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WorldNov 12, 2024

35 dead as a driver hits a crowd in a Chinese city

Police in China say 35 people were killed and another 43 injured when a driver rammed his car into people exercising at a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai. The 62-year-old driver was detained, police said earlier Monday. It was not immediately clear whether it was an attack or an accident. No motive was mentioned, and police said investigations continued. A 62-year-old man was detained after he rammed a car into people exercising at a sports center in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, police said late Monday, on the eve of the country’s premier aviation exhibition by
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BCNov 08, 2024

Sides in B.C. port dispute to meet in bid to end lockout after talk with minister

Employers and the union representing supervisors embroiled in a labour dispute that triggered a lockout at British Columbia's ports will attempt to reach a deal when talks restart this weekend. A spokesman from the office of federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has confirmed the minister spoke with leaders at both the BC Maritime Employers Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 514, but did not invoke any section of the Canadian Labour Code that would force them back to talks. A statement from the ministry says MacKinnon instead "asked them to return to the negot
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BCNov 08, 2024

BC Restaurants Warn of Higher Food Prices Due to FWP Changes

British Columbia's restaurant industry has expressed concern over the Trudeau government's tightening of the temporary foreign worker program, saying the move will increase food prices at restaurants. The government has banned low-wage temporary foreign workers in areas with an unemployment rate above 6 percent and raised the minimum hourly wage in BC to $34.62 for temporary workers hired under the high-wage stream. The intention is to ensure Canadian workers can find employment. However, the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association argues that restaurant sector wages cannot absorb these ch
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CanadaNov 08, 2024

Federal cabinet ministers meet to discuss incoming Trump administration

A group of federal cabinet ministers are huddling in a closed-door meeting this morning to work on Canada's strategy for dealing with the incoming Donald Trump administration. A recently revived cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations made up of senior ministers is meeting for the first time since Trump left office in early 2021. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the committee, is set to take questions from media later today on Parliament Hill. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters heading into the meeting that Ottawa has a plan already and now the governme
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IndiaNov 08, 2024

Manpreet Badal meets Amit Shah in Delhi

BJP leader Manpreet Singh Badal on Thursday said he met Union home minister Amit Shah and pressed for key issues related to the development of Gidderbaha. He said Union home minister pledged full support to the implementation of all 6 projects. He said during one of his meetings with PM Narendra Modi in the past, he recalled the happenings of Jan 26, 2021, during tractor march by protesting farmers in Delhi.
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WorldNov 08, 2024

Russian President Putin congratulated Trump on his victory

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump on his victory on Thursday. This was Putin's first comment on the U.S. election. Putin also praised Trump's courage after he was attacked during his campaign in July. Trump had promised several times during his election campaign to end the war in Ukraine. In response, Putin said, that if Trump is talking about restoring relations with Russia and helping to resolve the Ukraine crisis, then he thinks that it deserves attention. It is being speculated that if relations between Trump and Putin improve, it could also benefit India. Under
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CanadaNov 08, 2024

Alberta government fires AIMCo board, citing rising costs and poor performance

Alberta's finance minister has sacked the board of directors of AIMCo, the body that manages more than $160 billion in pension, endowment and government funds for the province. Horner, in a statement, says the reason is poor performance, with rising staffing and management fees coupled with a consistent failure to meet mandated benchmark returns. Horner says the decision takes effect immediately and he will be sole director and chair for AIMCo until a new chair is appointed within 30 days, with a new board established after that. Horner says it's time to reset the investment corpora
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IndiaNov 08, 2024

Punjab CM Mann administers oath to newly elected 10,031 Sarpanches in Kejriwal's presence

Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann today administered the oath of office to the newly elected Sarpanches during a state-level function at Cycle Valley located at village Dhanansu in Ludhiana. Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal arrived as the chief guest in this oath-taking ceremony. During the state-level function, 10031 sarpanches of 19 districts out of the newly elected 13147-gram panchayats in 23 districts across the state were administered the oath of office by the Chief Minister in the recently held panchayat elections in the state. Sarpanchs of the remaining four districts Sri
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CanadaNov 08, 2024

Statistics Canada to release October jobs report today

Statistics Canada is set to release its October labour force survey this morning, shedding light on employment trends and wage growth last month. RBC is forecasting the economy added a modest 15,000 jobs and the unemployment rate to have ticked back up to 6.6 per cent. The jobless rate declined slightly to 6.5 per cent in September. The Canadian job market has loosened significantly as high interest rates have restrained economic growth. The Bank of Canada, which lowered its policy interest rate by 1.25 percentage points since June, now says it wants to see the economy rebound. RBC says it exp
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BCMay 09, 2025

BC Greens say they will not support Bill 15

Premier David Ebby government’s proposed Bill 15, which would speed up approvals for new schools and hospitals in the province, will not receive support from the Green Party. West Vancouver-Sea to Sky MLA Jeremy Valeriott says the provincial government wants to take more power through Bill 15. He said that we agree that unnecessary red tape should be eliminated to speed up the development of hospitals, schools and other public infrastructure, but with Bill 15 as it stands, we are concerned that the government could bypass environmental assessments, municipal authorities and First Nations ju
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IndiaMay 09, 2025

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Pakistan has carried out drone attacks on 7 districts of Punjab, a house caught fire after a drone fell in Khai Seme village of Ferozepur. Three people were seriously injured here. All three have been admitted to the hospital. Villagers say that when the drone fell, the lights of the house were on. At the same time, a powerful explosion took place in Gurdaspur, 20 km from the Kartarpur Corridor. The people injured in the drone attack in Ferozepur have been identified as Lakhwinder Singh, his wife Lakhwinder Kaur and Monu.
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IndiaMay 09, 2025

Farmers' organizations suspend all agitations for 15 days in view of India-Pakistan tension

Farmers' organizations in Punjab have suspended all agitations for 15 days in view of India-Pakistan tension. This announcement has been made by the United Kisan Morcha Non-Political. The morcha said that in this tense atmosphere, the agitating farmers of the country stand firm with the soldiers of their country. Jagjit Singh Dallewal, state president of Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta Sidhupur, who is a prominent leader of the United Kisan Morcha Non-Political, also appealed to the people to strictly follow the instructions given by the government and administrative authorities of the country a
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IndiaMay 09, 2025

Police Commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur issues orders amid India-Pakistan tension

The Jalandhar administration in Punjab has issued orders against noise pollution and hoarding of rations in the city amid the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan. Police Commissioner Dhanpreet Kaur has ordered not to create any kind of noise pollution in residential areas from 10 pm to 6 am. According to the order of the Police Commissioner, action will be taken against any kind of noise pollution during the night, except in cases of public emergency. There are also orders not to blow loud horns on vehicles from 10 pm.
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CanadaMay 09, 2025

Canada's unemployment rate hits 6.9% as tariffs hit manufacturing sector

Canada's unemployment rate has hit 6.9% as tariffs hit manufacturing sector. That's the highest unemployment rate in 8 years excluding COVID. April is the third consecutive month that the Canadian economy has seen either little change in employment or job losses. It's also the first month that the impact of tariffs on auto, steel, aluminum and other sectors has been more pronounced. According to Statistics Canada, the manufacturing sector lost 31,000 jobs last month, the biggest decline since January 2009, excluding the 2020 COVID crisis. According to the Statistics Department, the econom