CIRCULATED THROUGH : TORONTO, MARKHAM, SCARBOROUGH, RICHMOND HILL, VAUGHAN, WOODBRIDGE, ETOBICOKE, NORTH YORK, MALTON, REXDALE, BRAMPTON, MISSISSAUGA, OAKVILLE, HAMILTON, MILTON, STONEY CREEK, BURLINGTON

'CHINA WILL GET INVOLVEDIF INDIA FOMENTS

TROUBLE IN BALOCHISTAN'

PM's talk with Alibaba founder Jack Ma attracts over 9.3m views

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US SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY MEETING WITH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SUSHMA SWARAJ TO DISCUSS INDO-USSTRATEGIC AND COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE AT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU BHAWAN IN NEW DELHI.

CONGRESS NOT RIGHT PLATFORMFOR US: DR SIDHU

REINSTATE CHHOTEPUR, 6 AAPZONAL HEADS URGE LEADERSHIP

INDIAN CONSUL GENERAL IN TORONTO DINESH BHATIA VISITED DIXIE GURUDWARA. HE SAW THE LANGAR HALL AND PRAYERROOM. HE ALSO GIFTED SOME BOOKS FOR LIBRARY.

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Trudeau setting new tone between Canada-China;trade, human rights, canola exports on agendaDESK REPORT

BEIJING - Prime Minister JustinTrudeau wishes to bite in China'sbig apple and commence a newera of trade and commerce likehis father did more than four de-cades ago. Trudeau said his coun-try is "in a position to help Chinaposition itself in a very positiveway on the world stage. How canthe relationship between Chinaand Canada set a new tone and anew era of positive collaborationthat is good for the citizens of bothcountries?"He was addressing China's topentrepreneurs at the EntrepreneurClub while sitting for a conversa-tion with Alibaba founder Jack Ma.The club founded in 2006 is theclub of the country's billionaires

owning 49 companies. The com-bined gross revenue last year ex-ceeded $550-billion, equivalent tonearly a third of the Canadian GDP.The hour-long conversation re-ceived over 9.3 million views.Trudeau fur ther said China shouldseek "advice and take sugges-tions about how to be better forits citizens…..tackle big prob-lems that other countries havefaced at different times." Trudeauadded there were "more opportu-nities for regular frank dialogueon issues like good governance,human rights and the rule of law."Trudeau received a warm wel-come as he reached China andsocial media was abuzz with hisyouthful look and one person saidhe thought as if a second Tom

Cruise has become president,"one person wrote. At the ChinaEntrepreneur Club, one business-man commented: "You are themost fashionable politician. Youare the best-looking prime min-ister." Trudeau replied: "I mightlook like I'm 25. I'm actually inmy mid-40s. So I 'm not thatyoung."It is wor th mentioning that thoughduring the Harper governmentrelations with China were not atits best but the Chinese have notforgotten Trudeau's father PierreTrudeau who was among the firstwestern leaders to recognizeChina's strength and establishedrelations with that country asearly as 1970 and even travelledto that country in 1973.

Trudeau is expected to meet Presi-dent Xi Jinping and other leaderslater as he said the passing along"openness toward China," is infavour of the next generation ofCanadians. He said closer rela-tions with China will "create newoppor tunities for Canadian busi-nesses and give Chinese busi-nesses a chance to expand in-vestment in Canada….workingwith Chinese investors and entre-preneurs to make sure we areaccessing this excellent Chinesemarket." Trudeau is expected totalk with the Chinese administra-tion on the release of missionaryKevin Garratt and allow Canadiancanola expor ts, attract more Chi-nese students and workers tocome to Canada.

BEIJING, (IANS) China will have "to get involved" if any Indian "plot"disrupts the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) inrestive Balochistan, an influential Chinese think tank has warned In-dia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reference to Balochistan in hisIndependence Day speech is the "latest concern" for China and amongits scholars, Hu Shisheng, the Director of the Institute of South andSoutheast Asian and Oceanian Studies at the China Institute of Con-temporary International Relations (CICIR), told IANS in a freewheel-ing interview.The researcher, at one of China's most powerful think tanks, which isaffiliated with the Ministry of State Security, also said India's growingmilitary ties with the US and its changed attitude on the disputedSouth China Sea are ringing alarm bells for China.

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DESK REPORT/ CHANDIGARH - Six of the 12 zonalheads of AAP have given ultimatum to the par tyleadership to bring back Sucha Singh Chhotepuras state convener in the fold within three days orface split in the par ty. The zonal heads, AmandeepSingh (Amritsar), Gurinder Bajwa (Gurdaspur), JSDhaliwal (Anandpur) Sahib, Narinder Pal (Bathinda),HS Cheema (Jalandhar) and Iqbal Singh (Khadoor Sahib),met at the residence of Chhotepur this evening. They said effor tswere being made by some Punjab leaders, including H S Phoolka andKanwar Sandhu, and Sanjay Singh to resolve this matter as the partyhas not yet appointed a new state convener.

DESK REPORT / TORONTO - In this week's exclusive survey whereYudhvir Jaswal, Group Editor and CEO of YMedia asked communitywho will form the next government in Punjab after 2017 elections inthe state - AAP, Congress or the SAD-BJP alliance. Conducted onSouthasian PULSE Prime Time on Tuesday morning between 10am to12 noon, the community overwhelmingly endorsed AAP followed bySAD-BJP while Congress looked a distant third. The station receivednearly 126 votes for AAP against only 18 who though SAD-BJP alsohad the chance to form government. But Congress with a dismal 7votes garnered less suppor t among NRIs. YMedia regularly holdsweekly polls on various issues that of interest to the community andpublish their results on all five of its media platforms every week.

DESK REPORT / AMRITSAR - DrNavjot Kaur Sidhu, wife of formerBJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, hasinformed Congress is not an idealoption for them. She added: "Punjabneeds selfless leaders. Our sole aimis to contribute to the welfare of thestate. If need be, we may constitutea group of like-minded people." Shealso refuted her husband's meetings with Kejriwal or Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi. "The reports even mentioned a deal that theCongress purportedly offered: A Lok Sabha seat for Sidhu and the DeputyCM's post for me. It's all frivolous." However, she was all praise for AAPbut did not mention clearly if the couple will join the par ty or not.

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LARA DUTTA: NO COOKIE CUTTERBEAUTY QUEEN REQUIRED, WHY?

KANGANA RANAUT TURNED SHOWSTOPPER FOR DESIGNER TARUN TAHILIANI AT THE LAKMEFASHION WEEK WINTER FESTIVE 2016 IN MUMBAI.

MUMBAI, (IANS) Former MissUniverse Lara Dutta, who is go-ing to mentor finalists who willcompete with one another to rep-resent the country at the presti-gious Miss Universe pageant,says she's on the lookout for acandidate with not just a personalstyle statement, but also some-one who is distinct from "cookiecutter beauty queens.""I am looking for someone with avery personal style statement andwho is totally different from yourcookie cutter beauty queen. I don'twant someone giving me sameanswers the same way. I amhappy with the bunch we have got(this year)," Lara said to a ques-tion by IANS here.Lara, who had won the prestigiousMiss Universe title in 2000 -- thelast time when India brought thecrown home -- is mentoring 16girls this time. Their journey isbeing chronicled on "YamahaFascino Miss Diva - Miss Uni-verse India 2016", a six-par t se-ries to be aired on Colors Infinitystar ting Saturday. The actress

was here at the Lakme FashionWeek (LFW) Winter-Festive 2016to walk as the showstopper fordesigner Esha Amin. Lara saidshe enjoys working with the de-signer."Both of us have a synergy, wework well together. A lot of timesI am stuck in my head about

something that I want to do andshe will bring a special sor t of anoutlook to that. I think we find thatmiddle path to work on and sheallows me to wear the silhouettesthat I think I look best in. And shealso keeps bringing in newerthings to try," added the mother ofone.

Salman and HarshaaliMalhotra back

together, no way?

MUMBAI - Salman Khan and thelittle Munni, Harshaali Malhotraof Bajrangi Bhaijaan will be seenagain, this time on small screen.Both are reuniting for a TV commer-cial for a cookie brand. The full ad is noton them and the adorable duo Salmanand Harshaali will appear at theend of the commercial.

Has Shraddha KapoorReplaced Alia Bhatt In

Golmaal 4?

MUMBAI - For long it was beingsaid that Kareena Kapoor will notbe seen in Golmaal 4 but AliaBhatt. However news is that evenAlia will not be cast as the rolehas been bagged by ShraddhaKapoor, but no official confirma-tion has been received in this re-gard. Seems like a busy year forShraddha who will be seen in HalfGirlfriend and Rock On 2.

Four Bollywood starsin Forbes' list ofworld's top 20

highest-paid actors

MUMBAI - In the Forbes' list ofworld's top 20 highest-paid ac-tors, Shah Rukh Khan stands atnumber 8 with $33 million in earn-ings, Akshay Kumar is on num-ber 10 with $31.5 million, SalmanKhan on number 14 with $28.5million and Amitabh Bachchanhas secured number 18 position with$20 million. The list is topped byDwayne 'The Rock' Johnson whoearned an estimated $64.5m. Amongfemales, Jennifer Lawrence toppedthe list with $46 million.

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India ranked 77 in disaster riskindex of the worldBERLIN, (IANS) While Bangladesh is among the top five coun-tries at risk of disaster, India ranks 77th on the World RiskIndex -- marginally better positioned than Pakistan which isplaced 72. The index is par t of the World Risk Repor t 2016released on Thursday by the United Nations University Insti-tute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) andBundnis Entwicklung Hilft in cooperation with the Universityof Stuttgar t in Germany. The index assessed the risk of di-saster in 171 countries through the combined analysis ofnatural hazards and societal vulnerabilities. Ranking No.1,the island state of Vanuatu displayed the greatest risk in2016. The researchers concluded in the report that lack ofcritical infrastructure and weak logistic chains substantiallyincrease the risk that an extreme natural event will becomea disaster. "When it comes to aid measures following ex-treme natural events, the challenges mostly lie in the 'lastmile' of the logistics chain: organising transpor tation de-spite destroyed streets or bridges and ensuring fair distribu-tion when there is a shortage of (for example) water, food,and shelter," explained Peter Mucke, Project Manager of theWorld Risk Repor t and Managing Director of BundnisEntwicklung Hilft. Crumbling transpor t routes, unreliable elec-tricity grids, and dilapidated buildings not only hinder hu-manitarian aid from overseas, but also delay crucial aid forthose affected in the event of a disaster, Mucke noted.

Overuse of antibiotics harmingIndia's fight against TB: LancetTORONTO, (IANS) India, facing the highest burden of tuberculosis(TB) in the world, is also the world's largest consumer of antibiot-ics, says a study, conducted to determine whether pharmacieshave contributed to inappropriate use of antibiotics by dispensingthem without prescriptions. The study, by Indian origin research-ers, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, showed the criti-cal importance of engaging pharmacists for reducing misuse ofantibiotics, and for fighting TB. TB is a potentially serious infectiousbacterial disease that mainly affects the lungs. Excess usage ofantibiotics has led to significant antimicrobial resistance that threat-ens the effective prevention and treatment of TB, as resistant mi-croorganisms (including bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites)are able to withstand attack by the antimicrobial drugs. The find-ings showed that pharmacies frequently dispensed antibiotics tosimulated patients who presented with typical TB symptoms. How-ever, none of the pharmacies dispensed first-line anti-tuberculosisdrugs without prescriptions. Antibiotics and steroids (which canbe harmful to individuals who actually have TB), were dispensedonly when the patient presented with a lab test confirming TB, thusmaking the diagnosis apparent to the pharmacist, the study said."Our study clearly showed that not a single pharmacy gave awayfirst line anti-TB drugs (isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol, pyrazina-mide and streptomycin) without prescriptions," said MadhukarPai, Canada Research Chair at McGill University, in Quebec,Canada. "However, pharmacists gave away other antibiotics andrarely referred patients with typical TB symptoms, and that meansthey are contributing to delays in TB diagnosis," Pai added.

Patrick Brown's flip flop commentson sex-ed might cost PCScarborough byelection seatDESK REPORT / ONTARIO - PC leader Patrick Brown sayshis changing stance on sex-ed curriculum might cost par tybyelection loss in Scarborough Rouge River. He had saidealier if elected in 2018 he will "scrap the controversialchanges to sex ed." But later Brown said: "I realize this maycost me byelection in Scarborough-Rouge River becausemuch of the opposition was on this issue. But I don't want towin a byelection on false pretenses. If I am premier, I am notgoing to be scrapping sex education. "Ultimately on this is-sue, I wasn't hands-on enough. I'll take full responsibility forwhat my team put out there in Scarborough to some homes,but ultimately, it did not reflect what I would do if I waspremier. I'll be honest. People told me, you know, you shouldwait to correct the record until Friday. I said no. I don't wantanyone going to the polls on misinformation."

Grand Opening of Century 21President New Office Location

BRAMPTON - CENTURY 21 President Realty Inc. Brokerage opened doors to new modern location to serve clients in Brampton with cuttingedge modern tools. The grand opening ceremony was held on Friday 26th August 2016 between 11:00 to 3:00pm.The event welcomed the presence of Brian Rushton Executive VP Century21 Canada, Larry Cerqua President TREB, John DiMichele CEOTREB, Don Kottick President REIC, MPP Vic Dhillon, MPP Harinder Malhi, MP Raj Grewal and Dinesh Bhatia, Consul General of India inToronto.The newly opened CENTURY 21 President Realty Inc. Brokerage office is located at Suite 246-80 Maritime Ontario Blvd alongside the mainintersection of Airpor t Road and Queen Street. This new location strives to better serve home buyers and sellers in the Brampton area with thehelp of cutting edge tools and a knowledgeable real estate team. Along with exper t real estate advice the company also offers in-houseconsultation with mor tgage advisors and real estate lawyers to ensure clients get all the assistance they need to deliver a smooth real estatetransaction.CENTURY 21 President Realty Inc. Brokerage provides exper t assistance in both residential and commercial real estate services and isrecognized by Century 21 Canada and ranked 26 in the Top 30 CENTURY 21 companies across Canada also recognized by the prestigiousGrand CENTURION® Office award for 2015.For over eight years, the company has been serving clients in the Greater Toronto Area, Mississauga and Caledon, Brampton " We have beensuccessful over the years because we have the system, technology and have always embraced all the new trends in the industry and built ateam that continues to excel," said Gurcharan Bhaura, Broker of Record/Owner, CENTURY 21 President Realty Inc. "We invest in producingagents of the highest quality through training and marketing and they, in turn provide professional service to their clients. With this newlocation we strive to deliver excellent service standards."

Scorpene leak: Court ordersnewspaper to stop publishing,hand over documentsNEW DELHI, (IANS) French company DCNS has obtained aAustralian court order restricting newspaper 'The Australian' fromfurther publishing leaked documents on India's Scorpene subma-rine project, and hand over all company material. A report in TheAustralian said orders handed by the New South Wales SupremeCourt prevented the newspaper from using or disclosing the contentof any of the documents, and also requires it to remove the leakeddocuments from its website. The restriction expires at 5 p.m. onThursday. However, the court has also asked the newspaper tohand over, to DCNS, all of the company material in its possession.Cameon Stewart, the journalist who broke the story, in response toan email from IANS on Tuesday, said the newspaper will hand overthe documents that are on The Australian's website. "We will handover those few documents which we have a placed on the web inredacted form," Stewar t told IANS. Asked what will be thenewspaper's line of action once the temporary order ends on Thurs-day evening, he said: "I can't answer this until after the court pro-ceedings." Stewart had told IANS on Friday that the newspaper didnot intend to publish any more of the documents at that time. In aseries of tweets later he claimed the documents contained informa-tion on weapon systems as well, and said it would be published onMonday. The newspaper has not uploaded any fresh leaked docu-ments since Thursday, though in a report on Sunday, it had said theleaked documents include details of the capabilities of the SM.39anti-ship missile expected to be used on the Indian submarines. Anaffidavit filed by DCNS says the disclosure of the material has causeda prejudice to the shipbuilder because its competitors nowhave access to some of the company's material.

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ANOKHI MEDIA'S 13th ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY EVENT HONOURSCANADA AND THE WORLD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL SOUTH ASIANS

TORONTO - ANOKHI MEDIA welcomed over 500 guests, celebrities,notables and guests at the 13th Anniversary Awards Show on Thurs-day, August 25, 2016 at the Enter tainment Complex, 11 Polson St inToronto."ANOKHI MEDIA was initiated for one reason and one reason only,"says Raj Girn, President and CEO, ANOKHI MEDIA during her ad-dress to the audience. "We wanted to give voice to our richly diverseand dynamic community here in the west. To acknowledge that anidentity exists and flourishes here, which equally pulls from and reso-nates with our motherland as it does with our country of residence.Tonight we showcase success stories, celebrate identities and drawyour attention to those who have taken our community forward andbeen a par t in changing the world!"Some of the world's most notable South Asians worldwide werehonoured at the ceremony on Thursday evening. Celebrity guests andnotables included:Deepa Mehta, Oscar Nominated FilmmakerBibhu Mohapatra, Renowned Celebrity Fashion DesignerAditi Rao Hydari, Bollywood Actress/ModelJus Reign, YouTube SensationVikram Vij, Celebrity Chef & Entrepreneur/Former Dragon on CBC'sDragon's DenShama Hyder, Founder/CEO of The Marketing Zen Group & Best-Sell-ing AuthorFarah Nasser, Anchor, Global NewsMelanie Chandra, Hollywood Actress/Model

Inkquisitive, Illustration Ar tistHussein Dhalla, Menswear Celebrity Fashion DesignerDr Sapna Sriram, CEO/Co-Founder Integra Health Centre & Spor tsInjury Exper tAjay Chopra, Political LobbyistArjun, Singer-SongwriterGingger Shankar, Composer/IntstrumentalistAmrit Dasu, Singer-SongwriterShobhit Banwait, Tabla FusionistManj Musik, Singer-SongwriterNindy Kaur, Singer-SongwriterRaje Shwari, Legendary R&B/Hip-Hop Ar tistAlysha Brilla, Juno-Nominated Singer-SongwriterAnita Lerche, Renowned Punjabi SingerHuse Madhavji, Canadian ActorGabe Grey, Canadian ActorZaib Shaikh, Toronto Film Commissioner & Director of Enter tainmentIndustriesSangita Patel, Enter tainment Repor ter - ET CanadaTravis Dhanraj, Anchor/Repor ter, CP24DJ Fizza, Celebrity DeejayDJ Amita, Celebrity DeejayDJ Jiten, Celebrity DeejayDJ Fafa Khan, Celebrity DeejayRaj Girn, Founder, President & CEO, ANOKHI MEDIAHina P Ansari, Editor-in-Chief, The ANOKHI List 2016

Daniel Pillai, ANOKHI PULSE TV Lounge HoseDilshad Burman, ANOKHI MEDIA Facebook Live HostPresented by a number of hosts including Travis Dhanraj, Hina Ansari,Farah Nasser, Gabe Grey, Huse Madhavji, Zaib Shaikh and SangitaPatel, the anniversary event was one of ANOKHI MEDIA's most glam-orous to date. Guests mingled at scenic venue overlooking LakeOntario while an extensive number of media outlets gathered for anexclusive red carpet interview oppor tunity with popular South Asiancelebrities who had flown in from various parts of the globe.The red carpet was followed by performances and an Awards cer-emony. Performances included presentations by Punjabi singer AnitaLerche, Singer Songwriter Arjun, a tabla medley by Shobhit Banwaitand a violin performance by Gingger Shankar among others. Theevening culminated in a runway style fashion show by world re-nowned fashion designer Bibhu Mohapatra, who has dressed the likesof Michelle Obama and Jennifer Aniston.A key highlight of the evening included the launch of ANOKHI MEDIA'sglossy coffee table book entitled THE ANOKHILIST 2016. This bookincluded names of popular South Asian achievers on a regional, na-tional and international level, celebrating their success stories. Allguests who attended the event received a complimentary copy of thislimited edition coffee table book."What made this year even more exciting was that the bulk of the talent wefeatured in the book, attended the gala," adds Girn. "Watching honorees open thebook to their page was an exciting moment. It reminded me why a book cel-ebrating South Asian success is so necessary."

MP KAMAL KHERA HOSTS SERIES OF SEVEN TOWNHALL MEETINGS TO LISTEN TO RESIDENTS' VOICESOTTAWA - Kamal Khera is hosting a series of seven townhall meetings this summer to engage and listen to the voices of residents."I became a Member of Parliament to take the voices of the residents ofBrampton West to Ottawa", said Kamal Khera, "I plan to take the input and ideas collected at our townhall meetings directly to the House of Commons as well as to the desk of the appropriate cabinet ministers."Kamal Khera has hosted successful townhall meetings on democratic reform, national security (Bill C-51), healthcare, climate change, defense, and veteran's affairs. The input collected is organized into arepor t and sent directly to the desk of the appropriate cabinet minister. During her first townhall meeting, a resident stood up to thank Kamal Khera stating, "This is democracy. It is beautiful to see so manypassionate energetic residents at our townhall meetings, listening, sharing ideas, and engaging in conversations with our neighbours," Khera.Before the fall session commences, Khera will host two additional townhall meetings focused to Immigrationand Infrastructure. John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Citizenship, and Refugees andAmarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities will attend these meetings personally to hear from residents first-hand.

Navdeep Bains, Minister of Science, Technology and Economic Development with community members at Muslim Fest in Mississauga.

NAVDEEP BAINS, MINISTER OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MP SONIA SIDHU, MP RUBY SAHOTA, MP IQRA KHALIA, MP KAMAL KHERA, MP RAMESHWAR SANGHAAND MP RAJ GREWAL AT JOINT LIBERAL BBQ IN BRAMPTON.

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TRIPLE MURDER INCROSSBOW ATTACKOTTAWA, (IANS) At least three persons, including a woman,were killed in Toronto in a crossbow attack. A 35-year-oldman, Brett Ryan, is in custody, police said. The arrested manwas believed to have used a crossbow to kill the three peopleon Thursday in the garage of an east Toronto bungalow, leav-ing them crying out in agony as they bled to death on thedriveway, the National Post repor ted.The incident happened near Markham Road and Eglinton Av-enue East in Scarborough. One of the three victims managedto aler t the police, but all were dead by the time the policearrived. The suspect, who was also seriously injured in thecrossbow attack, has not yet been charged or named.Following the incident, a separate criminal investigation wasunfolding at the city's waterfront. In response to an aler t abouta possible bomb threat, over a suspicious package found atthe city waterfront, police dispatched members of the chemi-cal, biological, radiological and nuclear team to a condo-minium building, and closed the surrounding street. The po-lice believe there could be a possible link between the deadlyincident and the suspicious package. The victims' identitieswere also being withheld until their families were notified, butthey were repor ted to be related.

PC LEADER PATRICK BROWN AT THE GROSBEAK CRESCENT BBQ IN SUPPORT OF PC CANDIDATE RAYMOND CHO IN SCARBOROUGH.

SONIA SIDHU ENGAGES WITH COMMUNITYAT JOINT BRAMPTON LIBERAL BBQ

BRAMPTON-Hundreds of Liberals attended the first annual Brampton Liberal Joint BBQ at the Brampton Soccer Centre today! All theLiberal associations invited their local Liberal MPs to attend the event to mark their successful elections last October."I was so happy that Brampton Liberals could gather together, celebrate the fruits of their hard work, and to talk about the path forwardas Liberals," remarked Sidhu. "As we heard from Prime Minister Trudeau in Saguenay - now is not the time to rest on our laurels. It'sthe time to work even harder."The event featured attractions including rides for children, food, and speeches by the Members of Parliament in attendance. The eventtook place from 1-4 pm, and was focused on bringing out families in order to get feedback from them about the Liberal platforminitiatives already being delivered upon."I am a proud member of our Liberal caucus, our government team, and our Brampton Liberal team. Together, we are making a realdifference for Brampton - and that's what we were sent to Ottawa to do. Thanks to all the attendees and volunteers!"

HOME CAREGIVER90 yrs old elderly with dementia and kidney dialysis. Full time, 13.76 p/hr. 40 hrs in a week. Dutiesplan , prepare meal and serve, giving bath,assisting person hygiene, accompany medicalappointment ,encourage walkingand light house keeping such as cooking, laundryand cleaning. The employer name is SESHANTRIVISWASAM address is89 Angus Glen Blvd. Markham On L6C 1Z4

Toronto increases access todental care for low-incomeadults, seniorsTORONTO - City of Toronto increases access to dental carefor low-income adults and seniors through Pover ty Reduc-tion Strategy. Mayor John Tory and Deputy Mayor PamMcConnell (Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale) today an-nounced expanded emergency dental services access in allCity of Toronto dental clinics for low-income adults and se-niors. This partnership provides Ontario Works clients seek-ing emergency dental services access to 18 additional TorontoPublic Health dental clinics, an increase from the five provin-cially funded Toronto Public Health clinics offering this ser-vice last year.This dental care initiative is par t of the City's Pover ty Reduc-tion Strategy. In the 2016 budget, the City invested over $100million to fight pover ty and help our most vulnerable resi-dents. Pover ty reduction initiatives include providing studentnutrition programs for children, expanding homemaker andnurses programs for seniors in long-term care, keeping li-braries open longer on the weekends, and providing youngpeople and single parents access to good jobs.The first phase of implementing the Pover ty ReductionStrategy's recommendations, as of May 2016, resulted in alladult recipients receiving Ontario Works to have the addi-tional option of being treated for emergency dental care at anyof Toronto Public Health's 23 dental clinics. During the period ofJanuary 1 to June 30, 2015, 468 Ontario Works adult clients ac-cessed dental treatment in the five provincially funded, TPH-man-aged dental clinics. In comparison, that same time period in2016 resulted in 768 Ontario Works adult clients accessingdental treatment in the 23 available TPH dental clinics.

CANADA IN A DAYTORONTO - Inspired by Academy Award® and GoldenGlobe®-nominee Ridley Scott and Academy Award-winnerKevin Macdonald's highly successful Life in a Day, CANADAIN A DAY will capture one day in the life of our country, andwill air on CTV as par t of Canada's 150th anniversary of Con-federation in 2017. CANADA IN A DAY will be curated fromcrowd-sourced footage filmed by Canadians of all differentethnicities and communities from across the country. Fromcountless individual moments and stories, one film will becreated to capture Canada on a single day - engaging Canadi-ans across the country and around the worldto share - in anylanguage - their hopes and fears, their personal stories and,in doing so, what it means to be Canadian. From the ordinaryto the extraordinary, footage submitted may be included in thefinal film project set to air on CTV. For more information, in-cluding video submission requirements and tips from direc-tor Trish Dolman on how to create a great video, people areencouraged to visit CanadaInADay.ca

Toronto Area Schools Benefit from Repairs and UpgradesONTARIO - Students in Toronto will star t the school year with better buildings for better learning as a result of extensive repair and renewalwork over the summer by local school boards. In June, the Ontario government increased its two-year investment in local repair andrenewal to $686 million over the next two years - an increase of $297 million.Across the province, Ontario increased its investment in school repair and renewal by $1.1 billion, bringing its total funding to $2.7 billionover the next two years to improve school conditions. This is estimated to benefit more than 2,100 schools with repair and renewalprojects valued at $100,000 or more - in addition to many other smaller projects.These projects - in Toronto and throughout Ontario - are par t of the largest investment in public infrastructure in the province's history -about $160 billion over 12 years, which is suppor ting 110,000 jobs every year across Ontario."Every student deserves a safe, modern and healthy learning environment, because better buildings mean better student achievementand well-being. That is why our government made such a historic investment in repair and renewal, and why school boards have workedso hard over the summer to turn our investment into results for Ontario's students." Mitzie Hunter, Minister of Education

COUNCILLOR GURPREET DHILLON CELEBRATED KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI WITH THE FAMILY OF NAVAL BAJAJ.

TORONTO TO RECOGNIZEOVERDOSE AWARENESS DAYTORONTO - The Toronto Drug Strategy Implementation Panelthat oversees Toronto's municipal action plan on alcohol andother drugs held a media event on recently as InternationalOverdose Awareness Day in Toronto. This internationalday remembered people who have lost their lives to over-dose and raises awareness about the need to prevent fu-ture deaths. Toronto is Canada's largest city, the four thlargest in Nor th America, and home to a diverse populationof about 2.8 million people. It is a global centre for business,finance, ar ts and culture and is consistently ranked one of theworld's most livable cities.

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DURING A VISIT TO BRAMPTON, TRISTAN THOMPSON, REIGNING NBA CHAMPION OF THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS, BROUGHT THELARRY O'BRIEN TROPHY TO THE BRAMPTON SOCCER CENTRE. ON FRIDAY THOMPSON STOPPED BY THE CENTRE WHERE COUNCILLORGURPREET DHILLON PRESENTED HIM WITH THE CITY'S KEY.

CHANGE TO ONTARIO CABINETINCREASES FOCUS ON CHILD CARE

ONTARIO - Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a change to her cabinetthat will help strengthen supports for parents and give children the bestpossible start in life. Indira Naidoo-Harris, MPP for Halton, becomes Associ-ate Minister of Education (Early Years and Child Care).She will lead the government's efforts, in partnership with the Minister ofEducation, to build a high-quality, accessible and affordable early years andchild care system that supports choice and flexibility for parents and pro-motes healthy development for children. Naidoo-Harris will build on work todate in several areas, including:" Putting in place a renewed and coordinated system of Ontario Early YearsChild and Family Centres to better serve families and communities" Ensuring that child care policies align with government efforts in areas suchas addressing the gender wage gap" Working with the federal and provincial and territorial governments on anational early learning and child care framework.Giving children the best start in life is part of the government's economic planto build Ontario up and deliver on its number-one priority to grow the economyand create jobs. The four-part plan includes helping more people get andcreate the jobs of the future by expanding access to highquality college anduniversity education. The plan is making the largest infrastructure invest-

ment in hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit in Ontario's history andis investing in a lowcarbon economy driven by innovative, high-growth,export-oriented businesses. The plan is also helping working Ontariansachieve a more secure retirement. "Access to high-quality, affordable child care is essential to Ontario families.This new role in cabinet demonstrates our continued commitment to buildinga child care and early years system that will make life easier for parents andgive children the chance to flourish." -- Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario"I want to congratulate Indira Naidoo-Harris on becoming the new AssociateMinister of Education for Early Years and Child Care. She is a talented, dedicated,and committed MPP. We have many shared commitments and I look forward toworking with her on behalf of our province's children and families. Together, we willensure Ontario's child care, early years and education systems continue to benefitthe people of Ontario." -- Mitzie Hunter, Minister of Education"A child's development in their early years affects the rest of their lives. In thisnew role, I look -2- forward to working with child care providers and Ontariofamilies to set our children up for success. We will build an early years andchild care system that supports parents and gives more kids the strong startthey need and deserve." -- Indira Naidoo-Harris, Associate Minister of Edu-cation (Early Years and Child Care).

ON-STREET PARKING BEINGEXPANDED IN PORT CREDITMISSISSAUGA - Mississauga will be expanding on-street me-tered parking within the commercial district of Por t Creditbeginning September 1. "Expanding on-street metered park-ing will enable the City to manage the increasing demand forparking in the Por t Credit area. It will also encourage parkingspace turnover which is beneficial for everyone - local busi-nesses, residents and visitors," explained Jamie Brown, Man-ager Municipal Parking.

MP RAMESH SANGHA ORGANIZES TOWN HALLCONSULTATION IN HIS CONSTITUENCY OFFICE

BRAMPTON - Ramesh Sangha, Member of Parliament from BramptonCentre organized a Town Hall Consultation in his constituency officerecently. The topics of discussion were Immigration, Refugees, andTemporary Foreign Workers. The meeting was attended by a largenumber of constituents, MP Kamal Khera from Brampton West andformer Member of Parliament Hon. Gurbax Malhi. The meeting star tedwith a welcome note from MP Sangha followed by a presentation onthe emerging issues per taining to these topics.MP Sangha emphasized the government's commitment to the prom-ises made prior to the election. The MP highlighted the government'sconsiderations regarding changes in laws, rules, and regulations toaddress the problems facing the public. MP Sangha explained that hisrole as a member of the HUMA (Human Resource and Skill Develop-ment) Committee allowed him to share the views of many stakehold-

ers and exper t witnesses on these subjects. The purpose of the con-sultation was to solicit views of the constituents so that necessaryreforms can be brought out to fix the issues per taining to these topics.The active par ticipation from the attendees resulted in a free flow ofideas and suggestions to address the issues affecting students, refu-gees, and temporary workers. There was a need to ensure that allcategories like temporary foreign workers and students seamlesslytransitioned into the Canadian society. However, there is a need toensure that these changes should not deprive the local work force oftheir due employment oppor tunities.MP Sangha concluded the meeting with thanks to all par ticipants andassured that relevant suggestions will be taken up to the right quar-ters so that necessary changes can be made to remove the flaws inthe system.

LIBERAL CANDIDATE PROUDTO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS

IN HEALTHCARE

SCARBOROUGH - While meeting constituents, Scarborough-Rouge River by-election candidate Piragal Thiru, was proud tohighlight the Liberal government's recent and planned invest-ments in Scarborough's healthcare."As the son of an aging parent and father of a newborn son, Iunderstand how impor tant it is to have good communityhealthcare," said Thiru. "Thanks to the investments of this Lib-eral government, we have more doctors and nurses servingright here in Scarborough, along with 250 more long-term carebeds for those who need it."Since 2003, the Ontario Liberal government has increased thenumber of doctors in the region by more than 30%. Even as thepopulation has grown, patients have better access to morephysicians and nurses. Recently, the government announceda $5 million investment to lay the groundwork for a new hospi-tal in area, while it continues to build up the services at TheScarborough Hospital.

"We are such a strong community because the people ofScarborough help each other," said Thiru. "It is so importantfor them to have one of their own be a voice in government toensure their concerns are heard. I will be that voice and I willpush to ensure we get our share of healthcare investments,so that the people of Scarborough can get the care we needwhen we need it."Piragal Thiru is a city builder, transit exper t and grassrootscommunity organizer. He is working hard to give back to thecommunity that first welcomed him as a New Canadian andhelp make it thrive for commuters, for families and for se-niors. Election day is September 1.

Ontario Investing $1,423,000to Improve Emergency RoomCare in Peel RegionMISSISSAUGA - Ontario is providing more than $1,422,900to help patients receive quicker access to care inhospital emergency rooms in the municipalities of theRegion of Peel. The province will provide funding to 20municipalities across Ontario for 300,000 dedicatedemergency room nursing hours at 49 hospitals thisyear.Dedicated nurses will work exclusively on receivinglow-acuity patients from ambulances, which will allowparamedics to respond to other 9-1-1 calls in thecommunity rather than waiting in the emergency room.Patients arriving at hospitals by ambulance with life-threatening conditions continue to be given priority byhospital staff.Municipalities who have received funding for thesededicated emergency room nurses have alreadyrepor ted seeing improvements in delays and emer-gency room wait times. Investing in this initiative ispar t of the government's plan to build a better Ontariothrough its Patients First: Action Plan for Health Care,which provides patients with faster access to the rightcare, better home and community care, the informationthey need to live healthy, and a health care system thatis sustainable for generations to come."Improving health care results for patients requires usto make use of best practices, whenever possible.Investments in emergency room nurses will help toreduce delays in offloading ambulance patients at hospi-tals throughout our region." - Amrit Mangat, MPP forMississauga-Brampton South.

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'CHINA WILL GET INVOLVED IF INDIAFOMENTS TROUBLE IN BALOCHISTAN'

BY GAURAV SHARMA

Mehbooba's different voices: Pakistanbashing in Delhi, conciliatory in Kashmir

BY SARWAR KASHANI

CONTD. FROM PAGE 1"The latest concern for China is Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sspeech from the Red For t in which he referred to the issues likeKashmir (occupied by Pakistan) and Balochistan," Hu said. "Itcould be regarded as a watershed moment in India's policytowards Pakistan. Why Chinese scholars are concerned isbecause this is for the first time India has mentioned it," headded.Hu said China fears India may use "anti-government" elementsin Pakistan's restive Balochistan where Beijing is building the$46 billion CPEC -- a key to the success of its ambitious OneRoad One Belt project. "There is concern that India may takethe same approach, which is believed by the Indian sidePakistan is taking, asymmetrically using anti-governmentfactors in Pakistan," Hu said on the expansive and leafycampus of CICIR."If this kind of plot causes damage to the CPEC, China will haveto get involved," he said, referring to the alleged involvement ofIndia in backing separatists in Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan andPakistan-occupied Kashmir. The ongoing CPEC will connectChina's largest province, Xinjiang, with Pakistan's Gwadar por tin Balochistan, hit by rebels and separatists. India has stronglyopposed the corridor as it will pass through Gilgit-Baltistan andPakistan-occupied Kashmir which it claims as its own.Islamabad has long accused India of fomenting trouble in thisregion -- a charge denied by New Delhi. However, Modi'sreference to the region, exper ts say, is a signal to Pakistan thatNew Delhi could raise tensions in the region as a tit for tat forPakistan's backing for terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. "Thiswill not help Pakistan to become a normal country. And it willalso fur ther disturb India-China relations," Hu pointed out.

Hu noted the growing defence cooperation between India andthe US was also a worrying factor of China. "In the past, Chinawas not so much concerned about India's security cooperationwith other countries, especially with the US. But now Chinesescholars can feel the concern," Hu said. He said the defencecooperation between New Delhi and Washington had increasedsignificantly af ter Modi took over as Prime Minster. He alsoreferred to US Defense Secretary Ashton Car ter's visit to Indiain April during which both the countries agreed in principle tosign the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement(LEMOA)."There is renewal of defence and technological cooperation(between India and the US) for another 10 years, enhancing thecooperation under the framework of DTTI (Defence Technologyand Trade Initiative)," Hu added. "This is an alarming signal toChina. It is a concern for China," the exper t said. He also saidIndia will have to resist pressure exer ted by the US and Japanto join them in countering China. "We also know that the US andJapan, as well as Australia, are very keen on getting India intheir camp. They are also exer ting pressure. They are alsoluring India by giving high-technology deals and advancedmilitary weapons. It is up to India whether India can resist this

kind of temptation," Hu said.India's involvement in the South China Sea dispute was anotherirritant in the already strained relationship between India andChina, Hu added. "In the past, India's stand on the South ChinaSea was impar tial. Indian is getting more and more involved.This attitude is another concern for China," noted Hu."We know that India has national interest in maintainingfreedom of navigation and aviation, but China in the past hasdone nothing to block the so-called freedom of navigation. Ourproblem is with the US. We can see India is becoming morevocal in issuing joint statements with the US and Japan on theSouth China Sea," he added.A UN cour t in July rejected China's claims over the so-calledNine-Dash line -- which covers almost 90 per cent of thecontested South China Sea -- and backed the Philippines whichhas overlapping claims in the oil and natural gas-rich waters,which are also par tly claimed by Vietnam, Brunei, Taiwan andMalaysia. Beijing rejected the verdict as "illegal." India, 55 percent of whose trade passes through the Strait of Malacca thatopens into the South China Sea, has asked the par ties topeacefully resolve the dispute and show utmost respect to theUnited Nations' Convention on the Law of the Sea.

NEW DELHI, (IANS) While she was in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir ChiefMinister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday attacked Pakistan and separatistleaders for inciting trouble in the state, but later in Srinagar her tone andtenor changed -- from being angry to conciliatory. During her meetingwith Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi in the morning, Mehboobalashed out at Pakistan - in a first for the fiery woman Kashmiri politicianknown for her soft spot towards Islamabad. But after she reached Srinagar,her office issued a statement giving a more placatory picture.The statement said during her talks with Modi, Mehbooba was said tohave advocated a "reconciliatory" approach towards separatists as wellas Pakistan for peace in Kashmir. "Mehbooba outlined a three-prongedaction plan before the Prime Minister for the resolution of the Kashmirissue, including involvement of separatists and Pakistan in substantivedialogue, to work out a solution to the problem in light of the contempo-rary geopolitical realities," the statement quoted the Chief Minister assaying. However, when she addressed the media in Delhi after her 45-minute meeting with Modi, she came out strongly against Pakistan ac-cusing it of creating the ongoing trouble in Kashmir where people seeth-ing with anger have been persistently holding violent anti-governmentprotests for the past 50 days.At least 71 persons - including two policemen - have been killed sincethe July 8 killing of pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen's Kashmir com-mander Burhan Wani. "I want to tell Pakistan, if it has any sympathy forKashmiris, it should stop provoking (Kashmiris) to attack police sta-tions," she said in Delhi, asking Islamabad to mend its ways and stoptriggering violence and causing deaths in the valley.But the statement issued in Srinagar said that Mehbooba spoke about"the reconciliation and resolution process with a fresh resolve", urgingModi "to take bold political initiatives on Kashmir as was done by (hispredecessor) Vajpayee." She stressed on "the need for initiating a cred-ible and meaningful political action on the ground to make peace andstability a reality in the state" and invited the separatist Hurriyat Confer-ence for "a meaningful dialogue process for the peaceful resolution" ofthe Kashmir issue. During her days in the opposition Mehbooba - a strongvotary of self-rule - openly used to question Jammu and Kashmir's ac-cession to India. "Accession of Jammu and Kashmir with India has provedcounter-productive," she once said at a nor th Kashmir political rally.Mehbooba's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a relatively new entrantin the ideologically divided political spheres of Jammu and Kashmir,where nur turing a pro-Pakistan sentiment has been a potent tool forpoliticians since long to attract voters.Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) head A.S. Dulat has suc-cinctly described in his memoir "Kashmir: Vajpayee years" this charac-ter of Kashmiri politicians "speaking in different voices" in Srinagar, inJammu and Delhi - right from Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah to Mehbooba.Dulat wrote about politicians' liking for the green colour in Kashmir wherealmost all political parties except for the National Conference and PeoplesConference have green party flags. "When Muslim United Front (MUF)was formed in 1987, it chose green as its flag's colour. PDP presidentMehbooba Mufti's favourite colour is green, which she uses while cam-paigning. All militant organizations make free use of green," Dulat writes.Mehbooba also drapes herself in full green during public rallies in Kash-

mir. She has a pen and inkpot as her party symbol - the same that SyedSalahuddin, the supreme commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit,used when he fought the infamously rigged assembly election of 1987.

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CANADA TO HOST 5TH REPLENISHMENT CONFERENCE OFGLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, MALARIA

DEFENCE MINISTER HARJIT SAJJAN CELEBRATED UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY WITH COMMUNITY.

Pledges $785 million for 2017 to 2019 to help save nearly 8 million livesOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on world leadersand international stakeholders to join Canada as it hosts the FifthReplenishment Conference of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tubercu-losis, and Malaria in Montréal, Québec, on September 16-17.Since it launched in 2002, the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis,and Malaria has saved 20 million lives through innovative healthinvestments. By hosting the Replenishment Conference, Canada isonce more defining itself as a nation committed to helping those mostin need - both at home and around the world.The conference aims to help raise USD $13 billion, for 2017 to 2019,to suppor t the Global Fund in fighting three of the world's most deadlydiseases. It will bring together donor and recipient governments, theprivate sector, private foundations, civil society, and affected com-munities in an effor t to end AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria as epi-demics by 2030. During the Conference, Canada will highlight thepressing need to help women and girls who often must bear a dispro-por tionate amount of the burden caused by AIDS and malaria, andwho assume significant additional responsibilities for those affected

by tuberculosis. Canada has pledged $785 million, for 2017 to 2019,to help the Global Fund save an additional 8 million lives and stop anadditional 300 million new infections by 2019."The world has made tremendous progress on diseases that seemedunstoppable only 15 years ago. We are close to ending the HIV, TB,and malaria epidemics for good. But to end these diseases - as epi-demics - by 2030, we need to do more: more action, more leadership,more smar t investments, more innovative thinking, more practicalsolutions, and more commitment. That is what will bring everyonetogether in Montréal." - Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada"We cannot make meaningful advances in development when peopleare sick and dying from diseases that we can prevent. That is whyCanada's leadership around global health aims to reach the poorestand most vulnerable, especially women and girls. By focusing oureffor ts to improve the lives of those who are often forgotten or leftbehind, like adolescent girls, we can help end AIDS, tuberculosis andmalaria for good." - Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of InternationalDevelopment and La Francophonie

NEW FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL FUNDINGAGREEMENT MAKES 57 PUBLIC TRANSIT

PROJECTS POSSIBLE IN OTTAWA

OTTAWA - The governments of Canada and Ontario, as well as munici-palities across Ontario are making investments that will help createjobs and grow the middle class now while building a strong foundationfor a sustainable economic future. Catherine McKenna, Member ofParliament for Ottawa Centre, on behalf of the Honourable AmarjeetSohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, and Yasir Naqvi,Member of Provincial Parliament for Ottawa Centre, and His WorshipJim Watson, Mayor of the City of Ottawa today announced that 57 transitinfrastructure projects totaling $155,900,000 will be getting under wayin Ottawa thanks to the signing of an agreement with the Province ofOntario that brings a new federal infrastructure funding program intoeffect: the Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF). The Ottawa projectsinclude the purchase of two sets of trains for the second stage of theOttawa light-rail system, 17 new vehicles for Ottawa's bus fleet, exten-sive improvements to bus routes and transit corridors, and pedestrianand cycling bridges to connect pathways to light rail stations. This workwill improve the flow of public transit in the city and prepare for futureconstruction of the light-rail and other important projects.

ONTARIO - Premier Kathleen Wynne was in Welland today at thegroundbreaking ceremony for a new GE Canada "Brilliant Factory"that will strengthen Ontario as a hub of advanced manufacturing andcreate 220 local jobs. Expected to begin production in early 2018, thefacility will produce energy-efficient engines and other componentsthat are used all over the world. The Welland plant will be among themost advanced in GE's global operations, and the first of its kind inCanada.Ontario helped secure this project by providing a single point of con-tact for GE when the company was deciding where in Canada to makethis major investment. Other companies will benefit from the sameservice model when the province launches the Strategic InvestmentsOffice (SIO) this fall. The SIO will provide companies looking to in-vest in Ontario a one-window approach, offering a seamless range ofservices such as help selecting a suitable site, training workers, andfast-tracking provincial and municipal permits and licences.GE is one of several global companies making major investments inOntario, attracted by strengths such as a competitive tax system,stable financial markets, modern infrastructure, and a highly skilledand trained workforce. These include:" Fiat Chrysler is producing the first plug-in hybrid electric minivanbuilt in Nor th America, creating 1,200 jobs in Windsor

" General Motors will create more than 700 engineering jobs by en-hancing its technical centre in Oshawa, establishing a software de-velopment centre in Markham and upgrading its cold-weather testingfacility in Kapuskasing" IBM, in par tnership with OntarioCentres of Excellence, will helpup to 500 small and medium-sized enterpr ises launch andmarket new technologies and prod-ucts internationally, creating up to2,600 jobs across the province" Google has created almost 400jobs over the past 10 years in Wa-terloo Region, and designed itsfacility there with the capacity for600 more jobs" Huawei will create 250 jobsthrough an R&D project that willinclude establ ishing researchlabs in Markham and Waterlooand expanding its existing re-search facility in Ottawa.

ONTARIO SECURES MAJOR INVESTMENT FROM GE;NEW FACTORY TO CREATE 220 JOBS IN WELLAND

DEFENCE MINISTER HARJIT SAJJAN AFTER ANNOUNCING CANADA'S PLEDGE OF $450 MILLIONAND 600 SOLDIERS FOR UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION.

ONTARIO PREMIER IN MEXICO TOADVANCE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIPS

ONTARIO - Premier Kathleen Wynne departs on her first mission toMexico to strengthen ties with business and political leaders, pro-mote Ontario as an ideal investment location and demonstrate Ontario'sleadership in climate change at the Climate Summit of the Americas.Premier Wynne will travel to Mexico from August 29-September 2 to visitMexico City and Guadalajara, Jalisco. In Mexico City, the Premier will meetwith business and government leaders. The premier will showcase Ontario'sleadership in key areas, including manufacturing, agri-food, education, cli-mate change, cleantech and innovation. In Guadalajara, the Premier, alongwith Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Glen Murray, will repre-sent Ontario at the Climate Summit of the Americas. She will also meet withpolitical representatives and business leaders to advance Ontario's key sec-tors, discuss research and innovation opportunities, and create new partner-ships. "Both Ontario and Mexico are focused on developing strong, resilient,competitive business environments that spur innovation and growth. Mymission to Mexico will aid new partnerships in key economic sectors and inthe fight against climate change. The Climate Summit of the Americas is anopportunity to showcase Ontario's historic climate change initiatives,including cap and trade." Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario.

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Opposition upset over Sharif'sKashmir special envoys

ISLAMABAD, (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's moveto nominate 22 MPs as special envoys to highlight the Kashmirissue has come under attack over the non-inclusion of oppositionleaders. The Kashmir issue can be raised globally in a befittingmanner only with the opposition's backing, the Daily Times quotedPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Asad Umar and Taj Haider of thePakistan People's Par ty as saying.Pakistan on Saturday decided to step up its diplomatic lobbying onKashmir, naming the 22 MPs to go as special envoys to various

countries to apprise them about the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir.Umar said most of the nominated MPs did not even attend parlia-mentary debates and questioned how could they highlight theKashmir cause. "Nawaz Sharif is not ready to discuss Kashmirwith (his Indian counterpar t) Narendra Modi," said Umar. Haidersaid a majority of the special envoys belonged to treasurybenches, the Daily Times repor ted. He said the governmentshould have included opposition leaders of both houses of theparliament in the group.

Trump challenges Clinton torelease medical recordsWASHINGTON, (IANS) Republican presidential nomineeDonald Trump challenged Democratic rival Hillary Clintonto release "detailed medical records" and said he wouldhave "no problem" releasing his own. "I think that bothcandidates, Crooked Hillary and myself, should releasedetailed medical records. I have no problem in doing so!Hillary?" Trump tweeted on Sunday night.Trump has long tried to por tray Clinton as without sufficientstamina to serve as president, despite her reputation asone of the most travelled secretaries of state and profilesdetailing her work ethics, CNN repor ted. "#WheresHillary?Sleeping!!!!!" he recently tweeted. The Republican presi-dential candidate's only public medical record -- a letterwritten by his physician that was released in December2015 -- has recently been under scrutiny after NBC Newsrepor ted the doctor only took five minutes to write it.Questions about Clinton's health have also been pushed byTrump suppor ters and surrogates, CNN reported. Clintonrecently addressed the claims when she appeared onJimmy Kimmel's show, calling it "par t of the wackystrategy". But, similar to Trump, Clinton's physician hasrepeatedly affirmed her health and fitness.

CPEC economic corridor gamechanger for region: SharifISLAMABAD, (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif onMonday said the $46 billion China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC) is not only a "game-changer" forPakistan but would help bring prosperity to the entireregion. Addressing the inaugural session of the CPECSummit at the Pakistan-China Friendship Centre, Sharifsaid the economic corridor project is the most impor-tant economic initiative for South Asia in the 21stcentury, Pakistan Today repor ted."Our region has witnessed a lot of conflict and depriva-tion in the past. Time has come to turn a new leaf in thehistory of the region by bringing peace and prosperityand addressing the challenges of pover ty, unemploy-ment and under-development," he added. Nawaz fur therstated that the CPEC is not "merely a strategic decision"but the "culmination" of 10 years of "brotherhood andcooperation" between China and Pakistan. The twosides never left each other in times of distress such asduring the devastating ear thquake in 2005 and floods in2010. "Our relations with China are of the utmost impor-tance," he said. Sharif said, during his visit to Pakistan,Chinese President Xi Jinping told the parliament thatPakistan stood by China when it was isolated. Now Chinahas reached out to the country when Pakistan stoodeconomically isolated, repor ted Dawn.

Myanmar quake damagesnearly 400 ancient templesNAY PYI DAW, (IANS) The number of ancient templesdamaged in the archaeological complex of Bagan inMyanmar in a 6.8 magnitude ear thquake last week hasrisen to 397, according to authorities on Monday.Restoration work will take at least a year, DeputyDirector General of the Depar tment of Archaeology,Thein Lwin, told the Myanmar Times. The CulturalMinistry also put out a temporary ban on climbing someof the most famous pagodas of Bagan to watch sunriseor sunset, a major tourist attraction of the area, re-por ted EFE news. The US Geological Survey located thehypocentre of the ear thquake on August 21 - whichkilled four persons and injured a Spanish tourist - to be84.1 km deep and 30 km south of Bagan. The historiccomplex of Bagan, capital of the ancient Myanmarkingdom of Pagan, between the 9th and 13th centuries,has more than 3,000 stupas and pagodas spread overan area of about 40 sq km.

British PM to put stamp on Brexit before G20 summitLONDON, (IANS) As Britian Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to head to China for the upcoming G20, she will first hold a criticalcabinet meeting with her top ministers at Chequers -- the country retreat home for British Prime Ministers, a media report said. Mayintends to reinforce her clear Brexit stance following Britain's June 23 referendum decision that the country will leave the European Union(EU), Xinhua news agency reported.Her determination to see through what the British public decided, was likely to dismay suppor ters of the Remain camp who were stillseeking ways of over turning Britain's retreat from Europe. May wants to make sure before she depar ts for Hangzhou that world leadersgathering in Hangzhou were in no doubt about her proclamation that Brexit means Brexit.The Mail on Sunday described May's Chequers' meeting on Wednesday as a "back to school" cabinet meeting during which she wasexpected to order feuding Brexit Ministers to end any turf wars. It will be May's first meeting at her country retreat since she becamePrime Minister, with the Mail saying it will mark a sharp escalation in May's effor ts to assure restless Eurosceptics in her Conservativepar ty that she was on track to deliver an early exit from the EU "and will not fob them off with Brexit-lite".She would also encourage the three-quar ters of cabinet members who campaigned to stay in the EU to identify Brexit oppor tunities intheir own government depar tments. May's trip to China will see her meeting the US President Obama, with commentators saying she was likely to usethe opportunity to gauge the appetite for mutually beneficial Britain-US trade relationships in the future. Former Labour premier Tony Blair and a number of servingpoliticians say Members of Parliament could use a parliamentary vote to stop Brexit. A Downing Street source said: "The Prime Minister hasbeen absolutely clear that the British public have voted and now she will get on with delivering Brexit."

US SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY (L) AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEY LAVROV TALK DURING A JOINT PRESSCONFERENCE IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (IANS).

WITH SKATES ON, TURKEY COULDSLIP INTO SYRIAN QUAGMIRE

BY SAEED NAQVIHakan Fidan, Chief of Turkish Intelligence, did not give much credenceto warnings by Russian agencies that a coup to oust President TayyipErdogan was in the works. But he shared the information with others ona "need-to-know" basis. In a manner of speaking, he closed the door, asort of general precaution. He did not send out an aler t. The Russianspersisted. A helicopter gunship would target Erdogan at his Mediterra-nean holiday resort.Subsequent stories remain unverified - that Erdogan could not land atIstanbul, Germany, Azerbaijan. That is when the Americans gave himrefuge at the Incirlik air base which, ironically, happens to be in Turkey.Then Fethullah Gulen surfaced as the master plotter, in cahoots with"some" American generals.Obviously the Russians had their ears close to the ground when theypicked up the earliest signals of the impending coup. When Erdogancalled out the people to thwart the plotters, Tehran was the first capitalto openly support the embattled Turkish president. Suddenly, Moscow,

Tehran, Hezbullah in Lebanon, Iraq par ticularly Najaf, because PrimeMinister Haider al Abadi in Baghdad is seen as something of an Americanpuppet - all of them had broad smiles on their faces. With athletic agility,Erdogan turned up at St. Petersburg, apologized for the Russian pilotbeing shot down over Turkey in November 2015, and locked VladimirPutin in a tight embrace. And, to and behold, Turkish forces are now inSyria, tanks and all. Is the theory of unintended consequences catchingup with everybody after the failed coup of July 15? I mention this becauseI have been witness to another botched up coup which changed the world- The Saur (April) 1978 revolution which brought the Afghan CommunistParties, Khalq and Parcham, to power. This paved the way for the Sovietoccupation of Afghanistan in 1980. I remember a panic stricken ZbigniewBrzezinski, President Carter's National Security Adviser on the Pakistan-Afghan border, discussing strategies. Let me first explain how it was a"botched" up coup. Having suffered reverses in Vietnam, Angola,Mozambique, Ethiopia, Nicaragua at the hands of local communist move-ments, the Americans pressured the Shah of Iran's Savak secret service

to oust the Left in Kabul which wasgetting powerful around PresidentDaoud Khan.When the coup plan was still in itsnascent stages, Mir Akbar Khybar,a trade union leader, affiliated toParcham, was killed in an intelli-gence-counter intelligence mixup.The coup plot had leaked. AbdulQadir and Aslam Watanjar, Com-munist moles in the Afghan armedforces, drove out tanks from Pul eCharkhi. They slaughtered Daoudand his entourage. The Left, unpre-pared for power, persuaded NurMohammad Taraki of Khalq to takeover as Prime Minister. Within twoyears, the Soviets were in Afghani-stan. The US, Saudis, Pakistan, fortheir own reasons, got into ascrum. Began the training ofMujahideen in hundreds ofmadrasas along the border withAfghanistan.

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BJP WORKERS LED BY SATISH UPADHYAY PROTEST AGAINST DELHI CHIEF MINISTER ARVIND KEJRIWAL IN FRONT OF HISRESIDENCE IN NEW DELHI (IANS).

Kejriwal known for faking pre-poll surveys: DigvijayPANAJI, (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal isknown for engineering fake pre-poll surveys some of whichare projecting the AAP winning the next assembly electionsin Goa and Punjab, Congress leader Digvijay Singh saidhere on Saturday. He also said Kejriwal fell out withYogendra Yadav, a well known psephologist, because thelatter refused to fabricate a poll survey -- and that the AamAadmi Par ty (AAP) leader is par t of the RSS-BJP nexus outto eliminate the Congress par ty from Indian politics."No matter what Kejriwal says, he is known for getting fakesurveys done, releasing and publicising them. That was oneof the major reasons for the dispute between him andYogendra Yadav, who is one of the most dependable andcredible psephologists," Digvijay Singh told repor tershere. "Kejriwal wanted Yogendra Yadav to do a fakesurvey which he refused." Digvijay Singh said the AAPand the BJP are working together at the national level inline with the strategy of the Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (RSS) for "Congress-mukt Bharat" (Congress-freeIndia). He claimed that Kejriwal was present at ameeting of the Vivekanand International Foundation, anRSS-linked think tank, which strategised NarendraModi's Lok Sabha election campaign."I challenge him to accept or deny the fact. Was he not apar t of the discussion held in the Vivekanand Interna-tional Foundation, which drew up the strategy of Modi'selection as prime minister and was he not a par t of thediscussion along with the RSS?" Digvijay Singh said. Healso questioned Kejriwal's credentials as an IndianRevenue Service (IRS) officer, claiming the AAP leaderremained on sabbaticals for most of the time he was inservice."If you see his career in the IRS, he was never posted out ofDelhi and most of the time he was on sabbatical. Every civilservant who is on sabbatical has to submit a repor t, whichhe never did. What was his record for checking tax evasion?He never comes out on that," Digvijay Singh said.

NEW DELHI, (IANS) India is looking to work closely with the USto secure membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)and permanent membership of the UN Security Council, ExternalAffairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said at the second India-USStrategic and Commercial Dialogue here."We look forward to continue working closely with the US tosecure our membership of the NSG and permanent membershipof the UN Security Council," Sushma Swaraj said. Earlier thisyear, India's attempt to become a NSG member was scuttled bya group of countries including China. Membership to the car telwill allow India to trade in nuclear material and technology.Emphasising that India wants to take the defence cooperationwith the US to the next stage of "co-production and co-develop-ment", Sushma Swaraj said the next step was to define thebenefits associated with India's designation as a "MajorDefence Par tner" of the US during Prime Minister NarendraModi's visit to America in June."This would spur defence industry collaboration between India

and the US and help India play the desired role as a net providerof security in the region," she said. "We have taken some stepsto strengthen our cooperation in the area of counter-terrorismas envisaged in the joint declaration issued during the lastmeeting of this mechanism. This would be an impor tantelement of our deliberations," she added.In his opening remarks, US Secretary of State John Kerry saidIndia and the US had deepened cooperation in defence, combat-ing cyber terrorism and in counter-terrorism. "We hope to seeour civil nuclear co-operation take shape in the form of newreactors that deliver reliable electricity to Indian households,"Kerry said."We are working to bring new technologies to help India meetits ambitious renewable energy targets," he said. Announcingthat this would be the last time he was leading this dialogue,Kerry added: "I'm very confident that we'll continue tostrengthen what President Obama has called 'defining par tner-ship of the 21st century'."

Modi working in tandem with power discoms: KejriwalNEW DELHI, (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of workingin tandem with the power discoms to benefit them. "Modiji is in the pockets of power companies. He is working in tandem with the powercompanies. Modi called Lt Governor on phone and asked him to do as they (power discoms) say," Kejriwal tweeted.He accused the Prime Minister of trying to implement an increased power tariff in Delhi as in Gujarat. "Cost of 200 units and 400 units of electricityin Delhi is Rs 550 and Rs 1,200, respectively, whereas in Gujarat it is Rs 1,100 and Rs 2,300, respectively. Now Modiji wants Delhi rates also to be equalto Gujarat," Kejriwal said in another tweet. Also on Sunday, Kejriwal while speaking at a gathering in Najafgarh said that Lt Governor Najeeb Jungcancelled his government's order to make discoms pay compensation for unscheduled power cuts. However, the Lt Governor's office on Mondayrefuted Kejriwal's claim. In a statement, the LG office said that Kejriwal's remark regarding LG office asking for power discoms file and cancelling theorder is "incorrect and misleading. The Lt. Governor's office has not asked for any specific file and has so far not issued any fresh orders on this issue.Files have been submitted to the office of the Lt. Governor by the government following the High Court's order," LG office said in an officialstatement. It fur ther said that the files, which have come to the LG office, are likely to contain constitutional infirmities.

Punjab to distribute utensils worth Rs 100 crore before pollsChandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) With assembly elections less than six months away, the Punjab government has decided to distributeutensils worth Rs 100 crore. Rural Development and Panchayat Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka said on Monday that the utensils wouldbe distributed to Panchayats (village councils), Mahila Mandals (women forums) and Youth Clubs.The state's Rural Development and Panchayats depar tment has initiated the process for the procurement of utensils. Tendering processfor the procurement of utensils was complete, the minister said. "The process of the procurement of utensils is at an advanced stage and thegovernment will distribute them before the imposition of the election code," Maluka said. Assembly elections in the state are likely in February next year.The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance government, which has been in power since 2007, is trying to retain power.

INDIA-US LOGISTICS DEAL TOWORK ONLY ON MUTUALCONSENT: DEFENCE MINISTRYNEW DELHI, (IANS) The Defence Ministry said on Tuesdaythat the newly-inked India-US military logistics agree-ment will work only on mutual consent, and clarified thatit does not provide for setting up of bases or an obligationto carry out joint activities. "Defence cooperation be-tween India and the United States has never beenstronger than it is today," the Defence Ministry said in atweet from its official Twitter handle.The Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement(LEMOA) was signed between India and the US onMonday in Washington, in the presence of visitingDefence Minister Manohar Parrikar and US Secretary ofDefence Ashton Car ter. "LEMOA is a facilitating agree-ment that establishes terms, conditions, procedures forreciprocal provision of logistic suppor t, supplies,service. Reciprocal logistic suppor t would be usedexclusively in por t visits, joint exercises, joint training,humanitarian assistance and disaster relief," it said."Logistics suppor t for any other cooperative effor ts shallonly be provided on case to case basis through priormutual consent of par ties," it said, adding that thisconsent would be consistent with the respective laws,regulations and policies. The tweets added that LEMOA"does not create any obligations on either par ty to carryout any joint activity", "does not provide for the establish-ment of any bases or basing arrangements", and "signifi-cantly enhances operational capacity of our armedforces, including in response to humanitarian crises ordisaster relief."

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