Record Level For House
Sales in Toronto
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Sales of resale homes in the Toronto area hit record levels
for 2002, but the year ended with a whimper, not a bang,
for realtors.
According to figures released by the Toronto Real Estate
Board yesterday, sales of resale homes were off 25 per cent
in December, with 3,589 transactions compared with 4,762
in December of 2001.
The average price of a home also increased, 9 per cent
to $275,371 at the end of 2002 from $251,508 at the end
of 2001.
Canada ~ Vice-Principal of Holy Name of Mary School in Mississauga
strangled by husband
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A 56-year-old Mississauga man strangled his wife and then
killed himself early this morning in what Peel Regional
police are calling a murder-suicide.
The bodies of 56-year-old Emmanuel David and his 52-year-old
wife Victoria David were found dead at the couple's Willowbank
Trail home by police after one of their daughters called
911.
Victoria David was a highly regarded educator, in just
her second year as vice-principal at Holy Name of Mary on
Mississauga Rd., north of theQueen Elizabeth Way.
She had been promoted to
the girls' school — so popular that student applicants
are chosen by annual lottery — after a teaching career
at Loyola Catholic Secondary School.
Dating Services in Canada
"My clients want to be introduced to others who are an
East-West blend, because they want to maintain and express
their links to language, food, religion etc., with their
Western influences," explains Mark Paes of Supra International
Introductions. The Toronto-based agency is one of the many
transforming matchmaking from an "auntie's" pastime to a
pay-for-fee service in the South Asian community.
See article at http://www.goacom.com/news/news2003/jan/msg00012.html
U.S. Government Wants Information
On You
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. government wants detailed information
about every person who comes to or leaves the country by
plane or boat, and for the first time will require American
citizens to fill out forms detailing their comings and goings.
Rules proposed yesterday by the Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) seek more information from travellers than
under current law and extend the requirements to U.S. citizens
and others previously exempted. They also include a system
to allow quicker cross-checking databases and matching records
of arrivals and departures. The rule, which will require
tracking data for millions of travellers, extends to all
passengers and crew on all commercial airlines, cruise ships,
and cargo flights and vessels, with the exception of most
ferries. Commercial buses and trains are not affected, nor
is private transportation, which accounts for much of the
non-commercial Canada-U.S. border traffic.
On the New Kenya
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Excerpt
Kenyans won independence from Britain nearly four decades
ago, in 1963. But until this week's elections their democracy
was not mature. A single establishment party held sway
for that whole period.
No longer. Mwai Kibaki's National Rainbow Coalition has
ousted outgoing president Daniel arap Moi's long-entrenched
Kenya African National Union party, in the freest,
fairest and most competitive ballot ever.
Kenyans repudiated KANU by a wide 2-to-1 margin, which was
led by Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of revered founding
president Jomo Kenyatta.
This marks the end of a discouraging era and the beginning
of a new hope. And not just for Kenyans.
N.B.
Kibaki's children are Judy Wanjiku,
first born and mother of Joy Jaimie Marie, Kibakis first
grand child. Judy is followed by the 39 year old Jimi, who
is married to Sheryl Anne and together they have Mwai Jnr.
Sheryl Anne Vianna(maiden name) is the daughter of Alfred
Vianna of Mombasa.
