Canada is expanding its evacuation of citizens from Haiti to include relatives and Canadian permanent residents. The government has also arranged for a charter flight for Canadians who pay a market rate to fly between the Dominican Republic and Montreal. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly announced a week ago that Canada was airlifting people with … Read more
Two Albertans who only recently were able to escape from Haiti as gang violence continues to keep the Caribbean country in a state of turmoil are speaking out about the ongoing crisis and the gratitude they feel because they are safe. “I’ve been there probably 10 times,” Barry Kalinski said of the country. “There’s lots … Read more
The YouTuber is being held for a $600,000 ransom. American YouTuber Addison Pierre Maalouf, popularly known as YourFellowArab or Arab, has allegedly been kidnapped in Haiti by one of the gangs that become its de facto rulers. According to the New York Post, the Georgia-based YouTuber had travelled to the violence-stricken country to interview the … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says 36 Canadians have now brought out of Haiti by helicopter. On Monday, Joly had said the first group of 18 had already left, but Global Affairs Canada later clarified that their departure was put off due to bad … Read more
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says Canada has airlifted 18 Canadians out of Haiti, as assisted departures began from the Caribbean nation on Monday. “We know the security situation has deteriorated in recent weeks,” Joly said. “Now the gangs have taken the airport leaving no way to leave Port-au-Prince without putting families in danger.” Joly … Read more
Members of Canada’s elite special forces unit are in Haiti’s capital city, Global News has learned. Members of Joint Task Force 2, the highly-trained counterterrorism unit, have been preparing to deploy for the past two weeks as escalating gang violence in Haiti reached dangerous levels, sources have said. Some are now at the Canadian embassy … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. government-chartered helicopter flights began carrying American citizens from the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Wednesday amid rising violence, the State Department said, with a first flight transporting more than 15 people to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. A department spokesperson estimated that more than 30 U.S. … Read more
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Gang violence, political strife and social instability in Haiti are facts of life for the people who live there, according to Canada’s ambassador to the country, André François Giroux. But he says the crisis is intensifying as the gangs do something not often seen before — work together. “What we’ve seen is [the gangs] working … Read more
Only “essential personnel” will remain at Canada’s embassy in Haiti as Ottawa says it is temporarily reducing the size of its mission in the Caribbean nation. Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said in a statement Thursday it is doing so given the “volatile situation” in the country. “Canada is temporarily drawing down to essential personnel at … Read more
