British Columbia Opposition Leader John Rustad is proposing a "carbon tax" on U.S. thermal coal that is shipped out of B.C. ports to use as leverage against threats of American tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber. Rustad says such a tax would be a "tool to fight back" on softwood tariffs and duties proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which Forests Minister Ravi Parmar said last week could increase to more than 50 per cent. He says that until "unfair and unwarranted" U.S. duties on B.C. softwood are removed, the province needs "to be ready to hit the Americans where it hurts.” The B.C. C

Punjab Aam Aadmi Party President Aman Arora has hit back at senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa, stating that Bajwa is certain to join the BJP. Arora claimed that Bajwa has already secured his "advance booking" with the BJP and suggested that Rahul Gandhi should ask Bajwa about the prominent BJP leaders he met in Bengaluru. It is noteworthy that before the two-day session of the Vidhan Sabha began today, Bajwa had claimed that more than 30 Aam Aadmi Party MLAs were in touch with Congress. In response, the state president of the Aam Aadmi Party has leveled these allegations against Bajwa

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has taken aim at Alberta Premier Daniel Smith, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, and Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre over their stance on Canada’s healthcare system. Singh accused these leaders of attempting to privatize Canada’s healthcare system, suggesting their actions are in line with the model seen in the United States. He also criticized Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney, claiming that Carney's proposed cuts to the healthcare budget would worsen the state of the healthcare sector. Singh made these remarks while addressing the Medicare Conference

More than 170,000 people in Canada have signed a parliamentary petition urging the government to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship. The petition, launched by BC-based author Qualia Reed and sponsored by NDP MP Charlie Angus, is currently being reviewed by the House of Commons. The petition claims that Elon Musk has engaged in activities that are detrimental to Canada’s national interest. It accuses the tech billionaire of supporting policies of President Donald Trump that undermine Canadian sovereignty, as Musk is one of Trump's top advisers. Born in South Africa, Musk obtained Cana

Amid the ongoing agitation at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders of Punjab-Haryana, and ongoing talks with the Center, Kisan Mazdoor Morcha leader Sarwan Singh Pandher has postponed the planned march of 101 farmers from the Shambhu border to Delhi, which was scheduled for February 25. This march will now take place on March 25 if the Center does not address the demands in the third round of talks. Pandher also warned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab that if farmers' land is forcibly acquired under the Bharat Mala project, they will open a front against the Punjab government. Pandher stated t

Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for large sections of Vancouver Island and Metro Vancouver as a low pressure centre approaches the coast. It says the weather system will near Vancouver Island Monday afternoon before tracking across southern Vancouver Island. The agency says southeasterly winds gusting up to 100 km/h are expected, but are anticipated to ease early Tuesday as the system moves inland. It says the weather system will also cause wind gusts of up to 90 km/h to develop overnight in Greater Victoria, the Southern Gulf islands and Metro Vancouver, including Richmond and Del

Delta Hospital in British Columbia closed its emergency room for the second consecutive night on Sunday due to a shortage of doctors. Fraser Health issued a notice around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, announcing the temporary closure of emergency room services from 9:30 p.m. Sunday to 6:30 a.m. Monday. Patients who had already been admitted were attended to before the doctor on duty left at 1:30 a.m. It is worth noting that the emergency room had also been closed on Saturday night due to the same issue. During these closures, nurses provided first aid to patients and assisted in transferring them to n

Canada’s main opposition leader, Pierre Poilievre, has announced that if elected, he will make it easier for Canadians to do business with one another and reward provinces that remove internal trade barriers. Poilievre has unveiled his party’s Canada First plan, stating that his common-sense Conservative government would implement dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs. These tariffs would specifically target American goods that Canada can produce domestically, source from other countries, or do without. For example, Poilievre suggested that Canada could retaliate against American steel an

Provisional results in Germany’s election confirmed that mainstream conservatives won German’s national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation’s second-largest party. The results released by the electoral authority showed the conservative Christian Democrats and the center-left Social Democrats winning a combined majority of seats in the national legislature after small parties failed to make the electoral threshold. The left-wing Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance, came in just barely under the 5% hurdle needed to get seats in parliament, while the pro-business Free Democ