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šļø Emergency rooms are buckling across the country. Nurse shortages are persisting. Backlogs are still jamming up hospitals.
It's left people and politicians wondering what can be done and whether privatizing the system is part of the answer.
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It's left people and politicians wondering what can be done and whether privatizing the system is part of the answer.
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šļø In the latest episode of #TheDecibel, Dr. Alika Lafontaine (@AlikaMD) ā president of @CMA_Docs ā is skeptical that privatization is the answer.
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š @AlikaMD: "There's no problem with a little bit of outsourcing or a little bit of support for the system. But what we're really talking about is a scale of privatization that we've never really considered before."
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šļø Is Canada heading into a recession?
New GDP numbers in the U.S. have set off the latest set of worries about whether weāre heading for a recession, even if Canadaās numbers arenāt that bad.
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New GDP numbers in the U.S. have set off the latest set of worries about whether weāre heading for a recession, even if Canadaās numbers arenāt that bad.
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šļø On today's episode of #TheDecibel, guest host @SherrillS speaks with @ParkinsonGlobe about how recessions are defined, which economic indicators we should be watching and just how worried people should be.
Listen here:
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Listen here:
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šļø @ParkinsonGlobe does not seem to think we're headed into a recession. He says Canada's economy is growing unlike the US. We also have a strong labour market.
But some signs of worry are inflation and the Bank of Canada's response to it.
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But some signs of worry are inflation and the Bank of Canada's response to it.
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š Panic at the crypto!
Cryptocurrencies, including big names like Bitcoin, have taken another dive this week following seven months of declines.
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Cryptocurrencies, including big names like Bitcoin, have taken another dive this week following seven months of declines.
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On this episode of #TheDecibel, @timkiladze explains why this crash matters and what retail investors with money caught up in crypto should do.
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š āA decent number of people have at least dabbled in crypto, even if was only putting a hundred bucks into Bitcoin.ā
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šļø On Wednesday, a jury sided with actor Johnny Depp in his defamation case against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. The verdict follows a six week-long trial that captured the publicās attention.
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šļø During the trial, intimate and often ugly allegations about Heard and Deppās relationship were on full display. That included allegations of abuse ā which both accused the other of doing.
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šļø While this case became a media spectacle involving two celebrities, it also brought to light the very real issue of intimate partner violence.
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Last week, the ICJ, the world's highest court, ordered Russia to immediately stop its war in Ukraine. Despite this ruling, Putin is still waging war.
So what does this decision actually mean? Will it change anything?
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So what does this decision actually mean? Will it change anything?
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Today on #TheDecibel: Harold Hongju Koh, one of the lawyers representing Ukraine in the case against Russia, explains the the arguments they brought forward, Russiaās response (or lack thereof), and makes the case for international law.
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Last week, the International Court of Justice ordered Russia to end the war. Were you surprised by that decision?
š Koh: āWe got a 13-2 ruling on key provisions; and 15-0 on an order not to aggravate the dispute. That's what we were hoping for.ā
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š Koh: āWe got a 13-2 ruling on key provisions; and 15-0 on an order not to aggravate the dispute. That's what we were hoping for.ā
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When Gerald Cotten died suddenly in 2018, he was 30 years old, but fabulously wealthy thanks to founding Quadriga ā one of the first cryptocurrency exchanges.
Or thatās how it seemed. His death coincided with concerns about the legitimacy of Quadriga.
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Or thatās how it seemed. His death coincided with concerns about the legitimacy of Quadriga.
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After investigating, the Ontario Securities Commission said Quadriga was run like a Ponzi scheme. More than Quadriga clients collectively lost more than $200-million.
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Jennifer Roberston was Cottenās wife, and was there when he died.
And despite being at the centre of a huge scandal, sheās never spoken publicly about her husbandās fraud or death ā or the suspicion it cast on her ā until now.
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And despite being at the centre of a huge scandal, sheās never spoken publicly about her husbandās fraud or death ā or the suspicion it cast on her ā until now.
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Got milk? š„
On #TheDecibel, we're talking about why you might be paying more for dairy soon.
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On #TheDecibel, we're talking about why you might be paying more for dairy soon.
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Host @AdrianKLee talks with @FoodProfessor Sylvain Charlebois about how Canada's dairy pricing is set and what that means for consumers.
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š"If you don't know much about the Canadian Dairy Commission, @CDC_Dairy, you're not alone ... It's owned by Canadians, it's a Crown Corporation, and ... its role is to set prices at farm gate so dairy farmers make a decent living." - @FoodProfessor.
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What do blackouts in China (tgam.ca/3mxf60q), surging natural gas prices in Europe and Asia (tgam.ca/3FiO8ly) and renewable energy have to do with each other?
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They are all wrapped up in a bumpy moment for the global energy supply as economies across the world revved up following a pandemic-induced slowdown.
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š Today on #TheDecibel, @the_Jeff_Jones explains exactly why uptick in demand has stressed our global supply at this moment and what can be done about it.
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In 2018, The Globeās telecom industry reporter @alexposadzki was hacked via a cell phone scam known as SIM swapping. This allowed the hacker to assume her identity and correspond with her friends and family.
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The ordeal left @alexposadzki feeling unsettled and wondering just how common this type of fraud is in Canada.
The answers, she found out, werenāt readily available.
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The answers, she found out, werenāt readily available.
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She had to file an access to information request to get the first-ever glimpse into the prevalence of these types of attacks in Canada.
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During the first wave of #COVID19, one of the biggest news stories was the carnage inside long-term care homes. Seniors were among the most vulnerable groups to COVID-19, and pre-vaccine, thousands died as outbreaks occurred in facilities across Canada.
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The situation was made more devastating by the horrific details about how these residents were treated. Over the last several months, a coroner's inquest has looked into 7 LTC homes in Quebec, where things got so bad that the military was called in.
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šToday on #TheDecibel, @TuThanhHa describes the testimony heās heard and talks about what needs to change to prevent this from ever happening again.
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More than 4,000 care home residents have died in Quebec during the pandemic, but not all were directly due to COVID-19. Some were left to languish ā without food, water or basic sanitary care ā during the first wave and essentially died of neglect.
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The most infamous example was a home called RĆ©sidence Herron, where 47 of the 139 residents passed away after the homeās staff disappeared once the novel coronavirus struck.
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As Canada marks the first National Day for #TruthAndReconciliation, #TheDecibel looks at its origin in #OrangeShirtDay, and explore how to meaningfully measure progress toward reconciliation.
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One way to measure progress is the āreconciliation barometer,ā developed by Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers.
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š§ @starzyklab, principal investigator on the project, and @rymoran, a collaborator, join #TheDecibel to help explain what exactly the project is measuring, and how this gauge can be used to inform the conversation around reconciliation.
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Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party won their third straight election, but failed to capture a majority mandate in Canadaās #Elxn44.
By early Tuesday morning, the results nearly mirrored the seat count when parliament was dissolved.
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By early Tuesday morning, the results nearly mirrored the seat count when parliament was dissolved.
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So now the question that is being asked is: Was the campaign worth it?
Political columnist @JohnIbbitson and parliamentary reporter @kkirkup join #TheDecibel to break down what happened on election night and what it means for the country.
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Political columnist @JohnIbbitson and parliamentary reporter @kkirkup join #TheDecibel to break down what happened on election night and what it means for the country.
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š @kkirkup: Perhaps this election is going to go down as the Groundhog Day Election. Frankly, I think, there is a sentiment among a large number of Canadians that this election didnāt need to happen in the first place. And, yet, here we are.
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When Premier @jkenney announced earlier this year that Alberta would get rid of virtually every COVID-19 public health restriction, he declared that the province was about to have the ābest summer ever.ā
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But last Wednesday, amid soaring infections, @jkenney apologized and reversed course on COVID-19 restrictions and brought in a vaccine passport system.
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Kenney declared a public health emergency, new restrictions to get COVID-19 under control and a vaccine passport. Those measures arrive as ICUs are filling up so quickly that health-care workers are preparing for the possibility of having to ration care.
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Omar Mouallem (@OmarMouallem) was just a kid growing up in High Prairie, Alberta, when the World Trade Center in New York was brought down by two commercial airplanes hijacked by members of the terrorist group al-Qaeda, killing almost 3,000 people.
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Now a journalist and author, @OmarMouallem explores how the events of 9/11 shaped his own relationship to his Muslim heritage.
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In an essay for @GlobeDebate, Omar writes about how the Islamophobic aftermath of 9/11 forced him to decide whether he would embrace or reject his faith.
āI regret my choiceāand I worry that such reckonings will happen again for my children,ā he writes.
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āI regret my choiceāand I worry that such reckonings will happen again for my children,ā he writes.
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With less than two weeks to go in #Elxn44, the federal election campaign is heating up with two official election debates on a back-to-back schedule.
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While Jagmeet Singhās @NDP have gained ground, polling suggests the @CPC_HQ's popularity have tied them with @JustinTrudeauās Liberals.
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The Globe's @JohnIbbitson has been on the campaign trail with Erin OāToole, and joins #TheDecibel to explain why the leader has exceeded expectations this campaign.
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Even before #COVID19, one in five kids in Canada met the diagnostic criteria for a mental disorder.
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Since school closings, lockdowns, job loss, and of course the illness and death caused by the pandemic, childrenās mental health has gotten even worse.
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š Today on #TheDecibel: Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt, co-author of a report from the Royal Society of Canada that explains what we know about the effects of school closings on children during the pandemic, joins the show.
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It's almost Labor Day weekend, which means we're approaching the back to school season ā the third school year of the pandemic.
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For 18 months now, students and their parents have had to deal with unpredictable school disruptions and a lot of anxiety around contracting COVID-19.
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Most students were forced into remote learning for weeks at a time. Ontario kids spent more than half of the 2020-2021 academic year out of the classrooms. Most kids and parents managed the isolation, the screen time, the tech issues. But very few thrived.
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Today on #TheDecibel: @jason_kirby discusses the fraud trial of Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes.š©ø
She's accused of falsely claiming that her company had developed technology to run a wide range of tests on a single drop of blood.
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She's accused of falsely claiming that her company had developed technology to run a wide range of tests on a single drop of blood.
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š @jason_kirby "She could potentially have believed that her stuff would work. But that seems so unlikely because what she was claiming was so far away from what the reality of what these machines could actually do."
#Theranos
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#Theranos
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š@jason_kirby "This was playing a game with people's lives...that's really why prosecutors have gone so hard at her on this, because this wasn't just faking it 'til you make it on your own on some nifty software innovation. This was this was putting people's lives in jeopardy."
Canadians use electricity for just about everything. Charging phones. Powering laptops. Running the A/C in the summer.
In the coming years, as Canada works towards a goal of net zero emissions, demand for electricity is going to increase in a major way. tgam.ca/electric-grid
In the coming years, as Canada works towards a goal of net zero emissions, demand for electricity is going to increase in a major way. tgam.ca/electric-grid
Demand is expected to double as weĀ electrify everything in our lives ā from electric vehicles to heating homes ā and Canadaās grid faces some major challenges. tgam.ca/electric-grid
Canada will not be able to meet demand for electricity unless we figure out how to overhaul something that most of us take for granted: The electric grid.
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Calls to reconsider celebrations of Canada Day have intensified ahead of the July 1 holiday, in light of the announcements from B.C. and Saskatchewan First Nations that theyād located hundreds of unmarked gravesites at former residential schools.
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#CancelCanadaDay has trended on Twitter and some local governments are scrapping their plans. Some cities including Victoria and Fredericton are replacing Canada Day events with events focusing on reconciliation.
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But not everyone is happy with these decisions. Other cities are going ahead with celebrations and the debate over Canada Day is more heated than ever.
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