www.theasianstar.com Vol 20 - Issue 42
Man shot in driveway of Surrey home The white Nissan Rogue was in the Newton neighbourhood around the time a 67-year-old man was shot last week, The Surrey RCMP serious crime unit is asking for help identifying the driver of a white Nissan Rogue that was in the area of a shooting at a Newton home in the early morning hours of Oct. 3. Investigators believe the crime was targeted, but are unclear if the 67-year-old man who was shot was the intended target. They have released a black and white photo of the car captured around the time of the incident in the 5800-block of 129 Street, and believe the driver may have information that could help solve the case. The victim remains in the hospital in critical but stable condition. Earlier, police said a tall and skinny man wearing a black shirt and black pants was seen fleeing the scene. B.C. Liberals promise to hold referendum on Surrey’s police-force transition if elected “This investigation has unique circumstances that are adding to its complexity,” said Cpl. Elenore Sturko “The community wants to know if this could be a case of mistaken identity, and that is one of the key questions investigators are still working to determine.” Anyone with information is asked to contact the Surrey RCMP at 604-5990502 or anonymously at Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or www.solvecrime.ca.
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No choice for millions in new Delhi but to chock on polluted air Gulpreet Singh begs for food from a dirty hemp mat spread on the sidewalk outside Delhi’s South Campus metro station. Like millions of Indians who survive on handouts or daily wages, the 84-year-old says he has no choice but to be outside, breathing air thick with smog in the Indian capital. “I come here and wait. Sometimes, people give me food,” said Singh, his
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Years of warnings about poor flood plans ignored prior to BC floods, says consulting firm Years of warnings about inadequate flood prevention and mitigation measures were ignored ahead of last week’s catastrophic flooding, says a Vancouver-based flood management consulting firm. In a report earlier this year, Ebbwater Consulting warned the “current model for flood risk governance in B.C. is broken,” and advised the province to take a more proactive approach. That builds on years of concern about more than 1,100 kilometres of sporadically maintained dikes across the province,
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Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver, Howe Sound & West Vancouver Island remain under rainfall warning Environment Canada said the rain will be the heaviest Thursday as the storm moves across the South Coast. The heavy rain will ease Thursday night as the system moves out of the region. Rainfall amounts are expected to be lower than the Nov. 13 to 15 event, which caused widespread and devastating flooding,
Parts of BC’s South Coast remain under weather warnings on Thursday, as the first of three expected atmospheric rivers hit the province. Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver, Howe Sound and West Vancouver Island remain under a rainfall warning. Between 50 millimetres and 80 millimetres of rain is expected to fall in the Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver and Howe Sound.
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Fake social media profiles targeting Sikhs exposed A network of fake social media profiles of people claiming to be Sikhs, and promoting divisive narratives, has been exposed. A new report shared exclusively with the BBC ahead of its publication on Wednesday identified 80 accounts in the network, which have now been suspended because they were fake. The influence operation used accounts across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to promote Hindu nationalism and pro-Indian government narratives. The aim of the network appears to have been to “alter perceptions on important issues around Sikh independence, human Continued on page 6
India has more women than men for first time Indicating a demographic shift, the number of women surpassed men for the first time in India with the sex ratio being 1,020: 1,000, according to findings of the National Family and Health Survey-5. “With this, we can say India moves in the league of the developed countries - as the sex ratio crosses 1000,” a health ministry official said, attributing it to measures taken for women empowerment such as financial inclusion and for combating gender bias and disparities. The sex ratio at birth also improved from 919 in 2015-16 to 929 in Continued on page 8