www.theasianstar.com VOL 23 - ISSUE 11
Why is Canada accusing India and Pakistan of election interference Canada’s main spy agency has accused India and Pakistan of trying to meddle in the country’s last two general elections. The reports made public last week were presented as part of a federal commission of inquiry investigating interference by foreign nations, including China and Russia, in the 2019 and 2021 national votes. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said India’s government tried to interfere in the 2019 and 2021 elections using “clandestine activities” targeting certain electoral districts in the country and select politicians. Read more at Page 3...
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Surrey rejects BC’s ‘final’ $250 million offer for new police force The long-running dispute between the B.C. government and the City of Surrey over whether a new municipal force will police the city continued Tuesday with another failed deadline passing without any resolution in sight.
The B.C. government said Tuesday that the city had rejected an offer that included a deal that would have covered any potential
2 South Asian men shot dead at Edmonton building site Edmonton’s South Asian community is shocked following a brazen daytime shooting Monday afternoon — where two people died including a well-known Edmontonian on this construction worksite. Buta Singh Gill, the owner of Gill Built Homes, has been identified as one of the victims. “We lost an important part of this community,” said Moe Banga, former Edmonton City Councillor and former EPS Detective. Banga knew Gill for more than 20 years, remembering him as a hardworking business owner and family man, saying he was an important part of the Sikh temple in Edmonton. “He was a hard worker, and he basically built a pretty big empire all by himself by hard work. He was a good son, good father, good grandfather, and a great friend.” The shooting happened over the noon hour Monday at a construction site owned by Gill in the Cavanagh neighbourhood. Another man was found dead on scene, and a third man was taken to hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Read more at Page 6...
differences in cost of municipal police officers over the RCMP up to $20 million annually during a five-year period starting in 2029. That was in addition to an initial offering of $150 million in aid. It was a package that could have provided as much as $250 million to the city. “Last week, the mayor wrote to me advising me that council agreed in principle to the financial commitment. It is clear that the mayor and council ultimately chose divisiveness and uncertainty,” B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said in a written statement Tuesday afternoon. Earlier Tuesday, Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke held a news conference to outline a draft city operating budget with a proposed seven per cent tax hike that doesn’t include transitioning to the new Surrey Police Service (SPS). Read more at Page 10...
Trade of safe-supply drugs detailed in Prince George RCMP warrant
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RCMP in the northern B.C. city of Prince George spent 10 days last month mounting a surveillance operation on a woman who allegedly stood outside a downtown pharmacy each morning trading illicit drugs for safe supply medication. According to a search warrant obtained by CBC, police saw the 58-year-old suspect make dozens of “hand-to-hand” transactions in that time — both buying and selling prescribed pills worth up to $20 a tablet on the street. The court documents cite the pharmacy manager who told police that “many of his patients are accosted by individuals outside of the pharmacy in the mornings by people who are trying to purchase the safe supply drugs.” Read more at Page 6...