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yeah this made me start crying like the AIDS crisis overall is not discussed as much as it should be, but information about how it impacted Black queer women specifically is even harder to find.

Stage 3 rectal cancer in a 26 year old. This is what I've been warning about. The incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults has nearly doubled since the early 1990s. We're seeing Stage III and IV in people under 40 with increasing aggressiveness. But the real story here is the treatment. This is dostarlimab, a PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor. Immunotherapy alone. No surgery. No chemo. No radiation. 100% clinical complete response rate in mismatch repair deficient rectal cancers. The immune system did what it was designed to do. We've known since PD-1 inhibitors were approved in 2014 that this was the direction cancer treatment needed to go. The paradigm is shifting. Empower the immune system instead of destroying it.

A mother is facing the difficult decision to either take her son home to Nunavik or to leave him in a specialized facility. See how she fights for more local care, tonight on APTN National News. Watch live: @aptnnews" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@aptnnews

Tonight, two of the white nationalists I reported on in this piece showed up to attempt to intimidate me on a private night out at a small music venue. I’ll have more to say tomorrow. I’m safe. They also didn’t pay cover 🖕

I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city of Montreal. After weeks of research, with help from friends, I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club — one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym to train and take propaganda photos. Here’s my investigation:

Tumbler Ridge shooting victim, 12, 'loved being at school' before he was 'murdered in cold blood,' father says In an emotional Facebook post, Abel Mwansa said his son was killed in the mass shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School nationalpost.com/news/canada/tu…

BREAKING: 🔴 At least seven people, including a police officer, have been shot at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Contributed by @AZ_Intel_.

A scathing auditor general report calls out Canada’s failure to deliver clean drinking water. Thirty-eight First Nations remain under drinking water advisories years after the federal government promised to end them.

Doug Ford is considering ending "security of tenure" - ending automatic month-to-month rental renewals, dramatically reshaping ontario's rental laws news.ontario.ca/assets/files/2…

Disabled Canadians increasingly under pressure to opt for euthanasia (MAID) during routine doctor visits, internal documents show todayville.com/disabled-canad…

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the long-anticipated search of the Brady Landfill for two First Nations women will begin.

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The international band Coldplay recently performed in Toronto this week for their Music of the Spheres World Tour. On Tuesday night, the concert included a number of First Nation youth from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. youtu.be/l7gIMOPYL_E

Neskantaga has had a boil water advisory for 30 years due to the failure of its water treatment plant. Now the Ontario government wants it to get on board with resource development, while asking Ottawa not to reintroduce safe drinking water legislation. aptnnews.ca/?p=273401

🇨🇦 BREAKING: Canada has lifted all interprovincial trade barriers that fall under its authority. According to a press release issued Monday by Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, Ottawa has removed the final set of federal exceptions under the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). The majority of the 53 eliminated exceptions were related to procurement.

Baddies never die

Another year of having to drive to Mobay to do a MRI because the Kingston machine not working and only ONE doctor can read my results in the whole of the island ..... Confetti and GLITTER

Toronto is getting hit with an unusually cold late-May, with temperatures this low not seen since 1967

Liberal leader Mark Carney told First Nations leaders Friday he’s committed to reforming the discriminatory First Nations child and family services program, something left largely unresolved by the Trudeau government. aptnnews.ca/?p=261306