Canada commits $16M to new global climate damage fund
After nations agreed to a landmark deal to create a global climate damage fund on the first day of climate talks at COP28, Canada pledged its own support on Friday …
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Aid groups say Ottawa still hampering work in Afghanistan, despite legislation
Canadian aid groups say Ottawa hasn’t cleared roadblocks that bar them from getting aid into Afghanistan, despite Parliament passing legislation this spring and allies issuing carve-outs to their own terrorism …
Doctors’ association, nurses’ union point to red flags in N.L.’s rush to embrace virtual care
Details of the Teladoc Health contract to provide virtual emergency rooms and primary care for Newfoundland and Labrador have been revealed, but health-care leaders harbour concerns about its cost, suitability and …
India resumes electronic visa services for Canadians
India restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals, an Indian foreign ministry official said Wednesday, two months after Canada alleged the South Asian nation was involved in the assassination of …
Premature babies evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital, health officials say
The latest: WHO team tours Al-Shifa Hospital and describes it as a “death zone.” Israel says its soldiers have found a fortified tunnel under Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital. Qatar says challenges to Israel-Hamas hostage deal …
As major Pacific summit wraps, Canada is sidelined on a new U.S.-led trade initiative
Goldy Hyder laughed a bit when a reporter asked him Thursday evening what he thought Canada had accomplished at this week’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. …
Scathing ethics report concludes embattled U.S. lawmaker George Santos ‘cannot be trusted’
The U.S. House ethics committee in a scathing report Thursday said it has amassed “overwhelming evidence” of lawbreaking by Rep. George Santos of New York that has been sent to …
Remembering Saleemul Huq, climate justice champion for vulnerable nations
What On Earth27:34A champion of climate justice dies on the eve of a key fight Tributes are pouring in from around the world for Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist …
Woman’s health ‘sliding backwards’ after drug coverage pulled
Like breathing through a straw. That’s how Janice Namiesniowski describes her daily struggle for air since developing asthma in her early 30s. Now 63, Namiesniowski, a retiree living in Ottawa’s Orléans …
Toronto family worries their son aging out of pediatric care will be like ‘falling off a cliff’
White Coat Black Art26:30Aging out of pediatric care For the past 21 years, Marcy White has been fighting to keep her son Jacob Trossman alive — and that fight recently …