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An employee onboard a cruise ship was arrested by FBI officials in Juneau, Alaska, on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed three people on the vessel with scissors.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, has said in a social media video that he entered Canada on a 'study permit' which only took him days to obtain, Canada-based global news reported. The accused, Karan Brar, in a video posted online in 2019, said he applied for a student visa through EthicWorks Immigration Services in Bathinda, in the Indian state of Punjab. He said he received his study visa days later, according to a translation of his Punjabi-language statement, as per Global News.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, has said in a social media video that he entered Canada on a 'study permit' which only took him days to obtain, Canada-based global news reported. The accused, Karan Brar, in a video posted online in 2019, said he applied for a student visa through EthicWorks Immigration Services in Bathinda, in the Indian state of Punjab. He said he received his study visa days later, according to a translation of his Punjabi-language statement, as per Global News.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in a killing that triggered a diplomatic crisis between Canada and India appeared briefly in a British Columbia courtroom on Tuesday. Karanpreet Singh, 28, Kamalpreet Singh, 22 and Karan Brar, 22, all Indian nationals, face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The three appeared via video link wearing orange prison uniforms.

Calgary-based Meg Energy Corp. expects Canada’s oil producers to get better prices “for years” as the industry starts using the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline that officially opened on May 1.

Canada is a "rule-of-law country" with a strong and independent justice system and a fundamental commitment to protect its citizens, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said, a day after three Indian nationals were charged with the murder of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, was shot dead outside a gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia, on June 18, 2023. Karan Brar, 22, Kamalpreet Singh, 22, and Karanpreet Singh, 28, all Indian nationals residing in Edmonton have been charged on Friday with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. «This is important because Canada is a rule-of-law country with a strong and independent justice system, as well as a fundamental commitment to protecting all its citizens,» Trudeau said about the arrests on Saturday at a Toronto gala celebrating Sikh heritage and culture.

Pierre Poilievre was booted from the House of Commons on Tuesday after calling Justin Trudeau a “wacko prime minister.”Speaker of the House Greg Fergus took the step Tuesday during question period, kicking Poilievre out for using language he said was “not considered parliamentary.”The Conservative leader blamed Trudeau for allowing British Columbia to decriminalize small amounts of hard drugs, a step B.C. is now seeking to roll back.Last week, B.C.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Wednesday that the Canada Revenue Agency is “very, very good” at getting the money it’s owed.“Having an argument with CRA about not wanting to pay your taxes is not a position I want anyone to be in,” he said at a press conference in Oakville, Ont.“Good luck with that, Premier Moe.”The Saskatchewan premier has pledged his province will not send Ottawa the money it collects from the federal carbon price on natural gas — a move that breaks federal law.The jurisdictional spat began when the Liberals created a temporary exemption to the carbon price for home heating oil.The Saskatchewan government said that’s unfair and politically motivated because the exemption has an outsized impact in Atlantic Canada, where oil is the main fuel source for home heating.Moe’s government has called for a similar exemption on natural gas, the primary home-heating fuel in Saskatchewan.He has also been a vocal opponent of the carbon levy more broadly and counts himself among a majority of premiers who have written to Trudeau seeking a meeting to talk about alternatives to the carbon price.Trudeau has rebuffed calls for such a meeting and challenged premiers to come up with their own climate plans if they don’t like the federal carbon price, pointing to British Columbia and Quebec as examples of provinces with their own system.The prime minister confirmed Tuesday that his government will keep sending carbon rebate cheques to people in Saskatchewan.On Wednesday, he reiterated that most people in jurisdictions that use the federal carbon price get more back in rebates than they pay each year.“CRA is an independent organization that is very, very good at getting money it is owed from Canadians, from businesses and

CALGARY — At Calgary’s Centre for Newcomers, where Kelly Ernst is chief program officer, staff have been — in Ernst’s words — “run off their feet.”

gas prices is fuelling road rage in some parts of Canada on Thursday.Many motorists filling up at the pumps are facing higher prices — some up as much as 22 cents from yesterday in parts of Ontario, for instance.Data from GasBuddy’s live gas price tracker shows prices were 10.9 cents higher across Ontario for an average of $1.73 per litre by 4 p.m. Eastern Thursday, as compared to the previous day’s average.Prices for gas rose by a similar degree in Toronto, but in southwest Ontario towns such as Sarnia, GasBuddy says the cost of gasoline has jumped 22.3 cents to $1.79 per litre as of 4 p.m.

The Liberal government’s 2024 federal budget tabled Tuesday held a clear focus on “fairness” among generations and efforts to make the housing market more affordable, particularly for younger Canadians feeling frustrated about their homebuying prospects.

British Columbia is proposing legal changes that would allow the government to regulate the supply of electricity to cryptocurrency miners.

Alberta-based Jennifer* is 47, divorced, has two adult children and recently lost her job. A successful professional, she was well on her way to an early retirement at age 52 or 53, but now she’s wondering if that will still be possible, and how much she’ll have to scale back her original plans.

The April 1st implementation of another hike in the federal government’s carbon tax and the growing prospect that a Poilievre government will abolish the tax, have prompted its advocates to mount a last-gasp defence. Three hundred supporters (not all of them economists) have signed a petition in favour of it. Its backers also fanned out to argue for it in op-eds and numerous appearances on CBC, which willingly provided a soap box for one side of this partisan issue. But, far from being persuasive, advocates mostly demonstrated how little they have learned from their long-standing failure to sell the tax to many politicians and most Canadians.

Do you own or have you ever owned an iPhone 6 or 7? You might be eligible for a payout from Apple under a Canada-wide class-action settlement worth up to $14.4 million.

OTTAWA — The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne today. Here’s some questions answered about what this could mean for you.

Provincial officials in Canada are trying to force the surviving co-founder of defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX to explain how he came by a cash hoard, 45 gold bars and jewelry including a diamond-studded Rolex.

Canada’s British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program is set to undergo major changes, “to create clearer pathways for international workers to B.C.” The province is updating the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) selection criteria to better reflect the level of education, experience and language skills that set people up for career success in British Columbia. The program updates align with new measures to protect international students from predatory institutions and recruiters, such as:

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has shot back at B.C. Premier David Eby’s comment that his plea to halt a federal carbon price increase is a “baloney factory” campaign tactic.

Researchers from the University of British Columbia said they’ve identified a potentially new population of open-ocean orcas, which hunt the biggest predators on the planet.In a study published Friday, researchers said a group of 49 orcas has been observed hunting sperm whales off the coast of California and Oregon.Lead author Josh McInnes said the orcas were seen hunting a herd of nine adult sperm whales, “eventually making off with one.”It’s the first time killer whales have been reported attacking sperm whales on the West Coast, he said.“Other encounters include an attack on a Pygmy sperm whale, predation on a northern elephant seal and Risso’s dolphin, and what appeared to be a post-meal lull after scavenging a leatherback turtle,” said McInnes, who is a masters student in the UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries.Researchers said the orcas that were observed in nine encounters from 1997 to 2021 could either belong to a subpopulation of transient killer whales or a unique oceanic population.The study said the encounter that was witnessed with the sperm whales occurred in 1997 about 130 kilometres off the California coast. Many of the sperm whales in the pod were left with “extensive injuries,” while one was killed, the study said.“Approximately 12 killer whales were initially involved in the hunt, but this number increased to an estimated 35 killer whales spread out over 3 km.

Ambush, barrage of bullets: CCTV captures final moments of Hardeep Nijjar On Saturday, Canada-based CBC News reported about a purported video footage that has surfaced showing Nijjar being shot by armed men. The video shows Nijjar leaving the parking lot of the Gurdwara in his grey Dodge Ram pickup truck. As he approaches the exit, a white sedan pulls in front of him, blocking his truck.