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ore family doctors will be available to take patients and treat people as the Province expands a program that trains internationally educated doctors, so they can get licensed to practise in British Columbia. “The pandemic
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has exposed underlying challenges and added new strains to our public health-care system, and too many British Columbians are struggling to find a family doctor,” said Premier David Eby. “Meanwhile, family doctors trained outside of Canada aren’t able to practise family medicine, because they lack a pathway to be licensed here. We need to fix this. That’s why we’re taking action to help get more internationally trained doctors off the sidelines and into communities where they are so desperately needed.” The Province is expanding the Practice Ready Assessment program,
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trong outflow winds and snow with up to 20 cm in Metro Vancouver will make driving hazardous. A snowstorm is expected to hit B.C.’s South Coast on Tuesday evening and, together with high outflow winds, will create hazardous driving conditions across much of Continue at page 5 southwest B.C., Environment
Canada warns. Yimei Li, a meteorologist with the federal weather agency, says snow will first hit Vancouver Island before starting to fall in Metro Vancouver around 4 p.m. PT, and will be accompanied Wednesday morning by strong winds with gusts ranging Continue at page 4
Fans unimpressed amid flag row ahead of Iran-US World Cup clash
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S Soccer social media post that depicted a modified Iranian flag triggered a furore ahead of a critical Group B match. Doha, Qatar – Iranian and American football fans in Doha have criticised a US Soccer social media post that depicted a modified Iranian flag and triggered a furore ahead of a crucial World Cup match between the two sides. The row erupted on Saturday after the US Soccer Federation posted a graphic of the Iran flag without the word “Allah” written on it on its social media feeds. The Iranian Football Federation condemned the move and lodged a protest with the Federation Internationale de Foot-
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ood bank says they can afford to buy only 3,000 units of halal meat per month for about 10,000 families. The Surrey Food Bank says it’s looking for more donations of culturally specific foods, like halal meats, after seeing an increased demand for them in the last six months. Vijay Naidu, communications manager at the food bank, says
they serve around 13,000 households monthly, 80 per cent of which have Muslim backgrounds. “We would like to give them the food that they want rather than what they don’t want,” Naidu said. “To make them feel happier, comfortable… that’s the whole point of giving them culturally specific food, so that they feel welcomed.” Naidu says the organization can only afford to buy 3,000 units of halal meat — chicken and beef — per month at full price, but estimates about 10,000 families need the meats each month. He says when they run out of it, which is often, families substitute other items like chickpeas for protein. The organization is trying to secure more halal donations from Continue at page 5
ball Association (FIFA), demanding sanctions against the United States team. By Sunday afternoon, the standard flag with the emblem had been restored on US Soccer’s Twitter banner, and the Facebook and Instagram posts with the altered flag had been removed. US Soccer said the post was a show of solidarity with the “women in Iran fighting for basic human rights” in the wake of the death of 22-yearold Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody. “We wanted to show our support for the women in Iran with our graphic for 24 hours,” the federation said. Source: aljazeera.com
Gen Asim Munir takes command as 17th chief of army staff
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eneral Asim Munir took over as the new chief of army staff (COAS) at a ceremony held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. Outgoing COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa passed the baton of command to Gen Munir, making the latter the country’s 17th army chief. Gen Munir was selected by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to succeed Gen Bajwa last week, ending days of speculation over the appointment. According to Radio Pakistan, Gen Munir will be the 17th army chief to assume the command of the Pakistan Army. Prior to the ceremony, both Gen Bajwa and Gen Munir laid a wreath at the Yadgar-i-Shuhada (Monument to Martyrs) in GHQ and offered fateha.
The ceremony, which began shortly after 10am, kicked off with the GHQ military band performing national songs and a medley of folk tunes. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, senior serving and retired officers, diplomats as well as government functionaries were in attendance... Source: Dawn.com Continue at page 5