Another Health Data Breach in Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is issuing a second apology after another security breach.
On January 17th, a bag belonging to a home-care worker was stolen from her vehicle in the Point Douglas area. The bag contained personal health information for 25 patients.
Earlier this week, the WRHA issued an apology after a bag containing heath information for 67 patients was stolen from a nurse's car.
Real Cloutier, the health authority's chief operating officer, doesn't think the thefts are related.
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Funding for First Nations Children
Finance Minister Bill Morneau is to sit down today with top leaders of the Assembly of First Nations as Ottawa works to put promises into action ahead of its inaugural budget, expected in March.
The meeting follows a landmark ruling this week from the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal which highlighted the government's systemic underfunding of First Nations child welfare services.
Advocate Cindy Blackstock estimates it will take at least a $200-million boost in this year's budget alone to begin to deal with the underfunding.
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Dion Heading to Ukraine
Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion will travel to Ukraine this weekend to express Canada's support for the eastern European country that lost the Crimean Peninsula to Russia in 2014.
Dion announced the trip in the Commons yesterday amid a barrage of criticism from Opposition Conservatives about his decision to engage Russia more broadly.
Dion says Canada remains a steadfast friend of Ukraine, but is open to talking to Russia because it could serve Canada's needs, including in the Arctic where we have shared interests.
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Poll Finds Fewer Canadians Plan to Contribute to RRSPs by Deadline
The percentage of Canadians who plan on contributing to their RRSP before the February 29th deadline is down slightly from last year, according to a poll by the Bank of Montreal.
The poll found 61 per cent of respondents not yet retired said they would be making a contribution to their RRSP -- down from 64 per cent a year ago.
But it also found that those who have already contributed are putting aside more than last year.
The average contribution has been just under $4,000 -- up about $250 from a year ago.
