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Kristy Kirkup

@kkirkup

"The truth about stories is, that's all we are." - Thomas King

National health reporter in 🇨🇦’s capital for @globeandmail

Email: [email protected]

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#BREAKING: Damien Kurek, Conservative MP-elect for Battle River—Crowfoot in Alberta, announces that he will resign his seat to allow Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre to run in a by-election. #cdnpoli

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Congratulations to all nominees. The Micheners highlight the best of Canadian journalism - journalism that causes social change and policy movement due to the deep telling of an often overlooked story. 👏🏽

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Ont Health Min Sylvia Jones defended province’s response to measles outbreak saying chief medical officer directed health units 1yr ago to refocus efforts on childhood vaccinations. Asked if it’s working she said “I believe it is.” Philpott walked away when I tried to ask her Qs.

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NDP talking to the Carney government about getting official party status, interim leader says theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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#Measles could keep spreading for a year, says Canada’s chief public health officer. Canada's CPHO warns that the country could lose its measles elimination status, by Kristy Kirkup theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #vaccination

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The measles outbreak in Ontario continues to grumble along, with 1,646 cases reported in 2025. To date, the outbreak has occurred primarily (though not exclusively) among unvaccinated individuals in under-vaccinated communities in southwestern Ontario.

The measles outbreak in Ontario continues to grumble along, with 1,646 cases reported in 2025.

To date, the outbreak has occurred primarily (though not exclusively) among unvaccinated individuals in under-vaccinated communities in southwestern Ontario.
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In Southwestern Ontario, hospitals prepare for prospect of ‘worst-case scenario’ while measles cases surge theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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Alberta has seen more than 600 cases of #measles since early March, with the large majority of cases in children. Alberta Health Services says the slew of cases is likely due to under-reporting. theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta… via The Globe and Mail #vaccination

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.Canadian Medical Association launches legal challenge to Alberta law limiting access to treatment for #transgender youth. Bill 26 bars doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormone therapies to those under 16, by Kristy Kirkup Alanna Smith theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail

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Son of Kay Carter seeking right to assisted death his mother fought for right up to the Supreme Court. Price Carter suffers from Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, by Kristy Kirkup theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail Dying With Dignity Canada #MAiD

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B.C. owners of ostriches hope high-powered names and bird-flu survivor will save flock from cull theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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The owners of nearly 400 ostriches that are earmarked for death on a B.C. farm hope public appeals from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Oz and a 13-year-old Canadian survivor of bird flu will help to save their animals. theglobeandmail.com/gift/bfcf272b0…

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B.C. ostriches set for cull have avian flu infection not seen elsewhere in Canada, agency says theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…

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The Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions issues an apology to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples for the harms Indigenous Peoples have faced historically and currently face in the health care system. nursesunions.ca/upholding-reco… via Canada's Nurses Linda Silas #nursing #reconciliation

The Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions issues an apology to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples for the harms Indigenous Peoples have faced historically and currently face in the health care system.  nursesunions.ca/upholding-reco… via <a href="/CFNU/">Canada's Nurses</a> <a href="/CFNUPresident/">Linda Silas</a> #nursing #reconciliation
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‘Nation-building’ projects should by more than 'stuff' like pipelines and infrastructure. They should include programs that reflect Canadian values like equitable access to health care, by André Picard theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via The Globe and Mail