Statistics Canada says the population of the country reached an estimated 41,288,599 on July 1. The agency says the total means 250,229 people were added in the second quarter of the year for a growth of 0.6 per cent. The growth rate was slower than the same quarter of 2023 which saw a 0.8 per cent increase and the 0.7 per cent increase in the second quarter of 2022. The increase in the population was almost entirely due to international migration which added 240,303 people. The difference between births and deaths added 9,926 people. Alberta posted the fastest growth rate among the provinces

Metro Vancouver grain workers strike has raised concerns about food supply chain. The strike could be a major blow to the economy and the food supply chain, with more than half of all Canadian-grown grain moving through Metro Vancouver terminals. The association that includes Metro Vancouver grain terminals says the union for grain workers at ports waited out the clock to strike at a time they have the most leverage. Association says the employers the strike is happening during the fall wheat harvest after many months of negotiations. A University of Guelph food economist says the union for

Hezbollah hurled dozens of projectiles into Israel early Wednesday, including a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group's deepest strike yet and marked a further escalation after Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed hundreds of people. The Israeli military said it intercepted the surface-to-surface missile, which set off air-raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel. There were no reports of casualties or damage. The military said it struck the site in southern Lebanon where the missile was launched. Hezbollah said it fired a Qader 1 ballistic missile targeting the headquar

Panchayat elections have been announced in Punjab. Voting will be held on October 15; the results will also be out on the same day. This announcement was made by the state's Election Commission Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary on Wednesday. There are total 13937 panchayats in the state. Hoshiarpur district has the highest number of 1,405 panchayats, followed by Patiala with 1,022 panchayats. These votes for panchi-sarpanchi will be cast through ballot paper. State Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary informed that 19,110 polling booths will be constructed for voting. There are 1 crore 3

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in Ottawa today as members of Parliament get set for a vote that could — but likely won't — bring down his minority government. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made his appeal to MPs during a debate in the House of Commons Tuesday, saying a future Tory government would bring back the "promise of Canada." His call for support from the other opposition parties was quickly rebuffed. The NDP and Bloc Québécois say they will oppose the motion in a vote that's set to happen after question period today. The Bloc wants to leverage its newfound positio

Voting will be held tomorrow on 26 seats of 6 districts in the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. Out of these 15 seats are from Central Kashmir and 11 seats from Jammu. According to the Election Commission, 239 candidates are in the fray in the second round. Out of these 131 candidates are millionaires and 49 have criminal cases registered against them. Former Chief Minister and National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah is contesting from two seats. Umar - In the Lok Sabha elections, Baramulla seat was contested from Tihar Jail and was defeated by Engineer Rashi

Pfizer Canada says Health Canada has approved its updated COVID-19 vaccine that protects against one of the most recently circulating variants of the virus. The Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine, called Comirnaty, targets the KP.2 subvariant of Omicron, replacing the previous version which targeted the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant. Health Canada recently asked provinces and territories to get rid of their older COVID-19 vaccines to ensure the most current vaccine will be used during this fall's respiratory virus season. Comirnaty is the third updated COVID-19 vaccine approved by Health Canada for thi

Canada says Egypt will soon stop requiring cumbersome visas for Canadian tourists nearly a year after Cairo imposed the measure on Canadian passport holders. Last October, Egypt suspended Canadians' ability to get a visa online or upon arriving in Egypt, which cost roughly $35 for a single person. Since then Canadians have been paying $150 and mailing in an application form, passport and itinerary to get a visa. Egyptian officials told media that it imposed the more arduous process after Canada made it harder for Egyptian citizens to obtain visas, though The Canadian Press could not confirm th

The MP from Himachal's Mandi and Bollywood actress is once again in the headlines for her statement. This time he has created a controversy with the demand to bring back three agricultural laws. Kangana said that my statement may be controversial but the three rejected farm bills should be brought back to empower farmers. At the same time, the Congress has surrounded the BJP on the pretext of Kangana. Leader of Opposition in Punjab and senior Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa has demanded an immediate explanation from BJP on Kangana's statement.