Friday, September 11, 2020

Alaskan sisters beg Canada to let them go to school in B.C.

Ellie Korpela Hyder Alaska

Pandemic restrictions have closed the border between two remote communities in B.C. and Alaska, meaning children in Alaska who were supposed to attend school in B.C. are stuck at home. They and their parents are asking Public Safety Minister Bill Blair to allow them to form a cross-border bubble.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/alaska-sisters-school-canada-1.5720869?cmp=rss

Colombian minister issues apology after 2 days of deadly protests against police brutality

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Colombia's defence minister has apologized on behalf of the police for the death of a man in custody that has sparked two nights of protests in the capital of Bogota and satellite city Soacha, leaving 13 dead and hundreds injured.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/colombia-minister-apology-police-protests-1.5721156?cmp=rss

Canadian woman pushes for search to continue for partner missing from livestock boat near Japan

Carolyn Gray and William Mainprize

A Kitchener woman is urging officials to keep up the search for her partner, who is among 40 crew members still missing from a livestock ship that capsized near Japan last week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/canadian-woman-pushes-for-search-to-continue-for-partner-missing-from-livestock-boat-near-japan-1.5720910?cmp=rss

Michael Flynn dismissal bid a 'politically motivated favour,' appointee argues to court

Trump Russia Probe Flynn

A retired judge, appointed by the court to make arguments, said on Friday the U.S. Department of Justice should not be allowed to drop its criminal case against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dc-flynn-case-trump-1.5720695?cmp=rss

Israel, Bahrain to normalize relations, Trump announces

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Bahrain has become the latest Arab country to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-bahrain-ties-us-1.5720812?cmp=rss