Edmonton(ATB): Bhartiya Cultural Society of Alberta celebrated Mahashivratri at their temple with gaiety and fervour last week. “More than 10,000 devotees paid obeisance after waiting for hours” confirmed Arvind Aery, President. The attendees were swayed away by the mind blowing performances’ of Anjana Babbar, Jyoti Joshi and students of Usha …

Native Village/Country parent’s background I was born to the reputed Chaudhury family in Calcutta and raised in the Holy City of Varanasi – in the close proximity of the sacred river Ganges. My father Udit Bhaskar was the General Manager of HR in the hospitality industry and an avid music …

Statistics Canada is set to release its reading on inflation for January Tuesday morning. The federal agency’s consumer price index report will give insight on how high prices were in January compared with a year ago, as well as the month prior. Canada’s annual inflation rate has been slowing since …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2023 3:42 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size He is known now as Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. But in December 1952, James Earl Carter Jr. was a young U.S. naval officer about to be …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a male driver sustained serious injuries while allegedly fleeing from the police in Pickering, Ont. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said investigators were probing the events surrounding a crash at around 3 a.m. on Bayly Street. …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 16-year-old girl is dead and an 18-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl, and a 69-year-old man have been hospitalized following a head-on collision two kilometres north of Mariapolis, Manitoba. On Friday at 3:25 p.m, Pembina Valley RCMP responded to …

The federal Liberal government has yet to respond to a months-old invitation from Tokyo to have Canada rejoin a global environmental organization that regulates the timber trade. A July 2022 briefing note obtained through an access-to-information request shows that Japan has asked Ottawa to be part of the International Tropical …

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate against COVID-19? It has been a challenging and polarizing decision for parents in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic. A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Tuesday sheds light on the concerns parents have and what they consider when deciding whether or …

The Ontario legislature is set to resume sitting today after a two-month winter break that began in December. The province is expected to introduce legislation containing heath reforms promised last month. The legislation will include allowing private clinics to perform more surgical procedures and diagnostic tests among other changes designed …

RCMP believes a missing woman and a wanted man are continuing to travel together and are in the Winnipeg area. Police received a report Thursday night of a missing woman, 28-year-old Breanna Lee Hudson. Mounties have determined Hudson left a residence in Ile Des Chenes early Thursday morning and was …