John Slater, who was 63, was elected in 2009 as a Liberal in the riding of Boundary-Similkameen, but ended his career in provincial politics as an Independent after the Liberal party did not endorse his candidacy for the 2013 election.
India has hit out against countries that as a "deliberate policy" arm terrorists and called for stricter international action against suppliers to curb the illicit trade in small weapons.
Fueled by immigration, America's Hindu population has reached 2.23 million, an increase of about one million or 85.8 percent since 2007, making Hinduism the fourth-largest faith
Asserting a spirit of trust and transformation in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his highly productive tri-nation visit to Canada with a landmark deal of over seven million pounds of uranium to an energy-hungry India.
Councillor Harbhajan Kaur Dheer, 62, who succeeded councillor Tej Ram Bagha on Tuesday at the Annual Council Meeting, belongs to Britain's Labour party.
Lt.-Col. Ed Izatt, the commander of Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team, says that's allowing the flow of aid agencies and essential goods to affected areas.