North America

CANADA: An Indian-origin police officer who has been suspended with pay since February has been charged with sexual assault and breach of trust by Ontario’s police watchdog.

WASHINGTON: A post office in west Houston has been renamed after Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, in a fitting tribute to the trailblazing Indian-American Sikh police officer who died after being shot multiple times from behind while on duty in the US state of Texas in 2019.

OTTAWA: Punjab-origin MPs from Canada have condemned the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in UP where eight people, including, four farmers, were killed on Sunday.

WASHINGTON: Punjab-born Shree Saini will be the first Indo-American to represent America at Miss World contest. She was yesterday elected Miss World America 2021.

ONTARIO: A fourth person is now facing charges in connection with alleged fraud involving Ontario COVID-19 relief funding.

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday surpassed 7,00,000 deaths due to COVID-19.

CANADA: A Punjabi bus driver, 64, who was pinned between two transit buses in Downtown Vancouver on Monday, has died in hospital.

OTTAWA: Canada marked its first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honor lost children and survivors of the notorious indigenous residential school system in the country.

WASHINGTON: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that the US has administered over 39 crore (393 million) COVID-19 vaccine doses in the country as of Thursday morning.

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he would unveil his new cabinet next month (October) and bring back parliament by fall’s end to tackle climate change, Covid and economic recovery.