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VOL 26 - ISSUE 17
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026
More extortion charges laid against Punjabi students
Punjab CM Mann claims bogus sacrilege video made in Abbostford to shame him
Additional charges have been laid against two foreign nationals suspected of committing an extortion-related shooting in Surrey earlier this year. Continued on Page 10...
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has reiterated that the alleged sacrilege video was a "malicious attempt by the opposition parties to defame" him and his government. This is the second time in two days that the CM has tried to distance himself from the "religious" controversy. Earlier, Mann had contended that it was an AIgenerated video, but today, he claimed that a prosthetic mask and sunglasses were
The billion-dollar-plus condo bailout that socializes losses and privatizes profits After Parliament has risen, in the dead of summer, the federal government has decided
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it wants to get into the condo business. Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his government plans to enter into an arrangement with British Columbia Premier David Eby to purchase potentially thousands of unsold condominiums in Vancouver, with a combined federal and provincial commitment that could add up to billions of dollars. The money is borrowed. The money is yours. And the economic rationale, on the evidence so far, is spurious. Continued on Page 7...
Police issue arrest warrant for former provincial correctional officer charged with breach of trust B.C. police have issued an arrest warrant for Naila Sheikh, a former correctional officer in the province who documents appear to indicate was the case manager for a convicted gang murderer at the time of his brazen escape from the Port Coquitlam prison in July 2022. Sheikh, who formerly worked as a correctional officer at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre, has been charged with breach of trust, personation with intent to gain advantage, and unauthorized Continued on Page 10... use of a computer.
used to hide the real identity of the person in the said video. Playing out the purported video at a press conference in Mohali, Mann said, "The actor is wearing a prosthetic mask in the video. The scar on my throat is missing in the actor's throat in the video and his physical features do not match with mine. The actor has deliberately put up sunglasses to hide his eyes as it exposes his real identity." Continued on Page 13...
South Asian corrections officer avoids jail on breach of trust charges
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133 Wilson Street 250-572-5444 Former B.C. correctional officer Ramandeep Rai has been handed a two-year conditional sentence to be served in the community for breach of trust. She failed to report that an inmate, with whom she was having a romantic relationship, had a cellphone. “Anytime you’re in a position of trust, you have to respect and honour that right and this is a case where you know my client agreed that she made a mistake, she’s not denying her role and she is going to pay the consequences for the next two years with this house arrest community jail sentence and a criminal record,” defence counsel Gagan Nahal said. The relationship took place at the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam. Continued on Page 10...