Businesses in Vancouver will no longer be required to charge a fee for single-use cups as of May 1, a move that reverses a decision by the previous city council. A statement from the city Tuesday says the 25-cent fee will be repealed.

The largest union for SFU staff has voted to take job action as teachers and researchers, among other staff, are demanding “full cost of living adjustments.” The TSSU reported on the vote, which was an overwhelming majority of 94% in favour, today.

King Charles III will be greeted with a hearty “willkommen” in Berlin rather than “bienvenue” in Paris, his goals remain the same: to cement U.K.’s relations with Europe & show that he can help the U.K. win hearts & minds abroad like his mother.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday rebuffed President Joe Biden’s suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country makes its own decisions. It can be termed a rare disagreement.

Police is investigating after pepper spray was used on people watching a movie at the Guildford-area theatre. Around 20 to 30 people, including children, were inside the theatre in Landmark Cinemas Surrey on March 25 when a man deployed pepper spray.

Sanitation workers in Paris are set to return to work Wednesday amid heaps of trash (up to 10,000 tons) that piled up over their weeks long strike as protests against President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension bill appeared to be winding down.

Ukraine’s president said Russian troops were holding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant “hostage” and its safety could not be guaranteed until they left it, while his forces shut off the frontline town of Avdiivka as they planned their next move.

A known South Okanagan sex offender named Edward Casavant, 58, known as Eddie Spaghetti is set for statutory release from prison but will remain in a community-based residential facility for the time being, due to the risk he presents to children.

Presidents of the National Press Club & National Press Club Journalism Institute condemn the attack on Indian journalist Lalit K. Jha of the Press Trust of India by Khalistani supporters. He was covering a protest at the Indian Embassy on Saturday.

AG Niki Sharma says amendments introduced in B.C.’s Family Law Act will clarify the law around pets, property & pensions for couples & families going through a separation or divorce. This will provide more guidance to judges involved in a dispute.