B.C. 911 call-takers could walk off the job after issuing 72-hour strike notice

Muslim families are being encouraged to not bury their loved ones at a cemetery in Thorold, Ont., by a leader in their community who says the city's steps to accommodate Muslim burial practices don't go far enough.
Thorold politicians tweaked the city's cemetery policy on June 2 so that burial plots within an existing, open area of the cemetery can be orientated to face the holy city of Mecca as Muslim faith requires.

Thousands of people gathered in Armenia’s capital this week to decry the alleged traitorous path plotted by their current government, waving flags and warning that a vote to re-elect would mean "living here with Azerbaijanis" — the country’s longtime rival, with whom the present administration has reached a tenuous peace. But a larger shadow looms over the upcoming vote: a historic break in the country's relations with Russia.