Canada is expanding its evacuation of citizens from Haiti to include relatives and Canadian permanent residents, starting Wednesday if conditions allow. The government has also arranged for a charter flight for Canadians who pay a market rate to fly between the Dominican Republic and Montreal. Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced a week ago that … Read more
Approximately 70 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members were deployed to Jamaica on Friday to train military personnel from several Caribbean countries who are bound for Haiti as part of a multinational security force led by Kenya and backed by the United Nations. The Canadian personnel will provide training on core peacekeeping skills and combat first aid to troops … Read more
Paramedics carry the body of a person killed by gang members in Petionville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti AFP Fourteen bodies were found Monday in a suburb of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, after an attack by gang members who have ravaged the country for weeks, an AFP correspondent reported. Local residents told AFP they did not know the circumstances … Read more
