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Sharon Kirkey

Reporter · CA

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Sharon Kirkey

    At first, case stumped doctors who determined Ontario woman had fatal case of rat bite fever (opens the original)

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    For days and days on end, doctors didn’t know exactly what kind of organism they were up against. The infection spreading through the 48-year-old Ontario woman was so aggressive, large parts of her heart were destroyed. But all the usual blood work, all the cultures for typical bacterial infections came back negative. Doctors couldn’t fully understand what was feeding the infection. Until her sister wondered, could it be the rats? The woman’s death last year, published in a new case report, is b

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Sharon Kirkey

    Child murders report says Canada's courts are prioritizing 'parental contact' over safety (opens the original)

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    One April morning in 2019, paramedics called to a Granby, Que., house found a malnourished seven-year-old girl without vital signs wrapped in layers of adhesive tape, including over her head, obstructing her airways. Her father had helped restrain her before leaving her with her stepmother, who bound her with packing tape, a Quebec corner would later conclude in the case that became known as the “Granby Girl.” Ten months later, in February 2020, four-year-old Keira Kagan’s body was discovered, a

  3. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Sharon Kirkey

    Am I rich enough to pay for my own full-body MRI scan for peace of mind? (opens the original)

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    Sonia Keuroghlian’s husband, a radiologist, has seen cancer in people in their 20s and 30s, younger than the ages recommended for most publicly funded cancer screening. So, when the Toronto couple turned 40, he suggested they undergo full-body MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans at a private clinic in Vancouver, where her husband is from, and where they were vacationing in August 2018, “just to make sure everything is OK,” Keuroghlian said. She was healthy, active, fit, and feeling perfectly

  4. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Sharon Kirkey

    B.C.'s drug decriminalization experiment didn't change overdose deaths: study (opens the original)

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    British Columbia’s contentious experiment decriminalizing fentanyl, cocaine and other hard drugs was hailed by provincial health leaders as a “vital” means of keeping people from dying from drug overdoses. It appears it didn’t. New research found no significant changes in drug-related hospitalizations or toxic drug deaths compared with the rest of Canada, where the drug laws hadn’t changed. “I think there’s a real risk of over-promising simple solutions” to the opioid crisis, said the study’s se

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Sharon Kirkey

    B.C. doctor fined $28,000 for refusing to inject trans-identifying teen with puberty blocker (opens the original)

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    The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a B.C. family doctor to pay $28,100 in compensation for refusing to administer a puberty-blocking drug to a transgender-identifying teen over his religious beliefs. According to the ruling, Dr. Henry Ajaero discriminated against the transgender youth by denying medical services based on gender identity. “I am not persuaded that this was justified by (Ajaero’s) religious beliefs or lack of medical expertise,” tribunal vice-chair Devyn Cousine

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