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Discovery of children’s remains reopens wounds among indigenous survivors of colonial Canadian schools

June 2, 2021June 29, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Nia Williams – Reuters

The discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former residential school in Canada has reopened wounds for survivors of the system, they said, as the government pledged to spend previously promised money to search for more unmarked graves.

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Indigenous groups call for Canada to identify graves after remains of 215 children found

June 1, 2021June 29, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Indigenous groups in Canada are calling for a nationwide search for mass graves at residential school sites after the discovery of the remains of 215 children at one former school last week shocked the country.

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Remains of 215 children found at former indigenous school site in Canada

May 29, 2021June 29, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as heartbreaking on Friday.

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Canadians seeking vaccines rely on web-savvy volunteers

May 6, 2021May 17, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny and Moira Warburton, Reuters

Canadians want vaccines. Many can’t figure out how to get them.

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Exclusive: Canada taken to court over COVID policy that pushes asylum-seekers to U.S.

May 4, 2021May 17, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Canada’s pandemic-era policy of turning back asylum-seekers trying to enter between official border crossings is unlawful and violates their rights, a legal action filed on Tuesday alleges.

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Canada’s high-risk populations face COVID-19 vaccine barriers

May 3, 2021May 17, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

As Canada’s vaccination campaign ramps up, people at higher risk of transmitting COVID-19 often lack the resources to navigate labyrinthine booking systems or the documentation that would ease their path to inoculation.

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Canada risks missing annual refugee resettlement target after slow start

April 28, 2021May 17, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Canada’s refugee resettlement is off to a slow start this year, with just over 1,000 refugees settled through early March, government data show, raising doubts about the country’s ability to achieve its ambitious 2021 target.

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Canadians avoiding hotel quarantines for air travellers fuel taxi boom on U.S. border

April 25, 2021May 17, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Allison Lampert and Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

U.S. taxi and limousine services are seeing a boom in business from customers seeking to enter Canada by land to avoid a restriction on international travel that applies only to air traffic.

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‘Unnecessary sadness’: Inside Ontario’s strained intensive care units

April 23, 2021May 17, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

Over the course of a single shift last week, critical care physician Laveena Munshi saw her intensive care unit (ICU) at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital fill with pregnant and post-partum COVID-19 patients.

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Appeals court upholds Canada-U.S. asylum-seeker agreement

April 15, 2021May 17, 2021amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny, Reuters

A Canadian appeals court on Thursday upheld a Canada-U.S. agreement to turn back asylum seekers, overturning a lower court ruling, siding with the federal government and setting up a possible Supreme Court showdown.

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