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Trump backs third summit with Kim Jong Un, says relations 'very good'

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said relations with Kim Jong Un remain “very good” and he opened the door Saturday (April 13) for a third summit, hours after the North Korean leader said he’s willing to meet as long as the US offers acceptable terms for a deal by year end. “I agree with […]

Inside One Woman’s Fight to Rewrite the Law on Marital Rape

Jenny Teeson was in the middle of a divorce when she found a video of her husband sexually assaulting her in her sleep. The discovery turned her into a leading advocate for overturning archaic laws that can make it nearly impossible to prosecute men for marital rape. The footage appeared to have been shot two […]

Central American Farmers Head to the U.S., Fleeing Climate Change

CORQUÍN, Honduras — The farmer stood in his patch of forlorn coffee plants, their leaves sick and wilted, the next harvest in doubt. Last year, two of his brothers and a sister, desperate to find a better way to survive, abandoned their small coffee farms in this mountainous part of Honduras and migrated north, eventually […]

Agreement Allows 2,700 Children in Central America to Join Parents in U.S.

A federal court settlement announced on Friday would allow almost 2,700 children living in Central America to safely reunite with their parents, who are living in the United States under protected status. The settlement between the families and the Trump administration affects children who had been conditionally approved by the government to join their parents […]

Laval residents picking up the pieces after ice storm

Laval resident Josiane Lenain relied on her small basement fireplace to heat her whole house while she had no power. She said the heat emitted from it warmed her living space up to 15 degrees. “It was chilly,” she said. “But we could tolerate it.” What worries the retiree now, though, is the cost of […]

Saanich police called to investigate ‘sudden death’

Saanich police were called to investigate what’s being described as a “sudden death” on Thursday. According to police, officers were called to the 4200-block of Gordon Head Road where a man was found not breathing and non-responsive. Paramedics declared the man dead on scene, police said. Saanich police Sgt. Julie Fast said police were in […]

Pompeo accuses China and Russia of abetting corrupt regimes in Latin America

SANTIAGO (WASHINGTON POST) – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took direct aim at China and Russia on the first leg of a four-country trip to South America on Friday (April 12), saying the two countries’ military and economic influence in the region was abetting authoritarian leaders and spreading corruption. “China’s bankrolling of (Venezuela’s) regime helped […]

Suspicious death of Indigenous woman raised in Nova Scotia legislature

The unsettling issues surrounding the long list of murdered and missing Indigenous women in Canada were drawn into sharp focus Thursday at the Nova Scotia legislature. Relatives of Cassidy Bernard, a 22-year-old mother of infant twins, delivered heartfelt statements to remind the province about the Mi’kmaq woman’s mysterious death in October, a crime that remains […]