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Posts by Kristy Kirkup
It's my work anniversary -- 39 years and counting at The Globe and Mail. A lot has changed over those four decades, but it's still the best place to work in Canadian media. www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/andr...
Midwife barred from working in B.C. heads home to Scotland amid health care worker shortage. Advocates say it's a case of a foreign-trained worker getting entangled in bureaucratic red tape, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Not all B.C. health workers like the new regulatory overhaul but experts say it's a sea that will result in better protection of patients. Other provinces are watching the changes closely, by Jesse Winter, @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Ontario’s psychology regulator faces calls to scrap proposed training changes. Letter from more than 1,400 registrants and graduate students calls for removal of registrar due to fears patient safety compromised, by @kkirkup.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @theglobeandmail.com
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 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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
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Nova Scotia’s approach to sepsis treatment offers life-saving lessons, advocates say
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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.
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
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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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