Ottawa Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on Tuesday by expressing “real concerns” about China’s human rights record, prompting a swift protest from Beijing. Diplomatic relations between the two countries have deteriorated badly since December when police in Vancouver detained Huawei TechnologiesRead More

Peel Region – The numbers are in and we are pleased to report Peel Residents turned in 129 guns and 269 pounds of ammunition during the 2019 Spring Gun Amnesty Program. In 2018, residents turned in 34 guns and 80 pounds of ammunition. This year we see an increase ofRead More

Vancouver Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said gender equality is “under attack”, and warned of declining women’s rights, at a major conference on the subject. “Progress can backslide. We’re seeing it happen. Gender equality is under attack. And I can only imagine how hard it is to beRead More

Beijing China warned Canada that it needs to be aware of the consequences of aiding the US in an extradition case involving Chinese tech giant Huawei that is believed to have sparked the detentions of two Canadians in China. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang’s comments came after US Vice PresidentRead More

Among the plethora of people who migrated to Canada and continue to do for better jobs and lifestyles, 67-year-old Nav Bhatia also followed the herd in the 1980s. Journalist Muhammad Lila recently tweeted about a Canadian Sikh man who was an immigrant and arrived in Canada in the ’80s. BhatiaRead More

As the weather in B.C. begins to heat up, the spectre of another potentially destructive wildfire season looms. The U.S.-based National Interagency Fire Center has released its weather outlook for May into August — and it presents worrying signs for the upcoming wildfire season, with the Pacific Northwest already experiencing “abnormally dry”Read More

The City of Ottawa is asking volunteers to take a break during this warm, dry weekend as flood waters continue to drop. Since last week, residents in the Ottawa-Gatineau area have been battling destructive floods that damaged homes and businesses across the region.

Jalandhar The open display of assault rifles by a group of Sikh and other soldiers of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) at the Khalsa Day Parade—the Sikhs’ biggest annual event in Canada–has sparked a row, putting the Canadian government and military authorities in a quandary. Interestingly, the CAF soldiers—a numberRead More

Grade 12 students at E.J. Lajeunesse in Windsor, are one step closer to living on their own. More than one hundred students are learning life skills to prepare them for adulthood. Car maintenance: changing a tire, checking oil. Home maintenance: patching a hole in drywall, checking breakers, using power tools Financial planning: budgeting, creditRead More

Riot squads with both the Montreal police and the Sûreté du Québec were out in full force Wednesday evening as May Day protests got underway. Montreal police spokesperson Emmanuel Anglade said the protests began at around 7 p.m. at multiple starting points. “We have three ongoing protests,” he said. FiresRead More