Queen’s Park: Harinder Takhar, Minister of Government Services and his Parliamentary Assistant, Dr. Shafiq Qaadri hosted a roundtable with a various business associations and trade organizations from across the province this week. The purpose was to hear their feedback on how to improve the Government of Ontario’s procurement process. This was a part of [...]
Sydney: India’s Adani Group has hit the Australian headlines with their $10-billion mega plan to build Queensland state’s largest coalmine, a 500-km railroad, a new township and even a Greenfield airport. According to sources, chairman Gautam Adani was in Queensland, in the north-east of this country, last weekend to finalise various acquisitions and infrastructure projects [...]
Toronto: Director Rohan Fernando’s first feature drama, Snow, will open in Toronto on Friday, February 24 at the Cumberland Cinema in Toronto. Inspired by his own history as an immigrant growing up in an all-white suburban area, it is a tale of loss and transformation in the wake of the 2004 Tsunami in Sri Lanka. [...]
Canadians can now cast their vote for the Top 25 Canadian immigrants of 2012 Toronto: Canadian Immigrant magazine and RBC Royal Bank have kicked off the voting for the fourth annual Top 25 Canadian Immigrant awards. Canadians are encouraged to visit www.canadianimmigrant.ca/top25 until April 13, 2012 to cast their vote for the most inspiring [...]
Ottawa: The Government of Canada and the Anglican Church celebrated a joint agreement under which approximately 50 refugee families have been brought to this country from countries such as Afghanistan, Somalia and Iran. “Canada has a long and proud tradition of providing a safe haven to those around the world most in need of protection,” [...]
Mississauga: Give. Volunteer. Act. That’s what more than 1,539 volunteers, employees at 323 workplaces and hundreds of community members did to raise $13,160,152 in support of United Way of Peel Region’s 2011 campaign. The campaign goal was $13.93-million. Over 600 people came together at the International Centre on Thursday, February 9 to celebrate [...]
Ottawa: Parm Gill, Member of Parliament for Brampton-Springdale, introduced his Private Members Bill, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and National Defence Act (Criminal Organization Recruitment) this week in the House of Commons. This Bill seeks to address criminal organization’s recruitment activities, while placing the safety of children and communities first. Gill [...]
Toronto: A North York non-profit, Local Immigration Partnership, (LIP) is encouraging the concept of bringing businesses and other stakeholders together to focus on community involvement. They say that business-community partnerships have evolved from charitable donations to strong mutual beneficial relationships and they have done this at the behest of businesses; particularly great businesses who recognize, [...]
Ottawa: Deepak Obhrai, M.P. and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and a Punjabi born in Africa, is so encouraged by the Punjab election turn-out that he made it a point to congratulate them recently. He made the following statement in the House of Commons: “Canada notes that state elections are taking [...]
Queen’s Park: The Ontario government says it is moving forward with a responsible plan to eliminate the deficit that if not dealt with leave us all in the lurch, except government workers. Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan outlined the next steps in the government’s plan to eliminate the deficit. The LCBO headquarters, currently located [...]