Global National: Feb. 13, 2024 | Canada increases student loan forgiveness for rural doctors, nurses

Finding medical help can be difficult in rural and remote parts of Canada. Now the federal government is increasing student loan forgiveness for medical and nursing students if they choose to work in these areas. But Abigail Bimman explains why health-care workers say the solution is more complicated than just money.

The murders of Amanda Clearwater, her three children, Bethany, Jayven, and Isabella Manoakeesick, and her niece Myah-Lee Gratton, have ignited calls for the government to help people fleeing domestic violence. Marney Blunt looks at what advocates say needs to be done to make sure a similar tragedy never happens again.

After wreaking havoc for millions of people in the U.S. northeast, a strong Nor'easter is barrelling across Atlantic Canada. Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell tracks the storm's path.

Pressure is growing on Israel to hold back its planned assault on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, where more than 1.4 million people are sheltering to escape Israel's war on Hamas. Crystal Goomansingh looks at the endless grief and suffering for those in the Gaza Strip and why the International Court of Justice may get involved once again.

It's already passed the U.S. Senate, and now President Joe Biden is urging the House of Representatives to "immediately" pass a bill worth US$95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine and Israel. Jackson Proskow explains why the Republican-led House is stalling a vote on the package and why Biden blasting former president Donald Trump's comments to Russia as "dumb," "shameful," "dangerous" and "un-American."

The Critical Injury Benefit (CIB) is meant to help Canada's most critically wounded soldiers, but many of them say their applications are being unfairly delayed and denied. Heidi Petracek speaks with veterans about how they think the program is failing them.

Plus, 84 years after it set off for what would be its final voyage, the SS Arlington has been found in the depths of Lake Superior. Eric Sorensen explains how the Second World War era steamship was finally found, and the mystery of the ship captain's actions the day it sunk.

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