Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is in Niigata, Japan for a G-7 finance ministers' meeting that will discuss ways to support Ukraine and pressure Russia to end the war.
Off to a great start at this week’s G7 in Japan. We’re here discussing economic cooperation, climate change, how we can foster growth that supports good careers for working people, fair taxation, and much more. pic.twitter.com/P3gX4UR6DH
Ukraine's finance minister is taking part online in the first session.
The war and its toll on the global economy and debt crises in developing countries are topping the agenda of the three days of talks by finance ministers and central bank governors of G-7 countries and others invited to attend.
Police say they found a vehicle last Friday that had been reported as stolen the day before. Inside, officers found a Panasonic Toughbook, two laptops, a metal detector, three satellite phones, a Sony P-S Vita and a cellphone.
Between April 27th and 29th, four women reported being sexually assaulted while walking through neighbourhoods around B-C Place and Rogers Arena. Police released a photo of a suspect yesterday and, following a tip from the public, a man was arrested in East Vancouver this morning.
Vancouver city council has approved changes to zoning in select areas of the Cambie Street corridor that it says will make it easier and faster to build up to 16-hundred townhouses. This change will allow applicants to proceed directly to a development permit application for townhouses in the approved areas.
The 58-year-old male suspect has been released on conditions, including no contact with the victim and not to be in the presence of anyone under the age of 16-year-old without another adult present. The suspect is an employee at the temple, and the employer has been advised of the allegations and the conditions of his release.
British Columbians need to be ready for a startling tone on their cellphones when a test of the national emergency alert system is blared out this afternoon. The alert will go to all compatible cellphones and will interrupt radio and television broadcasts at 1:55 p-m Pacific time.
The Township of Langley says it wants its own RCMP detachment and plans to stop sharing policing resources with the City of Langley. The township's council voted to begin the process, which the mayor says could take up to four years.
