Harm reduction advocates say they are disheartened after a recent presentation to Nova Scotia Health Minister Randy Delorey to propose opening an overdose prevention site (OPS) in Halifax. “I don’t know what else we could bring forward. I don’t know how many more people have to die for this to happen,” said Matthew Bonn, an […]
HANOI (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach a deal on denuclearisation on Thursday (Feb 28) because Mr Kim had made unacceptable demands on lifting US-led sanctions, Mr Trump said. The United Nations and the United States ratcheted up sanctions on North Korea when it undertook […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says contradictory versions of the extent to which he and his staff allegedly tried to intervene in the SNC-Lavalin affair are a matter of “disagreements in perspective.” His remarks in his home territory of Montreal came after four hours of explosive testimony from his former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould on Wednesday […]
US President Donald Trump has defended North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the case of an American college student who died after being jailed by North Korea. Speaking in Hanoi after his summit with Mr Kim broke down, Mr Trump said he did not believe the North Korean leader was aware of Otto Warmbier’s ordeal. […]
(Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today ) Good morning. An atmospheric river storm has gripped Northern California this week, pouring almost two feet of rain on parts of Sonoma County and swelling waterways. Santa Rosa had its rainiest day in recorded history on Tuesday. Residents of Guerneville, a small, picturesque Wine […]
PALM BEACH, Fla. — In this exclusive, image-conscious retreat where enormous hedges encircle grand mansions and valets park cars at the supermarket, wealthy residents pay vast sums to shield their private lives from view, even as they crave to be seen at the charitable events and black-tie galas that go on almost daily from November […]
LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump said he takes Mr Kim Jong Un “at his word” that he wasn’t aware of North Korea’s imprisonment and torture of US college student Otto Warmbier, who died after being detained for more than 17 months. Mr Trump told reporters that he had discussed the Warmbier case with Mr […]
A white man who shot three young black men who had been trying to evacuate in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina died just days after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crimes, the authorities said Wednesday. The man, Roland J. Bourgeois Jr., 56, died Feb. 19 — five days after his sentencing […]
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has unleashed a torrent of devastating claims against Mr Trump at the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Below is a selective account of his remarks. “I am here under oath to correct the record, to answer the Committee’s questions truthfully, and to offer the American people what […]
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO (REUTERS) – The prototypes for President Donald Trump’s contest for a border wall near San Diego, California, were torn down on Wednesday (Feb 27) to make way for a new section of actual border fencing. To the President’s supporters, the 9-metre-high models were a symbol of his commitment to build a […]