"I am 10 days old after my new birth." "Perhaps this catastrophe is also a new birth for Haiti." Random radio searching while driving today brought this remarkable perspective from a Haitian who has survived the major catastrophic earthquake in his country. It’s an interesting thought. There is always pain before a new birth. Yet a new...... >Read More

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After a massive 6.1 aftershock rocked Port-au-Prince once again this week, we received an urgent message from our Canadian GAiN staff in Haiti. "After spending the past 5 days seeing, feeling and smelling the destruction and massive loss of life from the earthquake just over one week ago, I am deeply moved. I realized that I would never have made...... >Read More

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The recent news about "Swine Flu" has caused widespread concern, perhaps with memories of the SARS outbreak only a few years ago, which ended up killing over 900 people, still fresh in our minds. Today the Toronto Star provided a helpful list of questions and answers about Swine Flu: Q: What can I do to prevent myself from getting the... >Read More

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