Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alanna Smith
Publication Date: August 21, 2025 - 07:00
Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control
August 21, 2025
Newly released documents paint a picture of how Alberta’s measles outbreak began with a handful of isolated cases and started to grow into what is now the worst in North America, as public-health measures to control spread in some cases proved ineffective.
The documents, obtained through a freedom of information request, offer the most detailed illustration yet of the early days of Alberta’s measles outbreak and how the government impeded some health officials’ efforts to stop it.
Unpublished Newswire
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to have her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington today amid ongoing tensions in the bilateral relationship.Anand and Rubio have previously spoken by phone, including in June ahead of the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis.
August 21, 2025 - 06:35 | Kelly Geraldine Malone | The Globe and Mail
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August 21, 2025 - 06:30 | Filipa Pajevic | Walrus
When I began as editor-in-chief in 2023, I was in a hurry to break ground. We set up a contributing writer program and rolled out regional bureaus across the country. But the best thing I did was what I had everyone stop doing. I killed the nut graf.
If you don’t recognize the term, you’re not alone. It’s industry jargon, meaningless outside a newsroom. A portmanteau of “nutshell paragraph,” the nut graf is the thesis statement—typically near the beginning—that tells a reader what the piece is really about and why it matters. It answers the “so what?” up front.
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August 21, 2025 - 06:29 | Carmine Starnino | Walrus
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