Year 2016 has seen several marriages, engagements and relationships going sour in Hollywood and Bollywood, but the news of separation of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, a globally popular couple, has rocked the entertainment world like no other split. In India, Farhan Akhtar-Adhuna Bhabani, Arbaaz Khan-Malaika Arora, Lissy-Priyadarshan, Om Puri-Nandita and Soundarya Rajinikanth-Ashwin Ramkumar are among the couples who decided …

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won Wednesday night’s final presidential debate, as she has won the two previous ones, but her Republican rival Donald Trump easily made the debate’s headlines by his refusal to say if he would accept the election results if he lost. As the bruising presidential campaign enters its final weeks, the sharp rivalry between the two candidates …

THE City of Surrey has become Canada’s first International City of Refuge to offer temporary sanctuary to persecuted writers and artists. Surrey joins 60 cities, which include Paris, Oslo and Mexico City that have committed to the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) protecting writers and artists who are in peril in their own countries because of their professional activities. …

JUST in time for Diwali festivities, Air Canada has introduced the only non-stop flights from Vancouver to Delhi beginning October 20 and this was a cause for celebration on Thursday night as Air Canada officials met with media and travel agency representatives to celebrate this momentous development. The flights had been announced last April. The seasonal, three-times weekly flights complement …

Hillay Clinton and Donald Trump shook hands after ending the nastiest US presidential debate, with CNN indicating the Republican lost with only 34 per cent votes to Clinton’s 57. As the Democrat tried to pin down Trump over his video remarks about groping women, Trump launched a blistering attack against Clinton and her husband during the bitter Sunday night debate …

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian, who was here to attend the Paris Fashion Week, was reportedly robbed of jewellery worth six million euros and more, at gunpoint, but she was unharmed. She fled the city on Monday morning, a few hours after the armed robbery by men dressed as police officials. The incident took place on Sunday night. “Kim Kardashian …

BACK in January 2014, the RCMP Calgary Financial Integrity had announced that they had charged Varun (aka Vinny) Aurora and David Nelson Humeniuk after completing an investigation into a commercial real estate venture, operated by Concrete Equities Inc., which raised money from Canadian investors to buy undeveloped beach properties in Senora, Mexico, called the El Golfo de Santa Clara Project. The …

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has won the first presidential debate, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The poll of debate watchers put Clinton at 62 per cent while Republican rival Donald Trump lost by 27 per cent in Monday night’s debate held at the Hofstra University, New York. Clinton and Trump clashed repeatedly over economy, tax cuts, the Islamic State …

Are you 45 years or older, unemployed and live in Fraser Valley, Lower Mainland or South West of BC? PICS is offering an exciting free program called Workplace Integration for Mature Individuals (WIMI 45+). This four week workshop/training will Increase your employment skills, get you valuable job search experience, will provide short term training and will also pair you with …

Surrey’s Poet Laureate, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, will guide teens and seniors in writing short stories about their lives in Surrey in two separate workshops, co-hosted by Surrey Libraries and PICS (Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society). Seniors will share their early experiences and memories either as long-time Surrey residents or as newcomers/settlers to/in Canada, using the prompt, “I remember when” and …