Charges will be framed on October 17 against Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan for allegedly leaking secret political documents.The court announced this while the hearing of the case officially started today.The public prosecutor, Imran's lawyer and his party leader Shah Mohammad Qureshi's daughter and son were also present during the hearing in the Rawalpindi court.Imran was arrested in August in connection with the disclosure of an intelligence political document sent to Pakistan in March last year by Pakistan's embassy in Washington.

British Columbia has launched its immunization campaign for this year's respiratory illness season, with influenza and COVID-19 vaccinations now available in pharmacies across the province.The immunization plan was announced late last month as B.C. Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry reintroduced mask mandates in the province's health-care settings with respiratory illnesses trending upward.In a written statement, drugstore chain Pharmasave says they are anticipating an increase in demand for vaccines administered by pharmacies this year, as patients have increasingly turned to pharmacists

The RCMP announced Tuesday that they have opened a criminal investigation into Ontario Premier Doug Ford's plan to open up greenbelt land for development.An RCMP spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday that the RCMP O Division's Sensitive and International Investigations Unit has opened an investigation into allegations related to the decision to open up part of the Greenbelt to development following a referral from the Ontario Provincial Police.He said that the investigation will be fair so that Canadians will know the real truth.An RCMP spokesperson said no further information will be relea

While the number of people dying during the attack on Israel is increasing, there is also an unfortunate news for a family in Vancouver whose 22-year-old son also died in this terrible attack.A member of Parliament from Vancouver has given this information.Vancouver-Granville MP Taleeb Noormohamed expressed his condolences to the family in a post on X.Ben Mizrachi, 22, graduated from King David High School in Vancouver in 2018.The school posted on its Facebook page that he was shot dead while attending a concert.Mizrachi's funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon, according to the high school.

Health Minister Mark Holland announced today that British Columbia is the first province to sign the $196-billion Individual Health Agreement introduced by the Prime Minister.In February, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had announced that the federal government is ready to spend $196-billion dollars to revitalize Canada's health system, as a result of which all provinces except Quebec have agreed to this deal.BC will receive $1.2 billion over the next three years from the federal government.Federal Health Minister Mark Holland made the announcement Tuesday morning at Vancouver General Hospital.H

A Montreal man says his son is among the victims of an attack by Hamas militants on Israel over the weekend.Alain Haim Look says in a social media post that his son Alexandre Look was killed in Israel on Saturday while trying to save those around them.Look describes his son as a force of nature with unique charisma, and says he died a hero.A spokeswoman for the Chabad of Westmount Education Centre says she knows Look's parents, who are part of the centre's community, and she confirms the authenticity of the post.Devorah Shanowitz, the centre's director of education, says the centre's rabbis ha

Today is the fourth day of war between Israel and Hamas.Hamas launched an attack from Gaza on October 7.About 5,000 rockets were fired by Hamas on Saturday.Hamas gunmen also infiltrated Israeli territory.Civilians on both sides are paying a heavy price for this deadly bombing.The Palestinian militant group Hamas claims it has taken more than 150 Israeli hostages.1707 places have been targeted so far in Israel's retaliatory attack on Gaza.Meanwhile, many mosques were also attacked by them.Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a "total siege" of the Gaza Strip on Monday, saying authorit

BC Ferries CEO and President Nicolas Jimenez said the company has realigned to focus on meeting customer needs and an affordable, safe and reliable future.As part of realignment, three new operating divisions have been created and four new vice presidents have been hired to oversee the same.The new divisions are engineering, marine operations and customer experience."I believe the company is now better positioned to address the short and longer term challenges we face," said Jimenez. The changes will be effective from October 16 to allow for the transition of duties.

Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says that while the Online News Act isn't perfect, the media landscape is changing too fast for the government to wait any longer.Speaking at the MINDS international news agency conference in Toronto, St-Onge said that the government intends to stand firm with the law that will force Facebook and Google to pay for news links on their websites.She says Facebook is using intimidation tactics by removing all news links in Canada before the act is even in force, and encouraged other countries to also take action against tech giants to protect news.Facebook parent