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Canada's top management school to woo Indian students
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Toronto: Canada's Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University here plans to offer its world class courses to Indian students and forge tie-ups with Indian universities. Currently Indian origin students account for about 10 percent of the enrolment at the Ted Rogers School of Managemen ....
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Canada's first Sikh MP denies supporting Tamil Tigers
( 21-Aug-2010 )
Toronto: Even as Canadians continue to protest the arrival last week in Vancouver of a ship carrying about 500 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers, Canada's first Sikh MP Gurbax Singh Malhi has been dragged into the divisive issue for his alleged support for the Tamil Tigers. The six-times MP is an ....
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Surreal story laced with raunchy sideshow
( 23-Jun-2010 )
by Eugene Correia Toronto: Billed as a masterpiece, Raymond (Jr) Menezes’s Konkani play “Dukh” (Sorrow) was just average, lacking subtle twists and turns to engage the minds -- and hearts -- of the audience. The family drama was overly laced with a vulgar sides ....
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Kaitlynn, Celia get GOA awards
( 12-May-2010 )
Toronto: The Goan Overseas Association (GOA) gave away the Oscar Fonseca award to Kaitlynn Almeida and the Victor Abreu award to Celia Clutton at the 40th anniversary celebrations held on May 1. The awards are presented to those students who do well their academic studies and extra-curricular activi ....
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GOA crosses a milestone
( 10-May-2010 )
by Eugene Correia Toronto: Members and guests joined founder-members and ex-presidents at a gala event held to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Goan Overseas Association (GOA). The current president Oscar Furtado, who has led the GOA for the past 12 years, could not join the nine surviv ....
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Brampton youth dies in road accident
( 28-Apr-2010 )
Brampton:  Seventeen-year-old, Avnider Singh Gill, died following a single vehicle collision on April 23. Police said that at approximately 10:18 p.m., a white Acura was traveling eastbound on Mountainberry Road, east of Mountainash Road. For reasons currently under investigation, the vehicl ....
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Cancer-free Lisa Ray to resume acting
( 26-Apr-2010 )
Toronto: Indo-Canadian filmstar Lisa Ray informed the media she is now cancer-free and would get back to her acting career. Speaking in Los Angeles where she was to attend the Indian Film Festival, which had her movie, Cooking with Stella, as one of the entries, the Torono-based actor said she wou ....
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No clues yet in case of missing woman
( 16-Apr-2010 )
Brampton: Peel police believe that some family members may be holding the clues to the case of the missing Indo-Canadian woman who disappeared from her Brampton home on Feb. 5. Poonam Litt, 27, who left behind a two-year-old daughter, was reportedly pregnant. She worked as a receptionist at a denti ....
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South Asian shortlisted for poetry prize
( 08-Apr-2010 )
Toronto: South Asian writer Soraya Peerbaye has been shortlisted for her book of Poems for the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names. The Canada-born poet's name  announced in the 2010 Gerald Lampert shortlist at the launch of National Poetry Month held on April 1 at Ben McNally bookstore ....
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Women refusing to remove niqab in Canada will be charged
( 31-Mar-2010 )
Toronto: After the landmark niqab ban in French-speaking Quebec province last week, Canadian police now say they will charge anyone refusing to remove face-coverings, including niqab, when being booked after arrest. Under Canadian laws, police always take mug shots of the offenders after their arre ....
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