Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 23 May, 2023 04:35 PM
The federal government has tweaked its verified traveller program in order to speed up the process of clearing security at airports.
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says the government will launch dedicated security screening lines at six of the country's biggest airports between June 7th and 21st.
When going through airport security with the new Verified Traveller Program, eligible Canadians will: ✅be able to keep electronics and liquid in their bags; ✅no longer have to remove shoes or belts; ✅and, be able to bring kids under 17 and adults over 75 with them. pic.twitter.com/EXiOJPQJsO
Eligible passengers, including Nexus members, won't have to take their shoes off and can keep their laptops and liquids in their bags instead of putting them onto the X-ray conveyor belt.
Avalanche Canada says the snowmobilers were riding at the base of a slope in a feature known as Bowl 3 in the Oasis area when the avalanche happened Saturday morning. One person managed to ride away while the other was fully buried.
Coquitlam RCMP Front-line officers attended the area of Glen Drive and Johnston Street in Coquitlam for an assault on Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 2:47 a.m. The victim was changing a tire when he was attacked by two men. The men fled prior to Police attendance. nThe victim sustained serious, non-life-threatening injuries to his head.
Documents provided by Yu show the home was listed for $978,000 last May 11, then sold for $970,000 nine days later, near the height of the pandemic property boom. Ontario land title documents show ownership was transferred for that sum on June 15 to a new buyer who took out a mortgage with the Bank of Montreal.
Experts say a stronger bond between Canada and Mexico will be central to advancing North American competitiveness on the international stage. Sen. Peter Boehm, a former Liberal deputy cabinet minister, likens the continent's trilateral ties to an isosceles triangle, with the Canada-Mexico relationship as the shortest side.
In his probe of the arrest last February on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Ronald MacDonald, director of the IIO, says the man had a blood-alcohol level three times above the legal limit when he ran from six officers who tried to arrest him as he threatened them after intervening in an unrelated traffic stop.
An old church has been transformed into a Sikh place of worship -- the first in Canada's Red Deer city after requests from the local Sikh community since 2005. The Cornerstone Gospel Chapel at 5911 63rd Street is now Guru Nanak Darbar Gurdwara, and will open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
