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Punjab byelections 2024: Change in date for bypolls in 4 constituencies

The date for the bypoll in four Assembly seats in Punjab has been rescheduled. On Monday, the Election Commission announced changes to the earlier scheduled byelections for 15 Assembly seats across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Keral...

Alberta Premier Smith gets 91 per cent support in leadership review

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith received 91.5 per cent support from her United Conservative Party members in a leadership review vote at its annual convention. While there is no mandated minimum level of level needed in such a vot...

Poilievre asks premiers to axe their sales taxes on new homes worth under $1 million

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to the provinces' premiers, asking them to eliminate their sales taxes on new homes that are under $1 million. It follows Poilievre's own pledge last week that if he becomes prime m...

15 dead after a passenger bus skids into a deep gorge in northern India

A passenger bus veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northernIndiaon Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring over 25 others, officials said. The accident occurred in Almora district in the mountainous state...

Union talks underway between foremen, employers to avoid latest B.C. port strike

Negotiations between British Columbia's port employers and the union representing foremen are entering a final scheduled day in a bid to avoid a labour disruption. Both the BC Maritime Employers Association and the International L...

Punjab businessmen exit social media amid rising gangster threats

Businessmen in Punjab are increasingly withdrawing from social media due to growing fears of gangsters. Promotion pages on platforms like Facebook and Instagram are being deleted, leading many to revert to traditional business met...

Kamala Harris says Trump's comments on women 'are offensive to everybody'

Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump's comment that he would protect women “whether the women like it or not” showed that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women's "agency, their authority, their rig...

Quebec freezes two major immigration streams, citing pressure on services

The Quebec government has suspended applications for permanent residency from two immigration streams because it says it can no longer accommodate the rising number of newcomers. Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge said tod...

Ottawa fires back at Alberta's application for judicial review of carbon price

The federal government says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's application for a judicial review of Ottawa's carbon levy is nothing more than political posturing. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Justice Minister Ari...