Month: April 2019

VANCOUVER — The supply of homes in Metro Vancouver’s real estate market hit a three-year high as sales dipped below historical averages last month. The “Vancouver Home Sales Down Sharply; Prices Still Up”

Vladimir Putin called for an end to the deadlock in UK-Russia relations during his massive annual press conference.  "“In my mind, UK-Russian relations are at a dead “Putin calls for better UK-Russia relations at massive annual press conference”

Fallout 2 turned 20 years old yesterday. Black Isle Studios’ turn-based, open-world post-apocalyptic role-playing game came out on 30th September 1998 to rave reviews and “Remembering Fallout 2 as it turns 20”

Imagine waking up every morning with a clear vision of what you truly want in life. It remains in your mind and heart, but fear “Here's What I Learned From Leaving My Boring Job To Follow My Dreams”

The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million for a bluefin tuna in the year’s first “Tuna sells for record $3 million in auction at Tokyo’s new fish market”

OTTAWA (Reuters) — Canadians outraged by U.S. President Donald Trump’s attack on their prime minister have called for a consumer boycott targeting the United States, “Outraged Canadians Get Behind #BoycottUSA, But It May Be Hard To Pull Off”

Brace yourselves, wine lovers: your favourite cheap red could be getting more expensive. The International Vine and Wine Organization (OIV) reports that global wine production “Wine Prices Expected To Spike As Global Production Falls To 60-Year Low”

A coalition of Philippine environmentalists have demanded that Canada take its trash back six years after more than 200 million kg of household waste was “Philippine environmentalists demand Canada takes back 200m kg of household waste”

Vancouver became the first major Canadian city to ban plastic straws this week, in a move towards banning all solid waste by 2040. According to “Vancouver To Ban Straws, Foam Cups And Containers In 2019”

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered a Pharaonic tomb containing 50 mummies dating back to the Ptolemaic era, in Minya, south of Cairo, the ministry of antiquities said “Egypt unveils Pharaonic tomb containing 50 mummies”