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The bill proposes moving the fixed election date of the 45th Canadian federal election from October 20, 2025, to October 27, 2025. According to the federal government the election date move is intended to avoid the federal election coinciding with Diwali, and the 2025 Alberta municipal elections. [6]
According to The Times of India, Diwali begins on October 31, 2024. It is celebrated over five days. Dhanteras, the preparation period leading up to the peak of the Diwali on Oct. 31, begin two ...
Many Hindus observe Diwali as a day of celebrating the return of Prince Rama of Ayodhya, his wife Sita, and brother Lakshman after 14 years of exile, according to the Hindu American Foundation.
The 2024 Lambton—Kent—Middlesex provincial by-election and 2024 Milton provincial by-election are held. [42] May 10–15 – 2024 Canadian wildfires: Evacuation orders are issued in parts of British Columbia and Alberta due to wildfires. [43] May 18 – Three people are killed after a speed boat and a fishing boat collide in Bobs Lake ...
Public holidays in Canada (French: Jours fériés au Canada), known as statutory holidays, stat holidays, or simply stats (French: jours fériés), consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in Canada at the federal or provincial and territorial levels. While many of these holidays are honoured ...
Environment Canada is getting slammed after it issued, then removed, air quality alerts in anticipation of Diwali fireworks. It was believed to be the first air quality statement in relation to ...
Eid-Ul-Fitr: 9 April, 2024; Secular. April Fools' Day: 1 April; World Autism Awareness Day: 2 April; Children's Day: 4 April; South and Southeast Asian solar New Year: roughly 14 April, including Cambodian New Year, Lao New Year, Sinhalese New Year, Songkran (Thailand), Thingyan , and Water-Sprinkling Festival (Dais in Sipsongpanna in Yunnan ...
Diwali also marks the start of the new Hindu financial year, and many businesses, traders and shopkeepers open new accounts books during the holiday. Naomi Canton contributed to this piece.