The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has announced Advocate Parupkar Singh Ghuman as its candidate for the upcoming by-election in the Ludhiana West constituency, Punjab. Ghuman, a former president of the Ludhiana Bar Association, has been a longstanding member of the Shiromani Akali Dal. Ghuman will contest against Bharat Bhushan Ashu of the Congress and Sanjeev Arora of the Aam Aadmi Party. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has yet to declare its candidate. The by-election has been necessitated by the demise of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Gurpreet Gogi. The Election Commission is expected to announce the d

Police say an Alberta woman with a history of animal abuse is facing new charges. Patricia Moore is subject to a court-ordered lifetime ban from owning, caring for or being in possession of horses. RCMP say officers searching her rural property west of Edmonton on Monday found several horses, and the animals were transported to a facility for treatment. Moore is charged with causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal, possession of stolen property under $5,000 and breaching court orders. The 54-year-old was found guilty in 2022 in the deaths of seven horses. She was a

The leaders of Canada's four main political parties will square off for a second and final leaders' debate tonight in Montreal, after an initial French-language faceoff on Wednesday. Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and the Bloc Québécois' Yves-François Blanchet will meet onstage for a final time before the April 28 vote, after a first debate that saw them spar on pipelines, the economy and U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war. Carney is leading in the polls and was the frequent target of attacks from his rivals on Wednesday. Poi

Alberta is reporting six more confirmed cases of measles, bringing the province's total since the beginning of March to 83. The province says four of the new cases are in central Alberta, and the other two are in the province's south. It says the majority of cases involve children between five and 17 years old. Provincial data shows at least eight people have been hospitalized. Alberta's former chief medical officer of health, Dr. Mark Joffe, has said most cases are likely past the point of being contagious, but that doesn't necessarily reflect community risk. Health officials say measles

Delays at Vancouver International Airport, ongoing for the past two days, continue on Wednesday. Both inbound and outbound flights are affected by a shortage of NAV Canada resources, including flight controllers, a situation that began at 3 p.m. on Monday. A spokesperson for Vancouver Airport said that air travel in the region, including at YVR, will continue to be disrupted due to a staffing shortage at the air navigation service provider, NAV Canada. NAV Canada has not provided a timeline for when the issue will be resolved. In the meantime, passengers are advised to prepare for potential c

The Bank of Canada has presented two possible scenarios instead of precise economic forecasts for the first time since COVID, one of which predicts a deep recession and a possible increase in inflation in Canada. The bank’s first scenario assumes that if tariffs are withdrawn through negotiations, the economy will only stagnate in the second quarter, after which it will gradually grow back. But the second scenario is that if the trade war lasts longer, the Canadian economy will go into recession for a year and inflation will rise to 3.5 per cent by mid-2026. Governor Tiff McCallum said that

Nearly $7 billion in Canadian pharmaceutical exports to the United States could soon be hit by new tariffs, as the White House launches an investigation into the entire pharmaceutical supply chain. The move places Canadian pharmaceutical products at risk of being included in a sweeping round of trade measures. Pharmaceuticals, along with automobiles and electronics, are among the top U.S. imports now facing potential tariffs. US President Donald Trump recently signaled aggressive action, stating that tariffs on pharmaceuticals will reach levels "you've never seen before." In addition to pharm

Former Punjab Congress Cabinet Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has been released from Nabha Jail after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in a disproportionate assets case. Although the bail was approved yesterday, his release was delayed due to technical reasons. Dharamsot had been in custody for nearly 14 months. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over allegations of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income. According to the ED, during his tenure as Punjab’s Forest Minister from March 2016 to March 2022, Dharamsot declared an income of ₹2.37 c

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has urged the Supreme Court to direct the Central Government to make an early decision on the petition seeking commutation of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana’s death sentence. SGPC President Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami stated that the Committee will once again write to both the Supreme Court and the Prime Minister's Office, requesting the release of Bhai Rajoana and Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara. Dhami recalled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised relief for imprisoned Sikhs during the 550th Gurpurab celebrations of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji