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Here are our top stories of 2025. And also some that we think should have gotten greater attention. pressprogress.ca/our-top-stor...

Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...

If you are angry about this, ask why we give suicidal people so few locuses of refuge, such a paucity of helpful care, that they turn to suicide-encouraging robots.

When it comes to healthcare, Canada's provinces opt for risky experiments over proven solutions. Health reporter @brishti.bsky.social looks back on a year of policies on track for failure: pressprogress.ca/year-of-heal...

🌀Source List🌀 Here is the current source list of independent journalism for Harms Committed. This thread provides additional information about each source, along with ways to support them.

Sikh Federation Canada Calls Out Carney Government For Failing to Hold India Accountable for Foreign Interference Sikh community calls for “accountability and transparency” as federal government looks to restart relationship with India pressprogress.ca/sikh-federat...

Building on work that @tarakiran.bsky.social and I published 5 yrs ago, we're excited to announce the first of two new papers on the #GenderPayGap in Canadian medicine. This one is for @jama.com. Data shows "pink collaring" or devaluation. Incomes going down when women enter a specialty. #Medsky🧵

More than half the petitions cite bill 2 and the notwithstanding clause as a main reason.

Just got this from the Canadian government: “While Global Affairs Canada regrets the decision, the group was travelling independently and was not representing the Government of Canada.” Israeli officials ASSAULTED a Canadian member of Parliament!! Where is the backbone????

British Columbia's newest far-right party has become embroiled in conflict, after suddenly removing its leader. OneBC’s implosion appears to stem from the firing of a staffer accused of posting neo-Nazi propaganda: pressprogress.ca/dallas-brodi...

Each member of a Canadian delegation attempting to enter the West Bank were “asked to sign a form declaring they acknowledge they are a threat to public safety, which they declined to do.” So Israel denied them entry. The first mention that Israel denied them comes in the 4th paragraph in a quote.

Three children died of the flu in Ottawa this month. If you have a small child, a good investment is a finger pulse oximeter to monitor pulse and oxygen levels. These data you can share with your doctor if symptoms are severe enough that you're considering an ER visit www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is looking for answers after two videos were posted on social media showing a First Nations man lying face down in the snow outside the Prince Albert Hospital. The temperatures were between -25 and -26.

Alberta Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services Jason Nixon says rising frostbite amputations on his watch are a sign of the system working as intended. Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In late Nov. researcher @kwardvancouver.bsky.social pointed me to an OPCC investigation summary into now ex-VPD officer’s abusive relationship with a teenage girl. They met when he made a policing presentation at her high school & she expressed interest in being a cop. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... 1/

Vancouver Coastal Health Dec 10 drug alert: Purple chunk sold as down in Powell River tested positive for fentanyl, benzos and medetomidine. Comes after weeks of warnings across B.C. about the veterinary anesthetic, which is much more potent than xylazine and causes deep and prolonged sedation

Simon Fraser University wants only non-union faculty at its new medical school. SFU contends that it's so new and different that the existing collective agreement with university faculty doesn't apply. pressprogress.ca/sfu-medical-...

Canadian Psychiatric Association creating new complexes by blasting out this message in error:

With a massive legal shakeup, Alberta’s government is paving the way for a separatist referendum. "It’s the most draconian, totalitarian piece of legislation I’ve ever seen," says a former deputy premier. pressprogress.ca/alberta-pave...

NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports

Maybe this is a controversial take but I would love it if we were able to do our jobs and ask questions of elected officials.

this is who you denied taking questions from this morning @davidebybc.bsky.social 😤

EXCLUSIVE | ‘Deeply troubling’: Canadian legislators call for halt to ICE armored vehicle sale after report by The Independent

an important & damning record of the impacts of the toxic drug crisis and persecution of unhoused community members — please read!

Quebec's government has presented or passed legislation targeting the right to strike and unions' ability to launch legal cases and support social movements. I dig into why 50,000 Quebecers rallied in front of François Legault's Montreal office this past weekend for @pressprogress.ca

This is especially concerning because Edmonton police have likely already been harvesting identities from social media, linking people to criticism of police. This means “known critics” could be first targets in any police action. drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Elbows up: A leaked Liberal caucus briefing note shows the Mark Carney government fears that regulating arms exports to the USA might upset the Americans. www.readthemaple.com/liberals-fea...

Rustad's response posted to Twitter Same tone he took this morning, when he was asked about his possible removal under similar circumstances #bcpoli

This basket where we are putting our eggs is looking iffy... LNG Glut Begins to Bite as Asian Buyers Reduce Imports www.theenergymix.com/lng-glut-beg...

“This is a calamity beyond words. This is a horror beyond words. This is a travesty,” Eris Nyx told the court. “This is gutting my community and killing everyone I know.” What would you do if thousands of your neighbours were dying preventable deaths, every year? thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Alberta attacking the charter to shield anti-trans laws? Bill 9. Quebec's push to force anyone wearing religious symbols from public life? Bill 9. Federal bid to "combat hate" that could stifle pro-Palestine advocacy? Bill C-9 No more Bill 9s until we figure out what the fuck is going ON!!!!

Canadians waiting months for CRA approval needed for new federal disability benefit. Anyone applying for the income supplement must first be deemed eligible for the Disability Tax Credit, by Erica Alini www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe... via @theglobeandmail.com

WIRED's consumer coverage of surveillance capitalism "gadgets" was always a big cringey but in light of WIRED's news side's incredible work over the past couple years, it's even more discordant. Do the magazine's two sides ever talk to each other?

Ontario "ombudsman's report was compiled based on 55 complaints from advocates, social workers and hospital staff who reported often inhumane conditions in which people with disabilities and complex care needs have been kept for prolonged periods of time." #Ontario #Canada #Healthcare #Courts

Advocates have demanded change on HIV decriminalization for decades. Canada’s government says there’s no path forward for legal reform #WorldAIDSDay xtramagazine.com/health/hiv-d...

What is OneBC, the far-right party making headlines in British Columbia? Its two MLAs were originally elected as Conservatives, and their constituents are not happy. pressprogress.ca/onebc-far-ri...

‘Their Conditions Worsened in Hospital’: Ontario Ombudsman Report Details Inhumane Conditions, Prolonged Hospital Stays for Severely Disabled People "Her health has been irreversibly damaged… I worry there isn’t much hope for her or our situation." pressprogress.ca/their-condit...

People in BC who are hospitalized against their will won't be able to sue clinicians "providing involuntary mental-health care." news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

On day one of this weeks-long trial, Jeremy Kalicum testified about the bureaucratic catch-22 that prevented DULF from being a fully legal entity, in addition to saving lives. He also shared his personal story. pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...

Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club. In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified. pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...

Doug Ford's government claims the province isn’t privatizing water. Experts aren't convinced. pressprogress.ca/ontario-clai...

Today, DULF co-founders launch their constitutional challenge to Canada’s drug laws that criminalize possession for the purposes of trafficking. “[The law] is over broad in that it prohibits non medical safer supply programs no matter how efficacious” - lawyer Tim Dickson @pressprogress.ca

Every Sunday I try to catch up on the articles and stories that I should have read days/weeks/months/years ago—the infinity tabs on my safari app. Most of them aren’t worth the read, but here are a few that you should check out if you haven’t already! ICYMI 🧵

Vancouver's last all-night drop in centre for street-based sex workers is facing an uncertain future as the city considers changing how its funded. If the KCS closed there would be no other drop in centres for sex workers, anywhere in the city. That's dangerous. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

B.C. says 1950s-style clear-cut logging isn’t happening anymore. Is that true? @sobittersosweet.bsky.social explains #clearcutlogging

A snow plow operator drove her vehicle through a crowd of Palestine supporters in Toronto this week. “This just seems like part of a pattern of violence against Palestinians that’s going unchecked,” organizer Omar Mahmoud told me. For @thegrindto.bsky.social

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