Source Feed:     Global News - Canada  
  
      Author:     Ella Macdonald  
  
      Publication Date:     October 8, 2025 - 07:00  
  Unheard. Unserved: Woman denied breast cancer surgery by hospital due to BMI
    October 8, 2025  
   
  
    A Nova Scotia woman says her BMI has kept her from having a necessary surgery and wants change with how overweight women are treated in the health-care system.  
  
    Like birthdays, I stopped celebrating Halloween around the age of eleven or twelve.
By the time I was thirteen, I had sworn it off entirely. I was still in my devout Christian era, but my objections to the celebration of witches and horror had nothing to do with religious doctrine or dogma.
It was about fear.
That’s the point of Halloween, isn’t it? It’s spooky season, after all. But where other kids seemed to delight in this, like passengers on a roller coaster feeling exhilarated by the terror, for me, it was distinctly unpleasant, and the weirdness of feeling out of step with everyone...
  October 31, 2025 - 06:30 | Alex Manley | Walrus 
    
    
    Good morning. Even after life-saving drug treatments pass Health Canada’s regulatory tests, getting them publicly reimbursed takes longer than any other G7 country. More on that below, along with a Royal eviction and haunting houses. But first: Today’s headlinesPrime Minister Mark Carney accepts Chinese President Xi Jinping’s invitation to visit China as the leaders meet in South KoreaWith a possible World Series win in front of them, the Blue Jays try to treat Game 6 like any other day Premiers are pressing for more details from Carney on U.S. trade talksRelatives of Sudanese Canadians...
  October 31, 2025 - 06:16 | Chris Hannay | The Globe and Mail 
    
    
    Across the city's downtown, restaurants and bars are preparing to break records as fans stream into the city to see if the Jays can defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers.  
  October 31, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Canada 
    
    

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