CanadaJun 12, 2025
Patty Hajdu takes important step to resolve dispute between Canada Post and union
Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is taking an important step to resolve the dispute between Canada Post and the union, under which postal workers will have to vote on Canada Post's latest offer.
This was requested by Canada Post itself, saying that the issue with the union did not seem to be resolved. Jobs Minister Hajdu said that after 18 months of negotiations, more than 200 meetings, a 33-day strike and a lockout in the fall, the issue between Canada Post and the union has not been resolved, so ordering postal workers to vote is in the public interest.
Canada Post welcomed the Jobs Min
CanadaJun 12, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney expresses grief over Air India crash
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed grief over the Air India crash. The Prime Minister said that it was very sad to learn about the crash of the Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London, in which 242 passengers, including a Canadian, were on board.
PM Carney expressed his condolences to the families of all the victims of the plane crash. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Australian PM Anthony Albanese, all world leaders have also expressed grief over the accident. In Ahmedabad, Air India's Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into the fourth bu
IndiaJun 12, 2025
Air India plane crashes at Ahmedabad airport
An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board including one Canadian crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline said.
Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site in what appeared to be a populated area near the airport in Ahmedabad, a city with a population of more than 5 million.
Firefighters doused the smoking wreckage of the plane, which would have been fully loaded with fuel shortly after takeoff, and an adjacent multi-story building with water. Charred bodies lay on the ground.
“The sce
AlbertaJun 11, 2025
Alberta premier says province is looking to entice private-sector pipeline builder
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is working to entice a private-sector player to build a crude pipeline to coastal waters.
She urged attendees at the Global Energy Show to keep up the pressure on Ottawa to help speed along such a nation-building project.
Smith has been enthusiastic about reviving a plan to ship oilsands crude to Prince Rupert on the northern B.C. coast for export to Asia.
But she says that's never going to happen as long as there's a tanker ban in place on the West Coast.
Smith is also keen on accessing global markets via a pipeline to the Port of Churchill i
CanadaJun 11, 2025
Carney taps former finance deputy minister Sabia to head Privy Council
Michael Sabia, a veteran of the public and private sector, will become the next head of the Privy Council in Ottawa.
Sabia will take over the role on July 7, after serving as the CEO of Hydro-Québec since 2023.
CanadaJun 11, 2025
SPS investigating after shots fired at Newton neighbourhood business
Surrey Police Service (SPS) officers are investigating a shots fired at a Newton neighbourhood business.
On Tuesday, June 10 at 9:30 am, SPS was called to a business located in 7000 block of 128 Street for a report of shots fired that had occurred sometime during the night. Upon police arrival it was quickly determined that the shots were fired during the night while the business was closed and there were no injuries reported.
Surrey Police Service’s Front Line Investigative Support Team (FLIST) has assumed conduct of the investigation. This investigation is continuing and connections to
BCJun 11, 2025
SPS advises of large Outlaw Motorcycle Gang presence in Surrey
Surrey Police Service (SPS) is advising the public of a significant Outlaw Motorcycle Gang presence in Surrey between Thursday, June 12 and Sunday, June 15.
Motorists are advised that SPS, as well as police from neighbouring jurisdictions, will be monitoring a very large Hells Angels motorcycle procession that is expected to draw over 700 motorcyclists beginning at 11:30 tomorrow morning in Coquitlam and end at a banquet hall in the 12300 block Patullo Place, Surrey.
This traffic-related event is likely to cause delays to motorists in parts of the City of Surrey tomorrow, June 12, 2025, be
WorldJun 11, 2025
At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa, officials say
At least 49 people have died in flooding in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province after an extreme cold front brought heavy rain and snow to parts of the country, officials said Wednesday.
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane said the death toll was provided by police.
The toll included six students who were washed away when their school bus was caught in floodwaters near a river on Tuesday, Mabuyane told journalists. He said four other students were missing.
Mabuyane’s office had reported seven deaths in the floods on Tuesday.
BCJun 11, 2025
Surrey forum to address extortion calls, public safety: Satish Kumar
Following the shooting at Reflections Banquet Hall in Surrey, business owner Satish Kumar spoke to Connect FM today in an exclusive interview on the morning show and raised questions on the credibility on the steps being taken by the police agencies in dealing with extortion issues in the area.
He said that a forum is being organized next Sunday (June 15) from 2 pm to 4 pm. Satish Kumar said that a forum on ransoms will be held at Reflections Banquet Hall at 2 pm and he appealed to the community to join the forum and discuss the matter.
He said that Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke is going to join t