Jaswinder Singh Dilawari

Ottawa orders Chinese tech firm to close Canadian operations over national security – National

The federal government has ordered a Chinese maker of surveillance camera systems to shutter its Canadian business and leave the country over national security concerns. Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said in a post on X late Friday that the orders issued to Hikvision Canada Inc. are the result of a national security review under the…

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Alberta premier intends to ‘battle’ injunction on transgender health-care law in court

After an Alberta judge granted a temporary injunction blocking a provincial law that would ban doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth, Premier Danielle Smith said she intends to fight the decision in court. “The court had said that they think that there will be irreparable harm if the law goes ahead. I feel the…

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Vancouver man says institutions unable to recognize new Indigenous street name – BC

David Gardiner received a handout from the City of Vancouver on June 6, telling him that his street name was going to be changing. He has lived on the now formerly-named Trutch Street for 40 years, which now bears the name šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street (pronounced sh-MUS-quee-um-AW-sum), which translates to Musqueamview in English. Signposts bear the English name…

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