Friends and customers gathered to remember Shilan Shahbazian at her former workplace on Tuesday night. Inside Kim’s Nails and Spa, people recalled stories and interactions from their time spent with the 26-year-old. “She was strikingly beautiful to look at,” Jenifer Ducharme, a Kim’s Nails customer told CTV News. “She was hilarious, she was more beautiful inside than out. She was the whole package.” Originally form Iran, Shahbazian moved to Canada for a better life, where she could work while obtaining an education. In their first interactions, Ducharme said Shahbazian was often quiet due to a language barrier. Over time, the two began using Google Translate or hand gestures to better communicate. “She often talked about her family and friends back home,” Ducharme said. After going missing for more than two months, on March 21, Windsor police announced they had located Shahbazian’s body. Police noted they did not suspect foul play in her death. Following a phone conversation with the ...
During our Norooz break I attempted to try something I had heard about at school. Some classmates had bragged about how they had strengthened their TV antennas and as a result had been able to pick up images from some of the neighboring Persian Gulf Arab countries. The method they suggested was extremely simple. All you had to do was to add more metal to your antenna with something as common as a kitchen pot. I finally decided to put it to the test. Armed with a pot I went on the roof and in spite of numerous assurances from my dad that the antenna had no electricity and that I would not be electrocuted by touching it, it took some time for me to finally build up the courage to place the pot on the antenna. I excitedly ran back inside the home and repeatedly changed the channel to see the results. The only pictures captured on the screen were from the two existing Iranian channels and the end result was a pot that eventually blew off the antenna and into our yard.