Mississauga’s LRT will do for the city what the subway did for Toronto, creating a much denser, tightly knit place than its suburban past. Big skies, wide lanes, lowrise sprawl — that’s the post-’60s identity of Mississauga, burned into the GTA psyche. But this month marked a historic step in …
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Rain helps sink Calgary Stampede attendance to 22-year low
Persistent rains are being blamed for cumulative attendance of just 1,088,000 at the 10-day show that ended Sunday, the lowest it has been since 1994, when 1,082,000 came through the turnstiles CALGARY—The Calgary Stampede recorded its lowest attendance in 22 years, organizers of the event said Monday, dealing yet another …
Read More »Vancouver sign wards off Pokemon Go players with mix of shaming and humour
Urging players not to trespass for the sake of “catching them all,” signwriter compares game to hammer pants, Crystal Pepsi and George W. Bush. In a “get off my lawn” sign for our modern times, a Vancouverite tried to shoo Pokemon Go players away with an appeal to “seriously think …
Read More »Turkey 85 generals, admirals charged in coup attempt
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkey’s state-run news agency says courts have ordered 85 generals and admirals jailed pending trial over their roles in a botched coup attempt. Dozens of others were still being questioned. Anadolu Agency said Tuesday that those formally arrested include former air force commander Gen. Akin Ozturk, …
Read More »Philippine court clears Arroyo of plunder, orders her freed
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plunder charge against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and ordered her immediate release from nearly five years of hospital detention. The justices voted 11-4 to grant Arroyo’s petition seeking to dismiss the plunder case before the special anti-graft …
Read More »Huge setback! SC asks Rahul Gandhi to apologise or face trial for blaming RSS for assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
New Delhi: It’s a massive setback to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in connection with defamation case against him in which he blamed RSS for assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Flaying Rahul Gandhi, the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked him to apologise or face trial for blaming RSS for assassination of Mahatma …
Read More »Ten CRPF commandos killed in IED blast in Bihar, 3 Naxalites shot dead in ensuing encounter
Patna: At least 10 CRPF commandos belonging to its elite COBRA battalion were killed in an IED blast triggered by Naxalites in the jungles of Bihar’s Aurangabad district on Monday night,. Three Naxalites were also killed in the encounter following the blast. The jawans of the COBRA unit were ambushed …
Read More »Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu to be declared AAP’s Punjab CM candidate today?
New Delhi: Speculations are rife that Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu will be joining Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Also, AAP may project Sidhu as the CM face for next year’s Punjab Assembly elections, according to a report in TOI. After the resignation of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot …
Read More »Ola cab driver murder: Two juveniles among six held; 16 cases solved
With the arrest of a gang of six people, including two juveniles, the police claim to have solved 16 cases of murder, theft and loot with the June 26 murder of a Ola cab driver in Phase 5 also being cracked. The accused were arrested from Kurali on secret information. …
Read More »Akali leader Manjeet Dasuya joins AAP
After much speculations, Manjeet Singh Dasuya, former president of the Shiromani Akali Dal’s North America wing, has joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Dasuya called a press conference at his residence here and announced his enrolment in the AAP. He was called to the party office in New Delhi and …
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