Ottawa, September 30 The World Sindhi Congress (WSC) and the Sindhi Association of North America staged a demonstration in front of the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa and urged the international community to take cognisance of the enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and killings of political activists in Pakistan’s Sindh province. ARead More

TORONTO — Former U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday that closing borders won’t create future jobs because what’s changing industries like manufacturing are automation and artificial intelligence. Obama told a Toronto luncheon on Friday that the transition from an agricultural to an industrial economy happened over the course of 150Read More

OTTAWA — The federal New Democratic Party’s gruelling search for a new leader could finally come to an end Sunday as party faithful gather in Toronto to hear the long-awaited results of the initial round of voting. One of four candidates — Ontario provincial politician Jagmeet Singh, northern Ontario MPRead More

Ontario: Lawyers seeking an acquittal for two Ontario Liberals facing bribery charges under the Election Act argue their clients did nothing illegal because the law doesn’t apply to the internal party nomination process. The lawyers representing the pair filed written arguments Friday in a directed verdict application that calls onRead More

Mumbai: Director Anurag Basu is happy that Ranbir Kapoor stood by him when the actor’s father Rishi Kapoor blamed him for the failure of “Jagga Jasoos”. Basu and Kapoor’s first collaboration “Barfi” was highly appreciated but their second outing “Jagga Jasoos” failed to make a mark at the box office.Read More

TORONTO — Former American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told an appreciative crowd on Thursday that more women in politics is the way to overcome the sexism that pervades the political world, and that democracy is under assault. The Democrat was in Toronto to promote her new best-selling memoir, “What Happened,”Read More

WASHINGTON – The United States has ordered a sudden reduction in its diplomatic staff in Cuba, cutting the majority of its presence at the Havana embassy to leave only emergency personnel in the wake of bizarre injuries to employees. Announcing the move Friday, American officials linked it to 21 injuriesRead More

Toronto: Housing affordability in Canada hit the worst level in 27 years in the second quarter of this year, according to a Royal Bank of Canada report. RBC Economics said in a report Friday that its housing affordability measure for Canada deteriorated for the eighth straight quarter. The Toronto areaRead More

Media reports say two Paris police officers will face trial on allegations that they gang-raped a Canadian woman inside the force’s headquarters three years ago. French media say an appeal court has overturned last year’s decision by a lower court to dismiss the charges against the officers, whose names haveRead More

TORONTO – The judge in Ontario’s gas-plants trial of two former top political aides has ruled that a key Crown witness cannot be considered an expert. The judge says the former provincial police computer expert was too close to investigators. As a result, the judge says the witness cannot beRead More