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CanadaNov 19, 2024

Trudeau Supports U.S. Authorization for Ukraine to Strike Russia

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expressed support for the U.S. authorization allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with long-range missiles. He made these comments while speaking to reporters in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Trudeau also stated that his meeting with President Biden took place in a very comfortable atmosphere. The Prime Minister noted that they discussed several important issues on which Canada and the United States will collaborate in the coming months. It is worth mentioning that Prime Minister Trudeau was in Brazil to attend the G-20 summit, where he met with
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IndiaNov 19, 2024

Charanjit Singh Channi's apologises

Former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has apologized for his recent controversial remark on women. Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi, responding to the notice sent by the Punjab Women Commission Chairperson regarding his statement, said, ‘I just shared a joke I heard from someone. If it hurt anyone’s sentiments, I sincerely apologize with folded hands.
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CanadaNov 19, 2024

Two dead after fiery rollover crash on Highway 99 in Surrey, B.C.

Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say they are investigating a fiery overnight crash that killed two people and caused a partial shutdown of Highway 99. RCMP say officers responded to a report of a vehicle rollover at 3:38 a.m. in the highway's northbound lane between 16 and 32 Avenue, where they found a vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Police say the driver and a passenger both died in the vehicle, and officers are working to identify the victims. The cause of the incident remains unclear, and police say the investigation is still in its early stages. Drive BC says in a noon update that the northbou
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CanadaNov 19, 2024

Statistics Canada set to release October inflation figures today

Statistics Canada is expected to release its October consumer price index report this morning. Economists polled by Reuters expect the annual inflation rate rose to 1.9 per cent last month, according to LSEG Data & Analytics. After a period of sharp price growth, Canada's inflation rate dipped below the Bank of Canada's two per cent target in September for the first time in more than three years, reaching 1.6 per cent. The central bank delivered a half-percentage point interest rate cut last month in response to inflation falling to 1.6 per cent. It's expected to continue cutting interest
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CanadaNov 19, 2024

Russian President Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country. Putin’s endorsement of the new nuclear deterrent policy comes on the1,000th day after he sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. It follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles. The signing of the doctrine, which says that any massive aerial attack on Russia could trigger a nuclear
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WorldNov 18, 2024

Donald Trump to Declare National Emergency and Use Military to Expel Illegal Immigrants

Donald Trump plans to declare a national emergency upon assuming office to expel large numbers of illegal immigrants from the U.S. and will also use the military to carry out the deportations. He confirmed this morning, in response to a user’s question on his social media platform, Truth Social, that he intends to declare a national emergency on border security and deploy the U.S. military to carry out mass deportations of illegal immigrants. Officials estimate that around 11 million people are living in the United States illegally. Trump’s mass deportation plan is expected to directly af
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AlbertaNov 18, 2024

New Alberta hospital agency to be up and running in the spring, minister says

Alberta's health minister says the province's new hospital agency will be operational next spring, months later than expected. Adriana LaGrange says hospitals now run by Alberta Health Services and Covenant Health will answer to the new agency, Acute Care Alberta. The United Conservative Party government is breaking apart Alberta Health Services as part of a major overhaul and had originally aimed to have all four new organizations replacing the agency running before 2025. LaGrange says the delay for acute care is necessary to ensure it succeeds. She says the province is establ
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CanadaNov 18, 2024

Child Benefit Scheme Checks to Be Issued to Canadian Parents This Week

Child Benefit Scheme checks will be issued to Canadian parents this week, despite the ongoing Canada Post worker strike. Families with children under 18 will receive the November payment under the Canada Child Benefit program on Wednesday. However, there is relief for parents who are waiting to receive checks in the mail, as Canada Post and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) have assured that the cheques will still be delivered. The CRA confirmed that Canada Post has agreed to deliver the Canada Child Benefit cheques, as well as those for related provincial programs, without interruption on Nove
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IndiaNov 18, 2024

Rahul Gandhi arrived in Amritsar, paid obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib

Amidst the end of campaigning for by-elections in Punjab, former national president and senior leader of Congress Rahul Gandhi reached Sri Amritsar this evening, where he paid obeisance at Sachkhand Sri Harimandar Sahib. Meanwhile, he also performed the service of cleaning the utensils in the langar hall, and also recited kirtan of divine Gurbani. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi paid obeisance at Sri Harmandir Sahib in October 2023. He also reached Sri Amritsar during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

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BCAug 13, 2025

Charges laid Coquitlam homicide investigation

On August 1, 2025, at approximately 6:19 a.m., Coquitlam RCMP responded to a report of an assault with a weapon in the 400 block of Midvale Street, Coquitlam. Upon arrival, police located a man suffering from serious injuries. The man was transported to hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. Coquitlam RCMP secured the scene, and a suspect was taken into custody. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) took conduct of the investigation and worked in collaboration with Lower Mainland Forensic Identification Services (LMD IFIS) and BC Coroners Service. On August 1, 2025, th
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CanadaAug 13, 2025

Carney, world leaders meet ahead of Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine war

Prime Minister Mark Carney met today with the "Coalition of the Willing," a group of nations who've agreed to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, ahead of the ceasefire negotiations set for Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Alaska on Friday to talk about ending the war. Today's meeting was chaired by the leaders of the U.K., France and Germany and also involved Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Vice President JD Vance. Zelenskyy is not invited to Friday's summit, though Trump has said he wants to meet w
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CanadaAug 13, 2025

CUPW to hold two says of talks with Canada Post, overtime ban remains in effect

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it will hold two days of talks with Canada Post. The union, which represents about 55,000 postal workers, says both sides met with federal mediators on Tuesday and it has agreed to meet with Canada Post on Friday and Monday. The talks come after workers rejected Canada Post's latest proposal, which would have seen wage hikes of about 13 per cent over four years and restructuring to add part-time workers to the deal. The union says its national overtime ban remains in effect. Negotiations for a new collective agreement have been ongoing for more than a
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BCAug 13, 2025

Oliver woman faces three impaired and dangerous driving charges for 2024 collision that killed a man

On July 31, 2025, exactly one year after a collision that killed a 39-year-old man in the South Okanagan, an Oliver woman has been arrested for the fatal crash. On July 31, 2024, just before 8:00 a.m., a grey Toyota Echo and a white Ford Explorer collided on Highway #97 near Road 21 in Oliver, BC. The driver and lone occupant of the Toyota Echo was killed. After nine months of investigation, BC Highway Patrol – Keremeos forwarded a report to the BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) who approved the following charges against 30-year-old Vanessa Lameiras: Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causin
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BCAug 13, 2025

B.C. residential unit sales up in July but down year-to-date, association says

Sales of homes in British Columbia grew in July compared with the same month last year, but year-to-date numbers show transactions remain slower. The British Columbia Real Estate Association says there were about 7,000 residential unit sales in the province last month, up 2.2 per cent from the numbers reported in July 2024. Just under 43,000 homes sold in B.C. in the first seven months of this year, down 5.7 per cent from 2024 levels during the same period. The association's chief economist Brendon Ogmundson says the numbers show markets in the province building momentum through the summer, wi