Days before he is expected to call a snap election, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced he plans to cut sales tax by one percentage point. Nova Scotia has a harmonized sales tax (HST) rate of 15 per cent. Five per cent goes to Ottawa and ten per cent goes to …
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Blinken urges halt to Middle East conflict as Israel bombs historic Lebanese port city
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed on Wednesday for a halt to fighting between Israel and militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, but heavy Israeli airstrikes on a large historic Lebanese port city demonstrated that there was no respite. Israel began to bomb the UNESCO-listed port city of Tyre on …
Read More »Valérie Plante will not seek re-election as Montreal’s mayor
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced on Wednesday that she would not seek a third term in office. Plante, who gained the mayoralty in 2017 after defeating incumbent Denis Coderre, was re-elected in 2021. But now, she said, after seven years at the helm of the city, the job had taken its …
Read More »North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for Ukraine war, South Korean lawmakers say
North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia to support its war against Ukraine, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday after being briefed by the national intelligence agency. That estimate is twice the previous figure. Pyongyang had promised to provide a total of about 10,000 troops, whose deployment was expected …
Read More »‘All we could see was the soles of her feet’: Woman stuck for 7 hours after dropping phone in crevice
Drop your phone? Of course, pick it up. Drop your phone down a narrow crevice between two boulders on a jagged hillside? Maybe think twice before going after it. An Australian woman was rescued earlier this month after getting stuck upside down, wedged between two boulders while trying to retrieve her phone. According to a Facebook post by …
Read More »Fernando Valenzuela, Mexican-born pitcher whose feats for Dodgers fueled ‘Fernandomania,’ dies at 63
Fernando Valenzuela, the Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981, has died. He was 63. The team said he died Tuesday night at a Los Angeles hospital, but did not provide the cause …
Read More »‘Pink cocaine’: What is it and how is it linked to Liam Payne and Sean (Diddy) Combs?
Drug and addiction experts are raising alarms about a party-drug concoction that One Direction singer Liam Payne may have taken prior to his death. ABC News and other outlets have reported that partial autopsy and toxicology results showed the pop star had “pink cocaine” in his system, along with other …
Read More »Attack on Turkish aviation company leaves 3 dead, several wounded, interior minister says
A deadly attack was carried out at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters near Ankara on Wednesday, the government said, as broadcasters showed footage of several armed assailants entering the building amid reports of gunfire and a loud explosion. “A terrorist attack was carried out against the TUSAS facilities in Kahramankazan, Ankara. …
Read More »‘ਬ੍ਰਿਕਸ’ ਸੰਮੇਲਨ: ਮੋਦੀ ਨੇ ਅਤਿਵਾਦ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਇਕਮਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਲੜਨ ’ਤੇ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜ਼ੋਰ
ਕਜ਼ਾਨ (ਰੂਸ), 23 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਮੋਦੀ ਨੇ ਅਤਿਵਾਦ ਖ਼ਿਲਾਫ਼ ਲੜਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਰਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਇਕਮਤ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ੍ਹਤਾ ਨਾਲ ਸਹਿਯੋਗ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਜ਼ੋਰਦਾਰ ਵਕਾਲਤ ਕਰਦਿਆਂ ਅੱਜ ਕਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਇਸ ਚੁਣੌਤੀ ਨਾਲ ਨਜਿੱਠਣ ਲਈ ਦੋਹਰੇ ਮਾਪਦੰਡਾਂ ਲਈ ਕੋਈ ਥਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਮੋਦੀ ਨੇ ਇੱਥੇ 16ਵੇਂ ਬ੍ਰਿਕਸ ਸਿਖਰ ਸੰਮੇਲਨ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਬੋਧਨ …
Read More »ਜ਼ਮੀਨੀ ਵਿਵਾਦ ਕਾਰਨ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਦਾ ਗੋਲੀ ਮਾਰ ਕੇ ਕਤਲ
ਧਿਆਨ ਸਿੰਘ ਭਗਤ ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ, 23 ਅਕਤੂਬਰ ਇੱਥੋਂ ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕੀ ਪਿੰਡ ਝੱਲ ਠੀਕਰੀਵਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ ਦੇਰ ਸ਼ਾਮ ਜ਼ਮੀਨੀ ਵਿਵਾਦ ਕਾਰਨ ਗੋਲੀ ਮਾਰ ਕੇ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਦਾ ਕਤਲ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ। ਮ੍ਰਿਤਕ ਦੀ ਪਛਾਣ ਜਸਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ (60) ਵਾਸੀ ਸੁਖੀਆ ਨੰਗਲ ਥਾਣਾ ਫੱਤੂਢੀਂਗਾ ਵਜੋਂ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ। ਪੁਲੀਸ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਥਾਣਾ ਕੋਤਵਾਲੀ ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਮਾਮਲੇ …
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