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#Indigenous woman Joyce Echaquan records slurs, taunts of Quebec hospital staff before her death, by @kkirkup @TuThanhHa https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-indigenous-woman-records-slurs-taunts-of-quebec-hospital-staff-before/?u

We urgently need to ease parental angst. The way to do it is with clear back-to-school guidelines, by @picardonhealth https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-clear-back-to-school-guidelines-are-needed-to-ease-parental-angst/?utm_med

Outbreaks at seniors’ homes linked to almost half of #COVID19 deaths in Canada, @CPHO_Canada says, as Ottawa introduces new guidelines, by @carlyweeks @jillsmahoney @l_stone @TuThanhHa https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-outbreaks-at-seni

‘Human rights don’t have a best-before date’: #COVID19 lays bare rampant ageism, by ⁦@picardonhealth⁩ via ⁦@GlobeDebate⁩https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-human-rights-dont-have-a-best-before-date-covid-19-lays-bare/ B.C. Tory MP @MarcDal

40 years ago today, Terry Fox began his #MarathonOfHope. He would go on to run the equivalent of a marathon a day, for 143 days. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sunday-marks-40th-anniversary-of-terry-fox-s-marathon-of-hope-1.5530162 #

Disturbing stories emerging of residents found unfed, soiled and even dead in overwhelmed Quebec seniors' homes. Half of the #COVID19 deaths in province are in institutional care settings, by @Aaron_Derfel

Desperate long-term care homes struggle to find staff as #COVID19 sickens residents and sidelines workers, by @MoiraWelsh https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/09/desperate-long-term-care-homes-struggle-to-find-staff-as-covid-19-sickens-resident-a

I usually reserve my opinions for @globeandmail columns but feel compelled to write a brief thread about the public maligning of Dr. Theresa Tam @CPHO_Canada and criticisms she has been

#COVID19 Apr 04 Canada: 14,018 cases: 6,997 QC, 3,630 ON, 1,203 BC, 1,181 AB, 236 NS, 231 SK, 203 NL, 194 MB, 98 NB, 6 YK, 4 NWT, 0 NU,

There’s a wildfire of #coronavirus in seniors’ homes. If you can get your relatives out, do it now, by @picardonhealth https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-if-you-can-get-your-relatives-out-of-seniors-homes-try-to-do-so-as/?utm_medium=Refer

The advice on face-covering is changing: Wear a face mask if you feel it’s necessary, but make sure it's a DIY so you don't deprive health professionals who really need