Hour 4 of Ottawa Now for Wed. July 2nd, 2025
July 2, 2025
In an effort to help track infectious diseases across North America, and perhaps around the world, Canada once relied on American-fueled data. In late-January, Donald Trump re-entered the White House, and things quickly changed. Over the past few months, America’s public health institutions have been gutted under the second Trump administration, and this looming crisis has left several countries scrambling to find alternative paths to track viruses. And now, the Canadian Medical Association Journal is urgently calling on the Carney government to strengthen the country’s present-day monitoring systems. Guest host Andrew Pinsent chats with Shannon Charlebois, who is the co-author of this latest statement from the CMAJ. Plus, we deliver the latest breaking news as it happens, right here on CFRA’s Ottawa Now.
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July 3, 2025 - 16:57 | Jennifer Yang | The Globe and Mail
A swarming attack on a business owner in Oshawa, Ont., that police are investigating as a possible hate crime has shaken the victim’s family and the broader Muslim community, which has seen a rise in Islamophobic incidents, advocates said Thursday. Amira Elghawaby, federal special representative on combatting Islamophobia, said the alleged suspects “violently” ripped off the woman’s hijab and kicked her repeatedly during the attack.
July 3, 2025 - 16:42 | Sharif Hassan | The Globe and Mail
Nunavut’s health department declared an end to years-long tuberculosis outbreaks in two Baffin Island communities on Thursday.Pangnirtung, a hamlet 45 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, had the largest outbreak of TB in the territory in at least seven years. The outbreak was declared in November, 2021, and resulted in 47 active TB cases and 225 latent or “sleeping” infections, which are asymptomatic and non-contagious.
July 3, 2025 - 16:34 | Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
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