Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's committed to Calgary's multibillion-dollar Green Line light-rail transit project, but as it was originally envisioned. Smith declined to say how much her government is now willing to fund, but says she is concerned the line is getting shorter while its budget has ballooned from the original price tag of $4.5 billion. Smith calls the Green Line ``the incredible shrinking project,'' and says it needs to be more cost-effective and have its route rethought. Smith was making her first public comments on the Green Line since her transportation minister ann

Premier Danielle Smith is defending making a string of policy announcements at private United Conservative Party events, saying Albertans shouldn't be surprised by her agenda. When asked why she's not offering the details to all Albertans, Smith says she regularly talks with them on her call-in radio show and says it's no secret she takes guidance from party members. She says Albertans shouldn't be caught off guard by any of the laws her government plans to introduce when the legislature convenes in the fall. Last month, Smith told a UCP town hall she could transfer the operation of some Albe

The entry of ED is seen in the drug case of Shiromani Akali Dal's senior leader Bikram Singh Majithia. According to reports, the ED has sought the status report of the case from the Special Investigation Team of the Punjab Police investigating against Majithia and the details of the interrogation conducted against him. According to the information, the ED has also demanded an account of Bikram Singh Majithia's property worth Rs 436 crore. ED can take over the investigation of the drug case.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his inner circle are slated to return to a federal inquiry into foreign interference in coming weeks. A newly published provisional witness list for the next phase of the inquiry's public work indicates senior government bureaucrats and members of national security agencies will also testify. Trudeau and key government officials took part in the commission's initial hearings earlier this year on allegations of foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue's interim report, released in May, said foreign

There is news of a grenade attack on a house located in Sector-10 of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab. This incident was done this evening by three unidentified persons who came on an auto rickshaw, after which there is an atmosphere of panic in the area. This house is said to belong to a retired officer. According to reports, no one was injured but the blast was so powerful that windows were shattered. According to sources, three suspects were involved in the incident. One of them threw the bomb while the two remained in the auto rickshaw. The CCTV cameras are being checked by the police.

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Kane Carter, who was accused of murdering a gang member and an innocent teenager who was passing by in his parents' vehicle. The jury came back Tuesday saying it was deadlocked after five days of deliberations in Carter's trial. He was charged with the second-degree murders of 15-year-old Alfred Wong and 23-year-old Kevin Whiteside after they were killed in an exchange of gunfire along Vancouver's busy Broadway avenue in January 2018. The Crown told the jury that Carter was protecting a gang associate at a nearby res

On the last day of his US visit, Rahul Gandhi met a delegation of American politicians in Washington DC late on Tuesday night. During this meeting held at Rayburn House, Ilhan Umar, who made anti-India statements, was also present, over which Rahul Gandhi came under BJP's target. Home Minister Amit Shah said that standing with anti-national forces has become a habit of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party. On his visit to America, Rahul Gandhi also alleged that democracy in India has been severely damaged in the last 10 years and it is getting back on track because of the Congress. In the mean

A special investigation team will investigate the allegations of Rs 100 crore cyber scam against Punjab Aam Aadmi Party minister Harjot Singh Bains and his IPS wife Jyoti Yadav. According to information, DGP Gaurav Yadav has formed a special investigation team of three officers of ADGP, IGP and SSP ranks in this regard. However, the Congress has said that till Harjot Bains resigns from the cabinet, the inquiry is of no use as he can influence the inquiry if he remains a minister. It is to be noted that this investigation is being conducted on the allegations of former cyber crime inspector A

The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement to mark the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the National Day of Service. “Today, we remember the lives of the nearly 3,000 people who were mercilessly killed, including 24 Canadians. We stand with those whose loved ones were taken away from them too soon, the thousands who were injured, and all those still living with the trauma. We also pay tribute to the first responders and community members who risked their lives to help others. Their plan was to attack the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Capi