London police investigating Downing Street lockdown parties

In Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia has got a big relief from the Supreme Court. The top court has rejected the petition filed by the Punjab government to cancel his bail. In fact, the Punjab government had approached the Supreme Court against the bail granted to Majithia by the Punjab-Haryana High Court in the drug case. Along with this, the Supreme Court has directed Bikram Singh Majithia and the Punjab Police to refrain from making any public statement regarding the matter, but the top court made it clear that if Majithia tries to influence the witnesses or the t

A new jury is set to be selected today in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world juniorhockey team after an Ontario judge declared a mistrial days into the proceedings. A new trial is now expected to start next week for Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote, who have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault.McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge of being a party to the offence of sexual assault.The trial began in London, Ont., on Wednesday and the prosecution's first witness only briefly took the stand before tes

The Vancouver Whitecaps will try to secure their ticket to the CONCACAF (KON'-kah-kaf) Champions Cup final when they play the star-studded Inter Miami again next week.Vancouver got some of the loudest roars from the crowd at B-C Place last night when they scored two goals in the back of Miami's net. But many in the record crowd of nearly 54-thousand came to watch World Cup champion Lionel Messi, who started the game and played the entire match. On a night when Argentine superstar Lionel Messi was the headliner, it was Brian White and Sebastian Berhalter who stole the show. White scored in th

B-C's Forests Ministry says it is providing 19-million dollars in funding for 64 projects aimed at reducing wildfire risk and enhancing forest health. It says those projects will take place in all eight national resource regions and includes 31 initiatives led by First Nations. Minister Ravi Kahlon says the funding will go toward removing 11-thousand truckloads of flammable waste from forest floors as part of an effort to reduce wildfire risks across B-C. The province says the funding is part of the 90-million dollars allocated for wildfire-prevention initiatives.

An Alberta man is facing charges after bits and pieces of a statue depicting a Canadian women's rights pioneer were recovered almost two months after being stolen. Edmonton police say they learned in February that the life-sized bronze statue of Emily Murphy, along with its plaque, was stolen from the park bearing her namesake. Around the same time, police say they began investigating reports of decorative address plates being stolen from homes in the city's west end. Investigators say police searched a home in March and later recovered portions of the statue and signs at an Edmonton metal