Passenger travel companies in Atlantic Canada are feeling the pinch of rising fuel prices. The region's largest taxi company _ Casino Taxi, in Halifax _ has imposed a $1.30 fuel surcharge on each fare to help compensate drivers. Company president Brian Herman says the surcharge is paid directly to the drivers, who are facing fuel prices approaching $2 per litre. He says the surcharge will be removed after Halifax city council approves a rate increase, which is expected in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, Maritime Bus has also imposed a fuel surcharge for its intercity routes, but owner Mike Cassid

The Manitoba government is offering financial aid for flood victims as wet weather threatens to raise rivers again.Infrastructure Minister Doyle Piwniuk says the province will activate a disaster financial assistance program that he expects will give out well over $10 million. The money, to be cost-shared with the federal government, covers flood damage that cannot be covered by private insurance at home properties, municipalities and businesses. Heavy snowfall and spring rain storms have left many parts of Manitoba flooded, and some 30 municipalities and First Nations are under local state

Gas prices in Canada are continuing to smash records, setting the stage for potentially lasting consequences on everything from the cost of goods to consumer behaviour. The price of a litre of gasoline jumped to an eye-watering 222.9 cents per litre in Vancouver Monday as prices at pumps across the country trended up over the weekend. Experts say rising gas prices are compounding inflation's economic toll on Canadians as higher fuel prices have a knock-on effect throughout the economy, pushing up prices and hurting consumer sentiment. Opher Baron, an operations management professor at the Univ

Canada's most populous city is ending the municipal emergency it declared over the COVID-19 pandemic. Toronto Mayor John Tory says he's ``very happy'' to be declaring the end of the municipal emergency that took effect on March 23, 2020. Despite terminating the emergency order, Tory warns that the pandemic is not over and says the city will continue its vaccination efforts. The city's top doctor, Dr. Eileen de Villa, says Toronto's COVID-19 indicators are either decreasing or holding stable this week, and that she's ``encouraged'' to see signs of improvement in Toronto's health system capacity

The Indian rupee hit a record low of 77.58 against the US dollar on Monday amid unabated outflow of foreign funds after the Federal Reserve hiked policy interest rates last week. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee settled at 77.50 against the US dollar, down 60 paise from its previous close of 76.90 hit on Friday. Earlier, the rupee opened sharply lower at 77.17 against the dollar and hit a record low of 77.58 in the intra-day. The Indian currency hit a new intra-day as well as the closing low. The previous record closing low of the Indian currency was 76.98 against a dollar h

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country's worst economic crisis in decades. Rajapaksa said on Twitter that he submitted his resignation to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The resignation follows attacks by Rajapaksa supporters on peaceful protesters demanding that the brothers leave office. There was no immediate comment from the president, who has so far refused to resign. A severe foreign currency shortage has resulted in acute shortages of imported essentials such as fuel,

Amid the sloganeering outside Delhi's Janakpuri Police Station condemning BJP leader Tajinder Bagga's arrest by the Punjab Police, Mohali DSP KS Sandhu clarified that the BJP leader was apprehended 'as per the procedure'. "Punjab Police followed the procedure in taking Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga into custody and that the case remains pending in the court..." KS Sandhu, DSP(D), Mohali. Bagga was arrested from his Delhi house on Friday morning by the Punjab Police, based on a complaint registered with its cyber cell. The BJP leader allegedly threatened Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a twe

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday warned all airlines that are denying boarding to passengers with confirmed tickets on a flight will be viewed seriously and strict action will be initiated against the erring airline, including imposing financial penalties as per regulations. It also issued notice to the airlines after receiving several cases of denial of boarding to passengers with a confirmed ticket and warned them to comply with the provisions of the civil aviation regulations (CAR) in such cases. "It has come to the notice of this office that various airlines are d

The Defence Department says both suspects in the murder in Thailand of a man with links to BC gangs had been in the army, but it can't confirm whether they served together. The suspects include Gene Lahrkamp, who was killed in a plane crash in northwestern Ontario last week, and a man arrested in Alberta in February. Thai police allege Lahrkamp and Matthew Dupre fled to Canada following the murder of Jimi Sandhu in Phuket on February 4th. The Defence Department says both served as infantrymen in the army and left the military as corporals, Dupre from October 2005 to August 2013 and Lahrkamp f