A potential strike between WestJet and its mechanics union appears to have been avoided. A statement from the Calgary-based airline Sunday night says a tentative deal between it and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association has been agreed to. If the contract is ratified by both sides, it would mark the first approved collective bargaining agreement between WestJet and AMFA. WestJet had issued a 72-hour lockout notice on Saturday to the union, saying it was response to AMFA announcing a strike vote. The union, which represents around 670 aircraft maintenance engineers and skilled trade grou

Politics has heated up with former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi terming the terrorist attack on an Indian Air Force vehicle in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch as a 'stunt' by the BJP. However, the former CM clarified that I called it a stunt because every time such attacks are presented as a political stunt. At the same time, BJP leader Anurag Thakur retorted on this, he said that Charanjit Channi should tell whether the wars of 1962, 1965 and 1971 were fought to win elections? It is to be noted that an Indian Air Force soldier was martyred and four others were injured in a terror

Shiromani Akali Dal's Lok Sabha candidate from Chandigarh, Hardeep Singh Butrela, has resigned from the party, deciding not to contest the election. Hardeep Butrella said that he took this decision because he did not get any support from the party and was facing lack of funds to contest the elections. On Monday, he returned the ticket to party president Sukhbir Badal. It is to be noted that Hardeep Singh was the president of Chandigarh Akali Dal and the only councilor of the party in the municipal corporation.

B.C. RCMP and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team have confirmed the arrest of three men in connection with the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. IHIT Superintendent Mandeep Mooker said that 22-year-old Karan Brar, 22-year-old Kamalpreet Singh and 28-year-old Karanpreet Singh have been detained.All these three were living in Edmonton. They will face charges of first degree murder and conspiracy in the case. The police also clarified that the investigation is not over yet. The role of others in this is also being investigated. RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul said that they can't s

Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal, who entered the election field to reach Parliament for the fourth consecutive time from Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency of Punjab, says that now she will never compromise with BJP. Harsmirat Kaur Badal said that after the attitude adopted by the BJP government of the Center with the farmers of Punjab, no compromise can be expected with the BJP. It is to be noted that the Akali Dal had formed an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1996 and in 2020 the BJP-led NDA. Had broken the relationship than alliance. Harsmirat Kaur Badal said

BJP candidate from Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency in Punjab Ravneet Singh Bittu says that his rival candidate Amarinder Singh Raja Waring has become a victim of internal politics of Congress. According to Bittu, Waring has been appointed to end his influence in the party so that he loses the presidency after losing the election. He said that there are many big sharks in the Congress who were looking for an opportunity to bring down Waring. He alleged that Pratap Singh Bajwa would be most happy to see Waring lose and all senior Congress leaders like Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Charanjit Si

Bibi Jagir Kaur, the former president of the Shiromani Committee, has accused the Congress and the BJP of breaking Sikh institutions. He made this comment while campaigning in favor of Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Mahinder Singh KP in village Pandori Nizhran of Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency. On this occasion, he said that at the behest of RSS, BJP is destroying Sikh institutions and encroaching on Sikh institutions. He said that if the Congress passed the resolution to form a separate Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee in Haryana, the Khattar government of the BJP played a big role in pu

After holding public hearings and gathering evidence in private, inquiry commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue has released an interim report into foreign interference in Canada's last two general elections. The public inquiry was established after a series of media reports in the Globe and Mail and Global News cited anonymous national security sources who alleged that China meddled in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. Some key take-aways from the report: Foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections did not change who formed government Hogue had no difficulty concluding there was foreign

Canada's first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel will officially be brought into the Pacific fleet today and Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles, is scheduled to take part in its commissioning ceremony. A news release says Anne will be attending the ceremony in her role as commodore-in-chief for the Canadian Fleet Pacific. National Defence says HMCS Max Bernays arrived in its new home port in Esquimalt last month, calling it a "pivotal milestone" in the expansion of the fleet. It says the introduction of the ship, named after a Canadian naval hero during the Second World War’s Battle o