Formula One commercial rights chief Bernie Ecclestone is confident that Britain’s decision to leave the European Union will not have any negative impact to the sport. Britain rejected the union following a historic referendum held on Thursday 23 June, which saw a win for the Leave camp with 52% of the vote. Despite eight of […]
VANCOUVER — The union representing 5,000 Metro Vancouver transit workers says it has reached a tentative deal with Coast Mountain Bus Company and Translink, averting a planned full system strike. The tentative deal, which has yet to be ratified, was reached after more than 10 hours of negotiations. Unifor initially said the union was prepared to […]
BEIJING — China says a 55-year-old man has been diagnosed with bubonic plague after killing and eating a wild rabbit, adding to two plague cases already discovered in Beijing. A statement from the health authority in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region north of Beijing said that as of Saturday the man was being treated at […]
Actor and model Godfrey Gao, who grew up in British Columbia and was an ambassador for Canadian tourism, collapsed and died while shooting a TV show on Wednesday. His agency, JetStar Entertainment, confirmed that Gao died in the “early hours of Nov. 27” in a statement posted to microblogging site Weibo and cited by South […]
Budget carrier IndiGo, one of the biggest private airlines in the country, has revised its fees for cancellation of tickets. With effect from Thursday midnight, changes for cancellations which are done in a three-day period before the flight’s departure has been increased by Rs 500. BCCL Click Here: Christian Dior perfume “The revision only applies […]
OTTAWA/MONTREAL (Reuters) — The prolonged strike at Canada’s largest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co. took a bigger toll on the economy on Monday, forcing a fertilizer company to plan production cutbacks while grain exporters warned buyers they cannot fulfill sales terms. At least 35 vessels are waiting at Canada’s West Coast to load grain shipments. […]
Anecdotes de tournage, notes d’intention, informations cinéphiles : chaque semaine, découvrez les coulisses des sorties cinéma. Reza de Alireza Motamedi Avec Alireza Motamedi, Sahar Dolatshahi, Solmaz Ghani… Le saviez-vous ? Poète, critique de cinéma et scénariste, Alireza Motamedi signe avec Reza sa première réalisation. Il en est aussi l’acteur principal. Bien qu’il ait commencé sa carrière en tant qu’acteur de théâtre, Motamedi a fini […]
Don’t be startled if your phone warns you of an emergency Wednesday; it’s likely just a test. Messages will be sent through cell phones, TV and radio at different times across the country as part of a test of Canada’s emergency alert system, Alert Ready. “Test alerts educate Canadians on what an emergency alert will […]
TORONTO — Ontario’s municipalities are asking to be released from legal liability in case a change made by Premier Doug Ford’s government leads to tainted drinking water. “If we’re not indemnified and the water becomes contaminated, basically we can go to jail,” Jamie McGarvey, the mayor of Parry Sound, Ont. and president of the Association […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, who helped transform the stodgy reputation of British food, has died aged 59 with his wife, Jennie, by his side, his family said Wednesday. Rhodes’ family said in a statement that he died Tuesday, but did not elaborate on the cause of death, saying only that […]