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New York - Coca-Cola plans to launch its first ever alcoholic drink in Japan, in a surprising departure for a U.S. company identified with cola and other non-alcoholic beverages.

Canada’s newest bank note was unveiled during a ceremony in Halifax today by Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz.

The B.C government announced Tuesday that it will cancel a loan program helping first-time homebuyers, the Home Owner Mortgage and Equity Partnership program, by the end of the month.

Shanghai - China will create a bastion for giant pandas three times the size of Yellowstone National Park to link up and encourage breeding among existing wild populations of the notoriously slow-reproducing animal, state media reported Thursday.

Richmond part of province-wide 50 project plan in 18 months

Beijing - China's finance minister on Wednesday brushed aside persistent concerns that the country's ballooning debt could spark a financial crisis, stressing that debt levels are well within control.

Seoul - North Korea has offered to discuss denuclearisation with the United States and consider abandoning its weapons programmes in exchange for security guarantees, according to Seoul, the latest chapter in a rapid Olympics-driven rapprochement on

Saturday, March 10: 9:30 am to 11 a.m. Impacts of the B.C. budget at South Arm Community Centre Join Richmond MLAs Teresa Wat, Jas Johal, John Yap and Linda Reid as they discuss the specific impacts of the provincial budget on Richmond.

One more mega home that operated as a hotel on Richmond’s agricultural land is getting attention after a council meeting presentation last week. Located on Steveston Highway near No.

Hong Kong - Three writers — including bestselling "Wild Swans" author Jung Chang — will no longer attend the Macau Literary Festival after authorities there said they were likely to be barred, the latest sign of Beijing's hardening line across its te