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November 21

ENTERPRISE
Life-Saving Info A Few Clicks Away
A free web service helps doctors get vital medical information about you in an emergency.

NEWS
US Probes Sale Of Equipment To Pakistan
The Canadian branch of Raytheon, a major American multinational firm, supplied commercial radio equipment to Pakistan for over a year.

NEWS
Would-Be Kidnapper Cabbie Nabbed
Akthar Bajwa, who twice tried to drive off with women passengers, has been charged with second-degree kidnapping and second-degree attempted kidnapping.

NEWS
An Affair He Can't Forget
Gordon Wilson, a candidate for the premiership of British Columbia, finds his past weighing on him.

November 20

BUSINESS
Whose $ 550 Million Is It Anyway?
Computer Associates President Sanjay Kumar sails on through a sea of controversies.

ACHIEVER
Finding What Makes Fruit Flies -- And Humans -- Tick
Amita Sehgal's work paves the way for dealing with jet lag, insomnia and some forms of depression

MOVIES
Everest Scales Down To Small Screen
The film made on the tragic 1996 expedition finds its way to television.

NEWS
Tara Singh Hayer Assault Case Reactivated
Son Dave says if people speak up, his father's murder and the mystery of the Air-India mishap in 1985 will be solved.

NEWS
'Conman' Travel Agent Arrested
Deepak L Chatpar has now been slapped with a $ 150,000 bond.

OPINION
Life Is Cheap
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Arthur Hoppe on why the 217 lives lost in the Egyptair crash merits more coverage than the death of 3,000 people in the Orissa cyclone on the same day.

November 19

NEWS
More Desi Connections in BC Election
But Education Minister Gordon Wilson, who married Judi Tyabji, hardly poses a threat to Ujjal Dosanjh.

MOVIES
Om Puri Movie Garners Praise in the UK
But Manoj Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense is number 1 there, in Australia, Italy and Japan.

NEWS
Witness Who Helped Nab Gill Killers Lauded
The witness, who is not Indian Canadian, came forward because he had seen Gill helping people irrespective of their ethnic origin, the judge said.

November 18

NEWS
Would-be 'God' Sentenced For Murder
Daniel Miloszewski and his friends, who killed Nirmal Singh Gill and wanted to kill all Sikhs, get terms ranging from 12 to 15 years.

MOVIES
Hum Saath... Rakes In $ 1.6 Million Abroad
The film is now ranked number 22 in North America and number 10 in the UK.

NEWS
Dosanjh Promises An Open Government
The attorney-general of British Columbia makes his pitch for the premiership.

NEWS
Cabbie Camera To The Rescue
A digital eye that keeps an eye on both driver and fare is being tested in New York taxis.

November 17

ACHIEVER
All For A Cause
His sister died because the family couldn't afford the best medical treatment. Now Apurba Bhattacharya is out to make amends...

SUCCESS STORY
Contractor No 1
Ramen Singh tests and analyzes air, space and group support systems for companies like NASA and Boeing. He also colorizes and restores famous films and videos...

OPINION
A Lose-Lose-Lose Proposition
It may not be a very bright idea to send home Indian children to learn medicine, say whizkid doctors Jayakrishna and Balamuralikrishna Ambati.

November 16

CUISINE
A Very Veggie Thanksgiving Dinner
Sharon Singh decides that, like the Pilgrim Fathers, she too can do without the turkey.

NEWS
Alleged Hijacker Throws A Fit In Court
'They are going to kill me,' Vikram Menon shouted as his wife and the judge tried to quieten him.

NEWS
Toronto Chinese, Muslims Make Peace
The controversy about the new mosque is likely to be settled peacefully.

NEWS
Persecution Or Blackmail?
Employees sue hotel, claiming they are made to pay the bills of defaulting customers; the management says the case was filed because it resisted unionization.

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