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After Pope’s apology, Canada’s indigenous survivors want compensation, records

April 4, 2022April 8, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Pope Francis’s long-awaited apology to Canada’s indigenous community for more than a century of abusive residential schools, many of them run by the Catholic Church, should be followed by millions of dollars in compensation and the release of residential school records, survivors and indigenous leaders said.

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Canada faces rising COVID wave as restrictions ease

March 30, 2022April 8, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Lampert – Reuters

Much of Canada is facing a fresh COVID-19 wave just as authorities ease measures meant to curb the spread of the virus, emboldened by a brief drop in cases and relatively high vaccination rates.

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Impermanence nation: Canada’s growing reliance on temporary residents to meet labor needs

March 27, 2022April 8, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canada is increasingly relying on temporary residents to meet its labor force needs, according to a Reuters analysis of official data, but this phenomenon makes workers vulnerable and fails to provide wage growth or stability to businesses, warn workers, advocates, economists and industry groups.

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Ottawa police misjudged protesters who besieged Canada’s capital – testimony

March 3, 2022March 18, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A three-week occupation of the center of Canada’s capital last month resulted in part from police underestimating anti-government protesters by assuming they would leave within days, according to police sources and police leadership testimony.

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Saunas and fire pits: Ottawa’s truck protesters in it for the long haul

February 9, 2022March 18, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Sleeping in trucks and staying warm at fire pits and portable saunas, protesters camped out in the frigid Canadian capital of Ottawa are digging in for a long stay, convinced they have momentum and right on their side.

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Canadian hospitals strain as Omicron hits health workers

January 24, 2022March 18, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Allison Lampert – Reuters

After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Aimee Earhart called it quits last week. She is moving to Florida for a short contract before getting work as a travel nurse for what she hopes will be double the salary.

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Canada reaches agreement to compensate indigenous children taken from families

January 5, 2022January 18, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ismail Shakil – Reuters

Canada announced on Tuesday two agreements totalling C$40 billion ($31.5 billion) to compensate First Nations children who were taken from their families and put into the child welfare system and to reform the system that removed them and deprived them of services they needed.

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Canada to resettle female Afghan judges, families living in limbo

December 31, 2021January 18, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canada will take in female Afghan judges and their families who have been living in limbo, primarily in Greece, since their evacuation from Afghanistan in the fall, a spokesperson for the immigration minister said Friday.

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Canada Supreme Court to hear appeal of U.S. asylum seeker pact

December 16, 2021January 18, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canada’s Supreme Court said on Thursday it will hear an appeal seeking to overturn a pact with the United States under which Canada turns back asylum-seekers at land border crossings coming from the United States.

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Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19, living inspections -audit

December 15, 2021January 18, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, Canadian government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack of evidence, according to an Auditor General report released Thursday.

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