Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Laos today to take part in the ASEAN Summit. Canada is not a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but has a strategic partnership with ASEAN and is hoping to conclude a trade deal with the 10-nation bloc by the end of next year. Canada and Indonesia are also working toward a trade deal that's set to be signed by the end of this year. The trip marks the first official visit to Laos by a Canadian prime minister and Trudeau is set to meet with leaders from several member nations during the summit. Together, the ASEAN countries repres

Leaders from the three main political parties in B-C are set to square off today in the only televised debate before election day. The three candidates also took part in a radio debate last week,which saw them joust over affordability, health care and the opioid crisis, while trying to undermine each other's credibility to form the next provincial government. Tonight's T-V debate, which will take place from 6:30 to 8 P-M, comes about a week-and-a-half ahead of Election Day on October 19th. Advance voting goes from October 10th to 13th and October 15th to16th.

The Aam Aadmi Party has suffered a major setback in the Haryana Assembly elections. Arvind Kejriwal's third attempt also failed. The party did not open any accounts here and most of its candidates' bails were forfeited. According to Election Commission data, the Aam Aadmi Party managed to get only 1.76 percent vote share. AAP's senior state vice-president Anurag Dhanda was in the election fray from Kalait, who finished seventh. At the same time, Aam Aadmi Party candidates got less votes than NOTA in many seats including Ambala Cantt. In Pihowa seat, which Kejriwal described as Punjab Chief Mi

President Joe Biden is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to remain at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast, the White House announced on Tuesday. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the change was necessary “given the projected trajectory and strength" of the storm. It was not clear when the trip might be rescheduled. Biden had promised to go to Africa during his term in office, which ends in January.

Shiromani Akali Dal's MP from Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur Badal has a strong comment on BJP's victory in Haryana. Bibi Badal said that BJP has won the election by adopting all kinds of tricks. Without taking the name of the Dera Sirsa chief, he said that the convicts of murder serving 10 years each are given parole and used for votes. At the same time, on the bad defeat of Aam Aadmi Party, he said that the people of the entire country, including Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, did not turn their backs on this party, for which people deserve congratulations. Harsimrat Badal said that Aam Aadmi Party

BJP will form the government in Haryana for the third consecutive time. This is the first party to do so in the state. Out of the total 90 seats, the party has won 48 seats and won a clear majority. 46 seats were required for majority. This time, Bharatiya Janata Party has increased 8 seats compared to the previous assembly elections. At the same time, Congress fell behind in forming the government in Haryana for the third time in a row. Under the leadership of former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Congress won 5 seats more than in 2019 but reduced to 37 seats. There were many reas

A former Winnipeg high school football coach has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting nine students. Kelsey McKay was sentenced today after pleading guilty last year to nine counts of sexual assault and two counts of luring. The victims ranged in age from 12 to 18 when the assaults happened between 2003 and 2016. Court was told McKay was considered a father figure to the boys and in some cases supplied them with alcohol and pornography. McKay apologized in court in March and said he betrayed the trust that had been placed in him. The Crown asked for a 25-year sentence

British Columbia's Conservative leader says comparing the Nuremberg trials or Nazi Germany to public health measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic is unacceptable and "deeply disrespectful to the memory of those who suffered" in the Holocaust. That's after video surfaced of Rustad saying his party would "certainly be participating with other jurisdictions" after being asked at an online meeting in July about where he stood on "Nuremberg 2.0," which is the idea that people behind public health measures during the pandemic should be put on trial. Rustad now says he wants to "clarify" his comm

Stalled government procurement of paddy in Punjab will start from tomorrow. After the last round meeting with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today, the Aartis have called off the strike. The Aartis had warned of locking the markets from Tuesday if their demands were not met. Meanwhile, senior leaders of the United Farmers' Front had also arrived for the meeting. They said that they will not go back until the purchase of paddy starts, in such an environment the Deputy Commissioners immediately went to the markets and started the purchase. Sheller owners had already called off their strike.