The Town of Richmond Hill will host their annual Christmas celebration for senior citizens this Friday at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Mayor David Barrow and members of Council host the event every year in “appreciation of the valuable contribution made my seniors who live in Richmond Hill,” a media release said. Music by rock ‘n’ roll group The Lincolnaires will...
[caption id="attachment_14398" align="alignright" width="300"] According to his lawyer, Saeed Malekpour, who is serving a prison sentence in Iran for designing and moderating adult content websites, recently learned that his death penalty has been lifted.[/caption] The death sentence of Iranian-Canadian computer programmer Saeed Malekpour has been suspended, his lawyer told Iran’s Mehr News...
A Vancouver couple - Iranian-born Sima Sharifi and Swiss-born Arnold Witzig – have made a commitment to endow an annual $1-million prize to be awarded to projects benefiting the people and the environment of the Canadian Arctic. “The Arctic Inspiration prize will be awarded for the first time next month in Vancouver at the ArcticNet Annual Scientific Meeting, an annual gathering of about...
[caption id="attachment_14368" align="alignright" width="300"] Since October 2010, Hassan Rasouli has been in a coma at Sunnybrook Hospital after surgery to remove a brain tumour ended in a meningitis infection.[/caption] The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will hear an appeal made by two Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre doctors that argue consent is not need to disconnect end-of-life...
discussed in Roy Thompson Hall, organized by University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs [caption id="attachment_14257" align="alignright" width="300"] “We can manage a nuclear Iran; just as we managed a nuclear Soviet Union, communist China, North Korea, and Pakistan,” said Nasr. (Left)“(Iran) will be deterred by Israel’s 200 to 500 nuclear weapons. They will be deterred by...
Dear editor, Every year on December 6 Canadians wear white ribbons and observe a minute of silence to show their support for ending violence against women. The occasion, informally known as White Ribbon Day, marks the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique Massacre, in which fourteen women were singled out for their gender and murdered. While Canada has made important progress since...
The United Nations General Assembly passed a Canada-led resolution this week on “the Situation of Human Rights in Iran,” according to a UN website. The resolution passed the Assembly’s Third Committee by a vote of 83 to 31, with 68 abstaining. This is the 10th year that Canada led this now-annual resolution, along with 42 other state co-sponsors. The resolution will proceed to the...
MPP Welcomes ‘Pathways for Children, Youth and Families’ to Thornhill (Thornhill) – Peter Shurman, MPP for Thornhill,this week welcomed Pathways for Children, Youth and Families of York Region to Thornhill. Joined by staff and volunteers at the Dufferin Clark Community Centre, Shurman participated in the grand opening of the Pathways’ Home Base Vaughan Youth Drop-In Centre, and presented...
TORONTO, November 21, 2012 – An investment in arts and culture in Toronto will help boost the regional economy. Chestnut Publishing Group and CCNM Press Inc. will continue to produce educational books for readers everywhere, thanks to an investment from the Government of Canada. This was announced today by Chungsen Leung, Member of Parliament (Willowdale), on behalf of the Honourable James...
An investigation into the death of a Toronto woman who fell from an apartment building in North York last week found that the incident was not an act of crime. Hasti Honarpisheh, 19, fell from her Yonge St. apartment on Nov. 14, Toronto Police confirmed. Toronto Police Constable Wendy Drummond said information on the incident is minimal because it is not a criminal matter. “At this...
[caption id="attachment_14059" align="alignright" width="168"] Toronto Police say Manijeh Bostani-Khamsi, 78, whose body was found in her apartment last Saturday, was killed.[/caption] An elderly Persian woman, whose body was found with obvious signs of trauma in her upscale apartment last Saturday, was murdered, Toronto Police say. Manijeh Bostani-Khamsi, 78, lived alone in her apartment...
Ontario is expanding the After School Program in Toronto’s 13 priority neighbourhoods and to York, Peel, Durham and Halton regions as part of the Youth Action Plan. This expansion will help 2,100 more children and young people in 64 locations get the chance to participate in fun, safe, supervised activities that focus on: •Physical activity, recreation and sport to encourage active...
[caption id="attachment_14053" align="alignright" width="300"] The Peace Pole monument has the inscription “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in the four most common languages used in Richmond Hill; English, Cantonese/Chinese, Farsi and Russian.[/caption] The Town of Richmond Hill unveiled a “Peace Pole” monument, with inscriptions in four different languages including Farsi, outside the...
[caption id="attachment_13877" align="alignright" width="300"] “Salam Toronto Editor-in-Chief, Mohsen Taghavi, receiving the award from Ontario Lieutenant Governor Mr. David C. Onley.”Mr. Mohsen Taghavi is a professional journalist with over 32 years of experience and worked as an editor with the major daily newspapers in Iran from 1980 to 1997. He migrated to Canada in 1997 and...
November 13, 2012 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued the following statement: “Canada condemns the torture and death in detention of Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti, who was arrested earlier this month for criticizing the Islamic Republic of Iran on Facebook. “Canada once again urges Iran to comply with its international and domestic human rights obligations and to cooperate...
November 14, 2012 [caption id="attachment_13888" align="alignright" width="300"] The United Nation' (UN) International Day for Tolerance is annualy observed on November 16 to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and to help them understand the negative effects of intolerance[/caption] Dear Friend, Community Leader and Stakeholder, I am writing to you as the Liberal...
The death of a detained Iranian blogger has gained global scrutiny after allegations of torture surfaced this week. The reformist news websites Kaleme and Saham News first reported Sattar Beheshti’s death on Tuesday Nov. 5, according to CJFE. Mr. Beheshti allegedly received death threats after writing anti-regime blogs online. International human rights groups like Reporters Without...
A 30-year-old Toronto man was hit by three different cars, including a police vehicle, last week in a bizarre incident that ended up being probed by the province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU). The fatal incident happened on Nov. 1 when the man was struck by a car around Yonge St. near Stouffville Rd. at 3 a.m., according to Yorkregion.com. The driver of the car that hit the man...
Kathleen Wynne received the endorsement of Richmond Hill MPP Reza Moridi in her bid to become the next Premiere of Ontario. Mr. Moridi announced his support at the Connecting with the Community meeting at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. Ms. Wynne grew up in Richmond Hill and said she is proud to have Mr. Moridi’s support, according to a Yorkregion.com...
