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1/28/2010 Another miraculous rescue in Haiti French rescuers say a girl pulled from the rubble 15 days after Haiti's devastating earthquake was just moments from death. The 17-year-old had a broken leg and was rushed to a French military field hospital and then a hospital ship. One rescuer says she was extremely weak and dehydrated and ... Full Story
1/25/2010 Mediathon raises $565,000 for Haiti A mediathon to raise money for earthquake-ravaged Haiti has brought in $565,000. One Power donated a $200,000 power generator to be sent to Haiti. CHML, other local media outlets and a number of community partners held the mediathon to raise money to help rebuild a pair of hospitals in Haiti ... Full Story
1/25/2010 Boy raises $160,000 for Haiti A young British schoolboy has raised nearly $160,000 Canadian for Haiti's relief effort. 7-year-old Charlie Simpson was so upset by the devastating images of Haiti's deadly earthquake that he asked his mother if she could help him set up a sponsored bicycle ride around his local park in west London.... Full Story
1/22/2010 More Canadian deaths in Haiti The number of confirmed Canadian deaths in the Haitian earthquake is now at 16. The government website gives no other details nor does it identify the dead. There are 306 Canadians still missing in Haiti, and 1,892 have been located. Ottawa estimates there were more than 6,000 Canadians in Haiti ... Full Story
1/22/2010 Haitian quake victims on the move The Haiti government will soon move 400-thousand people made homeless by last week's horrific earthquake from their squalid improvised camps to new resettlement areas outside of Port-au-Prince. The chief of staff to President Rene Preval says the government is concerned about sanitary conditions in the hundreds of tent cities that ... Full Story
1/22/2010 Stars come out to help Haiti Celine Dion, Jason Reitman, Michael J. Fox and the Tragically Hip will be among celebrities taking part in a Canadian multi-network benefit for Haiti tonight. CBC, CTV and Global Television will broadcast "Canada for Haiti" at 7 p.m. Eastern. The commercial-free show will be hosted by Cheryl Hickey, Ben Mulroney ... Full Story
1/22/2010 RCMP quake victims returning home The bodies of two RCMP officers who died in last week's earthquake in Haiti will return to Canada today. The plane carrying the bodies of Superintendent Doug Coates and Sergeant Mark Gallagher will land at Canadian Forces Base Trenton this afternoon. Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews, RCMP Commissioner William ... Full Story
1/21/2010 Hamilton media partners on quake relief The majority of Hamilton's media will be joining forces with a number of community partners to raise funds for Haitian relief. A special media telethon is planned for next Tuesday involving CHML, as well as CHCH, Cable 14 and the Hamilton Spectator. All money raised will be used to help ... Full Story
1/21/2010 Coins for Haiti announced by police and partners Police in Hamilton are doing their part to aid Haiti relief efforts. 'Coins for Haiti' will run for a week, and see donation boxes set up at the 3 main police stations across the city. Police officers and the public are encouraged to kick in what they can between now ... Full Story
1/21/2010 Haitian adoptees should arrive soon Canada will deploy a military field hospital to Haiti with more than 100 staff, adding to Canadian medical resources already at work in the earthquake-stricken country. Defence Minister Peter MacKay says 1 Field Hospital out of Petawawa, will depart in the coming days for Leogane, at the epicentre of the ... Full Story
1/20/2010 Another quake rattles Haiti A strong earthquake struck Haiti on Wednesday morning, shaking buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets only eight days after the country's capital was devastated by a previous quake. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 6.1 magnitude quake hit at 6:03 a.m. about 56 kilometres northwest of the ... Full Story
1/20/2010 Two more Canadians found dead in Haiti More than seven full days since the magnitude-seven earthquake in Haiti and some people are still being pulled alive from the rubble despite strong aftershocks. A 69-year-old woman was rescued yesterday from the ruined residence of Haiti's Roman Catholic archbishop. Also yesterday, two women were pulled from a destroyed university ... Full Story
1/20/2010 Another Haitian relief concert planned in Hamilton No shortage of musical talent on the bill for a massive Haiti relief concert at the end of the month in Hamilton. Feist, Brian Melo, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are among those confirmed for the January 31st Hamilton's Heart for Haiti concert at Hamilton Place. Concert producer Glen Marshall ... Full Story
1/19/2010 A look at some pertinent Canadian numbers as Canada helps out in Haiti A look at some of the latest news and numbers emerging from the Canadian relief effort in Haiti: Canadians missing: 699 Canadians confirmed dead: 12 Canadians located: 1,566 Canadians believed to be in Haiti: more than 6,000 Total death toll in Haiti: Roughly 200,000, estimates the European Union, quoting Haitian officials.... Full Story
1/20/2010 More acts added to Hope for Haiti telethon The list is growing of top music stars who will perform on Friday's "Hope for Haiti" telethon. Those who have signed on include Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Stevie Wonder, and Bono. Money raised will go to earthquake relief in the stricken Caribbean country. The two-hour commercial-free telethon ... Full Story
1/19/2010 12 Canadians among the dead in Haiti It's been a week since Haiti was hit by the earthquake and the scope of the catastrophe is still expanding almost by the hour. Authorities now estimate 200-thousand people have been killed and 1.5-million are homeless. Some 70-thousand bodies have been recovered and trucked off to mass graves. At least ... Full Story
1/18/2010 More Canadians return from Haiti A group of exhausted teens from British Columbia are back on Canadian soil after being stranded in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. A military aircraft carrying about 180 evacuees arrived at Trudeau International Airport in Montreal early today. The group was believed to include 17 high school students from Slocan Valley, B.C. and ... Full Story
1/18/2010 Search for Canadians in Haiti continues The Canadian death toll from last week's earthquake in Haiti has risen to 11. 859 Canadians are still unaccounted for. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon also says 947 Canadians have been evacuated from Haiti so far. They include a group of high school students from B-C. The job of tracking down ... Full Story
1/18/2010 Clooney unveils plans for Haitian benefit George Clooney says his planned benefit for victims of the earthquake in Haiti will include performances from Bono, Sting, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Alicia Keys. The popular movie star says more than 40 celebrities are expected to attend the January 22nd event. Clooney says the aim of the benefit ... Full Story
1/15/2010 ACCA Fundraises in support of Haitian Disaster Relief The Afro-Canadian Caribbean Association has activated it’s disaster relief program to raise funds for Haiti. The Government of Haiti through its High Commission is asking that only funds be collected at this time. Please drop in or send your funds to the above address. A Charitable tax receipt can be ... Full Story
1/15/2010 Pioneer Petroleums Rallies Customers Around Relief For Haiti In response to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12th, Pioneer Petroleums is giving customers an opportunity to help the people of Haiti.  Customers will be invited to donate cash or Pioneer Bonus Bucks to the Pioneer Relief For Haiti Fund.  Pioneer’s corporate office will match the ... Full Story
1/15/2010 Many Canadians still missing in Haiti Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon says more than 1,400 Canadians are still missing in the quake-ravaged regions of Haiti. Cannon says 272 Canadians have been flown out on military aircraft. There are still 50 Canadians being sheltered at the Canadian embassy in Haiti, with 50 others housed elsewhere. Cannon says ... Full Story
1/15/2010 50,000 feared dead in Haiti Dozens of aid flights have arrived in Haiti, but the small damaged airport, poor roads and a damaged port are slowing the delivery of aid. The airport is short on jet fuel and ramp space. The control tower was destroyed by Tuesday's killer quake and flight operations have been taken ... Full Story
1/15/2010 Looters strike Haitian warehouse The U.N. World Food Program says its warehouses in the Haitian capital have been looted. The WFP doesn't know how much of its pre-earthquake stockpile in Port-au-Prince of 15,000 tons of food aid remains. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are hungry after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. Spokeswoman Emilia Casella ... Full Story
1/15/2010 Canadians return home from Haiti The first Canadian survivors of the Haitian earthquake have arrived home this morning as relief efforts are continuing to ramp up. Nearly 100 Canadians arrived home in Montreal overnight on the first flight to return survivors. They came back on the same military plane that flew members of Canada's Disaster ... Full Story
1/15/2010 Canadians donating millions to Haiti Canadians have opened their hearts and wallets to the devastated people of earthquake-shattered Haiti. It's been a massive outpouring of pledges and donations from Canadians. The Canadian Red Cross says 3-million dollars in contributions have come in so far. The federal government has promised to match any donations made between ... Full Story
1/15/2010 Canada could open it's doors to more Haitians Prime Minister Harper says his government is looking at easing immigration and refugee rules to allow more Haitians into Canada quickly. He says the government will have announcements soon. Harper says his government's priority is to get relief efforts rolling. Harper made the comments yesterday as he and wife Laureen ... Full Story
1/14/2010 Haiti relief concert in the works The fallout from the Haiti earthquake continues to hit hard here at home. The Afro-Canadian Carribean Association of Hamilton's says its webmaster's brother has been killed. The Association's Lloyd Turner telling CHML's Bill Kelly that efforts to reach family and friends in the country have been nearly impossible. A 'music ... Full Story
1/14/2010 Minister says more Canadian casualties expected in Haitian earthquake Canada has already evacuated 100 people from earthquake-ravaged Haiti, and was preparing to remove hundreds more, starting with those in need of medical attention, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Thursday. With three Canadians confirmed dead and at least five others missing, Cannon warned that more casualties will be reported.... Full Story
1/14/2010 Canadians donating generously to Haitian disaster relief effort says Red Cross Aid agencies say Canadians are donating so generously to the Haitian disaster-relief efforts that their Internet servers are periodically crashing. Kieran Green of the Humanitarian Coalition, which includes Care Canada, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Quebec and Save the Children, says the donations are "quite literally overwhelming." However, the servers are back ... Full Story
1/14/2010 Same Canadian military aircraft that brought soldiers to Haiti will carry evacuees The same military aircraft that carried Canadian soldiers to Haiti will soon help 100 evacuees escape the country. The plane, to be loaded with Canadians fleeing Haiti, is due to arrive at Montreal's Trudeau airport just before midnight. The group is flying back to Canada through the neighbouring Dominican Republic.... Full Story
1/14/2010 Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean driven to tears over Haitian earthquake disaster OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean had just received word of the worst disaster to hit her Haitian homeland in two centuries of calamities when her American dinner guests arrived Tuesday evening. The vice-regal, known for her heart-on-sleeve candour, held it together through a long, fraught evening getting urgent but ... Full Story
1/13/2010 Ont. nurse killed in earthquake was on her 4th trip to do mission work in Haiti ELMIRA, Ont. - An Ontario nurse who died in the earthquake in Haiti was "a very young, energetic and enthusiastic 67-year-old," a family friend said Wednesday night. Yvonne Martin of Elmira, Ont., was one of seven people who had arrived in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday afternoon, about 90 minutes ... Full Story
1/13/2010 Canada helping quake-ravaged Haiti They're begining the grim task today of counting victims from the powerful earthquake that rocked Haiti. The International Federation of Red Cross says the big tremor and numerous aftershocks have affected up to 3-million people. That's one-third of the country's population. No firm word yet on casualties, but the toll ... Full Story