International Aid

• Liberals looking to cut red tape for international aid, minister says

  International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he's focused on speeding up aid funding while cementing the Trudeau government's feminist approach to development abroad.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2023
  
• Edmonton firefighters return to Ukraine to teach medical course

  The medical course focuses on life-saving interventions for injuries associated with military attacks on civilian populations.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2023
  
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• ‘It’s devastating’: Manitobans with family affected by earthquake call for international aid

  Manitobans with loved ones overseas are gutted by heartbreaking scenes in Syria and Turkey devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

  Canada

  Feb 6, 2023
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• Former Western University student serving in Ukraine calls for more international help

  After graduating from university in London, Ont., Maksym Sviezhentsev returned to Ukraine and joined the Territorial Defence Forces just as Russia launched a full-scale invasion.

  World

  Mar 5, 2022
• Canada commits $50M in effort to help Haiti rebuild from earthquake, political turmoil

  Canada has announced an additional $50 million in aid to support Haiti as a humanitarian crisis follows this past summer's 7.2-magnitude earthquake in the Caribbean nation.

  World

  Jan 21, 2022
• What happened to… the 2010 earthquake in Haiti

  On this episode of the Global News podcast 'Whatever happened to…?,' journalist Erica Vella revisits the earthquake in Haiti that happened in 2010.

  World

  Mar 25, 2021
• Canada’s ‘undeclared’ foreign policy needs more focus: former diplomat

  Foreign policy experts aren't sure the Trudeau government isn’t putting its money where its mouth is.

  Politics

  Feb 12, 2021
• Fredericton Lebanese community asks Ottawa to grant asylum for Beirut explosion survivors

  The Lebanese community in Fredericton is rallying to collect donations to aid the estimated 300,000 people left homeless.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2020
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• Canada ‘concerned’ by allegations of wrongdoing at UN Palestinian relief agency

  Management at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, meanwhile, has denied the allegations.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2019
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• Okanagan nurse returns from refugee assistance in Bangladesh

  Crystal Grymaloski, a Vernon critical care nurse, was recruited by Samaritan's Purse, an international relief organization, to assist with refugee medical needs.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2018