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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 5d

Carney to meet with Trump in Washington next week as Canada seeks tariff relief

This will be the Prime Minister’s second trip to the White House since taking office this year

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 8d

Indigenous surgeon draws on lessons from her mother to make history www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @kkirkup.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com

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Dr. Nadine Caron helped create Canada's first Indigenous-focused graduate certificate in public health at the University of British Columbia.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 14d

Supreme Court of Canada grants stay on cull of 400 ostriches

Owners, one of whom was arrested yesterday when she and her daughter refused to leave the bird pens, have also filed for leave to appeal the order

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Kristy Kirkup @kkirkup.bsky.social · 14d

Gynecologists prepare for questions about Tylenol and pregnancy after Trump’s unproven claims

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Gynecologists prepare for questions about Tylenol and pregnancy after Trump’s unproven claims

Political observers, medical professionals believe President and his administration taking ideological positions rather than scientific ones

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Kristy Kirkup @kkirkup.bsky.social · 15d

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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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Adriana Lacy @adrianalacy.com · 20d

For this young, scrappy newsroom of recent college graduates, freelancers, and local journalists who’ve never had a byline outside their home country, the funding is a recognition of their arrival onto Europe’s media landscape.

The Gen Z newsroom covering Europe (and ruffling some continental feathers along the way)

Like all Cinderella stories, there’s an urgent carriage-to-pumpkin timeline looming for The European Correspondent.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24d

Call Auntie: How a pandemic phone line morphed into a clinic in downtown Toronto providing culturally safe care. Indigenous midwives and community health workers advise and support Indigenous patients, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-... via @theglobeandmail.com

A phone line during the pandemic that morphed into a clinic providing culturally safe care in downtown Toronto

Group of Indigenous midwives and community health workers had launched the Call Auntie phone line to advise and support Indigenous patients

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Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · 26d

G7 seeks ways to boost financial support for Ukraine after Russian drone incursion into Poland
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G7 seeks ways to boost financial support for Ukraine after Russian drone incursion into Poland

Finance ministers are increasing efforts to step up the use of seized Russian funds to backstop Kyiv, federal government says

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 28d

A 1.5-year-old boy is dead and six others ranging in age from 1.5 to 3 are injured, along w/ three adults, after an SUV crashed into a daycare in Richmond Hill, north of Toronto, ~3 p.m. ET

York Regional Police say driver in his 70s was arrested and they do not believe the act was intentional

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 28d

PHAC to take over running Vaccine Injury Support Program from private company

Funding agreement with OXARO Inc., an Ottawa-based company, will conclude at the end of March

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 29d

Pharmacare law cannot be implemented in unfair, inequitable way, former advisory council chair says

Eric Hoskins had called upon provinces and territories to try and reach agreements before the election campaign

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Sep 4

California, Oregon and Washington form public-health agreement to issue vaccine recommendations

West Coast Health Alliance emerges as the CDC, under RFK Jr., has fired senior leadership, lost staff and replaced members of a key vaccine recommendation panel

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Aug 27

An Ontario woman died of an infection after an abortion. Her sister says doctors failed her

When Rheanna Laderoute fell ill, doctors failed to follow up on signs of sepsis. Her sister wants accountability

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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · Aug 26

How do we provide cool relief in a world that's heating up? www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... @picardonhealth.bsky.social

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A woman sits next to an open window as a fan circulates air throughout her rental apartment. Some doctors have begun prescribing air conditioners to patients who would otherwise be unable to afford them.

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Kristy Kirkup @kkirkup.bsky.social · Aug 20

An Ontario teen died after waiting in agony at an ER. His family wants a discretionary inquest to examine the circumstances of his death to help prevent other fatalities. Unlike if someone dies in prison, inquests are not automatic if a child dies in hospital.
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An Ontario teen died after waiting in agony for hours at an ER. Now, his family wants an inquest

Finlay van der Werken’s parents have filed a lawsuit and are pushing to reform emergency care after their 16-year-old’s death

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · Aug 14

Two toddlers are among nearly 150 Canadians held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this year, data show

From @saramojtehedz.bsky.social, Kathryn Blaze Baum, @mahima-singh.bsky.social, @janicedickson.bsky.social
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Nearly 150 Canadians held in ICE custody this year, including two toddlers, data show

One child was detained for 51 days, more than double the legal detention period, a Globe and Mail analysis found

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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · Aug 12

Wildfires burn in parts of Europe as temperatures in some areas soar past 40C.

"Europe is warming faster than any other continent, at twice the speed of the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service."
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Wildfires burn in Europe as record summer heat simmers

Scientists warn climate change is making parts of Europe more vulnerable to wildfires

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Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · Aug 4

As Israel continues to restrict overland deliveries of aid, Canada joins coalition of countries conducting airdrops into Gaza.

“This obstruction of aid is a violation of international humanitarian law and must end immediately.”

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Canada among six countries that airdropped humanitarian aid to Gaza

Global Affairs Canada confirmed airdrop of 21,600 pounds of aid using Hercules aircraft

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Aug 4

Canadian ministers to discuss trade in meetings with Mexican president and government officials

Talks come days after both countries failed to reach trade agreements with the U.S.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Aug 4

Quebec’s RSV immunization program greatly lowered infant hospitalizations, study says

The study found the program was more than 85% effective in reducing infant hospitalizations, emergency-room consultations and ICU admissions

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Aug 3

Philanthropist and former Ontario Lieutenant-Governor Hilary Weston dies at 83

Weston’s passion for the arts, education, health research and volunteerism culminated with the creation of the Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation

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Kristy Kirkup @kkirkup.bsky.social · Jul 24

I was back at the Ottawa courthouse the last couple of days to cover the sentencing hearing for Tamara Lich and Chris Barber.

Ms. Lich's lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, is asking the judge for an absolute discharge for his client.

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Tamara Lich’s lawyer seeks absolute discharge as sentencing hearing for Ottawa convoy organizers ends

Lich took ‘unprecedented’ efforts to work with police to lessen impact of the protest, defence lawyer says

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Jul 23

Hockey Canada, NHL could clear or sanction players after sexual-assault verdict

Both the National Hockey League and Hockey Canada conducted their own investigations, but held off on making final determinations after police laid charges last year

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Kristy Kirkup @kkirkup.bsky.social · Jul 23

New from me at @theglobeandmail.com:

As anti-sunscreen misinformation spreads online, skin cancer advocates say beware

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As anti-sunscreen misinformation spreads online, skin cancer advocates say beware

Experts warn against social media posts that claim sunscreen is toxic or give unsafe tutorials on making your own sunscreen

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Jul 14

Obesity rates increased after start of COVID-19 pandemic, new study shows

Obesity rates in the country increased faster in the four years after the onset of COVID compared with the prior 11 years, study says

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