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⚠️LAST CHANCE!

ONTARIO HEALTH LEADERS: Don't miss this opportunity to create evidence-based practice cultures in your organization by partnering with RNAO as a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (#BPSO). Letter of intent is due tomorrow, Oct. 6!

Learn more & apply now: RNAO.ca/bpg/bpso/bec...
October 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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City of Ottawa, South Nation Conservation launch $285k restoration projects
City of Ottawa, South Nation Conservation launch $285k restoration projects
The City of Ottawa and South Nation Conservation have officially launched three major restoration projects to protect forests and wetlands across the city, beginning with a $285,000 investment at the Findlay Creek Conservation Area.
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September 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Abortion should never be criminalized.

Evidence shows that criminalization of abortion drives women and girls towards unsafe procedures – to the detriment of their safety, their health and their rights.
August 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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President Zelenskyy:

"Ukrainians defend what's theirs. Even those who are with Russia know that Russia is doing evil. Of course, we will not reward Russia for what it has perpetrated. The #Ukrainian people deserve peace. But all partners must understand what a dignified peace is.
August 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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THEN: Nurses could join RNAO by filling this membership form (1989).

NOW: Nurses can simply join us online: Join.RNAO.ca

🤫For a limited time, join RNAO & get 3 months free.
Learn more about #RNAO100: RNAO.ca/RNAO100
August 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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The Trump administration’s recent decision to backtrack on releasing new details about the investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has prompted something exceedingly rare: Republican voters have begun to break with the president.
Republicans Are Breaking With Trump Over Epstein Files, Polls Show
The president’s avid followers have backed him through many controversies. But more than a third of Republicans disapprove of his handling of the files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Well, the first 8 minutes of the FDA panel on menopause hormone therapy was Makary spouting disinformation
July 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com:

“The cruelty of these cuts is matched only by their stupidity,” writes Lawrence Summers about the domestic policy bill President Trump signed into law on Friday. “Medicaid beneficiaries will lose, but so will the rest of us.”
Opinion | Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country
A focus on economics misses the human brutality that is the most problematic aspect of this legislation.
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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For the record: Mamdani was born in Uganda and has lived in New York City since 1998, when he was just 7 years old. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2018.
July 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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You might ask: who is the Trump administration targeting? Here’s one story.

Madonna “Donna” Kashanian, a 64-year-old Iranian woman who has lived in the U.S. for 47 years, was detained by ICE while gardening outside her home in New Orleans.
June 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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🚨BREAKING: Senator Chris Murphy after a private intelligence briefing on the Iran attacks:

“It still appears that we have only set back the Iranian program by a handful of months. I just do not think the President was telling the truth when he said this program was obliterated.”

It was just lies.
June 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The U.S. dollar sank to its lowest level in three years today following a report that Trump is planning to pick his nominee to serve as the next chair of the Federal Reserve early.
Dollar slides to 3-year low on report Trump plans to name next Fed chair early
The U.S. dollar sank to three-year low following reports that Trump plans to announce Powell's Fed chair successor early, with Kevin Warsh and Kevin Hassett among leading contenders.
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June 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Republicans suffer a blow after the Senate referee ruled that a series of health care cuts and savings in their sweeping domestic policy bill are ineligible for the party-line path they're using to get around the chamber's 60-vote threshold.
Republicans dealt a setback on their big bill as Senate referee disqualifies key provisions
Some conservatives called for the parliamentarian to be fired or overruled after she determined a series of policies in the legislation didn't comply with Senate budget rules.
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June 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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A federal appeals court in New York on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a man who was deported to El Salvador roughly 30 minutes after the court suspended an order to remove him from the U.S.
Court orders Trump admin to facilitate another deported man's return from El Salvador
The government said “a confluence of administrative errors” led to Jordin Alexander Melgar-Salmeron’s deportation on May 8, according to the decision by a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
nbcnews.to
June 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Trump’s illegal militarization of LA is causing California fire crews to operate at just 40% capacity, leaving communities vulnerable and at risk.

Donald Trump, if you care about the safety of this country — the safety of Americans — you'll end this recklessness now.
June 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Yuck! It is 99 degrees at Central Park in New York City and climbing.

@nytweather.bsky.social @nytimes.com
Central Park Hits Its Hottest Temperature Since 2012
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Three years after the Dobbs decision, millions of American women are banned from getting the reproductive health care they need.

On today's Democratic Daily Download, @chu.house.gov explains how House Democrats are fighting to restore reproductive freedom.
June 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Celebrate Canada Day with some great free events:

🌎 Explore cultural outfits at our Cultural Carousel
🪶 Powwow & hoop dancing
🎶 Music stages including The Confluence Main Stage show
🐾 Dog-friendly patio
🧠 Explore Indigenous stories

Visit calgary.ca/CanadaDay for more details!
June 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Hey everyone, just a reminder:

A little more than a week ago, a Republican terrorist killed two people and injured two more in an effort to kill enough democrats to capture the Minnesota Legislature
June 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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This marks the fourth time in recent months that federal judges have directed the Trump administration to bring back immigrants who were unlawfully or mistakenly expelled in defiance of court rulings.
June 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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A federal appeals court has ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate the return” of a 31-year-old Salvadoran man who was deported just minutes after the court had issued an order blocking his removal.
June 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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In Europe, Donald Trump’s election as President “has been considered a bigger threat to our security than Putin’s invasion of Ukraine,” a former NATO secretary-general said. “That’s embarrassing.”
How Donald Trump Got NATO to Pay Up
The Administration is strong-arming European nations to do more on behalf of their own defense. Is the strategy working?
www.newyorker.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Breaking News: Today is New York City’s hottest day since 2012, and temperatures could still climb. https://trib.al/JLfWI0F
June 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The partnership between Rotary and @who.int goes back since 1988. In fact, Rotary were the pathfinders in first proposing the #EndPolio idea – inspired by the historic eradication of smallpox.

And today, we are on the cusp of history, despite the setbacks.
June 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM