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The catastrophe in Turkey and Syria should be a wake-up call for B.C.
Marsha Lederman
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Canada may fast-track immigration applications from people in earthquake zone
People mourn over the bodies of earthquake victims outside a hospital in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says Canada may fast track applications to come to Canada for people in the earthquake zones of Turkey and Syria. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Khalil Hamra
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Toronto woman mourns family killed by devastating earthquake in Syria
People search through the rubble of collapsed buildings where a newborn girl was found in the town of Jinderis, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. A Toronto woman has been devastated after she lost seven of her loved ones in Syria when a massive earthquake destroyed their apartment building early Monday morning. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ghaith Alsayed
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Plight of people left homeless by earthquakes in Turkey, Syria deepens as death toll surpasses 20,000
Rescuers help Zubeyde Kahraman, 38, as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kirikhan, Turkey February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
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Death toll in Turkey, Syria earthquake surpasses 15,000
People stand on rubble as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi
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Devastation in Turkey echoes past quakes and offers B.C. lessons: profs
Simon Fraser University is pictured in Burnaby, B.C., Tuesday, Apr 16, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Erdogan acknowledges ‘shortcomings’ in quake response as Turkey, Syria deaths near 12,000
Aerial photo shows the destruction in Hatay, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkey and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. The death toll rose Wednesday to more than 9,500, making the quake the deadliest in more than a decade. (Cemal Yurttas/DIA via AP)
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Aid to quake-hit Syria slowed by sanctions, war’s divisions
Damaged buildings and rescue operations are seen in the aftermath of the earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria February 7, 2023, in this screen grab taken from a social media video. White Helmets/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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‘It was a chaotic situation’: Toronto man stuck in Turkey recounts earthquake
A view shows a semi collapsed building following the earthquake in Adana, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Evening Update: Ottawa offering premiers $46.2-billion in new health care funding over 10 years
B.C. Premier David Eby, left to right, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson, Quebec Premier Francois Legault, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Newfoundland Premier Andrew Furey, Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeaagok, leave following a press conference of Canada's premiers discussing health care, in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
politics
Canada announces $10-million in aid for Turkey, Syria after deadly earthquake
Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 in Ottawa.&nbsp;<i data-stringify-type="italic" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248);">A Senate committee is urging the Trudeau government to amend laws that are blocking humanitarians from responding to growing desperation in Afghanistan, but the Liberals say the fix might take a year from when MPs first called for it.&nbsp;</i>THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Morning Update: Trudeau to offer well above $100-billion for health care over 10 years
A health-care worker pushes a patient across a connecting bridge at a hospital in Montreal, Thursday, July 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
world
Fears grow for untold numbers buried by Turkey earthquake
Rescuers carry a woman after she was evacuated from under a collapsed building following an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, February 7, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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Ottawa will repatriate Canadian children, but not their foreign mothers held in Syrian detention camps
Women and children walk at Camp Roj, where relatives of people suspected of belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group are held, in the countryside near al-Malikiyah (Derik) in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, on March 28, 2021. - Roj, one of two Kurdish-run displacement camps housing foreign family members of suspected IS fighters, is smaller and better guarded than its overcrowded counterpart Al-Hol, which has been rocked by assassinations and breakout attempts in recent months. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canadian Turkish diaspora stepping up to help after massive earthquake
A man walks among rubble as he searches for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. &nbsp;<i data-stringify-type="italic" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); text-decoration-thickness: initial;">Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada “stands ready” to provide help after a powerful earthquake toppled buildings and killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria. THE CANADIAN PRESS/</i>AP/Khalil Hamra
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