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Toronto police have released a list of road closures and expected times ahead of the Santa Claus Parade in south Etobicoke on Saturday. The parade will start at 10 a.m. and take place along Lake Shore Boulevard West, between Royal York Road to Thirty-Seventh Street. Road closures will begin at …
Read More »South Korean officials admit responsibility in fatal Halloween crush
South Korean officials admitted responsibility and apologized on Tuesday for failures in preventing and responding to a Halloween crowd surge that killed more than 150 people and left citizens shocked and angry. The government is facing growing public scrutiny over whether the crush Saturday night in Seoul’s Itaewon district, a …
Read More »3 people arrested as police identify man shot dead in south Surrey
Police have identified a man who was shot and killed in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend. RCMP said Troy Michael Regnier, 37, was shot multiple times outside a home in the 16600-block of 19 Avenue around 11 p.m. PT on Saturday. First responders found Regnier injured outside the house, but he later died as …
Read More »Health care top issue in Surrey South byelection
A byelection in Surrey South on Sept. 10 is shaping up to be a battle over which provincial political party is perceived as the front-runner on health care. B.C. Liberal MLA Stephanie Cadieux won the last election in 2020 with 1,176 more votes than the nearest candidate, B.C. NDP’s Pauline Greaves. Cadieux resigned at the end of April to join the federal government as Canada’s …
Read More »North Korea dictator was ‘seriously ill,’ his sister says, blaming South Korea for COVID-19
In a striking speech before thousands of North Koreans, leader Kim Jong-un’s sister said he suffered a fever while guiding the country to victory over the coronavirus. She blamed rival South Korea for the outbreak and vowed “deadly” retaliation. Kim Yo Jong, a powerful official in charge of inter-Korean relations, …
Read More »Dozens of firefighters douse three-alarm blaze in south Vancouver
Fire officials are investigating the cause of a south Vancouver blaze Wednesday evening that damaged three residential buildings, created a giant plume of black smoke visible from as far away as the North Shore, and forced the evacuation of more than 10 people. The three-alarm fire started sometime around 5 p.m., the city’s …
Read More »Google Slapped With $187 Million For Antitrust Practices In South Korea
South Korea’s antitrust regulator has announced that it has raised the fine slapped on Google over alleged anti-competition practices by 17.5 billion won ($14.63 million) to 224.9 billion won ($187.8 million). In mid-September, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) decided to fine the global tech giant for forcing smartphone makers …
Read More »LG To Shut Down Mobile Business From July 31. Know Why The South Korean Company Decided On Closure
LG smartphone users will no longer get to lay their hands on new phones as the South Korean company announced shutting down its loss-making mobile communications unit. In a statement, the company announced shutting production and sales of mobile phone products on July 31 due to intensified competition and mounting …
Read More »South African Covid-19 Strain Detected In 2 People, 4 Positive With Brazilian Variant: Health Ministry
New Delhi: While conducting a daily press briefing on Covid-19 situation in the country, Health Ministry on Tuesday informed that four people in India have been found to be infected with the South African variant of Coronavirus, while one has been detected to have the Brazilian virant. All five people, …
Read More »South Africa Asks Serum Institute To Take Back 1 Million Doses Of AstraZeneca-Oxford Vaccine
New Delhi: A week after receiving one million doses of AstraZeneca Covid vaccines, South Africa has now asked the Serum Institute of India (SII) to take them back as the country said it will put on hold use of AstraZeneca shots in its vaccination drive, The Economic Times reported on …
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