Ontario: Jaspreet Kaur (28), a resident of Moga, who had gone to Canada on a study visa three years ago from village Khai of Sub-Division Nihal Singh Wala, has been reported to have committed suicide in front of her residence in Canada.

The police have sent the body for forensics examination and further investigation is underway.

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TORONTO: India has asked Canada to treat as priority investigation into matter of a priest murder in Punjab’s Jalandhar in January 2021.

The national investigation team (NIA) had filed a chargesheet in this case before a special Mohali court a few days back against four accused for killing priest Kamaldeep Sharma by operatives of Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) in Jalandhar.

Of four accused in the chargesheet, two were said to be settled in Canada, identified as Hardeep Singh Nijjar, chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), and his close aide Arshdeep Singh.

According to the information, Nijjar hails from Jalandhar but presently living at Surrey in British Columbia and a Moga resident Arshdeep is in the Greater Toronto Area.

Meanwhile, India has also been discussing the ongoing investigation into Goldy Brar’s alleged involvement in killing of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in May.

A red corner notice was issued by Interpol in June but Canadian authorities to initiate action legally once the nodal investigating agency, Punjab Police, will provid the relevant documentary evidence, including that confirmed that Brar is operating out of Canada, a senior Canada official said.

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New Delhi: Two youths from two different villages of Halqa Ajnala in Amritsar district have died and one seriously injured in a road accident in Canada.

Family members said that the deceased, Khushbir Singh, a resident of Aliwal Kotli, and Chak Bala resident Sapinder Singh, living in Brampton, Canada and had met with an accident.

Families have urged Indian government to transport the bodies of youth at the earliest.

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Ottawa: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has become first Canadian PM to paid his respects to victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in Kigali, Rwanda. He was there for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

“Today, we visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial to pay our respects to the victims of the genocide against the Tutsi. We must never forget them or the suffering they endured, and we must never allow such atrocities to happen again,” Trudeau said.

Trudeau also has an Office of the High Commission in Kigali.

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Ottawa: The backlog of immigrants files worldwide has crossed over 2.4 million, to seek migration to Canada.

According to the data, India is the among most affected country as approximately 700,000 are pending, who are seeking to migrate to Canada.

Due to Covid-19 pandemic, Canada’s immigration process was running at snail’s pace and government of Canada recently announced to enhance work force to speed up the processing time of applicants.

The government has also announced to resume Express Entry draw after a gap of over one and half years to grant permanent residency under Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) class to immigrants.

Meanwhile, government is also going to infuse 85 million Canadian dollars ($65.16 million) to reduce the application inventory and hire more staff.

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Toronto: Canada is set to become the first country in the world to have a health warning written on every cigarette. Earlier the policy of putting up graphic image as a warning on packaging of tobacco products was implemented in the country.

This policy which started two decades ago has been adopted across the world as earlier the country became a trendsetter by including graphic photo warnings on tobacco products’ packaging.

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Ottawa: In order to facilitate and reunite family of Canadian residents, the government has decided to increase stay for super visa holder to five years per entry.

Currently, a super visa holder can only stay up to two years in Canada per entry. This visa is a multi-entry visa, which is valid for up to 10 years.

Moreover, those who have a super visa now can request to extend their stay upto two years while in Canada.

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Ottawa: In a move to keeping Canadians safe, Government of Canada has introduced a total ban on the buying and selling of all handguns.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the new measures under new gun control legislation includes Taking away the firearms licenses, Fighting gun smuggling and trafficking, Implementing a national freeze on handguns and Addressing intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, and self-harm involving firearms.

The move of Canadian government came days after a heinous shooting at a Texas primary school, in the neighbouring US, killed 21 people.

“One Canadian killed by gun violence is one too many. I’ve seen all too well the tragic cost that gun violence has in our communities across the country. Today, we’re proposing some of the strongest measures in Canadian history to keep guns out of our communities and build a safer future for everyone.” PM Trudeau said.

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Ottawa: Government of Canada has decided to bring some changes in the Express Entry system to invite candidates to fulfill real-time labour requirements, officials said.

According to a new proposed bill, the government is planning to invite candidates under Express Entry based on criteria including specific academic credentials and industry based occupations.

According to the immigration minister Sean Fraser government is reviewing present express entry process along these lines in various discussions with stakeholders, or in public forums is underway to bring some changes in the system.

Presently, this system ranks candidates from a general pool after considering factors including age, education, job offer, work experience, language skills and those meet the cut-off in the Comprehensive Ranking Score are being invited as permanent residents by Canadian government.

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Ottawa: Following unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, about half of all Canadians claim that they are finding it difficult to feed their families due to incessant rise in inflation, a new survey revealed.

The skyrocketing grocery bills and expenses has distributed the budget of families to run household affairs.

According to the the Angus Reid Institute surveyed 1,992 revealed that Canadian adults members of Angus Reid Forum asked government of Canada to do in response to a rate of inflation that is now at a 31-year high ever.

The survey indicates that 49% of respondents claim that it is very difficult for them to feed their families amid rising food prices, which now rose 8.7% year-over-year in March.

The number has gone up from 36% the last time Angus Reid did a similar survey in April, 2019.

The survey revealed that 36% people are in worse financial conditions for over one year ago, as compared to 24 per cent who said that their finances had improved over the last 12 months while another 39% said that there is a very little changes in their financial conditions than last year, the survey said.

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