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Good morning. Burnout since the onset of the pandemic has led to hospital staff shortages across the country, with rural communities hit the hardest. More on that below, updates to our reporting on tuberculosis, ticks and tennis. But first:Today’s headlinesU.S. Congress passes Trump’s signature $4.5-trillion One Big Beautiful Bill Act Russia hammers Kyiv in its largest missile and drone barrage since the war in Ukraine beganSparks from an RCMP vehicle mishap ignited a fire now threatening Lytton, B.C., stirring painful memories
July 4, 2025 - 06:28 | Ha Tu Thanh | The Globe and Mail
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Don’t call him
Two consecutive texts from my aunt, following a series of messages in which she told me that my mother, who is in her mid-sixties, was dizzy, throwing up, and unable to open her eyes. That Mum might need to go to the emergency room and that my aunt needed help. The “him” in question was my brother Ornab, thirty-seven years old and two years younger than me. My aunt’s flurry of thoughts came to me on the last day of January this year, around 7 p.m. in Paris, where I live, from Toronto, still in its afternoon.
Ornab lives fifteen minutes from my mum and my...
July 4, 2025 - 06:25 | Anubha Momin | Walrus
Traffic congestion is reaching crisis levels across Canada’s largest urban regions, threatening the economy and eroding quality of life for millions. From Toronto’s notorious Highway 401 bottleneck — costing commuters over three million hours of delay each year — to traffic jams in Montreal and Vancouver, the country’s major corridors are consistently among the worst in North America.
One upstart, Argo, hopes to mitigate the problem with a made-in-Canada public transit concept.
Argo integrates with existing transit lines and fare systems, an approach that could serve as a template...
July 4, 2025 - 06:00 | Special to National Post | National Post
This project aims to document every instance in which a hospital emergency department (ER) in Canada closed its doors – temporarily or permanently – since 2019. For each closure, The Globe and Mail captured the ER’s name, start and end times, and the reason for the disruption.Explore the interactive map below to browse ER closures across Canada, as compiled by The Globe and Mail.
July 4, 2025 - 06:00 | Yang Sun, Ha Tu Thanh, Kelly Grant | The Globe and Mail
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July 4, 2025 - 06:00 | Kelly Grant, Ha Tu Thanh, Yang Sun | The Globe and Mail
With the 2025 WNBA season well underway, the debut of the Toronto Tempo is fast approaching and the month ahead promises to be a busy time for team president Teresa Resch.
July 4, 2025 - 05:57 | Kevin Nielsen | Global News - Ottawa
