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National Post reporter Sharon Kirkey has been honoured by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians, the third straight year a Postmedia journalist has won the group’s Medical Journalism Award. Kirkey received the prestigious award Monday night at the CAEP’s annual conference in Winnipeg. Her feature story diving deep into “Canada’s shockingly violent hospitals” ran in Postmedia papers across the country. “This well-deserved award reflects Kirkey’s commitment to excellent journalism. Her dogged reporting has exposed serious gaps in Canada’s health-care system and highlighted...