baby after targeted double shooting in Vancouver A 31-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man are in hospital after they were seriously injured early Friday in a targeted double shooting in Vancouver. The woman, who was pregnant and in her third trimester, is in critical condition. The man suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The woman’s unborn child did not survive.

Vancouver police say shortly before 6 a.m., an unidentified suspect went to the home of a 31-year-old Vancouver woman on Industrial Avenue near Scotia Street and shot her.

The victim called 911 and the suspect left. Officers attended and found a 23-yearold Langley man had also been shot in the same apartment. VPD spokesman Const.

Jason Doucette says it is still early in the investigation but so far police believe this was a targeted shooting, unrelated to gang conflict. They are not ruling out domestic violence as a motive.

“We want to find whoever is responsible for this and hold them accountable,” said Doucette.

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PC candidate resigns, as his former employer probes theft of data A Progressive Conservative candidate say who was being investigated but confirmed abruptly quit on Wednesday evening, hours that Sandhu worked for 407 ETR until about after his former employer announced it was two months ago. “These allegations are totally investigating an internal data breach that baseless. I absolutely deny them,” Sandhu said affected 60,000 customers. Simmer Sandhu on Twitter. He said he will vigorously defend announced on Twitter that he was stepping down himself, but added, “I feel it is impossible as the PC candidate in Brampton East because for me to continue as the PC candidate in of allegations “pertaining to both my work life and my n om i n at i on c a m p a i g n .”

Batteground Brampton: 5 seats that are crucial to the Ontario election S a n d h u worked nine years at 407 ETR, the company that owns and operates Simmer Sandhu, right, quit as the PC candidate for Brampton East the 407 toll highway Brampton East while doing so.” “In light of through the GTA. Late Wednesday afternoon, the investigation into Simmer Sandhu, he felt 407 ETR announced it was informing 60,000 it was necessary to stand down as a candidate customers that their names, mailing addresses, and we accepted his resignation,” said PC and in some cases their phone numbers were spokesperson Melissa Lantsman in a statement. stolen from the company’s office during the past Liberal campaign co-chair Deb Matthews year. described the allegations as “very disturbing” “The incident is being investigated as an in a written statement released Wednesday inside theft of data,” said the company in a evening. “If these allegations are true, it goes statement. It said local police and the province’s much deeper than one candidate. It means that information and privacy commissioner have the Conservative party may be in possession of been informed. A company official would not stolen personal information that they could be using for political advantage,” Matthews wrote.

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Judge catches drug dealer Deven Jainesh Mani lying about his references Judge says Deven Jainesh Mani’s lies erase claim to remorse that came with guilty plea Deven Jainesh Mani gave a speech for the ages at his sentencing for drug dealing.

The 23-year-old presented glowing letters from employers including one who said he was being considered for a promotion.

Having a “real job” had taught him what it’s like to “actually work hard,” he said. And boy did it feel great. Fentanyl crisis results in tougher sentence for drug dealer “I’m proud of myself for the big changes I’ve made today,” Mani told the court. “It feels good spending hard-earned money on groceries, bills, clothes, I know I worked hard for.” But then the Crown started calling some of those

references. And Mani’s words — not to mention his resume — started to ring hollow.

“The owner of the auto body shop advised the Crown that he did not know Mr. Mani and that Mr. Mani had never worked at the shop,” Judge Reginald Harris wrote in a B.C. provincial court decision last month.

Harris handed Mani a sentence just shy of 22 months for two counts of possession of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking and one count of failing to stop while being pursued by police.

Although Mani pleaded guilty, Harris found

that “any suggestion of remorse was erased when Mani falsely addressed the court” in February.

In addition to the letter from the auto body shop, Mani also provided a reference from a furniture company, which said he was in line for a promotion. But as Harris pointed out, that job turned out to have ended in October 2017. “The letter filed with the Court had been altered from the one originally given to Mr. Mani,” Harris wrote. “A paragraph indicating that Mr. Mani was about to receive

a promotion was added, thus making it appear that he was working there and excelling.”

Even submissions about Mani’s volunteer work with his stepfather’s soccer club could not be substantiated. “The Crown contacted Surrey Parks and Recreation and spoke to the person responsible for assigning field times to various clubs,” Harris wrote. “The person had never heard of the St. Columbus soccer club.”

Mani was sentenced in relation to three offences. The first was a Port Coquitlam arrest that occurred after the jeep Mani was driving ran a stop sign. The second occurred in Vancouver when he fled police, ran a red light, collided with two cars and then tried to run away.

Alberta passes bill ‘to turn off the taps’ to BC over pipeline delays Alberta has passed legislation giving the province’s energy minister the power to choke off gasoline shipments to British Columbia if that province continues to throw up barriers to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Bill 12 passed late Wednesday afternoon in the Alberta Legislature. David Swann, the Liberal for Calgary-Mountain View, was the only member of the legislature to vote against it. Earlier Wednesday, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley used her strongest language yet about her intentions for the law, stating she was prepared to use it on short notice, if required.

“Albertans, British Columbians and all Canadians should understand that if the path forward for the pipeline through B.C. is not settled soon, I am ready and prepared to turn off the taps,” she said.

Morneau says government willing to compensate Kinder Morgan against political delays Vancouver drivers are currently paying about $1.57 per litre for gasoline, and blocking shipments could push prices even higher, putting political pressure on B.C. Premier John Horgan. Asked when she planned to take action, Notley declined to reveal details.

“With the greatest of respect, I’m not going to spell out the exact schedule and the exact steps,” she said.

In response, B.C. Attorney General David Eby sent a letter to Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley Wednesday urging the government to hold off proclaiming Bill 12 until a judge can determine its constitutionality.

“In the absence of such a commitment, I intend to instruct counsel to bring an action challenging its constitutional validity in the courts of Alberta,” Eby wrote.

Notley also responded to an announcement

Wednesday morning by federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau that Ottawa is willing to compensate backers of the Trans Mountain pipeline project for any financial losses due to political obstruction.

Morneau said Canada is willing to write Kinder Morgan — or whoever steps up to the plate — a cheque to ensure the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets built.

Notley said she remains confident construction will resume this summer. She said she speaks to Morneau every day, and Alberta officials are involved in the talks with Kinder Morgan. The premier suggested different scenarios are at play.

“If framework one doesn’t work, there may well be a framework two,” she said.

Asked if her government is still willing to purchase the project, Notley said she will “do whatever is necessary” to get construction underway this summer.

Kinder Morgan CEO ‘appreciates’ Ottawa’s offer to backstop pipeline delay costs Morneau’s comments came just hours before Kinder Morgan Canada’s stakeholders met in Calgary. The incentive offer comes two weeks before the company’s potential drop-dead date.

Kinder Morgan has threatened to abandon the project if a clear path forward isn’t reached

by May 31. Morneau consulted with senior officials in the Alberta government and Kinder Morgan CEO Steve Kean Tuesday night.

Last month, Kinder Morgan stopped all nonessential spending on its $7.4-billion project after a months-long standoff between the British Columbia and Alberta governments.

B.C. has been working to block the pipeline for environmental reasons over Alberta’s objections.

Crime Stoppers ‘CRIME OF THE WEEK’ May 20, 2018 Date: May 4, 2018 Location: 2400 blk. Marine Dr. West Vancouver, BC. Details: On May 4th, 2018, West Vancouver Police attended a break and enter, in the 2400 Block of Marine Drive. The person depicted in these photos is a suspect in this crime. A knife was used as a tool during the break and enter. His picture was captured at approx.12:48 am, May 4th.

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Dozens of Surrey seniors relocating after city OKs manufactured home park redevelopment As he stood outside his manufactured home in Fleetwood, Richard Porta pointed to his workshop and a modest garden, where he grows tomatoes. “I don’t want to die slowly, so I have to keep myself active,” he said. “Nobody’s going to do it for me.” Porta is one of about 80 people — mostly seniors — who must move after a developer was given the OK to build 137 townhouses in place of their homes at Green Tree Estates at at 15820 Fraser Hwy. Surrey city council voted unanimously to give third reading to Dawson + Sawyer’s application on Monday, May 7 after a public hearing that brought out those both for and against the proposal. “I have no idea where I’m going,” said a disheartened Porta. “I have to try to replace what I have. How I’m going to do it? I don’t know. I need a little garden outside, I need a workshop,

if you put me in an apartment you might as well shoot me.” Porta expects he’ll have to move out of the Lower Mainland in order to maintain the lifestyle he enjoys – and that keeps him active – but that will mean leaving friends.

“I looked at a place in Chase. I can replace what I have here but I don’t want to leave my friends,” he lamented.

If you ask Porta, he thinks the seniors should be given longer to leave the property. As it is, Green Tree Estates tenants are to be out by the end of 2019, he said.

Finding something nearby in the current housing market is just not a reality for most in the park, said Porta.

“The Lower Mainland has always been a hot spot but we get people in here speculating and buying housing. It’s just a shame,” he said.

Why we should listen to bees—scientist and poet collaborate on new book

SFU world-renowned bee expert Mark Winston and the City of Surrey’s poet laureate Renee Saklikar collaborate on book about listening to bees.

A shared interest in bees between a scientist and a poet—both nationally recognized writers—has led to a new perspective on what bees are telling us. Mark Winston, SFU’s globally known “bee” expert and Renee Saklikar, Surrey’s poet laureate, collaborated to write Listening to the Bees, a new book being launched at free, public events in Vancouver (the Western Front, 303 E.8th Ave) on May 10 (7-9:30 pm) and in Surrey (City Centre Library) on May 11 (7-9 pm). The book is a “call-and-response” collaboration between the two writers, who share a common passion for bees and language. It features a collection of essays by Winston on his 40-year career as a scientist studying bees and is interspersed with Saklikar’s eloquent poems. Winston interviewed Saklikar for his 2014 awardwinning book, Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive and discovered that she had been interested in “bee-content” poetry most of her life. “Renee expressed an interest in seeing my research papers as a possible muse for her own writing, and discovered a world of language

and ideas that stimulated some beautiful poems,” says Winston, who was drawn to write essays in response to the poems. After some public readings of their work, Winston’s wife suggested the material may be book-worthy.

And as it happens, there is good reason to draw attention to bees, suggests Winston. “Like much of nature around us, bees are hurting, challenged by our human impact. A deadly mix of pesticides, diminished floral resources and diseases/parasites have diminished wild bee populations and cause annual losses of 35-45 per cent of honeybee colonies. “What’s happening to the bees predicts what could happen to us, if we don’t learn to live in better harmony with the planet with which we are blessed.” Saklikar’s work on the project unlocked a personal connection with bees that goes back to her childhood in India.

“My grandmother kept a rose garden and was besotted with bees. She and my grandpa sort of anointed me with honey before I left for Canada, a ritual and part of my family’s mythology.

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New ICBC penalties for risky drivers could be in effect by this fall Changes to the Insurance Corp. of B.C.’s rates could be in effect as early as this fall, according to the B.C. government. In a news release on Thursday, the province said nearly 35,000 people participated in an online consultation this spring, regarding the province’s proposed changes to the Insurance Corporation of B.C.’s premiums and penalties.

“Changes to our auto insurance rating system are long overdue,” said Attorney General David Eby in a statement. “The responses from the ICBC rate fairness engagement indicate the majority of British Columbians favour changes that will make insurance more affordable for lowrisk drivers and see high-risk drivers pay increased insurance premiums to better reflect the risks they represent.” Eby said the government has ordered ICBC to put forward to the B.C. Utilities Commission new penalty rates for repeat offenders, particularly those caught speeding, driving while impaired or while distracted. The corporation has also been told to develop a new driver penalty point program for minor driving violations. The BCUC will review the proposed changes and once approved, could

see penalty amount increase by 20 per cent in the first of implementation, and an additional 20 per cent hike in ensuing years. It’s expected the new fines would be implemented by fall 2018. “While moving quickly to implement changes for dangerous driving, we are also using this feedback to inform additional changes in the coming months to help make rates more fair for drivers,” said Eby. “This feedback will help ensure our improved auto insurance rating system is consistent with the values of British Columbians.” According to the responses collected during the initial consultation period this spring, a total of 82.3 per cent of respondents said drivers found at-fault in crashes should pay more, while 63.5 per cent said the ability to back at-fault claims to prevent insurance rates from being affected should be limited. An overwhelming 92.1 per cent agreed that the driver, not the registered owner, should be the one held responsible and punished with an increase in insurance rates if found at fault for a crash.

Ethics watchdog launches inquiry into Liberal MP Raj Grewal after conflict-of-interest complaints The federal ethics watchdog is opening a formal investigation into Liberal MP Raj Grewal after he invited an employer to attend receptions in India during the prime minister’s trip in February. “I have determined that an inquiry under the (Conflict of Interest) Code is warranted,” Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion said in a “confidential” letter to NDP MP Charlie Angus on Thursday, obtained by the National Post. “I am commencing an inquiry and have so informed Mr. Grewal. Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention.”

Angus made a formal complaint to Dion at the end of March, after it came to light that Grewal’s office had invited his current employer, to whom he provides “legal services,” to receptions in India attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, members of cabinet and senior government officials. The business relationship itself began after Grewal became an MP, and was disclosed with the ethics commissioner at the time. Grewal had confirmed to the Post in March that his office sent invitations to employer Yusuf Yenilmez, the CEO of a Greater Toronto Area construction company, Zgemi Inc. Yenilmez corroborated that, saying he had called the office ahead of the trip to “make sure my name was on the list.” Both of them said that Yenilmez would have had access to events

anyway, because he was travelling with the Canada-India Business Council.

The prime minister’s office, which at the time was still dealing with the fall-out of the presence of attempted murderer Jaspal Atwal at one of the same receptions, refused to comment on the record. The PMO had been asserting that Atwal got invited through Liberal MP Randeep Sarai, which raised questions about how much the PM’s own staff were vetting party guests.

Sarai and Grewal described the invitations in a similar way, saying they collected the names of anyone in their riding who was interested in attending the events, then gave lists to the Canadian High Commission in India. That Grewal did not recuse himself from assisting a current employer with the invitation process raised concerns for opposition parties.

Angus’s formal complaint in March said this appeared to be a “very egregious abuse” of conflict-of-interest rules. The Conservatives also complained to Dion, with MP Stephanie Kusie initiating a similar process a day later.

Dion’s response to Angus Thursday said his decision to formally investigate came after a careful review of “written representations” from Grewal as well as “public documents.”

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South Asian man jailed five years for assault on Surrey prostitute A man who clobbered a Surrey prostitute with a golf club and sexually assaulted another in two separate cases along rural Colebrook Road has been sentenced to five years in prison.

Simranpreet Dhillon, 24, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and aggravated assault for crimes he commited in August and October 2012, when he was 19. Justice Anthony Saunders sentenced him in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminister, accepting a joint submission presented by the Crown and defence.

“We are blessed with the good fortune to live in one of the safest, most law-abiding countries in the world, and in a society that strives to attain harmony and to affirm the dignities of all peoples,” Saunders stated in his reasons for sentencing. “That actions like this go on in our cities under the cover of the dark of night is profoundly shocking to the average citizen. It is only fit and right that Mr. Dhillon’s conduct be denounced with a lengthy term of imprisonment, as has been recommended to

the court in the joint submission.” There is a publication ban on information that could identify the victims. Prior to Dhillon’s guilty pleas a trial had been set that was expected to run for three weeks. The judge also made him provide a DNA sample and imposed a SOIRA order, putting Dhillon on the Sex Offender Information Registration data base for 20 years. He’s also subject to a 10-year weapons prohibition. “Mr. Dhillon and his companions preyed on these vulnerable women,” Saunders noted, “negotiating sex for a fee, then taking them to an isolated location, extorting further acts from them with violence or threats of violence, and refusing to pay even the meager fees that had been negotiated.”c The court heard that in the first crime, in August, a prostitute was picked up at King George Boulevard and 91st Avenue by two men in a gold-coloured Chevrolet Cavalier, in which Dhillon was a passenger. She was driven to Colebrook Road, under an overpass.

Carole James refuses to budge amid renewed debate on speculation tax News that nearly two-thirds of homeowners subject to B.C.’s new speculation tax will be British Columbians has sparked a fresh debate about the fairness and consequences of taxing assets and investments in a housing crisis.

Finance Minister Carole James didn’t budge Thursday when asked if the tax is, in fact, unintentionally going to impact mainly British Columbians with multiple homes rather than

foreign owners who do not pay local income taxes. On Wednesday, James said about 20,000 of the 32,000 homes subject to the new tax are owned by British Columbians. “In fact, if you take a look at the speculation tax, as I have said from the start, 99 per cent of British Columbians will not pay the speculation tax,” James told reporters in Victoria Thursday.

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Teen murdered his dad after argument over Ferrari A Vancouver teen murdered his elderly father after getting into an argument with him over the purchase of a Ferrari, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Alexander Shevalev has pleaded not guilty to the March 2015 seconddegree murder of his dad, 80-year-old Vladimir Shevalev, in the father’s tony highrise condo in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour.

In his opening statement, Crown counsel Patrick Fullerton said that a few days before the murder the accused stole about $100,000 from his father’s bank accounts to buy a used Ferrari. With his friend, Nawid Sami, the accused attended a car dealership and bought the luxury car on Feb. 24, 2015, the prosecutor told a B.C. Supreme Court jury.

Four days later, after the dad learned of the theft and the subsequent purchase of the vehicle, he asked his son to bring the car to his residence at the Shaw Tower at 1077 West Cordova St., said Fullerton. Then, on March 1, 2015, the dad contacted his son, who was 19 years old at the time, and demanded that

he come to his home and sign the car over to him, said the Crown. “Soon after the accused and Mr. Sami arrived, the accused and his father argued about the car and the theft of the money,” he said. “This argument took place in the kitchen area in front of Mr. Sami. During the argument, the deceased called his lawyer about obtaining legal title to the Ferrari.” The dad left the kitchen and went to the master bedroom to continue his call with the lawyer, resulting in the son becoming angry and taking an object from a kitchen cupboard and proceeding toward the bedroom, said Fullerton. “Mr. Sami then heard two bangs. Mr. Sami went to the master bedroom and saw the accused choking his father from behind. Next, the accused with Mr. Sami’s assistance moved Vladimir’s body to the bed in the master bedroom.” The accused then took a blood-pressure monitor that was already in the bedroom and tried to get a reading from his deceased father.

Police search for suspect in sex-assault investigation RCMP have released a composite sketch of a suspect wanted in a sexual-assault investigation.

“After exhausting other investigational avenues, the Surrey RCMP is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect,” police said in a news release Thursday afternoon.

The sketch is of a suspect wanted in connection with an incident that happened at around 1 a.m. on April 24, when a woman was sexually assaulted as she walked in the area of 84th Avenue and King George Boulevard.

The woman was grabbed by the arm and groped by a male suspect who was passing in the opposite direction. The suspect fled when the woman screamed, according to police.

The suspect is described as a South Asian male, approximately 30 years of age, around five feet, 10 inches tall, with a medium build, and scruffy facial hair. He was wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Surrey RCMP at 604599-0502, or Crime Stoppers if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-222-8477 or go to solvecrime.ca.

Indo-Canadian Business Association’s 19th annual awards - a huge success

By Balwant Sanghera Surrey based Indo-Canadian Business Association of British Columbia (ICBABC) has been doing an excellent job in encouraging and recognizing our young people who have demonstrated academic excellence, leadership and community involvement. It has been doing this for 18 years. The latest 19th Annual Achievement Awards Ceremony at Arya Banquet Hall in Surrey on Friday, May 11th was another huge success. It was a sold out event with more than 600 persons in attendance.

ICBABC started the scholarship program known as Achievement Awards in 1997.

To date it has raised and distributed over $350,000 in scholarship funds.

Not only that, ICBABC has also done a commendable job in raising funds for numerous charitable organizations. It has been in the forefront in recognizing and

encouraging outstanding students in our community. A well-educated youth is an essential component for the growth and development of any community. In this context, ICBABC has been in the lead.

Every year, it provides scholarships to very deserving students who have been excelling not only academically but also in supports and other areas. This year, ICBABC added two new categories, Sports and Special Needs. Like previous years, this year’s awardees were outstanding.

Thus ICBABC ‘s screening committee selected sixteen students-thirteen for their academic achievement, two for the Sports category and one for Special Needs. These sixteen students were from all over Metro Vancouver-Surrey, Vancouver, Delta, New Westminster, Burnaby and Richmond.

These awards reflect their dedication and commitment to excel.

ICBABC officials stated that the

response by students has been excellent. It received 140 applications for scholarships from very well deserving students and had a difficult time picking out the 16 finalists. Encouraging and supporting our young people to excel in post-secondary institutions should be very helpful in this regard. The recipients of these awards come from diverse backgrounds form all over Metro Vancouver. They are: Amarpreet Powar (New Westminster),Gita Minhas ((Richmond),Monica Jandu ((Delta),Harjot Uppal (Delta),Cor alleTcheune(Surrey),Aman Turna (Surrey),Harleen Rattan (Delta),Jovin Khehra (Burnaby),Karanvir Dhillon (Surrey),Tanveer Brar (Delta),Arshvir Dhari (Vancouver),Nishaaan Dulay (Delta) Kharanshu Desai (Burnaby),Helen Lord (Delta),Ravleen Rattan (Richmond),Saleha Ali (Richmond). Our hearty congratulations and best wishes go to all of them. They

are a pride of the community.

To its credit, ICBABC has also been in the forefront in helping with implementation of Punjabi language classes at Simon Fraser University (SFU) .Three years ago, ICBABC collaborated with SFU in offering Punjabi language classes at its Surrey campus. Prominent businessman and ICBABC Board member Arvinder Bubber, along with Board member Kanwarjit Sandhu played a key role in making it happen. Consequently, ICBABC offered to contribute $30,000 -$10,000 each year for three years-in order to offer Punjabi classes at its Surrey campus.

This is the final year for the Punjabi language support at SFU by ICBABC. It is very encouraging to note that SFU has agreed to continue the Punjabi classes at its Surrey campus. However, we need to ensure that each year enough students enroll in these classes in order for the program to continue.

Violent high-risk offender back in custody T h e release of a highrisk violent offender has led Corrections B.C. to issue a Metro Vancouverwide public warning.

Bryan Kelly, 26, was released from custody Tuesday after being acquitted at trial on aggravated assault charges.

His criminal history includes assaults, weapons possession, robberies and drug offences. Corrections officials do not know where Kelly intends to reside within the Metro area.

He is described as five feet eight inches, weighing 170 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.

Kelly is subject to close monitoring by authorities and under 23 conditions including an alcohol, controlled substances and weapons ban.

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Man accused in Toronto military centre stabbing found not criminally responsible A man with schizophrenia attacked soldiers at a military recruitment centre in Toronto acquitted of terror charges and found not criminally responsible for lesser offences on Monday as a judge ruled his actions didn’t fit the intended scope of the country’s terrorism laws. Ayanle Hassan Ali is shown in a police handout photo. Ayanle Hassan Ali’s radical religious and ideological beliefs were largely the result of his mental illness, Judge Ian MacDonnell found as he ordered the 30-year-old to remain at a forensic psychiatry unit while plans for his care could be determined. “While it is common ground that the defendant had become radicalized, there is no evidence of any connection between him and any other person or group in relation to the attack,” Justice MacDonnell said.“The intention of Parliament in enacting [the relevant terror legislation] was not to capture the kind of lone-wolf criminal behaviour

engaged in by the defendant,” he added.

Mr. Ali’s attack was nonetheless a “deeply disturbing assault on one of the pillars of Canadian peace and security,” Justice MacDonnell said, as he found him not criminally responsible for attempted Ayanle Hassan Ali murder, assault and weapons offences. At least two military personnel were left with minor injuries after Mr. Ali entered a recruitment centre in north Toronto in March, 2016, and began slashing at people with a kitchen knife.

Mr. Ali had pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder, three counts of assault with a weapon, two counts of assault

Family and friends search for missing York University student in Toronto received an outpouring of Family and friends of missing support from the community York University student Zabia as well and we are very Afzal are searching for her after she grateful for that,” he said went missing Thursday morning.

Sunday. “Family and friends, The 30-year-old PhD student and they are very concerned for community activist was last seen Zabia’s safety . . . and we’re near Ashbridges Bay in Toronto’s hoping that we can locate her, Beach neighbourhood, according we can find her today.” About to York Regional Police. Her 60 people, some wearing brother Zubair Afzal says her T-shirts with her photo, cellphone was found with some searched Bluffers Park along other belongings shortly after the shoreline, in its parking she went missing at Ashbridges Zabia Bay. The search is now focusing on areas lot areas closer to the bluffs themselves and she frequented. The Scarborough Bluffs, near residential areas that border the park. the Toronto Islands, Thorncliffe Park and About 20 others searched parts of the Toronto Islands. Afzal was reportedly seen at 9:40 Woodbine Beach have already been searched.

Zabiar Afzal was reportedly familiar with a.m. Thursday in the Vaughan area, near Ashbridges Bay and the Scarborough Bluffs Mackenzie Drive West, police said. Afzal said her disappearance is out of character. He and did volunteer work in Thorncliffe Park.

Zabiar Afzal says he’s appreciative of the described her as a “very caring” person and a support he’s received from the community “smart and bright” woman. in the search for his sister so far. “We have

Quesnel wants stiffer penalties for ‘lowlifes’ who loot during evacuations BC is currently wracked by floods, but Quesnel City Council is looking ahead to wildfire season — and the associated risk of looting.

Quesnel Coun. Ron Paull says laws need to be toughened up to dissuade criminals from trespassing in, looting from and vandalizing property left vacant due to evacuation orders.

2 charged in 3 Williams Lake, B.C., break-ins during wildfire evacuations “We noted the fines and the penalties for this type of crime isn’t any different than normal, everyday crime,” Paull told Daybreak North guest host Audrey McKinnon.

“We felt there had to be stiffer penalties to more appropriately suit the level of the crime.”

Paull wrote a motion passed first by Quesnel council and then the North Central Local Government Association.

Police nab alleged thief in B.C. wildfire zone with $65K in stolen goods It calls on the federal and provincial governments to strengthen penalties, as they see fit, for any crimes committed during emergency situations.

In 2017, several people were charged for breaking into homes left vacant by the record-setting fires.

“There were even people that were caught impersonating wildfire or emergency personnel,” Paull said.

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causing bodily harm and one count of carrying a weapon for the purpose of committing an offence, all in association with, for the benefit, or at the direction of a terror organization.

His lawyers said their client should never have faced terror charges which, by definition, require that the accused commits an offence “for the benefit of, at the direction of or in association with” a terror group.

“This was a case where the Crown overreached,” defence attorney Nader Hasan said outside court.

“They had someone who they thought looked the part of the terrorist when, in reality, they had someone who committed a terrible, terrible act who is mentally ill and they should have proceeded in that fashion, rather than overreaching for terrorism.”

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Canada spent $550K to track down Calgary murder suspect who fled to Vietnam A Calgary man charged with first-degree murder was sentenced to 15 months in jail, less time served, for breaching his bail, after he fled to Vietnam less than two weeks before he was to go on trial.

Nathan Paul Gervais fled Calgary in April 2016 in advance of his trial in the death of 18-yearold Lukas StrasserNathan Paul Hird, who was swarmed Gervais and fatally stabbed in a downtown alley in 2013.

Gervais was arrested by Vietnamese police and flown back to Canada in February.

Gervais pleaded guilty to the breach of bail.

“Neither his lawyer nor the Crown could find any cases that were similar to this, so it’s fair to say we were in some uncharted waters with this,” Crown prosecutor Steven Johnston said.

Johnston said about $550,000 of Canadian resources were spent tracking down Gervais and returning him to face trial, with $85,000 of that going to overtime

for police and $20,000 to fly him home.

“In my view, the accomplishment the police did, to get him back to Canada from a country that doesn’t have extradition with Canada, is really the story here,” he said.

Johnston praised the work of the Calgary Police Service.

“That they could Lukas Strasserapprehend a person who Hird has fled Canada with every intention of never coming back and they were able to get him and capture him and bring him back, is to me at least a very big accomplishment here.”

Lukas Strasser-Hird died on November 23, 2013, after he was assaulted outside a downtown bar.

The original trial went ahead for four others accused in the killing. Franz Cabrera and Assmar Shlah were found guilty of second-degree murder, while Joch Pouk was found guilty of manslaughter.

Electric vehicles get a boost in Burnaby The City of Burnaby is working on a bylaw to encourage more people to drive electric vehicles (EVs) by requiring all new parking spaces in multifamily developments to have electric outlets.

According to a staff report, the bylaw will call for parking spots to be made EV-ready by providing an energized outlet for Level 2 EV charging. Developers or builders will need to provide the outlets but won’t have to install all the electric vehicle

supply equipment (EVSE) for the charging stations: that cost will be downloaded to vehicle owners.

The policy applies to new multi-family developments and single- and twofamily buildings but exempts visitor parking and secondary suites. It will not apply to renovations or for adding a new garage to an existing home.

Order of Canada recipient charged in Nepal with sexually abusing children A Canadian aid worker was arrested at his mountain villa in Nepal and charged with sexually abusing children, a local official said.

Central Investigation Bureau Chief Pushkar Karki said Peter Dalglish was arrested in April at his home with two Nepalese boys aged 12 and 14 after weeks of investigation.

His case is being heard by a court in Kavre, a town near Kathmandu.

Karki said Dalglish has now been charged with raping the two boys and faces up to 13 years in prison if convicted.

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Long history of humanitarian work Dalglish, 60, was born in London, Ont.. He attended law school at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

Dalglish helped found the charity Street Kids International and has worked for decades for a number of humanitarian agencies, including UN Habitat in Afghanistan and the UN Mission Peter Dalglish, 60 for Ebola Emergency Response in Liberia.

He has focused much of the time on working children and street children.

Officials said he helped families who lost their homes during a devastating earthquake in Nepal in 2015 that killed 9,000 people and damaged nearly a million houses.

In 2016, Dalglish was named a Member of the Order of Canada for his humanitarian work.

Karki said Dalglish lured children from poor families with promises of education, jobs and trips, and then sexually abused them.

Investigators followed Dalglish for weeks after they received information about alleged abuses, Karki said.

Homeless man admits murdering good samaritan who helped him A B.C. man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after admitting that — while a homeless alcoholic — he killed a Good Samaritan who had invited him to stay in his home, stabbing the Calgarian 53 times and hiding his body in an alley.

Dennis Sorge, 33, of Terrace, B.C., was originally charged with second-degree murder after Calvin Brooker was killed in his home in 2016. But a Calgary court heard Thursday that the Crown and defence had agreed to a plea of manslaughter.

B.C.manchargedwith2nd-degreemurder in death of Calgarian who was found in alley Crown prosecutor Jonathan Hak told provincial court Judge Bruce Fraser he was seeking a sentence of 10 to 12 years in a federal penitentiary, minus time already served.

“This was a brutal, frenzied attack,” Hak said. “Fifty-three stab wounds are not an accident, they are near-murder.”

Sorge’s defence lawyer, Markham Silver, argued that a sentence of six to eight years was more appropriate.

“Your sentence is unlikely to bring the type of closure family and friends anticipate,” Silver told the judge.

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Canadian dollar strengthens, boosted by factory sales gain The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday as domestic data showed stronger-thanexpected growth in manufacturing sales and the Trump administration said it was pushing for a deal on a revamped NAFTA. A Canadian dollar coin, commonly known as the “Loonie”, is pictured in this illustration picture taken Canadian factory sales rose 1.4 percent in March, surpassing the 1.2 percent gain expected by economists, and February’s increase was upwardly revised to 2.7 percent from a previously reported

1.9 percent, Statistics Canada said.

The United States is pushing for a deal in negotiations on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement and President Donald Trump is committed to getting a better agreement with Canada and Mexico, the White House said on Wednesday.

Canada sends about 75 percent of its exports to the United States, so its economy could benefit if a NAFTA deal is reached.

At 9:19 a.m. EDT (1319 GMT), the Canadian dollar CAD=D4 was trading 0.3 percent higher at C$1.2834 to the greenback, or 77.92 U.S. cents. The currency traded in a range of C$1.2832 to C$1.2878.

Horgan fires back at federal finance minister over feds’ Trans Mountain backing The federal finance minister singled out B.C. Premier John Horgan’s efforts to thwart the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Wednesday, as he outlined measures Ottawa is taking to remove “politically motivated” investment risks.

Speaking in Ottawa, Bill Morneau said his government is willing to compensate Kinder Morgan — or any other company interested in building the pipeline — against any financial loss due to the actions of the B.C. government.

“We’re prepared to indemnify the project against any financial loss that derives from Premier Horgan’s attempts to delay or obstruct the project,” Morneau said.

Speaking to reporters following an event in Vancouver, Horgan fired back at Morneau’s characterization of the dispute.

“I think that is rhetoric and hyperbole on his part. There are fundamental challenges to that project that he well knows,” Horgan said.

“For a Toronto-based finance minister to single out British Columbia as a problem here, he should look at the failure of Energy East, he should look at the failure of Keystone and a whole host of other projects.”

Morneau declined to say how much Ottawa would be willing to spend to back the pipeline expansion.

Supreme Court orders new trial for Alberta couple convicted in son’s death A couple who had been convicted in the meningitis death of their son say they have been vindicated by the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to order a new trial.

David Stephan and his wife, Collet, were found guilty in 2016 of failing to provide the necessaries of life to 19-month-old Ezekiel.

Their trial in Lethbridge, Alta., heard evidence that they treated the boy with garlic, onion and horseradish rather than take him to a doctor. The Stephans eventually called 911 but the toddler died in hospital in 2012.

“We’re grateful because this is a move in the right direction and we now have the opportunity to bring the whole truth forward,” Stephan said outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. “We’re just so excited to have the ability to do that and to be able to uphold parental rights here in Canada.”

The Supreme Court heard arguments from the couple’s lawyer and the Crown before making the unusual move of ruling immediately from the bench.

Justice Michael Moldaver, speaking for the high court, said the trial judge did not properly instruct jurors on what would be a marked departure from reasonable behaviour “in a way that the jury could understand.”

Supreme court orders new trial for parents of boy who died of meningitis Supreme Court hearing for parents convicted in toddler’s meningitis death Supreme Court rules for inmate whose lawyer conceded guilt “Accordingly we would allow the appeal, quash the convictions and order a new trial.”

Karen Molle, lawyer for the Stephans, had argued the trial judge didn’t instruct the jury properly to determine whether the Stephans acted differently than other reasonable parents.

“This jury charge gave this jury little choice but to convict,” Molle said.

Julie Morgan, representing the Crown, said the trial judge’s language was generalized but it was enough for the jury to understand the case.

“The jury would have understood what their job was,” she told the court. “They found that the appellants did not meet the community standard, when they failed to take their child to a doctor when he had meningitis, and that endangered his life.”

The Alberta Court of Appeal upheld the conviction last November, but because the ruling wasn’t unanimous, the couple had an automatic right to take their case to the Supreme Court.

A spokeswoman for Alberta Justice said the file will return to Lethbridge Court of Queen’s Bench to set a new trial date.

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Kennedy Stewart pleads guilty to criminal contempt for Kinder Morgan protest Vancouver mayoral candidate Kennedy Stewart pleaded guilty to one count of criminal contempt in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday. Stewart, who is stepping down as member of parliament for Burnaby South, was arrested peacefully March 23 while protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project at Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby terminal.

Kennedy Stewart confirms he will run for mayor of Vancouver as independent Stewart was among a group of protesters, including federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, who blocked access to

the company’s main access gate, violating a court order to stay at least five metres away from company work sites. A special prosecutor for the province has called for a $500 fine to be levied, which Stewart says he will pay by Friday. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Affleck said this is not a criminal code offence, but in “normal� cases it could carry higher fines. Stewart and May were initially charged with civil contempt. “I take full responsibility for my actions,� said Stewart outside court. “But I will continue to push to stop this pipeline, which I think is a very bad project.�

Women arrested after ‘unruly’ behaviour diverts Calgary-bound flight to Toronto Two women have been arrested after their “unruly� behaviour caused a Calgary-bound flight to divert to Toronto Monday night.

Const. Bancroft Wright, a spokesperson for Peel Regional Police in Toronto, confirmed officers responded to a call at 8:17 p.m.

He said the two women, aged 24 and 27, were acting unruly and causing “a nuisance� on flight AC 323, originating from Montreal. “The flight crew and captain determined it was necessary to divert the flight to Toronto,�

Wright told Global News, adding that it was the closest major city. “Once officers arrived, the females displayed obvious signs of intoxication: slurred speech, bloodshot eyes.�

The women were removed from the plane and taken into custody for being intoxicated in a public place. He confirmed the women were held in custody until they were sober and were released with an offence notice. No criminal charges have been laid, as there no were reports of threats, damages or assaults.

Wright said he could also not confirm rumours that a pregnant woman was tripped on the flight. “Within the last year, I’ve probably come across three or so similar type of occurrences,� Wright told Global News, pointing out that a fine for public intoxication is typically $70.

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Average house price in Canada fell 11% in past year, CREA says he average price of a Canadian home declined by more than 11 per cent in the 12 months up to April, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Tuesday. The realtor group said the number of sales plunged by 13.9 per cent compared with the previous year’s level, and fell to the lowest April showing since 2011. Houses became more affordable for 1st time in over 2 years, says RBC, but there’s a catch April is typically a booming month for home sales, as warmer weather spurs sales.

But listings slowed from March’s level during the month, coming in 4.8 per cent lower. It was the slowest April for new listings in nine years, CREA said. Sales were down in 60 per cent of all markets, led by the Fraser Valley

in British Columbia, along with markets in and around the Golden Horseshoe area in southern Ontario. The realtor group placed the blame in part on new stress test rules aimed at tightening lending standards, which came into force in January.

“The stress test that came into effect this year for homebuyers with more than a twenty per cent down payment continued to cast its shadow over sales activity in April,” CREA President Barb Sukkau said in a release. Sales were down, and so were prices. CREA said the average price of a home sold last month went for $495,000.

That figure has fallen by 11.3 per cent from April 2017.

Jason Kenney stands by his cliam PM Trudeau is clueless “empty trust fund millionaire” Alberta’s Conservative Leader Jason Kenney is standing by his personal attack on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he called empty and clueless. Kenney says, from his experience, Trudeau struggles with nuanced political issues, particularly the contentious debate around the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. “I worked with dozens of MPs in Ottawa, including (opposition) critics who were thoughtful, intelligent, engaged people with whom I had a constructive relationship. He wasn’t one of them,” Kenney said Wednesday. “(Trudeau) is a person that I worked with as a minister for three years who I got to know quite well as somebody who has difficulty with complex files, and I think (Trans Mountain) is a very complex issue.”

Kenney dismissed suggestions it’s a personal issue with Trudeau, whose Liberals defeated Kenney’s Conservatives in the 2015 federal election. “This is about standing up for Alberta against a federal government that has inflicted massive economic damage on our province,” he said. In a Calgary Sun column published Wednesday, Kenney was quoted attacking Trudeau’s ability to resolve a dispute that has delayed construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline, which would triple the amount of Alberta oil flowing to tankers in B.C. Trudeau doesn’t have “the foggiest idea what’s going on,” Kenney said in the column.

“I know Justin. He doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing. This guy is an empty trust-fund millionaire who has the political depth of a finger bowl,” he is quoted as saying. “He can’t read a briefing note longer than a cocktail

napkin, OK.” Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said the comments show “personal hostility” toward Trudeau.

“Anyone who is presenting themselves as being equipped to lead the province needs to learn very quickly to rise above his own personal hostilities, and that is not what we see demonstrated in the quotes that were reported today,” said Notley.Government house leader Brian Mason said the true Kenney is peeking out.

“He’s been Mr. Civility in the house and it struck me as a pose,” said Mason. “I think he’s let the mask drop a bit here and revealed his own personal grudge against the prime minister.”

Kenney has pledged to return civil discourse to politics. During debate Tuesday, he responded to shouts from the NDP benches, by saying “When they go low, we’ll go high.”

When asked how calling out the prime minister’s IQ squares with a return to civility, Kenney said United Conservative members have gone 10 weeks without heckling in the legislature.“I was asked about whether I think the prime minister understands the complexity of the pipeline issue, and frankly based on my first-hand experience I don’t think he does.” Trudeau approved the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline but B.C. Premier John Horgan’s government says it is concerned about the potential for oil spills on its waterways and coastline. The $7.4-billion project has faced court challenges and permit delays to the point that the builder, Kinder Morgan, says it may not proceed.

Federal officials still don’t know when roadside marijuana testing devices will be approved Despite the legalization of marijuana looming this summer, officials with the justice and public safety departments say it’s still unknown when roadside screening devices to test for drug impairment will be approved for use. Speaking at the Senate legal affairs committee, the officials said they couldn’t even confirm if the testing of devices has started, as it’s being conducted independently by the National Research Council and then evaluated by an expert committee of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science. The same officials had told senators in February that testing should be done by the end of March. In their update on Thursday, they acknowledged that estimate had proven wrong.

Banks cutting variable rate mortgages even as fixed ones head higher A number of Canadian lenders have slashed their variable mortgage rates in recent days, even as some of those same lenders are raising their fixed-rate mortgages. HSBC Canada cut its five-year variable mortgage rate to 2.39 per cent on Wednesday, more than a full percentage point below the bank’s own prime rate.

The move comes after Bank of Montreal made a similar cut to 2.45 per cent last week, which was matched by TD Bank earlier this week. Both of those deals expire at the end of this month.

Scotiabank soon followed suit, and then later in the day on Thursday, Royal Bank did the same with a cut of its own, by the same one percentage point, until June 4. The loans have various levels of fine print attached to them, but they all come against the backdrop of rates headed in

the opposite direction on the fixed side.

For comparison purposes, the average five-year fixed rate mortgage at the big banks is currently 5.34 per cent — although most borrowers can easily negotiate a lower one.

Variable rate loans are generally tied to the Bank of Canada’s benchmark rate, which is currently at 1.25 per cent.

Fixed-rate loans, however, are more linked to what’s happening in the bond market, because that’s where the banks get some of the money to fund them.

The interest payment on variable rates loans can rise and fall as the rate tends to change over time. Fixed-rate loans don’t do that, but typically come at a higher rate to begin with, because borrowers pay a premium for that stability.

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Federal NDP struggling to find traction after tough parliamentary session Federal New Democrats will enter the final few weeks of Parliament before the summer break hoping to recapture some momentum after a difficult stretch largely overshadowed by internal divisions and harassment allegations.

The bad news has piled up for the NDP in recent months, as new leader Jagmeet Singh has faced pushback from some members of caucus and suspended or expelled others because of questions about their conduct.

As a result, Singh and his thirdplace party have struggled to find a rhythm and advance their message, despite the fact time is beginning to grow short with the next federal election looming.

“Certainly if there was a plan, it was put on the backburner because of the distractions created by the other files,” former NDP national director Karl Belanger said of the winter and spring parliamentary sessions.

“And unfortunately when people heard about the NDP, it was usually not good news.”

Many New Democrats were jubilant last fall when Singh was selected leader, sparking hopes that the former member of the Ontario legislature would inject the party with the same energy as Liberal counterpart Justin Trudeau.

And there has been good news for the NDP, starting with the fact it has managed to

raise more than $1 million in each of the last three quarters after a precipitous plummet following the last federal election. Singh also emerged from his party’s national convention in February with momentum after a rousing speech that defended taxes and big government while taking aim at foreign web giants, the “ultra-rich” and the Trudeau government.

“Those were big,” Belanger said in an interview on Sunday.

“The convention and the fundraising, it felt like the party was turning a corner as it was heading towards 2019. And so I think that New Democrats were pretty optimistic. “But right now it feels like that corner, that turn is taking a little bit more time than people were expecting because of these other issues that are happening.” The NDP leader and others have acknowledged that the party has since struggled to drive the agenda and get its message out, particularly as headlines have been dominated with questions about the conduct of individual MPs. Saskatchewan MP Erin Weir was expelled from caucus May 3 after a three-month investigation found evidence to support three allegations of sexual harassment and one of non-sexual harassment. The former economist, however, has refused to go quietly, insisting he is simply a “close talker”

MP Christine Moore denies former soldier’s sexual misconduct claim New Democrat MP Christine Moore says she had a four-month relationship with former soldier Glen Kirkland and has strongly denied his allegations of sexual misconduct, which she describes as a “total lie” attacking her credibility.

In an exclusive interview with the Canadian Press, the MP presented photos and a plane ticket indicating Kirkland had planned to visit her in Quebec, as proof that they had a relationship.

One of Moore’s close friends confirmed that Moore and Kirkland dated.

In the presence of her lawyer, the 34-year-old Quebec MP said she had a romantic relationship with Kirkland that ran between June and October 2013.

“We were lovers,” she said, adding they had discussed long-term plans, of which the plane ticket was evidence.

“Maybe he lied to me and never loved me, but at the time I was sure we were lovers.” NDP MP Christine Moore in 2016.

Tony Caldwell/Postmedia/File Kirkland, when reached by phone in Manitoba, maintained he had never been in a relationship with Moore.

“God no!

Relationships mean both parties have to be involved,” he said.

The two met on June 5, 2013, when Kirkland, who was injured in a Taliban ambush in 2008, testified in a parliamentary committee about the treatment of injured soldiers in Afghanistan.

Kirkland said Moore then invited him to her office and encouraged him to drink gin, even after he told her he was taking medication and shouldn’t drink.

He claims she later followed him to his hotel room and spent the night. Moore, on the other hand, dismisses Kirkland’s account as “absolutely ridiculous,” pointing out she had to vote in the House of Commons that evening. “I spent three hours voting that night, it’s on video,” she said. “I cannot have followed him to his hotel room.”

Quebec has received 96 per cent of illegal border crossings so far in 2018 Almost 96 per cent of asylum seekers who have crossed illegally into Canada so far in 2018 have done so through the Quebec border.

The RCMP’s latest figures on the number of illegal border crossers indicate 7,612 people entered the country outside official ports of entry during the first four months of 2018.

More than 7,300 of them have entered Quebec, while Ontario and British Columbia received the remainder, about 150 asylum seekers each, so far in 2018. Quebec leaders have urged the federal government to help pay costs associated with the over-representation of asylum seekers in the province.

The province’s official opposition has called on Ottawa to suspend an agreement with the United States that it says encourages would-be refugees to enter outside official border crossings. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said earlier this month his government was in exploratory talks with the U.S. to reopen the so-called Safe Third Country Agreement. In recent months, the number of new arrivals has increased dramatically from 2017, with many would-be refugees coming from Nigeria after spending only short periods of time in the United States before boarding buses destined for the border.

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Saturday, May 19, 2018

Congress, RJD claim gov’ts in Goa and Bihar if BJP sticks to its claim of ‘single largest party’ to form gov’t in Karnataka Congress plans to protest against Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala’s invitation to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the government and the swearing -in of BS Yeddyurappa as chief minister by observing Friday as ‘Save Democracy Day.’ The party plans to hold demonstrations across the country, and even stake a claim to forming the government in Goa, where it emerged as the single largest party in the 2017 elections, but was trumped by a BJP-led alliance.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said it would stake a claim to forming government in Bihar on the same grounds as the BJP — that it had emerged as the single largest party in the 2015 elections. In Karnataka, the BJP, with 104 seats in an assembly with an effective strength of 222, eight short of a majority, staked its claim to forming a government and was invited by the governor to do so, ahead of a Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) combine which has 116 seats. The governor also gave the BJP’s Yeddyurappa a fortnight to prove his majority on the floor of the house. The Congress petitioned the Supreme Court, which will hear the matter on Friday. “I along

with RJD and Congress legislators would meet Governor Satyapal Malik at 1 pm on Friday and stake claim to form the government in Bihar,” RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav told reporters in Patna. “If Yeddyurappa got a chance to form the government in Karnataka, why is the RJD being deprived? Why are there two yardsticks for Karnataka and Bihar?” he asked. BJP spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain mocked the young RJD leader’s outburst, advising him to go among the people and gauge the “declining” popularity of his party instead of wasting his own time as well as that of the Governor. He also described the Congress decision to back the JD(S) in Karnataka as an opportunistic move, aimed at achieving power through back door.

In the 2015 assembly elections in Bihar, the RJD emerged as the single-largest party with 80 seats. In the 243-member House, the Janata Dal (United) of chief minister Nitish Kumar has 70 legislators followed by the BJP with 53. The Congress’ strength stands at 27.

The RJD formed a coalition government with the Congress and Janata Dal (United) after the 2015 elections.

Karnataka elections: BJP says JD(S) damaged Congress prospects Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) which had been tipped as kingmaker in the Karnataka assembly polls before the BJP upset all predictions, severely damaged the Congress’ prospects of retaining power, the saffron party’s spokesman in the state S Shantaram said on Tuesday.

He said heavy turnout in the traditional JD(S) strongholds in the old Mysuru region,

Hassan and Tumakuru in the southern region was indicative of people voting against the Congress. The results, he said, was another step towards the BJP’s stated position of eliminating the Congress from India’s political landscape. “The people have decided to make Karnataka Congress mukt as in the other states. The Congress loses wherever its president Rahul Gandhi campaigns.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor charged with aiding in wife’s suicide Shashi Tharoor, a prominent Indian public personality and member of parliament from the opposition Congress party, has been charged with aiding the suicide of his wife four years ago.

Delhi Police on Monday filed a 3000-page charge sheet in the longdrawn-out case involving the death of Shashi’s wife Sunanda Pushkar.

Tharoor has been charged under sections of the Indian Penal Code that relate to

experts” had resulted in the charge sheet.

“The matter is now sub-judice, so we cannot reveal contents of probe report,” Deependra Pathak, Delhi Police Chief Public Relations Officer, said in Delhi.

An autopsy initially concluded Pushkar probably died of an overdose of anti-depressants, but a year later Indian police said she was poisoned and announced a murder investigation.

Tharoor called the charges “preposterous”, adding that he would contest the charges “vigorously”.

The Congress party said it stands by the legislator, who represents Thiruvananthapuram in the southern state of Kerala.

“We won’t cow down or bow down. This is a conspiracy to defame Shashi Tharoor,” Randeep Singh Surjewala, a Congress party spokesperson, Shashi Tharoor and his wife Sunanda Pushkar (left). said in a statement.

“We reject the charges abetment of suicide and cruelty against wife. totally. This is being done on instructions Pushkar was found dead in hotel from the BJP and Narendra Modi-led room on January 17, 2014, after government. BJP’s revenge factory is at work.” publicly accusing Tharoor of having an The couple were married in extra-marital affair with a journalist. 2010, the third marriage for both.

A Delhi Police statement said a probe Sunanda had earlier accused her by a special investigation team “on husband of having an “extra-marital the basis of medico-legal and forensic affair” with Mehr Tarar, the Pakistani evidence analysed during investigation as journalist, and told an Indian daily in well as opinion of psychological autopsy January 2014 that she would “seek divorce”.

Kin of ‘terror suspect’ held The authorities in Dubai have detained one Farooq Devadiwala, cousin of Faisal Hasan Mirza who was arrested by the Mumbai police last week for allegedly planning terror attacks in the city.

Devadiwala was picked up after a request was made to the authorities there by the India. He is under detention and the Mumbai police have sought his extradition.

Police officials in Mumbai say Devadiwala allegedly indoctrinated Mirza and got him recruited to the Indian Mujahideen. Mirza was sent to Dubai from where he was allegedly sent to Pakistan on a fake passport.

Police say Mirza was given training in arms and was tasked with setting up a sleeper cell in Mumbai to carry out attacks in different parts of the country.

Students in MP to answer roll call with ‘Jai Hind’ School students in Madhya Pradesh will now have to say ‘Jai Hind’ instead of ‘Yes Sir’ or ‘Yes Madam’ while responding to the roll call in their classes, according to a government order. The order will come into effect from the coming academic session and will apply to all government and private schools. The objective is to foster patriotism among children, said School Education Minister Vijay Shah.

“We recently issued a directive to 1.22 lakh

government schools and more than 35,000 private schools to ensure that students say ‘Jai Hind’ during the roll call from the coming academic session,” he said. “Students say ‘Yes Sir’ or ‘Yes Madam’ or ‘present’. What good these English acknowledgements achieve?

‘Jai Hind’ will foster love for the country and patriotism among the students,” the minister said.

It’s BJP versus the rest in 2019 polls The Karnataka results have a lot to offer for analysts, for example the fact that the Congress got far fewer seats than the BJP despite polling almost 2 per cent extra votes. According to the Election Commission figures, the Congress polled 38 per cent (1.38 crore votes) against BJP’s 36.2 per cent (1.31 crore votes).

But the saffron party managed to win its seats and prospects with a smart strategy that helped the JD(S), which won just 18.3 per cent (66 lakh) votes, lower than its share of 20.2 per cent in 2013, but managed a more effective conversion (of votes to seats). In comparison, the grand old party failed to convert votes into seats effectively with a scattered vote share.But the saffron party also learnt a key lesson in

its failure to achieve the halfway mark in the 224-member Karnataka Assembly.

Apparently, BJP chief Amit Shah, who is now at the drawing board for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections to achieve the goal of “Fir ek baar, Modi sarkar” (Once again, Modi government), is factoring in the possibility of his party versus the rest.

The fact is the BJP gains when votes against it are divided (like in Karnataka) and loses when they get consolidated (like JD-U and RJD fought together in Bihar). Opposition leaders, who re-learnt this crucial lesson in Karnataka, are expected to use it more effectively to contain the saffron run in 2019.

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Navjot Sidhu acquitted in homicide case In a relief for Punjab cabinet minister and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted him of culpable homicide and convicted him of causing hurt in a 1988 road rage case in which one person died. Despite the conviction, Sidhu retains his cabinet berth. As per the Representation of the People Act, any person convicted of an offence or crime and punished for a term of two or more years is immediately disqualified as a lawmaker. The Supreme court fined Sidhu Rs 1,000 and did not give him a jail term. The Congress politician was convicted under Section 323 (causing hurt) of the India Penal Code, under which he faced up to a year in jail or a fine or both. Sidhu thanked the people of Punjab after the verdict. “I want to thank the people of Punjab, because of their

Former minister Langah framed Gurdaspur man in drugs case: Panel Justice Mehtab Singh Gill Commission, probing political vendetta cases, has recommended action against former minister Sucha Singh Langah and the then SHO for foisting a false NDPS case against Sandeep Kumar of Gurdaspur. In its 7th interim report submitted to Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday, the commission recommended action in 21 cases where it was found that false FIRs were registered by the SAD- BJP alliance to intimidate opponents.

The commission also found that 10 false cases had been registered against AAP leader Sukhpal Khaira in Kapurthala district, the highest in the state, under various sections of the IPC. Similar cases had also been registered against Sikh preacher BS Daduwal in Gurdaspur. A perusal of the report also shows that a false case was registered by the Vigilance Bureau against Vijay Syal, who had challaned a bus of Orbit Transport in Sangrur.

Other cases recommended for cancellation were against Lok Insaaf Party leader Simarjit Singh Bains and SAD (A) chief Simranjit Singh Mann.

Superintendent arrested in corruption charges Mansa Jail Superintendent Devinder Singh Randhawa arrestred on the charge of taking bribes from jail inmates in lieu of providing them facilities illegally. In December 2017, the VB had arrested Assistant Superintendent Sikander Singh and an inmate Pawan Kumar in the same case. Deputy Superintendent Gurjit Singh Brar is still absconding. DSP Manjit Singh said, “Ravinder Singh, brother of Gaurav, who was lodged in the jail in a drug-peddling case, complained that the jail authorities were charging between Rs 10,000 and 25,000 for providing illegal facilities to inmates. Bank accounts of some of the jail inmates were also being used by the jail authorities to get relatives transfer money for the purpose,” the police officer said. On December 17, 2017, Sikander Singh was arrested along with Pawan while accepting Rs 50,000 and a cheque for Rs 86,200. Although the complainant had alleged the involvement of the jail superintendent as well, he was not arrested at that time.

Following inquest proceedings into the case, it had been found that while stepping out, inmate Pawan had made the guard speak to the superintendent from his own illegally-kept mobile phone.

prayers I have come out ten feet tall. I have sent a message to Rahul Gandhi ji & Priyanka Gandhi ji that my life is yours,” ANI quoted Sidhu saying. The tourism minister in the Amarinder Singh government, Sidhu had hit a 65-year-old man, Gurnam Singh, on the head during an argument over the parking of a car in December 1988. Singh later died in a hospital. Sidhu said Singh died of a cardiac arrest and not because he was punched in the head The former cricketer was acquitted of the murder charges by a trial court in September 1999. However, the Punjab high court reversed the verdict and held Sidhu and his co-accused Rupinder Singh Sandhu guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in December 2006.

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Sikh leader petitions Pakistan court for gov’t funding to build crematorium A Sikh leader in northwest Pakistan has filed a petition in the Peshawar High Court urging it to direct the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government to allocate funds to build a crematorium for the community in the provincial capital so that they can cremate their dead instead of burying them.

Sikh community leader Babaji Guru Gurpal Singh, through his lawyer, submitted the writ petition in the court yesterday, saying the provincial government had allocated Rs 30 million in the 2017-18 budget to build a crematorium for the Sikh community and a graveyard for Christians in the city, the Express Tribune reported.

However, the government has yet to release funds for these projects nor has it made any plans for these projects.

Singh said that about 60,000 Sikhs live in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, including 15,000 who live in Peshawar alone. Despite that, there is

no crematorium where Sikh mourners can carry out the last rites of their loved ones, the paper reported. The petitioner noted that the number of cremations is likely to increase in the future. “Against their religious teachings, they are forced to bury dead one,” Singh wrote in his petition, adding that the nearest crematorium is located near Attock, 45 kilometers away from Peshawar.

Although the Attock crematorium is intended to primarily serve the Hindu community, it is also used by the Sikh community. While cremation is culturally imperative for Sikhs and Hindus, the cost is a major prohibitive factor for them since many middle and low-income members of the community cannot afford the high costs of cremation. “We are grateful for such a facility,” Singh said, adding, “But for the poor members of the community, they cannot even afford to transport the funeral.”

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Former Himachal Chief Minister and son arrested for ousting his nephew from palace Raja Virbhadra Singh, the longest-serving, 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, who served as the Chief Minister from 2012 to 2017 before relinquishing the post to BJP’s Jai Ram Thakur in December 2017. A police report has been registered against him and his son in Rampur police station on complaint of his nephew, alleging forced illegal entry and dispossessing him of half portion of Rampur Palace. In his complaint, Rajeshwar Singh, Virbhadra Singh’s younger brother’s son, has alleged that the former CM, along with his son Vikramaditya Singh, a sitting MLA, and others trespassed into a portion of Rampur Palace, under his ownership and possession on May 9, 2018. He alleged that locks of his

portion of the palace were broken, belongings were thrown out and the palace locked, leading to unauthorised possession. The FIR has been registered under Sections 448, 427, 34 IPC, on Tuesday evening. He claimed that he being legal heir of Raja Padam Singh of the Bushair estate was in the ownership and possession of half of the palace in Rampur as per the patta, which was authenticated in various other litigations. He said his father Lt Rajkumar Rajinder Singh continued to live there, along with his family, till his death in December 1995. He said his caretaker Mast Ram had lodged a complaint on May 9 under his directions but withdrew it under pressure from the former CM.

India will mourn the defeat of democracy, says Rahul Gandhi of BJP’s Karnataka strategy As the BJP managed to form a government in Karnataka despite all the impediments, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the BJP is making a mockery of the Constitution. Rahul taking to his Twitter handle said that this day India would mourn the defeat of democracy. “The BJP’s irrational insistence that it will form a Govt in Karnataka, even though it clearly doesn’t have the numbers, is to make a mockery of our Constitution,” Gandhi tweeted. “This morning, while the BJP celebrates its hollow victory, India will mourn the defeat of democracy,” he added. Meanwhile, BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa for the third time was

sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka at the Raj Bhavan. Yeddyurappa took oath as the 23rd chief minister of Karnataka after the Supreme Court early on Thursday morning decided not to put a stay on the swearing-in while conducting a post-midnight hearing, wherein the Congress and JD(S) pleaded for the same citing the BJP’s inadequate strength in the assembly to stake claim at forming the state government. Late on Wednesday night, the Congress and JD(S) challenged Karnataka Governor Vajubhai R Vala’s decision in the top court to invite the BJP to form the government even when the saffron party, with 105 MLAs.

10.5 kg heroin worth Rs 57 cr found near border fencing Troops of 29 Battalion, BSF, along with sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF), Ludhiana, carried out a joint operation during which seven packets of heroin, weighing 10.5 kg, were recovered from an area ahead of the border fencing near the Gatti Hyatt BOP along the Indo-Pakistan border.

While giving details, Balkar Singh, IG (STF), said the STF had nabbed two notorious drug peddlers, identified as Jarnail Singh of Jaimal Singh Wala village in Ferozepur and Sukhwinder Singh of Dal village in Tarn Taran, and recovered 1 kg heroin along with a Pakistani SIM card from them. In this regard, a case was registered under the NDPS Act by the STF at the Phase IV police station, Mohali, on Tuesday.

Snehdeep Sharma, AIG (STF), said both the drug peddlers had been involved in the trade since long time and several cases under the NDPS Act were already registered against them. The IG (STF) said during interrogation, the arrested drug peddlers revealed information regarding another consignment of drugs received from across the border. Based on the input, a joint operation was planned with the BSF during which further recovery of 10.5 kg heroin was made. BS Rajpurohit, DIG, BSF, said the consignment of drugs was buried in the fields of Surjeet Singh of Kishore Singh Ke Jhugge village in Mamdot block. The cost of the seized drugs in the international market was Rs 57.5 crore.

Delhi to be most populous city in world by 2028: UN report Delhiisprojectedtobecomethemostpopulous city in the world around 2028, according to new United Nations estimates released here on Wednesday, which said India is expected to add the largest number of urban dwellers by 2050. The 2018 Revision of World Urb anis at ion P r o s p e c t s produced by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and released here today said that 68 per cent of the world population is projected to live in urban areas by 2050. The report notes that future increases in the size of the world’s urban population are expected to be highly concentrated in just a few countries.

Together, India, China and Nigeria will account for 35 per cent of the projected growth of the world’s urban population between 2018 and 2050. By 2050, it is projected that India will have added 416 million urban dwellers, China 255 million and Nigeria 189 million.

Tokyo is the world’s largest city with an agglomeration of 37 million inhabitants, followed by New Delhi with 29 million, Shanghai with 26 million, and Mexico City

and São Paulo, each with around 22 million inhabitants. Cairo, Mumbai, Beijing and Dhaka all have close to 20 million inhabitants.

“By 2020, Tokyo’s population is projected to begin to decline, while Delhi is projected to continue growing and to become the most populous city in the world around 2028,” the report said.

The projected population size of New Delhi in 2028 is about 37.2 million, surpassing Tokyo’s 36.8 million, it added.

By 2030, the world is projected to have 43 megacities with more than 10 million inhabitants, most of them in developing regions. However, some of the fastest-growing urban agglomerations are cities with fewer than a million inhabitants, many of them located in Asia and Africa. Projections show that urbanisation, the gradual shift in residence of the human population from rural to urban areas, combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas by 2050, with close to 90 per cent of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa, according to the new United Nations data set launched today.

Indian gov’t declares one month ceasefire in J&K Upon request of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, gov’t asked security forces not to launch anti-terror operations in troubled Jannu and Kashmir state during Muslim holy month of Ramzan. The move is seen as a bid to create an atmosphere of peace in the restive Valley and incidentally, the announcement comes two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The

Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said the decision had been taken “to help the peaceloving Muslims observe Ramzan in a peaceful environment”. It, however, went on to add that the security forces “reserve the right to retaliate if attacked or if essential to protect the lives of innocent people”, as the move is “not a concession to militants” and there will be “no lowering of guard during this period”.

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Mahatir says Najib must ‘face consequences’ in corruption inquiry Malaysia’s new leader, Mahathir Mohamad, said he barred his scandal-tainted predecessor and wife from leaving the country to prevent them from fleeing from possible prosecution over a huge corruption scandal. Mahathir, who also took the significant step of appointing an ethnic Chinese as finance minister, said on Saturday that Najib Razak would “face the consequences” if any wrongdoing was found by investigators. “There are a lot of complaints against him, all of which have to be investigated,” Mahathir told a news conference. “We have to act quickly because we don’t want to be saddled with extradition from other countries.” Mahathir said that there was sufficient evidence to investigate Najib over the corruption scandal involving the 1MDB state fund that is being investigated

in the United States and other countries. US investigators say Najib’s associates stole and laundered $4.5bn from the fund, with some $700m landing in Najib’s bank account and around $30m used to buy jewellery for his wife.

Najib has denied any wrongdoing. A leaked flight manifesto had revealed that Najib and his wife Rosmah Mansor were planning to take a private jet to Indonesia on Saturday, fuelling rumours that he was bolting the country days after a shocking electoral defeat that ended his coalition’s 60-year grip on power. Najib responded on Saturday that he respected the travel ban and would remain in the country with his family. He also said he was committed to “facilitating a smooth transfer of power”.

Mahathir’s decision to ground Najib fulfils an election promise, as does his appointment of

Bangladesh’s ex-PM released on bail Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has granted bail to the country’s former prime minister and leader of the main opposition party, Khaleda Zia, three months after she was imprisoned over a corruption conviction. The top court upheld an earlier High Court decision in the capital, Dhaka, on Wednesday, granting bail to Zia, who sentenced to five years for fraud.

Lawyers from both sides said the ruling does not necessarily mean Zia, chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will be released from jail because she has been arrested in connection with three other cases.

The government had appealed a March verdict by the High Court granting her bail for four months.

Nikki Haley in UN blames Hamas for violence in Gaza Nikki Haley , US Ambassador to the United Nations said on Tuesday that the relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was not to blame for deadly violence that erupted along the Gaza border, casting blame instead on Hamas and its backers

in the Iranian government. Addressing the U.N. Security Council, Haley said Hamas, the group that controls Gaza and is labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S., was behind the clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli forces that left at least 60 people dead.

Parents with children bomb churches in Indonesia Indonesia — A wave of deadly bombings on Sunday and Monday and evidence of more planned have shaken Indonesia just ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, with entire families — including children — carrying out suicide attacks against Christian worshipers and the police.

The troubling discovery Monday of completed bombs in a housing complex outside Surabaya, Indonesia’s secondlargest city, came a day after members of a single family carried out three attacks against separate churches in the city around Mass time, killing seven people.

On Sunday night, three members of another family, including a child, were killed when a bomb exploded at their apartment outside Surabaya when the police moved in to arrest them.

And on Monday morning, a family of five riding on two motorbikes detonated a bomb at the entrance of the Surabaya Police Headquarters — killing all but one of them and injuring four police officers.

An 8-year-old girl who was with the attackers survived the blast and was taken to the hospital.

The extent of the carnage and the fact that children were enlisted in the attacks drew condemnation from the country’s leader, President Joko Widodo, who called them “barbaric.” All told, 12 civilians and 13 terrorist suspects were dead from two days of violence, with at least 46 people injured, including police officers.

Police officials said the attackers, whether by blood or other ties, were working together. “They’re from one organization,” Gen. Tito Karnavian, chief of the National Police, said during a Monday news conference in Surabaya.

The city, the capital of East Java Province with a population of almost three million, has a large ethnic Chinese Christian community. Surabaya Center Pentecostal Church, in East Java, Indonesia, was one of three churches targeted by suicide bombers on Sunday.CreditAndy Pinaria/ Surabaya Goverment , via Getty Images A day earlier, General Karnavian had said the family suspected in those attacks had recently returned to Indonesia after being deported from Syria. On Monday, General Karnavian said the bombs that exploded on Sunday and Monday were similar in their construction — highlypowerful and sensitive to movement — to those used by the Islamic State in its war in Iraq and Syria.

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Canadian Relief Society collects $15,000 for cyclone relief By: Irshad Khan The newly formed Fiji Disaster Relief Society (FDRS) in Vancouver, B.C. Canada donated a cheque in the sAum of $15,145.25 (FJ) to Habitat Humanity Fiji (HHF). Mr. Bobby Naicker, Fiji’s Honourary Consular to Canada, accepted the cheque on behalf of HHF, at the Khanna Banquet Hall in Surrey B.C on May 3rd 2018. These funds were collected during a fundraising event held last month and will be transferred to ‘Habitat Humanity Fiji in a bid to assist those affected by the recent cyclones and flooding.

The chairperson of the Fiji Disaster Relief Society, Ms. Kamilla Singh said “ in order to make it more inclusive and provide an opportunity to the community as to where the funds should be donated, a survey was conducted. The majority of the attendees at the event chose Fiji Habitat Humanity”.

Along with the Fijian government, many other NGO’s, the likes of Habitat for Humanity is also part of the group in Fiji that has helped citizens during natural disasters. Habitat for Humanity started working in Fiji in 1991. Since then, Habitat has helped over 68,700 people to build homes in Fiji. Habitat works on a range of projects throughout the country including disaster response and recovery through repairs and temporary housing when needed, construction or improvement of water and sanitation systems in rural and remote areas, and disabled access housing projects. By the end of year 2016 reporting, Habitat for Humanity Fiji has helped more than 3,140 families through disaster response, over 1,300 families in more than 45 communities through water and sanitation improvements and built over 900 new houses.

Fiji Rugby 7s legend Mr. Waisale Serevi was the guest speaker at the fundraising event and gave one of his past signed Rugby

Jersey which was auctioned with the aim to boost the fund drive. Mr. Serevi who travelled from Seattle USA, with his wife spoke on the recent disaster in Fiji, and what Fijian diasporas overseas could do to help the victims in Fiji. Mr. Serevi praised the efforts of the newly formed group. A committee member of the FDSR, Mr. Petaia Usakilakeba said “the organization is very thankful to Mr. Serevi for his support and for the time he took out of his busy schedule during an ongoing 7s Rugby tournaments around the globe”.

The President of FDRS Mr. Kavin Chand said “Few months back, many of the committee members on Fiji Disaster Relief Society didn’t even know each other personally, or had met each other despite living in the same vicinity between Surrey and Vancouver, but after hearing about the two recent cyclones and flooding in Fiji and seeing the eye soaring and deeply upsetting photos online of devastated arrears in Fiji, it motivated them to come together as a group to do something for the victims in Fiji.

Within a short span of time they all agreed to organize a dinner night on April 21st at the Khanna Banquet Hall in Surrey.

Mr. Chand said, “I am truly thankful to all my committee members, and without a collaborated team work and the support from the local community, and Businesses, this wouldn’t have been possible. Due to the success of this fundraising dinner, this will not be the last one we have organized, and we will continue to assist victims in Fiji in the near future”.

The FDRS Committee would like to thank everyone who took time to come out and participate in to raise funds for the victims of Fiji. It was a great opportunity for the Fijian community living in Canada to come together to socialise and contribute for the great cause.

Sex offenders bill moves to next sitting: Speaker Registration of Sex Offenders Bill 2018 is expected to be presented and debated in the next Parliament sitting. This was confirmed by Speaker of Parliament Dr Jiko Luveni. Dr Luveni said the chairperson for the parliamentary Standing Committee for Justice, Law and Human Rights Ashneel Sudhakar made this request saying that more time was needed to allow for more public consultations. She said the Business Committee last week unanimously agreed to Mr Sudhakar’s request.

“Taking into

consideration the standing committee needs to undertake further public consultation on issues pertaining to the Bill, I have therefore resolved that the standing committee on Justice, Law and Human Rights will table its report at a later sitting date after which it will be debated and voted upon.” The Bill looks into the establishment of a Register for Sex Offenders and the registration and reporting obligations of sex offenders, thus aiming to help monitor sex offenders in Fiji.

Fiji and Japan agree to cooperate in economic sectors Fiji is ready to work with Japan to help adapt its economy to the worsening impacts of climate change, says Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama.

Mr Bainimarama made the remarks in Tokyo after meeting his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, in bilateral discussions before the 8th Japan-Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, known as PALM8.

Japan’s Free and Open IndoPacific Strategy was part of discussions during the meeting.

“Japan is a positive force in the Pacific region and we Fijians and our Pacific neighbours share many economic, security, environmental and political interests with Japan,” Mr Bainimarama said after the closed-door meeting. “I commend Japan for its efforts to help the nations of the Pacific region reduce our vulnerabilities and for its long-term commitment under the framework of the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting to help us meet our collective regional development priorities.

“In our meeting today, Prime Minister Abe and I discussed Japan’s Free and Open Indo Pacific Strategy and the opportunities it can offer to the Pacific. “We agreed to co-operate and consult closely on the important issues that affect our region and the world.” Mr Bainimarama said: “We cannot accomplish all that we want without sitting down together in open and honest discussion. “I want to thank the Government and people of Japan for the excellent arrangements for this meeting

and the warm hospitality provided to me and my delegation since our arrival in your great country.” Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko greet Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and his wife, Mary, in Tokyo, Japan.Photo: Bill Jaynes, Kaselehile Press Japan will host the 2020 Paralympics and Olympic Games. It will also host the Rugby World Cup next year.

It was revealed in an informal side meeting yesterday that students from the PALM countries will be invited to attend the games.

The Governor of Saga Prefecture, Yoshinori Yamaguchi, said in Tokyo that Japan wanted to open itself to the world and show how the country’s progressed since the devastating earthquake in 2011.

It is for this same reason PALM8 would be held in Fukushima, one of the areas that suffered massive devastation in the wake of the 2011 tsunami.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was an energy accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, initiated primarily by the tsunami after the Tohoku earthquake on March 11, 2011.

There were three nuclear meltdowns, hydrogen-air explosions, and the release of radioactive material from March 12 to 15.

Earth tremors hit Labasa Residents in Labasa felt an earth tremor this morning. The Ministry of Mineral Resources has confirmed records of the tremor.

A statement from the Seismology Unit of the Ministry of Mineral Resources stated that the seismic activity occurred at about 10:31am with a 2.9 magnititude.

It stated that it occurred 7km Southwest from Waiqele Airport.

“A minor earthquake with shallow depth source location occurred in the Fiji region (Labasa),” the department stated.

“However, it does not pose any immediate threat to the region.”

For further information’s and queries, members of the public are advised to contact the Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources Department

Australia upholds Nauru decision to reject three refugee claims Australia’s highest court on Wednesday rejected the refugee claims of two Pakistani and a Nepalese asylum seeker because they could find somewhere safe in their homelands to live. The High Court unanimously upheld the decisions of the Supreme Court of Nauru, where the asylum seekers have lived since 2013. The three men, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are among the last to bring

to Australia their challenges to Nauru court decisions. The High Court has not been able to hear Nauru appeals since March 13, after the tiny Pacific atoll ended an agreement that had given Australia oversight of its court rulings since 1976. A Pakistani man from Peshawar had told the courts he feared being persecuted by the Taliban if he returned to Pakistan’s sixth largest city.

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Sharif dares Pak army over Mumbai terror attacks The ousted disqualified PM Nawaz Sharif exacerbated the war of words that recently broke out between him and establishment over the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

National Security Committee (NSC), Pakistan’s top civil-military body tasked to take crucial national security and foreign policy decisions, had called Sharif ’s public admission that Pakistani terrorists carried out the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, baseless.

On Tuesday, after his appearance at the accountability court where he is being tried for corruption, the former threetime Prime Minister broke his silence over his altercation with the Pakistani army in the 2016 NSC huddle. Sharif, as per an exclusive Dawn news report, in that meeting had raised the issue of Pakistan’s growing international isolation because of behind-the-scenes support by military to banned terror groups, including Jaish-e-Muhammad, Jamaat-udDawa and the Haqqani Network.

But it turned into a controversy and was dubbed as “Dawn leaks”, Sharif recalled on Tuesday. “The time has come that the country should know who was responsible for terrorism and the current state of affairs.

What have we turned this country into?

Who introduced terrorism to this beautiful country? The time has come to decide who is a patriot and who is a traitor. Who led Pakistan towards isolation and has brought the country to a stage where the international community is not ready to accept Pakistan’s narrative?” he asked demanding the national commission be tasked to find the causes.

“I am not just an ordinary citizen but a three-time prime minister elected by

the people of Pakistan. I am privy to many realities and would reveal truth if a commission is formed,” he said. Addressing a rally in northwestern Buner district on Monday night, Sharif said the guilty party, whether him or those levelling allegations against him, should be publicly hanged once the commission’s verdict comes.

Later on Tuesday, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi during his address at the National Assembly said it was unacceptable that Sharif was being called a “traitor,” by political opponents following his admission of Pakistan’s involvement in the Mumbai attacks.

Abbasi reiterated that Sharif was not the only one who had raised the issue of support for terrorism in Pakistan. Former president Gen Pervez Musharraf, former DG ISI Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, former National security Adviser (NSA) Maj Gen Mahmud Ali Durrani and former interior minister Rehman Malik have also spoken about it, the PM said. “We will never let our land be used against any other country,” he said. Following his remarks, the opposition parties staged a walkout in protest. Incidentally, military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas, in 2011, had hinted at the involvement of retired ISI officials in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

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Parliament summons anti-graft body chief to explain money laundering to India by former PM Sharif A parliamentary committee of the National Assembly summoned head of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), country’s antianti-corruption bureau, to appear before court on May 22 over his move to probe alleged laundering of money to India by disqualified PM Sharif. National Assembly standing committee for law and justice directed NAB chief Javed Iqbal to brief it on the investigation.

On May 8, the anti-corruption body had ordered an inquiry against Sharif and others for allegedly laundering $4.9 billion to India.

According to an NAB statement, the chairman took notice of a media report which made the claims citing a World Bank report. According to the NAB, the World Bank’s migration and remittance book, released in September 2016, carried information that the foreign exchange reserves of India had increased by $4.9 billion after receiving the huge amount laundered from Pakistan. The World Bank, however, clarified that its report did not mention names or amounts, nor did it allege money laundering.

US diplomat involved in road accident returns home US diplomat, who killed a Pakistani motorcyclist in a road accident last month, has left the country amidst controversy over his immunity from prosecution. Defence attache Colonel Joseph Hall killed a motorbike rider and injured another on April 7, 2018 in Islamabad after jumping a red signal. A case was registered but he was never formally arrested due to diplomatic immunity.

The government reportedly took the decision after the US government assured that Colonel Hall will be tried under US laws, the diplomatic sources were quoted as saying by local media.

The diplomat has since left for Afghanistan on a special flight. The US Embassy in Islamabad also confirmed that the US diplomat

has left Pakistan, the report said. Diplomatic sources further confirmed that Colonel Hall was a US diplomat who held absolute immunity as per the Vienna Convention of 1972 and the privileges Pakistan extends to diplomats. So Americans did manage to secure release of it’s diplomat swiftly and stealthily . Guess rogues didn’t have much choice in releasing inspite of dissent in general public mood .

Relatives of the victims had asked the government to prosecute Colonel Hall for murder. The Islamabad High Court ruled on Friday that Hall’s immunity was not absolute and ordered the government to add his name to the list that bars anyone from leaving Pakistan.

Anti-terror court summons last two Pak witnesses in 26/11 case An anti-terrorism court today summoned the last two Pakistani prosecution witnesses in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case and directed officials to submit in the next hearing the “concrete response” on the availability of 27 Indian witnesses “so as to conclude the trial expeditiously”. Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists killed 166 people and wounded dozens in Mumbai in November, 2008. Nine of the attackers were killed by police while the tenth

attacker, Ajmal Kasab, was caught and executed after a trial in India. The anti-terrorism court (ATC) is hearing the 26/11 Mumbai attack case since 2009. The case resurfaced in headlines, with progress in the trial coming under question, when ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a recent interview said that non-state actors had crossed the border to carry out the Mumbai attack.

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HC denies bail to NRI caught 20 years after murder Gujarat high court has denied bail to an Non-Resident Indian (NRI) living in the US, Ashwin Patel, who was nabbed from Mumbai airport twenty years after a murder in his native village in Kheda. According to case details, one Girish Patel was killed in April 1998 after he had returned from New Jersey to his native village Surasamal village near Nadiad. He had migrated to America in 1988 and settled there. He married a US citizen and the couple had two kids.

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Being in the filmdom for about 15 years, John says he believes in staying true to his roots. “It beats me when in south India you are called megastar or superstar. Vanity to another level scares me. I connect to audience (with a thought) that I am not like a star to them. I don’t want to become a star to them, I want to be John Abraham the person.� He said he is “very secure as a person and as an actor� and is well aware of how much a film starring him would do business as compared to other actors. For every ‘Garam Masala’ or a ‘Housefull’, the actor says he has also featured in contentdriven movies like ‘Madras Cafe’ or a ‘Water’. “I have done every kind of film. The subtlety in my performance is lauded today more than it was earlier. Those days it was about being over expressive, garish, loud

as that was considered as good acting. Times have changed, subtlety in performance is important and that comes across in most of my work,� he said.

John’s next release is ‘Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran’ , based on India’s nuclear tests at Pokhran in 1998 during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure.

The actor and the team of writers and director Abhishek Sharma did an extensive research on the subject and met several officials in BARC, ISRO, DRDO, people in the Intelligence Bureau and Army. “Col Sharma was there when Pokhran test happened and he was consultant for our film. We changed the names of all the characters...we couldn’t keep (nuclear scientist and former President) APJ Abdul Kalam’s name but we have kept the plot real. “The only fictional character is that of mine... that is the only creative liberty. We have dedicated the film to the heroes of this country from Army-men to scientists,� he said.

The 45-year-old actor was aware about this chapter of Indian history and the aim is to show this moment of pride and honour onscreen.

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Film: ‘Khajoor Pe Atke’

Story: Hilarity ensues when a member of the Sharma family tethers between life and death as his relatives from across the country set up camp in Mumbai waiting for the inevitable that seems to have been delayed, indefinitely.

Review: As Devinder Sharma’s life hangs in the balance in an ICU in a hospital, his close family have no choice but to travel to the city to be with him in the time of crisis. The only thing is that Devinder isn’t blessed with the perfect family; they’re all perfectly dysfunctional instead. And perfectly middle class, too. As the eldest brother Jeetendar (Manoj Pahwa) pays double for air tickets for his entire family against the wishes of his wife, the younger one, Ravinder (Vinay Pathak) pinches pennies instead, hoping to get a cheaper deal to fly to Mumbai. They’re not being awkward here.

This is how middle-class families operate. As days go by and Devinder does not show any signs of improving, his extended brood try to make the best out of their time in the big

city which include shopping sprees and trips to the parlour by the women in the family, while the younger men trek out to take in the sinful nightlife that Mumbai has to offer. A niece named Nayantara (Sanah Kapoor) even goes for auditions with help from her shady Facebook friend. As the kids run amok, the elders too, figure out ways to pass time as their stay in the city keeps on lengthening.

Harsh Chhaya, in his directorial debut, has presented a dark yet hilarious portrayal of a family in crisis, which may seem over the top, yet is totally relatable. Performances by the entire ensemble cast, mainly the husband and wife duo Manoj and Seema Pahwa, are topnotch, and are the strength of the film along with the dialogues. While not all sub-plots are that interesting, with some even being a tad clichéd, there are several moments when the story takes over and you find yourself giggling at the goofiness unfolding on screen. The characters are well developed though, which keep you engrossed. Comparisons with the Marathi film Ventilator could have been valid, had the emotional angle in the film been a little strong. For now, ‘Khajoor Pe Atke’ is a funny situational comedy that lacks emotional depth, but delivers belly laughs by the plentiful.

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kta Kapoor has pioneered varied platforms. While she is gearing up for a film release, she is also delivering content to OTT viewers and TV audience simultaneously.

Kapoor, who is currently gearing up for her film “Veerey Di Wedding,� shared her thoughts, saying, “I am like an ostrich. I put the work out, and then I shut myself because people will say a lot of things.

Now, we are moving towards its release, so we are all in the execution mode from putting out the promos, songs and new visuals.�

Talking about audience expectations, she does not feel any burden. “Actually, I believe you can’t start getting too tied up with success and failure. I have learnt from my failures, and I don’t get fascinated by success. After ‘Veerey‌,’ I will move on to ‘Mental Hai Kya’ with Kangana Ranaut.

So every time, I get into a new project, I don’t think of the previous one.�

Breaking stereotypes in the entertainment world, Kapoor carved a niche for her own, creating new content

for the audience. She has known the pulse of her viewers very well and delivered time and again.

Living by her own terms, Kapoor shared, “My whole thing is, ‘Why limit ourselves?’ At any point of time, if we feel something will not work, then it’s like we are listening to rules that our industry forefathers set for us. Every day, we get exposed to fresh content, work in different mediums, and evolve more. We are becoming smarter and evolving every day, and so is the world, so why follow the old rules?�

She added, “Sometimes, I do feel that I am a bit too stretched for time. But I love my job. I get stressed only when I have to go to parties or sit for interviews. I am the happiest when I do creative work. My job is my party. I am getting a chance to live the life of three different creators on three different mediums. TV is all about family audience, and I am also busy with films, which are two different worlds. Plus, there is also my web series “Gandi Baat.� So I have an opportunity to explore my mind and learn so much from various people. Yes, multitasking is going to take a toll on you, and it does. But I think I am doing a fun job, and I should be very grateful.�

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Sridevi Posthumously Honored at 71st Cannes Film Festival Iconic actress Sridevi was posthumously honored at the 71st Cannes Film Festival.

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai, who received the award on her behalf, says he felt honored.

Sridevi was honored with the TITAN Reginald F. Lewis Film Icon Award, which celebrates women of the film industry all over the world and also salutes the multicultural impact on the film industry.

Ghai shared a few photographs of himself while receiving the award on Twitter and captioned it: “It was honour to receive the award on behalf of legend Sridevi Kapoor at Cannes Film Festival yesterday for her outstanding contribution in Indian cinema and shared my experience with impeccable inimitable actor to western audience hosted

by Titan Reginald F. Lewis film honours.”

Sridevi’s producer husband, Boney Kapoor said he and his daughters Janhvi and Khushi were overwhelmed with the recognition, tributes and love that the actress has been showered with. “Her work and life has touched so many hearts across the world, and she has been an inspiration to millions. She will live forever, thanks to her body of work,” Boney said in a statement.

Sridevi in February died due to accidental drowning in a Dubai hotel.

She was feted with a posthumous National Film Award for Best Actress in appreciation of her performance in her last released film “Mom.,”

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Vidya Balan now goodwill ambassador Vidya Balan joins Mumbai-based leading non-profit organization Arpan as Goodwill Ambassador working on the issue of Child Sexual Abuse. Vidya Balan had played the role of a survivor of child sexual abuse in “Kahaani 2” as well.

Aamir Khan and Kangana Ranaut might “collaborate” too. Buzz is that it might be the Arunima Sinha biopic that

has already changed hands twice.

Amitabh Bachchan has now got 30 million followers on Facebook.

After Shankar Mahadevan’s “Kaleidoscope” and Pritam’s “JAM 8,” youngsters Sachin-Jigar will launch a musical platform for young talent called White Noise Studios: the first film with a contribution from WNS is “Veere Di Wedding.” Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has joined hands with an Italian filmmaking company for a film on the life and times of Rajneesh, titled “Osho: Lord Of The Full Moon.” It will be directed by Italy-based Lakshen Sukameli. Swedish YouTube celeb Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg aka PewDiePie watched Ekta Kapoor’s 2006 “Kasamh Se” episode on the ‘Net and mocked it on his show. Kapoor attacked him, asked him if he was a foreign junior artiste and was trolled.

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BC gov’t announce $102.6 million in funding for post-secondary research projects

Premier Horgan’ addring to the crowd at BC Tech summit.

The Province is investing over $102.6 million in funding for 75 post-secondary research projects through BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF). The projects will develop BC’s expertise and innovation in fields such as advanced supercomputing

and clean technology, to spur job creation, talent development and commercialize innovation. This was announced by the Premier yesterday at the BC Tech Summit. For more info on press release: https://news.gov.bc.ca/ releases/2018PREM0032-000932

I am a middle class man leading From page 2 a simple life - John Abraham “When I made ‘Madras Cafe’, people thought I made a Congress film, with ‘Parmanu’ I don’t want people to say I made a BJP film. I am a filmmaker and making a film to entertain people. “Our film is not anti-neighbouring countires or anti-America, t is a pro-India film.

We are not here to bash anyone. We are here to show the greatness of our nation,” John said.

The actor said there was”too much technical information” but they managed to break that make it palatable for the audience.

“The challenge was to simplify it and the other was to make it entertaining, on the edge of the seat thriller, like

‘Argo’ or Eye in the Sky’, ‘Parmanu’ should be on the edge of the seat thriller film and patriotism should be the byproduct.” The film was embroiled in a legal battle between two producers - John’s JA Entertainment and Prernaa Arora’s KriArj Entertainment.

According to the actor, releasing the film is like a “nuclear test” as he has fought very hard for it. He revealed that during such testing times there were few people from the film industry who stood behind him in solidarity like Karan Johar, Nana Patekar and Arjun Rampal.

After several delays in the release - from December 2017 to February 2018- and then moving on to March and April, the film is now scheduled to arrive in theatres on May 25.

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Legal challenge to BC’s foreign-buyers tax heads to court soon The battle is about to begin.

Local real estate experts are submitting their testimonies for both sides of what promises to be a hugely significant lawsuit, not just for British Columbia, but for other provinces. A foreign buyer is claiming that the B.C. property transfer tax for foreign buyers is unlawful and discriminatory, and she’s setting in motion what could become a class action lawsuit, with potentially huge costs to the province if it were to lose.

The summary trial for the case runs the week of June 25, and again on July 16. A judge will determine whether the foreignbuyers tax is legal, in response to the lawsuit filed by Chinese citizen Jing Li against the province of B.C. At this point, Ms. Li is, technically, waging the battle on her own.

But she also represents all foreign buyers who paid the tax and who would become part of a potential class action, her lawyer, Luciana Brasil, says. Ms. Brasil couldn’t give a number, but said she’s heard from a lot of buyers.

April home sales dropped to a sevenyear low for the month, the kick-off to the busy spring real estate season, as both sales and prices saw double-digit annual declines, the Canadian Real Estate Association reported on Tuesday.

Sales sank 13.9 per cent year-overyear and the national average sale price dropped by 11.3 per cent year-over-year to just over $495,000. But excluding large declines in the pricey Vancouver and Toronto markets, the national average price was down 4.1 per cent to $386,100.

Sales also fell 2.9 per cent between March and April, bringing the total number of sales to 36,297.

Listings with CREA members fell by 4.8 per cent to 67,616 — a nine-year low for the month — a sign that the flurry of activity that usually kicks off the spring real estate market didn’t materialize in April. The large decline in new listings has also helped to keep 60 per cent of local markets in a balance between buyers and sellers.

The organization representing about 100,000 real estate agents across Canada blamed a new mortgage stress test that came into effect at the beginning of this year for the majority of the drop.

It has long been critical of government intervention in the housing market at both the federal and provincial levels.

CREA chief economist Gregory Klump said the new stress test has lowered sales activity and destabilized market balance in regions where

“This is the kind of case that no one individual would have the resources to prosecute on her own,” she says. “We have heard from lots of people who are interested. Our class definition is everyone who has paid the tax up to the certification of the case.”

As well, the Class Proceedings Act is currently being amended to automatically include non-residents in a class action, Ms. Brasil says, so the number of plaintiffs could significantly grow.

The summary trial is unorthodox because usually there would be a drawn-out process to determine whether the case would qualify for class action certification.

In this case, the Crown asked the judge to first determine the legality of the tax, which is more efficient and economical for everybody involved.

“Because if the tax is legal, then it’s end of the case, but if illegal, then it also allows us to have a very good understanding of what are the grounds of illegality and tailor the certification to match that,” Ms. Brasil says.

And if the judge determines the tax is legal, don’t expect it to end there, she quickly adds. “Nobody should be under any misunderstanding that this case will be

April home sales drop to 7-year low sales were already weak, including Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador.

“This is exactly the type of collateral damage

As of Jan. 1, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions requires buyers who don’t need mortgage insurance to prove they

that CREA warned the government about.

As provinces whose economic prospects have faced difficulties because they are closely tied to those of natural resources, it is puzzling that the government would describe the effect of its new policy as intended consequences.”

Policymakers at the Bank of Canada and the federal banking regulator have said the stress test is intended to reduce the risk of mortgage defaults if interest rates rise.

can make payments at a qualifying rate of the greater of two percentage points higher than the contractual mortgage rate or the central bank’s five-year benchmark rate.

The new policy reduces the maximum amount buyers will be able to borrow to buy a home. A similar test already existed for borrowers with insured mortgages. They were designed to insure people can still afford their homes if interest rates rise significantly.

decided at first instance. I think this case is so big and important – regardless of who loses, the case is going to be appealed, and it will go to the court of appeal. And it may eventually end up at the Supreme Court of Canada.

“It’s not an easy case. But is an important case we thought it had to be brought. The fight is far from over. It’s not going to end at this hearing.” Ms. Li’s legal team is arguing that the foreign-buyers tax, which is now 20 per cent of a property’s fair market value (it was 15 per cent at the time of her purchase), has violated foreign treaties, is not within the province’s power and discriminates against non-residents on the basis of national origin, which, they say, is contrary to Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Experts who’ve submitted testimony on behalf of Ms. Li include University of B.C. professors, economist Tom Davidoff, associate professor of sociology Nathanael Lauster and history professor Henry Yu, as well as mathematician and data analyst Jens von Bergmann, who is a consultant. UBC economist Tsur Somerville and Simon Fraser finance professor Andrey

The Bank of Canada has already hiked interest rates this year and economists expect it to do so again at least once or twice before the end of 2018. Home sales activity was elevated at the end of 2017 as some homebuyers tried to lock in a mortgage before the new stress test took effect. April’s sales decline continued a 2018 trend. Sales in the first three months slid to their lowest quarterly level since early 2014.

Economist Nathan Janzen of RBC Economics said the bank expects most of the impact of the new stress tests has been felt.

“The persistence of soft resale data also, though, adds to the evidence that the cooling impact on housing activity could be longer-lived than prior regulatory moves,” Janzen added. TD Bank economist Rishi Sondhi called the report “disappointing” and also said the bank expects several factors will continue to weigh on both sales activity and consumer sentiment.

“Having said that, we don’t expect the outsized declines in activity that were observed in the first quarter to be repeated in most places,” Sondhi said.

“Ultimately, signs of stabilization should emerge later in the year and into 2019, amid healthy labour markets and ongoing population growth.” April sales were down in 60 per cent of all markets, which was “overwhelmingly” led by B.C.’s lower

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Real estate sales performance update The party’s over for now for those sitting on Vancouver’s most expensive properties.

Prices at the top end of the market plunged 7.6 percent in the six months to March, making it the world’s second-worst performer during that period, according to the latest global survey of prime properties by Knight Frank LLP. Only Stockholm did worse, falling

9 percent, while Toronto rose 6 percent and the top gainer was Seoul.

The findings -- based on the top 5 percent of the housing market in each city -- lend support to anecdotal evidence of a slowdown in Vancouver’s luxury segment after the hike of a tax on foreign buyers to 20 percent from 15 percent in February, the introduction of a

speculation tax, and rising interest rates.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson called the decline “a necessary step” to restoring stability in the local housing market.

“We welcome a more stable period now,” he said in an interview at Bloomberg News headquarters in New York Tuesday. “There’s some concern if values drop and impact h o m e o w n e r s’ equity, but the gains have been so massive for so many years that some softening was to be expected.”

The Pacific Coast city’s slower rate of growth is likely the outcome of British Columbia province’s “macro prudential measures” and the rising borrowing costs for investors, Kate Everett-Allen, Knight Frank’s head of international residential research, said in an emailed response to questions. In Vancouver, the study looked at properties starting at about C$3.5 million ($2.7 million), she said.

Million-dollar-plus home sales in Calgary and Montreal have been picking up over the past year, and may even surpass the highend markets in Toronto and Vancouver in the months ahead in terms of fastest growth, according to a new report about the luxury home market from Sotheby’s International Realty. Sotheby’s Calgary Managing Broker Mary-Ann Mears said sales of Calgary homes priced over a million dollars in January and February are up 45 per cent from the same time last year. Most of those sales involved detached homes between one and two million dollars.

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Just two years earlier, Vancouver had topped global rankings in the same survey after surging 26 percent over a 12-month period and before the provincial government first imposed a foreign buyers’ tax in August 2016. At the height of the market, foreign money had flowed mostly into the milliondollar-plus segment of detached homes, according to Adil Dinani, a realtor with Royal LePage, a unit of Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc. “Those capital flows have shifted now,” Dinani said. “It’s actually refreshing -- you have some time to breathe, to negotiate like a regular transaction.”

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