Police in Vancouver have released video showing a man who is believed to have set fire to the front entrance of a synagogue last month in the hope that someone may recognize the suspect. The security video shows a man wearing a dark jacket, light ball cap and a medical face mask approaching the front steps of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue on Vancouver's Oak Street on May 30 with a time stamp of 9:41 p.m. The man is carrying a clear bottle with liquid inside, and he unscrews the cap before disappearing from the frame. Less than a minute later, there is a bright flash and the video shows the man

Videography has been completely banned for film promotion in Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib. These orders have been given by Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh of Sri Akal Takht Sahib. Now no one will be allowed to do videography at Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib for the promotion of their film. Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh said that it is a religious center and not a film promotion venue. He said that if someone comes to the Darbar Sahib as a companion, he can bow down, but the films will not be promoted in the Darbar Sahib.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province plans to opt out of the federal government's dental care plan by 2026. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Smith says the program infringes on provincial jurisdiction. She says in the meantime she wants to negotiate getting Alberta's share of the federal funding in order for the province to support dental care as it sees fit. The $13-billion program began covering younger children and seniors in May and is being expanded to all those under 18 and people with disabilities. Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange's office says the Canad

In India, the ongoing dispute between the NDA alliance led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the India Alliance of opposition parties over the appointment of Lok Sabha Speaker has ended. NDA's Om Birla was elected Speaker for the second time in a row through the vice vote held in the House today. After this Prime Minister Narendra and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi left him to the chair. In the first speech, Om Birla mentioned the emergency imposed during the Congress government and described it as a black mark on democracy and observed two minutes of silence in memory of the common citiz

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been sent to CBI custody by the trial court for three days. The investigating agency arrested Kejriwal this morning after questioning him in Tihar jail last night. Till now he was in the custody of ED in the liquor scam case. The CBI has taken Kejriwal into its custody after the High Court canceled the bail granted to him by the trial court while hearing the petition of the ED. ED-CBI alleges that Aam Aadmi Party did money laundering in liquor policy through Kejriwal. The party used a part of the scam money during the 2022 Goa assembly elections. Accor

Harsimrat Kaur Badal has claimed that some backbenchers of the BJP in the party are trying to break the Akali Dal amid the ongoing rebellion in the Shiromani Akali Dal, a regional party of Punjab. Harsimrat Kaur Badal said that only 5 of our 117 leaders are against Sukhbir Badal. He also targeted Bibi Jagir without naming her, Harsimrat Badal said that BJP had also contested the SGPC election for him. At the same time, according to information, Sukhbir Badal offered to resign from the post of President in a party meeting held today in Chandigarh, but his colleagues rejected this decision and

Former British Columbia premier and Canada's ambassador to Germany John Horgan is facing his third battle with cancer. Ravi Parmar, the New Democrat member for Horgan's former Langford-Juan de Fuca riding, says he heard from the former premier today and was told he has thyroid cancer. Parmar says Horgan has taken an indefinite leave from his duties as ambassador to undergo treatment in Berlin. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Horgan as Canada's ambassador to Germany in November 2023. Horgan, 64, was B.C.'s premier from 2017 to 2022, was NDP leader for eight years and served five terms i

The Liberal government's changes to capital gains taxation came into effect Tuesday, despite significant pushback from business and physicians' groups. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's spring budget proposed making two-thirds of capital gains the profit made on the sale of assets such as a secondary residence or stocks taxable, rather than one-half. For individuals' capital gains of $250,000 or less, the inclusion rate would remain the same, at 50 per cent. At a time when the Liberals are looking to woo back young voters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pitched the effective tax increase

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he hears the concerns and frustrations of voters in the wake of a crushing byelection defeat in a Liberal stronghold riding. Liberals had held Toronto-St. Paul's for more than 30 years, but lost it to the Conservatives in Monday's byelection, sparking speculation about the future of the party and Trudeau's political fortunes. In a statement, the prime minister says he has much more hard work ahead of him to deliver tangible progress Canadians can see and feel. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland expressed her support for Trudeau to stay on as party leader