CanadaJul 28, 2025
World Swimming Championships: Canada's Summer McIntosh wins Gold in 200m IM
Canada's Summer McIntosh has won her second consecutive gold medal in two days at the World Swimming Championships being played in Singapore. In the women's 200-meter individual medley event held on Monday, 18-year-old Summer McIntosh won the gold medal in this event with a timing of 2 minutes 6.69 seconds.
This event was a double success for Canada as Canada's Mary-Sophie Harvey won the bronze medal in this event. The silver medal in this event went to Alex Walsh of the United States.
On winning the event, Summer McIntosh said that she was not satisfied with her timing but was happy to win g
BCJul 28, 2025
White Rock RCMP officers nationally recognized for impaired driving enforcement
White Rock RCMP officers Cpl. Luc Lamoureux and Cst. Ravnit Sandhu both received Gold recognition from the National Impaired Driving Recognition Program. Cpl. Lamoureux removed 24 impaired drivers from the streets of White Rock in a calendar year, while Cst. Sandhu removed 27 impaired drivers. Gold recognition was issued to officers who removed 24 or more impaired drivers.
With the amount of education and available methods for getting home safely it is truly shocking to see the number of drivers who consume alcohol and/or controlled substances and choose to drive. White Rock RCMP officers are
CanadaJul 28, 2025
Can Canadians expect any relief on interest rate?
Canadians expect no relief on interest rate front. Ahead of the Bank of Canada meeting, most economists and market analysts say that the central bank is likely to keep interest rates steady at 2.75 per cent for the third consecutive time, given the strength in core inflation and jobs.
Doug Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets, said that according to the Bank of Canada, core inflation is still slightly above 3 per cent.
He said that the impact of Trump's tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles was limited to these sectors, while other sectors saw good job growth in June. Meanwhil
IndiaJul 28, 2025
Demand for live streaming of Majithia case hearing: Application filed in Mohali court
Former Punjab minister and Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia's lawyers have today filed an application in Mohali court in the disproportionate assets case registered against him, demanding that the hearing of the case be held through live streaming.
The petition states that the entire Punjab and people sitting abroad want to know the truth in this case. Majithia's lawyers say that there is no substance in the case, the government is only making big claims in the media. It is noteworthy that the Vigilance had arrested Majithia on June 25.
BCJul 28, 2025
Motion expected in Nanaimo, B.C. on asking for closure of safe injection site
Council in Nanaimo, B.C., is scheduled to hear a motion that could result in the city asking a provincial health authority to close a local overdose prevention site.
Coun. Ian Thorpe is expected to bring forward the motion at Nanaimo's council meeting today that will ask to "formally request" Island Health to close the site on Albert Street, next to city hall.
Mayor Leonard Krog says he expects the motion to be debated and deferred to enable experts and those with an interest on the issue to come before council at a later time before a decision is made.
The site has generated enough concerns a
CanadaJul 28, 2025
Ottawa cuts Confederation Bridge tolls, ferry fares in Atlantic Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney says that tolls on Prince Edward Island's Confederation Bridge will be reduced starting Aug. 1, along with a handful of other Atlantic travel fees.
Starting Friday, the bridge toll for an average vehicle will drop from $50.25 to $20.
The government is also cutting fares in half for passengers, vehicles and commercial traffic on federally supported Eastern Canada ferry services, and eliminating all fuel surcharges for those services.
Marine Atlantic, a constitutionally mandated ferry service connecting Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, will reduce traveller fares by 50 pe
CanadaJul 28, 2025
3 arrested after early-morning stabbing in North Vancouver: police
Mounties in North Vancouver say three women have been arrested after two of them were injured in a stabbing resulting from a dispute.
Police say the incident Saturday at 2:45 a-m saw officers respond to calls of a distraught woman at Lonsdale Quay.
Officers arrived and found the injured victim, and the following investigation located two other women nearby on the second floor above the bus loop, one of whom also having similar injuries.
Police say investigators have determined the three were involved in a dispute resulting in the assault, and all three women in their 20s have been ta
CanadaJul 25, 2025
NDP releases official rules for leadership race to replace Singh
The NDP has released the official rules for its leadership race, which include requirements that candidates gather specific numbers of signatures from supporters in diverse regional, racial and LGBTQ+ groups.
At least 10 per cent of a candidate's signatures must come from young New Democrats aged 25 years or under.
Candidates must also collect at least 50 signatures from each of five different regions in Canada — the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies, and B.C. and the North.
A new permanent leader to replace Jagmeet Singh will be chosen through a ranked ballot vote, allowing party memb
BCJul 25, 2025
Dogs, crews and helicopters being deployed to find missing B.C. hiker in Banff park
The search continues for a B.C. paramedic who has been missing since Wednesday while on a hike and was last seen in Banff National Park. Chad Singer, 42, of Radium, B.C., started his hike near the Aurora Creek trail, east of Radium Hot Springs.
RCMP say he was last seen that afternoon in Marvel Pass in the national park. Police say the trail system can connect to trails near Marvel Lake and the trail network between Sunshine Mountain, Banff and Mount Shark in Kananaskis.
RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Gina Slaney says the Parks Canada Banff Field Unit is managing the search, which incl