Mike Hager
@mikehager.bsky.social
Journalist at @theglobeandmail.com covering the political, economic and social issues that affect us all.
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Mike Hager
@mikehager.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Lapu-Lapu festival suspect should have been in hospital before attack, experts say
Health team missed multiple red flags ahead of the car-ramming in B.C., past and present members of tribunal say
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Nancy MacDonald and I spoke to four past and current members of the provincial review board that oversees the care of people like the #LapuLapu Day attack suspect and they all had damning assessments of how he was treated before 11 people were killed www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... #BCpoli
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this is how I prepare myself to code data pipelines every day
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
this is how I prepare myself to code data pipelines every day
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Mel remains exceptional at explaining these complicated issues in ways that can inform a very general audience.
Thanks to @thetyee.ca for republishing my op-ed about Danielle Smith and the Notwithstanding Clause. ✨
Always glad to see outlets beyond LGBTQ2S+ publications platforming and highlighting trans voices on issues like this
Always glad to see outlets beyond LGBTQ2S+ publications platforming and highlighting trans voices on issues like this
@melwoods.me: We must not overcomplicate what’s going on here.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
This is the Alberta government saying the rights of trans kids to receive life-saving health care, go by their own pronouns at school or play on sport teams don’t matter as much as the Smith government’s right to dictate their lives.
November 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Mel remains exceptional at explaining these complicated issues in ways that can inform a very general audience.
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Well, would ya look at that: the two-part APTN News doc that I co-created with @anishinaboy.bsky.social on the late 2012 emergence of #IdleNoMore just passed 30,000 views on YouTube!
▶️ WATCH youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
▶️ WATCH youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Well, would ya look at that: the two-part APTN News doc that I co-created with @anishinaboy.bsky.social on the late 2012 emergence of #IdleNoMore just passed 30,000 views on YouTube!
▶️ WATCH youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
▶️ WATCH youtu.be/VHgGbW6exB4?...
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SCOOP: Cryptocurrency firm appeals $176-million fine by FinTRAC www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
SCOOP: Cryptocurrency firm appeals $176-million fine by FinTRAC www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
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A group of hospital physicians met for a virtual rounds meeting.
What they didn't realize was that Otter.ai was on the call, too.
They found out when the AI transcriber sent a transcript of the meeting -- patient information and all -- to dozens of current and former staff after the call.
What they didn't realize was that Otter.ai was on the call, too.
They found out when the AI transcriber sent a transcript of the meeting -- patient information and all -- to dozens of current and former staff after the call.
AI bot recorded doctors’ meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff, watchdog says
The transcription tool recorded the meeting on behalf of a physician who no longer worked at the hospital
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November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A group of hospital physicians met for a virtual rounds meeting.
What they didn't realize was that Otter.ai was on the call, too.
They found out when the AI transcriber sent a transcript of the meeting -- patient information and all -- to dozens of current and former staff after the call.
What they didn't realize was that Otter.ai was on the call, too.
They found out when the AI transcriber sent a transcript of the meeting -- patient information and all -- to dozens of current and former staff after the call.
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The first story: did you know it's really difficult to get a wheelchair repaired in B.C.? This is leading to long, long delays that leave people housebound. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Why Is It So Hard to Fix a Wheelchair in BC? | The Tyee
Disabled people say companies are struggling to service their equipment, which can trap them in bed or at home.
thetyee.ca
November 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The first story: did you know it's really difficult to get a wheelchair repaired in B.C.? This is leading to long, long delays that leave people housebound. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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The Tyee's health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social has been working on a two-part series about why it's so difficult to get a wheelchair repaired in B.C.
This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
How to Speed Up Wheelchair Repairs | The Tyee
Systemic changes are needed from government and industry, experts say. In the meantime, users are turning to DIY.
thetyee.ca
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Tyee's health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social has been working on a two-part series about why it's so difficult to get a wheelchair repaired in B.C.
This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
This is the second story that focuses on solutions, such as a DIY repair session at Our Community Bikes thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Helpful court registry staff: lynchpins of good journalism.
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Helpful court registry staff: lynchpins of good journalism.
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Subscribers: “Mentally ill people in crisis are frequently discharged from Vancouver's hospitals before their symptoms are adequately resolved because the limited bed space -long-time clinician…psychiatric care at [St. Paul’s] hospital. “ www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... #mentalhealth #bcpoli
Mentally ill people in B.C. often discharged too early because of lack of space, experts say
Health care workers are constantly triaging people with complex mental-health problems, former head of psychiatry at St. Paul’s Hospital says
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November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Subscribers: “Mentally ill people in crisis are frequently discharged from Vancouver's hospitals before their symptoms are adequately resolved because the limited bed space -long-time clinician…psychiatric care at [St. Paul’s] hospital. “ www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti... #mentalhealth #bcpoli
"The psychiatrist said they routinely direct Vancouver patients an hour south to hospitals in Langley or White Rock, where they are more likely to be detained long enough for their hallucinations and delusions to dissipate."#BCpoli
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"The psychiatrist said they routinely direct Vancouver patients an hour south to hospitals in Langley or White Rock, where they are more likely to be detained long enough for their hallucinations and delusions to dissipate."#BCpoli
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A groundbreaking, eye-opening, and much needed investigation into Tigray's postwar goldrush: one of the most overlooked causes of the region's calamitous law and order breakdown—and its slide back to war.
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When Tigray became a ‘wild west’ of illegal gold mining, Canadian firms staked a claim
A postwar gold rush in Ethiopia razed the landscape and sowed seeds for conflict. The Globe looks into Canadian-licensed sites at the heart of it, and their ties to Beijing
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November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A groundbreaking, eye-opening, and much needed investigation into Tigray's postwar goldrush: one of the most overlooked causes of the region's calamitous law and order breakdown—and its slide back to war.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
![From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
9/19/2014 11:54:57 AM
jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
> wrote:
Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
wrote:
Sent from my iPad
On Sep 19,2014, at 1:21 AM, "jeffrey E." <jcevacation@gmail.com>wrote:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidpc4aexgxfahdqvqgbocphszflpkdsfpldci2zeo7aqsjkzkbub4@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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I'm not a journalist, but I do a lot of interviews. And this exchange with Michael Wolff is grossing me out. Dude is out here giving advice to a pedophile.
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm not a journalist, but I do a lot of interviews. And this exchange with Michael Wolff is grossing me out. Dude is out here giving advice to a pedophile.
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A few snippets from the 2nd edition of Pulse Check, out yesterday (if you sign up now you'll still get a copy).
#ICYMI this is my 2x monthly Canadian healthcare newsletter at @pressprogress.ca, which you can sign up for at the link in my bio.
1. Title and intro with a brief note from yours truly ✍🏽
#ICYMI this is my 2x monthly Canadian healthcare newsletter at @pressprogress.ca, which you can sign up for at the link in my bio.
1. Title and intro with a brief note from yours truly ✍🏽
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A few snippets from the 2nd edition of Pulse Check, out yesterday (if you sign up now you'll still get a copy).
#ICYMI this is my 2x monthly Canadian healthcare newsletter at @pressprogress.ca, which you can sign up for at the link in my bio.
1. Title and intro with a brief note from yours truly ✍🏽
#ICYMI this is my 2x monthly Canadian healthcare newsletter at @pressprogress.ca, which you can sign up for at the link in my bio.
1. Title and intro with a brief note from yours truly ✍🏽
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My dispatch from the Global Health Security Forum in Vancouver this week, where several public health leaders from around the world spoke on common themes: trust, and the threat of misinformation to global health
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
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COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on trust, public-health experts say
Experts from around the world share lessons from the pandemic at a forum in Vancouver
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November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My dispatch from the Global Health Security Forum in Vancouver this week, where several public health leaders from around the world spoke on common themes: trust, and the threat of misinformation to global health
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
Gift link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...
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real estate agent: here are FACTS about the skytrain to langley the media is HIDING from you
first fact: here’s a straightforward thing the cbc told me
try harder
first fact: here’s a straightforward thing the cbc told me
try harder
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
real estate agent: here are FACTS about the skytrain to langley the media is HIDING from you
first fact: here’s a straightforward thing the cbc told me
try harder
first fact: here’s a straightforward thing the cbc told me
try harder
The CFIA says professional marksmen offered the “most appropriate and humane option" for killing the hundreds of massive birds.
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The CFIA says professional marksmen offered the “most appropriate and humane option" for killing the hundreds of massive birds.
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Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
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Drug User Liberation Front founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have been found guilty of all charges. A lot people upset in this courtroom right now.
Defence going to be mounting a constitutional challenge.
Defence going to be mounting a constitutional challenge.
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Drug User Liberation Front founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have been found guilty of all charges. A lot people upset in this courtroom right now.
Defence going to be mounting a constitutional challenge.
Defence going to be mounting a constitutional challenge.
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SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Mark Zuckerberg Opened an Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. His Neighbors Revolted
Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs’ pet chicken tipped them over the edge.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
SCOOP (free, as it's FOIA-based!): I obtained 1,665 pgs of documents about "Bicken Ben," a growing private school the Zuckerbergs ran illegally out of their Palo Alto compound
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Neighbors complained the school for years. Then, in 2024, they reached their breaking point:
www.wired.com/story/mark-z...
Breaking: Canada's Supreme Court quashes B.C. #ostrich farm's bid to stop cull of more than 300 birds once hit by bird flu www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of ostrich cull
Canada’s food regulator is now able to restart a cull it began prepping for in September while the case was before the court
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November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Breaking: Canada's Supreme Court quashes B.C. #ostrich farm's bid to stop cull of more than 300 birds once hit by bird flu www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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"Ren's arguments are riddled with fictitious case law — possible artificial intelligence (AI) "hallucinations" that sent B.C.'s assessment authority on a wild goose chase in search of legal precedent that doesn't exist."
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#CBC #news #AI again
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#CBC #news #AI again
AI 'hallucinations' could prove real problem for controversial owner of fire-ravaged property | CBC News
As the owner of a fire-ravaged Vancouver property he's been accused of neglecting, Fu De Ren has defended himself in civil proceedings and bylaw trials. But his inclusion of alleged AI "hallucinations...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Ren's arguments are riddled with fictitious case law — possible artificial intelligence (AI) "hallucinations" that sent B.C.'s assessment authority on a wild goose chase in search of legal precedent that doesn't exist."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#CBC #news #AI again
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#CBC #news #AI again
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Also, I found @nationalobserver.com's Civic Searchlight tour quite helpful for this story. Beyond everything else, it's a quick and easy way to get to the right spot in a council video.
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Also, I found @nationalobserver.com's Civic Searchlight tour quite helpful for this story. Beyond everything else, it's a quick and easy way to get to the right spot in a council video.
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
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As Geoffrey York observes, the "persecution of Christians" that has led Trump to threaten war against Nigeria is about as real as the "violence against white farmers" in South Africa -- that is, not real at all, just an easily fact-checked online meme
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Trump threatens military attack on Nigeria in response to alleged persecution of Christians
Threats are response to a campaign by U.S. Christian groups and politicians who describe Nigerian attacks as genocide, a claim analysts say is inaccurate
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November 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As Geoffrey York observes, the "persecution of Christians" that has led Trump to threaten war against Nigeria is about as real as the "violence against white farmers" in South Africa -- that is, not real at all, just an easily fact-checked online meme
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...