VANCOUVER – How can an enterprising newspaper reporter sell his Babji dolls when there’s a beheaded street youth, a Rave Messiah battling a berserk “God Squad,” and a conniving new editor to deal with? Especially when he’s suffering all the symptoms of dengue fever? Hakeem Jinnah is back and is as politically incorrect as ever. [...]
LOS ANGELES – (Update) Los Angeles police officers plan to be at funeral services for a five-year-old boy who was shot to death while playing in his yard in a Spiderman costume on Halloween day. Aaron Shannon suffered critical injuries to the back of the head and was rushed to hospital. He succumbed to his [...]
By Ravi Matah NEW DELHI – India has fallen in love with Barack Obama and the reception his speech got during an address to a joint session of the lower and upper houses of parliament offered just a glimpse of how much Indians admire the U.S. president. Obama has been surrounded and treated like royalty [...]
TORONTO – Tens of thousands of dollars including Israeli gold coins each worth $10,000 have been stolen from a Toronto home. Police have not said if the home on Russell Hill Road was specifically targeted by someone who knew about the coins but cops describe the theft as costing “several hundred thousand dollars worth.” “Several [...]
KAMLOOPS – Cold case investigators are once again asking members of the public to come up with information that will help solve the Nov. 7, 1973 murder of 19-year-old Pamela Darlington. Her body was found in the South Thompson River near a boat ramp. Even though she had been last seen the night before in [...]
VICTORIA – Faced with a rebellion over the unpopular HST and with 73 per cent of B.C. voters still against the tax, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell decided to take a cue from the writing on the wall and asked his liberal party to select a new chief. Here is his full statement: “After considerable soul [...]
By Salim Jiwa VANCOUVER – Globally renowned philanthropist and Ismaili spiritual leader – The Aga Khan – has instructed his lawyer to obtain summary judgment against two individuals who have fought against him over the publication of a book and falsely claimed that his staff committed forgery of his signatures. Update: Court hearing for summary [...]
SHAWNIGAN LAKE, B.C. – Authorities are puzzling over the discovery of a loaded rocket launcher found in dense bush by the side of Highway 1 on southern Vancouver Island. A military officer with two tours of duty in Afghanistan identified the weapon as a M72 self-propelled rocket launcher with lethal power that can penetrate armoured [...]
TORONTO – A suspected serial killer believed to be responsible for the strangulation murders of three street working women who were killed in the 90s has been arrested. Police charged Peter Dale MacDonald, 52, of Toronto, with three counts of First Degree Murder. The victims are identified as Julianne Middleton, 23, of Toronto, Virginia Coote, [...]
BURNABY, B.C. – Simon Fraser University has named noted Canadian broadcaster, politician and business leader Carole Taylor as its tenth Chancellor. Taylor will assume her three-year term at Spring Convocation in June, 2011, when incumbent Brandt Louie steps down. “Carole Taylor is known across Canada as a leader who embraces change, and who challenges us [...]
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