The B.C. Green Party is expected to be the first to roll out its complete election platform later today. Leader Sonia Furstenau is scheduled to hold a news conference in Victoria this morning.
Punjab’s state Election Commission on Wednesday announced that elections to 13,327 panchayats to be held on October 15. Announcing the election schedule, Election Commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary said the nominations would be filed from September 27 to October 4. There will be 19,110 polling booths. The expenditure limit for the sarpanches is Rs 40,000, while for panches Rs 30,000.
Addressing a Congress poll campaign rally in Sopore town of Baramulla district, Rahul Gandhi said: "We will fight for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir in the Parliament. We will use the full force of INDIA bloc to pressurise Centre for your statehood. It is for the first time in India's history that a state was downgraded into a union territory and injustice was done to Jammu and Kashmir.
Arvind Kejriwal, the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), took a jibe against Bollywood actress and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut during a rally in Haryana’s Rohtak on Wednesday, criticising her remarks advocating the reinstatement of the repealed farm laws. Addressing the crowd, Kejriwal pointed out the anger among Haryana's people over her statements, emphasizing that the state's residents will not accept the reintroduction of these "three black laws."
British Columbia's New Democrats have unveiled a plan that Leader David Eby says will help middle-income families purchase a home by financing 40 per cent of the price.
The plan commits up to $1.29 billion per year in financing to help middle-income people buy their first home, while supporting the development of up to 25,000 new units over five years.
Police in Nanaimo say a call from a member of the public has led to charges against a man and a woman accused of drug trafficking. R-C-M-P say they got the call on September 11th, leading to the arrests and seizure of a more than 500 grams of suspected methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl, as well as 430 prescription opioid pills and a loaded gun.
