Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), an old ally of BJP, on Monday said to have decided not to contest the Delhi assembly elections as it was not ready to give up its stance on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). "SAD and BJP have an old relationship, but after the stand taken by Sukhbir Singh Badal on the CAA, which is to include the people from all religions, the BJP leadership wanted us to reconsider this stance. So, we decided to not fight these polls instead of changing our stand," SAD leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa told reporters here. "The SAD also believes that the National Register of Citizens

British Columbia's anti-gang squad says it has seized about 50 kilograms of illicit drugs after a vehicle fled when police officers tried to stop it in Surrey on Jan. 8. The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says when the vehicle was stopped, police seized 38 kilograms of suspected heroin and 10 kilos of imitation prescription painkiller. Police say both drugs are believed to contain the powerful opioid fentanyl. The arrest prompted six additional search warrants in the Lower Mainland, which police say resulted in the discovery of about $20,000 in cash and three firearms. The driver an

A new affordable rental housing project for seniors and families on Southwest Marine Drive is part of the 3,500 new homes underway or completed in Vancouver, thanks to partnerships between the Province, the City of Vancouver and community partners. “People in Vancouver deserve safe, secure and affordable housing, but the last provincial government chose to ignore the housing crisis,” said Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. “We’re making different choices and investing in the housing people need. Working with our community partners and the City of Vancouver, we

Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister is warning Ottawa it will have to show some flexibility if it wants him to continue helping build bridges to Alberta and Saskatchewan. Pallister made the comment after a meeting in Winnipeg with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, where he said Manitoba will include a carbon price of some type in a new green plan aimed at exempting the province from the federal carbon tax. His initial flat carbon tax was rejected by the federal government, which has called for escalating prices. Pallister suggests he still wants a flat tax and repeated his demands that Ottawa must

The lawyer representing Huawei (WAH'-way) executive Meng Wanzhou says fraud allegations against his client are ``fiction.'' Richard Peck says the case against Meng is really about the United States attempting to enforce sanctions against Iran. Peck made the comments on the first day of a hearing in Vancouver designed to test the concept of ``double criminality'' -- to determine if the charges facing Meng are actually a crime in Canada and should lead to her extradition to the United States. Peck told the judge the case would not exist -- except for U-S sanction laws -- and since Canada doe

The mayor of Winnipeg came out of a sit-down meeting with the prime minister on Monday saying that all levels of government need to work together to tackle a methamphetamine crisis plaguing the city. Brian Bowman said he asked Justin Trudeau to take stock of the federal government's efforts to make sure that they align with those of the city and the province. "We have to work together with our provincial and our federal partners to better address the root causes of crime, but also deal with the meth crisis that we are particularly affected with here in the Prairies and in the city of Winnipeg

The mayor of Winnipeg came out of a sit-down meeting with the prime minister on Monday saying that all levels of government need to work together to tackle a methamphetamine crisis plaguing the city.Brian Bowman said he asked Justin Trudeau to take stock of the federal government's efforts to make sure that they align with those of the city and the province."We have to work together with our provincial and our federal partners to better address the root causes of crime, but also deal with the meth crisis that we are particularly affected with here in the Prairies and in the city of Winnipeg,"

The federal government is spending $500,000 to lure investors to develop untapped mineral resources in Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.Yukon MP Larry Bagnell announced the initiative in Vancouver on Sunday on behalf of Melanie Joly, minister of economic development and official languages.The Yukon Mining Alliance will use the funding to showcase the opportunities in the North at the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference for the next three years.Bagnell says the conference is the largest of its kind with over 1,000 exhibitors and 25,000 attendees from a

Five people in their 20s are safe after spending a frigid night stranded on Eagle Mountain in Coquitlam. Search and rescue crews say the hikers were on the mountain for over 20 hours before they were found early yesterday. Al Hurley of Coquitlam Search and Rescue says the group was unprepared and only wearing thin clothing for the hike. He says the walk down the mountain was difficult in icy, steep conditions, but fortunately no one was harmed.