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Alanna Smith

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National health reporter with The Globe and Mail. Based in Calgary. Formerly with the Canadian Press, Calgary Herald. DM for Signal/Whatsapp or email [email protected] 🔗: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alanna-smith/

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Matt Scace @mattscace.bsky.social · 2d

Pals, some news: I’m thrilled to be starting today at @theglobeandmail.com as a reporter in the Calgary bureau. I can’t wait to get to work and share important stories with this ultra-talented team. They set an enormously high bar and I couldn’t be more excited to start.

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Sandra Smiley (she/her) @sandrasmiley.bsky.social · 6d

What to know about the war in Sudan
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The war in Sudan is the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis. Here’s how it started and the toll so far

The conflict is in its third year, with the latest ceasefire talks going nowhere. Meanwhile, aid is falling far short of what’s needed

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 5d

BREAKING: The Global Sumud Flotilla says one vessel, Marinette, is “still sailing strong.” Over the last 24 hours, 21 boats were confirmed intercepted and 20 presumably intercepted.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qngd86

Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 5d

Breaking: A premature baby who contracted measles in utero has died in Alberta, the first death associated with the provincial outbreak that has grown to nearly 2,000 cases. #ableg @theglobeandmail.com

Alberta records first measles death since outbreak

Alberta has recorded nearly 2,000 cases, highest figure per capita of any province. This is second known death linked to the disease

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Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 6d

One day after a central Alberta hospital alerted the provincial govt & senior health care leaders that it had implemented a strict masking policy to prevent the spread of measles, the facility-wide safety measure was discontinued, documents obtained by @theglobeandmail.com show. #ableg #cdnhealth

Alberta hospital’s mask mandate for measles ended a day after it alerted province, health officials

Internal e-mails show AHS staff fielded questions about mandate from province

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Wency Leung @wencyleung.bsky.social · 6d

In light of the encampment clearings at Dufferin Grove Park, it's worth revising this stellar piece by @brendoherty.bsky.social and Nick Kozak in @thelocal.to thelocal.to/toronto-enca...

Another Year, Another Encampment, Another Eviction | The Local

For years, unhoused people like Davit Sesisheili have gone from park to park, moving when the City evicts them. With new data, and reporting and photography that spans years, this is the most comprehe...

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 6d

The president of the ATA says teachers want the government to meet average class-size recommendations set by ACOL, which would require 5,000+ more teachers www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbEd #AbLeg

Alberta Teachers' Association wants more than 5,000 new teachers to meet class-size recommendations | CBC News

The president of the Alberta Teachers’ Association says its bargaining team asked the provincial government if it can fund class size recommendations established in 2003 following the province's last ...

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 6d

Alberta hospital's mask mandate for measles ended a day after it alerted province, health officials www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @alannasmith.bsky.social

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A dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. Alberta is at the centre of Canada's measles outbreak, having recorded nearly 2,000 cases, the highest figure per capita of any province.

Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 7d

From @joyscm.bsky.social: I’m fully vaccinated against measles, but I still became Ottawa’s fifth confirmed case this year. @theglobeandmail.com

I’m fully vaccinated against measles, but I still became Ottawa’s fifth confirmed case this year

We need to think more about how we view our own immunity not only for ourselves, but for our communities

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 8d

Quebec's outgoing public-health director hopeful there will be enough free COVID shots to go around www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @tuthanhha.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com

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Luc Boileau, Quebec's outgoing public-health director, told La Presse that while most of the province's free COVID-19 shots will go to high-risk groups, he expects 'tens of thousands of doses' will be still be available for the rest of the population.

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 14d

A shortage of OB-GYNs and other maternity care doctors in BC has meant some expectant patients have had to travel hundreds of kms to give birth. A deep dive on how we got here, and the story of one couple that was shuffled through four hospitals to give birth
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OB/GYN shortage in B.C. threatens collapse in local maternity care

Understaffed hospitals send pregnant patients elsewhere, bringing stress during a vulnerable time

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 14d

SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe.

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Adviser on Alberta’s use of private clinics was also working for company vying for contract, confidential report says

Potential conflicts of interest outlined in document at centre of health procurement controversy

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 19d

Moderna to roll out first made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccines this fall

Facilities in Laval, Que., and Cambridge, Ont. producing U.S. drugmaker’s mRNA vaccines

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Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 14d

It’s a scientific marvel, so why does the measles vaccine face apathy and anxiety? Check out this great explainer by @jenniferyang.bsky.social.

It’s a scientific marvel, so why does the measles vaccine face apathy and anxiety?

Since it was introduced in 1963, the vaccination has struggled for respect from many groups

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Kristy Kirkup @kkirkup.bsky.social · 15d

NEW:

Nova Scotia’s approach to sepsis treatment offers life-saving lessons, advocates say

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Nova Scotia’s approach to sepsis treatment offers life-saving lessons, advocates say

By the end of October, ER nurses throughout the province will be able to administer antibiotics and IV fluids to anyone suspected of having sepsis

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Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 16d

Interest from U.S. doctors looking to work in Canada has spiked but few have made the move @theglobeandmail.com

Interest from U.S. doctors looking to work in Canada has spiked but few have made the move

Provinces are simplifying pathways for health care workers to come to Canada, but in reality it’s still a hard sell

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 17d

Incredible story on how measles hitched a ride from Thailand to rural New Brunswick, then spread through the Americas. Wowzers. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl... By Nathan VanderKlippe

How the measles made its way back to Canada

The Globe travelled 40,000 kilometres to find the origin of the disease’s resurgence in North America

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 18d

Behind my search for the source of the measles resurgence

Globe and Mail reporter Nathan VanderKlippe’s journey to trace today’s measles outbreaks sent him to New Brunswick, Texas and all the way to Thailand

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 20d

Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
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Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms

Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 20d

Quebec to scale back free #COVID19 shots this fall after Alberta limits eligibility. Free #vaccination will remain only for members of high-risk groups, by @tuthanhha.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Quebec to scale back free COVID-19 shots this fall after Alberta limits eligibility

Seniors, health care workers, residents of remote regions and medically vulnerable patients will still qualify for the shot at no cost

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19d

President Trump is conducting “the most punishing government crackdown against major American media institutions in modern times, using what seems like every tool at his disposal to eradicate reporting and commentary with which he disagrees,” our reporter writes in an analysis.

What Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Says About the Trump Administration’s Crackdown Against Mainstream Media

ABC’s decision to “indefinitely” suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show illuminates the administration’s efficacy so far.

Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 20d

Quebec has become the second Canadian province after Alberta that will no longer provide free vaccination against COVID-19 for all its population. With @tuthanhha.bsky.social.

Quebec to scale back free COVID-19 shots this fall after Alberta limits eligibility

Seniors, health care workers, residents of remote regions and medically vulnerable patients will still qualify for the shot at no cost

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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 29d

SCOOP: Edmonton police have sent a letter to the provincial minister in charge of prosecutions objecting to a plea deal in the case of a woman charged with murdering an 8-year-old Indigenous girl.

Never seen anything like this before.

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In rare move, Edmonton police object to Crown accepting manslaughter plea in Indigenous girl's homicide

Edmonton police object to the Crown prosecution service's planned plea deal in the case of a mother charged with murdering her young daughter.

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Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 29d

The former chair of an Alberta agency that conducts health care research says the province is failing to discharge and transfer hospital patients in a timely manner, increasing safety risks to those who require emergency care. #ableg #abpoli @theglobeandmail.com

Former chair of health research agency urges Alberta to transform patient care

Raj Sherman calls for ‘urgent reform’ in resignation letter

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Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · Aug 21

New documents paint a picture of how Alberta’s measles outbreak began w/ a handful of isolated cases and started to grow into what is now the worst in North America, as public-health measures to control spread in some cases proved ineffective. #ableg #cdnpoli @theglobeandmail.com

Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control

Records offer clearest picture yet of where cases popped up and how the province and one community impeded some health officials’ efforts to stop the spread

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