[NEWS] Some Canadian links: digital workers, VIA Rail, health robots, Syrians, Border Services TV

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• The digital workers of Canada face many challenges in adapting to the new work environment, CBC reports.


• VIA Rail has placed an order of nearly $C1 billion in trains for its Windsor-Québec City route with Siemens, Bombardier having been beaten. CTV reports.


• Teleoperated robots are helping doctors save lives in the Canadian north, The Conversation notes.


• The first wave of Syrian refugees resettled in Canada are now eligible for, and getting, Canadian citizenship. CBC reports.


• Canada's Border Services agency wants to launch another reality television show, despite the legal scandal which ended their last show. CBC reports.