Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says owners of small and medium-sized businesses will finally receive their long-awaited carbon pricing refunds before the end of this year. The Finance Department says the federal government will send more than $2.5 billion to about 600,000 Canadian businesses in December. The payments will return a portion of the carbon price revenue from 2019-20 through 2023-24 to small businesses in jurisdictions where the federal fuel charge applies. The amount received by a business will depend on the province it operates in and the number of workers it employs. The fed

Jasdeep Singh Gill, the new chief of Radha Swami Dera Beas of Punjab, has been given Z Plus security by the central government. Whenever they go to another state, the government and administration there will also provide them security. On September 2, Dera Beas chief Baba Gurinder Singh Dhillon appointed Jasdeep Singh Gill as his successor and handed over the responsibility of Dera-related operations. Now the CRPF will be under commandos.

The Bloc Québécois will try to put the squeeze on the Liberals today by calling for a debate in the House of Commons about increasing old age pension payments for all seniors. Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet has given the government until Oct. 29 to green-light the estimated $16-billion cost of his party's pension bill, or else he will begin talks with other opposition parties to bring down the government. Acquiescing to the Bloc's demands, however, will only buy the government a few months of support. The Bloc plans to use its opposition day motion to call on the government to support t

A union representing McGill law professors has suspended a five-week-long strike and will allow classes to begin this week. McGill's administration and the Association of McGill Professors of Law say they have decided to find a way to negotiate collective agreements jointly with other faculty unions, and classes will resume by Oct. 3. The news comes a day after McGill threatened to cancel the fall semester if the union didn't agree to a deal. A message sent to law students this morning did not say whether McGill will drop its legal challenge of the faculty's right to unionize, which was one of

President Sunil Jakhar was absent from the state meeting of Punjab BJP held yesterday. This has deepened the mystery of his resignation. BJP's Punjab affairs in-charge Vijay Rupani presided over the meeting in Chandigarh. In it, discussions were held regarding the Panchayat elections and the upcoming 4 by-elections. Jakhar's relatives say that President Sunil Jakhar is in Delhi since September 27 and he had already informed that he will not be able to come to the Chandigarh meeting. However, Jakhar's absence from every important meeting seems to be turning into a reality.

A bus carrying young students with their teachers caught fire in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday with 25 of those on board feared dead, according to officials and rescuers. The bus was carrying 44 passengers from central Uthai Thani province to Bangkok for a school trip when the fire started around noon in Pathum Thani province, a northern suburb of the capital, Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungruengkit told reporters at the scene. Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said officials could not yet confirm the number of fatalities as they have not finished investigating the scene, but based on the

Haryana Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini on Tuesday approved the 20-day parole application of Dera Sirsa chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim, who is serving a jail term on charges of rape and murder. The Election Commissioner had allowed the state government to consider the parole application of the Dera chief on Monday itself. In fact, Haryana has assembly elections on October 5, so it was necessary for the state government to get approval from the Election Commission. It is to be noted that Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim was convicted of rape and murder in 2017 and sentenced to 20 years in prison by the co

In Punjab, the atmosphere is heated regarding the panchayat elections. There has been a clash between Aam Aadmi Party and Congress leaders over the filing of nominations in Zira area of ​​Ferozepur. Bricks were thrown at each other from both sides. In which former MLA Kulbir Singh Zira was also injured. Meanwhile, shots were also fired. At the same time, a video of Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Jaito, Amolak Singh, has gone viral, in which he is seen directly threatening people in a village that this man is now your Sarpanch and if anyone has courage, point the finger. Congress MLA from Bhulath

Leader Sonia Furstenau is scheduled to hold a news conference in Victoria this morning. The Greens have already laid out a number of their commitments, including promises to establish a network of 93 community health centres, cover six visits per year with a mental health professional under the provincial medical services plan, and maintain a carbon tax while increasing the size of the rebate. As part of the second week of the election campaign, all three major party leaders are expected to come face-to-face for multiple events on Wednesday. They will debate live in the morning on Vancouver r