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IndiaOct 11, 2024

The real farmer is trapped in the markets: Ravneet Bittu

BJP leader from Punjab and Union Minister Ravneet Bittu has launched a sharp attack on the farmers' leaders of Punjab. Talking to reporters in Jalandhar, Bittu said that the real farmers are trapped in the markets, the leaders who are ruining this state. He said that the Center has given 44 thousand crores of rupees to the state to raise one bait at a time on MSP. It is to be noted that the purchase of paddy has stopped in Punjab. There is disappointment among the farmers regarding this. Aggrieved by this, the farmers and Aartis blocked the Jalandhar-Pathankot national highway from 1.30 pm tod
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IndiaOct 11, 2024

Mayawati's big announcement, BSP will never form an alliance with any party

Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab will no longer be able to contest elections in alliance with BSP as Bahujan Samaj Party National President Kumari Mayawati today announced that her party will not contest elections in future in alliance with any regional party in Uttar Pradesh or anywhere else in the country. will fight She said to take this decision referring to BSP votes going to alliance partners. Kumari Mayawati said that because of this, the party cadres are disappointed by not getting the results as expected. She made this announcement in the party meeting after the recent election results
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CanadaOct 11, 2024

Alberta government shuts down Edmonton daycare over safety concerns for children

The Alberta government says it has revoked the licence of an Edmonton daycare for risking the health and safety of children. The province didn't provide specific details of how children attending Waverley Day Care were being put at risk, but says the risk was great enough to close the daycare immediately. Waverley Day Care was operating on a probationary licence that was set to expire on Oct. 31, but the facility was shut down this week. The province says the closure affects 56 child care spaces. Waverley Day Care was the second Edmonton child care centre to be shut down by the
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BCOct 11, 2024

Police probe clears seven Vancouver officers in beating death of Myles Gray

Seven Vancouver police officers involved in the beating death of Myles Gray nine years ago have been cleared of wrongdoing by a police discipline authority. The Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner says it's reviewing the decision over the 2015 death of Gray, which was classified as a homicide by a coroner's inquest last year. A pathologist told the inquest Gray died of cardiopulmonary arrest, complicated by police actions including "neck compression," blunt force injuries, the use of pepper spray and holding Gray on his stomach while his arms were handcuffed behind his back. The commi
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CanadaOct 11, 2024

Statistics Canada to release September labour force survey today

Statistics Canada is expected to provide its latest snapshot of the job market this morning when it releases its labour force survey for the month of September. Economists polled by Reuters are forecasting the Canadian economy added 27,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate to have ticked higher to 6.7 per cent. The economy added 22,000 jobs in August as the unemployment rate rose to 6.6 per cent. Meanwhile, the Bank of Canada is expected to release its business outlook survey and its Canadian survey of consumer expectations this morning. The reports come ahead of the central bank's i
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CanadaOct 11, 2024

Trudeau touts 'real progress' on pharmacar , calls on premiers to start cutting deals

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on provinces and territories to start negotiating pharmacare deals as soon as possible. Trudeau spoke to reporters this morning as he wrapped a visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Laos, where he touted the "real progress" made in Ottawa after the Senate passed the pharmacare bill. That legislation was central to the political pact between the Liberals and the NDP, who pushed hard for the bill to be introduced. Now that it is law, the pharmacare legislation allows the provinces and territories to cut deals with the federal gover
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CanadaOct 11, 2024

Alberta company fined after worker severely burned in 2021 oil and gas site fire

O'Reilly Oilfield Services Ltd. has been fined $90,000 after pleading guilty to one count of failing to protect the health and safety of workers under its supervision. The sentence comes after one worker was severely burned by a fire in July 2021 at an oil and gas site near Valleyview, in northwest Alberta. The Alberta government says it happened when liquid from a decommissioned pipeline ignited and overflowed from a portable flare stack. Crown prosecutors withdrew five other charges against the company. The Crown also withdrew 15 occupational health and safety charges against Canadian Natu
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WorldOct 11, 2024

Gunmen kill 20 miners and wound others in an attack in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday. It’s the latest attack in restive Balochistan province and comes days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital. Police official Hamayun Khan Nasir said the gunmen stormed the accommodations at the coal mine in Duki district late Thursday night, rounded up the men and opened fire. Most of the men were from Pashtun-speaking areas of Balochistan. Three of the dead and four of the wounded were Afghan. Nobody claimed immediate responsibility for the attack. According to
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IndiaOct 11, 2024

Punjab Farmers to Block Roads on October 13

The Bhagwant Maan government has come under the target of the farmers due to non-starting of paddy procurement in Punjab. The United Kisan Morcha has announced to block the roads for three hours in the entire state on Sunday. Farmer leader Balveer Singh Rajewal said that the Punjab government had claimed to start purchasing paddy but nothing has happened so far, so a decision has been taken to block the roads to warn the state government. Some farmers of the state had planted PR-126 and other hybrid varieties of paddy at the behest of the Aam Aadmi Party government, which the sheller owners a

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BCAug 26, 2025

Many participate in the 3X3 Basketball championship in Richmond

This past weekend, the Misl Hoops annual basketball tournament was held in Richmond on Saturday. Many players had arrived at the Richmond Olympic Oval to participate in the tournament, and the players were seen participating in exciting 3X3 competitions. The tournament featured competitions in Under-16, Under-18, and Men's Open and all age categories for women. Along with the competitions, some fun and interesting activities were also arranged in the outdoor area of ​​the plaza and vendors had also set up some stalls. Mehtab Gill, one of the tournament organizers, said that the tourname
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BCAug 26, 2025

Wrestling championship organized to celebrate India's Independence day in Surrey

A wrestling championship was organized to celebrate India's Independence Day at the Lakshmi Narayan Mandir in Surrey on Sunday. Like the previous years, many wrestlers participated in the competition on this occasion. The competition saw good wrestling skills in both the men's and women's categories. The wrestling matches started at around 8.30 in the morning. Sucha Mann, a renowned wrestling coach from the area, said that the competition was a hit like every year and the players put in good effort and impressed everyone. He said that national and international level wrestlers not only part
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BCAug 25, 2025

Shots fired at Sidhu Travel Ltd. in Surrey

Police are investigating after shots were fired at the Sidhu Travel Ltd office in York Centre, Surrey, early Tuesday morning. The Connect FM team visited the scene shortly after noon and observed the entrance door shattered, with police markers placed near the storefront. At the scene, the glass of the entrance door to the Sidhu Travel office was seen shattered. Surrey Police confirmed that they had received information about an attempted break-in or mischief at the business at approximately 9.30 this morning. Police arrived at the scene and investigated, finding that shots had been fired a
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CanadaAug 25, 2025

LeBlanc set to meet Lutnick in Washington after Ottawa drops some tariffs

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Washington this week after Ottawa announced it would be lifting some retaliatory tariffs. LeBlanc's office says he will travel to the United States capital on Tuesday. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced last Friday that Canada will drop some retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products to match American tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement on trade, called CUSMA. Canada's counter-tariffs on steel, aluminum and automobiles will remain. LeBlanc has sai
BCAug 25, 2025

North Vancouver RCMP is investigating an early morning shooting at a residence in North Vancouver

On August 24, 2025, police were alerted by a homeowner in the 900 block of Tollcross Road who reported hearing a loud bang and subsequently discovering bullet holes. North Vancouver RCMP frontline officers attended the scene and located evidence indicating that shots had been fired at the residence. Witnesses reported hearing shots fired at approximately 4:00 a.m. The residence was occupied at the time, fortunately, no one was injured.“This is an unsettling incident that understandably causes concern in the community,” said Corporal Mansoor Sahak, Media Relations Officer for the North Vanc