What a gratifying day today May 15th, after delivering freshly cooked meals sponsored & prepared by Chef Ruwan Jeyakody & Grand Cinnamon Banquets Organized by Scarborough Business Association (SBA) team with Andrea Hazell, President, Ashwani Bhardwaj, Vice President & Shawn Allen Member BOD, & supported by none other than Super …
Read More »WATCH: NATO leaders caught on camera mocking Donald Trump
WATFORD, UK: The leaders of Britain, Canada, France, and the Netherlands have been caught on camera at a Buckingham Palace reception mocking US President Donald Trump’s lengthy media appearances ahead of Wednesday’s Nato summit. The footage, shot by the British host’s camera pool on Tuesday evening and spotted and subtitled …
Read More »Canada election: Trudeau’s Liberals win but lose majority
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party has retained power in a narrow Canadian election win but he will now be prime minister of a minority government. The Liberals are projected to win 157 seats, 13 short of a majority, and will find it harder to pass legislation in Mr Trudeau’s second term. …
Read More »People ‘expect consequences’, Trudeau says on fate of Saudi arms deal
OTTAWA – Canada is weighing its options regarding the $15-billion contract to sell light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “Canadians and people around the world will expect consequences” for the killing of a Saudi journalist. “We are looking at, as I said suspending export …
Read More »Canada named world’s most ‘spiritual’ country
OTTAWA: A new ranking has named Canada the most spiritual country in the world. On the Global Spirituality Index, released by luxury travel planning agency Wayfairer Travel, Canada took the top spot after ranking highly in categories like quality of life and religious freedom. Because for the list, authors evaluated …
Read More »Malala Yousafzai calls on Canadian PM to talk about G7 GEAC
OTTAWA: The youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate and the Pakistani activist for female education, Malala Yousafzai on Saturday called on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a comprehensive discussion on G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC). Canadian prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sharing a photograph on his tweeter handle regarding his meeting …
Read More »Pakistan did not need to pick a side in the Canada-Saudi Arabia conflict
I had the pleasure of visiting the Pakistani consulate in Toronto the other day to renew my passport. Every time I enter the consulate, it’s like I am transported back in time to a bureaucratic government office in Islamabad in the 90s. Passport renewal process in Pakistan has been improved …
Read More »Canada to ask allies to help cool Saudi dispute; US offers no aid
Canada plans to seek help from the United Arab Emirates and Britain to defuse an escalating dispute with Saudi Arabia, sources said on Tuesday, but close ally the United States made clear it would not get involved. The Saudi government on Sunday recalled its ambassador to Ottawa, barred Canada’s envoy …
Read More »Now what? How steel and aluminum tariffs will impact Canada
The first shots have been fired in the unexpected trade war between Canada and the United States, but it’s not immediately clear who’s going to take the most casualties. On Thursday, the U.S. government made a stunning announcement that Canada’s exemption from steel and aluminum tariffs, which U.S. President Donald …
Read More »Publisher rejects request to tell story of farmer who shot Colten Boushie
A publisher has rejected a request from a law firm that represents the Saskatchewan farmer acquitted in the fatal shooting of a young Indigenous man who now wants to tell “his side” of what happened. Last month, a jury found Gerald Stanley not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2016 …
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