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Ms. Balasingham
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Teacher. Amma. Science fiction/fantasy reader.
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More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In
More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas
pressprogress.ca
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
THEY KIDNAPPED A 2 YEAR OLD YESTERDAY

www.startribune.com/agents-detai...
Agents detain and send 2-year-old girl and her father to Texas despite court order to release toddler
Attorneys for the family say they were asylum-seekers who were pulled over without a warrant and did not have a final order for removal.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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This is a vetted fundraiser for the family of Renee Good, the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for Renee Good’s wife and son, organized by Mattie Weiss
Please support the wife and son of Renee Good as they grapple with the devastating … Mattie Weiss needs your support for Support for Renee Good’s wife and son
www.gofundme.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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aljazeera.com
2025 in Gaza: 12 months, 12 pictures https://aje.io/w0b27u
Displaced Palestinians trek towards Gaza City on January 27, 2025, after Israel's decision to restore access to the northern part of the enclave. A procession of people moved northwards along Gaza's coastline throughout the day, their possessions packed in plastic bags and converted flour sacks . [AFP] Tents are scattered among the rubble of Israel's air and ground offensive in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on February 17, 2025. [Mohammad Abu Samra/AP Photo] People come together for a communal iftar meal to break their fast on the second day of Ramadan in Gaza City's Tal al-Hawa district on March 2, 2025. [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP] Relatives grieve over the bodies of several Abu Mahdi family members killed in an Israeli air strike during their funeral at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya on April 28, 2025. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
December 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
ryanmarino.bsky.social Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Dec 21
“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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stillcovidingca.bsky.social
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region

CTV News
December 15, 2025
By Josh Pringle

stillcoviding.ca/en/news/3-ch...

#Ottawa #Ontario #influenza #BringBackMasks #N95sSaveLives
3 children die from influenza A-related complications in Ottawa and eastern Ontario region
stillcoviding.ca
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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thewalrus.ca
The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just create more polarization in Canada—it also brought Q-Anon believers, anti-vaccine pundits, and white nationalists into a shared movement. The result? A broader cultural war inflamed by far-right content creators. thewalrus.ca/far-right-extrem...
On the left: a photo of an alt-right protest with participants holding signs, flags, and performing Nazi salutes in monochromatic red. On the right: text that reads “Paramilitary 'gyms.' Anti-trans crusades. Far-right extremism is here. White nationalism is gaining ground in Canada.”
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Read this as many times as you need to.

www.ctvnews.ca/world/israel...
59 Palestinians in Gaza are killed by Israeli airstrikes or shot dead while seeking aid
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said Saturday.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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divyampersaud.com
🌹 ICYMI, we & our friends in Gz launched a giving circle to ensure consistent support for their survival needs, directly and equally—especially urgent with the evacuation orders the past two days.

🌹Every $ has a huge impact. Last check, 1258/1300. tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCi...
A square white graphic. On the left is a stylized ink illustration of a kestrel falcon in black on white, without outline just the black marks on its wings and face, drawn from behind. His wings are partly open and his head is turned to the right. In his beak is an anemone poppy in red ink with a green stem. On the right is the title "Keep hope alive: a gaza giving circle" in ink-effect font. The text says "We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We distribute your contributions equally every week for sustainable support." In the bottom right corner in green text is the link tinyurl.com/HopeGivingCircle.
May 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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ninaturner.bsky.social
I am numb and heartbroken, especially for Tyre Nichols’ family today.

Tyre Nichols was a father.
Tyre Nichols was a creative.
Tyre Nichols’ life mattered.
Tyre Nichols should still be alive.

Here’s how he described himself ⬇️
May 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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nicktsergas.ca
Search any Ontario school or daycare here to see if its water supply is lead-contaminated.

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March 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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jamellebouie.net
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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shematologist.medsky.social
Female and women are now banned terms.

Male and men are not.
sethabramson.bsky.social Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · Mar 10
Fascism is here.

The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.

🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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aljazeera.com
"We’re in a very difficult situation today, and struggling with the fishing."

Palestinians use makeshift paddles and old fridge doors to fish in Gaza City’s port after Israel's war on the enclave destroyed local fishing boats.

— in pictures aje.io/0mhzu4
March 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.

Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.

His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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aljazeera.com
Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen has ordered the complete cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza, threatening the functioning of the enclave’s desalination plants amid an ongoing aid shortage in the holy month of Ramadan.
Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza as new truce talks set to resume
The electricity cut threatens desalination plants as Palestinians suffer amid an ongoing aid blockade during Ramadan.
aje.io
March 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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placentadoc.bsky.social
Prolapse, tearing, pain: a urogynecologist on what you should know before giving birth

Educational interview with Dr. Fitzgerald, highlighting the gaps in knowledge & awareness of pelvic health disorders.
Prolapse, tearing, pain: a urogynecologist on what you should know before giving birth
Dr Jocelyn Fitzgerald, who specializes in disorders of the pelvic floor, is ‘begging women to learn’ the physical risks and changes that accompany childbirth
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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suresh.social
Hey Ontario,

Never forget that Doug Ford has been slowly starving our public schools of funding to encourage wealthier families to send their kids to private schools.

Pass it on.
More Ontario school boards in deficit, using reserves: ministry documents | CBC News
The association representing school boards while the Progressive Conservative government has boosted the education budget, increases have not kept pace with inflation, forcing boards to use money they...
www.cbc.ca
January 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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aljazeera.com
Gaza's civil defence agency says Israel has killed at least 70 Palestinian children in attacks across the besieged enclave in the last five days.

🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
Israel killed 70 Palestinian children in five days, Gaza civil defence says
Officials say Israeli forces killed at least 70 children in Gaza in five days as Natanyahu sends negotiators to Doha.
aje.io
January 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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aljazeera.com
Israel is still attacking schools, medical targets and homes across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several Palestinians just one day after dozens were massacred in a strike on Nuseirat camp ⤵️ aje.io/vp14oy
Israel bombards hospital, school in Gaza, a day after Nuseirat massacre
Israel has killed dozens over past day as it continues to bomb and burn homes in northern Gaza and strikes Khan Younis.
aje.io
December 14, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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aljazeera.com
A report by Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth says that several universities in the US and Canada have entered into agreements with Israel-linked security companies to suppress Palestine solidarity protests occurring on their campuses.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/es3
December 7, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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NEW: The cost of relocating the Science centre to Ontario Place increased by $400 million, the AG has found, throwing cold water on the government’s assertion that moving the tourist attraction would be cheaper than renovating it.

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#onpoli
Cost of moving Ontario Science Centre skyrockets before construction even starts: AG | Globalnews.ca
Savings the government boasted about moving the Ontario Science Centre from its current location have already been wiped out before construction even begins, a new report said.
globalnews.ca
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 PM
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aljazeera.com
Israel has killed three World Central Kitchen aid workers and at least two others in an air attack on Gaza's Khan Younis, in the third deadly attack on the aid group this year.
Israel kills three World Central Kitchen aid workers as it pounds Gaza
US-based food charity says it is pausing operations in Gaza after Israeli air attack hits vehicle carrying its workers.
aje.io
November 30, 2024 at 7:56 PM
msbalasingham.bsky.social
Had a great time with my 12U Biology class at McMaster’s Plant Genetics workshop! Hands on experience with DNA Extraction, PCR and Gel Electrophoresis. Solidified their micro pipetting skills so they are ahead of the game in first year uni. 10/10 highly recommend 👩🏾‍🔬🧬🔬
November 20, 2024 at 3:07 AM