CANADA (REUTERS) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday in Ottawa that he told US Vice President Mike Pence that there was a “significant amount of concern” by Canadians regarding restrictive abortion laws getting approved in a number of US states. Trudeau said his government will always be a “staunch defender of women’s […]

Broken glass and large rocks surround the vandalized vehicles on the Fedoriuk family property southeast of Kelowna near Myra Canyon. The damage to a Pontiac mini-van, a travel trailer and tent trailer is estimated to be well over $10,000. “It was hard not to feel anger,” Heaven Fedoriuk said. “Who did this and why?” The […]

Claus von Bülow, the Danish-born socialite who was convicted and later cleared of the attempted murder of his wealthy heiress wife, has died aged 92. Von Bülow was found guilty of trying to kill Martha von Bülow with an insulin overdose in 1982. But the verdict was overturned three years later at a second trial […]

Wildfire season has sparked to life in Alberta, destroying homes, putting others at risk and forcing evacuation orders throughout the province’s north. The effects of the wildfire won’t just be felt in the province, however. Modelling projects that smoke from the wildfires could drift all over Canada in the coming days, reaching as far east […]

Louisiana’s Democratic governor has signed a highly restrictive new abortion law that bans the procedure after a foetal heartbeat is detected. The law could prohibit abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. State legislators overwhelmingly backed the bill on Wednesday, by 79 votes to 23 and Governor John Bel Edwards signed the bill into […]

Smoke from Alberta’s wildfires has drifted to a number of American cites once again this year, and it may be cloudier than usual as a result. According to the Twin Cities Branch of the National Weather Service, the lack of sunlight in America’s Upper Midwest can be credited to Alberta’s wildfire season. According to FireSmoke […]

A cargo ship has arrived in a northern port in the Philippines and is ready to return a massive pile of rotting garbage to Canada — 1,500 tonnes to be exact. Sixty-nine containers of trash will be loaded on the M/V Bavaria starting Thursday night and it will head to Vancouver on Friday, according to […]

American health officials report that more than 700 people have been infected by measles this year, marking a 25-year high for the infectious disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday that cases had been recorded in 22 states and were mostly affecting unvaccinated children. Officials said the increase in cases is […]

US Vice-President Mike Pence says he is “proud to be part of a pro-life administration” after being pressed on the issue during a visit to Canada. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said the two men had a “cordial conversation” about abortion laws in the US despite their difference of views. Mr Trudeau has said he is […]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] When a contractor was hired in 2012 to renovate nine rent-regulated apartments at a prewar, six-story building in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, the renovations were identical across all of the units — new hardwood floors, new countertops, […]