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Anita Elash

Anita Elash is a multiple award-winning journalist, producer and podcaster with more than 20 years of global experience. She is currently based in Toronto, and writes about all things Canadian with a focus on climate change and the environment. Anita has lived and worked on three continents, including North America, Europe and Asia. In addition to her work for The World, she spent several years as an investigative journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. She was also a reporter and editor for Radio Free Europe and a regular contributor to National Public Radio, The Globe and Mail and Christian Science Newspapers, and Voice of America. She is passionate about language, culture and the outdoors. She spends her free time speaking French, gardening, and trekking in the back country. 
Ugandan farmers see untapped potential in banana crop
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Ugandan farmers see untapped potential in banana crop
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Sacred Spaces
A Baha’i temple in Uganda’s bustling capital offers a rare respite
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Africa’s main Baha’i temple offers something unusual in Uganda’s capital: quiet
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Ankole cattle as a symbol of western Uganda
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Why women are buying land — sometimes secretly — in Uganda
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Motorcycle taxis are increasingly being driven by women in Uganda
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Motorcycle taxis increasingly driven by women in Uganda
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The Punjabi wave topping charts in South Asia and Canada
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Business, Finance & Economics
Toronto is experiencing a car theft epidemic
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Car theft epidemic in Toronto
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Canadians threaten boycott of leading grocery chain over high prices
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Women bird guides in Uganda set global example
Mom designs bike helmets for children that accommodates Sikh religious practices
Canada wrestles with surge in supermaket shoplifting
Iranian musician and podcaster concerned about safety in Canada
New guidance for Canadians: Just two drinks a week
Canada’s revised content law
Canada poised to allow medically assisted suicide to some with mental illness
Canada faces triple-demic
Canadians announce new professional women’s soccer league
Toronto residents fight NIMBY mentality to push for mixed-income developments 
Inquiry into Canada’s trucker protests report
Canada’s hockey association under fire for mishandling sexual assaults
Canadian shoppers get savvy with apps
Ukrainian community in Canada prepares to welcome new arrivals
Canada’s extremist movements get oxygen from anti-vaccination protests
Canadian trucker protests continue to grow
Convoy of Canadian truckers headed to Ottawa, spurred by politics
Alaskan fishing industry is taking too many Canadian salmon 
How hospitals in Canada are facing a COVID crunch
Canada agrees to landmark $31.5 billion settlement in Indigenous child welfare system fight 
Canadian military leaders apologize for sexual misconduct
Canadian Christmas tree shortage
Border restrictions still keep many in the US from tourism in Canada
Canada is giving permanent residency status to many immigrants already in the country
Canada Day canceled 
Canada’s one-dose vaccination strategy appears to be working 
Man accused of killing Ontario family charged with terrorism
What the end of the Keystone XL pipeline means for Canada 
COVID-19 regulations take a toll on nursing home residents in Canada
Uganda Women Birders tackles limiting gender taboos by giving women the experience and resources they need to prove they can do the job.
Jobs
‘Birds are everywhere!’ Women bird guides in Uganda set a global example
The Singh family in a promotional video for the specially designed Bold Helmets.
Lifestyle & Belief
This mom couldn’t find sports helmets to accommodate her sons’ Sikh religious requirements, so she designed her own
A young woman takes a picture of Lisbon's Alfama neighborhood from a viewpoint above it at sunset Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Portugal’s golden visa program sparked an investment boom. But locals say they’re getting priced out.
Grocery store owner Gilles Robin works on his fruits vegetable display in Levis Que, Canada
Food
Apps help cut food waste and costs in Canada as prices rise
Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attend their news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine
‘We have the means to support them’: Canada prepares to welcome thousands of Ukrainian refugees
People line up to enter a COVID-19 vaccination clinic with a torch of the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics painted on the staircase in Montreal, Jan. 6, 2022.
COVID-19
‘On the brink’: Canada postpones or cancels tens of thousands of medical procedures amid COVID surge
Coniferous trees in Yoho National Park reach toward the sky with snow-topped mountains in the background in Canada's stretch of the Rocky Mountains, straddling the border of British Columbia and Alberta
Environment
Extreme weather events lead to Christmas tree shortage in Canada
A vehicle in Canada waits for a gate to rise while crossing into Derby Line, Vt. from Stanstead, Quebec, July 11, 2018.
Immigration
Canada tries to boost immigration by fast-tracking applications