Insight: Syphilis cases in babies skyrocket in Canada amid healthcare failures
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters The numbers of babies born with syphilis in Canada are rising at a far faster rate than recorded in the United States or Europe, an increase public health experts said...
View ArticleFIFA concerned about Canada’s refusal to honor Afghan visa letters -court...
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters Officials with soccer’s international governing body FIFA criticized Canada’s decision not to recognize documents FIFA and a Canadian senator had given to female...
View ArticleCanada’s largest public sector strike leaves thousands in immigration limbo
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters As Canada’s largest strike by federal workers approaches its third week, thousands of people are in immigration limbo amid canceled hearings and stalled applications,...
View ArticleCanada proposes new bail bill despite lack of supporting data, minister says
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters Canada’s government has introduced a bill seeking to make it harder for some repeat offenders of violent crimes to get bail even as the federal justice minister says it...
View ArticleCOVID masks are back as Canadian wildfires fill skies with smoke
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Kyaw Soe Oo – Reuters Just when it seemed safe to unmask, some Canadians are donning the face coverings made ubiquitous during the coronavirus pandemic as a protection...
View ArticleCanada’s top Court upholds asylum-seeker pact with US to control flow of...
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters Canada’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld an asylum-seeker pact between Canada and the United States but sent the case back to a lower court to determine whether the...
View ArticleHow a Canada Supreme Court ruling could affect U.S.-Canada refugee flows
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters Canada’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld a border pact under which Canada and the United States send back asylum seekers crossing the land border, finding the agreement...
View ArticleShe’s 47, anorexic and wants help dying. Canada will soon allow it.
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters Lisa Pauli wants to die.
View ArticleCanada’s new justice minister to tackle perceived lack of safety from crime
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters Canada’s new justice minister said on Monday that the government will act to address the heightened sense of insecurity felt by certain sections of the population,...
View ArticleCanada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway
By Wa Lone and Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters A deal Canada struck this year to stem the flow of asylum seekers entering from the U.S. was, at first glance, a quick success: Within days, the number of...
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