Kristy Kirkup

Canada officially loses its measles elimination status The return of measles has been largely attributed to lower childhood vaccination rates

Canada has been stripped of its measles elimination status after failing to interrupt transmission within one year of an outbreak that continues to spread in parts of the country. @kkirkup.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com #cdnpoli

The federal budget says the fund will complement existing health-related support provided to provinces and territories by helping to ensure their health infrastructure, such as emergency rooms, will be able to respond to Canadians' health care needs.

Federal budget 2025: Health measures include $5-billion dedicated infrastructure fund www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @kkirkup.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social

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Miracle League of Ottawa: How a Blue Jays fan’s love of baseball made the game more inclusive for other kids Bryce Desrochers, who lives with cerebral palsy, and his parents founded league to ensure all individuals can play ball

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In groundbreaking procedure, Ontario doctors perform rare heart surgery on pregnant woman Surgeons had to operate on Julia Morris at 23 weeks without endangering the fetus. The procedure is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada in the second trimester

Closer to the heart: Doctors had to perform open-heart surgery on Julia Morris after she had a heart attack while 23 weeks pregnant. The procedure is believed to be the first of its kind in Canada, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

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

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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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

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

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

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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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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

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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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

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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Wildfires burn in Europe as record summer heat simmers Scientists warn climate change is making parts of Europe more vulnerable to wildfires

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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Canada among six countries that airdropped humanitarian aid to Gaza Global Affairs Canada confirmed airdrop of 21,600 pounds of aid using Hercules aircraft

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.”

Report by @kkirkup.bsky.social

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

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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