The Opposition Conservatives, backed by the Bloc Québécois, are calling for the House Speaker to resign over what they say is yet another display of partisan behaviour. The accusation stems from a post on the Liberal party website promoting an event involving Speaker Greg Fergus. The event details include a political attack on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, saying his "reckless policies" would risk the health, safety and pocketbooks of Canadians. Liberal party spokesman Parker Lund says the language was auto-populated, and is standard language for events posted on their website. He bl

Before voting for the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold rallies in the state on May 23 and 24. They are planning to hold three rallies in Patiala, Jalandhar and Gurdaspur. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, many BJP leaders including Home Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Yogi Adityanath, JP Nadda, Smriti Irani will hold rallies in Punjab in the last week of May. It is to be noted that ticket has been given to Maharani Parneet Kaur from Patiala, Sushil Rinku from Jalandhar and Dinesh Singh Babbu from Gurdaspur are BJP candidates. At the same time,

In the first appearance after the charges were filed against the accused in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case, two key government witnesses did not appear in the lower court of Mansa to record their statements on Monday. On this, the court adjourned the hearing of the case and issued summons to the witnesses again for July 5. It is to be noted that the Special Investigation Team investigating the murder of Moosewala has filed four charge sheets against 32 accused including gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldie Brar and Jaggu Bhagwanpuria.

Four Indian nationals accused in the murder of British Columbia Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar are all due in court today. Twenty-two-year-old Amandeep Singh appeared via video link for his first appearance in a Surrey, B.C., court last week, and the matter has been put forward to today. Singh was charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder earlier this month while he was already in the custody of Peel Regional Police in Ontario for unrelated firearms charges. Karan Brar, Kamalpreet Singh and Karanpreet Singh, who already face the same charges following their arrests i

In Punjab, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath can hold an election rally at three places. These include Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Batala. Punjab BJP president Sunil Jakhar has written a letter to Yogi Adityanath asking for time in this regard, in which it has been said that some time should be given to Punjab so that the party's election campaign can be accelerated. For the first time in Punjab, the BJP is contesting the 13 Lok Sabha seats alone without the Sromani Akali Dal. Prime Minister Modi will also visit Punjab. Preparations are being made in regard to which programs will be held by the p

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some immigrants to Canada who lack official status need a pathway to help them stay, while in other cases Ottawa must speed up deportation procedures. The Liberals pledged in late 2021 to "explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities." The office of Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he is on track to present a proposal to his fellow cabinet ministers before Parliament rises for its summer break next month. Trudeau says Canada must avoid anti-immigrant sentiment by preserving the integrity of the

The Israeli military says it found the bodies of three Israeli hostages in Gaza, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of Shani’s twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale of the Oct. 7 attack.

ED has made Arvind Kejriwal as well as Aam Aadmi Party guilty in the Delhi liquor scam case. The investigation agency gave this information in the Supreme Court today. At the same time, the Supreme Court has reserved the decision in the case of Kejriwal's challenge to his arrest. Overall, this is the 8th charge sheet filed by ED in this case, in which 18 people have been arrested so far. ED arrested 55-year-old Arvind Kejriwal from his official residence on March 21. Currently, he is out of jail on temporary bail.

A rainy Thursday in and around Fort Nelson was exactly what fire crews were looking for. In a video released late Thursday night by the B.C. Wildfire Service, fire behaviour specialist for the Parker Lake and Patry Creek blazes Evan Peck said recent rain was much needed and made for excellent conditions for fire suppression crews. While more rain is forecast in the coming days, Peck says there's not been nearly enough precipitation yet to overcome long-term drought conditions in northeast British Columbia. Crews continue to battle the Parker Lake and Patry Creek blazes, both of which are threa