Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney

 Ottawa-Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney has suspended special visas for  the Kabaddi players from overseas.
Few years ago,  the Canadian government  created a special program designed to ensure that Kabaddi clubs in Canada would be able to invite and have special visas processed on priority basis so that they can have quality players participating in this sport, particularly during the summer season in Canada.   The Canadian Kabaddi Federations were given credential to nominate players to come to Canada. Due to a large number of fraudulent application made by Kabaddi players the government of Canada has suspended that program. 
“We’ve also seen a huge inflation of the number of Kabaddi clubs and federations in Canada, to the point where I think we now have some seven competing federations.  This has further complicated our ability to administer such a program and to ensure that it’s done, so that the integrity of the system is respected,” said Minister Kenney,   “..that is why following consultations within the community and amongst many of my parliamentary colleagues, including Minister Tim Uppal, Parm Gill, Nina Grewal, Devinder Shory and Minister Bal Gosal, I decided to suspend the streamlined visa program for Kabaddi players this year.”
What will be the process now if a player wants to participate in a Kabaddi tournament in Canada?
“If people who want .....

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Ved Parkash Dhingra, pictured with his daughter, Lina (date of photo not kn

Ontario is moving to seize the cash paid out to a man who killed his wife and then collected $51,000 on her life insurance policy, the government said Wednesday.
In a ruling that drew fierce criticism, the Ontario Court of Appeal on Tuesday awarded the insurance money to the man on the grounds he was insane when he battered and stabbed his wife to death and therefore was not criminally responsible.
However, the court put its order on hold for 30 days to allow the province to file a forfeiture application under the Civil Remedies Act.
“We will be bringing a civil-remedies application,” said Elaine Flis, a spokeswoman for Attorney General John Gerretsen.
“As always, it is a key mandate of (the act) to assist victims and prevent unlawful activities that lead to victimization .....

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Richmond-Summer Night Market   voted by BBC Travel as one of the world’s top night markets, was granted a 3 year temporary use permit by Richmond’s City Council to operate in its original location behind Home Depot. This has been a prefered location with its paved site, unlimited free street parking, easy access by transit and convenient vehicle accessibility through Sweden Way, No. 5 and River Road.
Lions Communications Inc., the organizers of this free summer event, thanked Mayor Malcolm Brodie, and his  Councillors for their hard work and continuing support to have Summer Night Market at its original location.
“The Summer Night Market is ready for its opening day, May 11, 2012,” states Paul Cheung, CEO of Lions. “We have been working hard to prepare a .....

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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday directed police protection for a Bathinda lesbian couple facing death threats.
Swaran Kaur, 20, a police constable, and her childhood friend, Harsharan Kaur, 28, moved the court, saying they have been forced to go into hiding as their families were threatening to kill them for their relationship. The couple, from Bathinda district's Blahar Vinjhu village, have been staying together for the last nine months. They appeared before the court briefly.
"Hardeep Kaur (mother), Harbhajan Kaur (sister), Jaswinder Singh (brother) are family members of Harsharan Kaur, and Jagpal Dass (father), Mukhtiar Kaur (mother), Bhupinder Singh (brother) are family members of Swaran Kaur, who are opposing our relationship," they told the court. < .....

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