Jason Kenney wouldn’t tell me when we exchanged emails on Wednesday whether he’s going to leave federal politics to unite Alberta’s conservative forces. I suspect he doesn’t know yet. He did say he’s “getting very close to a decision.” Here are the options facing the Conservative MP for Calgary Midnapore. …
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Drugs, money missing from Halifax police exhibit vaults, audit shows
Halifax police admitted Thursday that drugs, money and possibly weapons have gone missing from exhibit vaults. Supt. Jim Perrin said an audit of a vault containing drug exhibits found 90 per cent of samples being sought last year couldn’t be found, and the “alarming” result prompted a closer look this …
Read More »Suspect wanted in connection with alleged kidnapping, torture of teens arrested
A suspect wanted on a Canada-wide warrant in connection with the alleged kidnapping and torture of two teens following a gang-related shooting is back in Toronto after being arrested in Montreal. The arrest stems from incidents that unfolded beginning at a downtown condo two months ago. According to police, on …
Read More »Britain votes to leave EU: Cameron to resign; markets rocked
LONDON (AP) – Britain voted to leave the European Union after a bitterly divisive referendum campaign, toppling the government Friday, sending global markets plunging and shattering the stability of a project in continental unity designed half a century ago to prevent World War III. The decision launches a yearslong process …
Read More »Colombians cheer deal putting them on verge of peace accord
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Colombians cried and hugged as the leaders of their government and the country’s biggest rebel group signed a cease-fire and disarmament deal moving their country to the verge of a final peace accord to end decades of fighting. As the agreement was signed in Havana, hundreds …
Read More »Arvind Kejriwal got in IIT- Kharagpur through fake quota? Subramanian Swamy to reveal soon
New Delhi: While Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has made a lot of noise over the issue of PM Narendra Modi’s degree, he has now himself landed in trouble after a website claimed that he got admission into IIT- Kharagpur through fake quota and not on merit. A website named ‘thelotpot.com’ …
Read More »Ministers in ‘coat and tie’ look like waiters, says Subramanian Swamy
New Delhi: In what is certainly not going to go down well with the Union Cabinet ministers, Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy, Friday, made a very sarcastic remark saying that ministers in ‘coat and tie’ look like waiters. While taking to Twitter, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP wrote:, “BJP should …
Read More »Halke Vich Captain: As Amarinder sweats it out, Congress rank and file smiles
Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh often dismisses the ‘sangat darshan’ as a pet pastime of ageing chief minister Parkash Singh Badal. In a tectonic shift in his poll strategy, however, the former chief minister is giving a much-needed fillip to the Congress campaign ahead of the assembly elections through …
Read More »Pollution monitoring station at Golden Temple to start operations within week
The much-awaited ‘pollution monitoring station’ set up jointly by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) and municipal corporation on the Golden Temple premises will start operating within a week. Set up in the ‘Galliara’, the work on the PPCB-SGPC joint venture ‘Continuous Ambient Air Quality …
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