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It was many years ago, but the memory lingers of the first time I was embarrassed to be a journalist. It was a steamy summer afternoon and reporters and photographers were shoehorned into a small Manhattan apartment for a civic group’s announcement. Source

HALSTAD, Minn. — A Minnesota woman charged in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend told authorities it was a video stunt gone wrong. Monalisa Perez, of Halstad, was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of Pedro Ruiz III. Source

Moscow angrily lashed out Thursday at a dismissive comment about a Russian aircraft carrier made by Britain's defence secretary, arguing that its aging ship is better than the new British carrier. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said earlier this week that Russia will look at the British aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, with envy, pointing at Russia's "dilapidated" Admiral Kuznetsov carrier. Source

White tail deer in a field near Great Falls, Mont., on March 14, 2006. (Great Falls Tribune, Robin Loznak / AP) Source

The Trump administration has set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees who require a "close" family or business tie to the United States. The move comes the same week the Supreme Court partially restored President Donald Trump's executive order, which was widely criticized as a ban on Muslims. Source

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man accused of using his Facebook account to express support of "lone wolf" terrorists in the name of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant says he was on social media to "shine a light" on atrocities in the Middle East. Source

Tens of thousands of Canadians are being forced to travel abroad to receive the healthcare they need. A new study released Thursday by the Fraser Institute estimates that 63,459 Canadians left the country for medical care last year. Source

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is working with a half dozen agencies to determine why at least six, and by one report seven, endangered right whales died recently in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.Dead right whales coming to P.E.I. Source

Tens of thousands of Canadians are being forced to travel abroad to receive the healthcare they need. A new study released Thursday by the Fraser Institute estimates that 63,459 Canadians left the country for medical care last year. Source

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit is gearing up for the arrival of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, who are expected to land today from the United Kingdom on a Canadian Forces Airbus. Source