Category: Society
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Bramptonians throng Airport Lacoste Centre Summer Festival
BRAMPTON: The Airport Lacoste Centre’s first annual summer festival was a roaring success, with thousands of Bramptonians making a beeline for the shopping Centre on Saturday. Organised by the management of Airport Lacoste Centre comprising Satish Thakkar of Excelsior Group, Mejor Natt of Asian Food Centre, Avninder Singh of Akal Optical and Harkanwal Thind of…
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Lightning from Behind the Thick Clouds
Sizzling drama in Toronto TORONTO: Soulpepper continues to be the premier theatre company, not only in Toronto, but all across Canada. Now, increasingly, its choices of plays and its directors and actors are representing the multicultural face of Canada, as well as the new emerging ethos of the 21st century: a place of dignity for…
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Record 20.7 million tourists visit Canada as Chinese top
TORONTO: A record 20.7 million tourists visited Canada in 2017. Tourism, both domestic and international, pumped a record $97.4 billions into the Canadian economy, making up 2 percent of the GDP and supporting 1.8 million jobs in the country. Interestingly, China became the top source of tourism to Canada last year, surpassing Britain. 2018 is…
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Why I wore saree during my India visit
TORONTO: In May 2016, I travelled to Delhi to speak at the Women’s Economic Forum, the largest gathering in the world on the topic of women’s empowerment. This would be my second trip to India in a year. Days before I was to leave for India, one thing kept popping up in mind: Should I wear…