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The Minister of Energy and Natural Resources announced a $400-million investment in Teck Trail Operations to enhance its critical minerals processing capacity.

The Honourable Tim Hodgson met with Teck workers, staff and local and provincial representatives at a ceremony at Teck Trail on Tuesday, July 7, where he launched the Canada Critical Minerals Accelerator (CCMA),...

One person is dead after a house fire in Coquitlam Tuesday morning (July 7).

Emergency crews were called to the 700-block of Roderick Avenue around 9 a.m. for a residential fire, Coquitlam RCMP said in a news release.

Police said that based on information from a witness, it was determined that there was one resident unaccounted for.

As crews worked, the C...

Thirty-seven people have been charged in the United States in connection with a U.S. federal investigation into Indian crime groups that are known to engage in racketeering, targeted killings, shootings, extortion and drug trafficking across international borders.

The investigation, called “Operation Hard Ball,” has led to 24 arrests of individuals connected to three I...

Indian gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar “ordered the assassination” of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the president of a Surrey Sikh temple, in 2023, newly released U.S. court documents allege.

Nijjar, 45, was shot to death on June 18, 2023, in the parking lot of Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara, in the 7000-block of Scott Road in Newton. He was found in his truck.

Nijj...

After a lengthy battle between two companies for the contract to build 12 new submarine for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), the federal government announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) will be the strategic build partner for the next era of Canadian military technology.

In support of Canada’s defence industrial strategy, Seaspan and TKMS ...