Canada And Beyond
- 10-Year Health-Care Plan Proposed – According to sources, the Federal Liberals will propose a 10-year health-care funding deal and a reform of the health-care system when Justin Trudeau meets with the premiers in Ottawa on Tuesday. The proposal will see new money flow to the provinces for health care as soon as the next budget. (CBC News)
- Alberta Law Society Keeps Continuing Education Rule – The Law Society of Alberta rejected a motion to suspend the group’s ability to require members to undertake continuing education. The vote was a response to a petition from 51 lawyers who opposed a five-part course on Indigenous history and culture. (Global News)
- Deadly Earthquake Strikes Turkey – Almost 4,000 people have been killed after two powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria within the space of 12 hours. The first quake struck as people slept and measured magnitude 7.8 while the second large quake measured 7.7 magnitude. (The Guardian)
- Another Balloon Over Latin America – Beijing has confirmed that a balloon flying over Latin America is Chinese, two days after the United States shot down a similar device that American officials described as a spy balloon. China is upset that the U.S. shot down the balloon as they insisted it was a weather surveillance aircraft that had veered off course. (Aljazeera)
