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Vancouver council hiking empty homes tax to 5 per cent of assessed value in...
Vancouver is raising the tax that prods owners of empty homes to rent their vacant properties in order to help ease the city’s low...
Premier John Horgan tests positive for COVID-19
“This morning I tested positive for COVID-19,” he said on Twitter on Monday. “Fortunately, my symptoms are mild and that is thanks to being...
BC govt prepares to impose real estate cooling-off period
The B.C. government is moving ahead with its promise to impose a cooling-off period on real estate sales, to give people time to get...
BC to raise minimum wage to $15.65 starting June 1
BC plans to raise its minimum wage to $15.65 per hour, on June 1, Labour Minister Harry Bains announced on Monday.
He explained that the province's...
Gas price set to hit record high in Metro Vancouver this weekend
Gas prices are set to hit record-breaking highs across BC including Metro Vancouver and Victoria, are set to rise in Vancouver by 8...
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ENTERTAINMENT
Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor dies of cancer
Rishi Kapoor, the romantic star of many Bollywood films was diagnosed with leukemia in 2018, died in a Mumbai on Thursday,...
Actor Irrfan Khan, ‘Life of Pi’, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ dies at 53
Irrfan Khan, an icon of Indian cinema who had string of Anglo-American successes under his belt, such as Life of Pi,...
Old Bollywood music is timeless
Old Hindi film music is timeless. There is a great contribution of some remarkable music directors and lyricists, such as
Music directors: S.D....
‘Kala Chashmas’ (black glasses) worn by Katrina to be auctioned
Breaking the marketing template has been a norm with the “Baar Baar Dekho” team. In a marketing move as weird as it is innovative,...
SPORTS
Uncertainty over next Chairman as ICC denies T20 World Cup is postponed
Shashank Manohar is prepared to stay on as International Cricket Council
chairman to oversee a "smooth transition" following reports that former
India captain Sourav...
Tokyo Olympics can be “Difficult” If Coronavirus pandemic not contained, says Shinzo Abe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says, it would be "difficult" to hold the postponed Tokyo Olympics if the Coronavirus pandemic is...
Tour De France cancelled till September amid COVID-19
Amid COVID-19 safety measures Tour De France will be raced from August 29 to September 20, organizers announced on Wednesday, postponing cycling's flagship...
Mission accomplished: Top 6 successful run chases in Test history
On this day in 2003, West Indies went on to successfully chase down a huge total of 418 against Australia making it the highest...
WORLD
China begins evacuation of its nationals from India
China began evacuating hundreds of
its nationals from India starting from Monday due to the prevailing COVID-19
situation in the country, the official media reported. One...
NRI couple found murdered in Phagwara
A Canada-based NRI couple was reportedly
murdered with sharp-edged weapons at their local residence in Onkar
Nagar on Saturday Night.
Senior Superintendent of the Police...
India expels Pakistan embassy officials for ‘espionage’
Two Pakistani officials expelled by India over
spying allegations have returned home, a Pakistan embassy spokesman
said, as the nuclear-armed rivals wrangle over the...
Kerala-grown ‘superfood’ jackfruit goes global as a meat substitute
Green, spiky and with a strong, sweet
smell, the bulky jackfruit has morphed from a backyard nuisance in
India's south coast into the meat-substitute darling of...