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A Journey of Loss
By Mithura Anandarajah
A week ago today I drove to the hospital to visit my grandfather. A week has now gone by and I lost a man who I loved dearly. I will remember my grandfather for his caustic wit, his devotion to my grandmother and the endless hours he spent at his manual typewriter. H...
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By: Raymond Rajabalan
After the usual Sunday evening hymns, the church’s pastor stood up walked over to the pulpit and before delivering his sermon, briefly introduced a guest minister who was present during the service.
In his introduction, the pastor told the congregation that the guest minister was o...
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UN’s Cover-ups of Tamil Ethnic Genocide:
United Nations and Nations United in Slaying the Surrendered and Bulldozing the Wounded
By: Arun Senathirajah
LTTE has been declared a terrorist organization by 32 countries in the world and in return these countries have ‘helped’ Tamils, by a...
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By Siva Sivapragasam
Speaking in the Lok Sabha on the President’s address in India’s first Parliament after the recent General Elections, Premier Manmohan Singh expressed hope that the Sri Lankan Government will meet the legitimate political demands and aspirations of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. He remarked that the Indian Gov...
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June 2009 - Publisher's Desk: By Krishni Loganathan
The “civil war is over” according to Government of Sri Lanka but what is to follow now are the many unanswered issues as to the humanitarian catastrophe in Sri Lanka such as the “screening process”, “internment camps” and “rehabilitation centres”.
Whil...
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By Ellakiya Sivapalan, BA (Hons) Political Science, History
The fourth annual Tamil Studies Conference couldn’t have come to Toronto at a better time this year. The Conference kicked off at the University of Toronto – Trinity College on Friday, May 22nd and continued till Saturday, May 23rd; only two weeks af...
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Toronto residents will soon be able to call 311 and obtain assistance for non-emergency services from the Help-Line.
Mayor David Miller announced this to members of the ethnic Media when he met them at a Press Conference recently. The
function was organized for an ethnic media briefing and information session where some...
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Paul McMaster is working along with another Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surgeon and Ministry of Health staff at Vavuniya hospital in the Northern province of Sri Lanka to treat some of the tens of thousands of civilians streaming out of the Vanni, the conflict zone to the north.
Over the last few ...
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Extensive precautions to prevent the transmission of swine flu at The Scarborough Hospital are helping ensure that both the
General and Grace campuses are safe for patients, visitors and staff.
To date, there have been no suspected cases of swine flu at TSH. Still, a rapid preparation to deal with potential cases began
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Church groups in India have demanded the United Nations intervene to help end Colombo's "hostilities" against Tamil people in Sri Lanka.
In New Delhi, hundreds of Catholics and Protestants, mostly priests, pastors and nuns, held a joint demonstration on April 29 against what they called "genocide" in the neighboring island nation...
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NEW DELHI: Even as certain sectors showed signs of revival in the last few weeks, exports continued to decline for the seventh month in a row dropping sharply by 33.2 per cent $10.74 billion in April, the highest fall in the last 14 years, from $16.08 billion in the same month a year ago.
The continued recession and economic...
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PARIS: Roger Federer, with the imposing burden of Rafael Nadal now lifted from his shoulders, struggled under the weight of Tommy Haas’s challenge before winning a five-set French Open thriller on Monday.
One day after four-time champion Nadal was sensationally beaten at Roland Garros for the first time, Federer, suddenly th...
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Paris: An Air France passenger aircraft that disappeared without a trace over the Atlantic Ocean after losing radio contact early on Monday could have been hit by lightning, an official of the airline told journalists in Paris.
Air France flight 447, which was flying from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Paris with 216 passengers and ...
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Hospital taking extra precautions to keep patients and visitors safe
Extensive precautions to prevent the transmission of swine flu at The Scarborough Hospital are helping ensure that both the
General and Grace campuses are safe for patients, visitors and staff.
To date, there have been no suspected cases of swine f...
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Hundreds of Tamil supporters prepare to march on Government House as they protest the actions of the Sri Lankan government against the Tamil Tigers causing the deaths of innocent civilians, in Melbourne on April 28, 2009. They are asking supporters to email to the Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith, urging the Aus...
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The Ontario Breast Screening Program Celebrates its 1 Millionth
Technical levels discussions for Sri Lanka's International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan have now been finalized and with the UN Security Council also not standing in the way, there would be no further delays, a senior central
banker said.
Media reports indic...
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Despite improvements to the cancer system including lower smoking rates and better screening and care for colorectal cancer patients, this year's Cancer System Quality Index also reports that the increasing burden of cancer is beginning to strain parts of the cancer system.
"The overall quality of the cancer system is very good w...
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By Siva Sivapragasam
Canada increases it's assistance to 7.5 million Dollars
The United Nations Organization along with the Government of Sri Lanka has issued an appeal to raise fifty million dollars to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the displaced civilians in the war-torn areas of Vanni and Mullaitivu.
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