Most drivers in British Columbia will receive a $110 vehicle insurance rebate this year. The Insurance Corporation of B.C. says strong investment and financial returns and the 2021 shift to the "enhanced care" model for providing health coverage for people involved in crashes has put the Crown corporation in a solid position to offer rebates. Corporation president David Wong says vehicle insurance rates will also remain frozen until at least March 2026. He says the last basic insurance rate increase was 2019. Wong says preliminary financial results show ICBC will earn net income of $1.5 billio

The Supreme Court will pronounce its verdict on May 10 on the interim bail application of Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is lodged in Tihar Jail in the Delhi liquor scam case. Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal has challenged the arrest made by the ED in the Supreme Court. This issue will also be heard on the same day. The Supreme Court had said in the previous hearing that if he is granted interim bail in view of the election campaign, he will not work as Chief Minister nor will he be allowed to sign any official file. It may be noted that the ED arrested Arvind Kejriwal on March 21 a

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is slamming the federal Liberals for giving nearly $26 million to Costco and Loblaw for energy-efficient appliances. In 2019, the Liberals faced heat from Conservatives after the government announced it was giving $12 million to Loblaw for energy-efficient refrigerators and freezers. Newly released data from Environment and Climate Change Canada shows Costco was also given more than $15 million for fridges and to reduce emissions. Loblaw was given more than $10 million. The payments were made to the two grocery chains between 2019 and 2023. Singh says while people are

A court date has been set for the third man charged with the murder of British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, coinciding with that of the other two suspects. Case listings from Surrey Provincial Court in B.C. show that Kamalpreet Singh will appear next on May 21. Kamalpreet Singh, Karanpreet Singh and Karan Brar are Indian nationals who were arrested in Edmonton last week for the June 2023 death of Nijjar, who was shot dead in his truck while leaving the parking lot of the Guru Nanak Sikh temple. Appearance dates had already been set for Karanpreet Singh and Brar, but fixing a da

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's sister Sippy Sharma has also decided to contest from Sangrur in Punjab. She will contest as an independent candidate. Sippy Sharma, a member of the 646 Unemployed Teachers Union, came into the limelight when she was struggling by climbing a water tank in Mohali for her demands before the elections in Punjab. had assured and told her that you are my sister, come down. Sippy Sharma says that he has not been heard till now. Due to this, they had to choose the path of struggle.

In Punjab, the Bharatiya Janata Party has announced the names of three more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. The party has fielded former cabinet minister Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi from Firozpur. Meanwhile, Subhash Sharma has been given ticket from Anandpur Sahib, while Arvind Khanna will contest from Sangrur. The BJP is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time in Punjab without an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal after almost two and a half decades. Before this, BJP has been contesting elections from Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Hoshiarpur, three out of 13 Lok Sabha seats,

Congress candidate Dharamvir Gandhi from Patiala in Punjab and Sukhpal Singh Khaira from Sangrur have filed their nomination papers today. Senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhatal was with Khaira on this occasion. There, Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja reached Waring to support Dharamvir Gandhi. The date for filing nominations for candidates to contest elections in Punjab is 14 May. Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi from Jalandhar and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa from Gurdaspur and many other leaders will file nomination papers on 10th.

BJP candidate from Bathinda Lok Sabha seat of Punjab, Parampal Kaur Maluka, has a conflict with the Bhagwant Mann government. IAS Parampal Kaur has refused to accept the notice sent by the state government to rejoin duty. IAS Parampal Kaur said that she will not go back to work, whatever action the government takes. He said that the central government has accepted my resignation and he will contest the election and is going to submit his nomination paper soon. It is to be noted that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann rejected the voluntary retirement application of Parampal Kaur Maluka yesterday an

After Bharatiya Janata Party in Punjab, now farmers have started opposing Aam Aadmi Party candidates.Aam Aadmi Party candidate Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who was campaigning in Amritsar, was surrounded by farmers on Tuesday. He was campaigning in Lopoke under Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency. The farmers allege that all the promises made by the Punjab government have not been fulfilled. The Punjab government had talked about bringing the MSP guarantee law before coming to power. Apart from this, the Punjab government has not taken any decision regarding the support price of many crops, after whic