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LATIN AMERICA LEADERS CONDEMN TRUMP'S MEXICO WALL AT CELAC SUMMIT
Heads of state gathered at annual CELAC Latin America summit discuss ways to confront new regional reality... READ MORE›
CAN WE CONTAIN OIL SPILLS? THE ANSWER IS IN THE SHEEN
But with the Trudeau government's stated desire to get Alberta oil to Asia, B.C.'s spill response business awaits its big infusion... READ MORE›
MAX SCHERZER WILL PITCH IN THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
-- Max Scherzer has accepted an invitation to play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic in March, Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo confirmed Tuesday... READ MORE›
PRESSURE RAMPING UP FOR FEDS, PROVINCE TO ENSURE WORLD CLASS SPILL RESPONSE
The federal government has the jurisdictional authority over Canada's coastline, including oil spill response... READ MORE›
VATICAN-BACKED TALKS ARE 'LAST CHANCE' FOR PEACE
Last month, hundreds of thousands of people protested in the capital Caracas after opposition calls for a referendum on Mr Maduro's leadership were rejected... READ MORE›
VENEZUELA GOV'T HAILS DIALOGUE WITH OPPOSITION
PSUV spokesman, Hector Rodriguez, told a press conference that we want to applaud the brave attitude of the different political actors who sat at that table... READ MORE›
'THE SPILL REMAINS UNCONTAINED AND THE NATHAN E. STEWART REMAINS SUBMERGED,' B.C.'S HEILTSUK NATION RELEASE
'the spill remains uncontained and the nathan e. stewart remains submerged,' b.c.'s heiltsuk nation release... READ MORE›
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MIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION BY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
The government says nearly 240 000 migrant workers born outside the Dominican Republic have started the registration process... READ MORE›
HURRICANE MATTHEW LEAVES AT LEAST 108 DEAD IN HAITI
Matthew had dropped slightly to a Category 3 storm after crossing land in Haiti and eastern Cuba, but strengthened once again to a Category 4, officials said... READ MORE›
HAITI FATALITIES FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW CLIMB TO NEARLY 900
Victims of cholera receive treatment at the state hospital after Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, Haiti, Saturday... READ MORE›
DOMINICAN DEADLINE PASSES WITHOUT MASS EXPULSION OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS
But there are at least half a million migrant workers in the Dominican Republic, according to a 2012 survey by the government and international organizations... READ MORE›
DOMINICAN REPUBLICSET TO DEPORT HAITIANMIGRANTS
Mesilus 29 and other migrant workers in her situation were supposed to have until Wednesday night to register with the Dominican authorities before being deported... READ MORE›
AGGRESSIVE SPIDERS CAUSE PANIC ON CANADA-BOUND PLANE
The two hairy spiders were spotted towards the end of an Air Transat flight from Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, to Montreal in April... READ MORE›
DECADES OF LATIN AMERICAN TURBULENCE AND BEAUTY THROUGH A MEXICAN PHOTOGRAPHERA??S LENS
The University of Texas Press releases a new bilingual retrospective of the work of Mexican photographer Rodrigo Moya... READ MORE›
DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS: DOCUMENTARY CHARTS THE DANGERS OF DEFORESTATION
Up to 1 million Haitians live and work in the Dominican Republic, but have recently become subject to new laws that have forced mass deportations... READ MORE›
ROYAL VISIT TO B.C. RAINFOREST MET WITH TORRENTS OF RAIN, AND CHEERS
It is important to our values and to pass it down to our children, said Tara Hunt, a Bella Bella resident, and mother of four... READ MORE›
FIRST DAY: THE PIONEERING SURGEON WHO CAME TO AUSTRALIA ON A LEAKY BOAT
It's hard to say exactly what was the first day Dr Munjed Al Muderis spent in Australia... READ MORE›
HAITIAN DEPORTATION CRISIS BREWS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Activists say the Dominican Republic has a long history of discriminating against Haitians who tend to be darker-skinned and poorer... READ MORE›
CALGARY-BOUND SUNWING PASSENGERS ANGRY AFTER 8-HOUR WAIT ON HAMILTON TARMAC
A lot of angry passengers have finally arrived home in Calgary after spending eight hours sitting on a Sunwing flight on the runway at Hamilton's airport... READ MORE›
HAITI PM WARNS OF 'HUMANITARIAN CRISIS' CAUSED BY DOMINICAN DEPORTATION POLICY
An estimated 460,000 Haitian migrants live in the Dominican Republic, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti... READ MORE›
HURRICANE MATTHEW'S WILD WINDS LEAVES HUNDREDS DEAD IN IMPOVERISHED HAITI
Two days after Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti the scale of the disaster is only just emerging... READ MORE›
HURRICANE MATTHEW HAMMERS HAITI WITH 230KM/H WINDS
The United Nations Children's Fund UNICEF warned that more than 4 million children were at risk in Haiti... READ MORE›
NHLER CLAYTON STONER FINED $10K IN GRIZZLY HUNTING CASE
NHL defenceman and northern Vancouver Island native Clayton Stoner has been fined 10,000 for hunting a grizzly bear without a proper licence... READ MORE›
BEARS, FISHING AND A CHILDREN'S PARTY
William and Kate will fly to Canada this weekend with Prince George, aged three, and 16-month-old Princess Charlotte, spending eight days travelling around British Columbia... READ MORE›
'ISIS FLAG RAISED' BY MEN WHO STABBED TOURISTS AT BELLA VISTA HOTEL IN HURGHADA
Egypt hotel attack 'Isis flag raised' by men who stabbed tourists at Bella Vista hotel in Hurghada... READ MORE›
EX-VATICAN DIPLOMAT ACCUSED IN CHILD SEX ABUSE DIES BEFORE TRIAL
Jozef Wesolowski was to be the first high-ranking Vatican official to stand trial for child sex abuse... READ MORE›
MATTHEW HIGHLIGHTS THE HUMAN FACTOR IN EXTREME WEATHER
Thirdly, Haiti is extremely vulnerable to the heavy rain brought by hurricanes because of the destruction of the natural vegetation... READ MORE›
EMERGENCY WORKERS STRUGGLE TO REACH WORST-HIT PARTS OF HAITI AS HURRICANE MATTHEW BARRELS TOWARDS FLORIDA
Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in Haiti In Cuba, dozens of homes were damaged in the eastern city of Baracoa and several people were reported dead... READ MORE›
TWO FRENCH PILOTS CONVICTED OF COCAINE TRAFFICKING FLEE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Two French pilots convicted of cocaine trafficking flee Dominican Republic... READ MORE›
DOMINICANS OF HAITIAN DESCENT TIRED OF BIAS
Their children were born in the Dominican Republic and are citizens, though civil rights groups say the government discriminates against both parents and their Dominican-born children... READ MORE›
200 000 FACE LOOMING CRISIS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXPELLING STATELESS OFFSPRING OF ILLEGAL HAITIANS
200,000 face looming crisis Dominican Republic expelling stateless offspring of illegal Haitians... READ MORE›
ERIKA CHURNING TOWARD HURRICANE STATUS, FLORIDA; FOUR DEAD IN DOMINICA, 20 MISSING
The storm is expected to hit Puerto Rico's southern region overnight and exit through the island's northwest... READ MORE›
JOSE REYES IS DESPERATE FOR METS REUNION; HE'S 'A NO-BRAINER'
Maybe he's not the 25-year-old Jose Reyes, but still a very talented player... READ MORE›
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S DANILO MEDINA SET FOR RE-ELECTION
With the fastest growing economy in Latin America in 2014 and 2015, Dominican Republic is considerably wealthier than its poor neighbour Haiti... READ MORE›
DEADLY STORM KILLS IN HAITI AND OTHER CARIBBEAN NATIONS
Hurricane Matthew Death Toll Deadly Storm Kills In Haiti And Other Caribbean Nations... READ MORE›
TOKYO EXEC BUILDS CULTURAL, BUSINESS BRIDGE BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND JAPAN
The website will introduce local sightseeing spots, restaurants and shopping information for Japanese who stay in Latin America... READ MORE›
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PRESIDENT APPEARS TO WIN RE-ELECTION
Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina appeared to win a record vote to secure a second term and extend his party's 12-year rule until 2020... READ MORE›
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KANSAS WOMAN'S TOPICAL CHRISTMAS CARD GOES VIRAL
So this year she penned a sentence, and it's gone viral: "This Christmas season we would like to remind everyone that Jesus was a Middle Eastern refugee."... READ MORE›
THIS SMALL ALBERTA VILLAGE COULD SOON BE HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARIJUANA FACTORY
The village's neighbour is Aurora Cannabis, a major -- and legal -- marijuana production facility that's about to get even bigger... READ MORE›
HAS THE LEGAL HIGHS BAN BEEN SUCCESSFUL
Government advisors have previously told the Guardian the ban would fail to eradicate certain substances such as spice, often referred to as synthetic cannabis... READ MORE›
LEGALISATION OF CANNABIS 'ONLY SOLUTION TO CRIME AND ADDICTION PROBLEMS'
Report by Adam Smith Institute says UK's drug strategy 'has failed in its core aims' and urges government to legalise cannabis... READ MORE›
2 PROVINCES HAVE CONCERNS OVER TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR NATIONAL INQUIRY
Stefanson also said her province, which counts one of the largest Indigenous population in the country, wants the federal government to appoint a commissioner from Manitoba... READ MORE›
EGYPT ARRESTS AND DEPORTS LEBANESE TV HOST LILIAN DAOUD
Daoud's show, on the privately owned ONTV network, disappeared from the airwaves after the channel was sold by billionaire Egyptian investor Naguib Sawiris in May... READ MORE›
EGYPTAIR MS804 CRASH: FLIGHT DATA RECORDER 'REPAIRED'
The aircraft's flight data recorder, along with a second so-called black box containing sound recordings from the cockpit, was found two weeks ago... READ MORE›
'PULLING PEOPLE OUT IN STRETCHERS'
'People screaming' Christopher Hansen described the incident as like being at a gun range ... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION COULD HAVE BROUGHT DOWN EGYPTAIR PLANE
Post to Facebook Report Explosion could have brought down EgyptAir plane The Airbus 320 crashed in the Mediterranean Sea while flying from Paris to Cairo on Thursday... READ MORE›
CAT ATTACKS PROMPT WARNING FROM ROYAL MAIL
Bella the cat's family says she's a gentle and loving pet, but Royal Mail says she's a menace to mail carriers in Patchway, United Kingdom... READ MORE›
'A WASTE OF POLICE TIME'
'Charging people for having some marijuana is a waste of police time, a waste of court time and a waste of tax dollars.'... READ MORE›
SINATRA FAMILY: FRANK SINATRA JR. HAS DIED
The Sinatra family said in a statement to The Associated Press that Sinatra died unexpectedly Wednesday of cardiac arrest while on tour in Daytona Beach, Florida... READ MORE›