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Publication Date: August 1, 2025 - 06:41
Ontario paramedic fired for criticizing Israel on social media hopes to be reinstated
August 1, 2025
York Region said last month that officials launched an investigation into an employee's “concerning comments on social media” on June 19, which led to a dismissal.
Unpublished Newswire
At just twenty-three, second-generation immigrant Jessie was working in the federal government to save for law school—even though he felt deep “disdain” for “big government.” Jessie’s supervisor suggested that his current role could help him secure a job at the Department of Justice and receive law school funding. But he resisted. He didn’t want to become a lifelong bureaucrat.
The young federal employee shared this story in an interview with Emine Fidan Elcioglu, an associate professor at the University of Toronto, who ran a study on why some racialized communities are turning to...
August 4, 2025 - 06:30 | Mihika Agarwal | Walrus
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s post-midnight
response
to Washington’s latest escalation of its tariff war was calm, measured, sensible and appropriate, everything the current regime in Washington is not.
Canada, Carney said, will continue to negotiate in search of a reasonable agreement,...
August 4, 2025 - 06:00 | Kelly McParland | National Post
Quebec’s universal respiratory syncytial virus immunization program proved more than 85 per cent effective in reducing infant hospitalizations, emergency-room consultations and intensive-care admissions, according to a new study.The province was the first in Canada to announce a publicly funded nirsevimab program for the 2024-25 RSV season. Ontario, Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories later followed suit.
August 4, 2025 - 06:00 | Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
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