Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove, Gloucester . Ontario . Canada   28 August 2014   The Editor (Letters) THE OTTAWA CITIZEN   Dear Editor: How wrong Terry Glavin  was when he said, “Let’s say, too, that the reason Prime Minister Stephen Harper boycotted the Commonwealth conference in Sri Lanka last November was mostly because 300,000 Tamil-Canadians […]

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by A. Abdul Aziz.  The news of the beheading of American journalist James Foley is another outrageous addition to the list of atrocities ISIS has committed in the last few months. I am appalled by its behavior not only as a human but also as a follower of Islam that it has been continuously and […]

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Vernon Botejue Senior Attorney at Law It is extremely distressing and regrettable, to note, under caption UPFA Govt. a threat to peace-loving people – Sajith” an article published in the Daily Mirror at page A4 of Wednesday August 20, 2014   The news report elaborated; the people in the country were totally confused as to […]

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By Chandre Dharmawardana. A news item states that the Task-force on Kidney Disease of unknown origin (CKDU) has got the government to ban Glyphosate, a harmless herbicide, in agricultural provinces like Polonnaruwa, Anuradhapura and Badulla. Doing something” about CKDU has become a political necessity. But glyphosate is the sentinel that stands guard against weeds clogging […]

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