The Yukon resident who tested positive for hantavirus after MV Hondius cruise has recovered and was discharged from hospital late last week, B.C. health officials say. Three others still in 42-day quarantine not showing any symptoms www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

CTE ruins lives but can’t be confirmed until you’re dead. Canadian scientists are trying to change that. Researchers aim to be first team to diagnose CTE while people are alive to 'stop the disease and reverse it,' by @laurenpelley.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca

NEW: Some of the largest funders of Sask. political parties are companies with no public profile. I went through corporate registries in three provinces to find out who was behind them, and found 5/6 of the top donations to the Sask. Part last year trace back to one influential family. zurl.co/23RQH

Inside a downtown Toronto hospital is a six-room, highly specialized unit that can treat patients with rare and dangerous infectious diseases, such as Ebola. It is one of the only units of its kind in Canada. Here's a look inside: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... @theglobeandmail.com

Ontario girl with Rett Syndrome denied access to promising gene therapy trial, parents say. #cdnhealth @theglobeandmail.com

Canada introduces enhanced border-screening measures as Ebola spreads. Travellers face additional questions upon arrival, including whether they have visited affected regions, by @kkirkup.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social Smith www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Alberta is investigating after a man died while waiting six hours for care in an Edmonton emergency department, reigniting calls for the government to address severe overcrowding in hospitals. #ableg @theglobeandmail.com

Many people across Canada are learning about hantavirus for the first time because of an outbreak aboard a cruise ship that has killed three. But hantavirus is not a new disease. Here’s our Q&A with Lynora Saxinger, an Alberta infectious-diseases specialist, on why Canadians shouldn’t be worried:

HUGE: Alberta judge quashes the separatists' referendum petition, in major victory for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Blackfoot confederation. Justice Shaina Leonard: "the Crown failed to meet its duty to consult"

Ottawa needs to stop saying it’s not ready for the expansion of MAID, and actually get ready. Patients with irremediable mental illness should be allowed to die with dignity, but guardrails are needed, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Joined @theglobeandmail.com's Decibel team to chat about why drug deaths are rising in Edmonton but falling elsewhere. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts.

PHO Henry: Four Canadians who were on hantavirus-stricken MV Hondius cruise ship arrived in Victoria last night, now isolating in Island Health region for min 21 days. No symptoms. They are: Couple in 70s from Yukon; one in 70s from Vancouver Island; one in 50s from BC, currently living abroad

Six months after Canada was stripped of its #measles elimination status, public health officials are still struggling to get the outbreak under control, particularly as cases surge in Manitoba. @theglobeandmail.com

Why are drug overdose deaths rising in Edmonton, even as they fall across Canada? Dangerous opioids, declines in support services make Alberta’s capital an outlier, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Outlier on the Prairies: Why are drug poisoning deaths rising in Edmonton, even as they fall across the province and the country? @theglobeandmail.com #ableg

FIFA’s annual congress unfolded Thursday against a backdrop of geopolitical tension, including a heated moment involving Palestinian and Israeli soccer officials and the conspicuous absence of the Iranian delegation www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...

13 kids under 5 died with toxic, illegal drugs in their system since 2019, Saskatchewan child advocate says. New report examines 'pattern' of drug exposure deaths among youth, by Jeremy Warren www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #ToxicDrugCrisis

Thrilled and honoured to be part of @theglobeandmail.com team nominated for a Michener Award for our reporting into Alberta’s health procurement controversy. With pals @carrietait.bsky.social @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

Jen Gerson had Thing To Say about Elections Alberta: open.substack.com/pub/theline/...

Stay Free Alberta, the group behind the separatism referendum petition, is not part of this Elections Alberta probe, far as I know. Centurion Project and Republican Party are distinct entities in this strange Alberta separatism galaxy

Canadian regulator authorizes Indian company to sell first generic Ozempic in Canada. Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. has been authorized to sell the drug, Health Canada says, by @hannay.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco... via @theglobeandmail.com

A Press Freedom Award Certificate of Merit goes to The Globe and Mail team who reported on conflicts of interest in Alberta Health Services, while facing intimidation: Carrie Tait, Tom Cardoso, Mark MacKinnon, Stephanie Chambers, Alanna Smith, Tu Thanh Ha & Greg Mercer. buff.ly/xXEJ0CP

A wonderful evening at the Danish Embassy, celebrating Alberta journalism excellence. @carrietait.bsky.social and @markmackinnon.bsky.social were on hand, to receive an award to the @theglobeandmail.com for fearless investigative reporting of the CorruptCare scandal. #abpoli #ableg

Exclusive: A former public health professor and a former provincial health officer have started offering an inhalable form of pharmaceutical heroin for the treatment of opioid use disorder in British Columbia. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

Very exciting to see @jenstden.bsky.social, @isaacphannay.bsky.social, @tyolsen.bsky.social, Kristen de Jager, and Kristen Holliday nominated for @cajournalists.bsky.social awards! thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Congratulations to all the finalists for the 2025 CAJ Awards, including my Globe health team colleagues @alannasmith.bsky.social and Jennifer Yang. Winners will be announced at the awards gala on Saturday, June 13. www.newswire.ca/news-release... via @cajournalists.bsky.social #journalism

Thrilled, honoured, tickled to be nominated alongside these rockstars. Huge congrats to @bkstar.bsky.social, Tavia, @jenstden.bsky.social, the CTV team.

Honoured to be nominated! Congrats to all @cajournalists.bsky.social finalists!

Worth noting: We don't actually know if Jabba the Hut is, or is not, overweight relative to the healthy lifestyle expectations of his species.

1. Fat shaming is mean, even when directed at fictional intergalactic gangsters. 2. My DMs are open, my email follows the Globe's pattern. Message me for my cell, then use that number to find me on Signal and WhatsApp. Let's chat!

Artemis II astronauts have set the record for furthest distance that humans have ever travelled from Earth, surpassing the distance of 400,171 kilometres set by Apollo 13 in April, 1970. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

Alberta man launches legal action against province over closings of supervised consumption sites. Travis Peddie alleges the closures violate his Charter-protected rights and increase the risk of harm, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

The Alberta govt is facing legal action over its planned closings of drug-use sites in Calgary and Lethbridge. The UCP has now faced five lawsuits related to its restrictions to harm reduction services. #ableg #yyc @theglobeandmail.com

Six former Toronto mayors are calling on the Ontario government to restore funding for supervised drug-use sites and repeal legislation that led to many site closings, arguing that deaths and public spending have increased in their wake. @theglobeandmail.com #onpoli

UPDATE: Not just Chabot, RCMP corruption probe search warrants on Sean Chu, too. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I’m delighted to be a National Newspaper Award finalist in the long feature category, for the Mark Carney profile I wrote last spring. Here’s all the amazing work nominated: nna-ccj.ca/2025-finalis... And here’s my Carney profile: www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/fed...

Honoured to be nominated in three categories with my amazing Globe colleagues. Congrats to all nominees! See you in Toronto 🥳

Alberta government to close Calgary’s only supervised drug-use site. Lethbridge mobile unit also shuttered, but sites in Edmonton and Grande Prairie remain open for now, by @alannasmith.bsky.social, Jennifer Yang www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Very honoured to have been nominated for my reporting in Syria and Lebanon last year, along with superb colleagues @carrietait.bsky.social , @tomcardoso.bsky.social , @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social and @alannasmith.bsky.social

SCOOP: RCMP search accounting firm owned by appointee of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, police attend home of former AHS procurement official www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social @mattscace.bsky.social @janapruden.bsky.social @alannasmith.bsky.social

Alberta introduced sweeping legislation Wednesday to drastically restrict medical assistance in dying, which includes barring cases where patients have incurable conditions but their deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. With pal @kkirkup.bsky.social #ableg

When generic versions of weight-loss drugs arrive, public plans should cover them, experts say Price of GLP-1 drugs is a barrier for patients, but for public plans long terms benefits may outweigh costs, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Canadian Medical Association applies to intervene in Supreme Court appeal of Saskatchewan's pronoun law https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-medical-association-supreme-court-saskatchewan-pronoun-law/ ⦸ @alannasmith.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca 🍁

Manitoba is now outpacing every other province in #measles cases, prolonging an outbreak that has persisted in Canada for roughly a year and a half. @theglobeandmail.com #cdnhealth

Canadian national-security officials were presented with evidence that Indian consular staff operating in Vancouver supplied information to assist in the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, @mikehager.bsky.social and Greg Mercer report: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

As the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran continues to spread around the Middle East, the Lebanese front might prove the most volatile of all. My updated report from Beirut

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has placed significant blame on immigration for the fiscal strain on the province's health system. But how much do newcomers actually cost? by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... via @theglobeandmail.com

ICYMI: While this fall’s influenza vaccine was a mismatch for the dominant strain, it still cut the risk of serious illness by roughly 40 per cent, according to a Canadian network that has long tracked the performance of the annual shot. #cdnhealth #fluseason @theglobeandmail.com

Alberta doctors say the provincial government’s decision to broaden parental and guardian access to their children’s medical records could put youth at risk of harm and infringes on their privacy, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com

Alberta doctors say the provincial government’s decision to broaden parental and guardian access to their children’s medical records could put youth at risk of harm and infringes on their privacy. #ableg @theglobeandmail.com