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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will meet provincial and territorial finance ministers later this week to discuss the possibility of Alberta’s withdrawal from the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

Vancouver Sun, people voted in Surrey on Sunday. It was the second referendum on Khalistan held by Surrey Gurdwara where pro-Khalistan leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead in June. Also, the US-based group Sikhs For Justice held a second round of voting in British Columbia for its unofficial referendum to create an independent Sikh state, CBC news reported.

environment ministers say they were caught by surprise by the federal government’s announcement it will pause the carbon tax on home heating oil.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday that his government would pause applying carbon pricing to home heating oil deliveries for three years, in an effort to speed up Canadians’ shift to more eco-friendly electric heat pumps.He added that the government would provide incentives and grants to households in Atlantic Canada that are more reliant on heating oil to switch to the new technology.“We just learned of this federal announcement, which is unfortunate, because B.C. is leading Canada with our CleanBC climate action plan.

Most Canadians are regularly eating seafood despite high grocery prices, according to a new survey.

As politicians pitch tighter regulations on the short-term rental market as a path to housing affordability in Canada, there is renewed debate about whether tougher crackdowns on Airbnb and others like it will make a notable improvement.

Canadian consumers are tightening their purse strings, cementing a case for the Bank of Canada to hold interest rates steady next week.

Nijjar Killing row: Amid escalating tension between India and Canada that began last month over the killing of Canada-based pro-Khalistan terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia's Surrey in July this year. In the latest crackdown of events, Canada has claimed that they had held numerous ‘meetings’ with India to make them aware of the ‘credible allegations’ that state India and its intelligence agency was involved in the killing.

Strength in base metals and battery metals stocks helped Canada’s main stock index eke out a small gain, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.

The jury in a British Columbia Supreme Court murder trial has been told that an expert witness didn’t finish her testimony because she is dead.

Nijjar, in Canada, an independent blogger, Jennifer Zeng, has said that China's «purpose was to frame India creating discord between India and the West». She also alleged that it was a part of the CCP's sinister «Ignition Plan» to disrupt the world in line with Xi Jinping's military strategy regarding Taiwan. Jennifer Zeng is a Chinese born rights activist, journalist who is currently living in the US. In a video posted on the social media platform, X, Zeng dubbed the killing of Nijjar as an assassination claiming, «Today shocking revelations about the 'assassination ' of Sikh religious leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in Canada have emerged from within the CCP.

India Today. As per the report, the meet was held to discuss India’s G20 Presidency, though the MPs appreciated the presidency, many also raised questions on suspension of visa services for Canadians. Clearing the air, the Union Minister stated that the suspension was not a retaliatory action but rather an effort to protect the safety of the Indian diplomats, sources said as reported by the daily.

A startup just listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange with a business model based on a provocative prediction: legal cocaine is coming.

Daylight saving time 2023 will come to an end on Nov. 5, so consider this a sign and set an alert so you don’t forget to adjust your clock back one hour when the time comes.Canadians in most time zones can “fall back” on Saturday, Nov.

Popular weight loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic, are associated with an increased risk of stomach paralysis, pancreatitis and bowel obstruction, according to a study released Thursday out of the University of British Columbia.

Before 2015, Alberta had, by far, the lowest federal-provincial combined top marginal tax rate in Canada at 39 per cent. This comparative advantage contributed greatly to large amounts of investment and people going into Alberta.

Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a US State Department official said on Monday. Secretary of State Tony Blinken raised the issue during his meeting with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here last week. Addressing a daily news conference, State Department spokesperson Mathew Miller said, “As he made clear then, I’ll reiterate now, we remain in close coordination with our Canadian colleagues on this question." “We have engaged with the Indian government on a number of occasions to urge them to cooperate with Canada’s investigation.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar. «We remain in close coordination with our Canadian colleagues on this question,» US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said while responding to a question related to Nijjar's killing in Canada. Miller's remarks came during a daily press briefing on Monday (US local time). Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently alleged that the Indian government was behind the fatal shooting of Nijjar. Nijjar, who was a designated terrorist in India, was gunned down outside a Gurdwara, in a parking area in Canada's Surrey, British Columbia on June 18. Trudeau, during a debate in the Canadian Parliament, claimed his country's national security officials had reasons to believe that «agents of the Indian government» carried out the killing of the Canadian citizen, who also served as the president of Surrey's Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara. However, India has outrightly rejected the claims, calling it 'absurd' and 'motivated'. Notably, Canada has yet to provide any public evidence to support the claim about the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Miller said the US has engaged with the Indian government on a number of occasions to urge them to cooperate with Canada's investigation. He said US State Secretary Antony Blinken had an opportunity to discuss the issue with Foreign Minister S Jaishankar during their meeting on Friday. Meanwhile, Trudeau has said that Ottawa wants to «work constructively with India» regarding the allegations. While addressing a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trudeau said, «In regards to India, Canada has shared the credible allegations that I talked about on Monday. With India, we did that many weeks ago.

Aaron Joe has been an entrepreneur on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast for 25 years.

Nearly two-thirds of overdose deaths in British Columbia this year came after smoking illicit drugs, yet only 40 per cent of supervised consumption sites in the province offer a safe place to smoke, and the chief coroner says that needs to change.

HT has reported on around 18 individuals linked to Khalistani-gansters nexus operating from Canada. The dossier further reveals that Tehal Singh and his associates have been actively involved in promoting separatism and violence in Punjab while residing in Canada. Tehal Singh, originally from Jalandhar, Punjab, has been residing in Toronto, Ontario, and is closely associated with Gurjeet Singh Cheema, a member of the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), a proscribed terror outfit.

Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June in British Columbia's Surrey. What began as a tit-for-tat move in expelling diplomats from India and Canda aggravated to India suspending visa services for Canadian citizens on 21 September citing "security threats" faced by the Indian High Commission and consulates in Canada.