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dawnmena.org | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
Bahrain continues to juggle anti-democratic practices and a population widely supportive of true democratic ideals 14 years after its Arab Spring protest movement. Over this period, Manama's rulers have increasingly and reflexively cracked down on dissent with repression in response to its people's demands—leaving more questions than answers for a populace that, while retaining hope for true democracy, is becoming increasingly pessimistic about its prospects under authoritarian rule.
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1 month ago | 
globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
A wildfire that erupted near the Redwater Provincial Recreation Area in Sturgeon County, Alta., was burning out of control Sunday and local authorities urged residents to prepare for possible evacuations.
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1 month ago | 
globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
The Durham Region Police Service’s homicide unit is investigating the death of a 47-year-old man in Pickering, Ont., saying it’s the region’s first homicide of 2025. Durham Region officers said that on April 30, officers from its west division responded to a call for a well-being check in the area of Fairport Road and Third Concession Road. Upon arrival, officers found a man dead inside a vehicle, Durham police said in a brief statement.
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1 month ago | 
globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
A 17-year-old youth has been arrested by Toronto police and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with a deadly double shooting in the Riverdale neighbourhood in mid-April. Police announced the suspect’s arrest Sunday, after they picked up the youth on Saturday. Neither the youth’s name nor any identifying details can be published under Canada’s Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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1 month ago | 
globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
JAMP Pharma Corp., a Quebec pharmaceutical maker, is recalling one lot of JAMP-Pregabalin pain medicine because bottles labelled to contain 50-milligram capsules may contain 150-milligram capsules instead. Health Canada announced the recall in an unusual Saturday evening statement.
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1 month ago | 
globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
The RCMP has launched an investigation into the circumstances of a suspicious fire that saw a derelict former BC Ferries ship catch fire and burn wildly overnight near Mission, B.C.A statement from the City of Mission said its emergency operations centre was activated early Saturday after a fire aboard the Queen of Sidney ferry, which is currently sitting in the waters of the Fraser River, approximately two kilometres from the municipality of 41,500 people.
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1 month ago | 
globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
A union representing close to 400 workers at Ikea’s Montreal store walked off the job early Saturday, saying the Swedish company’s proposed wage deal offered no protection from inflation. The CSN union said in a statement that Ikea has offered its members a five per cent wage increase over the next four years, but members rejected it because that won’t even cover inflation during the contract period.
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1 month ago | 
nature.com | Christina Dardani |Hannah J. Jones |Evie Stergiakouli |Jakob Grove |Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh | +3 more
AbstractImmune dysfunction is implicated in the aetiology of psychiatric, neurodevelopmental, and neurodegenerative conditions, but the issue of causality remains unclear impeding attempts to develop new interventions. Using genomic data on protein and gene expression across blood and brain, we assessed evidence of a potential causal role for 736 immune response-related biomarkers on 7 neuropsychiatric conditions by applying Mendelian randomization (MR) and genetic colocalisation analyses.
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1 month ago | 
globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
New questions have surfaced about relations between a federal Liberal candidate running in Markham-Unionville and China’s consulate in Toronto, including his presentation of an award of appreciation to a consul-general and appearing to salute the Communist flag at an event celebrating the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.
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1 month ago | 
globalnews.ca | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
Delta Air Lines has suffered “a significant drop” in travel bookings from Canada during its first quarter and is considering flight capacity cuts to this country, a top company executive said Wednesday. “In Canada, we have seen a significant drop off in bookings. In Mexico, it’s kind of a mixed, a mixed bag. Some of the markets are performing better, some are performing worse,” Delta president Glenn Hallenstein told investment analysts on a conference call.
