Canadian death toll in Haiti rises to 8
Last Updated: Saturday, January 16, 2010 | 9:39 PM ET
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- Air Canada to resume Haiti service
- St. John's money for Haiti reconstruction
- Navy ship ends Haiti deployment
- Governor General to visit Haiti
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- Haiti delays building refugee camps
- Embassy repair cost in Haiti could hit $5M
- Refugee claimants can't bring in quake survivors
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JAN. 27
- Girl rescued 2 weeks after Haiti quake
- Navy picking up soldiers for Haiti relief
- 2nd group of Haitian adoptees to arrive in Canada
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- Quebec MDs ask for pay to volunteer in Haiti
- Ottawa Mountie killed in Haiti honoured
- Ottawa woman's body found in Haiti
- Couple brings Haitian adoptees home
JAN. 26
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- Airlift Haitians to Canada: MDs
- Ottawa officer recounts Haiti ordeal
- Mountie killed in Haiti to be laid to rest in Ottawa
JAN. 25
- UN to host Haiti donors meeting in March
- 'It was too early to die': quake survivor
- Canadian telethons raise $20M for Haiti relief
- Protesters watch over Haiti summit
Across Canada
- N.S. couple eager for Haitian adoptees
- Spruce Grove family united with Haitian adoptees
- Moncton welcomes 2 Haitian adoptees
JAN. 24
- Air Canada chips in supplies for Haitian clinic
- 4.7 quake hits Haiti
- Haiti tallies body count of 150,000
- Haiti talks in Montreal focus on rebuilding
- Hope for Haiti Now tally at $58M US
Across Canada
- Haitian orphans arrive in Canada
- Haitians face prosthetic limb shortage: Ottawa MD
- Alberta families welcome Haitian children
- B.C. family brings adopted Haitian son home
- Maritime Mountie killed in Haiti home Monday
JAN. 23
- Haitian rescued 11 days after quake
- PM lifts cap for matching Haiti donations
- Former MP's body found in Haiti
JAN. 22
- Haiti ends search-and-rescue phase
- Haitian children at risk of trafficking: UNICEF
- Stars shine in Hope for Haiti telethon
- $16 million raised in Canadian telethons
- Bodies of Mounties killed in Haiti arrive in Canada
- R.E.M.'s Everybody Hurts tapped as Haiti charity single
Across Canada
- N.L. man's body found in Haiti
- RCMP officers travel to Mounties' repatriation ceremony
- Quebec government to meet parents adopting Haitian children
- Haitian baby who survived quake fast-tracked to Canada
JAN. 21
- UN to create cash-for-work program in Haiti
- Haiti rescue effort for missing Canadians criticized
- Canada wants lead in Haiti reconstruction
- Mounties' bodies to be returned from Haiti
- Adopted Haitian children may come soon: Kenney
- Canadian mayors promise to help rebuild Haiti
- Canada For Haiti telethon a star-studded fundraiser
Across Canada
- Montreal church group leaves Haiti for safety reasons
- Moncton couple's adopted children leaving Haiti
- Charlottetown student heading to Haiti
- Alberta parents adopting from Haiti hopeful
- Haiti twins on fast-track to Saskatchewan
- Haitian boy could be in Saskatchewan soon
- Mounties' bodies to be returned from Haiti
JAN. 20
- Haiti hit by powerful aftershock
- Canada trying to 'fast-track' Haitian adoptions: Kenney
- Navy perseveres amid Haiti aftershock
Across Canada
- Quebec seeks to accelerate Haitian adoptions
- Northerners fundraise for Haiti relief
- Montreal woman can't bring Haitian mom home
- Tearful return from Haiti for B.C. students
- Montreal musicians rally for Haiti
JAN. 19
- UN approves more troops, police for Haiti
- Haiti relief gets $80M from Canada: Oda
- 2 Canadian UN workers found dead in Haiti
- Navy crews begin Haitian relief efforts
- Canadian networks plan joint Haiti fundraiser
- Main foreign lenders forgive Haiti's debt
- Be wary of Haiti immigration scams: officials
Across Canada
- St. John's wants to help Haiti rebuild
- Gander-based military going to Haiti
- 130 Canadians stuck in Haiti head to Montreal
- Montreal Haitians want Canada to do more
- Sherbrooke medical team on way to Haiti
- Former MP still missing following Haiti quake
- Ottawa father learns daughter is safe in Haiti
- Winnipeggers return from Haiti
- Edmonton rescue dog team helps find 6 in Haitian rubble
- Nunavut steps up with Haiti relief donations
- Calgary students raise money for Haiti
JAN. 18
- Aid to Haiti increases amid desperation
- Canadian Forces head to port town of Jacmel
- 12 Canadians confirmed dead in Haiti
- Wave of outbreaks feared in Haiti
- CRA warns against Haiti relief scams
- Wyclef Jean defends his Haitian foundation
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Across Canada
- B.C. students in Haiti arrive in Canada
- N.L. brothers promise to return to Haiti
- Valcartier troops await deployment to Haiti
- Haiti evacuees share horrific stories
- Quebec government pledges $3 million for Haiti
- Montreal police extend helping hand to Haitian neighbourhoods
- Haiti relief effort hikes N.L. airport business
- Prayers answered, Ont. priest calls home from Haiti
- Navy ships arrive off Haiti
JAN. 17
- Quake casualties, damage overwhelming: UN chief
- Soldiers sent to rescue B.C. students in Haiti
- Canadian military team heading to Haiti
Across Canada
- Soldiers sent to rescue B.C. students in Haiti
- Sask. couple survive Haiti destruction
- SaskTel handsets can't text Haiti donations
JAN. 16
- Canadian death toll in Haiti rises to 8
- Relief aircraft clog airport in Port-au-Prince
- Canada to fast-track Haitian immigration
Across Canada
- Ottawa Mountie's body found in Haiti
- Halifax to host benefit concert for Haiti
- Sask. man's family found, homes wrecked, in Haiti
- B.C. couple overjoyed Haitian twins survived quake
- Haiti quake leaves Alberta family's adoption in limbo
JAN. 15
- Haiti death toll could reach 200,000
- Canada may fast-track Haitian immigration
- 800 troops set for Haiti deployment
Across Canada
- Sask. man's family found, homes wrecked, in Haiti
- Haiti quake 'like hell on Earth': N.L. survivor
- P.E.I. couple gets good news on Haitian relatives
- Toronto woman who survived Haiti quake vows to return
- 4 die at Windsor man's Haiti orphanage
- Haiti evacuees grateful to be home
- Familes of Haiti missing face painful wait
- Nova Scotians give to help Haiti
- Doctors Without Borders sending field hospital to Haiti
- Sask. donates $250K to Haiti relief
- Stories of survival in Haiti reach B.C. families
- More northern support for Haiti
- Sister in agony over N.L. brother missing in Haiti
- St. John's doctor going to Haiti
- Condolences pour in for Mountie killed in Haiti quake
JAN. 14
- Red Cross estimates 50,000 died in Haitian quake
- 4 Canadians dead in Haiti quake
- Ottawa matching Canadians' Haiti donations
- Athletes giving aid to Haiti
- MLB donates $1M for Haiti earthquake victims
- Social media help find quake survivors
Across Canada
- N.L. brothers living in Haitian parking lot
- Navy ships leave Halifax for Haiti
- Maritimes Mountie killed in Haiti quake
- Hope buoys wife of missing Mountie
- Charlottetown couple await news from Haiti
- Montreal couple among dead in Haiti earthquake
- Canadian evacuees from Haiti to arrive in Montreal
- Haitians in Toronto plan to help
- Winnipeg firefighters accepting donations for Haitians
- Winnipeg teen OK after Haitian quake
- Sask. families desperate for news from Haiti
- Canadian canine search teams depart for Haiti
- B.C. gives $500K for earthquake relief
- Vancouver rescue team ready for Haiti
JAN. 13
- Quake death toll may top 100,000: Haitian PM
- 3 Canadians killed in Haiti earthquake
- Scared but OK in Haiti: N.L. woman
- Yarmouth residents 'heartsick' over Haiti
- N.B. anxiously watches Haiti aftermath
- Quebecers organize aid for Haiti
- Quake survivors camp at Quebec-owned hotel in Haiti
- Quebec police officers safe in Haiti
- McGuinty says Ontario will help Haiti
- Ottawa RCMP officer missing after Haiti quake
- Worried Toronto offers help to Haiti
- Ont. nurse killed in Haiti arrived just before quake
- Southwestern Ontario aids quake recovery
- Canadian charity on alert after Haiti quake
- Albertans anxious for family, friends in Haiti
- B.C. families await news from Haiti
JAN. 12
Supt. Doug Coates, acting commissioner of the United Nations stabilization mission in Haiti, was killed in the quake. (JenCor Entertainment) Two more Canadians were confirmed dead Saturday as a result of the Haitian earthquake, raising this country's death toll in the disaster to eight.
Supt. Doug Coates's body was found in the rubble of the United Nations headquarters in the capital Port-au-Prince, RCMP Commissioner Bill Elliott said Saturday in Ottawa.
Coates, the senior Mountie in Haiti, was mentoring police officers. RCMP Sgt. Mark Gallagher of Nova Scotia was found dead earlier this week. Elliott called both men heroes.
Denis Bellavance, a professor from Drummondville, Que., who was teaching at the university in Port-au-Prince, also died in the quake, his family said Saturday.
Other Canadian victims include: Montreal native Guillaume Siemienski, an employee working with the Canadian International Development Agency; Hélène Rivard, a CIDA consultant; nurse Yvonne Martin of Elmira, Ont.; and Montreal university professor Georges Anglade and his wife, Mireille, who were confirmed dead earlier in the week.
The number of Canadians still unaccounted for in Haiti has dropped to 1,362, down from 1,415, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Saturday.
The minister said a total of 781 Canadians have been located and embassy staff are continuing to provide assistance to get many of them out of the quake zone and returned to Canada.
"This morning an aircraft with 196 evacuees on board departed Port-au-Prince," said Cannon, who, along with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, offered condolences to the families of Canadians who died when the 7.0 magnitude quake struck Tuesday.
Harper issued a statement extending his condolences to the friends and families of the latest Canadian victims to be identified.
"Their deaths are a reminder of the sacrifice Canadian men and women like Siemienski and Rivard are willing to make in order to bring Canadian generosity and aid to Haiti and the world," he said.
"On behalf of all Canadians, Laureen and I would like to offer their families and friends our profound sympathies. Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time."
At Saturday's media briefing, Harper — flanked by Cannon, as well as Minister of Defence Peter MacKay, Minister of International Co-operation Bev Oda, Minister of Immigration Jason Kenney and Minister of State for the Americas Peter Kent — talked about the quake's impact.
"The devastation in Haiti was instant, utter and widespread. Homes have been flattened, almost every major government building has been damaged beyond repair, and hardly any of the telephones work.
"Canada has, as you know, a close and historical relationship with the government and people of Haiti and we take our role for security in the hemisphere very very seriously," Harper said.
The federal government is working with information garnered from 21,500 calls to its operations room at the Department of Foreign Affairs in order to figure out who remains missing.
It's also relying on a list of Canadians who formally registered with the embassy in Haiti, where as many as 200,000 people are feared dead in the aftermath of the quake.
Four flights carrying evacuees arrived in Canada on Friday. The plan is to send two C-17 transports every day, with smaller C-130 Hercules aircraft making three flights every two days.
Two Canadian warships, HMCS Athabaskan and HMCS Halifax are expected to arrive early next week with additional supplies and personnel.
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