Retailer London Drugs says cybercriminals who stole files from its corporate head office last month have released some of the data after it refused to pay a ransom. The Richmond, B.C.-based company says in a statement the files may contain "some employee information," calling it a "deeply distressing" situation. London Drugs was responding to a social media post by B.C.-based cybersecurity analyst Brett Callow that said hacking group Lockbit had released what it claimed was the company's data. The statement from the company says it was "unwilling and unable" to pay a ransom to hackers it descr

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging him to meet the NATO spending target Canada agreed to a decade ago. All NATO allies pledged to spend at least two per cent of GDP on defence, but Canada is spending well below that at around 1.33 per cent. In a letter dated today, 23 senators say Canada is a valued ally and note its contributions, including leading a multinational battle group in Latvia. But they say the alliance is facing a severe threat landscape and they are calling on all NATO countries to uphold their commitment. Under its ne

On the second day of his visit to Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed election rallies in Gurdaspur and Jalandhar today. On this occasion, targeting the alliance of the opposition parties, PM Modi said that it was the India alliance that gave Punjab the most wounds, the wound of division after independence, the wound of instability due to selfishness, the long period of unrest in Punjab and Punjab. An attack on the community of He alleged that Congress divided Punjab in 1947 to give power to his family. The Prime Minister said that people with brooms and claws are fooling people, t

The owner of the well-known newspaper Ajit Publishing Group of Punjab. Barjinder Singh Hamdard's troubles do not seem to be reducing. Jatinder Jeet Singh, DSP of Punjab Vigilance Bureau's Jalandhar unit, reached his office today along with his team in the case of irregularities in the funds for the construction of the Jang-e-Azadi Memorial in Kartarpur, where they pasted a notice outside his office and issued 7 Ordered to appear before vigilance within days. Vigilance says that evidence of money manipulation has been found in the fund released for the construction of the memorial. In the not

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today held a road show at Jalandhar Cantt and Adampur in favor of candidate Pawan Kumar Tinu from Jalandhar, during which he targeted former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi. Bhagwant Mann said that when Channi was the Chief Minister, he did a lot of harm to the poor. Crores of rupees were found from the house of his nephew. Attacking Sukhbir Badal, he said that the condition of Sukhbir is that no one is walking with him now, he walks alone with an umbrella on the jeep and only goes to closed shops waving his hand. At the same time, Sukhbir Badal while

The Ottawa police hate-crime unit has charged an unnamed older woman with assault, harassment by threatening conduct and mischief after a woman's hijab was pulled off at a recent protest. Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups gathered last week outside city hall after the Israeli flag was raised to mark 76 years since that country's establishment. Police say a woman wearing a hijab was attending a lawful demonstration when someone approached and removed the headscarf "while making lewd gestures." They say they identified that person as a 74-year-old woman, but won't share her name or when she

The mayor of the regional municipality that includes Fort Nelson, B.C., that was evacuated due to a threatening wildfire says local officials are pushing for a Monday or Tuesday deadline to start allowing about 4,700 residents home after nearly two weeks. Rob Fraser says the "imminent risk" posed by the Parker Lake fire has been reduced, and officials are focused on rolling out a phased approach to residents' return. He says in a video posted late Wednesday that some doctors had returned to the community along with grocery staff who were restocking shelves. Fraser says water, hydro and hydroel

12 members of a gang allegedly associated with those who supplied arms to the killers of Sidhu Moosewale have been arrested by the UP Police. According to reports, a huge amount of ammunition-cartridges, cash and mobile phones have been recovered from their possession. Based on a tip-off, the Kotwali Police of UP's Bulandshahr arrested 6 accused with arms, cartridges and cash near a mosque with a graveyard. Its connection has come to light with the Sidhu Musa Wala murder case. Police said that 6 more accused were arrested near Badnaura bridge along with illegal ammunition and cartridges. The

In his first election rally in Punjab today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned India-Pakistan partition and said that for 70 years we had to see Sri Kartar Sahib through binoculars. During the address, PM Modi alleged that the Congress divided the country in the greed for power. He said that the Congress made such a division that India's (Punjab) Sri Kartarpur Sahib remained in Pakistan. He said that in 1971 there was an Indo-Pakistani war, in which more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered and if they were in power, they would have taken Kartarpur Sahib before leaving the Pakistan