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No guarantee of residence for migrants fleeing US for Canada – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By Patrick Lejtenyi and Rob Gillies | AP August 23 at 12:04 AM MONTREAL — Men and women with furrowed brows sat in pews alongside their children at a…

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Mosquito Wars-By Bill Gates

Fight back against mosquitoes This is a special blog post. Sign up or sign in, read the article, and take the quiz. Then I will…

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Trudeau to asylum seekers: Crossing border illegally won’t fast track immigration

By Kate McKenna, CBC News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for asylum seekers: crossing illegally into the country doesn’t offer an advantage when it comes to…

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Migrants with no status in the U.S. battle anxiety as they await Trump’s next move

An asylum seeker is processed by RCMP officers after crossing the border into Canada from Champlain, N.Y., in Hemmingford, Que., August 4. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)…

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Canada Faces Surge in Asylum Seekers: ‘We’ve Never Seen Such Numbers’

Asylum seekers sit in front of their tent in a temporary camp,  Aug. 15, 2017, near Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP) By…

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DISGUSTING – DISGUSTING – DISGUSTING: Selling a dream Dozens of misleading videos are encouraging asylum seekers to go to Canada – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

VICE NEWS By Brigitte Noël Aug 18, 2017 Immigration workers in Quebec are worried that videos spreading misinformation about what it takes to be granted…

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Canada sees ‘unprecedented’ surge in asylum seekers

(CNN)Canada is facing an “unprecedented” number of asylum seekers, who have crossed the border from the United States, officials said. “We’ve never seen those numbers,”…

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Tropical Storm Harvey forms near Caribbean as two other systems brew in Atlantic

Two of three budding tropical systems in the Atlantic will approach the Caribbean, Central America and the United States in the coming days. Three batches…

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Haitian Amputees Bring Inspiring Stories, Soccer Skills to Highland Lakes

BURNET — Francillon Chery lost an arm and a leg during the 2010 earthquake that devastated his country of Haiti. He tried to find refuge…

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Haiti: Cholera figures (as of 30 June 2017) – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

The number of suspected cases of cholera continued to decline at the national level in June 2017. The effective coordination of the various actors has…

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Getting refugee status in Canada isn’t easy, Quebec premier reminds asylum-seekers- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Patrice Bergeron, The Canadian Press Published Saturday, August 12, 2017 2:33PM EDT Last Updated Saturday, August 12, 2017 3:24PM EDT SHERBROOKE, Que. — Would-be asylum-seekers…

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For Haitians in U.S., the road to refuge runs straight to Canada — and arrest

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com August 12, 2017 8:13 PM CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. The Canadian police officer at the border was adamant: If you cross here, you…

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The fight against fatal childhood diseases in Haiti gets a boost

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com August 11, 2017 4:54 PM In Haiti, 69 children out of every 1,000 born alive still die before their fifth birthday….

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2016 weather report: Extreme and anything but normal

Evan Vucci / AP In this June 17, 2016, photo, a fisherman drives a boat during then-Secretary of State John Kerry’s tour of the Jakobshavn…

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You Probably Don’t Want To Know About Haiti’s Sewage Problems

July 29, 20177:00 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Rebecca Hersher People dump trash and raw sewage into canals that run through Port-au-Prince, Haiti….

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CANADIAN TOOTH FAIRY: A tighter aid budget in Haiti means Canada must do more with less – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

BJORN LOMBORG Special to The Globe and Mail Bjorn Lomborg is director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center Host to a large diaspora population, Canada has long…

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United States at the UN, highlight important progress in Haiti

Last week at the last Security Council, in which Sandra Honoré, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, presented the “Report of the Secretary-General…

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These Haitians Found Refuge From Earthquakes, Cholera, and Poverty. Now Trump Plans to Send Them Bac

Natalie Baptiste- Mother Jones.com People walk down a street in Port-au-Prince.Ricardo Arduengo/AP In Haiti, 26-year-old Marie struggled to make ends meet. Unlike many in the…

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UN official says Haiti peacekeeping a mission accomplished- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

July 24 2017 UNITED NATIONS — The top U.N. official for Haiti is urging the Caribbean country’s new government to keep its promises to fight…

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Skal Labissiere went to Haiti. Why the Kings forward says it was important to go home

By Noel Harris nharris@sacbee.com Traveling is not allowed in basketball. However, for some Kings players this offseason, that word has taken on a much different…