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Canada Emergency Response Benefit to be extended by 8 weeks - PM Trudeau The federal government will be extending the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) eligibility period by eight weeks as the coronavirus pandemic continues.

Trudeau made the announcement during his daily press briefing at Rideau Cottage Tuesday morning.

“If you’ve been getting the CERB and you still can’t work because you’re unable to find a job or it’s just not possible, you will keep getting that $2,000 a month over the next few weeks,” he said.

The federal government opened applications for the aid program on April 6. rudeau said moving forward, the government is looking

at “international best practices” and will “monitor the economy and the progression of the virus to see what changes, if any, need to be made to the program so that more people are properly supported.” He said the Canadian economy is recovering slowly from the mass closures ordered to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus but said there is a long way to go. “This pandemic is an unprecedented challenge for our country and we’re going to make sure that all of our supports, including the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy and employment insurance, are working effectively to get

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Dr. Bonnie Henry says COVID-19 is still ‘a risk everywhere’ After another day with no new deaths from COVID-19, B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is reminding the public that it is still necessary to avoid crowds and take other measures against the spread of the disease. On Tuesday, Henry announced that B.C. has confirmed 11 new cases of COVID-19, including 10 new test-positive cases and one that has been epidemiologically linked to previous cases. The province has had 2,756 cases to date. Right now, there are 172 active cases of the virus, of which 11 are in hospital, including five in intensive care. A total of 2,416 people have recovered from their illness. No new deaths have been reported, leaving the total to date at 168. Henry said that while businesses are gradually beginning to reopen, it’s important to take this stage of the pandemic response one step at a time.

Continued on page 6 The fall out from actor Sushant’s suicide

‘Dabangg’ director says Salman Khan & his family bullied him too Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput died by suicide on the morning of June 14.

He was 34. The actor’s cause of death, as per the postmortem report by Cooper Hospital, Mumbai, was asphyxiation due to hanging.

As soon as news of his death surfaced, celebrities, sports personalities, and even politicians, extended condolence messages

on social media. Now, the director of Salman Khan’s 2010 film Dabangg, Abhinav Kashyap, in a lengthy Facebook post, wrote that Bhai and his family sabotaged all of his films, bullied and intimidate him, which eventually led to his divorce. He wrote, “My appeal to the Government to launch a detailed investigation.

Rest in peace Sushant Singh Rajput... Om

Canada loses high-profile bid for UN Security Council seat but India wins unopposed Canada has lost its high-profile bid for one of the rotating seats on the United Nations Security Council. The loss marks the second consecutive failed quest for one of the two seats available in the category for member states from western Europe and other countries, something Canada has now sought and failed to win under two very different governments. A total of 128 votes were needed to secure a two-thirds majority.

Norway secured 130 votes while Ireland got 128. Canada received just 108 votes, even fewer than the 114 first round ballot votes

that it received in 2010 when the former Conservative government ran and failed to win the same seat. PM Trudeau had frequently billed the seat as an avenue for Canada to exert greater influence on the world stage at a time when international institutions like the UN are under significant scrutiny and international relations are anything but harmonious. The Conservatives lost to Portugal on the second ballot in 2010 after support collapsed to just 78 votes.

In a statement issued following the loss on Wednesday, Trudeau congratulated Norway and Ireland and said Canada will continue

Shanti.. But your fight continues... The suicide of Sushant Singh Rajput brings to the forefront a much bigger problem of what many of us have been dealing with. Exactly what might compel a person to commit suicide?? I fear his death is just the tip of the iceberg just like the #metoo movement was for a much bigger malaise in Bollywood.

Canada-US border shutdown extended to July 21 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the coronavirus border shutdown between Canada and the United States is being extended again, this time until July 21. The 30-day extension comes as U.S. case numbers climb above two million and several states report surges in new cases amid a patchwork response between the federal and state governments there. “I can now confirm that Canada and the U.S. have agreed to extend current border measures by 30 days until July 21,” Trudeau said during his

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Surrey police force will cost more, says former RCMP deputy commissioner The plan to replace the Surrey RCMP with a municipal police force has drawn its share of criticism. Now, a former high-ranking RCMP officer is adding his concerns to the ongoing public debate.

Lawyer and former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German has made his first

public comment on the issue in an op-ed article. In it, he challenges what he believes are misconceptions surrounding the transition plan.

“It just bothered me, and it has for months, if not a

couple years, what I was hearing,” German told CTV News. “A lot of misinformation or lack of information.”

Among his arguments: taxpayers will be on the hook for more than with the RCMP. “There’s a 10 per cent subsidy right off the top with the federal government.

So Surrey would lose that,” German said, and added there are also the costs associated with recruiting and training, not to mention offering a higher salary to be competitive enough to attract officers. “It’s a huge, huge undertaking.”

German estimates Surrey may need about 1,200 police officers, taking into account many municipal forces are required by

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Why today’s police are failing ‘to serve and protect’how

Routine traffic law offenders like myself are often struck with the arrival of each new ticket about how a lot of police enforcement is built around the model of ‘force.’ The point of issuing a ticket doesn’t really seem to be about changing behaviour but rather penalizing an individual for not obeying a rule. Or, if you’re truly a cynic, meeting monthly quotas.

Some of those rules, at least, are there for

a good cause – to make our roads safer. The question is whether ‘gotcha’ enforcement is the best way to achieve the stated goal. I thought of this relatively trivial example of policingthrough-penalty as I contemplated the literal head-busting that’s going on in the U.S. and, sadly, Canada. Thanks to now ever-present cellphone video, the public is discovering just

widespread the overuse, and abuse, of physical force has become. Too often, the action is grossly disproportionate to the need. The appalling shooting deaths of people who were allegedly resisting arrest has elevated this trend into an international crisis of conscience. Why are black people and other minority populations, including Indigenous Canadians, being killed by overaggressive cops when, to a bystander’s eye, it appears less brutal methods could be used to subdue them – if indeed they needed to be subdued at all? The answers are far from simple.

For sure, on many of these occasions police are under a great deal of stress, circumstances are evolving quickly, and they’ve been trained to use necessary force to ensure the safety of the public, fellow officers and themselves. Yet we also know, as in the notorious 2013 case of Sammy Yatim in Toronto, that sometimes an officer’s judgment can be way off. Yatim, an 18-year-old ethnic Armenian, appeared to be “mentally unstable, and oblivious to others’ presence” according to witnesses, when he pulled out a switchblade knife on a Toronto street car late one night, terrorizing fellow passengers. Police were called and Yatim eventually allowed passengers off the car. After a verbal confrontation with police, he was hit by eight shots fired by James Forcillo, a Toronto police officer. While Yatim lay dying on the floor of the streetcar, he was also tasered.

Forcillo was charged and ultimately convicted of attempted murder.

But what’s really illustrative is the way his lawyers framed part of the defence: Forcillo testified that he was following standard police procedure. He told the court that he believed Yatim was a threat when he repeatedly ignored his orders to “drop the knife” and instead proceeded to advance towards the officer.

In other words, Yatim’s death sentence was delivered because he – in an unstable mental state – didn’t obey a police officer’s order.

So if the mission of any good police force is “to serve and protect,” then the questions that follow are: To serve whom? And to protect whom from what? In the Toronto incident, as much as passengers on the street car deserved to be protected from a knife-wielding man, Yatim also needed to be protected from himself.

One officer failed disastrously in that mission.

Doug Firby is president of Troy Media

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Arch Hospital with what were described as significant injuries.

Police were contacted by the hospital at around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday (June 17), and have been in the 2700-block of 168 Street since that morning, with the road blocked to traffic between 26 and 28 Avenues for the duration of the investigation.

Canada Emergency Response Benefit to be extended by 8 weeks - PM Trudeau

Canadians back on their feet,â&#x20AC;? he said. Extending the CERB has been a demand from the New Democrats in exchange for the partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s support for the minority Liberals in an upcoming confidence vote. Asked by reporters how much the extension is expected to cost, Trudeau said they will share â&#x20AC;&#x153;detailed figuresâ&#x20AC;? with the finance committee. But, he said the government hopes as the economy reopens, fewer people will need to access the benefit. Trudeau said more companies are re-hiring their employees with help from the wage subsidy program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope that the cost will go down,â&#x20AC;?

Trudeau said in French. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, we will have more detailed projections for you shortly.â&#x20AC;?Speaking at a press conference later on Tuesday, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Carla Qualtrough, said the CERB will continue to be available until Oct. 3. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In that time period, workers will now have 24 weeks of the CERB available to them,â&#x20AC;? she said. However, Qualtrough said the benefit was never meant to be a long-term solution and noted that the number of Canadians who are accessing the benefit are already dropping as people return to work or switch to the wage subsidy program.

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Why Canada’s failure to win UN Security Council seat is huge loss for Justin Trudeau Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his top diplomat sought to put a brave face on their failure to secure a spot on the United Nations Security Council in one of the Canadian leader’s biggest defeats yet on the world stage.

Trudeau waged a four-year campaign for a council seat in what he hoped would represent a vindication of his foreign policy — a staunch defense of pluralism and multilateralism at a time of global upheaval. But his brand of progressive politics sometimes fell flat and he’s been criticized as being preachy on liberal values. “We listened and learned from other countries, which opened new doors for cooperation to address global challenges, and we created new partnerships that increased Canada’s place in the world,” Trudeau said in a statement Wednesday after the vote.

Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said at a press conference the country’s campaign allowed Canada to renew and strengthen bilateral connections across the world. The latest setback is just one of many

recent struggles for Trudeau globally, including a deterioration of relations with China and Saudi Arabia and a disastrous state visit to India.

But none, perhaps, are as big a personal setback for the prime minister as Wednesday’s defeat. The government had seen a return to the security council as a fulfillment of the Canadian leader’s promise — the day after he took power in 2015 — to bring the country “back” on the world stage. “Many of you have worried that Canada has lost its compassionate and constructive voice in the world over the past 10 years,” Trudeau said at the time. “Well, I have a simple message for you: on behalf of 35 million Canadians, we’re back.” Canada received the support of 108 countries of a total 192 that voted Wednesday afternoon at UN Headquarters in New York. Norway and Ireland, Canada’s two rivals, received 130 and 128 votes, passing the required two-thirds majority of 128 ballots.

Justin Trudeau Says Canada Will Stay Engaged If There Is No Seat IN UN Security Council “It’s really the biggest embarrassment

he will suffer in his prime minister-ship in Canada, particularly on international affairs,” said Shuvaloy Majumdar, a senior fellow at the MacDonald Laurier Institute and former adviser on foreign policy in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s conservative government.

Canada has now been overlooked for the second time in the past decade to become a nonpermanent member on the agency’s decisionmaking body. Trudeau pulled out all the stops to woo the international community, including a concert by Canadian singer Celine Dion in New York before the pandemic. Champagne said his boss spoke to more than 50 leaders in recent weeks to make the case, while he had spoken to 130 counterparts. Nor did Covid-19 slow down Canada’s campaigning. Trudeau cohosted a virtual UN conference to raise funds for developing countries to fight the pandemic.

“Canada was always coming from behind in this race after starting late. To get over 100 votes despite this handicap is a pretty impressive feat,” said Richard Gowan, UN Director at

International Crisis Group, via email. Trudeau and his diplomats “have done pretty much all they could.”

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its commitment to the values it has advocated throughout the campaign.

“Throughout every step of our campaign, and in a time of global uncertainty, we promoted the Canadian values of peace, freedom, democracy, and human rights,” he said. “We will continue to pursue this approach at the United Nations and in other international forums – because Canada does well, and Canadians do well, when we strengthen our international relationships and fully engage on the world stage.” Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne took questions from reporters and while he wouldn’t speculate on why Canada lost, he said there will be lessons learned.

Bollywood actor Sushant Singh’s ashes immersed in Ganges (Ganga) river Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death has sent shock waves across the Indian film and television industry. Sushant’s sister Shweta Singh Kriti penned a moving tribute for her brother on Facebook. She wrote, “Your twinkling eyes taught the world how to dream, ur innocent smile revealed the true purity of ur heart. you will always be loved mera Baby and so so much more…. Wherever ur mera baby stay happy….stay fulfilled and know that everyone loved, loves u and will always love you unconditionally.” Sushant, who began his acting career with Ekta Kapoor’s Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, became a household name with Pavitra Rishta. He made a crossover to films with Kai Po Che in 2013. In a career spanning over a decade, Sushant became part of several critical and commercial hits like MS Dhoni The Untold Story, Sonchiriya, Chhichhore, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy among more. He was last seen in Netflix film Drive (2019). His film Dil Bechara, helmed by good friend and casting director Mukesh Chhabra, is yet to be released.

Filmmaker Rumy Jafry also revealed that Sushant was set to begin shooting for a romantic comedy, also starring rumoured girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, once the lockdown was lifted.

Remembering working with Sushant in Sonchiriya, director Abhishek Chaubey shared how he did not care what other’s thought of him.

“I always thought he was one of those guys who would not take things seriously. I know there are things being said, but I don’t buy it entirely that the industry treated him badly and he felt bad about it. Sushant was beyond all that. I felt he was comfortable in his own skin. He didn’t care what you thought about him. Nepotism in this industry affects actors much more than directors. He felt that. But it is one thing to say that it exists but how much does it affect you personally?” Chaubey wrote in his heartfelt tribute to the late actor.

Sushant Singh Rajput paid salaries to his staff 3 days before death, said he will not be able to pay them further.

It is reported that Sushant Singh Rajput paid salaries of his staff just three days before his death.

The actor died on Sunday at his residence in Mumbai. Sushant Singh cleared the dues of his staff before he died by suicide on Sunday.

According to a report in Times Now, the Mumbai Police said he even told the staff that he will not be able to pay them any further.

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Eight new cases as BC marks 6th day with no COVID-19 deaths BC confirmed eight new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, but no new deaths for the for the sixth day in a row.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said BC. has recorded 2,783 cases in total, more than 87 per cent of which have been resolved. One adult case was linked to an independent school in the Fraser Health

region. In-class instruction has been paused, and no contacts with children were reported.

“This is not unexpected, and it doesn’t change our assessment of the risk,” said Henry. “The risk is still very low. This was managed, it was recognized quickly, (and) the relatively small amount of close contacts are now in isolation.”

Premier Horgan eyes Phase Three of COVID-19 restart plan for ‘sometime next week’ July, but when it comes to British Columbians Premier John Horgan is hoping that the and Canadians travelling this summer in B.C, I’m province can enter into Phase Three of it’s hopeful that we have record numbers, because we COVID-19 restart plan by as early as next need that.” week.

Premier John Horgan said in Victoria on Wednesday (June 17) that he himself has started looking to book a summer vacation within the province for sometime in the next few months.

“A l t h o u g h the risk of the pandemic has not left us [and] COVID-19 remains in British Columbia and people have to remain vigilant, we are in a place where we can start talking about, what does the future look like?”

Horgan said.

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Reaction to South Surrey racial-slur video could lead to charges: RCMP Surrey RCMP have opened an investigation in connection with a recent incident caught on video of racial slurs being hurled at a South Asian man.

The language used in the altercation, which occurred in South Surrey, was “very disturbing,” Cpl. Elenore Sturko said Wednesday (June 17), however, it does not meet the threshold of a hate crime. Police investigation determined the racialized comments were reactive and not a result of someone being targeted because of their race, she said.

Still, “it’s not acceptable and by not forwarding a report to Crown Counsel or charging, it’s not an endorsement of that behaviour,” Sturko added.

Actions that followed in the aftermath of the video being posted online, however, do have potential to lead to charges, she said.

Sturko said the incident occurred on May 29.

It began began as a driving dispute and escalated into a verbal confrontation in which one of the people involved used a racial slur, she said.

Video of the incident was posted online shortly after, but then was removed by the original poster, Sturko said. However, it recently resurfaced as a result of sharing on social media – and has been viewed more than 200,000 times since.

“As a result of that, I can tell you that there has been some threats associated to that video,” Sturko said.

“We don’t have sufficient evidence to go forward with any type of a hate crime… but we will be looking into allegations of harassment, intimidation and uttering threats against parties in that video.”

Both sides involved in the matter spoke to Peace Arch News. (PAN confirmed the identities of those involved, but due to the

ongoing sensitivity of the situation, has chosen to not publicly name them or share the video.)

As of Thursday morning (June 18) the situation remained a source of significant distress for both sides.

The father of the young man who made the offensive comments described his son’s words as “horrible… words that should have never, ever been said… no matter what happened.”

They were made “in an angry moment,” he said.

However, the video shows only part of what transpired, he continued, and that – along with a Facebook post by the victim’s son that followed – is leading others to take “malicious action,” including threats, property damage and more.

“It’s not something to downplay. It’s something bad that happened,” the man emphasized of his son’s comments. “But

you know what? It doesn’t deserve this.”

He added that his son and family have tried to apologize for the comments, without success.

In a letter to the victim shared with PAN Thursday afternoon and expected to be shared on Facebook, the young man says his comments were out of character, inappropriate and hurtful, and that he will feel the shame of what he did “forever.”

“I was confronted… and reacted poorly out of anger and distress.”

“We’re owning what’s happened,” the father said. “My son’s apologizing for this whole thing.”

But, “(the other party) needs to own his part as well.”

The son of the South Asian man at whom the comments were directed said the situation has caused extreme duress to his family, and that any apology at this point feels like damage control.

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Canada hits 100,000 coronavirus cases, and ‘we’re not out of the woods yet’ Canada moved past 100,000 cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, with 100,026 official cases reported by Health Canada and provincial health authorities.

How did Canada make it over 100,000 known cases? In recent weeks, rather slowly.

In late April, we saw about 1,800 new cases a day, but recently, that’s held steady at 400 or so.

The official milestone is a chance to ask the question: how are we doing so far with the biggest national crisis since the Second World War? 1:44 Coronavirus outbreak: ‘The next six monthsaregoingtobereallydifficult,’expertwarns Coronavirus outbreak: ‘The next six months are going to be really difficult,’ expert warns Canada escaped the high death toll from the virus suffered by many countries in Europe as well as the United States. But as the worst passes in those countries, at least for now,

Canada now has a higher death rate than many of them, a Global News analysis shows.

“Canada didn’t experience what other countries did if you compare that to Italy or France where, at the height of this wave of the pandemic, they were experiencing relatively large numbers of cases,” says University of Toronto epidemiologist Ashleigh Tuite. “We didn’t have that high, high peak in Canada, which is good.”

Canada’s coronavirus death rate is now similar to the United States and higher than the European countries in the graph, except for Sweden and the U.K. “Probably the less reassuring aspect of this curve is that a lot of countries have what looks like a pretty typical epidemic curve when you look at the deaths, when they went up and then they’ve fallen pretty steeply. In Canada, we have a shallower curve, but when you look at the end of

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Blanchet wants Singh to apologize or face ‘severe’ consequence Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet hopes Jagmeet Singh will apologize after the NDP leader accused a Bloc MP of being a racist in the House of Commons.

Singh was expelled from the House of Commons on Wednesday, for calling Bloc MP Alain Therrien a “racist” after the the Bloc Quebecois House Leader blocked an NDP motion calling out systemic racism in the RCMP. Earlier on Thursday, Singh defended his comments and said he was prepared to face any penalty as a result.

“I believe in what I said,” he said.

The NDP leader also said he hadn’t spoken privately with Therrien after he made the accusation, but he’s not opposed to the idea. However, he said he’s more

concerned with seeing systemic change.

“I want to see some systemic change,” he said. “I don’t really care to appease one person’s feelings. I want to bring in changes to the police so that I don’t see another Indigenous person be brutally beaten.

I want to bring in changes to the federal policing so that people who are, need a wellness check, aren’t then killed afterwards. I want to see that.”

Singh sought the unanimous consent of the House of Commons to pass a motion that would recognize the existence of systemic racism within the RCMP and to call on the government to review the police force’s budget and the federal law that governs them, examine their use of force, and increase spending on mental health and addiction support outside of the police.

Singh stands by calling Bloc MP racist after being removed from Parliament NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he stands by his actions and words in the House of Commons after he was kicked out on Wednesday for calling a Bloc Quebecois MP a racist.

Singh was removed after refusing to apologize to Bloc Quebecois House Leader Alain Therrien. Singh called Therrien a racist for denying the approval needed for a motion calling out systemic racism in the RCMP. “I don’t back down from standing up to racism… I don’t think it benefits for me to call people names, I was angry at the moment and I stand by it,” Singh said in a press conference a few hours after the very tense moment during the special sitting to study the latest round of federal spending measures.

“In that moment I got angry, but I am sad now, because why can’t we act? Why can’t we do something to save peoples’ lives? We can do something, and why would someone say no to that?” Singh said, visibly emotional.

Singh was seeking the unanimous consent

of the House of Commons to pass a motion calling on the House to recognize there is systemic racism within the RCMP and call on the government to review the RCMP budget as well as the federal law that governs the police force. His motion also called for other accountability measures related to the RCMP, including a full review of the use of force by members and the training officers get.

It appeared that all other parties were on side with the motion but an audible “no” came from the area in the House of Commons where the Bloc Quebecois caucus sits.

To reporters in the viewing gallery above the House of Commons, Singh and Therrien could then be seen exchanging heated words a few rows away from each other and out of the view of the Commons cameras, before Bloc Quebecois MP and party whip Claude DeBellefeuille called on the House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota to call for order.

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Canada’s wealthiest families hold 25.6 % of riches, new PBO report says The concentration of wealth among Canada’s richest one per cent is deeper than previously believed, according to a federal government report based on a new modelling approach.

The top one per cent of Canada’s families hold about 25.6 per cent of the wealth — roughly $3 trillion — up from 13.7 per cent estimated under previous methodology, says the report from the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

“The distribution of wealth among households is heavily skewed toward the wealthiest families,” the report notes.

“In Canada, a small proportion of families at the top of the distribution possess net

worth that is orders of magnitude higher than the country’s median net worth.”

The amount of money held by Canadian families would total $11.7 trillion if they liquidated all assets and paid off all liabilities, about five times larger than Canada’s annual gross domestic product, the report notes.

Real estate at $5.8 trillion and mortgages at $1.5 trillion are the single largest asset and liabilities categories.

The report adds that the top 0.5 per cent of Canadian families hold 20.5 per cent or $2.4 trillion of the wealth, up from the previous estimate of 9.2 per cent.

BC Ferries worker dies after falling into Fraser River In an email to Global News, spokesperson Deb Marshall said the employee was working in the fleet maintenance unit in Richmond when he fell into the water. Police and search and rescue authorities recovered the body on Saturday. “This is extremely distressing

news for all of us and our hearts go out to his family and friends, to our employees who work at the fleet maintenance unit alongside this person, and to our entire BC Ferries family,” Marshall said. The company also reached out to the worker’s immediate family,

Park used to unite families across the border to close temporarily, BC govet says After attendance skyrocketed, the BC govt says it is temporarily closing a park that straddles the Canada-U.S. border.

Peace Arch Park – near the border crossing with the same name – was built on the international boundary between Canada and the U.S. While it’s heavily patrolled to make sure nobody crosses into the other country, visitors are allowed to explore the entire park on both sides of the border. So, when provincial parks reopened last month as part

of B.C.’s COVID-19 recovery plan, the park was used for reunions between loved ones who were trapped on either side of the border because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The problem, the B.C. government says, is that visits to the park have doubled compared to last year and “parking lots and local access roads have been overwhelmed … resulting in illegal parking” and “an increase in pedestrians along roadways.”

BC looks for public input on how to spend $1.5B in COVID-19 recovery funds BC govt is holding virtual town halls and asking people to complete an online survey to help determine how to spend $1.5 billion in funds set aside for stimulus and COVID-19 economic recovery. Premier John Horgan and Finance Minister Carole James announced the outreach plan Wednesday in Victoria. “Everyone says, ‘How can I help?’ and I want to take advantage of that,” said Horgan. “I think our success has

been a result of people coming together,” he said of the effort to flatten the curve and reduce the spread of the virus that has killed 168 people in the province and infected 2,775.

Nearly 400 children rescued and 348 adults arrested in Canadian child porn bust Nearly 400 children have been rescued and 348 adults arrested following an expansive and “extraordinary” international child pornography investigation, Canadian police announced Thursday. The three-year project, named Project Spade, began when undercover officers with the Toronto Police Service Child Exploitation service made contact with a Toronto man allegedly sharing “very graphic images” of child sexual abuse in Oct. 2010, Toronto Police Service Chief William Blair said at a press conference on Thursday.

Police said their investigation revealed an entire child movie production and distribution company in Toronto operating via the web site azovfilms.com. The site was run by 42-year old Brian Way, according to police, and sold and distributed images of child exploitation to people across the world.

B.C. families call for a reversal in the NDP decision to cut funding Independent Distributed Learning schools Press release Opposition Critic for Education and MLA for Peace River-North Dan Davies is advocating for B.C. students after hundreds of teachers, parents, and concerned British Columbians across the province attended a series of virtual town halls hosted by the Education Critic to voice their concerns and call for the NDP government to reverse their funding cut to Independent Distributed Learning (IDL) schools. “For many parents, Independent Distributed Learning is the best education option that works for their children, whether it be because of learning disabilities, struggles in the public-school system, or geographical location,” said Davies.

“This government is cutting funding to online learning at a time when it has never been more valuable and came without warning or consultation with staff and parents. Families were never given a forum for open discussion about how this decision will impact their children and we wanted to address that.” IDL schools were blindsided in early May when Education Minister Rob Fleming abruptly informed them that a funding cut equal to

almost $800 per student enrolled would take place, this after most IDL schools had already made their staffing and budgetary decisions. When the Ministry of Education offered little response to the public outcry, Dan Davies and the BC Liberal Caucus organized a series of town halls on June 11 and 12, where stakeholders, staff and parents connected with MLAs to voice their concerns and offer solutions.

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Coronavirus contact-tracing app to launch nationally in early July, PM Trudeau says A smartphone app developed to help with coronavirus contact-tracing efforts will be launched nationally in early July, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday.

Trudeau said the app, which will be tested in Ontario, will notify users if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 and its use will be “completely voluntary” — but he argued the digital tool will be “most effective” if as many people as possible download and use it. “At no time will personal information be collected and shared, and no location services will be used,” the prime minister said. “The privacy of Canadians will be fully

respected.” Trudeau’s update came as Canada’s COVID-19 count surpassed 100,000 known cases and about four weeks after he said the federal government was reviewing several smartphone apps and gearing up to “recommend strongly” a particular app. Contact tracing is considered crucial to limiting the spread of the coronavirus.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, public health authorities have had dedicated people call individuals who tested positive for the virus and track down any close contacts of theirs in the two weeks prior.

Canada’s Deficit Could Swell To $256 Billion: PBO Report The parliamentary budget officer says in a new report that this year’s federal deficit could hit $256 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The result, posted Thursday morning, is the combination of an estimated total of $169 billion in federal spending on emergency aid and a historic drop in economic output.

The budget office estimates the economy could shrink by 6.8 per cent in 2020, the weakest showing since 1981 and double the record of 3.2 per cent shrinkage in 1982.

The overall deficit figure is only $3.8 billion higher than budget officer Yves Giroux’s previous predictions, which his report says is due to a better economic outlook in the second

half of the year that offsets some new spending.

Previously, Giroux estimated the economy could shrink by 12 per cent in 2020.

Giroux stresses that the figures are the outcome of one of many possible scenarios and not a certain forecast. he report comes one day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to deliver a “snapshot” of federal finances on July 8 that will provide short-term spending estimates.

Trudeau warned the document won’t provide a longer-term outlook because of what the government says is the uncertainty about where the economy will go in the coming months and years —

The blazingly fast Internet speeds in Western Canada just got even faster: TELUS PureFibre 1.5 Gigabit Internet is here TELUS PureFibre is the only 100 per cent fibre-to-the-premise network widely available from a major carrier in Western Canada TELUS has announced a groundbreaking new tier of home Internet, setting a new benchmark for home and business Internet speeds in Western Canada. With blisteringly fast speeds clocking in at up to 1,500 Mbps download and up to 940 Mbps upload, the launch of TELUS PureFibre 1.5 Gigabit marks a substantial leap in available speeds for residents in B.C. and Alberta, both at home and in the workplace. These speeds are made possible by the TELUS PureFibre network, which is the largest 100 per cent pure fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network in Western Canada. When both the office and home are connected to fibre, Canadians are ensured a lightning-fast connection to colleagues and servers that won’t lag during peak hours, so upload speeds won’t ever hamper the pace of business, all while the rest of the family is simultaneously streaming, gaming, and video chatting with classmates.

“At TELUS, we are committed to leveraging our technology and talent to enable meaningful outcomes for our customers and our communities. Since 2000, TELUS has invested almost $200 billion in network infrastructure, spectrum, and operations to amplify the coverage, speed, and reliability of our world leading technology that underpins our human interactions, our business innovation and our social welfare ambitions” said Darren Entwistle, President and CEO of TELUS. “At a time when our citizens rely on TELUS to accelerate their access to the health, education and economic resources that matter most, we are proud to deliver this powerful connectivity to our customers’ homes. As social distancing guidelines have forced many Canadians to transition to working from home, the advanced technology and unparalleled speeds of our PureFibre network are providing enhanced access to digital healthcare solutions, enabling virtual education and powering teleworking capabilities that fuel economic productivity and diversity.”

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This is critical for those who want to make the most of the fastest upload and download speeds while simultaneously running multiple high bandwidth applications on a single connection.

Legacy networks run fibre only to a central location in a neighbourhood, with a nonfibre connection to the home, which severely limits upload speeds. At 940 Mbps, TELUS PureFibre’s top upload speed is over 37 times faster than the upload speeds of other widely available plans in Western Canada. Networks that are 100 per cent fibre also enable highspeed download and upload speeds, higher overall speed capabilities, and are more reliable.

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VPD cops won’t face criminal charges, BC special prosecutor decides In the news release, the prosecution service said that Doyle informed Peter Juk, an assistant deputy attorney general, on May 30 that he had decided the charge assessment standard had not been met and he would not approve criminal charges against the three officers.

“The announcement of the appointment of the special prosecutor and his conclusions regarding charge assessment have been

delayed, as several related matters are pending, including a conduct investigation of the officers under the Police Act,” the release said.

Juk explained, that in July 2017, the B.C. Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner requested an investigation into “allegations of serious misconduct … possibly criminal in nature” against the three officers.

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India elected to UNSC with overwhelming majority In a one-of-its-kind election for the UN Security Council, India sailed through with an overwhelming number of votes while in a big upset, Canada lost its bid to Norway and Ireland.

One election between Djibouti and Kenya went down to the second round in which the latter emerged triumphant.

“India will become member of UNSC at a critical juncture. We are confident that in the Covid and

post-Covid world, India will continue to provide leadership and a new orientation for a reformed multilateral system,’’ said India’s Permanent Representative to the UN T S Tirumurti.

India got 184 out of 192 votes with China and Pakistan siding with the sole nominee from the Asia Pacific group. Even though a country is the only candidate from its group, it still has to get two-thirds of the vote to be declared elected.

12,881 new Covid-19 cases, tally climbs to 3.66 lakh

From June 1 till 18, the country saw a surge of 1,76,411 coronavirus infection cases with Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh remaining among the top 10 states accounting for the rising tally of Covid-19.

The country has recorded a massive spike of 2,003 deaths on Wednesday following a data reconciliation exercise carried out by states which brought to the fore a large number of

fatalities previously reported in Maharashtra and Delhi which were not attributed to the disease.

In the last two days, India’s Covid-19 fatality rate has risen from 2.8 to 3.3 per cent now.

The number of active cases as on Thursday stands at 1,60,384, while 1,94,324 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, according to the updated figure at 8 am. “Thus, around 52.95 per cent patients have recovered so far,” official said.

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Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned why Indian soldiers were sent “unarmed to martyrdom” in Ladakh and how dare China kill them, a day after asking the defence minister why he did not name China in his tweet and why it took him two days to condole the deaths of 20 Army personnel.

Gandhi also shared on Twitter an interview of a retired Army officer who has worked in the area where the India-China violent stand-off took place on Monday night.

Senior Congress member has been questioning the government over the martyrdom of Indian

soldiers and has demanded answers from the prime minister. On Wednesday, he asked Defence Minister Rajnath Singh why did he “insult” the Army by not naming China over the killing of Indian soldiers in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.

“If it was so painful: Why insult Indian Army by not naming China in your tweet?

Why take 2 days to condole? Why address rallies as soldiers were being martyred,” he said.

On Thursday, he added, “How dare China kill our UNARMED soldiers? Why were our soldiers sent UNARMED to martyrdom.”

Troops from 6 units suffered casualties in Galwan Valley As many as 20 Indian soldiers, including a colonel, were killed and several others injured in the unarmed fracas along the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh.

According to highly-placed sources, 16 Bihar lost 12 soldiers, including the Commanding Officer, Col Santosh Babu. He is the only officer to have been killed in the incident. This unit has suffered the maximum casualties. Another battalion of the Bihar Regiment also lost a soldier.

Three other soldiers who lost their lives were from the Punjab Regiment. In addition, two casualties were from a medium artillery regiment and one each from a field artillery regiment and a minor unit, sources said.

There are also reports of Chinese casualties. Different sources have placed them between 35 and 45, though these have not been officially confirmed by either side.

Fiji Police Force sign $9.3 million project agreement with New Zealand govt The Fiji Police Force in collaboration with the New Zealand Government and the United Nations Development Programme have today signed the Fiji Police Support Programme.

The programme is a four year project of $9.2 million which aims to strengthen early access to

justice in criminal investigations and strengthen a victim centred approach to investigations.

Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says the funding for the programme will be rolled out in the next four years.

Registrar of Political Parties tells Duituturaga that suspended SODELPA still has to meet some of the requirements Registrar of Political Parties, Mohammed Saneem has told Emele Duituturaga-Jale of the suspended SODELPA that the appointment of their General Secretary has to be done through a nationally recognized recruitment

process and the successful applicant has to sign a Performance Agreement as stated in the suspended party’s constitution.

Families of Chinese New Zealanders stuck in Fiji for months A Chinese New Zealander says she’s struggling to reopen her Auckland business because her mother has been stranded in Fiji for almost three months.

Li Yuning’s mother flew to Fiji to renew her New Zealand visa on 19 March, just hours before borders were closed to foreign nationals due to the Covid-19 pandemic, making her one of the dozens of Chinese nationals with family connections to New Zealand stuck in Fiji.

Her mother’s planned three-day tour to Fiji to renew her visa and return has now extended to almost three months.

Li said her mother had been in New Zealand to help care for her one-year-old son. Now, Li’s takeaway business was at risk, she said.

Police ready to combat potential increase in crime rate Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho says they have enough resources to combat a potential situation if there is an increase in criminal activities following the lifting of the curfew. A number of people have contacted Fijivillage and have raised concerns that there may be an increase in criminal activities if the curfew is lifted due to the high rate of unemployment.

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Hospital employees tested COVID-19 positive As many as 11 staff members of Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, tested positive for Covid-19.

The staffers are five staff nurses, four ward attendants, a doctor and a security guard.

Earlier, two nurses of the hospital had tested positive. All staffers who got infected were

deputed at the emergency ward of the hospital.

Total samples tested 2,08,408 Positive 3,497 Cured 2,538 Sources said a patient from Sangrur with some respiratory problem was admitted to the emergency ward. He was not isolated despite showing flu-like symptoms and was later tested positive for Covid.

Punjab police arrest Gurpatwant Pannu for sedition Punjab Police arrested Gurpatwant Pannu, US-based legal adviser of the banned organisation Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), for sedition and unlawful activities, instigating youth of Punjab in favour of ‘Referendum 2020’, provoking the secession of Punjab from India

and attempt to spread dissatisfaction among the country’s armed forces or abetting mutiny.

He has been instigating people of Punjab through pre-recorded audio message (IVR) from different international numbers mainly from the US for last few months.

Bus operators lay off 15,000 drivers & conductors With the once-flourishing private bus transport in Punjab failing to get back on track even after the easing of Covid curbs, around 15,000 drivers and conductors eking out a living through the business have been

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Nationwide tally of Covid-19 patients stands at 162,973 with 60,138 cases in Punjab, 62,269 in Sindh, 20,182 in KhyberPakhtunkhwa, 8,794 in Balochistan, 1,214 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 9,637 in Islamabad and 740 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

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Selected ‘Smart lockdown’ in various areas of Karachi ‘Smart lockdown’ to be implemented in various areas of Karachi by the provincial and district authorities detected as COVID-19 hotspots.

The move comes as cases spiral upwards in the port city. Officials have said the lockdown will be implemented at 7pm across various areas of the city.

The areas of the port city identified by officials will be sealed for a period of two weeks.

A complete lockdown is to be implemented from June 18 to July 2, 2020, whereby movement will be restricted and business activity suspended. Only grocery and pharmacy stores will be permitted to operate – Monday through Friday, from 6am to 7pm, according to the Karachi commissioner’s office.

All persons entering and exiting the sealed areas would be required to wear masks, travel would not be permitted otherwise, according to the notification issued by the commissioner’s office late last night.

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