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The UN human rights office said Friday it had recorded at least 798 killings within the past six weeks near aid points in Gaza run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group and near convoys run by other relief groups as European officials reached a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation …
Read More »Bangladesh tribunal indicts former leader Sheikh Hasina over protester deaths
A special tribunal indicted Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed last year. A three-member panel, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, indicted Hasina, former home …
Read More »People in Gaza ‘starve or risk being shot’: NGOs urge end to aid work backed by U.S., Israel as deaths rise
More than 170 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have joined forces to call for the dismantling of a food distribution system run by a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group as civilian deaths and injuries mount near aid sites in Gaza. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began operating in the war-torn Gaza Strip in late May — becoming …
Read More »N.B. opioid deaths involving fentanyl at all-time high, says Public Health
Laura MacNeill says a regular client of Avenue B Harm Reduction died from a fentanyl overdose last week. Those tragedies have become increasingly common, the executive director said, noting Avenue B staff have witnessed people overdose while sitting in the Saint John office. “We see these folks, we look at their face, we know their story,” MacNeill …
Read More »New arrest in human smuggling deaths on the St. Lawrence River
U.S. authorities on Sunday arrested the brother of the boat pilot who drowned along with eight members of two families during a March 2023 human smuggling run across the St. Lawrence River. Timothy Oakes, the brother of Casey Oakes, is facing charges related to alien smuggling resulting in death and …
Read More »Quebec judge rules 2 should face U.S. extradition in human smuggling river deaths
A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled two people from Akwesasne should face extradition to the U.S., where they face charges related to a human smuggling run across the St. Lawrence River that ended in the drowning deaths of nine people on March 29, 2023. Justice Gregory Moore said the federal …
Read More »Palliative care doesn’t mean a patient is at death’s door. Here’s why
White Coat Black Art26:30What if palliative care was about living better? Palliative care has an image problem. Despite what people think, it’s not some kind of “Grim Reaper service,” say two of Canada’s leading experts in this field of medicine. Ideally, it should focus on improving a patient’s quality of …
Read More »Human smugglers sent 2 families to their deaths as RCMP closed in, court records show
After the Chaudhari family landed in Montreal on a flight from Winnipeg they walked out the airport doors to a waiting grey minivan allegedly driven by a key player in a human smuggling network that would eventually lead the four Indian nationals to their deaths, according to court records obtained …
Read More »Alcohol-related deaths and hospitalizations spiked during the pandemic. Could policy have made a difference?
The COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench in Dr. Peter Butt’s retirement plans. Not because of an influx in patients infected with the new virus — but because he pivoted to an inpatient addiction medicine consulting service, and so many more people needed his help with alcohol use. “What we saw was … potentially …
Read More »Advocate calls for action after Sask. releases review of intimate partner violence deaths
An expert says Saskatchewan needs to take action after the release of its second-ever review on intimate partner violence (IPV) deaths. This review, released on Thursday, looks at incidents of IPV that ended in deaths from 2015 to 2020. It specifically looked at 31 cases encompassing 34 homicides and four related …
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