Category: Ontario
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Markham fashion show OGAAN is a big success
News East West MARKHAM: It was a feast of colours, costumes and semi-precious couture jewellery with a contemporary yet vintage-infused flare. The Main Street at Unionville in Markham went aglow as models walked the ramp at the second annual fashion show OGAAN (unity) on June 22. The ramp queens showcased a collection of brocades, silks,…
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Toronto Pakistani who wore burka to kill his wife jailed for life
News East West TORONTO: A Pakistani man here, who disguised as a woman by dressing in a burka and women’s shoes to fool security cameras to get entry into his estranged wife’s apartment and strangle her to death in July 2011, was jailed for life by a Toronto court on Wednesday. Abdul Malik Rustam, 30…
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Racist flyer targets Brampton Sikhs
News East West TORONTO: Just a day before Brampton, the south Asian-dominated city just outside Toronto, declared April as Sikh Heritage Month on Friday, a racist flyer appeared at people’s doors targeting the Sikh community who make up about 20 percent of the city’s population.
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Love triangle: Gurpreet Ronald arrested for killing neighbour Sikh woman in Ottawa
News East West TORONTO: A 34-year-old Indo-Canadian woman has been arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of another Indo-Canadian woman in Ottawa. Gurpreet Ronald, 34, who was arrested on Tuesday, appeared in court on Wednesday to face charges in the killing of Jagtar Gill, 43, on January 29 this year. Jagtar Gill was found…