Prime Minister Mark Carney will enter Parliament with his fellow members later this month. The House of Commons is due to resume sitting on May 26, the first day of the 45th Parliament. Before that sitting, the new cabinet ministers will be sworn in by Governor General Mary Simon at a ceremony at Rideau Hall. A spokesman for the Privy Council Office said Carney, who was sworn in as prime minister in March, and other cabinet ministers who hold the same portfolios will not be required to take the oath of office again but may choose to do so. However, any new ministers or those holding additio

Under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, all the parties in the state today unanimously decided not to provide additional water to Haryana and have given the Chief Minister the authority to decide the strategy on this issue. The all-party meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere and political leaders also talked about meeting the Prime Minister on this issue. The Chief Minister said that a decision will be taken to meet the Prime Minister after the special session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha. He said that the Bhakra Beas Management Board adopted the wrong method to provi

Prime Minister Mark Carney has made a big announcement that if the Conservatives vacate a seat for a by-election in an attempt to send Pierre Poilievre to Parliament, he will approve the by-election as soon as possible without any politics.It is worth noting that Poilievre lost the election in the Carlton riding of Ottawa in the election held on April 28, a seat he had held for 20 years. The Conservatives still want to keep him as party leader, but since Poilievre does not have a seat in the House of Commons, the party is considering several options, including having Poliav contest the by-el

Police in Calgary have charged seven people in what they're calling a case of vigilante justice. They say it began when officers arrested three men and a youth who had allegedly lured a man through an online dating app to a remote location. Police say the man was assaulted with a baseball bat and a replica gun, and his vehicle was vandalized. They say officers recovered video of the assaults from cellphones and further investigation revealed two similar attacks. The accused face charges including aggravated assault and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. Police say th

Firefighters from Fort St. John, B.C., and the provincial wildfire service are battling a blaze that the city says has prompted evacuations. A bulletin on the city's website says the fire is located in the Fish Creek Community Forest on the northern outskirts of the city. The city has directed evacuees from Rose Prairie Road and the Jones subdivision area to proceed to the Pomeroy Sport Centre. The BC Wildfire Service website indicates the out-of-control blaze was discovered Thursday and spans 56 hectares. The suspected cause of the fire is human activity. Kelly Greene, B.C.'

SharkNinja is recalling more than 2 million pressure cookers sold in the U.S. and Canada _ after consumers reported over 100 burn injuries spanning from a hazard that can cause hot food to spew out.According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Ninja-branded ``Foodi OP300 Series Multi-Function Pressure Cookers'' have a lid that can be opened while the cooker is in use. That can cause hot contents to escape, posing serious burn risks. SharkNinja has received 106 reports of burn injuries _ including more than 50 reports of second or third-degree burns. Consumers in possession of the

A freight train derailed early this morning in southeastern British Columbia. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the incident. According to the department, the incident occurred near the community of Field. It involved a freight train from Canadian Pacific Kansas City. A Canadian Pacific Kansas City spokesman said eight freight cars derailed about 12 kilometres west of the community at around 4:30 a.m. Spokesperson Terry Cunha said the cars were designed to carry automobiles. He said in a statement that no one was injured in the accident and that none of the cars wer

The Rocky Mountain town of Canmore will soon begin taxing homeowners who leave their residences empty for more than half the year. The new tax is part of the town's bid to reverse course on a cost-of-living crisis that has turned the once blue-collar town into an pricey mountain enclave. But the tax has upset many of Canmore's homeowners who use their properties seasonally or on the weekend, and who will be forced to pay about three times more in property taxes than the average primary-resident. Canmore Mayor Sean Krausert says the tax is not an attack on second homeowners. An

B.C. Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma says new legislation will speed up major public and private projects, including mines and other natural resource enterprises.The government of Premier David Eby has previously promised to speed up permitting to improve the provincial economy after last year's election, then amid tariff and annexation threats from United States President Donald Trump.Ma says in the legislature that the Infrastructure Projects Act tabled on Thursday will designate projects that are significant to the province and oversee the planning, procurement and delivery of major capit