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The COVER Review: Acquisitions, healthcare and awards
COVER
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July 4, 2025
COVER editor, Cameron Roberts, discuss the must-read stories of the week commencing 30 June 2025. The top stories this week are: HSBC Life UK to be acquired in £260m deal CMA clears Direct Line acquisition New CEO for Canada Life UK 36% of UK...
Our vision: A new regional hospital and wellness village in Squamish
The Squamish Reporter
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July 4, 2025
For the past two years a group of local citizens have been working to consolidate support for a new Sea to Sky regional hospital and health complex in Squamish. They have identified a potential 100 acre site for a a master-planned “wellness...
The Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires May Be Even More Toxic Than Usual
The Good Men Project - California
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July 4, 2025
By Matt Simon, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” More than 200 wildfires are blazing across central and western Canada, half of which are out of control because they’re so hard for...
Top Latin American court upholds right to “healthy climate”, urges fossil fuel control
Climate Home News
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July 4, 2025
Latin America’s top court of human rights has decided for the first time that people have the right to a “healthy climate” without “dangerous” human interference, and has urged states to regulate fossil fuel extraction and exploration, in a...
From stigma to support: understanding postpartum mental health
The European Sting
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July 3, 2025
(Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Tatsadjieu Ngoune Léopoldine Sybile, a 6th-year medical student at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of Garoua, Cameroon. She is affiliated with...
Othership raises $11.3 million to expand sober wellness concept in the US
World Leisure Jobs & News
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Contrast bathing and social wellness start-up Othership has raised US$11.3 million (€10.5 million, £8.94 million) to expand its presence across the US.The Toronto-based firm is known for its social sauna and ice bath experiences, with three...
Guelph musician sorry, not sorry, for being proudly Canadian
Guelph Today
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July 4, 2025
In response to growing political tensions across the border, a Guelph band released a lighthearted anthem celebrating what it means to be Canadian A Guelph musician isn’t sorry about being Canadian — he’s proud of it, and shows his patriotism...
'Busy, living healthy and having fun': Young Ulukhaktok wrestlers learn life skills on the mats
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 4, 2025
The second annual Inuit wrestling tournament in Ulukhaktok, N.W.T., was scheduled for Wednesday night, but cold weather and rainy conditions kept grapplers from competing in the event. Instead, some youth-friendly games were played on the mats...
Pair of Hatters named to Alberta’s baseball roster for Canada Summer Games
Medicine Hat News
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July 4, 2025
By JAMES TUBB on July 4, 2025. jtubb@medicinehatnews.com@ReporterTubb Two of Medicine Hat’s top youth baseball players will represent Alberta at the national stage in August. Hatters Kane Bishop and Matthew Getz have been named to Team Alberta’s...
Lawn Bowling Club celebrates Canada Day with annual tourney
Medicine Hat News
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July 4, 2025
By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on July 4, 2025. sports@medicinehatnews.com@MedicineHatNews The Medicine Hat Lawn Bowling Club celebrated Canada Day with its annual tournament on the holiday. The local lawn bowling club hosted a mixed triples tournament,...
The Make America Healthy Again report shows how AI can undermine the US Official Record, and democracy
The London School of Economics and Political Science
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July 3, 2025
In May, the White House’s Make America Healthy Again commission published the Make Our Children Healthy Again report, which was then found to contain references to non-existent and hallucinated sources, strong markers that some content was created...
Statement by Canadian Network on Cuba
Radio Habana Cuba
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July 4, 2025
Washington’s Criminality: Trumps Strengthening of Policy of the United States Toward Cuba The Trump administration’s so-called “strengthening” of U.S. policy toward Cuba represents yet another escalation in the criminal and internationally...
COLUMN: Canada’s not perfect, but it’s not broken either
Revelstoke Review
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July 4, 2025
A comment I recently heard about Canada caught me off-guard. The source of the comment, someone I know who is vocal with their patriotic loyalty, described Canada as a joke. It felt jarring to hear this comment shortly before Canada Day, a joyful...
Canadian men’s soccer team to host Australia in October for friendly in Montreal ahead of World Cup
The Globe and Mail
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July 4, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Montreal is also the host city for the Canadian men’s team’s final preparations for next year’s World Cup.Ashley Landis/The Associated Press The Canadian men’s national soccer team will host Australia in its first match...
Hospital ERs need real police, not 'relational security officers,' B.C. Conservative critic says
Vancouver Sun
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July 3, 2025
“All protection services personnel will receive training in workplace violence prevention, mental health and advanced customer service. They will also receive trauma-informed practice training to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and...
Canada Rejects MAGA’s Gender Panic—And Why It Matters After This Year’s Pride Month
Ms. Magazine
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July 3, 2025
Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney talks to media at the end of an E.U.-Canada Summit on June 23, 2025, in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse / Getty Images) As Pride Month came to a close against a backdrop of global backlash to LGBTQ+ rights,...
Canada’s Liberal government lashes out against the working class
World Socialist Web Site
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July 4, 2025
President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington [AP Photo/Evan Vucci]Negotiations between Prime Minister Mark Carney, top aides in his Liberal government,...
Decade of research begins to explore health and well-being of children in N.L.
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 4, 2025
Quality of Care N.L. is beginning a 10-year deep dive to better understand the health-care needs of children across Newfoundland and Labrador for future generations. Dr. Leigh Anne Allwood Newhook, co-principal of the BEACON research study — which...
Canada’s Corey Conners aiming for return at Scottish Open
Sportsnet
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July 3, 2025
Corey Conners is aiming to stage a comeback. Canada’s top-ranked male golfer tells Sportsnet he is still “not quite” 100 per cent but is “hopeful and planning” to go to the Genesis Scottish Open after a wrist injury forced him to withdraw from the...
From adrenaline highs to medical lows: Expert on why travel insurance is a must for thrill seekers
Business Today
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July 4, 2025
India’s adventure tourism industry is facing renewed scrutiny after a string of tragic accidents has reignited concern over safety standards and underscored the vital role of travel insurance for thrill-seeking travellers. The latest incident...