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STORY OF ELIZABETH HAZEL:
Every time I go downtown, I’m reminded why this work matters so much.
I’m a survivor of the poisoned drug supply crisis, and I’ve lived without knowing where I was going to fall asleep at night. Unlike so many who are out in the rain, snow, and freezing temperatures tonight, I was lucky enough to have a friend let me crash in their bed while they slept on the couch for a few nights. When I got my social assistance cheque, it was enough to rent a room and start getting back on my feet.
That was back in 2015. Today, it’s effectively impossible to rent a private room, let alone a studio apartment, if you’re living off Canada’s social safety net. Homelessness would have been my inevitable outcome if I had gone through the same struggles today.
When I see someone shivering in the rain or snow, I know that could be me. That is why I not only work at the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, but why I also make a personal monthly donation too.
Everyone deserves to live with dignity, safety, and a place to call home, especially those who are suffering the way I was when I lost my health, my job, my marriage, my home, and my sense of self-worth. We deserve safety at our most vulnerable, not just when we are thriving.
I’m so proud that with our collective advocacy, Build Canada Homes is prioritizing affordable housing, with a full $1 billion earmarked for supportive housing. We need this kind of housing to keep people like me from falling into homelessness and help people without a home find a safe place they can afford.
If you’re thinking about making a year-end gift, this matching campaign makes your support go twice as far – meaning twice the opportunity, twice the hope for the communities we help, and twice the chance to end homelessness.
A brand-new supporter was moved by the momentum from Giving Tuesday and has offered a $100,000 matching gift. This means that every donation made by December 31st will be doubled – making the season of giving even more impactful.
If you’re able to contribute before the year ends, can you chip in now to help us put your generosity to work – with double the impact? This will go towards helping prevent people from falling into homelessness.
We’ve accomplished so much this year, thanks to you and your support. I’m personally grateful for everything you do to help our work and spread the message to more people across the country.
Thank you for being part of our movement and believing in this work with me, I’m so grateful to have you as an ally. It means the world to me, and to everyone at CAEH.
POSITION: NURSE PRACTITIONER-Permanent full time JOB POSTING #: 25-001 POSTING DATE: September 2,2025
The Sault Community Health Centre (SCHC) is a dynamic, forward-thinking clinic providing primary health care services in a patient-centered, inter-disciplinary model of care, and working in collaboration with other health organizations and social services to ensure that patient needs are met. SCHC is a proven leader effecting positive change in the healthcare community through assessment and program development to meet community needs. Our team members are encouraged to develop leadership skills and to contribute to the design and implementation of programs. Position Summary
The NP will work in a collaborative primary care setting within their scope of practice as per the College of Nurses of Ontario. Compensation ● Annual salary of $104, 500.00-$125,477.00, to commensurate with nursing experience. ● Medical/dental plan ● Health Care of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOP) ● Vacation to be determined or negotiable. Operations ● Monday to Friday ● 37.5 hours ● Weekends and holidays off ● After hours clinics may be held from time to time to meet specific patient and community needs. Qualifications: ● Degree in nursing from an accredited university ● Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario as an RN (EC) in good standing ● Nursing experience in a community primary healthcare setting, experience in mental health and addictions an asset. ● Holds or is willing to complete Controlled Substances Certification ● Current Police Check for Vulnerable Persons
The NP duties, responsibilities and skills include Duties, responsibilities, and skills , but are not limited to: ● Excellent clinical judgment and strong health assessment and diagnostic skills. Advanced knowledge of mental health issues, assessment and diagnosis an asset. ● Advanced knowledge of health promotion, disease prevention and health maintenance and chronic disease management ● Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills ● Effective time management skills ● Ability to work effectively, independently and in a team environment. ● Ability to an adapt to an evolving healthcare environment. ● Excellent oral and written communication skills ● Ability to function in a fast-paced environment. ● Values that align with those of the SCHC: to provide respectful and patient-centered care. To apply: Interested candidates are asked to submit a cover letter no longer than 1 page and a current resume with 3 work-related references to: jmarshall@saultchc.ca, attention Jamie Marshall. Subject line: Primary Care NP Posting.
The Sault Community Health Centre working environment is inclusive and barrier free, operating within the Ontario Human Rights Code/AODA. Please notify us if accommodations are necessary for the interview. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those candidates selected to be interviewed will be contacted.
Community Health Centres (CHCs) are not-for-profit community governed organizations with a primary focus on improving the health and well-being of populations who have traditionally faced barriers accessing health services, including:
As issued by the Province of Ontario…
those living on low income
new immigrants
those with complex mental health issues
individuals who do not have health insurance
CHCs provide comprehensive primary health care and other services that address the social determinants of health with an emphasis on priority populations who:
face barriers to accessing services because of geographic isolation or cultural or language barriers
have a higher burden or risk of ill health due to socio-economic status, age, social isolation, mental health issues, gender, sexual identity/orientation, or other factors
The Sault Community Health Centre is located on land traditionally known as Baawaating, the historic meeting grounds for Indigenous people across North America. This is the original territory of the Anishnaabeg, specifically Garden River First Nation and Batchewana First Nation, as well as the Métis People. The territory our clinic is positioned on is part of the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850. We are grateful for all the Indigenous and Métis generations who have cared for this land and continue to reside here. We are committed as an organization to work in the spirit of reconciliation.
An ‘Emergency Birth Kit’ can save lives when women are forced to deliver their babies under challenging conditions. These kits contain the supplies needed to prevent infection during childbirth, one of the leading causes of maternal mortality globally.
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah: Allah, may He be exalted, created Adam the father of mankind (peace be upon him) and he created from him his wife Hawwa’ (Eve), then mankind spread from them as Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“O mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily, the most honourable of you with Allaah is that (believer) who has At‑Taqwa [i.e. he is one of the Muttaqoon (the pious)]” [al-Hujuraat 49:13]
“O mankind! Be dutiful to your Lord, Who created you from a single person (Adam), and from him (Adam) He created his wife [Hawwa (Eve)], and from them both He created many men and women” [al-Nisa’ 4:1].
More than one of the scholars have stated that Allah, may He be exalted, ordained that Adam (peace be upon him) should marry his daughters to his sons, so he would marry the female from one pregnancy to the male from another pregnancy. Allah, may He be exalted, says concerning the two sons of Adam (peace be upon him) (interpretation of the meaning):
“And (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) recite to them (the Jews) the story of the two sons of Adam (Haabeel and Qaabeel – Abel and Cain) in truth; when each offered a sacrifice (to Allaah), it was accepted from the one but not from the other. The latter said to the former: ‘I will surely, kill you.’ The former said: ‘Verily, Allaah accepts only from those who are Al-Muttaqoon (the pious)’” [al-Maa’idah 5:27]. Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It was narrated concerning them, as quoted by more than one of the earlier and later scholars, that Allah prescribed that Adam (peace be upon him) should marry his daughters to his sons as a matter of necessity. But they said: A male and female were born from each pregnancy, so he would marry the female from one pregnancy to the male from another. The sister of Habeel (Abel) was ugly and the sister of Qabeel was beautiful. Qabeel wanted to keep her for himself and not give her to his brother, but Adam insisted that they should offer sacrifices and whichever brother’s sacrifice was accepted by Allah would win her hand. So they offered sacrifices and it was accepted from Habeel but it was not accepted from Qabeel. And their story was told by Allah in His Book. End quote. Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/82
Ibn Abi Haatim narrated: It was forbidden for a woman to marry her twin brother, and he was commanded to give her in marriage to a brother from another pregnancy. And from each pregnancy one boy and one girl were born. Whilst they were like that, a beautiful girl was born to him, and another was born who was ugly. The twin brother of the ugly one (Qabeeel- Cain) said to his brother (habeel – Abel): Give me your twin sister in marriage and I will give you my twin sister in marriage. He said: I have more right to my twin sister. So they offered sacrifices, and the sacrifice of the one who offered a ram was accepted but the sacrifice of the one who offered crops was not accepted, so he killed him. Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Its isnaad is jayyid. Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 3/83
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Simon Mills, one of the world’s leading experts on herbal and natural medicine, reveals the five natural remedies that modern medicine has overlooked. In this conversation, he explains how simple herbs and spices like ginger, cinnamon, garlic, and peppermint can strengthen your immune system, reduce inflammation, and help your body heal naturally. He also discusses the truth about antibiotics, the rise of antibiotic resistance, and why we need to rediscover the natural medicines that have worked for thousands of years. Discover: • The 5 natural medicines that could replace your medicine cabinet • The herbs and spices that fight infection and boost immunity • How natural remedies can support modern medicine • The truth about antibiotics and resistance • The science behind how herbs help the body heal itself;
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In countries with weak health systems, vital sexual and reproductive health services are too often beyond the reach of women and girls. This means pregnancy and childbirth can be a death sentence, women and girls may go without family planning, and survivors of sexual violence may go without care.
UNFPA is on the ground in over 150 countries, supporting the most vulnerable with life-saving services. Donate to UNFPA:
So pregnant women can receive life-saving antenatal care, safe delivery services and newborn care.
So families in crisis can access critical emergency supplies.
So women can have access to safe and voluntary family planning, which is central to women’s empowerment.
So midwives get the training and tools to avert maternal and newborn deaths.
So survivors of sexual violence are provided with essential health services.
We CAN reach more people in need with your help today.
Verily, the creation of each one of you is brought together in his mother’s womb for forty days as a drop, then he is a clot for a similar period, then a morsel for a similar period, then there is sent to him the angel who blows the spirit into him and he is commanded regarding four matters: to write down his provision, his life span, his deeds, and whether he is blessed or damned. By Allah, other than whom there is no God, one of you acts like the people of Paradise until he is but an arm’s length from it, and what is written overtakes him so he acts like the people of Hellfire and he enters it. Verily, one of you acts like the people of Hellfire until he is but an arm’s length from it, and what is written overtakes him so he acts like the people of Paradise and he enters it.
The Cardiac Chain of Survival is a sequence of critical steps that must be performed in order to improve the chances of survival for someone experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest. The most common adult chain of survival includes: 1. Early Recognition and Emergency Response (calling 911), 2. Early CPR (to keep oxygen flowing), 3. Rapid Defibrillation (using an AED to restart the heart), 4. Advanced Life Support (by EMS), and 5. Integrated Post-Cardiac Arrest Care (hospital care for recovery).
LINKS OF THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL
Early Recognition and Activation of the Emergency Response:The first step is to recognize the signs of cardiac arrest and immediately call emergency services (like 911).
Early CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation): Performing high-quality CPR, especially chest compressions, helps to keep vital organs like the brain supplied with oxygen until more advanced care is available.
Rapid Defibrillation:Using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to deliver an electric shock to the heart can restart its normal rhythm.
Effective Advanced Life Support (ALS): Emergency Medical Services (EMS) arrive and provide more advanced medical care, including administering medications and continuing resuscitation efforts.
Integrated Post-Cardiac Arrest Care: After the heart is restarted, integrated care in a hospital setting is crucial for recovery and managing potential complications.
Why the Chain of Survival is Important
Each link in the chain is interdependent; if one link is broken or delayed, the chances of survival are significantly reduced. By providing timely, coordinated care, the chain of survival improves outcomes for people who experience sudden cardiac arrest.
The hymen has a reputation for being an indicator of sexual activity — like a hard, seal-like covering that blocks your vagina — but it usually has no connection to whether a female has had sex. In reality, it’s soft and elastic and doesn’t necessarily block your vaginal opening. It can break from everyday activities, inserting a tampon or having sex. –
What happens when a woman’s hymen breaks?
Some know when their hymen breaks, while others don’t. Like other tissues in your body, your hymen is flexible and can stretch. It doesn’t usually tear the first time it’s pressed on. Rather, it breaks as a result of being worn down. It’s not like the instant pain you’d feel if you tore a muscle or broke a bone.
Some people experience pain or light bleeding when their hymen breaks, but most will feel nothing. Since it’s a flexible piece of tissue, it stretches and thins over time from day-to-day activities or from using tampons. If you bleed when your hymen breaks, you may believe it’s your period or spotting.
Indigenous peoples of the Americas have a historically high frequency of blood type O, with some communities showing nearly universal O type blood, such as the Navajo and Quechua. This genetic trait is linked to an Ancestral Informative Marker (AIM) related to the G542A mutation, which emerged in Beringia during the migration into the Americas from Asia. Scientists continue to study why this genetic uniformity exists, exploring theories about founder effects, adaptation to diseases like malaria, and unique evolutionary histories.
High Frequency of Type O Blood
Near Universal Presence:Type O blood is a defining feature of many Indigenous populations in the Americas.
Examples:Studies have found nearly 100% Type O blood in certain Quechua communities in Peru, while other groups like the Navajo in Arizona and the Yanomami in the Amazon have very high frequencies (99% and 92% respectively).
Genetic Origins
Beringian Migration:The O blood type gene, specifically the O1V542 allele, is thought to have been selected in the Native American ancestral population during their migration from Asia through Beringia.
Ancestral Informative Marker (AIM):The G542A mutation, found in the ABO gene, is a unique marker in Native American populations and helps trace their genetic origins.
Scientific Theories and Research
Founder Effect:A single founding population could have carried this blood type, leading to its high frequency through genetic drift and isolation.
Disease Resistance:Type O blood is associated with resistance to severe malaria, suggesting a possible evolutionary advantage against this ancient disease in the Americas.
Continued Study:Research continues to investigate the biological and historical reasons behind this genetic uniformity, which offers insights into the peopling of the Americas and human evolution.
Because group O blood can be received by anyone in a blood transfusion, it was originally thought that this was the ancestral blood type, but more recent work suggests that there are several different mutations that can deactivate the A or B genes to turn them into O. This makes a firm evolutionary timeline much harder to establish and there are several competing theories that contradict each other.
What they agree on is that AB is the most recent and didn’t occur until the 16th Century when group A populations from Europe and group B populations from Asia began to mix. The other blood groups are tens of thousands of years old with B being more recent than A. The oldest group is either group A or one of the forms of group O.
Type O blood lacks A and B antigens, with O-positive being the most common overall type and O-negative being the universal blood donor for emergencies, as its red blood cells can be given to any patient regardless of their blood type. O-positive blood is also in high demand because it can be given to the majority of the population (those with a positive blood type).
Characteristics of Type O Blood
Antigens:Type O red blood cells do not have the A or B antigens on their surface.
Rh Factor:
O-positive:Has the Rh factor present on the red blood cells, making it a positive blood type.
O-negative: Lacks the Rh factor, making it a negative blood type.
Importance of Type O Blood
Universal Donor (O-negative):O-negative blood is crucial for emergency situations when a patient’s blood type is unknown, as it can be given to anyone.
High Demand:Both O-positive and O-negative blood types are in high demand.
O-positive: It is the most common blood type in the population and can be transfused to any patient with a positive blood type (A+, B+, AB+, O+).
O-negative: It is in constant demand for critical care, emergency resuscitation, and for immune-deficient newborns.
Who can receive O blood?
O-negative recipients: can only receive blood from O-negative donor;
O-positive recipients: can receive blood from O-positive or O-negative donors.
How Blood Type Is Determined And Why You Need To Know – Red Cross – US
Blood types are determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens – substances that can trigger an immune response if they are foreign to the body. Since some antigens can trigger a patient’s immune system to attack the transfused blood, safe blood transfusions depend on careful blood typing and cross-matching. Do you know what blood type is safe for you if you need a transfusion?
There are four major blood groups determined by the presence or absence of two antigens, A and B, on the surface of red blood cells. In addition to the A and B antigens, there is a protein called the Rh factor, which can be either present (+) or absent (–), creating the 8 most common blood types (A+, A-, B+, B-, O+, O-, AB+, AB-).
What Is A Universal Blood Donor?
Universal donors are those with an O negative blood type. Why? O negative blood can be used in transfusions for any blood type.
Type O is routinely in short supply and in high demand by hospitals – both because it is the most common blood type and because type O negative blood is the universal blood type needed for emergency transfusions and for immune deficient infants.
Approximately 45 percent of Caucasians are type O (positive or negative), but 51 percent of African-Americans and 57 percent of Hispanics are type O. Minority and diverse populations, therefore, play a critical role in meeting the constant need for blood.
Types O negative and O positive are in high demand. Only 7% of the population are O negative. However, the need for O negative blood is the highest because it is used most often during emergencies. The need for O+ is high because it is the most frequently occurring blood type (37% of the population).
The universal red cell donor has Type O negative blood. The universal plasma donor has Type AB blood. For more about plasma donation, visit the plasma donation facts.
Nearly 16 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S.”
Two people were injured by a bear in the area of Peoples Road near Fifth Line East yesterday afternoon. According to a release from the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, the victims may have inadvertently come between a bear and its cubs. The pair sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to the hospital.
The bear has yet to be located as of Thursday morning and the Ministry of Natural Resources is managing the incident.
Sault Police are reminding community members using walking trails to remain alert, keep dogs on a leash, and make plenty of noise while walking to alert bears to your presence so they can avoid you.
Not every bear encounter is an emergency situation. Call 911 if the bear poses an immediate threat to personal safety and exhibits threatening or aggressive behaviour. For non-emergency encounters call the toll-free Bear Wise reporting line at 1-866-514-2327.
For more information on preventing and reporting encounters with black bears please visit this page.
The Algoma Veterinary Clinic is reporting a confirmed case of West Nile Virus killed a horse in East Algoma.
West Nile Virus is a neurological condition that can affect the spinal column or the brain, and is usually spread by the bite of a mosquito that has fed on an infected bird.
Clinic owner and veterinarian Dr. Keith Good says the horse succumbed to the virus and died about a week-and-a-half ago. Due to privacy concerns, he couldn’t say exactly where the horse was located when it died.
“This one here developed weakness in its hind end. It got to the point where it had trouble standing,” Good said. “It didn’t really have seizures, but there were obvious neurological signs.”
Good said there’s a vaccine available to horse owners that provides protection from the virus. “It requires two doses at least three weeks apart, and then probably another week to develop full protection,” he said.
The virus can’t be transmitted from horse to horse, or from horse to human.
“It’s kind of a moot point at this time of the year, because by the time we get horses that have never been vaccinated before protected, mosquitoes will probably be gone for the season.” “Even infected horses have so little virus in their bloodstream that mosquitoes don’t usually pick it up from a horse,” Good said. “The transmission is from birds to horses.”
It’s the first time the clinic has seen a confirmed case of West Nile Virus in a horse since 2017.
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