CanadaSep 20, 2024
B.C. police divers unable to find American man after Yukon River crash
Mounties in Yukon say specialized police divers have been unable to find an American man missing after the truck he was in plunged into the Yukon River.
RCMP say the crash happened Monday when a pickup truck pulling a trailer missed the Lewes River Bridge, located south of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway.
They say in statement that both men were from Phoenix, Ariz., and one of them escaped the wreck and received medical treatment.
The second man is missing, and RCMP say there have been "extensive" searches in the river.
The Mounties say divers from the British Columbia RCMP's underwater recov
BCSep 20, 2024
B.C. NDP Leader David Eby launches election campaign a day early in key battleground
New Democrat Leader David Eby has launched his British Columbia election campaign a day early, making the key battle ground of Surrey his first stop.
The fixed election date of Oct. 19 means the campaign doesn't officially start until Saturday.
But Eby boarded the bus today with his youngest daughter, Gwen, in a baby carrier, accompanied by his wife, Dr. Cailey Lynch and their two other children.
His NDP-orange campaign bus is covered in photos of people, with Eby standing in the centre, along with slogans that say, "action for you," "homes you can afford," and "better health care."
Both B.C.
CanadaSep 20, 2024
Anita Anand got the responsibility of Transport Minister of Canada
PM Justin Trudeau has appointed Anita Anand of Indian origin as the Transport Minister in place of former Cabinet Minister Pablo Rodriguez. Anita Anand also has the responsibility of the Treasury Board. In this way he will hold dual responsibility in the government.
According to sources, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is likely to reshuffle the cabinet once again in the next few months.
Let it be known that former Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez was also PM Justin Trudeau's political lieutenant for Quebec.
Public Service Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will now work in this role. Duclos is the MP
CanadaSep 20, 2024
'Limiting international students could do more harm than good': Experts
University Canada, an organization representing universities across Canada, has termed the new limit imposed by the government on international students as alarming.
The head of the organization, Gabriel Miller, said that nation’s international reputation has already been badly damaged in the last six months, and now the new sanctions will further damage Canada's international reputation.
Apart from this, due to lack of international students, universities and colleges will face a huge budget deficit. Immigration Minister Mark Miller admitted in an interview that provinces have not provided
CanadaSep 20, 2024
'AI will destroy more jobs than it will create': Tiff Tiff Macklem
Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem warned at a ceremony on Friday that artificial intelligence could have a disruptive effect on the economy and could eliminate far more jobs than it is thought to create.
Macklem said that careful study is needed to learn about the unknown effects of this technique. In the AI conference organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research in Toronto, he said that there is still a lot of uncertainty about where artificial intelligence will take us. As AI becomes embedded in the economy, its impact will be transformative and may eliminate more jobs than it i
IndiaSep 20, 2024
A big blow to Sadhu Singh Dharamsot from the High Court
The Punjab-Haryana High Court on Friday gave a big blow to the former Congress minister of Punjab Sadhu Singh Dharamsot by justifying his arrest by the ED in the forest scam case and rejected his petition against it.
Along with this, they were granted bail on technical grounds in the case of property exceeding income. Dharamsot had challenged the arrest in both these cases as illegal.
However, despite being granted bail in one case, Dharamsot will not be able to come out of jail, his custody will continue in the forest scam case. Dharamsot is currently lodged in Nabha Central Jail.
IndiaSep 20, 2024
The permits of 600 buses have been canceled by the Punjab government
The permits of 600 buses have been canceled by the Punjab government, 30 percent of them are said to belong to Sukhbir Badal. According to Transport Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, these permits were issued against the rules between 2007 and 2017.
The Transport Minister said that the government has taken this action after a thorough investigation. This decision will benefit small transporters. They will be able to run their buses again.
IndiaSep 20, 2024
Rahul Gandhi reached Karnal at the home of the youth who was injured in an accident abroad
In the neighboring state of Punjab, Haryana, the assembly election arena is divided. Meanwhile, on Friday morning, Rahul Gandhi unexpectedly reached Karnal, where he met the family of a young man whom he had met on his visit to America.
While meeting truck driver Amit Kumar in America, Rahul Gandhi had promised to meet his family in Haryana. Amit Kumar had an accident in America recently.
The special thing is that neither the local Congress nor the administration was aware of Rahul Gandhi's visit to Karnal. By the time Congress leaders reached to meet them, they had already left.
IndiaSep 20, 2024
Issuance of Bhai Timma's arrest warrant is bullying by the government - Giani Raghbir Singh
Sri Akal Takht Sahib's Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh has strongly condemned the arrest warrant issued by the police against the Sikh leader of Rajasthan, Bhai Tejinder Pal Singh Timma.
Giani Raghbir Singh said that Bhai Timma did not commit any act of sedition, but the Rajasthan government, strangling the constitutional freedom of expression of ideas, first filed a false sedition case against Bhai Tima and despite the fact that the High Court had granted anticipatory bail, now Bullying is being done by issuing arrest warrants.
Shiromani Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami also t