Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Jul, 2023 09:52 AM
Residents of Surrey will find out today which police force will be responsible for their community.
The province is set to announce whether Surrey will be allowed to revert to the R-C-M-P or be required to continue its transition to a municipal police force.
The decision by Solicitor General Mike Farnworth comes amid a tug of war that saw city council vote for the Mounties despite a provincial recommendation they stay with the Surrey Police Service.
The province has said it has concerns over public safety and the high number of job vacancies within the R-C-M-P and even offered 150-million-dollars to help in the transition to the municipal force.
In its 2023 budget Tuesday, the government revealed the federally administered insurance program will be far more expensive over the next five years than it originally thought. It is also projecting that ongoing costs after that will more than double to $4.4 billion per year, up from $1.7 billion.
The CEO of the Horizon School Division, whose term at the helm of the hockey team has ended, was unexpectedly thrust into an international spotlight after the crash. So was his community and team. Now, Garinger says, the intense focus has faded but the small Saskatchewan city east of Saskatoon is still figuring out how to exist within that legacy.
The largest telecommunications deal in Canadian history will go forward after Rogers Communications Inc.'s $26-billion takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. received approval from Ottawa on Friday. The green light means the deal has cleared its final regulatory hurdle just over two years after it was first announced.
Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has said his government is against the amendment because it could create a loophole for big companies to avoid following the law. The U.S. government has also raised concerns that the law could discriminate against American companies, with some U.S. senators calling for a trade crackdown.
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said on Tuesday he wants a federal clampdown on sales to non-residents after it was discovered that Americans were being sent thousands of doses of Ozempic in the mail from B.C., the majority prescribed by a single practitioner in Nova Scotia.
The water taxi and a Tofino Air Beaver float plane carrying six people collided while heading for the same dock in October 2021. The pilot and passengers were able to safely get out of the aircraft, although three sustained minor injuries, and within minutes it had capsized.
