{"id":17012,"date":"2020-04-26T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/?page_id=17012"},"modified":"2021-08-17T08:28:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T16:28:21","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/?page_id=17012","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\">In this section, you will find news from and on Equitas Society<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fourth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\">News from Equitas Society and the veteran community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/three-killed-in-kabul-airport-as-afghans-scramble-to-escape-taliban-11629096273\">Violence Erupts at Kabul Airport as Afghans Try to Flee Taliban<\/a> &#8211; 16 August 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-as-the-taliban-retakes-afghanistan-canadian-military-veterans-look-on\/?utm_source=Shared+Article+Sent+to+User&amp;utm_medium=E-mail:+Newsletters+\/+E-Blasts+\/+etc.&amp;utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links\">As the Taliban retakes Afghanistan, Canadian military veterans look on with frustration and sorrow <\/a>&#8211; 13 August 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-58135148\">Taliban capture three regional capital<\/a>s &#8211; 9 August 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/first-evacuated-afghans-arrive-u-s-taliban-surges-wake-military-n1275450\">First evacuated Afghans arrive in U.S. as Taliban surges in wake of military withdrawal<\/a> &#8211; 30 July 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/federal-court-certifies-class-action-alleging-that-veterans-affairs-canada-underpaid-disability-benefits-872515162.html\">Federal Court Certifies Class Action Alleging that Veterans Affairs Canada Underpaid Disability Benefits<\/a> &#8211; 30 July 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/veterans-peer-support-sexual-assault-1.6050300\">Veterans with sexual trauma turned away from peer support counselling, watchdog says<\/a> &#8211; 2 June 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncva-cnaac.ca\/en\/ncva-update\/veterans-benefit-backlog-requires-a-bold-and-creative-solution\/\">Veterans benefit backlog requires a bold and creative solution<\/a> &#8211; 17 May 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prpeak.com\/local-news\/federal-budget-thin-for-veterans-says-north-island-powell-river-mp-3669988\">Federal budget thin for veterans, says North Island-Powell River MP<\/a> &#8211; 27 April 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/desmond-inquiry-better-research-1.5946455\">Canada needs national data on how veterans respond to PTSD treatment<\/a> &#8211; 12 March 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7640976\/calgary-veteran-service-dog-bills\/\">Calgary veterans fundraising to cover service dog\u2019s medical bills<\/a> &#8211; 14 February 2021<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/veterans-face-increasing-wait-times-for-mental-health-support-at-government-clinics-1.5277631\">Veterans face increasing wait times for mental-health support at government clinics<\/a> &#8211; 22 January 2021<\/p>\n<p>Equitas Endorses Erin O&#8217;Toole for Leader of the CPC &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/July-2020-letter-to-Erin-OToole.pdf\">July 2020 letter to Erin O&#8217;Toole<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"mt-event-group":[],"class_list":["post-17012","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17012"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19143,"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17012\/revisions\/19143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"mt-event-group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equitassociety.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmt-event-group&post=17012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<script>
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