Toronto: According to a new survey, Olivia Chow has gone far ahead in the race for the post of Mayor of Toronto. But still the voters have not been able to make up their minds.

According to a survey conducted by the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada (NEPMCC), Chow currently enjoys support from 16 per cent of voters.

With this modest increase, Chow has overtaken former Toronto police chief Mark Saunders and counselor Josh Matlow, who is getting 12 percent support. Councillor Brad Bradford and former Liberal MP Mitzie Hunter are currently backed by six percent of voters.

26 per cent of the voters who have already made up their mind are with Chow, with Saunders having the support of 20 per cent and Matlow with 19 per cent. 39 per cent of the voters are yet to decide which candidate they want to vote for and only 18 per cent of the voters say that they will vote for their candidate.

Meanwhile, a survey conducted by Mainstreet Research also shows the wind direction towards Chow. According to this survey, 26 percent of the voters are ready to vote in favor of Chao. Former councillor Ana Bailão, a close political aide to former mayor John Tory, is said to be second only to Chow with 21 per cent support.

Tory resigned in February 2023 after an affair with his own staff member came to light. Toronto’s by-election will be held on June 26.

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Toronto: Acting on a search warrant last week, Toronto police recovered stolen vehicles worth $1 million.

According to a release issued on Monday, Durham police said that at 11:45 p.m. on Thursday, police received reports of lexus theft.

Police officers then reached Hopkins Street on Warren Road in Whitby. The release stated that when the police officials conducted further investigation they also found other stolen vehicles.

The next day, a search warrant was issued on Friday and investigators recovered 11 stolen vehicles. Of these, 10 were Lexus SUVs and one was a Range Rover.

The recovered vehicles are said to have been stolen from Durham, York, Halton, Toronto and Niagara. The police say that the investigation is still going on by them.

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San Francisco: US financial authorities have acquired California’s First Republic Bank. This action has been taken on the bank after failing in banking operations. JPMorgan Chase Bank will acquire this bank.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said in a statement that in order to keep depositors’ money safe, FDIC Bank has talked to JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association, Columbus, Ohio on a purchase agreement.

Now the deposits and entire assets of First Republic Bank will be transferred to them. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation said JP Morgan will now acquire all deposits, including uninsured and substantial assets.

The First Republic was unable to deliver any effective rescue plan and announced last week that the bank had lost $100 billion in deposits in the first quarter, causing the bank’s shares to fall.

A source, who did not wish to be named, said the federal government spoke to the FDIC when the bank’s situation worsened. Following this, the US Treasury Department contacted six banks last week to understand their interest in the assets of First Republic Bank.

First Republic Bank is the second largest bank in US history with assets of $ 233 billion and it has failed. Earlier in 2008, Lehman Brothers Bank went bankrupt.

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New York: An Indian-origin man has been convicted of killing three boys in the US state of California. According to media reports, the boys used to do mischief by ringing the doorbell of his house.

Anurag Chandra, a resident of Riverside County, was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder and the murder of three boys, the New York Post reported.

Chandra is likely to be sentenced to life imprisonment on July 14 and there is a possibility that he may never get parole, the paper said.

The incident took place on January 19, 2020, when some boys had rung the bell of Chandra’s house in a fit of rage. Chandra said a boy had teased her before running away with a bell ringing. He had killed all three 16-year-old boys by ramming them under a vehicle.

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Washington: US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met the top 150 donor gentlemen over the weekend, including an Indian-American businessman.

The two leaders met with an aim to develop a successful strategy of raising funds for the 2024 election campaign. This information was given by the persons involved in this meeting.

Meanwhile, taking a dig at former President Donald Trump-led “MAGA (Make America Great Again Republicans”, Biden stressed on the right to abortion.

He also highlighted the importance of donors and their contribution in saving democracy. Those present in the meeting said that though the programme was not meant to raise funds, it was a fresh attempt to attract new donors.

Ajay Jain Bhutoria, an Indian-American and deputy national financial chairman of the Democratic Party, was among the 150 prominent Democratic donors who attended the meeting in Washington DC.

The campaign is believed to have set a target of raising USD 2 billion for the 2024 election campaign. Vice President Harris spoke to all donors personally one by one.

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Ottawa: Police in Canada have arrested 119 people, including 47 Punjabis, and recovered 556 cars. The value of these cars is said to be 17 crores. Among those arrested is a 58-year-old punjabi man.

Since 2019, the police were very upset with the increasing incidents of car theft in Toronto, Canada.

A campaign was being run at the ground level regarding this. Canada’s RCMP has traced these people with the help of CCTV cameras. The investigation of this case was started in November 2022. So far, 119 people have been arrested in the case.

Those arrested include Nirmal Dhillon (47), a resident of Caledon, Canada, Sukhwinder Gill (40), a resident of Woodbridge, Jagjit Bhinder (40), a resident of Brampton, Iqbal Hair (50) of Toronto, Pradeep Grewal (38), a resident of Brampton, Jiten Patel, 31, and Varinder Calla (32). Gurveen Ranaut, 26, from Brampton, Ramanpreet Singh, 29, from Mississauga, Chauhan, 45, from Brampton.

Similarly, Gagandeep Singh, 23, Sandeep Takkar, 36, Satwinder Grewal, 29, Princedeep Singh, 25, Amrit Clair, 28, from Cambridge, Ajay Kumar, 23, from Toronto, Khemnath Singh, 58, from Brampton. Inquilab Singh, 26, Harpreet Singh, 35, Manpreet Gill, 36, from Brampton,

44-year-old Mandeep Singh Toor, 23-year-old Dilpreet Singh of Mississauga, 33-year-old Tridev Verma of Brampton, 31-year-old Joga Singh, 32-year-old Dilpreet Saini of Brampton, 37-year-old Manpreet Gill, Gauravdeep Singh, Jasdeep Janda (25), 28-year-old Harshdeep Singh of Brampton, 27-year-old Ravi Singh and Navjot Singh of Brampton, Diljot Dhillon (24) Sunil (42) from Niagara Falls, Khavinder Singh (42) and Alambir Singh (23) from Toronto, Jasraj Singh (18), Mehkash Sohal (18), Amanjot Sandhu (19) of Brampton, Manpreet Gill (36) and Jasdeep Singh (25) of Brampton bave been arrested.

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Ottawa: After years of political opposition and parliamentary scrutiny, the federal Liberal government’s online streaming act, also known as Bill C-11, was passed in the Senate. After getting the royal seal, this bill will now take the form of a law.

Bill C-11 was cleared by the Senate on Thursday evening. The bill, sponsored by Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, was passed by senators after some amendments.

It is worth mentioning that for the first time since 1991, the way has been paved for the reform of the Broadcasting Act and during this time online content can also be discussed.

The bill, which was passed by a majority of MPs last month, got approval with 52 votes to 16 from the senators.

With the passage of this bill, digital platforms like Netflix and YouTube will now have to contribute financially to the Canadian subject as well.

With the passage of the bill, online streaming platforms will now come under regulatory authorities such as the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission. Under this, if these digital platforms do not offer Canadian content for Canadian users, then they may also have to pay a fine.

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Ontario: The Ontario government is investing several million dollars to improve the province’s bail system. By doing so, the government wants to ensure that they fulfil all the bail conditions granted to high-risk offenders and those with a mindset of repeating violent crimes.

On Thursday, Premier Doug Ford announced that $112 million would be invested to set up violent crime bail teams, bring in new technology, provide resources to prosecutors for complex bail hearings, as well as promote the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) squad of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).

“We urgently need bail reforms,” Ford said. We see every day how innocent and innocent people lose their lives at the hands of dangerous criminals. We want to ensure that dangerous criminals are kept imprisoned behind bars so that the naked dance of death can be stopped from our streets.”

$24 million will be given to police services for three years for a new Bail Compliance and Warrant Appreciation Grant to establish dedicated Bell Compliance Teams. The OPP’s rope squad will be given $48 million to set up the Bail Compliance Unit.

This will focus on those convicts who do not meet the bail conditions or abscond. At the same time, the province will invest $ 26 million to set up intensive serious violent crime bail teams.

This will help prosecutors prepare for bail hearings and establish a new bell monitoring system across Ontario through the Bail Compliance Dashboard.

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Panama City: In a veiled attack on Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said it is “extremely difficult” for India to engage with a neighbour who indulges in cross-border terrorism against the country. Jaishankar’s remarks came after Pakistan recently confirmed that its Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will visit India to attend the crucial Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Goa next month.

“We are both members of the SCO,” Jaishankar said at a joint press conference with Panamanian Foreign Minister Janaina Tewaney Mencomo here on Monday. Therefore, we usually attend meetings. We are the president of this year (SCO). So, the meeting is taking place in India. The point is that it is very difficult for us to engage with a neighbour who promotes cross-border terrorism against us,” he said.

“We have always maintained that they must fulfil their commitment not to encourage, sponsor and support cross-border terrorism. We hope that one day we will reach that point,” he said, adding that India has been maintaining that it desires normal neighbourly relations with Pakistan. However, it stresses that the onus is on Islamabad to create an environment free of terror and hostility for such engagements.

Pakistan’s Foreign Office had announced on April 20 that Foreign Minister Bilawal would attend the SCO meeting to be held in Goa on May 4-5.

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New Delhi: The 52-year-old newly-appointed US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti has described the relationship between India and the US as very important for the future of the world.

Garcetti has said that the two countries are working together on many issues and this has never happened before. In his address during the US India Summit, Garcetti said that there are few such relationships in the world, which are more important for India and America.

The US India Summit was hosted by Congressional India Caucus co-chairs Ro Khanna and Michael Waltz.

At the same event, Eric Garcetti, while addressing Indian-Americans, said many things that were highlighting the importance of Indo-US relations. Garcetti said that the relationship between India and the US is very important for the future of the world. “We are both major democracies of the world

“The US is the world’s largest economy and India is the fifth largest economy. We are connected by the people of both countries and together we can give a new direction to the 21st century. In his address, Eric Garcetti said, “As President Joe Biden says, India and the United States are indispensable allies.”

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