North America

MONTREAL: Canada won’t be rushed into reopening its border with the United States to non-essential travel, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday as new COVID-19 case counts continued to drop in much of the country.

OTTAWA: Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has announced its updated guidance to allow mixing and matching approved Covid-19 vaccines in most scenarios.

NEW JERSEY:  Three Bridges resident Khushwant S. Pall has become the first Sikh to join the Three Bridges Volunteer Fire Company, and is one of the first Sikh firefighters in the country.

VANCOUVER: Vancouver Coastal Health is apologizing and says it’s updating its immunization processes after confirming a dozen incidents in which youth were given the wrong COVID-19 vaccine.

TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday announced that the Peace Tower flag and flags on all federal buildings will be flown at half-mast after 215 children’s remains were found at a former indigenous residential school.

HOUSTON: An Indian-American nurse practitioner has been sentenced to 20 years in jail and ordered to repay over USD 52 million in restitution for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme in the US.

SURREY: 54-year-old Gurmukh Singh Thiara is facing 10 charges in connection with thefts from liquor stores throughout Metro Vancouver.

CANADA: A Sikh student has been awarded a $100,000 scholarship to study software engineering at the University of Waterloo in the fall.

MISSISSAUGA: Seven individuals, including six Punjabis, have been placed under arrest by police following an incident in which an adult male was kidnapped in Mississauga, Ontario.

WASHINGTON: A US court has sentenced a 34-year-old Indian national to three years in federal prison in connection with a telemarketing fraud scheme.