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Jinny Sims Mayoral candidate for City of Surrey Asian Star reached out to all the and one of the first to agree is Jinny Sims. Here is what Jinny Sims wants to do for the residents of Surrey now and into the future. Asian Star: There are eight people running for mayor. Why should Surrey residents vote for you? Continued on page 11
Another South Asian man appointed head of large global tech company In Paresh Rajwat‘s 20-year journey across the tech landscape, he’s held leadership positions at Apple, Criteo, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. For the past eight years, Rajwat has worked in numerous areas at Meta, overseeing the early days of the Facebook video team, leading monetization of the Facebook app and now as a VP and head of product for virtual reality. Meta announced Tuesday that Rajwat has been named the newest Continued on page 8
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Vancouver home sales down 46% from last September and a roughly
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says September’s home sales dropped by 46% from last year and 10% from August as interest rate increases cooled buyer sentiment. The B.C. board says sales in the region totalled 1,687 last month, down from 3,149 the September before and 1,870 in August. Last month’s sales were almost 36 per cent below the 10-year September sales average. Andrew Lis, the board’s director of economics and data analytics, attributed
the lower sales levels to the Bank of Canada hiking interest and mortgage rates in an effort to tamp down inflation. Those hikes have contributed to the market’s composite benchmark price reaching $1,155,300 last month, up 3.9 per cent from last September but down 2.1 per cent from August. The number of homes currently listed for sale in the area is 9,971, an eight per cent increase compared with September 2021
Second ‘referendum’ on Khalistan in November to test India-Canada ties India-Canada diplomatic ties will be tested after the Sikhs for Justice said that they would hold a second referendum on Khalistan in Toronto on November 6. India had reacted sharply to the first so-called
Khalistan referendum held in Brampton on September 19. The separatists have said that since the referendum is a peaceful process, they will continue to hold it at various locations.
Sims accuses Dhaliwal of collecting pay as MP while campaigning to be next Surrey Mayor Two old Surrey political rivals are trading blows in a new ring, this time over who’s pulling down pay as an MLA or MP while campaigning to be the next Surrey mayor. Surrey Forward mayoral
candidate Jinny Sims, also the NDP MLA for Surrey-Panorama, accuses Sukh Dhaliwal – mayoral candidate for United Surrey and also Liberal MP for Surrey-Newton – of continuing to collect his MP’s pay while
three per cent jump from August. “With fewer homes selling and new listings continuing to come to market, inventory is beginning to accumulate, providing buyers with more selection compared to last year,” Lis said, in a news release. “With more supply and less demand within this market cycle, residential home prices have edged down in the region over the last six months.”
New Hindu temple inaugurated in Dubai The new Hindu temple in Dubai is set for its grand official opening tomon Tuesday, October 4. “With the benevolence of the Rulers of the UAE and the gracious support of the Community Development Authority (CDA), we are holding the official inaugural ceremony of the Hindu Temple Dubai tomorrow evening,” Raju Shroff, one of the temple trustees, said.
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