School Admissions, Water shortage, Cricket World Cup & Kishor Kaka

Here is the second issue of Desi Dispatch! There's a lot to cover this week, so let's get right to it and give you a round-up of what you may have missed.

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This Week’s:

• Weather Forecast

• News around you

• Local Business Spotlight

• Trivia

• Resources

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🫣 Major News 

• Premier Danielle Smith announces sweeping policy changes in Alberta, impacting gender-affirming procedures, pronoun use in schools, transgender sports participation, and third-party material teaching on gender and sexuality. (Read more here)

• Alberta introduces a free digital literacy program with 19 self-guided courses for beginners and intermediates, funded by the federal Skills for Success program. (Read more here)

• The T20 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to take place in June in the United States of America and the West Indies. You can sign up for free to participate in the ballot for tickets. Here's the link to sign up.

🗞️ Local News

• Epcor lifts ban on non-essential water use in Edmonton and the capital region (Read more here)

• Mediacorp Canada Inc. has announced Alberta's Top Employers for 2024, which includes Edmonton International Airport, EPCOR, PRIMED Medical Products, and the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation. (Read more here)

🇮🇳 News from India

• This one is interesting 🤔 The intelligence report says - India is involved in election interference in Canada. (Read more here)

• Maldivian Opposition criticizes Muizzu government's 'anti-India stance’ (Read more here)

• India vs England 2nd Test match is pacing nicely, thanks to Yashasvi Jaiswal’s maiden Double Hundred and Boom Boom Bumrah's Fifer.

🎥 What to watch this weekend

• Sam Bahadur is a great biopic of a man himself “Sam Manekshaw”. Yeah, it’s available on IP TV. You are welcome.

• For action-packed Hollywood movie lovers, there is a decent movie that you might like - The Beekeeper, starring Jason Statham.

Local Business Spotlight

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