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The best inheritence: A lesson from Surah Maryam Stress Management with the Holidays “We’re not oppressed”: Canadians unite to mark World Hijab Day
Chicken World feeds
07 Trump-era
Mufti Aasim Rashid
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09 PCCA hosts Quaid-e-
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09 Surrey’s homeless
09 launches new book
Azam day in Surrey
border ban stays in place 26 Rohingya refugees died at sea UN denounces Taliban women bans
7 passengers from fatal Christmas Eve bus crash in B.C. still hospitalized but expected to survive All of the remaining patients in hospital from a deadly Christmas Eve bus crash on Highway 97C in B.C. are expected to survive, according to an Interior Health official. Michaela Swan, a spokesperson for the health authority, said seven people who were brought to three hospitals after a passenger bus rolled on the Highway 97C, also called the Okanagan Connector, on Saturday evening are still patients, down from eight on Sunday. All seven have non-life threatening issues, after two patients previously listed as having serious conditions improved, Swan said on Monday. Four people died and dozens of others were
injured in the Ebus crash east of Merritt near the Loon Lake exit, which police said they suspect was caused by extremely icy road conditions. Ebus cancelled all B.C. trips following the bus rollover that sent more than 50 people to hospitals. No one from Ebus, the Alberta-based bus operator with multiple routes across B.C., was immediately available to comment on Monday. In a statement to CBC News, Ebus confirmed that B.C. services were suspended Dec. 26, due to poor weather and road conditions. Ebus said customers will be refunded for their tickets within 72 hours. On Sunday, RCMP confirmed that four people had died in the accident that involved no other vehicles. Police have not released the names of those who died. As a result of the crash, Interior Health said in a statement Sunday that 52 people were sent to hospitals, of which 36 patients required medical treatment.
Health Minister Adrian Dix said the incident prompted Interior Health to initiate Code Orange response to provide emergency care. Code Orange is generally used to describe a mass casualty or disaster situation at hospitals. RCMP said Monday afternoon they were facing issues identifying all passengers who were on the bus. Due to the urgency of the situation, victims were transported to local hospitals and police said many left before
they could be identified. While records of those who pre-booked tickets were available, the names of those who booked and boarded the bus at the time of departure have been difficult to confirm. According to police, there were international tourists on the bus who are now trying to get their luggage back to leave the country. Police said they are working with Ebus to get them their luggage. Source: cbc.ca
Suspects involved in Islamabad suicide blast arrested: Sanaullah Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Tuesday that the suspects involved in the suicide attack in Islamabad last week — that left a policeman martyred and several injured — have been arrested. The incident, in which four police officers and two civilians were injured, took place in Islamabad’s I-10/4 sector on December 23. The police had said that a suicide attacker, riding a cab, blew himself up after the vehicle was stopped over suspicion. The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack. In a tweet today, the interior minister confirmed that the miscreants and their handlers behind the attack had been arrested. “The taxi driver was innocent. He was hired by the suspects and had no involvement [in the attack]. The terrorists moved from Kurram Agency and stayed in Rawalpindi. We have rounded up four to five people,” he said. The development comes days after the Islamabad police formed a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the bombing. According to the notification, the JIT was constituted under Section 19-A of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 to investigate
the case registered on Dec 23 on charges of 7ATA, along with PPC Section 302, 324, 427, and 4/5 Explosive Act at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station, Islamabad. Security on high alert in Islamabad Meanwhile, since Friday, security has been beefed up in the capital city. Earlier today, Dawn reported that the Islamabad police have issued a “special” plan that introduces 25 temporary checkposts in the city and requires citizens and foreigners to carry their identification documents with them. According to the security plan, shared on Islamabad police’s official Twitter, entry points of the Red Zone will be recorded via Safe City cameras while video surveillance of metro bus passengers would also be conducted. Police asked the capital’s citizens, as well as foreigners, to carry their identification documents with them. Authorities also warned of action over non-specimen number plates and unregistered vehicles, directing citizens to ensure their vehicles had number plates issued by the excise office. Police said citizens who had employed unregistered local or foreign workers would also be investigated. They further appealed to citizens to inform authorities of any unusual ac-
tivity on the 15-helpline. This plan has been devised as Pakistan continues to see a rise in terror incidents in recent days, particularly after the militant TTP called off the ceasefire between them and the government in late November. Two days after the I-10 blast, the US embassy in the capital had issued a security alert, prohibiting its staff from visiting the city’s Marriott Hotel due to concerns of a “possible attack”. Moreover, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom and Australia issued separate security alerts on Monday, asking their citizens to limit their movement in Pakistan. Source: dawn.com
Thousands remain in the dark days after fierce storms knocked out power Thousands of Canadians who have been without power since last week’s fierce winter storms spent Boxing day in the cold and dark while strong winds and high tides on the West Coast prompted a flood warning. The City of Vancouver issued a flood warning Monday evening, saying “exceptionally high tide and high winds” are forecasted for Tuesday due to storm surge, with “moderate to elevated” risk in some low-lying coastal areas. “Water levels are forecasted to be at their highest at 9:00 am ... (on) De-
cember 27, when a king tide combined with a significant storm surge of ocean water from the incoming storm is anticipated to raise the tide to a historic high,” read a statement. On the other side of the country, utility crews in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick continued working to restore electricity to thousands of customers who have been in the dark for days. Some train service will soon be back to normal, however, with Via Rail announcing plans to resume trains on its
Toronto-Ottawa and Toronto-Montreal routes Tuesday, days after a CN train derailment forced the cancellation of those trains scheduled for Christmas and Boxing Day. CN confirmed in a statement that the tracks where its train derailed on Christmas Eve will be reopened Tuesday and said Via Rail plans to run all trains on the route, but on a modified schedule available on its website. As of Monday evening, power was still out for over 42,000 Hydro-Quebec cus-
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