Christina Frangou
@cfrangou.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, teacher. Likes bikes and books. www.christinafrangou.com
It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized. Medicare needs to end its uncomfortable affiliation with religious institutions that routinely deny patients essential care, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: It’s well past time for Catholic hospitals to be secularized
Religion does have a place in health care, but only when it applies to respecting rights, not denying them
theglobeandmail.com
Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/m...
Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them.
Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics.
nytimes.com
HAPPY WORLDS WEEK EVERYONE 🤩🌈 Let's go Montréal 💥🫎 (no flags here so best I could do for a Canadian symbol) 😂
Calgary, calling history and government 🤓! This Sept. 17 event is for you.
Charlie Feldman@parlcharlie.bsky.social · 4w agoBringing the book to Alberta this week with campus stops in Calgary and Edmonton! Come hear about MPs getting into fistfights, stay for some unexpected Senate shenanigans… and more!
Once again, @nytimes.com's cycling coverage is so good lately: Tadej Pogacar’s ability to avoid serious injury was almost unprecedented – then came his crash at the Vuelta www.nytimes.com/athletic/754...
Tadej Pogacar’s ability to avoid serious injury was almost unprecedented – then came his crash at the Vuelta (Gift Article)
The five-time Tour de France winner suffered several fractures and injuries after falling on stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday
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Tommy Tomlinson on Dolly Parton is a must-read for today. tommytomlinson.substack.com/p/the-greate...
The greatest living American
#303: The easy brilliance of Dolly Parton
tommytomlinson.substack.com
"Is it perhaps a sign of the times that Mark Carney, the prime minister of Canada, has become a thrilling orator?" How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How Mark Carney’s speeches have become political earthquakes | Ted Widmer
The quiet-spoken Canadian prime minister has spoken unutterable truths
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Canadians do not seek a trade war – but neither will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
Canadians do not seek a trade war – but neither will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away, says Canadian commentator Jen Gerson
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Read this and remember that misogyny is a leading characteristic of the people who hold the most political power in the US of A right now.
Liz Renzetti@lizrenzetti.bsky.social · 2mo ago"The study was the first to show that misogyny was not an isolated prejudice, but a robust, cross-cutting predictor of violent extremism. "The number one thing predicting whether or not somebody is going to hold extremist attitudes is whether they think violence against women is acceptable,"
‘It’s an open bar’: How a one-star hotel sheltered the Vuelta a Espana peloton from extreme hailstorm www.nytimes.com/athletic/753...
‘It’s an open bar’: How a one-star hotel sheltered the Vuelta a Espana peloton from extreme hailstorm
There were heartwarming scenes in the Pyrenees on Monday afternoon as shivering WorldTour cyclists were saved from the elements by a hotel
nytimes.com
Jean Cuthand Goodwill was a descendant of Chief Poundmaker and throughout her life, she dedicated herself to providing health care to the First Nations of Canada. This is her story. 📸 Saskatchewan Archives 🧵1/8
Alberta’s flag once represented provincial pride. Ahead of October’s referendum vote, separatists have increasingly claimed it as their own. Writer Christina Frangou examines how a shared symbol became shorthand for a movement and a source of division: https://thewalrus.ca/alberta-flag/
My piece in @nytimes.com about how Canada said no. Proud of this one. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...
Opinion | Canada Said No to America. It Will Reverberate Far Beyond Its Borders.
Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do.
nytimes.com
my opinion is that journalism outlets need to start being clearer about public bodies withholding interviews or information, rather than going with an anodyne "declined/unavailable for an interview" that suggests each incident is a scheduling issue, and not a consistent obfuscation strategy.
Michelle Cyca@michellecyca.com · 2mo agoperfect, no notes
Cycling’s stakeholders must reflect on failings that led to Fin Tarling’s death. The sport has to learn www.nytimes.com/athletic/751...
Cycling’s stakeholders must reflect on failings that led to Fin Tarling’s death. The sport has to learn (Gift Article)
By not being afforded the basics of protection in a racing situation, the teenager became the latest cyclist to pay with his life
nytimes.com
When politicians tell us health-care spending is unsustainable, they never seem to mention this: Private spending is growing faster than public spending, by @danyaalraza.com www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... via @thestar.com
When politicians tell us health-care spending is unsustainable, they never seem to mention this
The “unsustainable spending” narrative obscures where the growth pressure really sits — and who has to bear it.
thestar.com
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
Vimy Pharmaceuticals is getting ready to produce the first made-in-Canada generic version of Ozempic. Today, the company also announced plans to go public. More on its plans and backstory from @cfrangou.bsky.social www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
A Canadian-made generic Ozempic is poised to enter the market
Vimy Pharmaceuticals, which announced on August 6 plans to go public, will produce the superstar drug in Edmonton
begiant.ca
“Within a decade coffee could become a luxury product.” The price for half a kilogram of ground-roast coffee in America has more than doubled since 2020. Climate change is to blame
The maverick scientist trying to save coffee from extinction
Climate change threatens your morning brew. Its future may depend on a long-lost plant
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From Danielle Paradis: Jason Kenney is trying to stop the separatists. But he deserves some blame for their rise in the first place. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Jason Kenney is trying to stop the separatists. But he deserves some blame for their rise in the first place
As premier, he gave vent to some of the grievances that now animate the movement
theglobeandmail.com
The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | The Silicon Valley Health Trend Making Doctors Nervous
Is more data about your body actually good for you?
nytimes.com
Nearly all ovarian cancers — and nearly all fatal ovarian cancers — are actually cancers of the fallopian tubes. Specialists and medical orgs are calling on doctors to offer tube removal to patients at the time of other abdominal surgeries. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It.
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
nytimes.com
"The face is no longer supposed to be something that holds intimate, idiosyncratic human information; it has been reconfigured as a consumer guide and a disciplinary manual." Jia Tolentino on the growing popularity of the plastic surgery face: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Our Plastic-Surgery Nightmare
As cosmetic procedures become both more invisible and more extreme, our connection to reality is fraying.
newyorker.com
“My objective is world dominance in clinical enterprises.” 🇨🇦 @uhn.ca President and CEO Kevin Smith is pitching a national plan to build a $100B health science power base in Canada. Read @cfrangou.bsky.social's profile of the “Wayne Gretzky of health care”: www.begiant.ca/stories/peop...
UHN’s Kevin Smith has a grand vision to supercharge Canada’s health science sector
The CEO of Toronto’s University Health Network has a bold proposal: Canadian world domination in clinical enterprises
begiant.ca
Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
Twenty years ago, 🇨🇦’s Alex Stieda became the first North American rider to wear the yellow jersey. Here’s a great podcast about that story: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
KM0: Alex Stieda: Morning Glory, Afternoon Survival
Podcast Episode · The Cycling Podcast · July 11 · 44m
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I'm really into @theathletic.com's cycling coverage lately.
