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Evacuation orders near Grand Forks, B.C., as U.S. wildfire threatens to cross border

Tactical evacuations are underway outside the B.C. southern Interior town of Grand Forks, as an out-of-control wildfire in Washington state surges north and threatens to cross the border. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary...

Canada and allies call for immediate 21-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel

Canada has issued a joint statement with its allies calling for "an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border," citing an "unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation." The statement, issued along with the...

Sidhu Moosewala was a true soldier of the Congress party: Balkaur Singh

Sidhu Moosewala's father Balkaur Singh is currently campaigning for Congress in Haryana. On Thursday, he campaigned in support of Congress candidate Bharat Singh Bainiwal from Ellenabad Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sirsa district....

National Bank of Canada will buy Edmonton's Canadian Western Bank

National Bank of Canada, Canada's 6th largest bank, has cleared a major regulatory hurdle to buy Edmonton-based Canadian Western Bank. The Montreal-based bank said in a statement on Thursday that it had received approval for the...

The Supreme Court will reconsider Rajoana's plea to reduce the death sentence

The Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider the plea of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the murder case of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, to reduce the death sentence to life imprisonment. A bench headed by J...

Bhagwant Singh Mann hospitalised in Mohali

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has been admitted to Fortis Hospital in Mohali. According to information received from sources, Bhagwant Maan fainted three times and is undergoing a thorough medical examination. His rea...

Macron, Trudeau meet as French president visits Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron to his home in Ottawa Wednesday for an informal private dinner. Trudeau greeted Macron outside Rideau Cottage with a hug and a big smile at the start of Macr...

Trudeau government survives Conservative non-confidence vote

The Conservatives' non-confidence motion against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has been defeated. There were 120 votes in favor of the Conservative motion, while 211 MPs voted against it. This outcome...

A farmer committed suicide on the Khanuri border of Punjab-Haryana

Today, a farmer committed suicide on the Khanuri border of Punjab-Haryana. The deceased Gurmeet Singh was a resident of Thothianwala village of Mansa district. It is being told that since the farmers' dharna started, he was at the...