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B.C. man has been sentenced to 11 years for cocaine, fentanyl trafficking. Jason Thomas Howard Conrad was arrested in 2023 with a shopping bag full of fentanyl, and a large amount of cocaine and cash were also found in his Tesla. According to police, they received a tip in January 2023 that fentanyl was being made at a home on McLeod Court in Richmond. In February, Conrad was seen entering the home empty-handed and returning carrying a backpack that appeared to be full and heavy. When he left the home again in March, he was taken into custody and found 15.6 kilograms of fentanyl in his

Albertans will now need to register to vote in municipal elections. The deadline to register is August 15. This registration is being done in view of the municipal elections to be held on October 20. The city says that voters will have to verify their information by August 15 to ensure that their name is on the list on voting day. It is worth noting that voters who fail to register by this August 15 can register themselves in person on voting day. Let us tell you that one of the changes made during the 2021 municipal elections was the change to voter registration. Due to the Alberta gov

The BJP has also opposed the land pooling policy of the Bhagwant Mann government in Ludhiana district of Punjab. A delegation of farmers from Ludhiana district affected by the land pooling policy, led by the party's state president Sunil Jakhar, met Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria. After meeting the Governor, Jakhar said that the Aam Aadmi Party government's land pooling policy will not allow the plans of forcibly taking away the land of the farmers to succeed. Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal has also opposed it in the past. He said that the Akali Dal will not allow the

An Alberta First Nation is asking a judge to review the provincial government's decision earlier this year to end its moratorium on coal mining. In an application for judicial review filed this week, Siksika Nation says Alberta failed in its duty to consult when in January it lifted its moratorium on new coal mining projects on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Siksika Nation, 95 kilometres east of Calgary, says the effects of coal mining in the Rockies threaten Treaty rights and the land that supports its livelihood. It's the second time Siksika Nation has challenged a Un

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the federal government is talking to mining and metals giant Rio Tinto about helping the company with cash flow problems caused by the United States' global steel and aluminum tariffs. During a visit to Saguenay, Que., on Thursday to meet with businesses in the province's critical aluminum sector, Joly told reporters Ottawa had started talks with the firm earlier this week. U.S. President Donald Trump last month doubled his administration's global tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50 per cent. Prime Minster Mark Carney said Canada will deliver its response t