Bibi Surjit Kaur, a rebel candidate of Shiromani Akali Dal, suddenly joined the Aam Aadmi Party before the by-election in Jalandhar West Vidhan Sabha constituency of Punjab. A few days ago, the Shiromani Akali Dal had withdrawn its support to Bibi Surjit Kaur as the candidate of the rebel faction of the party and announced its support to the BSP candidate.

WestJet flight disruptions are expected to continue this week, after a deal was reached over the weekend to end a strike by its mechanics. The airline said in a statement Monday morning that "full resumption of operations will take time and further cancellations will be required over the coming days." Some 680 members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association had walked off the job on Friday evening despite a directive for binding arbitration from federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan. The tentative agreement was announced late Sunday night, but the strike had already disrupted the trav

Officials say a flash flood west of Kamloops, B.C., has impacted at least 20 homes in the community of Savona, but no injuries have been reported. Thompson-Nicola Regional District activated its emergency operations centre Monday the day after heavy rain that saw Highway 1 closed for several hours through the community. Amanda Ellison, a spokeswoman for the regional district, says some homeowners have called in to report that their homes have been damaged, and in other cases "eyes on the ground" have seen homes that may have been affected. The highway has since reopened but drivers are being w

Quebec Premier François Legault says there's a risk of overreaction against newcomers if current immigration levels continue. The premier made the comments today to reporters on the Gaspé Peninsula, in response to a question about whether he feared a rise of the "right" in Quebec and Canada. He says he doesn't want to see the province end up like the United States or France, where immigration has become a toxic political debate. Legault says there has been an increase of 300,000 temporary immigrants in the province over the last two years and that while Quebecers are welcoming, they cannot a

A 40-year-old Ontario man with a long criminal history has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the slaying of Tori Dunn in Surrey, B.C., earlier this month. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Adam Mann is facing the murder charge after Surrey police found him while they were on their way to Dunn's home on June 16. At the time of Dunn's killing, Mann was facing an unrelated aggravated assault charge for an alleged attack in Surrey three weeks earlier and is due in court over that case on July 2. Police say they found Dunn with life-threatening injuries after b

British Columbia's public power utility says for the first time it will provide rebates for the installation of rooftop solar and battery storage systems for residents and businesses. BC Hydro says in a news release that eligible homeowners can receive rebates up to $10,000 for installing a qualified solar and battery storage system, while apartment buildings, schools, businesses and others could get from $50,000 to $150,000 back. The utility says the program will make it easier for people and businesses to generate their own electricity, reduce their power bills and deliver clean energy back

The ongoing conflict in Punjab's regional party Shiromani Akali Dal does not seem to be stopping. Bibi Jagir Kaur and former MLA Gurpratap Singh Wadala today said that Bibi Surjit Kaur is a poor candidate that's why Sukhbir Badal withdrew his support from Jalandhar West. Wadala said- if there was a rich candidate then the support would never be withdrawn. An example of this is Virsa Singh Valtoha. Wadala said that Sukhbir Badal has mocked the poor family by supporting BSP. He said that the Shiromani Akali Dal is currently in a bad situation and Sukhbir Badal should leave the presidency.

Senior leader of Congress and Leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Pratap Singh Bajwa has hit out at Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for taking a house on rent in Jalandhar. He said that the Chief Minister had made a big claim of 13-0 during the Lok Sabha elections, but the people of Punjab brought him down from 13 to three and now the people of Jalandhar have to remove the remaining vote on July 10, when Jalandhar is on July 13. If the result of the western seat comes, people have to leave Bhagwant Maan from his native village Satauj.

Haryana Chief Minister Naib Saini today met Dera Beas Chief Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon before campaigning for the BJP candidate in Jalandhar West Assembly Constituency of Punjab. After that he directly reached Sri Amritsar and bowed down in Sri Darbar Sahab. Meanwhile, he was wearing a turban on his head. While talking to the journalists, he felt very good after bowing down to this holy land. Along with this, on the issue of water, he said that Punjab is our elder brother and hope that he will not disappoint the younger brother. He said that we can only request the elder brother, a lot of la