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Publication Date: May 11, 2026 - 18:01
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Hour 2 of Ottawa Now for Mon. May 11th, 2026
May 11, 2026
After a pair of fatal weekend incidents, and the Victoria Day Weekend fast approaching, it’s time to have a quick chat about water safety. Kristy Cameron chats with Stephanie Bakalar, a spokesperson at Lifesaving Society Ontario, in Hour 2. Meantime, roughly 145,000 babies born in Ontario every year are tested for treatable conditions, using blood that was taken right after they were born. They are screened for Cystic Fibrosis, Endocrine diseases, Metabolic diseases, and more. Today, researchers are looking at using Genomic Newborn Screening, a first-of-its-kind device in North America. Here to tell us more about the project is Dr. Neal Sondheimer. He is the Medical Director of Newborn Screening Ontario at CHEO.
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By January 2017, threats were nothing new to the members of the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre. For months, the centre (also known as the Grande Mosquée de Québec) had been targeted with hate-filled rhetoric. For example, in June 2016, a pig’s head was left during Ramadan with a note that read “bon appétit.” A few weeks later, pamphlets circulated in the neighbourhood, claiming the mosque was linked to terrorism. In response, centre members installed security cameras inside and outside the building. Seven months later, the cameras provided a detailed record of one of the worst mass...
June 4, 2026 - 06:31 | Amarnath Amarasingam | Walrus
On December 13, 1991, the Canadian government ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. This pledge states: “In all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.” However, through its treatment of Canadian-born children of failed refugees, Canada has been violating this pledge for years.
Since 2020, I’ve helped prepare over a hundred applications for failed refugees to prevent their...
June 4, 2026 - 06:30 | Jonathan R. Rose | Walrus
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