Global National

Global National: Jan. 16


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The Ontario government will publicly fund a range of surgeries which can be performed at private clinics, in an effort to ease the burden on the strained health-care system. The three-phase plan, which surgeries are affected, and the concerns about how this could affect hospital staffing levels while opening the door to the privatization of health-care. PortaOne, a small telecom company based in Port Coquitlam, B.C., is being accused of allowing Iran to use its software to spy on civilians. Digital and human rights watch group Citizen Lab says the company was involved in conversations about setting up mobile services in Iran in 2019. The contract was cancelled. How the investigation highlights how Iran is able to find loopholes, even when sanctions are in place to strengthen its repressive tactics. A veteran officer with London's Metropolitan Police Service has confessed to being a serial rapist who preyed on women for 18 years. The dozens of charges against the cop and how the case is further damaging public confidence in that police force. Italy's most wanted fugitive, convicted Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, has been arrested after three decades on the run and is unlikely to see freedom again. Where the Cosa Nostra boss was arrested, the crimes he's facing life sentences for, and why the war against the Mafia is far from over. Plus, Canada's long journey to cleaner energy. What the federal government has just done to help shift away from fossil fuels. And a super reward: what a man named Jay Withey, now known as the "Buffalo blizzard hero," is getting after helping more than 20 people seek shelter from a deadly winter storm on Christmas Eve.
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