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The G8 is officially condemning North Korea’s recent war threats towards South Korea.

The group of foreign ministers issued the statement on Wednesday after meeting in London.

The G8 is made up of representatives from eight of the richest countries in the world.

Canadian foreign minister John Baird is part of this group.

North Korean state television has been issuing nuclear war and missile threats to neighbouring South Korea.

According to Al Jazeera, tensions are rising between North and South Korea.

This week North Korean officials got angry over South Korean media speculation on whether North Korea would follow through on their threat to shut down a joint industrial zone between the two countries.

In response, North Korea pulled 53 thousand workers from the area.

STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY 

It’s official: after 66 years food trucks will be making their way back onto Montreal streets.

The Montreal Gazette reports the city’s commission on economic and urban development voted unanimously to allow the return of street food.

Starting June 20, the downtown Ville Marie borough will pick ten sites where food trucks and carts can sell food.

Vendors must have a registered restaurant or catering business in Montreal to be eligible for a license.

If the project proves to be a success, Montrealers could see food trucks year round as of summer 2015.

Flickr Photo by: Bob B. Brown

STORY WRITTEN BY: AISHA SAMU

Radiological exams performed in private clinics may soon be paid for with public money

The provincial government announced it will start footing the bill for a wider variety of medical imaging procedures.

Right now, Quebec’s health insurance board only covers radiological exams conducted in hospitals.

At privately owned clinics however, patients pay out-of-pocket for MRIs, ultrasounds, CT and CAT scans.

Quebec Health Minister Réjean Hébert made the announcement on Wednesday.

The expanded coverage is expected to be introduced gradually as of late April.

The CBC reported that the first private procedure slated for RAMQ coverage are ultrasounds.

The health minister has yet to release the cost of this new plan.

Some radiologists say that money would be better spent training more technicians to meet demand.

Flickr Photo by: Lance Catedral

STORY WRITTEN BY: ALYSSA TREMBLAY

Religious tension rumbles at Jerusalem’s wailing wall but its not between the groups you might think.

According to BBC News, Orthodox Jewish women want to pray and perform religious ceremonies at the historic site of the ancient biblical temple.

The group Women of the wall want to perform religious rituals that Orthodox Jews say are reserved for me.

Ten members of the group were arrested recently.

Chairman of the Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky proposed a new area for mixed gender and women led prayer.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to consider the proposal.

It may be a tough sell as the proposal risks upsetting the powerful Ultra Orthodox community as well as Muslims that worship in the area.

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STORY WRITTEN BY: DANIEL J. ROWE