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IndiaNov 09, 2022

AAP releases list of star campaigners for Gujarat Assembly polls

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday released a list of star campaigners for the upcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat where the party is looking to take on the ruling BJP. Big names of the party including Delhi Chief Minister and party's supremo Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy in the Delhi government Manish Sisodia, and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann are among the star campaigners of the party.AAP MPs Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha also feature in the list of 20 star campaigners for Gujarat where the party is eying to make inroads. Former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Harbhajan Singh will
IndiaNov 09, 2022

UK High Court dismisses Nirav Modi's appeal against extradition to India

Fugitive diamond businessman Nirav Modi on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to India with a United Kingdom court dismissing his plea. The High Court of London (United Kingdom) on Wednesday dismissed the appeal of Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India to face money laundering and fraud cases.Nirav Modi, who is a prime accused in the Rs 13,500 crore PNB scam, had fled India. He lost his appeal after he had moved High Court in London against extradition on mental health grounds.The Bench of Justice Stuart Smith and Justice Robert Jay of the High Court said "no features of psychotic illn
AlbertaNov 09, 2022

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wins Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has won a seat in the legislature by defeating four opponents in the Brooks-Medicine Hat byelection. The unofficial results show N-D-P candidate Gwendoline Dirk was second while Barry Morishita of the Alberta Party was third. Smith is back in the legislature after winning a seat more than seven years after she left. Smith called the byelection shortly after she won the race to replace Jason Kenney as United Conservative Party leader and premier on October 6th.
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BCNov 08, 2022

Suspect wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested after firearm falls out of pocket

On October 30th at approximately 12:20 pm, New Westminster Police Department officers were dispatched to Howes Street and Ewen Avenue for a report of a man with a handgun. The 9-1-1 call came from someone who observed the firearm fall out of the pocket of the suspect as they were on the same bus. The suspect and a second individual exited the bus together. Officers rushed to the area and were able to quickly identify the suspects and arrest them without incident. The suspect was in possession of a BB gun, was breaching several conditions, and was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant. The second ind
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BCNov 08, 2022

AbbyPD investigates arson on Tretheway street

On November 5, 2022, at approximately 1 am, the Abbotsford Police Department responded to a structure fire at an occupied residence at 3030 Trethewey Street. Upon arrival, Abbotsford Fire Rescue Service and Abbotsford Police Patrol Members assisted with the evacuation of the occupants. No occupants were injured in this incident.As a result of the preliminary investigation, this fire is being treated as suspicious. The Abbotsford Police Department, Major Crimes Unit, has now taken over this investigation. Although the investigation is in its early stages, Detectives believe this incident was ta
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BCNov 08, 2022

Federal government prepared to increase health transfers: Duclos

Federal health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will add more money to health care, if provinces and territories contribute information to a national database on health information. Ministers are meeting in Vancouver this week, and host Minister Adrian Dix says they are pleased the federal government has had a change of heart on extra funding, but their governments have long been keeping track of their health systems.Dix says they have asked that health transfers be increased to about 35 per cent of the health budget, up from the current 22 per cent.
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BCNov 08, 2022

RCMP investigating two unrelated fires in North Vancouver

The North Vancouver RCMP are investigating two structure fires that occurred early Sunday morning and are asking for any witnesses to come forward. Just before 4 am on November 6th, 2022, North Vancouver RCMP were notified of structure fire in the 3000 block of Mt Seymour Pkwy. North Vancouver District Fire Rescue Services (DNFRS) worked to contain the blaze as traffic was reduced to one lane in each direction on Mt Seymour Pkwy.The residence is an abandoned house and it is believed that there was no one inside. During the course of the initial investigation, the fire was deemed suspicious and
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BCNov 04, 2022

Inmate, 58, dies in B.C. prison 40 years after receiving indeterminate sentence

A former Fort Nelson, B.C., resident has died in prison, 40 years after he was handed an indeterminate sentence for two second-degree murders. Darcy Sidoruk was 18 years old in 1982 when he pleaded guilty and was sentenced for the shooting two years earlier of family friend Yvonne Doucette in Dawson Creek. Sidoruk also admitted to shooting 19-year-old James Pitt, who picked him up hitchhiking outside Dawson Creek, shortly after the murder of Doucette. His 1982 sentencing hearing was told of his long anti-social and criminal past, including assault charges against a teacher and a young child, t
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CanadaNov 04, 2022

Fall budget update promises tax credits for clean electricity and hydrogen production

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's fall economic statement creates two new federal tax credits for clean technology and low-emitting hydrogen production. The statement is Freeland's first big push to keep Canada in the clean-tech economy race in the shadow of the massive Inflation Reduction Act south of the border. But she leaves to next year's budget a lot of the heavy lifting to respond to the U.S. government's massive investments in everything from critical minerals to electric cars and battery parts. The fiscal update says the specifics of the promised tax credit for clean hydrogen produ

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AlbertaJul 02, 2026

Alberta delays update on proposed West Coast oil pipeline as Carney meets B.C. premier

The Alberta government has postponed a planned update on its proposed million-barrel-a-day oil pipeline to Canada's West Coast. A news conference featuring Premier Danielle Smith had been scheduled for Thursday morning but was delayed until later in the day. The provincial government did not immediately provide a reason for the change. According to the Alberta government, the proposed pipeline is linked to a memorandum of understanding signed by Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney last fall. The agreement outlines a commitment to advance a bitumen export pipeline to the West Coast, contingent
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Visit Punjab in August, Ravneet Singh Bittu Announces

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Punjab in August, Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu announced. According to Bittu, the prime minister will inaugurate a major railway project during the visit. He also said Modi is expected to launch several other development projects for the state. The date of the visit and additional details have not yet been announced. The Prime Minister's Office and the central government have not yet released further information about the proposed projects or the official itinerary. Political observers have linked the planned visit to the Bhar