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 Opinion & Letters
By Krishni Loganathan, BA (Hons) Political Science, History
On the weekend of June 26th, 2010 in Toronto; Canada hosted the fourth meeting of the G20 Summit at the Metro Convention Centre where heads of government gathered to discuss global affairs including the economy and other vital issues affecting the global communi...
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By Krishni Loganathan
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Main News
Canada is an example to the World
“A caring Home for it’s own and a sanctuary for the others”, says Queen Elizabeth 11……..
By Siva Sivapragasam
Dressed in a red colored dress with a maple leaf pin, the 84 year old monarch Queen Elizabeth 11 was full of praise for Canada as she addressed a smili...
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By Siva Sivapragasam
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Main News
By Shan Sundaram
From May 17th to 19th, 2010, Tamil elected representatives from UK, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, France and Denmark Norway and Sweden came to Philadelphia, the historical land mark of USA for its independent in 1776 - for the first assembly of the Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) wi...
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Business
BMO Bank of Montreal Launches Banking Package for Newcomers
New program will include free everyday banking for one year and a preferred rate GIC
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Su Mcvey, Vice-President, Customer Communications & Marketing, BMO Bank of Montreal says “Welcome to Canada” with BMO’s new Banking Package for Newcomers.<...
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Opinion & Letters
Dear humanitarians of the world,
"Justice for survivors"
International Human Rights Organizations, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are calling for Independent International investigations into the final weeks of the escalated war during May 2009 in Sri Lanka.
Amnesty Internati...
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Features
Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce Honors Outstanding Entrepreneurs and Community Builders Tamil Canadian Immigrant Success Stories Celebrated.
The achievements of outstanding Tamil Canadian entrepreneurs, community builders and professionals were recognized and celebrated at the Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce twelft...
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By Siva Sivapragasam
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Business
Canadian Tamils honouring very accomplished contributing business people at Fairmont Royal York –
John Tory
at his Talk show - CFRB 1010 on Monday, April 12th after attending as guest of honour on Saturday, just 2 days before, where 600 people attended. John Tory spoke about the achievements...
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Features
April 10, 2010
Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce Honors Outstanding Entrepreneurs and Community Builders Tamil Canadian Immigrant Success Stories Celebrated
TORONTO— The achievements of outstanding Tamil Canadian entrepreneurs, community builders and professionals will be recognized and celebrated at the Canadian T...
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Features
This time around during last year, Tamils were gathering in large numbers in major cities around the globe, calling attention to the plight of their kith and kin in a dire humanitarian catastrophe.
They highlighted the Tamils’ are brutally subjugated, their homes and livelihood bombed to oblivion and their quest for self determination and na...
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Politics
By V. Elango
Tamils on the island of Sri Lanka and in the Diaspora are in the midst of one of the most trying times in our collective history. Tamils in the North-East are struggling to pick up the pieces of their lives. Mothers are struggling to feed their children. Husbands and fathers, once ready breadwinners, now confron...
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By V. Elango
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Politics
By Arvind Luxman
The January 26 Presidential Elections are long over and, like its predecessor in 2005 that also returned the same candidate Mahinda Rajapakse, was steeped in doubt and controversy. The weak UNP and the weaker still Ranil Wickramasinghe were unable to capitalize on this alleged fraud and so the opposition ...
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By Arvind Luxman
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Health
By: Dr. J. Douglas Salmon, Jr.
*Adapted with permission from Multi-Health Systems & Dr. J. Douglas Salmon, Jr. from Rehabilitation Education and Coping Pamphlet Series
Is Something Wrong with My Brain?
Permanent and lasting injury to the brain is uncommon for anyone who has remained con...
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Business
Arun Senathirajah ACIB, MBA (Banking Mgmt)
Canadian dollar nick named ‘Loonie’ last reached parity with the U.S. dollar (called greenback) in September 2007 on the back of rising commodity prices. On March 18, 2010 the US dollar/Canadian dollar cross was consolidating around the $1.01 mark. The currency's road to 20-month hi...
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By Arun Senathirajah
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Features
By: Raymond Rajabalan
Good Friday, also called Holy Friday, is the Friday preceding Easter Sunday It commemorates the Crucifixation of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary.
As the centuries pass, the evidence is accumulating that, measured by His effect on history, Jesus is the most influential life ever lived on thi...
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By Raymond Rajabalan
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Features
By: jjatputharajah
Re. I. Selvaratnam mentioned about the need for a meditation center in Toronto during the course of his address at the farewell accorded to him by the Tamil Christian Church of Canada recently at the Milliken Methodist Church, Scarborough. He had served the TCCC for the last ten tears and he is being succe...
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Appreciation
An appreciation by Ms. RanjanaThambirajah (Nee Sabaratnam)
04.02.1918 – 21.03.2009
March 21st 2010 marks the first death anniversary of Mrs Gnanie Nalliah who passed away in Vancouver, Canada at the age of 91. The nonagenarian was a well known mathematician in the Jaffna circle and taught at Chundikuli Girls College J...
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Main News
Honours Champions of Entrepreneurship at Awards Gala on April 10th at Fairmont Royal York Hotel
By Siva Sivapragasam
The Canadian Tamils’ Chamber of Commerce which represents the Tamil Business community in Toronto is celebrating the success of it’s Business community in a signature Awards Gala event on April 10th at ...
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Arts
Toronto, ON - March 31, 2010; First time contenders from University of Waterloo; Waterloo Warriors take the gold home at KALAIKAL 2010 held at the Queen Elizabeth Theater on the CNE Grounds. KCA launched itself as a not for profit arts organization determined to take Tamil Arts mainstream in December of 2004, and now almost 5 years later has establ...
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Features
“A TASTE OF VICTORY JUST HOURS AWAY; KALAIKAL FRENZY HAS HIT FULL CAPACITY” [Sunday March 28 2010 at the QET]
Toronto, ON - March 28, 2010; Members of KCA are gearing up for KALAIKAL 2010 at the Queen Elizabeth Theater on the CNE Grounds as there are only hours left for the event doors to open at 3:00PM EST. The Dance Compet...
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Features
CBC RADIO ONE 99.1 FM HOSTS A TOWN HALL:
MOVING BEYOND STEREOTYPES OF FAMILY VIOLENCE IN
GTA SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITIES
On Monday, March 29 at Glenn Gould Studio, METRO MORNING host Matt Galloway moderates Turning Point, a discussion to build awareness of family violence within Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area’s...
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Features
Scarborough World Cup of Hockey supports The Scarborough Hospital and honours former Leafs forward
TORONTO (March 25, 2010) — Former Toronto Maple Leafs players will lace up their skates to honour the memory of their friend and fellow alumni Peter Zezel and support The Scarborough Hospital in a one-day fundraising tournament...
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Politics
MOON OVER THE UNITED NATIONS
By Charles Somasundrum
A recent editorial of ‘Eelam Nation’, devotes itself to the man called Ban ki Moon, who is the current (2010) Secretary General of the United Nations. Various Web pages and e-mails have been circulating at the same time, referring to this man and the various shenaniga...
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By Charles Somasundrum
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Features
By: Kanayalal Raina
On February 25, 2010, The Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton General Secretary, The Canadian Council of Churches, said at a meeting with members of Hindu Federation, that The G8/ G20 nations would be meeting in June 2010 in Canada to make decisions and commitments, the implementation of which will affect the lives o...
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Features
By Kanayalal Raina
International Women's Day has been observed since in the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women's oppression and inequali...
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Features
By: Devadas Chelvam
The urge to fight or flee is the normal reaction to any external violence. It is a survival instinct that man shares with all the animals. Instead of such normal reaction, man also has the wonderful capacity to respond in a different manner.
The common and easy reaction to a strong party oppressing...
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By Devadas Chelvam
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Health
By: Dr. J. Douglas Salmon, Jr.
*Adapted with permission from Multi-Health Systems & Dr. J. Douglas Salmon, Jr. from Rehabilitation Education and Coping Pamphlet Series
Difficulty with sleep is very common following many kinds of injuries, illness and during stressful periods in life. Pain, dizziness, stress, w...
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Appreciation
Chevalier Dr. S. Adaikalamuthu, Tamil pundit and poet from I’lavaalai, Jaffna, known by his pseudonym Amuthup-pulavar, passed away at the age of 92 in London, on Feb 23. Studied classical Tamil at the prestigious Kaaviya Paadasaalai (School of Classics), which was functioning in the Arumuga Navalar School in Jaffna, Amuthup Pulavar...
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Business
Arun Senathirajah ACIB, MBA (Banking Mgmt)
At the peak of financial market crisis in 2008, a survey by the World Economic Forum based in Switzerland has proclaimed Canada has the world's soundest banking system. Canada's banking industry, led by Royal Bank, CIBC, Scotiabank, TD Bank, Bank of Montreal and National Bank, was g...
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Features
By Jolly Somasundram
"It is time," the Walrus said to the Carpenter,
" To talk of many things,----whether pigs have wings." - Lewis Carroll, Walrus and the Carpenter.
Prologue
Moses, after years of slavery of his people in Egypt, led them to the promised land, with the help of external assis...
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Politics
Opinion & Letters By Chanackiyan
The end of the 26-year civil war has left Tamils on the island of Sri Lanka and around the world at a critical juncture in our collective history. Tamils have not only lost tens of thousands of our own, but the community’s position at the bargaining table has been weakened. As Tamils in Sri Lanka and Diaspo...
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