While Canada is one of the top contributors to foreign aid among some of the world's richest countries, a fifth of the spending never leaves Canada's borders. Some 19 per cent of Canada's aid reported to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development last year benefited refugees and Ukrainians within Canada.
Something has shifted in the pretty little village of Lumby, B.C. It's subtle, say residents of the community of 2,000 people, nestled in the hills of the North Okanagan in B.C.'s Interior.
Mounties in Prince George say a kayaker reported missing on Monday is dead. They say the man's body was found yesterday after a search involving police officers, local search and rescue volunteers and an R-C-M-P helicopter.
For the first time after its takeover by the Tata Group in 2022, Air India on Thursday announced a salary hike for its staff who joined the airline before December 31, 2023. The airline has around 18,000 employees, including ground staff, cabin crew, and pilots.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday wished the nation on the Buddha Purnima, saying that the government’s work highlights the deep-rooted commitment to fulfil Lord Buddha’s ideals.
The Indian Navy on Thursday congratulated Kaamya Karthikeyan, a 16-year-old class XII student of Navy Children School in Mumbai, on becoming the youngest Indian and the second youngest girl in the world to summit Mount Everest from the Nepal side. In a unique father-daughter feat, Kaamya, along with her father Cdr S. Karthikeyan of the Indian Navy, successfully submitted the 8849 m Mount Everest summit on May 20.
