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Life-saving medication and equipment is dwindling or completely gone at hospitals and clinics across Haiti’s capital, as brutal gangs tighten their grip on Port-au-Prince and beyond. They have blocked roads, forced the closure of the main international airport since early March, and paralyzed operations at the country’s largest seaport. Katherine Ward has this story and...

As gang violence in Haiti continues to escalate, Canadian journalist Harold Isaac, who’s on the ground in Haiti, joins Miranda Anthistle with the latest on the situation.

Amidst the ongoing political unrest and violence in Haiti, Mission of Grace volunteer Barry Kalinski joins Antony Robart to discuss the current situation and his journey back home.

Ottawa has helped 82 Canadians escape Haiti, where out-of-control gang violence has descended the nation into chaos. Mike Armstrong looks at how some Canadians plotted their own exit strategy, got out of the island nation, and why Haiti’s crisis doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon.

The United Nations has a blunt warning about the situation in Haiti, and is calling for immediate and bold action to fight what it is calling a worsening catastrophe. The surge in gang violence has brought with it a surge in hunger. Close to five million people — nearly half of Haiti’s population — now...

Canada’s ambassador to Haiti will remain in the Caribbean country, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said on Saturday. She said there’s still work being done to bring security amid the humanitarian crisis in Haiti. This comes after Global News learned that members of Canada’s elite special forces unit are on the ground in Haiti.

M.D. of Bonnyville reeve Barry Kalinski has been in Haiti for two weeks as part of the Mission of Grace, but with the chaos and gang control that has run rampant in recent days, there is no indication of when Kalinski will be able to return. Lisa MacGregor reports.

Fears of famine are growing in Haiti. Aid groups estimate 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine. Estimates suggest more than 4 million people require food aid, with people sometimes eating only once a day or nothing at all. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Mar. 18, 2024.

Members of the Canada Armed Forces elite counter-terrorism unit, Joint Task Force 2, have been deployed to Haiti, Global News has learned. Sources say members are now on the ground at the Canadian Embassy in Port-au-Prince. Mercedes Stephenson reports.

The federal government is launching an effort to get vulnerable Canadians out of Haiti amid the escalating security crisis in the country, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Monday. Joly says 18 vulnerable Canadians were airlifted out of the country on Monday.

As Canada starts evacuation efforts to bring Canadians home from Haiti, others found their own way out. Two Albertans who were volunteering their time overseas were stranded when violence erupted. As Kabi Moulitharan reports, they’re trying to reconcile their own safety knowing others are still in danger.

Joe Scarpelli speaks with Greg Beckett, Associate Professor at University of Western, about the ongoing violence in Haiti and Canada’s changing role as safety concerns continue to grow.

An Airdrie man who runs an organization in Haiti said there is no way out of the country right now due to the violence in the capital. As Jayme Doll reports, his main priority is to try to keep the children they care for safe.

Canada’s United Nations (UN) Ambassador Bob Rae has attended an emergency meeting in Jamaica about the crisis in Haiti, where gang violence is only escalating. But as Mackenzie Gray explains, the solutions aren’t clear.

Members of the Haitian diaspora in Montreal are watching and worried about what’s happening in their country of origin. In recent weeks violence has escalated to a point where they fear the country is on the verge of collapse. While various stakeholders debate what to do next, Haitians in Montreal say urgent action is needed....

A proposal to instate new leadership in Haiti appears to be crumbling, days after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he will resign, as gang violence continues to grip the country and disrupt life for Haitians. Several political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would be responsible for selecting an interim prime...

Ariel Henry is stepping down as Haiti’s prime minister, leaving a dangerous power vacuum in a country spiralling out of control due to escalating gang violence. Mackenzie Gray looks at who could succeed Henry, and how there doesn’t appear to be any solutions or relief to the unrest.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addressed the crisis in Haiti on Wednesday, saying that Canada is working with Caribbean leaders to help find a “Haitian-led” solution to the crisis. He added that the international community has been intervening in Haiti for 30 years and is “still finding ourselves in an impossible situation.”

Canada is sending its ambassador to the United Nations (UN) to an emergency meeting in Jamaica on Monday to discuss the escalating gang violence in Haiti. The Caribbean leaders have also invited U.S., France, Brazil and UN representatives to the meeting.

There was support for Haiti on Tuesday with a unanimous motion in the National Assembly, calling on Quebec and Ottawa to intensify efforts to bring stability to the country. This follows a meeting in Jamaica on Monday as the international community tries to find ways to stem the recent surge of violence in Haiti. Efforts...