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New project aims to map genomes of Black Canadians, provide better health outcomes | CBC News Researchers in Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia are launching a project to map more than 10,000 genomes from Black Canadians with Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and an aggressive form of breast c...

3 major diseases disproportionately impact Black Canadians -- type 2 diabetes, hypertension and triple-negative breast cancer. New genome project aims to find out why.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca

Saving Rhea Seegobin | The Local For the growing number of Canadians who will get cancer in their lifetimes, the financial stress can be profound. But despite her terminal diagnosis, with the support of her community, Rhea is determi...

Nearly 44 percent of Ontarians will develop cancer in their lifetime. None of us can afford that magnitude of illness. Our already overstretched health care system can’t afford it, nor can we as individuals. thelocal.to/cost-of-canc...

How Privatized Cataract Surgery Helped Ontario’s Wealthiest—and Left Others Behind | The Local Why a routine surgery offers a window into the possible future of care in this province.

In 2020, Ontario began pushing some of its publicly funded cataract surgeries into private, for-profit clinics. Why what happened next, writes @alisonmotluk.bsky.social, offers a window into the possible future of care in this province. thelocal.to/cataract-sur...

Why Scope 3 emissions are a big deal for Canada | The Narwhal Greenhouse gases released indirectly through business activities, called Scope 3 emissions, can be massive — but Canadian companies don’t report them

A huge chunk of corporations’ greenhouse gas output are arm’s-length emissions that Canadian reporting rules currently ignore. Here's a guide to Scope 3 emissions — which won't shrink even if all of our carbon capture dreams come true.
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Michelle Walda, a tenant at Dunn House, Canada's first social medicine housing project, is photographed in Toronto on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025.

Toronto hospital housing model 'a gift' to residents as ER visits reduced by half https://www.thestar.com/politics/toronto-hospital-housing-model-a-gift-to-residents-as-er-visits-reduced-by-half/article_a8f7e2a4-8e7d-566a-8642-ae420f2a8ae1.html

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When the car's not king City Hall Watcher #349: OPEN DATA CHALLENGE returns to look at where Toronto might need bike lanes next — and finds 73 intersections where cars are outnumbered by bikes and pedestrians

Check your inbox: it’s City Hall Watcher #349!

OPEN DATA CHALLENGE returns with a look at where the city has seen the most bikes in 2025. Plus: intersections where the car is not king.

Also: fence cops, bad neighbours, bridge lighting, and more. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/when-the-c...

We won 🚲

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How Ontario failed to limit Chemical Valley pollution | The Narwhal Toxic emissions from plants in Sarnia have harmed Aamjiwnaang First Nation for decades. Documents show how Ontario abandoned plans to cut it

INVESTIGATION: Toxic emissions from Sarnia's Chemical Valley have harmed Aamjiwnaang First Nation for years. First @emmamci.bsky.social looked at Ontario's lax regulations for industry (link in thread), now here's how the province abandoned plans that could have helped. thenarwhal.ca/chemical-val...

TORONTO’S NEW LANDLORDS: They’re ultra rich & over the next 8 years they’re bringing 21,000 units without rent control to a new building near you.

Meet the corporate firms that a growing number of Torontonians are paying their rent to.

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Ford government to bury long-term care inspection reports: What are they hiding? A new regulation hidden in the Ford government’s omnibus bill will make it harder for Ontarians to seek public information about the performance of LTC homes.

If sunshine is the best disinfectant, then this is a recipe for trouble.

Important piece from @drvivians.bsky.social & colleagues on protecting older adults in Ontario.

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Encampment Justice Coalition rallies to rescind Bill 6, 'Safer Municipalities Act' – Kingston News (Kingston, Ontario) With membership from 112 civil society organizations working across Ontario, the newly formed Encampment Justice Coalition is rallying to rescind Bill 6.

#ICYMI
The 'Safer Municipalities Act' “will not make the community safer; it’ll make it sicker, more traumatized, and more deadly,” Dr. Henry Swoboda, an emergency medicine and addictions expert, told those at the rally. #YGK #KFLA #Bill6

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Join us for an evening with Dr. Naheed Dosani at the 2025 H. Garfield Kelly Visiting Lectureship. Through stories from the frontlines, he’ll explore the medical and ethical challenges of caring for unhoused patients. Register today ➡️ bit.ly/4m5XnuK

PhD Dissertation Defense in Biology March 6, 2025 Kresge Building, Room 106 & streamed on Zoom Western Characterising Bird-Window Collisions from an Avian Visual Perspective Brendon Samuels Supervisor: Scott MacDougall-Shackleton Committee Members: Chris Guglielmo, Natasha Mhatre

I am looking forward to defending my thesis next month and would like to invite anyone interested in learning about bird-window collisions to attend my public lecture on March 6 starting at 11 am EST.

If you sign up through this form, I’ll email you the zoom link later:
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This 78-year-old retired school teacher is among the thousands of winter cyclists who brave Toronto’s coldest months Snowstorm? 30 degrees below zero? Meet six members of Toronto's intrepid biking community who brave the city's snowy streets all through the cold winter months.

Chatted with some Toronto winter cyclists braving the recent deep freeze.

A 78-year-old retired school teacher, a mutual aid volunteer, a courier & a father – each have different reasons for biking year-round, but all rely on the city's bike lanes. #BikeTO

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One of my favourite books of all time! Le Guin gave us so much to think about

The First Business in ‘Little Côte d’Ivoire’? | The Local From Chinatown to Little Italy, every historic ethnic enclave in Toronto began with a single newcomer setting up shop. Can that process still work in 2025?

From Chinatown to Little Italy, every ethnic enclave in Toronto began with a single newcomer setting up shop. For @thelocal.to I wrote about how that works in 2025 (can it?!) and TO's first Ivorian restaurant that's just the latest in this long lineage
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Doug Ford loses transparency fight to block release of personal cell phone records | Globalnews.ca The IPC determined Ford had used his personal phone for government work and, as a result, said his phone records constitute public documents that could be published.

NEW: Premier Doug Ford's government has lost a two-year battle to block the release of government calls from his personal phone, after the IPC sided with Global News and ruled he was using his personal phone for work and must make those calls public.
#OnPoli
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Is Jordan's Principle program in Manitoba in budget trouble? Chiefs and case workers in Manitoba say they're being told by Indigenous services that there may be budget issues coming.

According to Jordan's Principle case workers, children who were flown to Winnipeg for health services were forced to find their own accommodations and food after the federal government cut services | @karynpugliese.bsky.social

Ontario was advised to ease off gas. Doug Ford is doing the opposite | The Narwhal The Doug Ford government commissioned a report for up to $1.5 million to identify pathways to net-zero emissions, but continues to procure natural gas despite it

The Doug Ford government paid experts $1.5M to tell them how to reach net-zero emissions. Experts came up with 18 scenarios; each one urged the government to phase out natural gas. The Ford government isn't doing that and hasn't released the report.

An exclusive by me
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2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds. 1 out of every 5 hospitals with an ER or urgent care centre had unplanned shutdowns, by Julie Ireton, Valérie Ouellet www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca

The Killing of the Science Centre | The Local The 55-year old museum shuttered without warning one Friday in June. Then devastated staff were given four months to dismantle it. A former employee on the last days of a beloved institution.

The closure of the Ontario Science Centre, Alison Motluk writes, was a murder. Then devastated staff were given four months to dispose of the body. A former Science Centre employee takes readers inside the final days of a beloved institution. thelocal.to/ontario-scie...