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Posts by Kristy Kirkup

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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...

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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 errors

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

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B.C. health care workers question if regulation overhaul will mean more transparency Nurse whose 11-year-old son died at a Vancouver Island hospital worries new laws may perpetuate systemic problems

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

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Ontario’s psychology regulator faces calls to scrap proposed training changes Letter from more than 1,400 registrants and graduate students calls for the removal of Tony DeBono as registrar of the College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts

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

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The Globe’s Robert Fife to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Canadian Journalism Foundation The Ottawa Bureau Chief exemplifies the highest standards of political reporting, CJF says
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PEI to collect voluntary info about race, ethnicity in health card applications Project’s goals include better understanding differences in health outcomes, flagging gaps in care and improving services
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AFN holds ceremony to mark repatriation of items from Vatican Museums Embroidered leather gloves and a birch bark sap collector were among objects unveiled
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Menopause awareness is growing, but patients still face barriers to evidence-based care Removal of black-box warnings on hormone therapy products by U.S. authorities reflects sea change in how treatment is viewed
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What to know about measles after Canada lost its elimination status The highly contagious, airborne disease has made a comeback in this country
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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

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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.

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

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...

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Miracle League of Ottawa: How a Blue Jays fan’s love of baseball opened the game to kids in wheelchairs Bryce Desrochers, who lives with cerebral palsy, and his parents founded league to ensure all individuals can play ball
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Advance requests for MAID ‘generally supported,’ national consultations find Roundtable participants voice concerns about how to move ahead with procedure without final consent
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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

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

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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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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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.

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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

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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

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

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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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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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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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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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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.

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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