WASHINGTON(REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Monday (June 17) plans to permanently divert hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, after Trump blasted the three countries because thousands of their citizens had sought asylum at the US border with Mexico. Congressional aides said the administration told […]
MEXICO CITY – Mexico will fully deploy National Guard forces on its southern border with Guatemala this week and vowed to crack down on human traffickers after nearly 800 people were found in transport containers headed for the US border, officials said on Monday (June 17). Under a deal signed 10 days ago with Washington, […]
Penticton fire crews were called to a blaze at Greenwood Fire Products just after 4:30 a.m. on Monday. Firefighters saw black smoke coming out of the middle and north end of the building when they arrived, fire department Deputy Chief Chris Forrester said. When crews entered the building, they found one of the forklifts had […]
A national Muslim organization is joining civil liberties advocates to launch a court challenge of Quebec’s secularism law, less than 24 hours after the legislation was adopted. The National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association announced their challenge Monday. Representatives say they’ll unveil their legal strategy at a news conference at […]
US artist and fashion icon Gloria Vanderbilt has died aged 95. She passed away at home with family members by her side, said her son Anderson Cooper, a CNN anchor, after suffering from stomach cancer. Vanderbilt, known as the “poor little rich girl”, was the great-great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt, a 19th Century tycoon. The socialite, […]
From expelling an aide for coughing to insisting he is treated worse than assassinated US Civil War leader Abraham Lincoln, to whether UFOs exist, President Donald Trump dropped a number of notable lines in his extended television interview. The president hosted ABC News for two days to document his life inside the White House, shedding […]
Essex County OPP are investigating after a body was pulled from the waters of Lake Erie in Leamington on Sunday. Officers and local firefighters responded to reports of a body in the water near Point Pelee Drive and Ellis Street at around 9:30 a.m. Police say the human remains have been recovered and that a […]
After Bill 21, Quebec’s controversial religious symbols ban, was adopted late Sunday night, opposition parties accused the Coalition Avenir Québec government of slyly amending the bill to create what they call a “secularism police.” The bill came down to a final vote around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, capping off two back-to-back marathon sessions after the […]
Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has been a favourite of the progressive left for more than a decade. Can she translate her policy knowledge and popularity with the liberal grassroots into presidential campaign success? In a crowded field, it may not be easy. “So, I want to tell you a story.” Elizabeth Warren officially launched her […]
Chicken in the Park Dear Diary: It was spring 1975. My father had come to visit from Seattle. I was starting my career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet. On Monday, my day off, we rented bikes and proceeded to check out the blossoming trees in Riverside Park. All was going well […]