Masih Khalatbari

Sep 20, 2024 | thespec.com | Robert Cribb |Max Binks-Collier |Masih Khalatbari |Charlie Buckley

Seized with anxiety after days of painful cramps and bloody stool, Franco answered a call from the research company that had been dosing him with an experimental medication in exchange for money. A staffer told him their tests showed one of his organs was inflamed and that a doctor needed to examine him. Thanks for being a part of our community! Subscribe to get unlimited access. Stay informed with The Hamilton Spectator. $1 for your first 6 months.

Sep 20, 2024 | thestar.com | Max Binks-Collier |Masih Khalatbari |Charlie Buckley

Seized with anxiety after days of painful cramps and bloody stool, Franco answered a call from the research company that had been dosing him with an experimental medication in exchange for money. A staffer told him their tests showed one of his organs was inflamed and that a doctor needed to examine him. “Is this something, like, permanent?” Franco asked. “I’m not a doctor,” said the staffer.

Mar 23, 2024 | nuclear-news.net | Declan Keogh |Masih Khalatbari |Christina MacPherson

Canadian officials found radiation levels in these northern Ontario homes ‘well above’ the safe limit. Their response: ‘¯\_(ツ)_/¯’ Many residents might not be aware they are living atop radioactive infill, which came from nearby, closed-down uranium mines that helped develop atomic bombs during the Cold War.Toronto StarThe number of homes in Elliot Lake affected by buried radioactive waste could top 100 — twice as many as previously thought.

Mar 21, 2024 | thestar.com | Declan Keogh |Masih Khalatbari

In January 2021, a senior official with Canada’s nuclear regulator asked a colleague to do a rough, “back-of-the-envelope” calculation on the amount of potentially deadly radiation that residents in Elliot Lake were exposed to in their homes. The government had just received a complaint that long-forgotten radioactive mine waste was buried underneath some homes in the northern Ontario city.

Jan 27, 2024 | rb.gy | Masih Khalatbari |Robert Cribb

The number of Canadians ending their lives through medically assisted death has grown at a speed that outpaces every other nation in the world. As Canada is poised to expand eligibility criteria under medical assistance in dying (MAID) legislation, data from all 11 countries where the controversial end-of-life treatment exists shows Canada is the fastest-growing adopter in history, an analysis by the Investigative Journalism Bureau and the Toronto Star has found.