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1. Days after deadly Nepal flood, families of missing B.C. couples desperate for details

   

2. In Ohio, Canada-U.S. trade war sparks anger and uncertainty

   

   Youngstown, Ohio, sits in a wider congressional district known as OH-6, which exports more than $820 million US in goods to Canada every year. While not all of its imports and exports are caught in the crosshairs of the escalating U.S-Canadian tariffs, a prolonged trade war could threaten some businesses in those sectors.

3. Trump's Venezuelan oil deal: What we know and how it could impact Canada's oil industry

   

   Several questions about the U.S. deal to develop vast Venezuelan oil reserves remain unanswered, and a rapid and large-scale increase in production is unlikely. But experts say increased exports from Venezuela "would compete directly with Canadian crude in the U.S. Gulf Coast market."

4. As insults fly around trade, negotiators for Canada and the U.S. avoid getting personal in public

   

   Politicians from Canada and the U.S. have thrown varying degrees of personal insults back and forth across the border this week, but the two governments' trade negotiators avoided getting personal — at least in public. Experts believe the two trade leads are striking a different tone because they have a different role to play as the dispute heats up.

5. Trump administration video showing Haitian deportees in chains sparks outrage

   

   A U.S. Department of Homeland Security video shows men, handcuffed and in chains, boarding a deportation flight to Haiti this week. Critics say the Trump administration is "bragging" about sending Haitian immigrants "back to a war-torn country" after rescinding temporary protected status.