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Noralou Roos

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Retired academic. Enjoying Canada!! Healthcare, social programs etal although Winnipeg winter has arrived

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · May 19

I probably should do more to let people here know about free posts on Substack. So here's today's: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...

Attack of the Sadistic Zombies

The GOP budget is incredibly cruel — and that’s the point

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Mar 31

Canada can be a refuge for U.S. researchers, but we need to invest in research to capitalize on the brain drain: Globe and Mail editorial www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit... via @theglobeandmail.com

Globe editorial: Canada can be a refuge for U.S. researchers

Post-secondary institutions should look south to recruit top scholars – and not be afraid to focus on excellence

www.theglobeandmail.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Mar 26

University of Toronto names Melanie Woodin as school’s first-ever female president, by Joe Friesen
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com @uoft.bsky.social

University of Toronto names Melanie Woodin as school’s first-ever female president

The current dean of arts and science will be the university’s 17th president and will succeed Meric Gertler, who has served in the role for more than 11 years

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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · Mar 26

How has this loophole never been fixed across many different governments?

Shameful

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Hudson's Bay managers will get up to $3 million in bonuses, but workers get no severance | CBC News

The beleaguered Hudson's Bay Co., which plans to close most of its 96 stores by the end of June, will pay up to $3 million total in retention bonuses to 121 managers and executives — but will not pay ...

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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · Mar 26

Just a reminder for #Canadians to put their money where their mouth is. It’s time to donate to your political party of choice, if you can afford to.

Federal political donations receive a tax credit for around 3/4 back.

A donation of $250 gets you $187.50 tax credit; donation of $100 gets $75.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Feb 12

Why so many people seem to be sick right 🤧 now. Canada seeing the highest rates of flu in a decade. It's not too late to get vaccinated. www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca #influenza

Hearing a lot of coughs and sneezes right now? Flu season's late start could explain it | CBC News

You may be seeing and hearing a lot of people coughing and sneezing around you right now as the Public Health Agency of Canada has said influenza is widespread in many parts of the country.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · Dec 12

The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here: Health insurers and hospitals increasingly treat patients less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit, by @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/culture/2024... via @newyorker.com

The Gilded Age of Medicine Is Here

Health insurers and hospitals increasingly treat patients less as humans in need of care than consumers who generate profit.

www.newyorker.com

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jb592353.bsky.social @jb592353.bsky.social · Dec 3

Spare me the outrage! Trump pardoned 144 individuals, with the likes of Flynn, Bannon, Stone! All three of them, there crimes where a lot worse than Hunters.

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