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On March 24, International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan, pictured centre with Results Canada executive director Chris Dendys, announced $11-million in funding for projects to curb the spread of tuberculosis. Photograph courtesy of Results Canada

Opinion

BY CHRIS DENDYS, ALESIA MATUSEVYCH

March 30, 2022

You may have noticed that landmarks across Canada, from Niagara Falls, to the CN Tower, to the Victoria Legislature, glowed red last week. On March 24, World TB Day, these were some of the 44 landmarks across Canada that advocates ensured were lit up in red to draw attention to the fact that tubercu...

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