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ਤਿੰਨ ਅਮਰੀਕੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਅਰਥਸ਼ਾਸਤਰ ਦਾ ਨੋਬੇਲ

ਸਟਾਕਹੋਮ, 10 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ ਇਸ ਸਾਲ ਅਰਥਸ਼ਾਸਤਰ ਲਈ ਨੋਬੇਲ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਸਨਮਾਨਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਤਿੰਨ ਅਮਰੀਕੀ ਅਰਥਸ਼ਾਸਤਰੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਚੋਣ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ। ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ‘ਬੈਂਕਾਂ ਤੇ ਵਿੱਤੀ ਸੰਕਟ ਬਾਰੇ ਖੋਜ’ ਲਈ ਇਹ ਪੁਰਸਕਾਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਸਟਾਕਹੋਮ ‘ਚ ਰੌਇਲ ਸਵੀਡਿਸ਼ ਅਕੈਡਮੀ ਆਫ ਸਾਇੰਸਿਜ਼ ‘ਚ ਨੋਬੇਲ ਕਮੇਟੀ ਨੇ ਅੱਜ ਬੇਨ ਐੱਸ ਬਰਨਾਂਕੇ, …

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Amid ambulance shortage, unvaccinated B.C. medics say they want to get back to work

Michael Dunbar has spent the past year working as a medic at an industrial site near Kamloops, B.C., standing by his decision that cost him his job at B.C. Ambulance Service. He says he never disclosed his COVID-19 vaccination status to his employer, which led to his termination when immunization mandates went …

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Expect more rate hikes from central banks despite a growing chorus of criticism

If you listen to the right group of top economists representing business, labour and global finance, you might decide that central banks are crazy to keep on raising interest rates. But on Thursday, in the face of that chorus of criticism, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem insisted that despite …

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British Canadian crime novelist Peter Robinson dead at age 72

Peter Robinson, the prolific British Canadian crime novelist and creator of the popular Alan Banks series of books, has died, his publisher confirmed on Friday. The Toronto-based Robinson died on Oct. 4, 2022 at the age of 72. “Peter Robinson was an incredibly gifted writer and a lovely man, and …

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Mother of protester Nika Shakarami disputes Iran’s official story of her death

The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl has disputed official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building, saying the teen was killed by blows to the head as part of the crackdown on anti-hijab protests roiling the country. Nasreen Shakarami also said authorities kept her …

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Ottawa working on program to regularize status of 500,000 immigrants

The federal government is aiming to create a program that will provide a path to permanent residency for up to 500,000 immigrants who are working in Canada but do not have official standing.  The program would have unprecedented scope and apply to people whose visa or work permits had expired, and to …

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Bus driver shortage leaves Calgary kids on routes without dedicated drivers waiting hours for a ride

When Tiffany Robinson signed her daughter up for yellow school bus service this year, she expected the 12-year-old would have a reliable way to get to and from school each day, but that hasn’t been her experience.  A province-wide driver shortage means like many others in Alberta, since the school year …

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Supreme Court of Canada restores murder conviction for B.C. man who killed exchange student

The country’s highest court has restored a second-degree murder conviction for the man who killed a Japanese exchange student and stuffed her body into a suitcase in Vancouver more than seven years ago. The decision marked a victory for Crown prosecutors in B.C., who had appealed a lower-court decision that overturned William …

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Health Canada approves Pfizer’s new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine

Health Canada has approved Pfizer’s new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine, which targets the virus strains now most common in Canada. The updated version of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine targets the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, as well as the original strain of the virus, and is authorized for use as a booster dose in …

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ਵੰਦੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਐਕਸਪ੍ਰੈੱਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੁਣ ਗਾਂ ਵੱਜੀ

ਮੁੰਬਈ, 7 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ ਗੁਜਰਾਤ ਦੇ ਆਨੰਦ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕ ਇਕ ਗਊ ਅੱਜ ਗਾਂਧੀਨਗਰ-ਮੁੰਬਈ ਵੰਦੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਐਕਸਪ੍ਰੈੱਸ ਦੇ ਰਾਹ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਗਈ। ਹਾਦਸੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਗੱਡੀ ਦੇ ਮੂਹਰਲੇ ਪੈਨਲ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਮੂਲੀ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਪੁੱਜਾ ਹੈ। ਪਿਛਲੇ ਦੋ ਦਿਨਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਐਕਸਪ੍ਰੈੱਸ ਗੱਡੀ ਨਾਲ ਵਾਪਰਿਆ ਇਹ ਦੂਜਾ ਹਾਦਸਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਵੀਰਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਚਾਰ ਮੱਝਾਂ …

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