IndiaMay 16, 2022
LIC to make stock market debut on Tuesday, shares may list below issue price
Life Insurance Corporation of India will make its stock market debut on Tuesday. Shares are likely to get listed below their issue prices, grey market data indicates.
In the grey market on Monday, LIC shares were quoted at mild discounts. In the intra-day it was also quoted for at par listing.
This means the share price of LIC is likely to be listed at the stock exchanges around the issue price of Rs 949 or below that.
In the grey market, LIC shares were quoted at a discount of Rs 15 to 20 per share. The grey market is an unofficial market. The data is used for trend prediction.
The recent vo
AlbertaMay 16, 2022
Five face charges in death of man whose remains were found in rural Alberta last year
Five people have been arrested in the death of a man whose remains were located in a rural area of southern Alberta last year.
RCMP say in a news release that the five were arrested on Friday in the homicide of 35-year-old Lane Tailfeathers. Police say the charges they'll face, as well as their identities, will be released once the charges are laid.
Tailfeathers was reported missing by his family on June 20, 2021, after police say he hadn't returned to his home in Fort Macleod, Alta. A month later, Alberta Fish and Wildlife responded to a report of
possible human remains, which were later dete
IndiaMay 16, 2022
COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax price slashed to Rs 250 from Rs 840
The price of COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax has been reduced to Rs 250 a dose from its earlier Rs 840, said Biological E Limited (BE) on Monday.
For end-user, the price would be Rs 400 a dose, including taxes and administration charges, added the pharmaceutical company. Earlier in April, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) granted emergency use authorisation to Biological E's COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for those aged 5 to 12 years, informed the pharmaceutical company.
Corbevax is currently being administered to children in the age group of 12-14. Biological E Limited has manufactured 30 c
AlbertaMay 16, 2022
Trial to begin for father, son accused of killing Metis hunters in rural Alberta
A jury trial is to begin today for a man and his son who are accused of killing two Metis hunters.
Roger Bilodeau and his son Anthony Bilodeau are charged with second-degree murder.
Family and friends of Jake Sansom and his uncle Maurice Cardinal have said the two were out moose hunting when they were found dead on a rural road near Glendon, northeast of Edmonton, in March 2020.
They had been shot.
RCMP have said a verbal confrontation escalated into a fight between people in different vehicles.
The trial is taking place at Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton.
BCMay 14, 2022
VPD seeks for witnesses after teen assaulted in mall
Vancouver Police are appealing for witnesses to a seemingly random assault that is alleged to have been committed on a 15-year-boy, and have released video of the incident with hopes that people will come forward. "Although we have arrested a suspect in this case, we are still gathering evidence," says Constable Tania Visintin. "We are particularly interested in speaking to people who saw the suspect immediately before or after the alleged assault, or overheard any interaction the suspect had with the victim or other people."The 15-year-old victim was walking in Pacific Centre Mall around 11:4
BCMay 14, 2022
B.C. woman arrested and charged with multiple counts of arson
A Kamloops woman has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of arson following a joint investigation between the BC RCMP and BC Wildfire Service. On April 30, 2022, a resident in the Monte Lake area encountered a suspicious vehicle on a forestry road while investigating some smoke in the hills. The resident took note of the license plate and reported it to the RCMP.The community was alerted to this suspicious vehicle through a news release issued on May 3, 2022, which prompted other local residents to report their own encounters with the vehicle, driven by a woman.An investigation was
BCMay 14, 2022
Opium importer sentenced to 3 years in prison in B.C.
A BC man convicted of importing 2 kg of opium was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment last month. In February 2017, a BC RCMP Federal Serious and Organized Crime (FSOC) - Major Projects team initiated a transnational drug importation investigation stemming from Germany. Shortly after arresting Hamid Nemati Shirazi for drug trafficking, German Federal Police authorities (Bundespolizei or BPOL) discovered shipment details for a package suspected of containing opium and alerted the RCMP International Liaison Officer to the Canada-bound package. Acting on this intelligence, the RCMP Liaison Offic
BCMay 13, 2022
$416 million in disaster funding comes through for homes lost in B.C. wildfires
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says extreme weather events are increasing across Canada and everyone must be prepared for disasters. Blair says Public Safety Canada has responded to 14 requests for community assistance related to wildfires over the last two years, but received just four such requests in the five years before that. He says the increasing frequency of fires mean it's critically important that the federal and provincial governments learn from the blaze that destroyed Lytton last year. Blair made the comments in Vancouver flanked by several other federal and provincia
CanadaMay 13, 2022
Patty Hajdu says it's important Pope Francis is honouring his commitment to visit Canada
The minister of Indigenous services says it's important Pope Francis is honouring his commitment to visit Canada this summer to issue an apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Vatican says the the pontiff will be visiting Edmonton, Quebec City and Iqaluit on a trip from July 24 to 29. Survivors and leaders were hoping a visit to the former Kamloops residential school site would be included. Patty Hajdu says the visit is welcomed but the federal government will not step in to dictate where the Pope should visit.The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says i