BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Jorge Ramos, a news anchor for the television network Univision, said he was detained by the Venezuelan government during a confrontational interview with President Nicolás Maduro on Monday evening at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas. “He didn’t like the things we were asking him about the lack of democracy in Venezuela, the […]
A former campaign staffer who worked on Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign has sued the US president, alleging he kissed her without consent. Alva Johnson said that she denied Mr Trump’s attempts to kiss her outside of a rally in Tampa, Florida, in August 2016. She allegedly turned her head as he went in for […]
View link » Unlike birth doulas, who help mothers during pregnancy and childbirth, postpartum doulas step in after the baby arrives. They provide support with feeding, diaper changing, bathing, meal prep and light housekeeping. Postpartum doulas are not new in Canada, but the service is becoming more sought-after. Related How donating breast milk helped […]
A Kelowna motel was surrounded by police on Saturday evening, and a wanted man was taken into custody. The incident happened just after 9:30 p.m. at a motel on the 1500-block of Highway 33 West. “Two individuals were taken into police custody without incident, including a 29-year-old Kelowna man, known to police and wanted on […]
A staffer on Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent. The incident is alleged to have happened to Alva Johnson, at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally. “I immediately felt violated because I wasn’t expecting it or wanting it,” she said. “I can still see his lips […]
A woman in Alberta says she feels like she’s not Canadian enough after her daughters were denied citizenship. Victoria Maruyama was born in Hong Kong and, because her father was Canadian, has been a Canadian citizen since she was a baby. When she was a year old, the family moved to Edmonton where she grew […]
A Saskatchewan family is appealing for any information on the whereabouts of Draper Lee Jim, who went missing 13 years ago. Posters have gone up in Saskatoon in hopes a tip could help solve the historical missing persons case. Jim, who was 27 years old at the time, vanished without a trace on Feb. 21, […]
An African-American woman will replace the editor of an Alabama newspaper who came under fire last week after calling for mass lynchings of Democrats. Elecia Dexter, 46, will take over as the Democrat-Reporter’s editor and publisher, “moving the paper into a new direction”, the paper said on Thursday. Longtime editor Goodloe Sutton, who made the […]
OTTAWA – A newly disclosed memo says the Prime Minister’s Office ordered public consultations on federal anti-corruption measures – a review that led to two policy moves that could end up helping embattled SNC-Lavalin. The internal briefing note, released under the Access to Information Act, says the PMO directed Public Service and Procurement Canada to […]
An American oil worker who was kidnapped by Houthi rebels in 2017 in Yemen has been released, US President Donald Trump has announced. Danny Burch “has been recovered and reunited” with his family, Mr Trump said on Twitter, thanking the United Arab Emirates for its assistance. Mr Burch works for the Yemeni Safer oil company. […]