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Author: Alanna Smith
Publication Date: December 6, 2025 - 06:15
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Alberta government rejected expert advice to report probable measles cases, documents show
December 6, 2025
The Alberta government rejected expert advice to expand public reporting of measles to include probable cases, despite the measure being supported by local and provincial public health officials, documents obtained by The Globe and Mail show.
Since the outbreak began in Alberta last spring, only confirmed cases of measles have been publicly reported. New data provided through a Freedom of Information request show at least 450 probable cases of measles have also been identified in the province, bringing the total to nearly 2,500.
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Spotify Wrapped, the music streaming platform’s annual summation of user listening habits presents data on most listened-to songs and artists. The feature of this year’s report that has become the talk of the town is the inclusion of the listener’s so-called “listening age.”
After discovering their assigned ages, many users have taken to social media, expressing a mix of reactions.
Here in Canada, two prominent politicians, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman had some fun with their Spotify ages.
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