A Vancouver Park Board commissioner is calling for a “deep dive” into the city’s golf facilities. Green Commissioner Dave Demers is proposing a motion to have city staff conduct a full review of the city’s three public “championship” courses and three pitch and putt courses. “It’s basically a benefits analysis of using the park land […]
Jeremy Corbyn has demanded the UK blocks the extradition of Julian Assange to the US – where the Wikileaks founder could face decades in jail. Labour's leader was slammed by some his own MPs after rowing in behind Assange, who was dragged kicking and screaming out of Ecuador's London embassy yesterday after 2,487 days holed up […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new 7 percent tax on corporate profits that exceed $100 million, her presidential campaign said on Thursday. Warren’s proposal would apply the new tax to the profits reported to shareholders, instead of the amounts companies already report to the Internal Revenue Service. The profits reported […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will unveil a proposal to speed state-level permitting decisions for energy infrastructure projects soon, the agency’s chief told Reuters on Thursday, blasting states that have blocked coal terminals and gas pipelines on environmental grounds. President Donald Trump is seeking to boost domestic fossil fuels production over the objections […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren is proposing a new 7 percent tax on corporate profits that exceed $100 million, her presidential campaign said on Thursday. Warren’s proposal would apply the new tax not to the totals companies already report to the IRS, but instead to the profits reported to shareholders – which are […]
SINGAPORE – A palm tree is the party symbol for the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), led by former People’s Action Party (PAP) MP Tan Cheng Bock. The unveiling of the symbol, which has five fronds and a trunk in the shape of a person, comes a fortnight after the PSP was registered with the Registry […]
Leaked emails have revealed that concerns over the 2017 UCP leadership vote were raised with the party weeks before Jason Kenney clinched the top job. The revelations come as the RCMP continue to investigate the race, which culminated with Kenney being declared leader of the UCP on Oct. 28, 2017. In an email obtained by […]
Mr Macron was accused of breaking “EU unity” as he completely split away from the EU majority pushing Britain into a lengthy Brexit delay. European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker was “absolutely furious” with the French President, a diplomatic source told Express.co.uk. The source said: “France went on its own and has broken EU unity, that […]
The survey, carried out by Kantar, put the Conservatives on just 32 percent, down nine points compared with the last comparable poll in March. Meanwhile Labour is up four points to 35 percent, suggesting Mrs May’s party is bearing the brunt of the blue for the ongoing Brexit deadlock, which has seen the UK fail to […]
Pollsters Kantar’s latest monthly research states the Brexit crisis Mrs May is embroiled in is severely damaging the reputation of the Tory Party after it plummeted from a backing of 41 percent to 32 in four weeks. Brexiteers have also lost confidence in Mrs May’s delivery of the UK’s departure from the EU, the poll […]