Matthew Kupfer

Ottawa

Video Journalist at CBBK-FM (Kingston, ON)

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Articles

It takes more than a pandemic to make good handwashing habits stick

1 week ago | cbc.ca | Matthew Kupfer

OttawaA Canadian microbiologist is warning good handwashing habits adopted during the pandemic have fallen by the wayside. The Ottawa Hospital is turning to technology to combat that trend.
U.S. road trip destinations seeing signs of Canadians staying away

2 months ago | msn.com | Matthew Kupfer

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Court rejects Russian oligarch’s challenge to US efforts to confiscate yacht

2 months ago | voanews.com | Matthew Kupfer

A federal court in New York has rejected a Russian businessman’s challenge to the U.S. government's efforts to confiscate a luxury superyacht that allegedly belongs to sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov. The decision brings the United States closer to taking ownership of the yacht — known as Amadea — through a legal procedure known as civil forfeiture.
70 years after he was hanged for murder in Quebec, family hopes his name can finally be cleared

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Rachel Watts |Matthew Kupfer

Jim Coffin's mom wouldn't buy newspapers and kept the radio station fixed on the country music channel. She would keep her son away from the small black-and-white TV and sneak him out of the house using the back door. For the first 11 years of Jim's life, he had no idea reporters would stand on his lawn, waiting to ask questions about his father who was found guilty of murder in a high-profile case and subsequently executed in 1956.
He was critically hurt in a 2009 car crash. He's still in hospital, 16 years later

Feb 21, 2025 | msn.com | Matthew Kupfer

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International health professionals face slow accreditation in Canada

Jan 31, 2025 | msn.com | Matthew Kupfer

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International health professionals face slow accreditation in Canada

Jan 31, 2025 | xpresschronicle.com | Matthew Kupfer

Canada’s healthcare system increasingly relies on internationally trained professionals but many immigrants complain that becoming licensed to practice here takes months, if not years, even as different levels of government recognize the need to accelerate the accreditation process. Some new arrivals say they’re falling through the cracks.
Ottawa-Gatineau housing market heated up in 2024, say real estate watchers

Jan 9, 2025 | cbc.ca | Matthew Kupfer

Ottawa·NewReal estate agents and experts in the National Capital Region say 2024 ended on a positive note for the local housing market, which is showing signs of consumer confidence and stability after a slowdown last year.
At 82, Pat Wong is ready to declutter her life

Oct 30, 2024 | msn.com | Matthew Kupfer

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At 82, Pat Wong is warning others about the high cost of hoarding

Oct 30, 2024 | cbc.ca | Matthew Kupfer

OttawaThe Ottawa woman has six storage lockers filled to the brim, a home packed with decades of stuff — and a cautionary tale to share.