Former Punjab MLA Kulbir Zira’s Vehicle Targeted in Firing Incident

Premier David Eby’s government introduced a bill in the legislature today to impose tolls on trucks from Washington and Alaska that pass through B.C. Deputy Premier Nikki Sharma stated that the bill would provide the provincial government with a range of powers to respond quickly to U.S. tariffs. Sharma explained that the Economic Stability Tariff Response Bill would enable her government to take action in four key ways: reducing interprovincial trade barriers, providing guidance to agencies on procurement, and authorizing the implementation of a system for imposing tolls and other charges

The troubles of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Minister Satyendar Jain are intensifying as a corruption case is set to be investigated against them. President Draupadi Murmu has approved the registration of an FIR against the two Aam Aadmi Party leaders. Reports indicate that the case pertains to a Rs 1,300 crore scam related to the construction of classrooms in government schools in Delhi. Sisodia is already under investigation in the liquor scam, while Satyendar Jain is facing a money laundering case, with both leaders currently out on bail. Their legal troubles are l

Global Affairs says it can't intervene on behalf of a Canadian being held in an Arizona immigration detention centre, where the woman's mother says conditions are "inhumane and deeply concerning." Alexis Eagles says Vancouver businesswoman and former actress Jasmine Mooney is being detained at the San Luis Regional Detention Center with about 30 people in a single concrete cell. Eagles says in a social media post that the cell's fluorescent lights are never turned off, and there are no mats or blankets and limited bathroom facilities. She says her daughter had been working in the United States

A private member’s bill aimed at providing universal access to mental health care for pregnant women and new mothers in British Columbia has been unanimously approved by the provincial legislature. This marks the first private member’s bill to pass second reading in the BC legislature in 43 years. The bill was introduced on Monday by Jody Toor, the MLA for Langley-Willowbrook and a member of the opposition Conservative Party in BC. Toor highlighted that one in five women in BC face mental health challenges before or after childbirth, including anxiety, birth trauma, and more, yet many sti

The next important meeting of the executive committee of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will be held in Chandigarh on March 17. It is anticipated that a decision regarding the resignation of SGPC President Harjinder Singh Dhami may be made during this meeting. Senior Vice President of the SGPC, Raghujit Singh Virk, did not disclose the agenda for the meeting but suggested that matters related to the committee will be discussed. It is worth noting that former Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Giani Raghveer Singh, had criticized the manner in which Giani Harpreet Singh was