Ontario’s opposition leader Patrick Brown resigns amid sex scandal on January 26, 2018TORONTO: Ontario’s opposition leader Patrick Brown has stepped down from party leadership hours after allegations of sexual misconduct were reported against him in local media on Thursday. Patrick Brown announced the decision in a statement just hours after a hastily-called news conference at the Ontario legislature to “categorically” deny what he called “troubling allegations” about […]
Sikh arrested for killing wife, her mother on January 16, 2018Toronto: A 29-year-old Sikh has been arrested on charges of killing his wife and mother-in-law early on Friday in Brampton area of Ontario. According to Peel Region Police, Dalwinder Singh was arrested from the crime scene and is under investigation. The accused has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Const Rachel Gibbs, spokesperson […]
Judge resigns for making racist remarks to a class of law students on January 12, 2018TORONTO: A Calgary judge, accused of making racist remarks to a class of law students, has resigned her position as Judge in Residence at the University of Calgary. The Canadian Judicial Council is also reviewing a complaint against the judge which it received during last week amid lawyers questioning impartiality of the judge in cases […]
Trudeau asked for explanation over vacationing with Aga Khan on January 7, 2018OTTAWA: The Conservatives have demanded Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to answer more questions about his vacation on the Aga Khan IV’s island on his request in 2016. The demand has been made by Conservative ethic critic Peter Kent through a letter to Bob Zimmer, the Conservative chair of the House of Commons’ committee on […]
Joshua Boyle arrested by Canadian police on January 5, 2018OTTAWA: Joshua Boyle, the Canadian man who was freed in October last year after being held hostage in Afghanistan with his wife and children for five years, was arrested in Ottawa and charged with a number of offences, including sexual assault. The offences all took place in Ottawa after his return to Canada on October […]
‘Apotex founder, wife died of ligature neck compression’ on December 19, 2017TORONTO: Homicide unit of Toronto police has cited ‘ligature neck compression’ as cause deaths of Apotex founder Berry Sherman and his wife, Honey Sherman. It has taken over the investigation into the deaths in lines with this result of these suspicious deaths. In a press statement, the police said it had responded to a 911 […]
Canadian billionaire couple found dead on December 17, 2017TORONTO: One of the richest couples of Canada was found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house in Toronto on Friday. Bodies of Barry Sherman, the 75-year-old founder of generic drug manufacturing Apotex Inc, and his wife Honey were found in the basement of their North York mansion. Canadian Business magazine recently named Sherman the […]
Breaking the begging bowl on October 14, 2017Sir: While addressing a seminar on “Interplay of Economy and security” in Karachi, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) expressed concern over the country’s sky high debt and suggested enhancing the tax base in order to break the begging bowl. This increased tax base is crucial if we are to increase our national revenue. But […]
Turkish forces launch operation in Syria: monitor on October 13, 2017ANKARA: Turkish forces have entered northwest Syria’s largely jihadist-controlled Idlib province, observers said, where Ankara said this week it planned to create a “de-escalation zone” as part of efforts to end the Syrian war. “A military convoy of Turkish forces… entered Idlib province before heading towards the western part of Aleppo province,” the Britain-based Syrian […]
Salam family had reservations over renaming, sans concrete measures for religious freedom on October 13, 2017New York: Pakistan’s first Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam’s family had communicated to the Prime Minister’s Office in writing its reservations over the renaming of Quid-e-Azam University’s Physics Centre in December last year. But the reservations fell on deaf ears as the family has yet to receive any response from the PM’s Office. Meanwhile, far […]