Health Canada Works To Fly Thousands Home From Overseas In Coronavirus Airlift The country's foreign minister called the move possibly the largest peacetime repatriation in Canadian history. Deborah Amos
Health Reporter's Notebook: Crossing Into Canada Before Coronavirus Closes The Border NPR health reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin reflects on her family's decision to travel to Canada to be closer to extended family during the coronavirus pandemic. Selena Simmons-Duffin
Health Canada To Turn Back Asylum Seekers In Effort To Stop Coronavirus Spread Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada will now turn back asylum seekers attempting to enter the country outside official border points. Deborah Amos
World Ontario's New License Plates Have A Problem: You Can't Read Them Some people were already grumbling about the redesign, but drivers soon noticed a bigger problem: The new license plates can be hard to read at night. Laurel Wamsley
World Canadian Pipeline Protest Forces Closure Of Major Rail Link Indigenous protesters are using snow plows and wooden barricades to block a vital cross-country railway to protest construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline they say runs through their land. Scott Neuman
Law & Courts Canadian Court Clears The Way For Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion The court said the government has adequately consulted with indigenous groups about the pipeline expansion. First Nations have said that they remain concerned about the project's environmental impact. Merrit Kennedy
World Why Gun Violence Is Surging In Toronto Last year, more than 760 people were shot. Canada has tighter gun laws than in the U.S., and officials and gun control advocates are trying to figure out why the surge is happening and how to stop it. David McGuffin
World Some Canadians Are Angry At The U.S. Over Iran's Downing Of Flight 752 Canadians have been questioning who is at fault for the downing last week of the plane, with some pinning part of the blame on the United States. David McGuffin
World Iran's 'Unforgivable Mistake' Downing Jet Elicits Furor At Home And Abroad After many denials, Iran's admission that it accidentally downed a Ukrainian plane was cautiously embraced by world leaders as a "step forward." Back in Tehran, protesters' reaction was far angrier. Colin Dwyer
World Canada 'Shocked And Saddened' After Jet Crash Kills 63 Canadians Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the plane crash in Tehran that killed 176 people "heartbreaking." One newspaper reported that nearly half of the Canadians who died are from the Edmonton area. Brakkton Booker
