Wednesday, April 13th, 2016

Hosted by Catlin Spencer

Stories by Catlin Spencer, Patricia Petit Liang & Saturn de Los Angeles

Produced by Catlin Spencer

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LOCAL
by Catlin Spencer

A new registry may help see that 85 per cent of Quebecers have a family doctor by the end of December, 2017.

According to CBC News, the provincial government is launching an online database to help connect patients with family doctors.

The promise to have the majority of Quebec have family doctors was made in an agreement with the Federation de medecins omnipraticiens du Quebec last May.

While people in other databases will still keep their priority, the new registry will replace those that were put in place before Bill 20 abolished the other various services and health centres.

The registry can be found at gamf.gouv.qc.ca

NATIONAL

Despite being part of the European Union since 2007, Bulgarians and Romanians are still facing difficulties when travelling to Canada.

According to CTV News, Canadian officials are currently discussing with the European Commission, Bulgaria and Romania about the possibility of changing the country’s entry visa requirements.

Immigration Minister John McCallum stated that Ottawa has not offered to remove any requirements for Bulgarians and Romanians to obtain entry visas, but will try to find a way to for regular travellers to have easier access to Canada.

This issue has been met with the possibility of Canadians and Americans having to obtain visas to travel to certain EU countries, including Bulgaria and Romania.

INTERNATIONAL 
By Saturn De Los Angeles

The United Nations says that Boko Haram's use of child suicide bombers is rising, as they are forcing children as young as eight years old, and mostly girls, to die for their cause.

According to The Globe and Mail, the tactic comes as the extremist terror group tries to regain territory in Nigeria.

Known for its religious fear-mongering campaign, the group has been raiding schools and kidnapping children to use as soldiers.

A recent UN report says that one-fifth of the 150 suicide bombings recorded last year involved children.

The report also noted that this tactic has been one of the most horrific aspects of violence in Nigeria and West Africa.