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IndiaFeb 23, 2020

Trump, US First Lady depart for India

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump departed for their maiden two-day visit to India from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Sunday.The visiting dignitaries will have a stopover at Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany and will reach Ahmedabad on Monday.Ahead of his departure from Washington DC, the US President told reporters that he looks forward to being with "millions and millions" of the Indian people."I look forward to being with the people of India. We will be with millions and millions of people. I get along very well with the Prime Minister. He is a friend of mine. Pri
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WorldFeb 23, 2020

Sanders wins Nevada Caucuses

Bernie Sanders is celebrating his Nevada caucus victory hundreds of kilometres away in Texas.The 78-year-old Vermont senator took the stage before thousands of cheering supporters inside the Cowboys Dance Hall in San Antonio declaring, "We're going to win this election. We are going to win here in Texas."America's second largest state votes on "Super Tuesday" on March 3rd, after next week's South Carolina primary.Sanders says the American people are sick and tired of a president who "lies all of the time."
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IndiaFeb 22, 2020

Miscreants vandalise residence of Karnataka girl who raised pro-Pak slogans at anti-CAA rally

Unknown miscreants vandalised the residence of Amulya, the Karnataka girl who raised pro Pakistan slogans at an anti CAA rally in Bengaluru. Amulya's home in Chikmagalur was vandalised late night on Feb 20. Police have begun their investigation. Imran Pasha, who organised the anti-CAA protests here where 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan was raised, said on Friday that Amulya was not invited to the event. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi was also present at the rally.
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WorldFeb 22, 2020

China reports major drop in new virus cases to 397

China says the daily count of new virus cases has fallen significantly to 397, with another 109 people dying of the disease, most in the epicenter of Hubei province. The figures announced Saturday bring the total number of cases in mainland China to 76,288 with 2,345deaths, as strict quarantine measures and travel bans continue to contain the disease that emerged in China in December and has since spread world-wide. The daily figure is down from 889 on Friday. South Korea has become the newest front in a global outbreak, reporting Friday that 204 people had been infected, quadruple the number
BCFeb 22, 2020

Chilliwack physiotherapist facing sexual assault charges

Sexual assault charges have been laid against a man employed as a physiotherapist at a Chilliwack health clinic, and police say there may be more victims. Police say 38-year-old Sanjay Amrutkar was arrested without incident for offences alleged to have occurred lasts August and September while he was working as a physiotherapist. He's charged with two counts of sexual assault and has been released from custody pending a court appearance next month. Police say their investigators are aware that there may be other victims who haven't reported an encounter and they encourage those people to
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BCFeb 21, 2020

Premier believes ``vast majority'' of residents want to resolve a dispute with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs

Premier John Horgan says he believes the ``vast majority'' of residents across northern B.C. want to resolve a dispute with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. Horgan says his government is ready to talk with the chiefs but is challenged by their refusal to meet unless RCMP and pipeline officials withdraw entirely from their traditional territories. The Premier says other Wet'suwet'en people are beginning to speak out about possible benefits of the pipeline. He says his government remains ``at the ready'' to find a way forward.
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WorldFeb 21, 2020

WHO concerned about new cases of COVID-19

The World Health Organization is concerned about new cases of COVID-19 with no clear links to travel in China or other confirmed cases. A multiplying caseload in South Korea is showing the ease with which the new coronavirus can spread. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says health officials need to act quickly to contain a further spread of the virus. Globally, more than 76-thousand people have been infected in 27 countries, and more than 22-hundred have died.
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CanadaFeb 21, 2020

PM Trudeau talks about the blockades, says 'Injunctions must be obeyed'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's been two weeks and now it's time for the barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes to come down. He says in a democracy, people have a right to have their say but the situation is "unacceptable and untenable." The blockades, particularly one on a critical east-west rail line in Ontario, are responses by Indigenous people and supporters of the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation who oppose a major natural-gas pipeline project.
BCFeb 21, 2020

Workers at the Duke Point sawmill preparing to head back to the job

Almost eight months after a strike halted Western Forest Products operations across Vancouver Island, workers at the Duke Point sawmill near Nanaimo are preparing to head back to the job. The union representing workers at the sawmill confirms employees have been recalled and have been taking part in safety training, prior to startup at the mill -- which is set for Monday. Western Forest Products and the United Steelworkers Union reached a deal earlier this month resolving the job action that began last July 1st. Steelworkers Local president Brian Butler says the company still hasn't announced
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CanadaMay 06, 2025

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IndiaMay 05, 2025

Punjab BJP stands with Punjabis on the issue of giving extra water to Haryana: Ashwani Sharma

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AlbertaMay 05, 2025

Two teens among four dead in central Alberta highway crash

RCMP say four people, including two teens, have died after a head-on vehicle crash south of Edmonton. Mounties say an GMC Acadia was passing other vehicles on Highway 2A just north of Ponoka on Saturday, when it struck an oncoming Volkswagen Tiguan. They say a 41-year-old woman driving the Acadia died at the scene. A 26-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy inside the other SUV were also pronounced dead. A second 14-year-old boy in the Tiguan was taken by air ambulance to hospital but died. All four were residents of Maskwacis, about 70 kilometres south of Edmonton.
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BCMay 05, 2025

$170,000 worth of drugs seized from B.C. prison

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