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CanadaOct 04, 2024

Canadian family stuck in Lebanon anxiously awaits flight options amid Israeli strikes

A Canadian man who is trapped in Lebanon with his family says they are anxiously waiting for seats on a flight out of the country, as a barrage of Israeli airstrikes continues. Jalal Tabaja, a father of four Canadian children, says he has moved his family to a hotel in a quieter area north of Beirut, but nowhere feels safe as explosions are heard across the capital city. Global Affairs Canada says it continues to help Canadians, permanent residents and their immediate family members to flee as the conflict between Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah intensifies. It says nearl
ndp-house-leader-says-house-dysfunction-will-be-a-factor-in-future-confidence-votes
CanadaOct 04, 2024

NDP house leader says House dysfunction will be a factor in future confidence votes

NDP House leader Peter Julian says there's more his party wants to do in Parliament before the next election, but the current dysfunction continues it will become a factor in how they vote on a confidence measure. In just three weeks, two Conservative non-confidence motions have failed to bring down the government — but the Opposition promises more to come. The New Democrats have said they will decide how to vote on those motions a case-by-case basis. Julian accuses the Conservatives of being "agents of chaos" in the House of Commons. The government's legislative agenda has ground to a halt
supreme-court-upholds-rules-on-passenger-compensation-in-victory-for-air-travellers
CanadaOct 04, 2024

Supreme Court upholds rules on passenger compensation in victory for air travellers

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld rules that bolster compensation for air passengers subjected to delayed flights and damaged luggage on international flights. In a victory for air travellers across the country, the country's highest court unanimously dismissed an appeal by a group of airlines that challenged Canada's passenger rights charter. Air Canada, Porter Airlines Inc. and 16 other appellants had argued that the Air Passenger Protection Regulations launched in 2019 violate global standards and should be rendered invalid for international flights. The legal challenge, which kicked o
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IndiaOct 04, 2024

Former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal left the house, shifted to a new house

Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has vacated his chief ministerial residence after 9 years.He shifted to house number 5 on Ferozshah Road in Delhi on Friday afternoon. This house was given to AAP's Rajya Sabha member from Punjab, Ashok Mittal. Kejriwal had resigned from the post of Chief Minister on September 17. Meanwhile, he had announced to leave the Chief Minister's residence and all government facilities. There is no official CM House in Delhi. All the Chief Ministers before Kejriwal have lived in different houses.
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CanadaOct 04, 2024

Injuries reported after fire sweeps through century-old building in Old Montreal

Montreal police are investigating a major fire that broke out early this morning in a century-old building in Old Montreal, leaving at least one person in hospital. Authorities say the fire is believed to have started on the ground floor and the cause is unknown, but police have taken over the investigation because the blaze is considered suspicious. Apart from one person hospitalized with burns, a second person was treated for shock but did not need to be hospitalized. About 125 firefighters were deployed to the scene, and smoke could be seen billowing from the building for several blocks in
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CanadaOct 04, 2024

WestJet limits flight service to Lethbridge

Despite recent renovations to the Alberta's Lethbridge Airport, its sole airline provider is dropping its services to a single flight per day. WestJet intended to reduce the number of flights in Lethbridge to one on Oct 3. “We’ve got a schedule change that’s kind of started a little bit early, as of Oct. 1,” said Jared Mikoch-Gerke, director of alliances and airport affairs with WestJet. Blaine Hyggen, the mayor of Lethbridge, says the renovations in recent years were designed to bring business to the airport. This situation, according to WestJet, is not exclusive to the southern Albe
vibhav-kumar-announced-as-chief-advisor-to-cm-bhagwant-mann
IndiaOct 04, 2024

Vibhav Kumar announced as chief advisor to CM Bhagwant Mann

There are reports of Arvind Kejriwal's former PA Vibhav Kumar being quietly appointed as Chief Advisor to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. This has been claimed by RTI activist Manik Goyal. Vibhav Kumar was recently granted bail in the case of assaulting Swati Maliwal at the Chief Minister's residence in Delhi. Reports suggest that several rooms in the Punjab Chief Minister's residence have been vacated to accommodate him and he will be working on Kejriwal's direct orders. Congress MLA from Bhulath, Sukhpal Singh Khaira shared this news and said that if the news of Dagi Vibhav Kumar being
nominations-for-panchayat-elections-in-punjab-has-ended-clashes-at-many-places
IndiaOct 04, 2024

Nominations for panchayat elections in Punjab has ended, Clashes at many places

The round of nominations for panchayat elections in Punjab ended today. Clashes also took place at many places. At Moga's village Landheke, two Sarpanchi candidates belonging to the same village of Aam Aadmi Party clashed, one party's papers were torn and thrown away. Meanwhile, shots were also fired near the nomination center, due to which people ran into a stampede and many people were injured. Apart from this, there have been cases of tearing the nominations of Sarpanch candidates in the nomination centers at Kot Ise Khan and Dharamkot. The police also resorted to lathi charge to control t
indias-foreign-minister-s-jaishankar-will-go-to-pakistan
WorldOct 04, 2024

India's Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar will go to Pakistan

In the SCO Summit to be held in Pakistan on October 15-16, the Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar will join. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed this on Friday. This will be the first time in the last 9 years that an Indian minister will visit Pakistan. Actually, on August 29 Pakistan invited P. M. Narendra Modi to the SCO Summit. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan had said that an invitation has been sent to the leaders of all the member countries to attend the meeting. It should be said that Prime Minister Modi last visited Lahore in 2015 on a surpri

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WorldAug 15, 2025

Trump arrives in Alaska, talks with Putin on Ukraine war

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are holding talks on the Ukraine war in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. The meeting is taking place behind closed doors. Trump waited on the plane for about half an hour for Putin to arrive in Alaska. Putin is in the US after 10 years. He was welcomed by a red carpet at the airport. The two leaders were initially expected to meet privately, but now senior American and Russian officials have also joined them. Volodymyr Zelensky, who was not invited to the meeting, says Ukraine trusts the US but there is no indication that Russia
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BCAug 15, 2025

White Rock RCMP appeals to be safe around tracks and trains

White Rock RCMP is reminding the public that trains can move without warning, stay off the tracks, follow signals and use designated crossings. On the evening of August 13, around 7:15 p.m., White Rock RCMP responded to a train stopped blocking the crossing near the pier head. While the train was stationary, some pedestrians, including parents with children crawled under it or walked along the tracks instead of using the Balsam Street crossing. This is extremely dangerous. A stopped train can move without warning, and anyone underneath or on the tracks is at serious risk of injury or death. Po
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BCAug 15, 2025

Officials hope rain clear heavy smoke from wildfire near Port Alberni, B.C.

Officials on Vancouver Island are hoping rain in the forecast can help clear up the air quality muddied by an out-of-control wildfire. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District says wildland firefighters have said the rain may improve air quality locally, but that it's hard to be certain. The west central region is under an air quality statement, along with parts of Vancouver Island's east coast and the Sunshine coast region on the B.C. mainland. The intense Mount Underwood wildfire has grown to more than 34 square kilometres, with fire behaviour that the BC Wildfire Service says is "unusual" fo
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BCAug 15, 2025

First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar at school site

The shishalh First Nation says 41 ``additional unmarked graves'' have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school. The nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says a team has been scanning the area around the St. Augustine's Residential School site for the last 18 months, at locations identified through interviews with survivors. It says the discovery brings the number of suspected graves at the site to 81, after initial findings that were announced in 2023. First Nations communities have tended to use careful language when an
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CanadaAug 15, 2025

Air Canada, flight attendants in final day before strike deadline

The union representing Air Canada's flight attendants has formally rejected the airline's request to enter binding arbitration. Air Canada had requested federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu step in and direct the parties to enter binding arbitration.   Now the Air Canada component of CUPE says Hajdu should also deny Air Canada's request for intervention saying --quote-- "Air Canada appears to have anticipated government intervention and has opted to suspend meaningful discussions, contrary to its legal obligation to bargain in good faith.''   Air Canada's executive vice-president has sa