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CanadaOct 17, 2024

Trudeau to shuffle his cabinet as four ministers plan to step down

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet yet again after four more cabinet ministers informed the Prime Minister's Office they won't run in the next election. Filomena Tassi has announced she won't be running for personal reasons, and a senior government source says Marie-Claude Bibeau, Carla Qualtrough and Dan Vandal also won't be on the ballot.
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CanadaOct 17, 2024

Alberta government shifts continuing care from Health to Seniors Ministry

The Alberta government says long-term care and supportive living programs will no longer be under the purview of the provincial Health Ministry. Instead, Seniors and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon will be responsible for continuing care programs across Alberta. The change comes as part of the provincial government's health-care system overhaul that is seeing Alberta Health Services broken up into four new agencies, including one responsible for continuing care. Nixon says details about the new agency, such as what it will be called and when it will be operational, are still being final
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IndiaOct 17, 2024

SGPC rejects Giani Harpreet Singh’s resignation

Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami has rejected the resignation of Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh and appealed him to continue his services as before. On the other hand, Shiromani Akali Dal working president Balwinder Singh Bhunder, Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema and other leaders met the Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Giani Raghbir Singh and apologized on the behalf Shiromani Akali Dal for the whole incident. It is to be mentioned that yesterday Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh resigned from his post after making serious allegations agai
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CanadaOct 16, 2024

Border agency recovered nearly 2,000 stolen vehicles this year: transport minister

Canada's border guards have recovered more stolen vehicles at railyards and ports so far this year than in all of 2023. Transport Minister Anita Anand says the Canada Border Services Agency has recovered 1,945 stolen vehicles, with the majority found in Quebec. The federal government launched an action plan earlier this year to address the record rates of vehicle thefts, involving local and international police agencies, vehicle manufacturers and other partners. Much of the problem is centred in Ontario and Quebec, with stolen vehicles being routed through the Port of Montreal and then shipped
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BCOct 16, 2024

Leaders converge on Vancouver Island as B.C. voters break advance polling record

Leaders of British Columbia's main political parties have converged on Vancouver Island in the final stage of campaigning before the provincial election on Saturday, with record numbers of voters already casting their ballots in advance polling. Elections BC says more than 181,000 people voted on Tuesday, breaking a record set on the first day of voting last week. The election office says 778,000 people have already voted ahead of today's final day of advance voting. NDP Leader David Eby and B.C. Conservative counterpart John Rustad both have announcements scheduled in Nanaimo, while Green Par
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IndiaOct 16, 2024

The Punjab-Haryana High Court took strict notice in the case of Lawrence Bishnoi's jail interview

The Punjab-Haryana High Court has taken strict notice of the report filed by the Punjab Police to cancel the case in Mohali Trial Court in the case of Lawrence Bishnoi's jail interview. The High Court said that when we had formed a special investigation team and every report was being given to us, then how the cancellation report was submitted to the Mohali trial court without explaining. In this matter, the High Court has now stayed the hearing of the case in the Mohali Trial Court till further orders and the decision of the agency to be given further investigation and what action to be take
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CanadaOct 16, 2024

Montreal police make arrest in fatal stabbing on downtown subway platform

Montreal police say they've made an arrest after a man was fatally stabbed on the platform of a downtown metro station late Saturday. Police say a 32-year-old man faces a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a 37-year-old who was stabbed at Guy-Concordia metro station. The victim was pronounced dead in hospital after the stabbing, which happened at about 11:20 p.m. Montreal police say a suspect was arrested in Montreal North on Tuesday night and is expected to appear in court later today. They say the suspect and the victim knew each other. The homicide was the 29th recorded on the I
if-giani-harpreet-singhs-resignation-is-accepted-then-everyone-will-resign-jathedar-raghbir-singh
IndiaOct 16, 2024

If Giani Harpreet Singh's resignation is accepted, then everyone will resign: Jathedar Raghbir Singh

Sri Akal Takht Sahib's Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh has warned that if the resignation of Giani Harpreet Singh is accepted, then the rest of the Singh Sahibs will also leave the post. He warned the Shiromani Committee President not to accept the resignation of Giani Harpreet Singh while issuing a video message. It is to be noted that Giani Harpreet Singh has mentioned the rhetoric of Virsa Singh Valtoha as the reason for his resignation.
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CanadaOct 16, 2024

Chiefs gather to vote on landmark $47.8B child welfare reform agreement with Canada

First Nations chiefs are gathering in Calgary today as they prepare to vote on a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform agreement with Ottawa. The deal was struck in July between Canada, the Chiefs of Ontario, Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Assembly of First Nations after a nearly two-decade legal fight over Canada's underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services. The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal said that was discriminatory, and tasked Canada with coming to an agreement with First Nations to reform the system, along with compensating children who were torn from their families and put
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IndiaMay 09, 2025

Pakistan is continuously targeting residential areas in Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistan is continuously targeting residential areas in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir. So far, more than 50 people have been injured and more than 15 have died. Five children were among the dead. A temple, Gurdwara Sahib, and a mosque in Poonch have also been damaged due to heavy firing and mortar attacks by Pakistan. Apart from this, schools, shops and many houses have been damaged. Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met the people who were forced to leave their homes from the border areas and were injured in Pakistani firing and took stock of the situation.
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Some rural residents north of Edmonton can return home after wildfire threat

Residents from a rural area north of Edmonton who fled an active wildfire this week can now return to their homes. A social media post from Athabasca County says evacuation orders were lifted for the Village of Boyle and some nearby parts of the county. People living on Highway 831 south of Boyle are still under evacuation orders and are not to return at this time as the wildfire is still burning, but is being held. Some residents of Thorhild County, about 90 kilometres northeast of Edmonton, can also return home, but are to stay prepared to leave within a moment's notice if condi
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CanadaMay 09, 2025

Missing youths found in Leduc, man charged with sexual assault and child luring

Sex charges have been laid after two youths were reported missing from a town east of Edmonton and later found in the company of a man. Police say the two youths were reported missing from the Two Hills area on Tuesday and located in Leduc, south of Edmonton. A 40-year-old man from Two Hills was arrested and faces charges that include two counts each of sexual interference, sexual assault and possession of child pornography, and three counts of child luring.
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CanadaMay 09, 2025

City of Surrey, B.C., says it lost $2.5 million in 'irregular transactions'

The City of Surrey says it filed a civil lawsuit against a former employee, looking to recover $2.5 million worth of ``irregular transactions.'' A statement from city manager Rob Costanzo Thursday says the lawsuit was filed last year after staff identified problems dating back to 2017 involving dormant development-deposit accounts. Costanzo says staff first spotted irregularities in early 2024 and the city conducted an internal review, engaged external forensic specialists, and reported the situation to the RCMP. He says police are conducting a criminal investigation and the cit
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CanadaMay 09, 2025

Gang member wanted Canada-wide arrested in Vancouver, returned to Ontario

Police in Vancouver have arrested a man who they say is a member of the Zone 43 gang and was wanted nationwide for drugs and firearms offences. They say the 31-year-old was convicted of 10 different charges after an investigation by the Ottawa Police Service, but fled and has been operating in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood for more than a year. The department says an arrest warrant was issued in Ontario, but VPD officers were unable to enforce it because it was only valid within a 400-kilometre radius of Ottawa. It says the VPD Metro Team worked with the Ottawa Poli