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Canadian G8 initiative still in development Canada has promised $1.1B in new cash over five years for maternal and child health Canada’s G8 initiative to save mothers and children in poor countries is still in labour. The $5-billion announcement at last weekend’s summit left many loose ends that need to be tied up before the countries can begin to make good on their commitment to save the lives of 1.3 million children under age five, and 64,000 mothers. The money is supposed to be new, co-ordinated and targeted at the most egregious problems of women and children in
New cash Canada promises money for maternal, child health. Addition. Canada has said that over the next five years, it will add $1.1 billion in new money to an existing fund of $1.75 billion for maternal and child health. The money will be focused on high-risk countries.
poor countries. The funding is also supposed to be “catalytic,” leading to a total of more
than $10 billion. But so far, there are few indications about how those goals will be accomplished — despite widespread expectations that Ottawa would have a detailed plan to present at the summit in Huntsville, Ont. For many aid experts and non-governmental organizations looking to work with Ottawa on the initiative, the G8 announcement was welcome — but also deeply underfunded and lacking in detail. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Protesters gather in Hong Kong. KIN CHEUNG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Demonstration for democracy A pro-democracy protester waves a flag that reads “Unneeded king of the king” (meaning the Chinese government) during a demonstration in Hong Kong Thursday. Hecklers besieged Hong Kong’s Democrats at the opposition camp’s flagship protest march Thursday, accusing them of selling out their cause by striking a deal with Beijing on conservative electoral changes.
Marshall probes gas explosion
Abbas to Bodies of hold media dogs, cats interview found
The Ontario Fire Marshall is investigating a gas explosion at a home in Chatham. The incident happened shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Fire officials say the explosion caused $30,000 in damage.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a bid to win approval in Israel by giving an interview to Israeli journalists. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, accepted a proposal to release 1,000 prisoners.
Police are investigating after finding the bodies of 43 dogs and cats buried in a Gatineau, Que. backyard. The bodies were found in the yard of a home belonging to a mother and her two adult children.
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