Category: Canada
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Kitchener Blues festival celebrates 50th anniversary of Woodstock
On a clear and beautiful Friday evening revelers rejuvenated themselves as they traversed a bridge in time and danced like crazy to Lance Anderson and his troupe of talented musicians re-enacting the magic of Woodstock on its 50th anniversary. They started off with a Richie Havens song “Freedom”, bringing back memories of the 60s when…
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Air Canada to resume flights to Delhi from October 1
MONTREAL: Air Canada will resume its daily, non-stop Toronto-Delhi flights from October 1. The flights were suspended after Pakistan closed its airspace in February after the Indian air strike against militants in Balakot in Pakistan. This led to cost escalation as airlines had to undertake a detour to reach destinations in India, forcing many, including…
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Toronto Indian mother clueless about death of 12-year-old son
TORONTO: Toronto Police have yet found no answer to the mysterious death of a 12-year-old Indian school boy here. The boy’s body was found on June 21 in a Toronto neighbourhood. “Investigation is open and I have no definite answers,’’ said the shattered 39-year-old single mother from India, who came here as an immigrant from…
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Punjab student Gurjot Dhaliwal shot dead in Brampton
BRAMPTON: Gurjot Dhaliwal, 20, of Bathinda district in Punjab, has been identified as the victim of the shooting in Brampton on June 19. Responding to a 911 call from the area of Orenda Court and McCallum Court in Brampton, when Peel Police officers reached the spot they found the victim with a gunshot wound. He was…