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BCSep 12, 2025

400 new affordable homes coming to Metro Vancouver

People living in Metro Vancouver will soon have access to more affordable housing with 400 new rental homes opening and breaking ground in Coquitlam, North Vancouver and Vancouver. “We’re taking meaningful action to deliver homes for people throughout Metro Vancouver that give people a place to build their futures,” said Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs. “These latest 400 affordable homes will bring added stability and opportunity, helping even more people find a place to call home in the communities they love." The Province, through BC Housing, provided nearl
WorldSep 12, 2025

Nepal's president appoints former chief justice as interim premier and first woman leader

Nepal's president has appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister, the first woman to head the South Asian country's government, following massive protests that collapsed the previous administration. Karki, a popular figure when serving as the court's only female chief justice in 2016 and 2017, was to be sworn in later Friday. The appointment was announced by President Ram Chandra Poudel's spokesman Kiran Pokhrel. Street demonstrations starting Monday in Kathmandu over a social media ban turned violent, with protesters attacking government buildings a
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IndiaSep 12, 2025

Aam Aadmi Party MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura gets 4 years in prison

Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Khadoor Sahib constituency in Punjab, Manjinder Singh Lalpura, has been sentenced to 4 years in prison by a court in Tarn Taran in the case of beating and molesting a girl. A total of 11 accused, including Lalpura, were declared guilty in this case by the Additional Sessions Judge 2 days ago. Today, apart from Lalpura, the other accused have also been sentenced to 4 years each. All the accused were present in the court at the time of sentencing. Very strict security arrangements were made in the court. With this sentence, Lalpura's membership of the Vidhan Sabha has
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CanadaSep 12, 2025

School bus fire: Quebec pulls all 1,200 Lion electric buses off roads for inspection

Schools across Quebec have been forced to cancel bus service after the government pulled all of the roughly 1,200 Lion electric buses in the province off the roads. The provincial government said it took the preventive measure after a Lion electric school bus caught fire in Montreal earlier this week. Several children and a driver were inside the bus when it caught fire but no one was injured. In response to the government's decision, some school service centres chose to cancel bus routes, and others cancelled the school day entirely. The Quebec government said it pulled the buses so that they
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CanadaSep 12, 2025

Canada Post union to lift overtime ban, stop delivering flyers

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will lift its overtime ban as of Monday at 12:01 am local time, and instead implement a ban on commercial flyer delivery. CUPW president Jan Simpson is calling on Canada Post to get back to the bargaining table in hopes of wrapping up the ongoing dispute before the holiday season. The union has banned overtime work since late May as it works to secure a new contract with Canada Post. Late last month, the union responded to Canada Post's latest offers with a proposal that called for higher wages but made some allowances for part-time worker
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AlbertaSep 12, 2025

Danielle Smith, Alberta Next panel received warmly by Lethbridge crowd in latest stop

Premier Danielle Smith's Alberta Next panel received a relatively warm welcome from a crowd in Lethbridge during the seventh stop of its provincewide tour taking the public's temperature on Alberta's relationship with Ottawa. The friendly audience was interspersed with pushback from people in attendance who voiced their displeasure with the government and many of the proposals being put forward. The town halls are aimed at addressing grievances Smith says are allowing separatist sentiments to fester and the results are to inform which questions may be put to a referendum next year.
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WorldSep 12, 2025

Trump says 'with a high degree of certainty' that suspect in Charlie Kirk killing has been caught

The suspect in custody in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk is a 22-year-old from Utah. That's according to a law enforcement official who told The Associated Press. The officials says authorities have identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson. The official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke Friday on the condition of anonymity. President Donald Trump said Friday on Fox News Channel a minister turned the suspect in to authorities. Federal and Utah state investigators had been appealing for the public's help in finding the person who killed
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AlbertaSep 12, 2025

Alberta's Smith says she found unprecedented common ground in meeting with Carney

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her latest meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney has inspired optimism and he is demonstrating a ``real shift'' from the previous Justin Trudeau-led Liberals. Speaking in Edmonton, Smith says she found more common ground with the prime minister when she met with him this week than she has in any meeting with a prime minister. She also took to social media following her face-to-face to say that although there are details to be worked out, the concerns of Albertans are ``finally being heard.'' It comes as Carney announces five major projects set
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BCSep 11, 2025

Victim identified in fatal Langley shooting

The victim of Friday’s fatal shooting in Langley has been identified as 24-year-old Taran Pandher. IHIT’s Integrated Gang Homicide Team (IGHT) has taken conduct of the investigation. Background: On September 5, 2025, at approximately 10:28 p.m. the Langley RCMP responded reports of a shooting around 200 Street and 53 Avenue, Langley. Frontline officers arrived promptly, located the victim and initiated lifesaving measures. Despite their efforts, the victim succumbed to their injures at the scene. The shooting occurred while the victim was inside a taxi and there is only one victim and no o

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BCOct 11, 2025

Cricket star Yuvraj Singh meets Premier David Eby at Vancouver’s BC Place as excitement grows for cricket in B.C.

The Canada Super60 cricket series lit up Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium this weekend - and the excitement reached a new level when former Indian cricket star Yuvraj Singh was spotted in the stands alongside B.C. Premier David Eby. The two appeared together on the stadium’s big screen during the women’s match between Vancouver Thunderbirds and Toronto Sixers, drawing loud cheers from the crowd. Cricket fans in the arena - many from Surrey and the Lower Mainland’s South Asian communities - welcomed the moment as a sign of the sport’s growing stature in Canada. Premier Eby’s office had
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CanadaOct 10, 2025

Vancouver police search for suspect after three stabbed on Yaletown seawall

Vancouver Police are investigating a series of stabbings that occurred early this morning along the Yaletown seawall. Just after 7:30 a.m., officers responded to reports of multiple people stabbed along the seawall near David Lam Park. Three victims were located and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect fled the area before police were called and has not yet been located. Initial evidence suggests the attacks were random and unprovoked. The suspect is described as an Indigenous woman in her late 20s or early 30s. She is between 5’3” and 5’7”, has a slim bu
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BCOct 10, 2025

B.C.'s public service workers escalate strike to correctional facilities

British Columbia jails have been added to the growing list of sites behind picket lines as public service workers escalate job action. The B.C. General Employees' Union says in a release that all its remaining unionized staff at adult correctional facilities across the province are now on strike. The union says the escalation brings the total number of work sites behind pickets to more than 470, with about 25,000 workers taking strike action across 20 ministries, Crown corporations and agencies. Union president Paul Finch says the escalation is due to the government's "lack of urgency" in comi
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BCOct 10, 2025

Woman attacked by bear while walking dog in Squamish, B.C., wildlife area

British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service is warning residents after a bear attack this week in the Squamish area north of Vancouver. The service says a woman was walking her dog in the Squamish Estuary Wildlife Management Area on Wednesday when she was attacked by a sow with its cubs. The woman only got a minor injury. The Conservation Officer Service says people should avoid the trail network at the Squamish Wildlife Management Area and, if they go, keep their dogs on a leash. The public has also been reminded to make noise while hiking, to carry bear spray and to never approach or fee
WorldOct 10, 2025

Blast at a Tennessee explosives plant leaves multiple people dead and missing, sheriff says

An explosion at a Tennessee military munitions plant has left multiple people dead and missing. The blast occurred Friday at Accurate Energetic Systems, about 60 miles southwest of Nashville. Authorities say secondary explosions have prevented rescuers from approaching the site. The cause of the explosion is not yet known. Emergency crews have been unable to enter the plant due to ongoing detonations. Residents miles away reported feeling the explosion, and video shows flames and heavy smoke rising from the debris. The company has not responded to requests for comment. Local officials describe