An immigration consultant with 10 yrs of experience
At CIC – GOING GLOBAL, “there’s certainly a lot more we can do for you”. Immigration Law is our practice – talk to us!
About Ivor Aires Carvalho
Ivor Aires Carvalho, BSc., CCIC., FCMI., a Licensed Immigration Law Consultant formerly elected to serve as the Co-Chairman of the Events Committee at CAPIC (Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants). He was also elected to the Policy & Lobbying Committee.
Ivor Aires Carvalho, Bsc., C.C.I.C., ... Read More
This realtor specializes in multi-units, residential
Dave McGahan has specialised in the listing and sale of residential multi-units in Canada’s capital for the last 10 years or so. Tall, serious, relatively young and urbane, Dave has sold many big and small multi-units and several South Asians have been his clients. Dave is associated with the CLV Group realty firm where his brother is also a partner.
It will not be correct to say that Dave’s first occupational choice was to be ... Read More
Sleepwell management is head and shoulders above others
Our correspondent
What a great name for a residential management company! No more the landlord has to take phone calls at midnight about an overflowing toilet. No worries. Just have a sound sleep.
This is the company started by Conrad Pool, a few years ago. It has prospered, in a shor time, not just because of the name alone. “It is because of their efficiency” says a landlord who is quite satisfied with the management of their ... Read More
THE BEST SOUTH INDIAN RESTAURANT IN OTTAWA
By S. Thenganamannil
Special to South Asia Mail
Coconut Lagoon. These words bring a mouthful of saliva to many who have visited the best South Indian restaurant in Ottawa. Located on St. Laurent Blvd, it brings memories of home to many South Asians who eat their meals in this restaurant started in 2004 by Joseph Thottungal from Trichur. The similarity of the last name with the Bollywood actress, Asin, intrigues many; but Joe says they are not ... Read More
A REAL ESTATE AGENT WHO IS IN A CLASS OF HER OWN
By S. Thenganamannil
Special to SAM
Colleen McBride is not just like any other real estate agent. She is unique and in a class of her own. Beautiful, efficient and very personable, she can also be seen rubbing shoulders with the powerful and mighty. When she is not dealing with real estate, she is the spouse of the Mayor of the City of Ottawa. The other day, some of you may have seen her celebrating ... Read More
WASHINGTON LEADERSHIP PROGRAM NOW ACCEPTING APPLICANTS FOR 2010 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM*
The Washington Leadership Program (WLP) is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications from high-potential South Asian college students for the 2010 summer leadership program scheduled to take place from *June 12, 2010* to *August 6, 2010*. The WLP cultivates the South Asian American community's next generation of leaders by placing them in Congressional offices for eight-week summer internships and a structured leadership training curriculum. The students gain a firsthand view of the ... Read More
Apex court initiates move to regulate acid sales
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday sought viewes of various state governments on regulating sale of acid in their territories to curb its misuse as a weapon of vengeance against young women, often by their spurned lovers with criminal bent of mind.
A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice B.S. Chauhan sought from state governments their stand on whether across-the-counter sale of acid should be curbed. The court ... Read More
Focus #7: Bruce Hyer of Thunder Bay, Ontario
Would MP Hyer help the US gun lobby to dismantle Canadian gun laws? We will see on Sept 22. Meanwhile, if you would like to call him at his constituency office, it might help to stop the tentacles of the gun lobby extending to Canada.
Constituency Offices
69 North Court Street (Main Office)
Thunder Bay, Ontario
P7A 4T7
Telephone: (807) 345-1818
Fax: (807) 345-4752
Email: hyer.b@parl.gc.ca ... Read More
Pakistani Taliban implicated in alleged Ottawa terror plot
By Ian MacLeod
Pakistani Taliban commander Hakimullah Mehsud fires bullets for the media in November 2008. The group has been implicated in the plot to bomb Ottawa.
Photograph by: A MAJEED, AFP
OTTAWA — The Pakistani Taliban, which claimed responsibility for May's failed Times Square bombing, is now implicated in the alleged jihadist scheme to bomb Ottawa.
News of the possible connection came as the United States Wednesday formally listed the group, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as an outlawed terrorist ... Read More
Pleasure Lost and Pleasure Found, In a Book
Tishani Doshi. Photo by Denzil Sequiera
In poet, dancer and author Tishani Doshi’s debut novel, The Pleasure Seekers, “the language often rises – when speaking of the great matters, life, death, and above all love – to powerful metaphorical heights” says Salman Rushdie.
Such is the praise The Pleasure Seekers has received since being released, first in Italy - fitting given the Italian love for beauty and pleasure - and now available in India and the U.S. ... Read More
Wear recycled clothes, Prince Charles tells people
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Britain's Prince Charles has asked people to wear more recycled clothes and natural fabrics to reduce waste and conserve the world's resources.
In an article for the September issue of fashion magazine Vogue, the Prince of Wales speaks about his "passion for reusing and repairing" and praises the trend for "vintage" clothes "because they save scarce resources and avoid waste", The Daily Telegraph reported Thursday.
Charles advocated the use of wool because ... Read More
Bengali actor-director Dilip Roy dead
Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) Veteran stage and screen actor-director Dilip Roy died of cancer in a private hospital here Thursday, family sources said. Roy, 79, left behind his wife and three sons.
Beginning his acting career with the Bengali film "Sati Behula" in 1954, Roy came up with commendable performances in a great variety of roles during his over half a century of association with celluloid.
He was equally at ease portraying the hero or the ... Read More
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