By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters
Canada said on Thursday it is lifting a ban on blood donations from sexually active men who have sex with men, first imposed decades ago, as part of an effort to create a “more inclusive” system.
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Exclusive: After pandemic drop, Canada’s detention of immigrants rises again
Graying of Canada’s workforce threatens to worsen labor crunch
As COVID restrictions ended, a busy winter for asylum-seekers at the Canada border
Some Canadian hospitals face COVID cancellations – again
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters
Some hospitals in Canada’s most populous provinces are cancelling or postponing medical procedures in the face of another wave of the coronavirus pandemic, increasing backlogs of procedures that health practitioners say will take years to work through and could cost more lives.
Canadian refugee groups gird for Supreme Court fight over asylum-seeker pact
After Pope’s apology, Canada’s indigenous survivors want compensation, records
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.
Canada faces rising COVID wave as restrictions ease
Impermanence nation: Canada’s growing reliance on temporary residents to meet labor needs
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.
