The Asian Star June 9 2018

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Surrey’s Jasneet Nijjar dominates BC track and field Jasneet Nijjar is already jumping at encore ideas. “I’ll maybe put some hurdles in,� the Grade 11 from Surrey’s Queen Elizabeth secondary said about next year’s high school track and field provincial championships, fresh off pulling off the rare hat trick at this year’s B.C. meet in Langley on the weekend with wins in the girls 100, 200 and 400 metres. “We’ll see what happens when we get there.� Nijjar, who turns 17 next week, repeated at these B.C. finals as 200 champion with her 24.22 seconds effort and in the 400 with her 55.71 performance. She won the 100 crown for the first time after her clocking of 12.17 in the finale. Dating back to 1969, she’s just the third female to win those three events in the same year, following Kitsilano’s Diana

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Canada has removed only a tiny fraction of thousands of illegal border-crossers Government data shows thousands of asylum seekers came into Canada illegally across the Canada-U.S. border in the first quarter of the year, but only a fraction were removed from the country during that time.

Between Jan. 1 and March 31, only 135 individuals who made an asylum claim following an irregular entry were removed from the country, says information provided to the Commons committee on immigration.

During that same period, more than 5,000 asylum seekers arrived through unofficial entry points. The government says border officials can only remove failed refugee claimants after they have exhausted all legal options available to try for refugee status, including applications to the Immigration and Refugee Board, appeals and other administrative

measures.

A spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency says efforts are made to remove as many ineligible claimants as possible, but the vast majority of irregular border crossers are not ‘removal ready.’ Opposition immigration critic Michelle Rempel says this shows government is

not doing enough to plan for an orderly immigration system and should be taking further steps to step up claims processing and removals so that irregular migrants do not wait in Canada for years as their asylum claims are processed.

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Families shocked by the shooting death of two teenagers The grieving families of two teenage boys are seeking answers — and justice — for two lives that ended violently on a dark rural road in Surrey. Jaskaran (Jesse) Singh Bhangal, 17, and Jaskarn (Jason) Singh Jhutty, 16, were found dead Jaskaran “Jesse� Singh Bhangal, 17 (left) and with gunshot wounds byJaskarn “Jason� Singh Jhutty, 16, were identified as the victims found at the side of the road in Surrey the side of the road in the 18700-block 40th Avenue at around 10:30 p.m. on Monday. Mandeep Bhangal said her nephew Jesse was a “great kid� who enjoyed working on cars and wanted to be a mechanic. He was set to graduate next year, and the family was excited about his future. Continued on page 6

Two identified in Gavinder Grewal’s murder Homicide investigators have released surveillance photos of two men believed to be involved in the murder last December of Brothers Keepers gang boss Gavinder Grewal. Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said IHIT has “gathered significant evidence and is looking to identify individuals involved in the murder.� “Surveillance footage has identified two vehicles that investigators believe are associated to the murder of Mr. Grewal,� Jang said. Grewal was found dead in his apartment on Dec. 23, 2017 “with injuries consistent with homicide.� He was killed in a penthouse suite of a North Vancouver apartment where he had been living since getting bail on a manslaughter charged in September 2017. Grewal sub-leased his Continued on page 7 suite from former Vancouver

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9 South Asians elected as MPP in Ontario - none of them Liberals

Directors of South Asian Business Association (SABA) had a meeting to make Annual Open Golf Classic 2018 a success. Golf tournament will be held on Friday, July 20, 2018 at North View Golf Course in Surrey.

Nine South Asian were elected in a Thursday night election that saw the Ontario Liberals crushed to non party status and Conservatives form majority government and NDP forming official Opposition . The elected MPPs are 1) Prabmeet Sarkaria (Brampton South) - Conservatives 2) Deepak Anand – MississaugaMalton Conservatives.; 3) Gurratan Singh – Brampton East NDP

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South Asian dominate Ontario poll A large number of Punjabis are participated on Thursday, June 7 Ontario provincial polls again and in a big way.

All three major political outfits — the Liberals, National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Conservative Party (PC) — are not only banking heavily on South Asians in general and Punjabis in particular, but they have also given “adequate representation” to these communities by way of fielding them as their candidates. Punjabi faces are dominating the lists of candidates of all three political parties of Ontario — a sign of rising influence of the Punjabi diaspora on Canada’s political horizon. Jagmeet Singh has already wrested the top position of the NDP as its national president.

He is being considered a “potent threat” to the country’s top Liberal leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the times to come. All 124 ridings (constituencies) of Ontario are going to the polls on June 7. A perusal of lists of candidates indicates that the maximum number of nine Punjabi candidates have been fielded by the PC, followed by seven by the Liberals and four by the NDP in the Ontario polls. Brampton and Mississauga — the two suburbs of Toronto dominated by Punjabis, South Asians and Muslims — have emerged as the epicentre of the provincial elections. The Ontario polls were seen this time as an election for a change for the voters were seemingly looking for a new alternative after having been served by the Liberal Party for last 15 years.

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By Brian Giesbrecht Senior Fellow, Frontier Centre for Public Policy

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Different rights for different groups of Canadians?

CBC Radio recently aired a story about an Indigenous woman who complained that a security officer, and then a City of Winnipeg police officer, treated her improperly while she was attending a Winnipeg Jets-related “Whiteout” event.

The woman, who described herself as an elder and a grandmother, says she was standing in a place that the officers informed her must be kept clear. The incident she complained about consisted of the officers’ attempt to have her move from that spot and her insistence that she had the right to stay put.

I have no idea who was right and who was wrong. What was interesting to me was what the woman said to the police officer: “I am on Treaty One land and I have a right to be here.”

The woman went on to explain that she had heard the opening to the Jets game, the now familiar “You are on Treaty One territory,” and she believed this meant she had some kind

of superior right to stand where she chose to stand. The police officer’s reply was equally interesting: “No, this is Winnipeg.”

Who was right? It’s not even close. The police officer was obviously correct. How could it be otherwise? The elderly woman’s belief that a Treaty One person had some type of superior right to stand where one wanted was obviously incorrect and would lead to absurd results. For instance, would that woman have a better right than the ones enjoyed by a Treaty Two person?

Could a Treaty One person somehow write rules for herself that overrode rules properly drafted by Winnipeg city council? Should police officers be required to carry a list of the different rights that various groups enjoyed?

Would treaty rights vary by geography as well as racial background? Would a person entering a Jets game be required to take a DNA test?

These questions can obviously get sillier and sillier. I ask a few of them to illustrate how totally ridiculous the position advanced by the

woman truly is.

But this woman should not be blamed for advancing this position. With regularity, she hears the announcement “You are now on treaty land” at most events she attends and quite naturally thinks it actually means something. She’s making a perfectly reasonable assumption.

Meanwhile, the people making the announcement and the people listening in silence to it think they’re merely being polite, in the interests of reconciliation. They think the announcement is meaningless. If they actually believed what the elderly woman did - that they were granting to an amorphous group some kind of superior rights within the City of Winnipeg (or to the City of Winnipeg) - they would have none of it. They would be very clear that all Winnipeggers must enjoy the exact same set of rights.

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Surrey’s Jasneet Nijjar dominates BC track and field

Clarke in 1983 and Zion Corrales-Nelson of Burnaby’s St. Thomas More in 2016. She does consider the 200 as her go-to distance.

“They’re all so different,” Nijjar said of her trio of races. “The 100 goes by fast. You get to the finish line and you say to yourself, ‘I’m already done?’ The 400 has this mental aspect to it. What am I going to do for the first 50 metres? And then the next 50? When do I have to accelerate?” Nijjar is also part of the Surrey-based Universal Athletics Club team, and many of their members had strong showings at the high school provincials. Kenny Blackman Jr. won the 100 (10.89) and came in second in the 200

(22.18) for Surrey Christian, while Katarina Vlahovic, under the banner of Surrey’s Fraser Heights secondary, won the 100-metre hurdles (14.19) and took second behind Nijjar in the 200 (24.89).

Aaryanna Kurucz helped Maple Ridge claim the overall Triple-A team title with a win in the 400-metre hurdles (1:04.70), a second behind Nijjar in the 400 (57.52), and a role in wins for relay teams in the 4X100 metres (49.85) and 4X400 metres (4:01.60). Maple Ridge (89 points) beat out Victoria’s Oak Bay (56), Langley’s Mountain (49) and Mission (47) for the team crown. The club season continues now

for Nijjar and the others. She’s still aiming to qualify for the IAAF Under-20 championships in Tampere, Finland, which run from July 1015. Qualifying standard in the 200 metres is 24.20. She has until July 2 to attain that.

Another competitor of note who’s looking to head to Finland is high jumper Alexa Porpaczy.

Porpaczy, who was featured in The Province last week, repeated as champion at the provincials, jumping 1.70 metres for Surrey’s Semiahmoo secondary. She needs a 1.82 jump to qualify for Finland.

Porpaczy won the provincials last year with a 1.80. She’s committed to the University of Arizona for next season.

Families shocked by the shooting death of two teenagers From page 1 “Everything is taken away from us.

It’s devastating. We all, as a family, we want answers. We want to know who did it,” said Bhangal.

A steady stream of people visited the Bhangal family home Wednesday, bringing flowers, comfort and condolences.

Standing beside her father, who carried a large framed photo of a smiling Jesse, sister Sharon appealed

Jaskaran “Jesse” Singh Bhangal, 17 (left) and Jaskarn “Jason” Singh Jhutty, 16, were identified as the victims found at the side of the road.

to the public for help in identifying her brother’s killer or killers.

“My brother Jesse was a good person,” she said. “He didn’t deserve to die like this. No one deserves to die like this. We want justice for both families.”

Standing silently, the dad wiped away tears and fought for composure.

When Sharon finished her brief statement, his face crumpled and he turned to her. She hugged him as if lending him strength. “It’s OK,” she told him. “Don’t cry.”

In another Surrey home, through tears and choked with emotion, Parmjit Jhutty said her son Jason was murdered after coming to the aid of his friend. Jhutty said the boys were out together Monday night and were involved in a fight just hours before they were both shot dead.

“He was helping his other friend, Jesse, because there was a fight at the school,” she said. “He was trying to save his friend. They took both of them.”

Jhutty said her son, who was in grade 10 at Frank Hurt Secondary, was a “nice and helpful” son. He had a brother and a sister, and his father is paralyzed due to a stroke.

The families were at a loss to explain how the teens became the victims of what investigators believe is a targeted shooting.

“I don’t know why they would say that,” said Bhangal. “Our kids were 17 and 16. What could they be involved

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Families shocked by the shooting death of two teenagers From page 6 in? Our family, we don’t have a criminal record at all.”

The teens have no history with law enforcement. Cpl. Frank Jang of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Tuesday that it was too early to say whether the deaths had links to drugs and gangs.

About 45 minutes before the teens’ bodies were found, Mounties found a burning vehicle near 184th Street and 29A Avenue. A second burning vehicle, a Honda Accord, was found by police near 177th Street and 93rd Avenue at around 11 p.m.

IHIT said it’s investigating any links between the burnt vehicles and the shootings.

Car fires have become an indicator of gang violence in Metro Vancouver and are believed to be an attempt to destroy evidence after a shooting. Surrey school district spokesman Doug Strachan said libraries at Frank Hurt and another Surrey school were equipped with support counsellors.

“The library has been full in the schools connected to the students, and continues to be full as students and staff support each other and talk to counsellors,” Strachan said.

Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner offered her condolences to the grieving families.

“It was so appalling and it had a profound impact on me when I heard the ages of the two young people who lost their lives so violently,” said Hepner on Wednesday. “As a parent I cannot express in words how devastating this is.” Police are asking anyone with information about the vehicle fires or the deaths to contact investigators at 1-877-551-4448.

Mandeep Bhangal echoed the plea.

“Anybody from the community who knows anything, please step forward,” she said. “It has happened to our boy today, but it could be somebody else tomorrow.”

The last homicide involving the death of a Surrey teen was in January, when the body of 18-year-old Sachdeep Singh Dhoot was found murdered in the trunk of an abandoned car.

The age of those involved in gang violence, as well as their victims, are both getting younger, explained Sgt. Jag Khosa, gang intervention officer with the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit in B.C. “Lately there has been a huge drop in age,” he said. Khosa said he deals with 60 new cases a year on average.

Two identified in Gavinder Grewal’s murder relator Omid Mashinchi, who is facing money-laundering charges in Boston.

Jang said Grewal “was known to police and associated to gang activity.”

In fact, Grewal’s the Brothers Keepers had a major internal conflict with former associates turning on each other.

“Investigators believe Mr. Grewal’s murder was targeted and linked to other gang violence in the Lower Mainland,” Jang said.

The suspects are described as South Asian, one between 20 to 25 years old wearing a black jacket and a white shirt.

The second is described as slightly older, between 25 and 30, with a beard and

wearing a toque and a dark jacket. The two men were in the Nissan Titan, Jang said.

“We are asking the public’s help in identifying these two males or anyone associated to the Lexus RX350 or the Nissan Titan,” he said. “There are people who have information about what happened to Mr. Grewal. We urge anyone with

information to please come forward and speak with IHIT so that we can hold those responsible to account.”

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

It is believed that the suspects likely got into the building by drilling holes through a fire door, allowing them to thread something through the hole and push on the inside bar. That gave them access to the stairwell where there was no camera.

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This Indian startup has a shot at becoming the Tesla of electric two-wheelers Launching a new automotive brand in India is no mean feat, and the challenge becomes even more difficult when you plan to exclusively offer electric vehicles. Bangalore-based Ather believes it’s up to the task, and it’s ready to test its faith with the launch of its first creations today. At an event in the city, the company unveiled two electric two-wheelers, the Ather 340 and Ather 450. They promise a range of 60 km and 75 km on a single charge respectively, top speeds of 80 kmph and 70 kmph, and come with a 7-inch touchscreen for navigation. Ather is hardly the first company to bring electric bikes to India – but it’s approach to bringing

its rides to market and curating a thoughtful o w n e r s h i p experience is more akin to that of Tesla than of its local competitors.

CEO Tarun Mehta noted on stage that one of the biggest hurdles in launching an electric vehicle brand in India is the lack of charging infrastructure.

Charging points are woefully rare in both

What’s going on with car insurance in B.C.?

It’s no secret car insurance has been getting more and more expensive.

Ever wondered why? For a start, there are more and more crashes. In fact, each year there are about 300,000 crashes on our roads – that’s close to 820 per day. More crashes lead to more insurance claims. In BC, there has been a sharp increase in both injury and vehicle damage claims. What’s more, the costs of these claims have gone up. Injury claims alone cost close to $3 billion a year.

So what’s being done about this?

You may have heard the provincial government and ICBC have announced changes to car insurance in B.C. Under the new plan, more money will be available for your medical care, treatments and other benefits, like wage loss.

The changes include:

< Doubling of the overall money available for medical care and treatment.

< More types of treatments covered including kinesiology, acupuncture, counselling and massage therapy. This means you won’t need to wait for approval.

< More money covered by ICBC for individual treatments.

< Higher wage loss payments and benefits for household support.

How is this possible?

To allow more money for the care of people injured in crashes, the government has also announced it will introduce a $5,500 limit on pain and suffering payouts for minor injuries (sprains, aches and strains).

This means the amount of money you can receive for the emotional distress of being in crash will be limited. But this limit is entirely separate from the money available to you for medical care and the other benefits described above.

In fact, with the new changes these benefits are actually going up.

This limit will not apply to major or catastrophic injury claims – like broken bones or brain injuries.

Find out more For more information visit icbc.com/change

public and private facilities, and there’s been a chicken-andegg sort of problem in making them available.

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Will I still be covered?

The limit on pain and suffering payments does not take away your right to a hire lawyer or seek compensation for any additional economic losses. Just the same as today, if you are injured in a crash and not at-fault, you can get more money for wage loss and treatment costs over and above what is covered by ICBC accident benefits.

So who decides if an injury is minor?

Under the new plan, just like today, a medical professional – not ICBC – will determine the diagnosis of your injuries and this will be used to establish whether it falls under the definition of a minor injury or not.

How will the definition of a minor injury be determined?

The government and ICBC have been consulting with medical treatment providers to determine what types of injuries would fall under a minor injury definition.

Over the coming months, this definition will be refined through regulation while still working with medical professionals for their input. In addition, other jurisdictions that already have a definition in place will also be reviewed in order to learn from past experience.

What if I disagree with my claim?

Under our new plan, if you have concerns about your injury claim, there will be a new, independent dispute resolution process starting April 1, 2019. If you disagree with ICBC, based on the new plan, the Civil Resolution Tribunal will make decisions on the:

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Why are these changes needed?

In order to cover rising claims costs, B.C. drivers would need to pay on average at least $400 more for their full basic and optional coverage by next year – an average premium of approximately $2,100.

These changes will stop you from paying rate increases of 30 per cent or more in 2019, while providing increased care for anyone injured in a crash.

tackled that head-on by launching Ather Grid, a network of smart charging points that offer quick charging and automatic authentication with your vehicle. They’re located at places where people can enjoy some downtime while their Ather bikes charge up to 80 percent in 50 minutes, like coffee shops and malls – and not at places you wouldn’t want to be stuck in, like gas stations.

The pilot launch of Ather Grid in Bangalore saw the installation of 17 points across town to ensure that riders are never more than 4 km away from a charging point.

It’s an initiative that’s taken two years to come to fruition, and Ather plans to build out grids in every city that it launches its bikes in. Ather also hopes to address all the other pain points involved in owning a bike in India – an effort that likely won’t go unnoticed, seeing as how Bangalore, with its population of 12 million people, is home to 5 million two-wheelers.

To that end, it promises to offer comprehensive vehicle diagnostics in its mobile app so you know exactly what’s wrong with your ride, and a system for scheduling vehicle service at your convience – your bike will be picked up for repairs and returned to your address.

Cracking down on offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance Canada has one of the highest voluntary compliance rates in the world; most Canadians file and pay their taxes on time. But, a small minority still choose to not pay what they owe. This is not fair and has to stop. Tax schemes deprive all levels of government of tax revenues that provide essential services to all Canadians. In order to ensure a tax system that is responsive and fair, the CRA is cracking down on offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has a robust system in place to tackle tax cheating, both domestically and internationally.

This system includes information sharing and collaboration with international and domestic partners, new tools to analyze intelligence at its disposal, and experienced audit and investigations teams.

The CRA continues to build on its capacity to detect and crack down on offshore tax cheats and ensure that those who choose to break the law, face consequences for their actions. In Budgets 2016 and 2017, the Government of Canada invested nearly $1 billion in the CRA. This investment will ensure that the CRA has the resources to continue its compliance efforts, step up enforcement and improve the fairness and integrity of the tax system for all Canadians.

We are seeing early signs of success. See results.

There are also ways you can contribute and do your part in the effort to combat offshore noncompliance.

What the CRA is doing to crack down on offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance

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Cracking down on offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance From page 8 Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee (OCAC) OCAC was established in April 2016 to provide advice to the Minister and to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) on administrative strategies to deal with offshore compliance. The committee has reviewed the Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) and presented a report to the Minister with recommendations on how it could be improved.

The CRA benefitted from that advice as it conducted its comprehensive review of the VDP program. Changes to the VDP were announced following a consultation with Canadians. These changes go into effect in March 2018. OCAC has also offered five recommendations on the CRA’s use of big data in its compliance activities. The CRA fully supports the recommendations and will continue implementing them. Reviewing money transfers as they cross borders to and from Canada (Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs) over $10,000) Since January 2015, the Government of Canada has required financial institutions to report international EFTs of $10,000 or more to the CRA, to help identify taxpayers who may be participating in aggressive tax avoidance or who may be attempting to conceal income and assets offshore. Audits of the highest-risk taxpayers moving money between Canada and four jurisdictions and/or financial institutions of concern are underway. The CRA is committed to reviewing four jurisdictions and/or financial institutions in fiscal year 2017-2018 to identify high risk taxpayers. Collaborating and sharing information with international and domestic partners The CRA is working closely with partners here at home to crack down on tax cheats. The CRA is increasing cooperation and strengthening relationships with its domestic

partners such as the D e p ar t m e nt of Justice, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the Public Pro s e c ut i on Service of C a n a d a , to more effectively crack down on tax evasion.

Tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance are issues that go beyond our borders, and combatting these require close collaboration and the sharing of information with Canada’s international partners. Canada is working with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the OECD’s Forum on Tax Administration (FTA), to promote international tax standards, reduce tax barriers, create better opportunities for Canadian businesses, and increase transparency around global tax issues. Canada works closely with the Joint International Taskforce on Shared Intelligence and Collaboration (JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. This ongoing collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong relationships with the international community, which will help it refine the worldclass tax system that benefits all Canadians.

To learn more, go to Government of Canada participates in meeting of tax administrations to share findings on Panama Papers. Identifying promoters of aggressive tax schemes With its strong team of tax professionals, the CRA is unravelling new schemes by identifying and taking action on the promoters of these schemes.

Those who choose to promote these schemes can face serious consequences, including paying penalties, and potentially criminal prosecution, fines, and jail time.

Jaspal Atwal to be tried in June 2019 on charge of uttering threat A Surrey man whose attendance at Prime Minister Trudeau’s reception in India in February sparked an international brouhaha appeared in Surrey provincial court for an arraignment hearing on a charge of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. The matter is scheduled for trial June 19 to 20, 2019. The charge stems from an incident alleged to have occurred on April 23, 2018 in Surrey. In an unrelated matter, Atwal was found guilty of trying to assassinate an Indian cabinet minister in 1986. Earlier this

year he was invited to attend a reception with Trudeau and was photographed posing with the prime minister’s wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, as well as Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi and Sonia Sidhu, Liberal MP for Brampton South. There was a great international uproar over how Atwal got invited. Surrey Liberal MP Randeep Sarai offered in a prepared statement an “apology without reservation” for his role in what proved to be a public relations disaster for the federal Trudeau government.

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Premier Horgan announces first ‘urgent primary care centre’ in Surrey

Doug Ford wins majority with promise to fix Ontario Now the Progressive Conservative Leader, who won a majority Thursday night, faces the monumental task of balancing the books, cutting taxes and not laying anyone off.

“The party with the taxpayers’ money is over,” Ford said to loud cheers in his victory speech. Ford described his platform as “modest” but it includes several major commitments — a 20% middle class tax cut, a corporate tax cut, the elimination of the capand-trade program, booze in corner stores, 10 cents off a litre of gasoline, the firing of the CEO and board of Hydro One, thousands of new long-term care beds, a rewrite of the controversial sex-ed curriculum and possibly private sales of cannabis.There`s

even a promise to allow buck-a-beer. The PCs rolled over Ontario Thursday night, and were leading in or had won 76 seats with 8,323 polls reporting out of 8,419. The Tories defied polls that showed they were tied with the NDP in popular support, instead earning about 41% of the vote to the NDP’s 34%, the Liberals’ 20% and the Green Party’s 5%. In 2014, Liberals received 39% of the vote, PCs 319%, NDP 24, and the Green party 5%. The blue wave covers most of the 905, the region a party needs to win to gain government, and will include newly elected MPPs Christine Elliott, who placed second to Ford in the PC leadership, Rod Phillips, the former chair of Postmedia Inc. and Caroline Mulroney.

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urrey will be home to one of the first urgent primary-care centres being set up in B.C., Premier John Horgan announced in the city on Thursday (June 7).

The centres were an NDP election promise and aim to take pressure off of hospital emergency rooms, help people who don’t have a family doctor, as well as operate on weekend and hours outside of clinics.

In all, ten are planned across the province.

The government says the North Surrey centre, and the primary-care network it will be a part of, will “work to connect people to consistent health-care providers in the community who are accepting new patients” and “make it easier for people to receive follow-up care.” According to the provincial government, nearly 78,000 people in Surrey alone do not have a family doctor. Provincewide, it’s estimated one in six people don’t have a doctor. “We are making innovative

changes to public health care so that it works for British Columbians, providing them with timely, effective care in their communities,” said Premier Horgan in a statement. “By opening urgent primary-care centres in all of the health regions, we are delivering on our promise to improve quality of care, and provide more care to more people.” bExpected to open this October, the Surrey Urgent Primary Care Centre will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m at the City Centre 2 building (9639 137A St.), near specialists’ offices, other health-care services as well as Surrey Memorial Hospital. “The proximity to the hospital will make it easy for hospital staff to refer patients to the centre for follow-up care, when appropriate,” a government release notes. Surrey’s centre will be able to see up to 1,300 patients per week when fully up and running, according to a release, and will be able to “attach up to 5,000 patients over time.”

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Canada is flatly rejecting Donald Trump’s suggestion to reinstate Russia in the G7, four years after it was expelled from the group of industrialized nations for annexing Ukraine’s Crimea. Before departing for the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Que., the U.S. president called on the G7 leaders to let Russia back in.

“It may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run. And in the G7, which used to be the G8, they threw Russia out.

They should let Russia come back in. Because we should have Russia at the negotiating table,” he told reporters. But Canada, which pushed for Russia to get the boot in 2014, is not onside.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Canada’s position has not changed.

“Russia was invited to be part of this club and I think that was a very wise initiation, and an invitation full of goodwill,” she told reporters at the summit. “Russia, however, made clear that it had no interest in behaving according to the rules of Western democracies.” Former prime minister Stephen Harper said Russia should never be allowed back in the G7 as long as Vladimir Putin is in power. “Canada would very, very strongly oppose Putin ever sitting around that table again. It would require consensus to bring Russia back and that consensus will just not happen,” he said

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While BC probes police bias, new data shows Vancouver carding practices are racialized While the province has just released a report summarizing the results of their public engagement progress how to promote unbiased policing, data from Vancouver Police Department show that street checks, also known as carding, happen to Indigenous and Black people at a disproportionately high rate.

In March and April, the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General invited the public to fill out a questionnaire on how to promote unbiased policing as part of new policing standards being developed across the province.

The new report summarized 231 responses as well as a number of expert submissions.

In May, the Vancouver Police Department

released data on street checks from 2008-2017 respondents found all suggestions for improving showing that, while total numbers of street bias to be important or very important, checks are decreasing over time, including training officers in Vancouver Police Indigenous and Black people diverse community needs and in Vancouver are stopped at Department released data engaging with communities on on street checks from disproportionately higher rate.

2008-2017 showing that, their policing priorities. Dylan In May, the Vancouver while total numbers of street Mazur, community lawyer at B.C. Police Department released checks are decreasing over time, Indigenous and Black Civil Liberties Association who data on street checks from people in Vancouver are submitted a letter with several stopped 2008-2017 showing that, while suggestions, said that in order at disproportionately total numbers of street checks higher rate. to reduce bias, the police must are decreasing over time, reduce the opportunities they have Indigenous and Black people in Vancouver are to exercise potentially biased judgment in the stopped at disproportionately higher rate. field — such as pulling people over for public The report shows that the majority of intoxication or other offences that are usually

situational. “The potential for bias is more certain where police exercise discretion. For the purposes of policing, it’s important they have discretion, but it’s important to know that bias can be expressed where they can exercise discretion.” One of those key situations in which police show bias is during street checks, sometimes known as “carding,” when people are stopped on the street on the suspicion they are involved in illegal activity and may be asked for identification. In late May, the Vancouver Police Department released data on its street checks from 2008-2017, showing that, while total numbers of street checks are decreasing over time, people of certain ethnic backgrounds get checked at a higher rate that others.

Premier Horgan defends measures to curb real estate frenzy Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes, so the famous saying goes — and at least one of those certainties is increasingly being seen as a way out of Vancouver’s housing crisis.

Since taking office, B.C. Premier John Horgan has introduced a speculation tax, increased the rate and scope of the foreign buyers tax and implemented an additional school tax.

Horgan talked housing with Stephen Quinn, the host of CBC’s The Early Edition, to defend his government’s measures.

They are certainly entitled to that opinion.

They’ve been expressing that very loudly.

It is our view that the tax will be a modest tax relative to the paper value of the homes that are in question.

For seniors, there are opportunities for deferral.

For others, there are opportunities as well.

Someone with a $3 million home is being asked to pay a little bit more on their property tax to go towards education [with the school tax] and that is something we believe can be managed over time by the owner of that home.

The speculation tax will not come into play until next year, Jan.1.

Minister Carole James has been consulting and she will be ensuring that we are taking the best steps possible to minimize the impact on people but to maximize the benefit at the same time.

These are challenges and trade-offs that governments make all the time and we are working through that.

There has been a significant windfall on the housing side, that is undeniable.

We’re looking to see if those homeowners can give a bit of that back, so that we can invest in the services that people deserve and expect from government.

Not at all.

We have to go back to the premise of our action and that was a crisis in the housing sector.

Our attempt to address that has caused the status quo to be unearthed or upended but that is often what has to happen to see the change that will correct what has been a runaway housing market.

Friday’s Lotto Max offers $112M in prizes Another record-breaking lottery jackpot is up for grabs Friday with $112 million in prizes.

There hasn’t been a Lotto Max winner the past two weeks, meaning the jackpot stands at $60 million, plus an estimated 52 additional and separate Maxmillions prizes worth $1 million each.

Lottery corporations across Canada say sales have increased 20 per cent each week on average, since the jackpot went into Maxmillions

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Pitt Meadows man dies in four-vehicle accident A 38-year-old Pitt Meadows man and his dog were killed in a four-vehicle collision Tuesday night on Golden Ears Way.

Witnesses say a Toyota Tacoma truck was speeding east when it crossed the centre line and collided with another car, which resulted in a chain-reaction of collisions.

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Police say two other drivers were taken to hospital, one with serious injuries. A fourth driver suffered minor injuries which did not require hospitalization.

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Vancouver city introduces randomized ballot order for next municipal election Casting a ballot in October’s Vancouver municipal election will require a little more hunting and pecking after city council decided Wednesday to do away with the alphabetical listing of names on ballots.

The city voted to direct an additional $225,000 — $175,000 on communication and another $60,000 on additional staff at voting places — towards its 2018 election budget to introduce a randomized name order on ballots for city council and park board candidates in the Oct. 20 election.

A staff report for council stated that numerous electoral studies suggest ordering candidates alphabetically undermines the principle of fair elections.

“There is a longstanding collection of empirical evidence demonstrating that

voters without well-defined preferences are more likely to select the top-listed names on ballots due to cognitive fatigue,” the report said. As noted on Twitter by Coun.

Andrea Reimer, the motion passed despite opposition from councillors Elizabeth Ball, Adrianne Carr and Melissa De Genova.

OtherCanadianscitiesthathaveimplemented a randomized ballot system include Calgary, Winnipeg, White Rock, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Langley Township.

The staff report said it’s expected that a randomized ballot order will lead to longer wait times at voting places as many voters will take a longer time to locate and vote for their desired candidates.

Construction worker crushed by truck in fatal accident A 24-year-old man was working near a dump truck when he was knocked down and crushed by a truck, RCMP said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene in North Vancouver. The victim was a Vancouver resident, but police have not yet released his name.

Police are investigating the accident on Tuesday morning. The incident happened near Handsworth Road and Timberline Place at about Police and WorkSafeBC are investigating after a man was 10:30. North Vancouver RCMP killed at a North Vancouver construction site.

Serious Crimes Unit is investigating this fatal accident. Collision WorkSafeBC and the BC Coroners Service. analysis specialists were also on site, along with

BC property markets starting to shift after tighter mortgage rules, tax changes Three months into B.C.’s experience with tighter mortgage-qualification rules, layered in with provincial real-estate tax changes, property markets are starting to shift.

However, parsing out the whether the provincial measures — the speculation tax on second homes, school surtax on expensive homes and raising the property transfer tax — are having a big, small or any impact on the housing market is an open question.

“When we look at the overall downturn we’ve seen in the market, I do not see it being at all attributable to provincial measures,” said Cameron Muir, chief economist for the B.C. Real Estate Association.

Muir said the declining demand, especially in the Lower Mainland, “is entirely attributable” to new mortgage-qualification rules, higher mortgage rates and already-high prices that have reduced the purchasing power of first-time buyers.

And he argued that some of the other tax measures, such as the foreign-buyers tax and Vancouver’s empty-homes tax,

will apply to too few homes to make a difference to housing affordability.

In May, both of the Lower Mainland’s major real-estate boards saw sales fall 35 per cent below levels of the same month in 2017.

For the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, that was 2,833 sales in May compared with 4,364 a year ago. In the Fraser Valley, the numbers were 1,758 versus 2,707. And in both areas, inventories of unsold homes rose.

However, with so many factors, including the new federal-level mortgage rules and new provincial taxes, others argue it’s more of a challenge to sort out.

Tom Davidoff, an associate professor in the Sauder School of Business at the University of B.C., said tighter mortgage qualification rules are definitely impacting first-time buyers.

However, the effect of the new tax measures by the province and the City of Vancouver also make it more challenging for buyers to calculate what they should be willing to pay.

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Delta council members to receive ‘service benefit’ For the first time, Delta council members will be leaving office not only with a hearty pat on the back, but also some extra money in their pocket.

In January 2017, council voted to give themselves and future councils a “Council Service Benefit,” sometimes called a “golden handshake,” which acts as the equivalent of a pension. Upon leaving office, elected members will receive an amount equal to what the city’s contribution to the municipal pension plan would be if they were treated as employees.

“After all these years I’ve been on council, people say ‘Oh now you can have your pension,’” Mayor Lois Jackson said over the phone. “And I said, ‘No, we don’t get any of that.’”

In Delta, the mayor and council members are not eligible to join the city’s pension plan. The service benefit comes instead of that. It is only applicable for up to 12 years of continuous service, and is given out when a member leaves council.

“It always is a bit of a sticky wicket because no one really likes to be setting their

own salaries, if you would,” Jackson said.

This year, Mayor Lois Jackson, Counc.

Heather King and Counc. Ian Paton will be recieving the benefit for sure. All other councillors are either running for mayor or re-election, and would only get the benefit if they did not make it back into council.

Jackson is eligible to recieve $124,153.

King is eligible for $19,820. Paton, if he served out the 2018 term, which he will not do, would have been eligible for $39,511.

The remaining councillors, if they do not return to council, will be eligible for the following: $33,958 for Sylvia Bishop, $54,991 for Robert Campbell, $34,199 for Jeannie Kanakos and $48,978 for Bruce McDonald.

The benefit, voted in without discussion in January 2017, was first put forward in December of 2016 by staff.

Staff looked at 17 different municipalities and found that seven offer some kind of end of service benefit. Many of these mimic municipal staff pensions.

Do not pose as lawyer, judge tells man accused of doing so repeatedly Ronald James McKinnon is not a lawyer. But next year, McKinnon allegedly drafted a will, the Law Society of B.C. alleges he has posed as incorporated a company, offered to appeal a one multiple times over the last seven years — tax assessment, accepted $2,000 to help with drafting a will, making investments and even a criminal complaint, sold property and made promising to file paperwork in family court. investments on Davidson’s behalf. McKinnon ‘Magic Lady’ behind $110M Ponzi scheme even offered to help with Davidson’s custody going to jail after losing last shot at appeal dispute, claiming to have filed paperwork and Last month, BC Supreme Court justice scheduled a court hearing on his behalf, the granted an injunction against law society alleges.

McKinnon, ordering him not “He had not, in fact, done so,” to present himself as a lawyer, the petition reads. Davidson, “until such time as he becomes a who has also filed a criminal member in good standing of the complaint and a small claims Law Society.” suit against McKinnon, told An investigation was launched CBC: “I thought he was helping into McKinnon’s activities after me and doing favours because he a complaint was filed in March, was a good person.” McKinnon according to a petition filed by the did not file a response to the law law society. The petition alleges Ronald James McKinnon, society’s petition and no one he has falsely presented himself is accused of falsely presenting appeared in court to argue his himself as a lawyer. as a lawyer to at least five people case, according to the injunction. since 2011. Jonathan Davidson, When media left a voicemail who said he met McKinnon last message on a phone number year when he was hired to do some repairs at a listed in McKinnon’s court filings, a man building McKinnon was managing. who introduced himself as Ron McKinnon “It was at a bad time in my life. I was going returned the call. When asked about the law through a breakup and thought I might lose my society matter, the man said that case involved one-year-old son. Ron could see I was in pain his father, who had recently moved to Calgary and he offered his guidance and friendship, or and transferred his phone number to his son. so I thought,” Davidson wrote in an email.

McKinnon did not return calls to a cellphone According to the law society petition, number provided by Davidson. Vancouver McKinnon claimed he was a “semi-retired man convicted of fraud in U.S. after companies lawyer and a successful investor.” Over the solicited more than $18M from 60,000 people

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Surrey bylaw officer assaulted after peacock complaints A man has been arrested after a bylaw officer was assaulted as he attempted to fine the man for feeding a flock of feral peacocks that have been running wild in the Surrey neighbourhood of Sullivan Heights.

Complaints from residents that the man was feeding the peacocks brought city officials to his property at 150th and 62 Ave. on Monday evening. The individual allegedly assaulted the bylaw officer, who decided to call for police backup.

“He was definitely assaulted. He was grabbed, and (the assailant) was trying to hold him there,” said Surrey bylaw manager Jas Rehal, adding that officers have been to the man’s house at least five times.

“This is not the first time we’ve attended this property. The owner is well aware of what the rules are,” Rehal said.

The fine for feeding peacocks is $250.

A spokesperson for Surrey RCMP said an investigation into the assault of a peace officer continues. The man was released without charges, and has not yet been formally fined.

It is not clear if the man will face charges.

Residents have reported seeing the owner of the property keep peacock cages and feeding structures. City bylaws state that no person shall breed, possess or display in public a prohibited animal, which includes peafowls.

The birds have for years caused noise complaints and property damage.

Last month, a resident was fined $1,000 for illegally cutting down a tree near his home, after being “pushed to the edge” by the birds’ wailing and defecating. The tree was a popular roost for nearly 100 peacocks.

Chilliwack murder victim brother of long-time gangster A young man killed in Chilliwack Thursday was the younger brother of long-time gangster Clayton Eheler, Postmedia has learned.

Nicholas Cross, 25, was found unresponsive in the 45000-block of Wellington Avenue about 5 a.m. Thursday.

Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated Homicide Investigations Team, said police arrived to find “a man dead with injuries consistent with homicide inside the home.”

“IHIT was called in and has taken conduct of the investigation,” Jang said. “IHIT is working closely with its partners from the Chilliwack RCMP, the

Integrated Forensic Identification Services and the B.C. Coroner’s Service to gather evidence.”

He said Cross was “known to police and associated to drug activity.”

“It is still early in the investigation but we believe Mr. Cross was targeted for murder,” he said.

His older brother has been in the news a fair amount after his arrest in a major drug trafficking case in 2015. And he was close to Independent Soldiers member James Riach, visiting him the Philippines shortly before Riach’s arrest there. Riach was sentenced earlier this year to life in prison.

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Homeowners rally against NDP school-tax surcharge Homeowners opposed to the NDP schooltax surcharge once again held a rally before a housing town hall organized by VancouverPoint Grey MLA David Eby on Monday.

Speakers at the rally denounced the surcharge, dubbed by some as a “family home tax,” and directed their ire at Eby, whose riding is home to many single-detached houses worth above the $3-million threshold of the additional tax.

One of them is Ron Pears, who has lived in the University Endowment Lands for 30 years. He had voted for the NDP and supported Eby, but now feels blindsided by the surcharge, which doubles the property taxes he has already been deferring.

“It adds $18,000 a year to my tax bill that I already can’t afford to pay,” he said. “It’s disastrous.”

The “severe and unjustified” tax will affect every one of the 445 single-family homes in the UEL, said Pears. “I, for one, feel betrayed.”

Anti-school tax rally prior to a town hall meeting at the Hellenic Hall in Vancouver.

The school-tax surcharge, which will take effect in 2019, adds a 0.2-per-cent tax on the value of a home assessed between $3 million and $4 million, and 0.4 per cent on the value assessed Anti-school tax rally prior to a town hall meeting in Vancouver. above $4 million.

Another speaker, Mike Jagger, said It’s one of a number of tax measures he is concerned about affordability — a the NDP introduced in the 2018 budget sentiment echoed by many in the crowd to curb housing prices, prompting a — but the tax doesn’t address the issues. backlash from people hit by the new levies.

“This is about implementing the first wealth

Delta mayor goes to Ottawa for talks on Massey Tunnel replacement funding It’s still not clear when exactly we’ll find out if a bridge should be built to replace the aging Massey Tunnel.

However, while we wait for the results of an independent review — due out sometime this spring — the city of Delta will be looking for federal cash in Ottawa.

Mayor Lois Jackson is a big supporter of replacing the four lane tunnel with a 10 lane bridge. She believes something needs to be done, as soon as possible.

“It’s a problem with the movement of goods, the movement of traffic. Anyone that is in that area everyday of their life will know that the situation is getting very critical.”

Even if the review does recommend a new bridge, Jackson says the province won’t do anything.

Technical review ordered for Massey Tunnel Reaction to the NDP halting Massey

Bridge construction is mixed: SBOT “I don’t think we’ll really see any action, even if it does justify the previous report.

I don’t think we’ll see any action for a long time,” she says. “I don’t think that we’re seeing the people’s needs reflected in the governmental wing in British Columbia.”

Preparation work on a 10-lanereplacement bridge was halted back in September by the BC NDP. Jackson says something needs to be done about the congestion during rush hour.

“It’s not just commuters, it’s not just tourists, it’s not just BC traffic, ferry traffic. It’s everyone.”

She adds visiting Ottawa to discuss Delta related concerns is nothing new, explaining a delegation typically heads to the capital about once a year.

tax in North America,” said Jagger. “Taxing unrealized equity is simply wrong … it’s just a flat tax on perceived wealth. That’s not just wrong for $3-million homes. It’s wrong everywhere.”

But others who attended the town hall at the nearby Hellenic Centre gave the tax their support.

One of the panel speakers, economist and Simon Fraser University emeritus professor Rhys Kesselman, defended the notion of the school-tax hike, saying homeowners have enjoyed huge gains in the value of their homes “mostly due to good fortune.”

While he believes all homeowners, not just seniors, should be able to defer their taxes until the house is sold, he said complaints over having to defer taxes are “quite overblown.”

The panel also included Paul Kershaw, founder of Generation Squeeze and a University of BC professor, who suggested its time to rethink Canada’s tax system.

BC court declares Ontario man dangerous offender after ‘coarse, savage and cruel’ sex attack A man who broke into a woman’s home in Vancouver, bashed her head with rock and raped her has been declared a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indeterminate prison term.

Caleb pleads guilty in violent Vancouver sexual attack BC provincial court judge made the rulings against Caleb Heaton on Monday in Vancouver courtroom.

Caleb Heaton declared a dangerous offender During hearings to determine a knife to her neck. “The Crown says his if Heaton merited dangerous offender status, behaviour on that day was brutal, and it the court heard that he broke into the victim’s showed a profound failure to constrain home in March 2015 and smashed her head his sexual impulses,” Donnelly said in a repeatedly with a rock. Crown prosecutor December 2016 hearing. “He used gratuitous Michaela Donnelly described how Heaton and unnecessary violence. His conduct was tied the woman’s hands, shoved clothing in degrading. His violence was unprovoked her mouth, pushed her down the basement and his acts can only be described as coarse, stairs and raped her.

‘Coarse, savage and savage and cruel.” cruel’: sex attacker faces dangerous offender Heaton had previously pleaded guilty hearing Donnelly went on to say that when to aggravated sexual assault, unlawful the victim screamed for help, Heaton held confinement and breaking and entering.

He also has a criminal record in Ontario that includes 34 mostly property-related offences from 2010 until October 2014, after which he moved to Vancouver, where he started staying in shelters.

RCMP looking for armed robbery suspect Surrey Mounties are seeking help to identify a suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store in Guildford in February. The robbery happened at 3:45 a.m. on Feb. 28, in the 9900-block of 152nd Street. Corporal Elenore Sturko said the robber pointed a gun at the clerk, who was alone in the store, and “jumped the counter and stole a number of lottery tickets before fleeing.” The suspect is white, 35 to 40 years old and medium built.

He was wearing a blue hoodie and white coat. Police ask anyone with infomation to contact the Surrey RCMP at 599-0502 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Saturday, June 9, 2018 Sales have tumbled in Canada’s two most expensive housing markets as buyers and sellers sit on the sidelines waiting to see whether each region is heading toward stability or continuing volatility.

Residential sales volume last month fell 22 per cent in the Greater Toronto Area, compared with May, 2017, while the number of properties changing hands in Greater Vancouver dropped 35 per cent.

The benchmark price for residential properties in Greater Vancouver rose to a record $1,094,000 last month, despite the decline in sales volume. The benchmark price is an industry representation of the typical home sold in an area.

“The scale of the housing policy changes so far is not large enough to fundamentally change the dynamics in Vancouver,” said Alex Hemingway, public policy finance analyst at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

In its February budget, the BC NDP minority government announced a variety of measures designed to reduce home prices, including what it calls a speculation tax imposed on out-of-province residents and an increase to

Toronto, Vancouver home sales slump as buyers and sellers wait the school tax, affecting the portion of the value of a property assessed above $3-million.

The NDP also increased the B.C. tax on foreign buyers to 20 per cent from 15 per cent in the Vancouver region and expanded it to other urban areas of British Columbia. The former BC Liberal government implemented the tax in August, 2016, while Ontario imposed its 15-per-cent foreign-buyers tax in April, 2017.

Federally, a stress test imposed this year by Canada’s banking regulator has reduced the amount that borrowers qualify for and slowed demand for real estate.

“The changes may smooth things out for a while, but at the end of the day, we have in my view an incredible shortage of housing in Vancouver, huge pent-up demand to live here and a fixed amount of land. Those forces aren’t going away,” Mr. Hemingway said.

“Vancouver is an attractive city and many people want to live close to the city centre if it were more affordable. I don’t see any way around dealing with both supply and demand.”

Sales in the Vancouver area decreased 35 per cent to 2,833 transactions last month,

BC car plates showing ‘Punjab slangs glorifying drink & drive’ will be cancelled by ICBC Vanity licence plates that some people say promote drunk driving have snuck past B.C.’s public auto insurer because the messages are in anglicized Punjabi slang.

Members of the Punjabi-speaking community say the plates fly in the face of the Insurance Corporation of B.C.’s (ICBC) mission to combat drinking and driving, and they are upset the Crown corporation issued them without thoroughly checking their meaning.

“I was like, seriously, is this happening

in Canada?” said Raj Saini, who contacted media about the plates.

“There is a system for everything.

There are so many rules. How are these people getting these plates?”

Saini, 36, says similar plates have also been spotted in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario — and posted to social media sites.

One example from plate reads “PKTUNN”, which several members of Punjabi community said it can be interpreted as “wasted after drinking” or “I’m drunk.”

On another, “PK3PEG,” translated as “drink three shots” or “after three drinks.”

‘These should be off the street’ ICBC is responsible for reviewing and issuing personalized licence plates in the province.

According to its website, plates can have “practically any unique message that’s fit to print,” but warns the corporation “will not issue… plates that may be interpreted as vulgar, indecent or offensive.”

Saini, a mother of a six-year-old girl, says she feels the plates are offensive.

“My concern [is] what are we telling our kids?

Whoever is looking at these plates is getting the message it’s OK to get drunk and be on the streets,” she said.“These should be off the street.”

ICBC spokesperson Joanna Linsangan admits the plates are

Photos of personalized BC plates supplied to media saying Punjabi slangs glorifying drinking and driving.

“certainly disappointing and upsetting.”

Linsangan says all applications are reviewed by just one person, assisted by a small committee with “representatives from various demographics.”

Considering potentially offensive slogans in another language “can be challenging,” she said. “We are human.”

marking the lowest level for May since 2001.

Still, last month’s record-high benchmark price in the region was up 11.5 per cent from May, 2017, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said in a news release.

“With fewer homes selling today compared to recent years, the number of homes available for sale is rising,” board president Phil Moore said.

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The price for detached houses sold in the Vancouver region averaged $1,786,580 last month, down 2.4 per cent from a year earlier. Average prices for condos have risen 10 per cent to $722,566 over the past year.

In the GTA, taxation is a hot topic, as it is in Greater Vancouver. GTA residents want the next Ontario government to reduce the land transfer tax and focus on policies that increase housing supply in the region, according to a poll from the Toronto Real Estate Board.

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Surrey residents say peacocks damaging cars in Sullivan Heights area For years, some 150 feral peacocks have been the source of noise complaints, property damage and overall frustration for the residents of Surrey’s Sullivan Heights neighbourhood.

Now, they’re in the spotlight again after some of the feathered vandals began inflicting thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to pricey cars.

“This peacock did this,” a woman is heard saying in a video where she documents a large scratch on the side of her vehicle.

Peacocks became homeless after a homeowner fells nesting trees.

Peacocks seen in Surrey’s Sullivan Heights neighbourhood on Saturday, June 2, 2018.

The birds can be seen using their powerful beaks and talons to fight off their own reflections in the in the doors and body panels of luxury cars.

“With the dark-coloured cars, they can see their reflection fairly clearly, so they mistake that as another peacock and have at it,” said resident Ryan Cragg.

Sometimes, he added, the peafowl won’t back down for hours.

“They’ll get the front panel, the side panel, the

rear panel and then work around to the other side.”

The animals have been living in Sullivan Heights for more than a decade. A resident used to farm the animals when the area was less developed. The farmer moved out and hundreds of homes were built, but the colourful birds have remained part of the neighbourhood’s pecking order ever since.

The peafowl most recently made headlines last month when frustrated homeowner Parm Brar illegally removed a nesting tree, landing him a $1,000 fine form local authorities.

“Forty-plus peacocks were going up on my roof every night,” he said.

The noise complaints haven’t stopped since then either.

“It’s like living with a colicky baby from March all the way through to October,” Cragg said.

The peacocks mate during those months and dozens of them can be found roosting on trees and rooftops all over the neighbourhood.

Sullivan Heights isn’t the only place crying foul over pesky peacocks. Officials say several other North American cities have experienced similar problems.

Young woman dead, another injured in crash at Highway 17A in Delta A young woman is dead and another injured after a two-vehicle crash in Delta on Saturday night.

Police said the two women were passengers in a northbound vehicle that had stopped on the side of Highway 17a at Ladner Trunk Road at around 10 p.m.

The two were looking for something

in the trunk when they were struck by a northbound jeep, officers said.

A 19-year-old woman died at the scene. Her 20-year-old friend was taken to hospital and is expected to survive.

The driver of the jeep, who police said may have been impaired, remained at the scene.

Can you identify this fraud suspect?

Surrey RCMP is investigating a fraud and are looking to the public for help to identify the suspect.

On April 3, 2018 a male identifying himself as Vincent PERRON, attempted to take out $6,500 at a money lending business in the 8900 block of 152 Street in Surrey. During the transaction, the male presented a number of false documents. Employees were able to determine that the documents were

fraudulent, and the male fled without receiving any money.

A surveillance photo is being released and police are asking anyone with information about the suspect or this incident to call the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.

Crime Stoppers is also available if they wish to remain anonymous, at 1-800-2228477 or www.solvecrime.ca.

Man who killed Const. Sarah Beckett pleads guilty in second drinking-driving crash The driver who killed Const. Sarah Beckett in 2016 has pleaded guilty in a second crash on Vancouver Island that happened a month after the death of the 32-year-old Mountie.

Kenneth Fenton, facing impaired driving charges in connection with a May 2016 collision that sent his girlfriend to hospital, pleaded guilty in a Duncan courtroom on Monday morning.

Kenneth Fenton was drinking before crash that claimed life of RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett: Crown

Sentencing hearing continues in case of B.C. Mountie’s death RCMP hold service to mark first anniversary of Const. Sarah Beckett’s death With a shaved head, stubble on his face and wearing a red prison-issued T-shirt, Fenton was stared down by Beckett’s husband, Brad Aschenbrenner, throughout the proceeding.

“It was hell all over again. I just felt like throwing up,” Aschenbrenner told Global News in a phone conversation Monday afternoon.

Fenton pleaded guilty to driving over 0.08

and causing an accident resulting in bodily harm and failing to stop for police.

A truck was found in a ditch on May 22, 2016 northwest of Victoria. The truck’s passenger claims Fenton was speeding and driving under the influence when he hit the truck, causing it to veer into the ditch. Fenton is already serving a four-year sentence for impaired driving causing the death of Beckett in Langford in April 2016.

Aschenbrenner says he had a brief but heated exchange with Fenton’s defence lawyer, Dale Marshall, prior to Monday’s hearing.

Aschenbrenner told Global News he feels the four-year sentence handed down to Fenton last July is too short.

He said he hopes Fenton’s guilty plea in the second collision will increase his time behind bars but it’s not clear if that will be the case.

Outside the Duncan Law Courts Monday morning, Aschenbrenner asked Crown attorney Tim Stokes about Fenton’s sentencing, including what the minimum would be, but didn’t get any answers.

Dan McLaughlin, communications counsel for the B.C. Prosecution Service, wouldn’t comment on the case. He told Global News that because the case is still before the courts, he won’t speculate on a possible sentence.

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Canada’s niceness is the very reason its young men radicalize It’s no secret that the past decade has seen a strong resurgence of the far right across Europe and North America. A new (or, arguably, very old) strain of xenophobic populism has contributed to Brexit, Trump’s presidency and the rhetoric of leaders like the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who has promised to defend his “Christian homeland”. To say that these extremists have become emboldened would be an understatement; in fact, they are empowered, as in they are literally being elected into power.The international view of Canada tends to be that we are mostly untouched by this frightening trend. This is also how we see ourselves as a quasi-socialist paradise, with socialised medicine, anti-hate legislation and

sensible gun laws. But if the past month and a half has proven anything, it’s that beneath our progressive veneer is an insidious undercurrent of violence. On 23 April, 25-year-old Alek Minassian deliberately drove a van onto a crowded Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 pedestrians, it is alleged. Shortly before the attack, Minassian apparently made a Facebook post declaring that the “incel rebellion” had begun. Immediately after the attack – while details about the alleged perpetrator were as yet unknown and there were still bodies on the ground – prominent white nationalist Faith Goldy was on the scene declaring it to be a “terrorist attack” by a “Middle Eastern” man.

Goldy is formerly of Rebel Media, a far right Canadian outlet with an especial devotion to Islamophobia. Goldy and Rebel Media are representative of a growing far right scene in Canada, one that includes violently xenophobic groups such as La Meute and misogynistic MRA organisations such as Men’s Rights Edmonton and CAFE. Just a few weeks after the Toronto van

attack, the New York Times ran a profile on Canadian academic-cum-pop-philosopher Jordan Peterson. Peterson’s star has been on the rise ever since he opposed a bill meant to protect the rights of trans people. Peterson, in a gross misrepresentation of the bill which has since passed into law, said it was an attack on free speech because it would force him to use people’s preferred pronouns.

BC property markets starting to shift after tighter mortgage rules, tax changes Three months into B.C.’s experience with tighter mortgage-qualification rules, layered in with provincial real-estate tax changes, property markets are starting to

shift. However, parsing out the whether the provincial measures — the speculation tax on second homes, school surtax on expensive homes and raising the property transfer tax — are having a big, small or any impact on the housing market is an open question. “When we look at the overall downturn we’ve seen in the market, I do not see it being at all attributable to provincial measures,” said Cameron Muir, chief economist for the B.C. Real Estate Association.

Muir said the declining demand, especially in the Lower Mainland, “is entirely attributable” to new mortgage-qualification rules, higher mortgage rates and already-high prices that have reduced the purchasing power of firsttime buyers. And he argued that some of the other tax measures, such as the foreign-buyers tax and Vancouver’s empty-homes tax, will apply to too few homes to make a difference to housing affordability.

In May, both of the Lower Mainland’s major real-estate boards saw sales fall 35 per cent below levels of the same month in 2017.

For the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, that was 2,833 sales in May compared with 4,364 a year ago. In the Fraser Valley, the numbers were 1,758 versus 2,707.

And in both areas, inventories of unsold homes rose. However, with so many factors, including the new federal-level mortgage rules and new provincial taxes, others argue it’s more of a challenge to sort out. Tom Davidoff, an associate professor in the Sauder School of Business at the University of B.C., said tighter mortgage qualification rules are definitely impacting first-time buyers. However, the effect of the new tax measures by the province and the City of Vancouver also make it more challenging for buyers to calculate what they should be willing to pay.

“On a month-by-month basis, I have no ability to say in particular which of those smoking guns shot the bullet that led to the change in (sales) activity,” Davidoff said.

B.C.’s recreational-property market is one area where owners can expect a dent in the values of their properties, depending where they are, according to a major realty firm, which points directly at the provincial speculation tax. Royal LePage, in its annual recreational-property survey, estimated that, on average, the province’s vacation-property prices will dip 2.8 per cent in 2018 as out-ofprovince owners put properties on the market, increasing inventories. “Essentially, it is a tale of two markets,” said Royal LePage realtor Adil Dinani.Those regions of B.C. now captured by the expanded B.C. speculation tax, which was intended to target foreign owners who leave homes empty, can expect to see a short-term pullback in sales, and a deflation in prices.

That includes Kelowna and West Kelowna in the Okanagan. However, for the Gulf Islands and Qualicum Beach, where the tax doesn’t apply, it should be “business as usual,” Dinani said. Regardless of whether the provincial tax measures are having an affect right now, they remain popular moves, according to a new poll by the Research Co. That survey, of 800 British Columbians polled found that 67 per cent of respondents believed that the province’s surtax on homes worth more than $3 million and $4 million was “very good” or “good.”

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Ottawa rejects Trump push to sign bilateral trade deals with Canada, Mexico in place of NAFTA Refugee lawyers who help asylum seekers who have crossed into Canada irregularly are calling on government to end its co-operation with the U.S. government and suspend the safe third country agreement. Maureen Silcoff, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, says her organization and other civil society groups were dismayed to hear Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen talk about wanting to work collaboratively with the U.S. government on dealing with the influx of illegal border crossers arriving in Canada from the U.S. She pointed to recent revelations about how the U.S. has been dealing with some of its illegal border crossers — steps that sometimes include separating children from parents who are detained in custody. “The prevalence of

detention has risen and the conditions of detention are poor and now we see something really quite horrific, which is the tearing away of children from their mothers when they arrive as a deterrent effect,” Silcoff said.

Human Rights Watch has reported that more than 600 children, including infants and toddlers, have been separated from their parents while trying to cross the border illegally into the United States. Their parents were arrested and sent to detention centres.

Hussen travelled to Washington on Monday to meet Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for high-level talks about the continuing surge in asylum seekers.

It’s time to abolish the inhumane Canada-U.S. deal on asylum-seekers Nigeria to issue travel documents faster to expelled border crossers:

$400,000, 21 kg of Meth & thousands of Fentanyl pills seized by Saskatoon police More than $400,000 in cash, 21 kilograms of methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills were seized following a weekslong investigation by the Saskatoon Integrated Drug Enforcement Street Team (SIDEST).

Five people are now facing drug- and proceeds of crime-related charges as a result of an investigation that started in April, Saskatoon police said in a news release.

On May 31, members of SIDEST observed “activity consistent with drug trafficking” in the 100 block of Third Avenue South, arresting a 30-year-old man and 33-year-old man during a vehicle stop. Following the initial arrests, police searched an apartment

in the 100 block of Third Avenue South and a house in the 600 block of Gillies Way. A 62-year-old man, 33-year-old man and 60-year-old woman were arrested at the Gillies Way home.

Along with meth, approximately 4,400 fentanyl pills and cash, police also seized over 2,400 grams of powdered cocaine and what police described as “significant amounts” of crack cocaine, hash, marijuana and heroin. A cocaine press was also seized out of a vehicle, police said.

All five appeared Monday in Saskatoon provincial court and are scheduled to return to court later this month.

Hussen floats ideas to modernize safe third country agreement with U.S. Following the meeting, the two reaffirmed a commitment to work together on border security issues related to asylum seekers. Hussen has said he hopes to continue to co-operate with the U.S. to strengthen and modernize the safe

third country agreement — a treaty between the two governments to jointly manage the flow of refugee claimants. But Silcoff, who has clients that have made perilous journeys to Canada seeking refugee protection, says she believes this is the opposite of what Canada should be doing.

Montreal to implement plastic bags ban next year Montreal merchants who disregard the city’s plastic bag ban could now face fines of up to $1,000 for an individual and $2,000 for a corporation for a first offence.

Montreal implemented its long-planned ban on plastic bags at the beginning of the year, making it the first major Canadian city to do so. There is an exception for thin bags used in grocery stores to transport fruit and vegetables to the cash register, or to wrap up meat. City officials say lost or abandoned plastic bags are a visual nuisance that cause considerable harm to terrestrial and marine ecosystems and often end up in landfills.

“We use roughly 2 billion of these bags annually and only 14 per cent are reintegrated in recycling plants,” said Jean-François Parenteau, the city council member responsible for the environment. City officials say the ban is to encourage people to move away from

single-use products and to adopt reuseable bags. Thicker plastic bags, paper bags and cardboard boxes will also be allowed.

Victoria has also announced its intention to ban plastic bags beginning in July 2018, while Vancouver is mulling the issue.

Several smaller Canadian municipalities have also imposed their own bans, while Toronto tried and failed to do so in 2012.

Retail and plastic industry advocates have opposed the bans, arguing they are unnecessary as well as troublesome for businesses and consumers.

The Canadian Plastics Industry Association‘s website argues that most shopping bags are reused and recycled, and that other measures to reduce the number of plastic bags have already been successful.

Toronto police fire officer after 11-year suspension, but appeal keeps him on payroll character flaw,” Preston After 11 years on paid said. 11 years after his suspension, Toronto police arrest, Toronto police Const. Ioan-Florin Floria officer on paid suspension was fired on Monday, but could finally be fired the officer will remain on Preston found Floria the force’s payroll and his guilty last year of four penalty will be blocked counts of professional thanks to a speedy appeal. misconduct: two counts Now retired Toronto police of discreditable conduct, Police Const. Ioan-Florin Floria superintendent Debra and one count each of Preston, who oversaw Floria’s disciplinary insubordination and breach of confidence. hearing, delivered her decision at the service’s Floria said in a phone call that an appeal had headquarters on Monday morning. Preston been delivered to the Ontario Civilian Police argued dismissal was the only option for an Commission. The police service confirmed officer who committed serious misconduct. the appeal would keep Floria on the police “I cannot, in good conscience, suggest payroll. “I’ll fight for my job,” Floria said. “It’s a correctional or educational approach not fair. That’s all I can say to you.” to correct what I deem to be a significant

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Canada’s trade deficit narrows to six-month low as imports fall, exports grow Canada’s trade deficit in April narrowed to the lowest in six months as imports slumped and exporters continued to show signs of strength. The merchandise trade gap narrowed to $1.90 billion (US$1.5 billion), half the $3.93 billion gap recorded a month earlier, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday in Ottawa. Imports fell 2.5 per cent, paring back strong gains in March. Exports advanced 1.6 per cent, the sixth gain in the past seven months. After struggling through the middle part of last year, Canada’s exports have seen a revival in recent months due to a run-up in oil prices and stronger demand for non-energy exports. That’s a good sign for an economy that will need the export sector to make a bigger contribution to growth as consumers scale back. The biggest gains were

recorded in energy, metal products, forestry and consumer goods. The narrowing in the deficit was much larger than anticipated by economists, who had forecast a trade gap of $3.4 billion during the month according to a Bloomberg survey. In volume terms, exports rose 1.2 per cent, adding to a strong 3.5 per cent gain a month earlier. Real nonenergy exports were up 1.5 per cent during the month. The decline in imports, which helped reduce the trade balance in April, isn’t all good news. Economists see rising imports as a gauge of domestic demand and business investment, and the figures in April signal Canada’s economy scaled back purchases during the month. In volume terms, imports were down 2.4 per cent. That includes a 0.2 per cent decline in machinery and equipment

Canadian economy is more vulnerable to external threats like NAFTA, IMF says The external risks facing the Canadian economy are more acute than in the recent past, the International Monetary Fund said Monday in an annual review that has focused on the country’s housing market in recent years.

Cheng Hoon Lim, the IMF’s assistant director, Western Hemisphere Department, said economic anxiety is high with concerns about the future of the NAFTA talks and developments in international corporate taxation including the recent U.S. corporate tax cuts. “The impact of lower corporate tax rates in the U.S. could make Canada a less attractive destination for investment,” she said.

The IMF report recommended it was time for Canada to examine its corporate tax in the face of the changes in the U.S. Lim also said failure to reach a NAFTA deal within a reasonable time frame could hurt

investment and growth for an extended period.

IMF report estimated failure to reach a new NAFTA agreement could reduce long-run Canadian real gross domestic product by 0.4 per cent relative to its baseline forecast.

That amount could increase if non-tariff trade costs increase, the report noted. The IMF said it expects the Canadian economy, which grew by three per cent last year, to slow to growth of 2.1 per cent in 2018 and 2.0 per cent in 2019. In its report, the IMF noted the housing market continues to remain a key domestic risk for the economy. But, it said that the vulnerability has moderated somewhat, as the housing market has shown signs of cooling down. “It will remain a vulnerability for some time given the large stock of household debt,” Lim said. The Canadian government said it continues to monitor the issues raised by the

Cost estimate for navy supply ships climbs by more than $1 billion The estimated cost of building two new supply ships for the Canadian navy has climbed to $3.4 billion, an official in the procurement minister’s office said Tuesday.

That’s a $1.1 billion increase over the last projection for the Joint Support Ship program, which is years behind schedule.

Delays in the program are at the heart of a criminal charge against the country’s secondhighest military commander, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. He is accused of breach of trust for allegedly leaking cabinet secrets in relation to a contract to acquire the navy a leased replenishment ship to cover the gap while the military waits for the new supply ships to be built. Separately on Tuesday, Ottawa was buzzing about the possibility that the Liberal government was close to a deal to acquire a small fleet of medium icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. But it’s the escalating price tag on the navy’s permanent supply ship program that will draw the most

political heat. A spokesperson for Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough referred questions about why the cost escalated so dramatically to National Defence. The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimated some time ago that the program’s cost eventually would exceed $4.1 billion for two ships — an assessment dismissed at the time by both defence and procurement officials.

However, defence and budget planners went back and looked at the way the PBO’s office costed its projection, and have now revised their estimate, said Pat Finn, who is in charge of purchasing at the Department of National Defence. “We have marched half way to the PBO number,” he said. “We recognize that and acknowledge it.”

The higher price also reflects the cost of delays as materials and labour become more expensive. Other costs have now been added in, including the expense of refashioning the jetties where the ships eventually will dock.

RBC tips for banking in Canada Three tips for banking in Canada If you are new to Canada, one of the first things you will likely do is make sure your finances are in order and on track for future living expenses. An important first step is familiarizing yourself with how things work in your new country. Building a trusted network to help you navigate and understand common questions including finances can help you get established faster.

Banking may seem overwhelming at first. Here are a few tips to keep in mind: Get to know Canadian bank account options. One of the differences you may notice first is the various types of accounts that are available to you. They may serve different functions or be called names you don’t use back home. Two popular accounts are “chequing account” and “savings account”. You might decide to open a chequing account for your day-today transactions or deposit your work paycheques. A savings account may be the right option for setting money aside for

things like home furnishings or education.

Build your credit history. Learning about credit history in Canada and why it matters is a good idea to look into as you settle in. One way to start building credit is by applying for a Canadian credit card and using it wisely. It can be treated as an alternative form of payment that can be used for many expenses such as internet and phone payments, online purchases, and travel.

Research governmentfunded programs. As you set up your day-to-day banking account, you may also want to consider the different tax-sheltered options available in partnership with the Canadian government. One is the Tax-Free Savings Account, or better known as TFSA. It is a way for individuals who are 18 and older and have a valid social insurance number to set money aside tax-free throughout their lifetime; the money is tax-free even when it is withdrawn.

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Protests target Liberal MPs over Trans Mountain buyout Opponents to the soon-to-be federally owned Trans Mountain pipeline took aim at Liberal Members of Parliament in almost every city across Canada on Monday, part of a day of action focused on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to buy the pipeline for $4.5 billion, and complete its $7.4-billion expansion. The rallies outside MP offices, including one at justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould’s in Vancouver, came the same day as a new poll released Monday found that 52 per cent of Canadians oppose Ottawa’s deal to buy the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline, more than twice the number who support the purchase.

At least 120 demonstrators sit and stand in front of the constituency office of Vancouver-Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s justice minister, on Monday, over her government’s deal to buy the $4.5-billion Trans Mountain pipeline.

At least 120 demonstrators sit and stand in

front of the constituency office of VancouverGranville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s justice minister, on Monday, over her government’s deal to buy the $4.5-billion Trans Mountain pipeline.

Wilson-Raybould, who represents Vancouver Granville, is from Kwakwaka’wakw nation in northern B.C. and some of her own constituents said she had dashed their high hopes upon her election three years ago. “Back in 2015, there was a lot of hope — big promises, and an Indigenous justice minister,” said administrator and retired teaching assistant Fatidjah Mestman, who lives just blocks from Wilson-Raybould’s office, said in an interview. “But she’s a total sellout to Justin Trudeau. “It was bad enough they were maybe going to indemnify (Trans Mountain) or something, but now they’ve bought it out it’s disgusting. Climate leaders don’t build pipelines.”

Steel producers urge Trudeau to retaliate against US tariffs now Canadian steel producers are pressing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to move more quickly to impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum, warning that companies in Canada are already losing business because of Washington’s trade moves.

The producers met with Trudeau Monday afternoon and emerged saying they had made the case for Canada to act faster.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau justified a delay in imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum during Question Period in the House of Commons on Monday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau justified a delay in imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum during Question Period in the House of Commons on Monday.

“I think we’d like to have the tariff put in place as quickly as we can,” said Joseph Galimberti, president of the Canadian Steel Producers Association.

Galimberti noted that there are tariffs on Canadian exports of steel and aluminum to the U.S. but nothing yet on American exports

entering Canada, even as producers in this country begin to feel the bite of Washington’s trade measures. “We’re seeing customers in steel right now who are changing orders, putting orders on hold,” he said. “Companies are experiencing damages and interruptions today. Supply chains are going to change going forward.”

The Trump administration last week announced that it was imposing 25 per cent steel tariffs and 10 per cent aluminum tariffs on Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

The airport at Sint Maarten is well-known for the beach at the end of the runway and nearby bar where plane-spotters gather to watch the arrivals and departures.

The Liberal government hit back on Thursday, announcing that it would impose retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum, as well as on a host of other consumer products — but not until July 1. The government justified the delay, saying it wanted to consult first on the potential impacts of its tariff decision.

Senate votes for legalization of recreational pot, amended bill now goes back to House of Commons Senators have voted to pass the Trudeau government’s landmark legislation to lift Canada’s 95-year-old prohibition on recreational cannabis by a vote of 56 to 30 with one abstention. Despite the resolute opposition of the 32 Conservative senators, and trepidation among some independent senators, Bill C-45 now moves back to the House of Commons. MPs there will now have to decide what to do about the the almost four dozen amendments to Bill C-45 that were made in the Senate. The government will have to decide whether to approve, reject or modify the changes before returning the bill back to the Senate for another vote. Health Minister Petitpas Taylor has said that, once the bill is passed, provinces and territories will need two to three months to prepare before retail sales of legal cannabis are actually available.

Most of the Senate’s amendments are minor, but a handful are significant. One amendment would allow provinces to prohibit home cultivation of cannabis if they so choose, rather than accept the four

marijuana plants per dwelling allowed under the bill. Another amendment would impose even more stringent restrictions on advertising by cannabis companies, preventing them from promoting their brands on so-called ‘swag’, such as T-shirts and ball caps. Yet another is aimed at recognizing that marijuana is often shared socially. It would make it a summary or ticketing offence for a young adult to share five grams or less of cannabis with a minor who is no more than two years younger, and it would allow parents to share it with their kids, as they can wine or other forms of alcohol. Petitpas Taylor has refused to say how the government views the many amendments, but it appears to have given its blessing to at least 29 of them, which were proposed by the sponsor of the bill in the upper house, Sen. Tony Dean.

In their final speeches, Conservative senators betrayed frustration that most independent and Liberal independent senators appear poised to support the bill.

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Nirav Modi’s five dummy companies paid its directors Rs 8,000 to Rs 30,000 The Enforcement Directorate in its report against jeweller Nirav Modi have said that owners and directors of at least five firms based out of Hong Kong earned only between Rs 8,000 and Rs 30,000 every month, an Indian Express report has revealed.

The report adds that the companies that these directors worked for allegedly received about Rs 8,270 crore from letters of undertaking issued by Punjab National Bank on behalf of the jeweller. The ED further added that the so-called directors of five such dummy firms were actually junior employees and former employees of Modi’s Firestar Group. The ED has further alleged that goods were moved between Firestar

Group and these dummy firms in Hong Kong, Dubai and India, which led to creation of huge outstandings in the books of the dummy companies against the Indian firms.

Earlier, the ED said it would move a special court in Mumbai to seek permission for “immediate confiscation” of about Rs 7,000 crore assets of designer diamond jeweller Nirav Modi under the recently promulgated Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance. The agency, empowered by the Union government to enact the new power in the country, will seek an official declaration to categorise Nirav Modi as a “fugitive” based on its prosecution complaint (charge sheet) filed before a special court.

Threat of water crisis looms over many hill stations in Kashmir In north India, Shimla has been facing a water crisis for 14 days, with residents urging tourists to stay away and protests erupting over inequitable distribution of water in different parts of the city.

According to experts, several hill stations and metro cities could face a similar crisis within a People filling water from a water tanker in Shimla decade and the warning signs may start showing getting recharged,” said Sushmita Sengupta, in the next three or four years. “Cities like programme manager of Centre for Science Bangalore and Delhi depend on groundwater. and Environment’s water programme.

But, with increasing population and the Sengupta said moving away from traditional natural sources of water — Yamuna in the conservation methods has added to the case of Delhi and several lakes in the case of problem. “The hill stations usually receive Bangalore — either being cemented over or high rainfall, but without conservation being polluted, even the groundwater is not methods in place, it just runs off.

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Health minister penalised Rs 10K Taking cognisance of alleged PLA chairperson Manju Rana had, negligence towards their duty, on November 3 last year, issued summons to the minister and the Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) in Kapurthala slapped a officers, besides Kapurthala Civil fine of Rs 10,000 each on Health Surgeon Dr HS Kahlon. Following this, Dr Bhalla appeared in the Minister Brahm Mohindra; Principal Secretary, Health, court on behalf of the government Satish Chandra; Director, and the minister. He had assured the court of speedy recruitment of Health Services, Dr Jaspal specialists in the hospital under the Kaur; and Kapurthala Deputy Health minister Commissioner Mohhamad National Health Mission (NHM).

Braham Mohindra He also gave an undertaking to Tayyab for not appearing in the court despite repeated summons issued to fill vacant posts of staff nurse. Dr Bhalla had them in the last six months. The minister and also promised that Jan Aushadi Kendra would officials were summoned in a case filed by Suket be opened. Dr Rajiv Prashar, president PCMS Gupta, president, Human Rights Press Club, specialists, Civil Hospital, Kapurthala, in his alleging harassment of patients and doctors undertaking to the court, had claimed that only due to lack of infrastructure at Civil Hospital, 21 doctors were working against the sanctioned Kapurthala. Taking cognisance of concerns posts of 33 and there was no gynaecologist and raised by the medical fraternity in Kapurthala, radiologist in the hospital.

3 held after altercation marks Bluestar anniversary at Golden Temple Amidst heavy security arrangements by the SGPC, civil administration and the police, there were a few tense moments at the 34th Bluestar anniversary at Golden Temple when three unidentified youth attempted to create ruckus. However, the prayer ceremony passed off peacefully. They were reportedly caught and beaten up by SGPC task force and later police detained them for further investigation. Contrary to the expectation, the “parallel” acting jathedar Dhyan Singh Mand and his supporters were conspicuous by their absence, though they had earlier issued statement to deliver customary address from the ground floor of the Akal Takht. Terming the Army attack on Golden Temple and highest Sikh Temporal seat as callous attitude of the erstwhile “Indian government”, Jathedar compared it with “Mughal” and “British”-era.

Realtor fined for undue charges, harassment In a strong message to builders taking investors for a ride with false promises, the Punjab State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ordered TDI Infratech Limited (formerly Taneja Developers & Infrastructure Ltd) to refund illegally charged amounts on at least five questionable accounts to seven complainants. The “unjustified” charges were levied on account of VAT, service tax, external development charges, car parking and club membership varying between Rs 2.24 lakh and Rs 6.50 lakh for flats in its project Wellington Heights, TDI City, Mohali.

Policy to safeguard river waters soon Water Resources and River Development Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Wednesday said the Central government was in the process of drafting a long-term policy to safeguard river waters in the country. Meghwal, along with officials of the Gurdaspur administration and the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), visited Chadha Sugar Mills. The mill was in the eye of the storm when molasses, a byproduct of the sugar manufacturing process, spilled into the Beas on May 16, disturbing the ecological balance of the river. Raman Kochhar, who has been given the additional charge of the SDM, Batala, too accompanied the minister. Meghwal refused to comment on what action the Central Pollution Board would be taking against the mill. Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Gurlovleen Singh Sidhu had instructed Batala SDM Rohit Gupta, who is on leave till June 8, to conduct a magisterial inquiry after the spillage was first noticed on May 16.

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34th anniversary of Operation Bluestar passes peacefully Barring minor altercations and sloganeering, the prayer ceremony to mark the 34th anniversary of operation Bluestar at Golden Temple complex here passed off peacefully. Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh appeared to be courteous towards “pro-freedom” Sikh organisations. In his customary “sandesh” (address), without mentioning the name of “Khalistan”, he categorically stated that the Congress during the pre-Independence era had promised Sikhs of giving a separate independent state, which was never fulfilled. Rather, the Indian forces attacked Akal Takht and the Golden Temple in 1984, making the Sikh community have a sense of “slavery”. A yellow triangular “Khalistan” flag was unfurled at the Akal Takht podium by the SAD (Amritsar), led

by Simranjit Singh Mann. The jathedar did not take exception to it and said Mann had attentively listened to the “sandesh” read by him. “It was part of their programme to unfurl

the flag. They didn’t create any trouble. Mann sahib deserves appreciation for being calm during the customary address. I am pleased to find that no attempt was made to vitiate the peaceful atmosphere of the Golden Temple complex,” he said.

“Parallel” acting jathedar Dhian Singh Mand, appointed during the controversial 2015 Sarbat Khalsa at Chabba, was conspicuous by his absence. He was earlier adamant on delivering the customary address from the Akal Takht only, as he had been doing since 2015. Talking to The Tribune, the jathedar hinted that there was every possibility of all disgruntled Sikh groups coming on one platform at Akal Takht and resolving the differences. General secretary of the SAD (Amritsar) Jarnail Singh Sakhira said though there was no major clash or resistance shown to them by the SGPC this time, only Dhian Singh Mand could lead the Sikh community.

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Former Presiden Mukherjee’s daughter lashes out at him A day before former President Pranab Mukherjee speaks at an RSS function in Nagpur, his daughter and Delhi Congress spokesperson Sharmistha Mukherjee hit out at him, saying the Sangh Parivar is already calling his visit

an endorsement of the saffron ideology.

She tweeted that BJP’s “dirty tricks department” is sure to use the footage of his address to Sangh volunteers at the RSS headquarters to spread false accounts and rumours.

Shiv Sena mocks BJP hours before Amit Shah and Uddhav Thackeray meet in Mumbai Hours before Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s meeting with BJP president Amit Shah, the party mouthpiece Saamna criticised its ally’s outreach programme ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ and reiterated that it would contest the 2019 polls “independently”.

An editorial ‘Saamana’ on Wednesday questioned the reason behind Shah’s meetings with the NDA allies and pointed to the BJP’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls. “The Shiv Sena showed

its strength in the Palghar bypoll. In such a situation, the 2019 Lok Sabha polls can be one reason behind the BJP chief ’s Sampark Abhiyan,” the editorial said.

Making fun of the BJP, the Sena said the party has launched a global outreach programme, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a world tour and Shah on a domestic one. “The BJP has lost sampark [contact] with the people of the country, and it should introspect why it has happened,” the Marathi daily said

Delhi court summons Congress MP Shashi Tharoor as accused in wife Sunanda’s death A Delhi court summoned the Congress leader Shashi Tharoor as an accused in case related to his wife’s death and asked him to appear in court on July 7, saying there were sufficient grounds to proceed the case against him.

Delhi additional chief metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal took cognisance of the offences of alleged abetment of suicide and Tharoor listening to his wife Sunanda Pushkar in good old days. police report (charge sheet), I take cognisance committing cruelty by Tharoor towards his wife Sunanda Pushkar. of offence of abetment of suicide of late “I have heard the prosecutor. I have gone Sunanda Pushkar and committing cruelty through and perused the charge sheet and the upon her by Dr Shashi Tharoor,” the judge said. documents filed along with it. On the basis of

Karnataka finally gets a Cabinet Two weeks after H D Kumaraswamy was sworn in + with great fanfare as CM of Karnataka, he finally got a 25-member cabinet + with 15 from Congress and 10 from JD(S) taking oath as ministers on Wednesday.

But almost immediately, challenges facing the JD(S)-Congress combine became apparent as dissidence reared its ugly head in both the parties. Congress high command’s

imprint was all over the party’s list as many heavyweights of the previous Siddaramiah government were given the boot. H K Patil, RamalingaReddy, R Roshan Baig, M B Patil and Tanveer Sait were dropped leading to protests from their followers. M B Patil, who spearheaded the ill-fated move to give Lingayats a separate religion status, took exception to his omission

India borrows Rs 6,000 crore form World Bank for ground water management World Bank has approved India’s Rs 6,000 crore central scheme which aims to improve ground water management in priority areas in the country through community participation over a period of five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23, said the Union water resources ministry on Wednesday.

The ministry will soon seek Cabinet approval for the scheme - called Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY). The priority areas identified under the scheme fall in Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar PradeshThese states represent about 25% of the total number.

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Cricketer Kohli 83rd among world’s highest-paid athletes Cricket captain Virat Kohli is among the world’s highestpaid athletes, according to a Forbes’ compilation topped by American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather.

Kohli, the only sportsperson from India to be featured in the list, is ranked 83rd with earnings of US$ 24 million.

Surprisingly, the ‘World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018’ compilation is an all-male affair with no women being featured in the list.

Kohli, 29, is not just cricket-crazy India’s biggest name but is also one of the most popular athletes in the world, “boasting more

Kohli with his wife Anuskha Sharma

Twitter followers (25 million-plus) than all but three active sports stars”, Forbes said.

The ‘World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2018’ list is topped by 41-year-old Mayweather, with US$ 285 million earnings.

Mumbai braces for more heavy rains & flooding After a cloudy morning, rains hit Mumbai with full force at around 11.30 am. The diaster management unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation had earlier issued a warning saying that the rains are likely to continue for the next 24-48 hours.Bombay Municipal Corporation has cancelled Saturday and Sunday offs of its officers after heavy rain warnings issued

by India Meteorological Dept. However, the afternoon once again witnessed cloudy skies with slight bursts of drizzle.

A Hindustan Times report said that the Indian Navy would step in in case the situation got worse.

KS Hosalikar, DDG, IMD, Mumbai, while

speaking to DNA said that it was a still premosoon rain. “The Monsoon has arrived up to Goa. In th next 24 hours, it will reach Southern Maharashtra / Konkan, and is expected to reach Mumbai in the next 2-3 days. Heavy rain warnings for Mumbai were issued 2 days back which are still in place with some updates. As per current forecasts, the intensity of rain to decrease as per our latest forecast,” he said, adding that a monsoon update bulletin will be issued later in the day, which will be shared with the state government and the media.

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Singapore re-sanctifies 148-year-old Hindu temple Communications and Information Minister S Iswaran and priests flown in from India led some 10,000 devotees at a ceremony to re-sanctify a 148-year old Hindu temple here. The ceremony that began at 9:15 am on Sunday, marked the start of a 48-day consecration process of the temple that underwent renovation for over four years at a cost of nearly SGD 4 million, The Straits Times reported today.

Maha Samprokshanam, as the ceremony is called, is organised every 12 to 15 years in Singapore’s Hindu temples, many of which were built

by Indian migrants over 100 years ago. In the four-year process, the temple committee

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collaborated with artists and technical advisers to review and endorse ideas for the renovation. The dome and the statues around it were clad in gold-plated copper, while decorative works on the pillars required two sculptors crafting them on site for over three years. In the main hall, eight cement shrines were replaced with onyx sanctums.

The stone, chosen for its durability, were sourced from India and tested at the National University of Singapore for authenticity and hardiness. The Sri Krishnan Temple was established in 1870 in Waterloo Street, which was then known as Church Street.

Suicide bomber kills 8 and wounding many in Kabul A suicide bomber on motorcycle killed at least eight people near a gathering of clerics in the Kabul after they issued a fatwa against suicide bombings, officials said, the latest in a series of attacks hit Kabul.

The bomb exploded at the entrance to a giant tent, near residential buildings in the west of Kabul, after most the clerics had left, a witness said. Children and women living nearby were crying as they gathered with their families. “People were wounded, people were

shouting,” a witness said. No group claimed responsibility for attack, which underlines deteriorating security situation ahead of parliamentary and district council elections set for October 20. Taliban, fighting to restore Islamic law after their 2001 ouster at the hands of US-led troops, denied any involvement.

More than 2,000 religious scholars from across the country began meeting at Loya Jirga (Grand Jirga Council) tent, denouncing years of conflict.

Sri Lanka President shuts TV network linked to PM A television network owned by the family of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was suspended by the island’s telecom regulator Tuesday, worsening a power struggle in the fractious ruling coalition.

The closure of Telshan Network comes

days after the station criticised President Maithripala Sirisena, who promised to end an era of draconian restrictions on the country’s media. Sirisena, who rules in an unsteady coalition with Wickremesinghe, has specific oversight of the telecom regulator. the Gurdwara Management Committee.

Mr. Khaira explained his role in the Captain Amrinder Singh government and briefly explained the main purpose of his visit.

He mentioned that he has come to listen to the concerns of NRIs. This started a very healthy discussion about the problems that NRIs face in the Punjab. Mr. Khaira took note of these concerns and assured all present that he will do his best to address them. In this context he mentioned a number of measures that have been put in place to facilitate matters for NRIs. It was a very pleasant and productive discussion.

As a token of appreciation, Mr. Asa Singh Johal, Chairman, India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas presented a plaque to Mr. Khaira and thanked him for his commitment and dedication in helping the Punjabi NRI community.

Balwant Sanghera India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas, Richmond, BC

Prominent businessm & educator Darshan Singh Khaira honoured

Mr. Darshan Singh Khaira, General Secretary, Punjab Pardesh Congress, NRI Department is a prominent businessman and educator with extensive experience in business, technology, education and many other areas .

He is currently visiting Canada and the United States. Born and raised in Alhoran Khurd village in Nabha Tehsil of Patiala District in the Punjab, Mr. Khaira has commendable achievements to his credit. During his recent visit to Metro Vancouver, Mr. Khaira has been very generous with his time and meeting not only his friends and relatives but also members of the Indo-Canadian community in general and Punjabis in particular. As Punjab government’s main contact with the NRIS he has been seeking advice from all over. This is an excellent initiative on his part. In this context, he has managed to visit a number of community groups and places of worship.

Darshan Singh Khaira, General Secretary, Punjab Pardesh Congress, NRI Department, a prominent businessman and educator with extensive experience in business, technology, education and many other areas . He is currently visiting Canada. Pictured above Darshan Singh Khaira was honored at Gurdwara Nanak Niwas in Richmond last week.

On Saturday, June 1, Mr. Khaira was kind enough to visit India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas in Richmond. He

was extended a very warm welcome by Chairman Asa Singh Johal and members of

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Bollywood star Ileana Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful message for Fiji students Bollywood star Ileana Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Cruz delighted scores of students in Fiji when she visited Rampur Primary School in Navua yesterday, Wednesday, June 6.

And the 30-year-old starâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message to students was to always believe in themselves while growing up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter what people say, they might say you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do something and not encourage

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Indian market since 2017 and visited the Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Cruz told the students. school with Tourism Minister Faiyaz Koya. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You be the big powerhouse behind you.

Koya said Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Cruz was in Fiji to explore Always tell yourself that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing various activities and showcase more of you cannot do,â&#x20AC;? she said. Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Cruz has been the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique offerings to potential Tourism Fijiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brand ambassador for the travellers from India.

Police investigate manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death in Sigatoka Police are investigating an incident at Olosara in Sigatoka where a man in his late 40s was found motionless outside his home last night. Fiji Police spokesperson Ana Naisoro said the man had visible injuries and

was rushed to the Sigatoka Hospital where he was pronounced dead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cause of death will be determined after a post mortem examination,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Fijian father and son among victims in missing Kenyan plane A cessna aircraft that has been reported missing went doaqn, it is reported that Fijian father and son amongh the victims.

The Christian Mission Fellowship International is holding prayer for one of its missionary Pastor Sakaraia Mataka who along with his son was on board a plane that was reported missing in Kenya. A statement from the Church said the pastor and his son Paula were traveling from Kitale to Nairobi enroute to Fiji. Mr Mataka and his family have been based in Kitale for more than 10 years.

The President and Founder of CMFI, Reverend Suliasi Kurulo, said Pastor Mataka was a faithful and committed servant of the Lord and the church would continue to stand prayerful and hopeful as the search continued.

According to Kenyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s media outlet Standard Digital, the 5Y-CAC Cessna Caravan aircraft went missing on Tuesday evening.

It reported that the light aircraft with a maximum of eight passengers and two crew

members was enroute the Jomo Kenyata International Airport from Kitale.

Australian woman charged with riding horse while drunk A woman has been charged after allegedly riding a horse to a bottle shop while she was more than four times the legal alcohol limit.

Police in Logan, south of Brisbane, were called to a tavern about 11:30pm on Monday over a woman refusing to leave the premises.

They said upon arrival the female allegedly rode the horse through the drive-through section of the tavern and appeared heavily intoxicated. The woman was arrested and taken to Logan Central Police Station, where

she allegedly provided a positive blood alcohol concentration of .226 per cent.

Officers walked the horse back to Logan Central Police Station while the woman was processed. Council workers later assisted in walking the horse back to a Marsden address.

The 51-year-old woman was charged with being in charge of a horse whilst under the influence of liquor. She is due to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court on June 26.

More than 500 receive small business grant MORE than 500 recipients today received grants of up to $1000 through the fourth phase of the 2017-2018 Micro and Small business grant disbursement by the Government.

Minister for Trade, Industry, Tourism, Land and Mineral Resources Faiyaz Koya said the grant would More than 500 recipients today received grants of up to $1000 through assist small business owners the fourth phase of the 2017-2018 Micro and Small business grant in Navua. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We will witness the He said the grant would not only assist the disbursement of cheques for 554 successful recipients that will be engaging respective businesses of the recipients but it in various business ventures from handicraft, will also generate economic activity for the farming to baking to frozen food selling and wonderful town of Navua. tailoring to name a few,â&#x20AC;? Mr Koya said.

Rabuka denies any wrong doing in his declaration of assets

It said that according to reports it received, the aircraftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last contact was at 5pm when it allegedly crashed, 25 miles north of the Aberdare.

It reported that the two pilots were experienced and it feared the aircraft flew into bad weather over Aberdare forest around Kinangop in Nyandarua where its signals were last traced to at 5pm on the day.

It also stated that efforts by Kenya Civil Aviation Authority, Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Air Accident Investigation Division of Kenya to locate it were ongoing.

Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) Leader Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka denied providing false declaration of assets, income and liabilities to the Supervisor of Elections.

Rabuka appeared before Magistrate Jioji Boseiwaqa for his plea and was represented by defence lawyers Filimoni Vosarogo and Lynda Tabuya.

Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption senior lawyer Rashmi Aslam appeared for the prosecution.Rabuka is charged under Section 24 (1) (a) and 24 (5) of the Political Parties (Registration, Conduct, Funding and Disclosures) Act of 2013.

It is alleged that on or about December 29, 2017, as the leader of registered political party namely SODELPA, Rabuka allegedly provided a false declaration of assets and liabilities to the Supervisor of Elections.

He allegedly did this by failing to provide information namely, the tax liability with

Fiji Revenue and Customs Service in the amount of $316,956.20, the investment and interest income with Raghwan Construction Limited in the amount of $200,000 and $16,000 respectively and the liability with the said Raghwan Construction Limited in the amount of $120,000.

Both counsels had no objections to Magistrate Boseiwaqa hearing the matter after it was revealed in the first court sitting that Magistrate Boseiwaqaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father attended school with the accused in the 1960s.

Mr Aslam then revealed in court that they would be relying on Rabukaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alleged full admission and confession in his caution interview.Mr Vosarogo responded saying they were in agreement with FICACâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position on the issue of recusal and they would furnish the prosecution and the court within seven days with voir dire grounds to challenge Rabukaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alleged confessions.

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Wasim Akram & three others send legal notice to Reham about controversial remarks she wrote in her book World renowned cricketer Bukhari and Anil Khawaja, turned politician Imran Khan’s claiming that the manuscript former wife (for few months) of her book contains a “litany Reham Khan has been served of malicious, false, incorrect, legal notice by Cricket legend highly misleading, callous, Wasim Akram and three other, wanton, tortuous, prejudicial, after Reham made sensational damaging, libelous and disclosures about their sex lives defamatory” imputations Wasim Akram, an Internationally against in her upcoming book. its clients. The The notice sent by Reham’s known sportsman, cricketer and notice includes some highly media personality. first husband Doctor Ijaz sensational allegations that Rehman. Wasim Reham has made in her manuscript about Akram, Zulfiqar Wasim Akram and the three others. At pages Bukhari (British 402 and 572 of the leaked online content of businessman) the book, Reham accused Wasim Akram and Ms Anila of using his former wife (late) to carry out K h a w a j a , his sexual fantasies by arranging a black Tehreek-i-Insaf man to have sex with her while he watched. party’s media “This is grossly defamatory, indecent and coordinator claims that Reham (pictured) disrespectful to our client’s late wife. Wasim defamed them in her autobiography, the Akram is an Internationally well known manuscript of the book which was leaked sportsman, cricketer and media personality online recently. The upcoming book who is acknowledged by cricket world as reportedly includes details of her interactions an expert and that he is one of the best fast with various celebrities and her brief bowlers and all-rounders in history of First marriage with Imran Khan which ended Class Cricket”. in divorce few months later. A “pre-action On page 464 of the book, Zulfiqar Bukhari, defamation protocol” letter, was issued by Imran Khan’s London-based top aide, has a West London Law firm to Reham on May been accused of doing dirty work for Imran 30, on behalf of Reham’s ex-husband Dr Khan.

Rehmaan, Cricketer Wasim Akram, Zulfiqar A civil court in Multan issued stay order on

Supreme Court upholds conviction in Justice Iftikhar’s case Supreme Court upheld the conviction of seven senior officials, including police officers, in the manhandling case of former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, a verdict that closes one the most unpleasant chapters in the judicial history of the country. Justice Iftikhar was roughed up, which included dragging him by the hair, on March 13 last year when he was going to Supreme court to answer the allegation of misuse of

office before the Supreme Judicial Council.

Case was registered against then chief commissioner Khalid Pervaiz, deputy commissioner Chaudhry Mohammad Ali, Inspector General Police Chaudhry Iftikhar Ahmed, Senior Superintendent Police Zafar Iqbal, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jamil Hashmi, inspector Rukhsar Mehdi and assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Mohammad Siraj.

Hindu woman prepares to fight feudal system Sunita Parmar, the first Hindu woman to contest the upcoming provincial assembly elections from Tharparkar in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, has refused to bow down to political pressure and withdraw her candidature. Sunita, a woman from Hindu Meghwar community, has been facing increasing pressure from the male-dominated feudal landlords in the impoverished Tharparkar district not to contest the elections on July 25. But breaking barriers, Sunita insisted she wanted to challenge the status quo based on the feudal-electoral system in Tharparkar and has filed her nomination papers as an independent candidate from PS-

56. The 30-year old insisted she is contesting the elections because no political party had done anything to improve the lives and facilities for the people of Thar. “Thari women are even ready to fight the lion now after so many disappointments,” she told PTI over phone. Sindh’s southern bordering district Tharparkar has the highest number of Hindus minorities in Pakistan. According to census 2017, the total population of Tharparkar district is 1.6 million out of which around half of the population is Hindus. Sunita said she wanted to play a role in resolving the issues of healthcare, clean drinking water and education for the people of Thar.

Interim gov’t takes charge till July election Six-member caretaker cabinet sworn in Islamabad on Tuesday in oath taking ceremony at President House. President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to newly-inducted members of the cabinet, who will assist the caretaker Prime Minister, Justice Nasirul Mulk (retd), media reported.

The ceremony was attended by Justice Naasirul Mulk along with other dignitaries.

Caretaker cabinet will serve until new

government is elected through general elections scheduled to be held on July 25.

Supreme Court issues notice to Musharraf on plea seeking recovery of losses due to the controversial law Supreme Court has issued a notice to former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on a petition seeking recovery of huge losses the country incurred after the promulgation of a controversial law in 2007 which gave amnesty to several politicians in all court cases. Musharraf had signed the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), paving the way for a power-sharing deal with

former prime minister Benazir Bhutto. The ordinance gave amnesty to Bhutto and other political leaders -- except then exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif -- in all court cases against them.

Through this National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) which was later declared illegal by the court, several politicians and others were pardoned and their cases quashed.

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However, a Law Commission report has recommended that the time limit to register marriages should

be restricted to 30 days after which a penalty of Rs 5 per day could be imposed.

“NRI marriages have to be registered within 48 hours, else the passport and visas would not be issued,” Gandhi said, adding that the WCD Ministry is in the process of issuing orders to the registrars that details of such marriages should be provided to it so that a central database can be maintained.

Mosque and Gurdwara set on fire in UK An Indian American IT executive has been convicted of sexually assaulting, choking and beating a woman he met on a dating website and faces up to 25 years in jail, the media reported. Sanjay Tripathy, 48, of North Carolina was found guilty this week of criminal sex act, sex abuse, assault, strangulation and unlawful imprisonment in connection to the June 15, 2016 attack on the 38-year-

old woman at a hotel in Times Square, the New York Daily News reported. =The father of two children is scheduled to be sentenced on July 18.

Tripathy was ordered held without bail by Justice Erika Edwards after his conviction in Manhattan Supreme Court. He met the 38-year-old victim on a website that pairs rich older men with attractive younger women.

5 year jail for Indian-American IS supporter for lying in attempt to join US military A 28-year-old Indian-American, who was raised Hindu before converting to Islam, has been sentenced to five years in jail for passport fraud and making false statements in his application to join the US military. Shivam Patel, a supporter of the Islamic State terror group, told an FBI undercover employee that he wanted to commit jihad, the US Justice Department said.

The Williamsburg, Virginia man was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for passport fraud and making false statements in his application to join the US military, it said in a press release. Patel was also ordered to pay $4,000 in fines in connection with two counts of making false statements during his military application process, The VirginianPilot reported.

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7 men accused of touching girls at Roseville water park in California Seven men were arrested and accused of inappropriately touching several young girls on Memorial Day at Golfland Sunsplash water park in Roseville, police said. Sunsplash officials received reports of several men touching girls on Monday, police said. After children and family reported the inappropriate behavior, Golfland Sunsplash security separated the victims and kept the suspects together in a group before police arrived. Witness statements, in conjunction with Sunsplash security personnel, led officers to have probable cause to arrest the seven men on multiple charges, Roseville police said.

The suspects have been identified as: Gursharanpal Banga, 34 Manpreet Singh Dhillon, 26 Lakhveer Singh Gill, 30Baljinder

Singh Khaira, 38 Balwinder Singh Malhi, 32Dharampal Singh, 21, Harpreet Singh Talwar, 18.

“It appears that the individuals worked in a coordinated fashion to get a young victim near them or around them and then they proceeded to inappropriately touch the victim,” said Rob Baquera, with the Roseville Police Department. “The kids involved in this situation reported it to on-site security and on-site security immediately reported it to the police department. That’s how we were able to apprehend these individuals.” Steve Rodgers, general manager with Golfland Sunsplash, said the men were doing other abnormal behavior before their arrests.

Indian American techie convicted of sexually assaulting ‘date’ An Indian American IT executive has been convicted of sexually assaulting, choking and beating a woman he met on a dating website and faces up to 25 years in jail, the media reported. Sanjay Tripathy, 48, of North Carolina was found guilty this week of criminal sex act, sex abuse, assault, strangulation and unlawful imprisonment in connection to the June 15, 2016 attack on the 38-year-old woman at a hotel in Times Square, the New York Daily News reported. =The father of two children is scheduled to be sentenced on July 18. Tripathy was ordered held without bail by Justice Erika Edwards after his conviction in Manhattan Supreme Court. He met the 38-year-old

victim on a website that pairs rich older men with attractive younger women. Tripathy had advertised himself on the site “as a catch with $10 million in the bank”. The victim said that on the day of the incident she and Tripathy were on a date.

He had asked her to his room with the promise of a “gift” after they had drinks at the hotel bar. He is reported to have turned violent on reaching the room. The woman said he threatened to kill her before he “punched her in the face some 20 times and forced her to perform oral sex on him”. “He said, ‘I am going to kill you. You are going to die’,” Assistant District Attorney Kristen Baraiola told jurors,

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Indian-American boy wins Spelling Bee contest Karthik Nemmani, a 14-yearold Indian-American boy, won the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee prize last week, taking home more than $42,000 in cash and prizes after correctly spelling “koinonia” to become the 14th champion from the community in 11 consecutive years.

An eighth-grader from McKinney, Texas, Karthik won the spelling competition after numerous rounds against Naysa Modi, another Indian-American student, underscoring the overwhelming dominance of Indian-Americans in the competition.

Karthik and Naysa were the last two standing of the initial 516 spellers.

“I had confidence, but I didn’t think it would really happen,” he said, adding that he knew he would correctly spell the word, meaning Christian fellowship or communion, as soon as he heard it. Karthik received $40,000 and a trophy from the Scripps Bee, a $2,500 cash prize (and a complete reference library) from Merriam-Webster, trips to New York and Hollywood as part of a media tour,

and a pizza party for their school. Fortyone spellers advanced to the finals yesterday out of a field of 516, by far the largest in the 93-year history of the competition at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Maryland to battle it out for the title of champion. The 16 finalists ranged in age from 11 to 14 and included nine girls and seven boys. Karthik said he went 20 rounds toe-to-toe with Naysa in their local Bee, only to be invited to the National Spelling Bee through the RSVBee programme - where they would again square off on stage, the Spelling Bee said in a statement.

34 months jails for spiking drink to rape 21-year-old flatmate Singapore: An Indian national who spiked his compatriot flatmate’s drink with the intention to rape her was sentenced to two years and 10 months in jail and three strokes of the cane. Annadurai Prabakaran, a private hire bus driver who has worked in Singapore for more than seven years, started having thoughts about having sex with his flatmate, a 21-year-old, on December 8 last year, according to court documents. “He thus planned to drug her and have sexual

intercourse with her while she was asleep,” the Channel News Asia reported citing court documents. The next day, he bought two of what he thought were sleeping pills for 2 dollars.He used one pill to do a test to ensure that the pill would be colourless when dissolved. Three days later, he put the other pill into a bottle of water that his flatmate had left unattended. The victim took a sip of the water and spat it out when she realised it tasted bitter, according to the report.

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Salman on Jacqueline & Daisyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action sequence in Race 3 He is back in his shirtless action-star avatar with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Race 3â&#x20AC;? but Salman Khan says the stakes are higher this time as they have tried to keep the stunts realistic yet high octane.â&#x20AC;?Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tricky (to get the action right).

Sometimes, you go overboard and when you go realistic, they (audience) prefer the earlier filmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; action...

So we needed to be careful. Action has to look genuine, believable. It canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look farcical and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make you laugh.

Physically also, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of strain and hard work. If you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look the part, physically and end up doing unbelievable action, then people laugh at you,â&#x20AC;? Salman said in a group interview here. The 52-year-old actor said it is easy to use special effects for action sequences but they decided against it

as they wanted them to be believable, even when they were blowing up expensive cars.â&#x20AC;?Tom Struthers is the guys who had done action for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Tiger Zinda Haiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also done action for Christopher Nolan films like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dunkirkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Batmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; series. While we were shooting, they saw it and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve shot for so many blockbusters, but we have never seen somebody go ahead and destroy these many carsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

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Box Office India has listed Kumar as one of the most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.[2][3] [4] He became the first Bollywood actor whose movies have crossed respectively the Rs 2000 crore (â&#x201A;š20 billion (US$300 million) in 2013 [5] and the Rs 3000 crore (â&#x201A;š30 billion (US$450 million)) in 2016 [6] in their domestic net lifetime collection. Having done so, he has established himself as one of the prominent actors of the Hindi cinema.

When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was known for his appearances in films of the Khiladi series as well as other action films such as Mohra (1994), Main Khiladi Tu Anari (1994), Sapoot (1996) and Angaaray (1998). Later, Kumar also gained fame for his drama, romantic and comic roles. He earned critical acclaim for his portrayal of a hysterical professor in Sangharsh (1999) and

a criminal in Jaanwar (1999). His performances in romantic films like Dhadkan (2000), Andaaz (2003) and Namastey London (2007); drama films like Waqt (2005) and Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007); comedy films like Hera Pheri (2000), Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Garam Masala (2005), Bhagam Bhag (2006) and Singh Is Kinng (2008) were all well received. In 2007, he starred in four consecutive commercially successful films. Kumar hit a rough patch since 2009 to 2011 but came back with two successes, Housefull 2 (2012) and Rowdy Rathore (2012) with both of them grossing over â&#x201A;š1 billion (US$15 million). His other films like OMG (2012), Special 26 (2012), Holiday (2014) and Gabbar Is Back (2015) were highly successful critically and commercially.

From January 2016 to August 2017, he starred in five domestic net â&#x201A;š100 crore plus grossers in a row with films Airlift (2016), Housefull 3 (2016), Rustom (2016), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) and Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017) In times when breakups and divorce have become a regular thing, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna are writing their love story even after 16 years of their marriage.

They, undoubtedly, are the power couple of the tinsel town. They might have contrasting character traits but when it comes to loving each other Akshay and Twinkle give some hard relationship goals to their fans. However, just like us, they too experience moments when one of them forgets anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday or their wedding

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Film: ‘Veere di wedding’

Story: Kalindi (Kareena Kapoor Khan), Avni (Sonam Kapoor Ahuja), Sakshi (Swara Bhasker) and Meera (Shikha Talsania) are childhood friends. Kalindi and Rishabh (Sumeet Vyas) are getting married, and the four gal pals come together for their veere’s wedding. But of course, there can be no shaadi without showsha and a lot of drama. This wedding celebration brings out skeletons from the closet, unspoken truths and some harsh realities as well.

Review: Four friends dealing with life, love, marriage and heartbreak isn’t an unheard of concept.

But what makes ‘Veere Di Wedding’ a unique prospect is that here the pack of performers, is led by four ladies who make their choices, stand by them and have the guts to live their life the they want. There’s nothing holding back these gutsy girls. They speak their mind with fearless abandon, while they’re talking about sex before marriage, the lack of it post marriage, about orgasms and sex toys. They

giggle and laugh over it and analyse their own situations in life with a certain objectivity, which many may or may not agree with. It’s refreshing to see a film present its women characters, in not just a progressive light, but also with umpteen flaws and cracks. It gives them the freedom to make mistakes and move on and that’s the beauty of it. These girls are unabashed using cuss words to express their angst or get high and happy to let their hair down. They don’t feel compelled to explain themselves or justify their actions, and that is one of the highlights of the film.

The story introduces you to the four characters and sheds light on their complexities. Kalindi can’t come to terms with the idea of marriages and the other challenges that come with it. She’s just going with flow because she’s in love. Avni can’t seem to find a soul mate though her nagging mom (Neena Gupta) is desperately trying to find her a suitable matrimonial match. Sakshi is a little too fiery to be tamed by relationships and Meera is married to a firang and they have a young child, but her marriage isn’t a cake walk either. The best part of Director’s Shashanka Ghosh’s ‘Veere Di Wedding’ is the vibe that these veeres share and their conversational chemistry. They are like any four millennial girls who live their life carefree.

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Nobody heard zilch about the love Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi shared for each other. But the adoration eventually culminated into marriage. The couple got married in an intimate wedding ceremony in Delhi on May 11. The wedding was such a closed-door affair that fans, followers and media got to know about it only after the pictures of the two performing wedding rituals came out.

But now the tables have turned! The lovely pair is much more open about their relationship and is embracing the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;couple stardomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

Taking a step ahead on the same line, the newly weds are planning to host a wedding reception in the first week of July.

Angad Bedi himself reavealed this during an interview with Mid-Day, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are hoping to host a reception in the first week of July. Shaadi toh kar li, but we have to go reverse now.â&#x20AC;?

Any guesses on how glamorous the entire affair will be? The wedding reception will sure have the air to allure, if nothing else!

Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi had recently hosted a very small bash for the closest friends which included Karan Johar.

While talking about the guests invited at their mini-celebration, Angad told the daily that his wife has a sizeable list of friends from the industry. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want my close friends to be there. Right now, all of them are busy. [Ashish] Nehra is not in town. From the film industry, I want Mr [Amitabh] Bachchan and Salman [Khan] bhai to be there, and they are both caught up right now,â&#x20AC;? he added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Between the cricket and Bollywood industries, we should have a guest list of 2,000 people,â&#x20AC;? he concluded.

Neha and Angad are househunting at the moment, and the reception will only happen once they find the right house to begin their new and happy lives in. Next on the cards for Neha is a film named Eela, where she will be sharing screen space with Kajol. The film is a Pradeep Sarkar directorial. Angad, on the other hand, is

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Indian American actor Vandit Bhatt says there were many misrepresentations about people of color, but they are being wiped

out due to increasing conversations around inclusion. The actor, who traces his roots to Hyderabad, is glad that he never had to play a stereotypical character.

Asked about the impact of the diversity debate concerning the ongoing stir around a South Asian character called Apu from “The Simpsons”, Vandit Bhatt told IANS over the phone from New York: “I will be

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honest with you. I feel like things are changing for the better and this is from my personal experience.

“When I started acting, there were far more misrepresentations.” Apu had to grapple with the troubling stereotype of a convenience store clerk with an exaggerated, fake Indian accent since the show’s inception. So, has anything changed?

“I have been acting professionally in the States for the last 10-15 years. In this time span, I feel

like it has changed so much. I have had so many more opportunities.

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Prominent businessm & educator Darshan Singh Khaira honoured Mr. Darshan Singh Khaira, General Secretary, Punjab Pardesh Congress, NRI Department is a prominent businessman and educator with extensive experience in business, technology, education and many other areas .

He is currently visiting Canada and the United States. Born and raised in Alhoran Khurd village in Nabha Tehsil of Patiala District in the Punjab, Mr. Khaira has commendable achievements to his credit. During his recent visit to Metro Vancouver, Mr. Khaira has been very generous with his time and meeting not only his friends and relatives but also members of the Indo-Canadian community in general and Punjabis in particular. As Punjab governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main contact with the NRIS he has been seeking advice from all over. This is an excellent initiative on his part. In this context, he has managed to visit a number of community groups and places of worship.

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Darshan Singh Khaira, General Secretary, Punjab Pardesh Congress, NRI Department, a prominent businessman and educator with extensive experience in business, technology, education and many other areas . He is currently visiting Canada. Pictured above Darshan Singh Khaira was honored at Gurdwara Nanak Niwas in Richmond last week.

enough to visit India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas in Richmond.

He was extended a very warm welcome by

Chairman Asa Singh Johal and members of the Gurdwara Management Committee.

Mr. Khaira explained his role in the Captain

Amrinder Singh government and briefly explained the main purpose of his visit. He mentioned that he has come to listen to the concerns of NRIs. This started a very healthy discussion about the problems that NRIs face in the Punjab. Mr. Khaira took note of these concerns and assured all present that he will do his best to address them. In this context he mentioned a number of measures that have been put in place to facilitate matters for NRIs. It was a very pleasant and productive discussion.

As a token of appreciation, Mr. Asa Singh Johal, Chairman, India Cultural Centre of Canada Gurdwara Nanak Niwas presented a plaque to Mr. Khaira and thanked him for his commitment and dedication in helping the Punjabi NRI community.

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With tighter m o r t g a g e qualification rules, layered in with provincial real-estate tax changes, property markets are starting to shift.

However, parsing out the whether the provincial measures â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the speculation tax on second homes, school surtax on expensive homes and raising the property transfer tax â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are having a big, small or any impact on the housing market is an open question. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When we look at the overall downturn weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen in the market, I do not see it being at all attributable to provincial measures,â&#x20AC;? said Cameron Muir, chief economist for the B.C. Real Estate Association.

Muir said the declining demand, especially in the Lower Mainland, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is entirely attributableâ&#x20AC;? to new mortgagequalification rules, higher mortgage rates and already-high prices that have reduced the purchasing power of first-time buyers.

And he argued that some of the other tax measures, such as the foreign-buyers tax and Vancouverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s empty-homes tax, will apply to too few homes to make a difference to housing affordability.

In May, both of the Lower Mainlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s major real-estate boards saw sales fall

35 per cent below levels of the same month in 2017.

For the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, that was 2,833 sales in May compared with 4,364 a year ago. In the Fraser Valley, the numbers were 1,758 versus 2,707. And in both areas, inventories of unsold homes rose.

However, with so many factors, including the new federal-level mortgage rules and new provincial taxes, others argue itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of a challenge to sort out.

Tom Davidoff, an associate professor in the Sauder School of Business at the University of B.C., said tighter mortgage qualification rules are definitely impacting first-time buyers.

However, the effect of the new tax measures by the province and the City of Vancouver also make it more challenging for buyers to calculate what they should be willing to pay.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;On a month-by-month basis, I have no ability to say in particular which of those smoking guns shot the bullet that led to the change in (sales) activity,â&#x20AC;? Davidoff said.

B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recreational-property market is one area where owners can expect a dent in the values of their properties, depending where they are, according to a major realty firm, which points directly at the provincial speculation tax.

Royal LePage, in its annual recreational-property survey, estimated that, on average, the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vacation-property prices will dip 2.8 per cent in 2018 as out-of-province owners put properties on the market, increasing inventories. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Essentially, it is a tale of two markets,â&#x20AC;? said Royal LePage realtor Adil Dinani.

Those regions of B.C. now captured by the expanded B.C. speculation tax, which was

to target foreign owners who leave homes empty, can expect to see a short-term pullback in sales, and a deflation in prices. That includes Kelowna and West Kelowna in the Okanagan.

However, for the Gulf Islands and Qualicum Beach, where the tax doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apply, it should be â&#x20AC;&#x153;business as usual,â&#x20AC;? Dinani said.

Regardless of whether the provincial tax measures are having an affect right now, they remain popular moves, according to a new poll by the Research Co. That survey, of 800 British Columbians polled between May 27 and 29, found that 67 per cent of respondents believed that the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surtax on homes worth more than $3 million and $4 million was â&#x20AC;&#x153;very goodâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;good.â&#x20AC;? Support for expanding the speculation tax outside Metro Vancouver garnered the support of 76 per cent of respondents. The margin of error on the poll is plus or minus 3.5 per cent, 19 times out of 20. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has been handled well and there is definitely a lot of popular support for all these measures at this particular stage,â&#x20AC;? said Research Co. president Mario Canseco about a public that simply wants to see action on the housing front.

Canseco said the NDP governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s measures even score well with Liberal voters.

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Trends to look for in Vancouver’s housing market this summer As the weather warms up, industry experts agree that home sales and prices will continue cooling in Metro Vancouver as the market adjusts to stricter mortgage regulations and new BC housing policies.

“It’s a lot for the market to adjust to and it could take a little bit longer for the market to adjust to those measures,” RBC Senior Economist Robert Hogue tells BuzzBuzzNews.

Since February, year-over-year home sales have been declining in Metro Vancouver. In April, a total of 2,579 homes changed hands in the region, down 27 per cent from the 3,553 sales recorded in April 2017, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV).

A drop in activity is attributed to a combination of factors, including a new stress test implemented by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) on January 1, rising interest rates and new provincial housing policies announced in February.

The BC government’s housing plan includes raising the foreign buyers tax to 20 per cent, along with a new speculation tax expected to be introduced this fall.

“The 2018 provincial budget introduced new taxes, it hinted at future taxes and it hiked existing taxes. Combined with the federal government stress test, it definitely caused a cooling of the market,” REBGV

President Phil Moore tells BuzzBuzzNews.

Both Hogue and Moore agree that home sales will likely continue to ease in the

cent from the 4,907 homes listed a year ago.

“Typically, heading into the summer in the Vancouver market, inventory is at its peak.

We’ve been seeing an increase in listings in

coming months, as buyers and sellers react to the new mortgage regulations and taxes.

As demand is cooling, supply remains quite limited across the region, however listings are starting to pick up.

Last month, there were 5,820 listings on the market in the region, up roughly 19 per

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As for prices in Metro Vancouver, they have been easing since the beginning of the year and are expected to continue this trend in the coming months.

In April, the benchmark price of a home in the region was $1,092,000 — a 14 per cent increase from April 2017.

“In the very near-term, the most likely scenario is that prices might just kind of ease, not grow quite at the same pace. There might be some probability that prices might decline a little bit but at this stage the market remains quite balanced,” says Hogue.

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