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Liberals’ two-billion-trees promise to cost $2.78 billion more than planned, PBO...

OTTAWA -- The parliamentary budget office says a pledge by the Trudeau Liberals to plant two billion trees could cost almost double what the...

B.C. reveals 60,000-unit housing target for 10 municipalities

Ten municipalities in B.C. must build a total of 60,103 housing units over the next five years, the province’s housing minister announced Tuesday. At...

Meeting Abbas, Jordan foreign minister warns against annexation

Ayman Safadi visits Ramallah to coordinate moves against Israel’s annexation plans in occupied West Bank, Jordan Valley. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has warned...

Kissinger recognises Pakistan’s role in establishing China-US ties

ISLAMABAD: Former US secretary of state Dr Henry Kissinger recognised Pakistan’s ‘key’ role in arranging his secret visit from Islamabad to Beijing in 1971...

Travellers to Canada will soon need negative COVID-19 test before...

OTTAWA -- Anyone arriving in Canada starting Jan. 7 will need to have a negative COVID-19 test before boarding and may have to quarantine...

Israel creates seven ‘nature reserves’ in occupied West Bank

Palestinian Authority says it will file complaints over Israel’s ‘dangerous announcement’ at UN, international courts. Israel’s defence minister has announced the creation of seven nature...

B.C. Day turns 50 and is now one of the most...

It’s officially known as British Columbia Day, and is held the first Monday in August. By: John Mackie On Aug. 2, 1858, the Colony of British Columbia...

March sees 35pc drop in combat-related fatalities amid cross-border operation:...

• Civilian fatalities see 70pc drop; security forces’ casualties also fall by 26pc • Increased militant attacks, decreased lethality with single suicide bombing ISLAMABAD: A significant...

New Zealand police say they killed Islamic State-inspired extremist who stabbed...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the incident as a terror attack New Zealand authorities said Friday they shot and killed a violent extremist after he...

Carney, Starmer meet amid deepening Middle East crisis

The war in the Middle East, the fear that it could escalate and the economic consequences were top of mind as Prime Minister Mark...

Egypt and Saudi business conditions improve, while UAE’s worsen

Concerns over unemployment and the specter of renewed lockdowns loom over Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE. Business activity in Egypt grew at its...

Shane Warne: Australian cricket legend died from natural causes – police

Australian cricket legend Shane Warne’s death in Thailand on Friday was from natural causes, police have confirmed. A senior Thai police official said the post...

‘An opportunity to transform’: Details on B.C.’s long-awaited payment plan...

The B.C. government, in partnership with Doctors of B.C., has released details about its new payment model for family doctors, a plan that could...

City offers free gang prevention workshops to parents this spring

Surrey, B.C. – Registration is now open for the popular Empower Surrey Parent Workshops taking place April through June at nine elementary and secondary...

ICBC legislation could solve financial crisis, says minister

B.C.’s attorney general says caps on minor injury claims and a push to an out-of-court dispute resolution could save the Insurance Corp. of B.C....

Dr.Muhammad Yunus ready to head Bangladesh ’interim government’

Dr. Muhammad Yunus ready to head Bangladesh’s interim government’; says ‘I am honoured’ Nobel winner Muhammad Yunus said on Tuesday he was ready to head an...

Hong Kong protesters ring in 2020 with pro-democracy chants, human chains

Thousands of Hong Kong revelers welcomed in 2020 on neon-lit promenades along the picturesque Victoria Harbour, breaking into pro-democracy chants as the clocks struck...

Shooting in Langley one of several targeted attacks in recent days

Another violent and targeted incident is under investigation in B.C.’s Lower Mainland, one of several reported in the region in just a matter of...

Six Canadian MPs denied entry by Israel to occupied West...

Six Canadian members of parliament, along with a delegation of 24 other people, have been denied entry by Israel to the occupied West Bank...

US appeals court blocks Texas from arresting and deporting migrants

Strict law enabling authorities to arrest migrants put on hold hours after Supreme Court allowed it to enter into force. A US federal appeals...