A day after taking charge as the as the Chief of Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari on October 01 laid a wreath at the National War Memorial.He also signed the visitors' book. Chaudhari has succeeded Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria who retired on September 30.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday in the national capital.Channi had departed from Chandigarh for Delhi today.According to Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the CM will take up the farmers' issues including the repeal of farm laws and postponement of the paddy procurement date. "Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi will call on PM Narendra Modi in Delhi today. The CM will take up the farmers' issues including the repeal of farm laws and postponement of the paddy procurement date. Reopening of Kartarpur Corridor also on agenda," informed the

The chief of Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation says true reconciliation requires truth and she'd like more of that from the federal government and Catholic Church. Chief Rosanne Casimir says they want the promised records as they work to identify the remains of what are believed to be more than 200 children found in unmarked graves around the former residential school in Kamloops. Casimir says the nation has had enough apologies, now it needs the information that the government and Catholic Church have agreed to provide. The chief says the ground-penetrating radar that found the remains was

Several trailers in a large trailer park in Williams Lake have been ordered evacuated as ground slumps on the slope above the Williams Lake River. The city issued the evacuation order for the Green Acres Trailer Park yesterday after a geotechnical evaluation of the land slippage that happened Tuesday. The order says the slide exposed a section of sewer pipe and an access hole and the area is of ``imminent concern.'' The rest of the trailer park has been placed on evacuation alert and Williams Lake officials say they are monitoring and will provide updates when information is available. City o

A Saskatchewan First Nation says it has identified about 300 unmarked graves at a former Indian Residential School site. Earlier this year, Cowessess First Nation used ground-penetrating radar that discovered as many as 751 graves near where the Marieval school stood. Not all the graves were believed to belong to children. Catholic Church parishioners are thought to have been buried there, as well as members of neighbouring communities. In the months since, The First Nation has worked with the Roman Catholic Church, the RCMP and Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada to put names to the unmar

Premier John Horgan and Indigenous Relations Minister Murray Rankin are urging all British Columbians to wear their orange shirts today to proclaim that every child matters. It is the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and orange shirt day in BC. Horgan says by wearing orange people acknowledge the truth of the residential school system, while honouring survivors, families and communities. The statement says while the truth of what happened at the schools is well-documented, people were horrified to learn of the findings of the remains of more than 200 children at the former Kaml

RCMP say they have made an arrest in the murder of a woman at a Vernon hotel in February last year. Police say the accused was arrested Friday in Surrey after an 18 month investigation into the death of Alishia Lemp. The BC Prosecution Service approved a charge of second-degree murder against 28 year old Paige Howse. She remains in custody pending her next court appearance on October 19th. Vernon North Okanagan RCMP on Twitter: Charges laid in 2020 homicide https://bit.ly/39NMKsy

Two BC school boards are taking mask rules into their hands. Vancouver was the first to say it would expand its mask mandate for children from kindergarten to Grade 3 and Surrey's board followed suit yesterday. The BC Teachers Federation is calling for a provincewide mask mandate for those grades after provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry left those children out of her order in March. Beginning Monday, October 4th the district's current COVID-19 mask mandate will be expanded to include all students in the district from kindergarten to Grade 12. Masks are an effective layer of protection

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says honouring today's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is not just for Indigenous people.He says it's for all Canadians to come to terms with an ugly side of this country's history -- the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families to attend residential schools where many faced neglect, abuse, disease and death.Trudeau spoke last night on Parliament Hill on the eve of today's first Truth and Reconciliation day.