Category: Life
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Greyhound ceasing all operations in western Canada
TORONTO: With its ridership declining sharply over the years, Greyhound is ceasing all passenger and freight operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba from October 31. It will also stop operations in British Columbia, except the Vancouver-Seattle route which is served by Greyhound (US) and BoltBus. Greyhound serves about 60 communities across British Columbia. With this…
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Love jihad: Hindu woman finds that her husband is Muslim
Yet another story related to love jihad – where Muslim men are accused of trapping Hindu girls into marriage – in India is making the headlines. A woman in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh says she discovered after six years of her marriage that her husband is Muslim. “After six years of marriage, I discovered that…
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Self-proclaimed Lord Shiva hanged in Japan
Japan on Friday executed doomsday cult guru Shoko Asahara, 63, and six cult followers for killing dozens of people. The cult leader, who claimed himself to be reincarnation of Hindu god Lord Shiva, founded the Aum Shinrikyo cult in 1984. His cult was behind the 1995 sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway system that killed…
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Cirque de Solieil’s Corteo brings new kind of circus to town
TORONTO: Cirque du Soleil’s Corteo completes six shows at The Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa on Sunday and then begins the Canadian tour with stops in Toronto (December), Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City and Vancouver, among other cities. Thought to be inspired by ‘The Portrait of an Artist as a Clown (National Gallery of Canada)’, the…