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New plasma donation conditions only apply to 1 of 2 Winnipeg sites, after deaths reported following donation
A list of new terms and conditions Health Canada has placed on a company's paid plasma centres — following multiple recent failed inspections at some of its sites — does not apply to one of the Winnipeg Grifols locations which reported a person dying after giving plasma, the hea...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/grifols-health-canada-conditions-winnipeg-update-9.7153040?cmp=rss

Kim Perales 1h ago

As #fuel, #electricity, #groceries, #healthcare… increase in cost,🚨many vulnerable people will be cut off from LIHEAP in the 2027 budget proposal. All the cuts will devastate millions of families.

There’ll be plenty of💰for #ICE🚨to terrorize & imprison undoc immigrants in #DeathCamps, the #DOD to start more wars to steal oil & minerals…

#Austerity & premature #deaths: apparently the Republicans’ plan for America.

Vote for Dems who’ll prioritize the needs of the people.
#GOPDeathCult #USPol

Rest In Paradise 8h ago

Stephen Lewis, Leftist Canadian Politician and AIDS Activist, Dies at 88

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/world/canada/stephen-lewis-dead.html

#rip #deaths #whodied #obits #obituaries #RestInParadise #vsn #SupportIndependentMedia

Stephen Lewis, Leftist Canadian Politician and AIDS Activist, Dies at 88

Part of a political dynasty, he led Ontario’s main progressive party, became Canada’s U.N. ambassador and campaigned against the spread of AIDS in Africa.

The New York Times

Rest In Paradise 9h ago

Bettina Köster, a Leading Voice in Berlin’s 1980s Avant-Garde, Dies at 66

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/arts/music/bettina-koster-dead.html

#rip #deaths #whodied #obits #obituaries #RestInParadise #vsn #SupportIndependentMedia

Bettina Köster, a Leading Voice in Berlin’s 1980s Avant-Garde, Dies at 66

She sang lead for influential all-female bands, including Malaria!, and toured in the U.S. and elsewhere with groups like the Birthday Party and New Order.

The New York Times

OccuWorld 12h ago

ICE detention deaths are on a record pace. One Texas facility bears the brunt

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5754749/ice-detention-deaths-are-on-a-record-pace-one-texas-facility-bears-the-brunt

ICE inspectors in February found 49 violations to detention standards at Camp East Montana, including failure from staff to"accurately document required checks to prevent significant self-harm and suicide."

#ICE #Deaths #Texas #DetentionCenter #ElPaso #AcquisitionLogistics #Money

Rest In Paradise 13h ago

Jessie Jones, playwright and TV actor known for co-writing film 'Kingdom Come,' dies at 75

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2026-04-01/jessie-jones-writer-actor-dead

#rip #whodied #deaths #obits #obituaries #RestInParadise #vsn #SupportIndependentMedia

Jessie Jones dead: 'Dearly Departed' writer was 75

Jessie Jones, a comedy playwright and TV actor whose credits include 'Murphy Brown,' 'Night Court' and 'Designing Women,' has died. She was 75.

Los Angeles Times

CBC Manitoba 20h ago

Inquests called into deaths of 7 Manitobans
Manitoba's chief medical examiner has called inquests into the deaths of seven people, including young children who died in their homes, a pair of men who died in encounters with police and two inmates at a federal prison.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/inquests-called-deaths-9.7152486?cmp=rss

Rest In Paradise 22h ago

Biruté Galdikas, 79, Who Worked to Save Wild Orangutans in Borneo, Dies

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/science/earth/birute-galdikas-dead.html

#rip #deaths #whodied #obits #obituaries #RestInParadise #vsn #SupportIndependentMedia

Biruté Galdikas, 79, Who Worked to Save Wild Orangutans in Borneo, Dies

With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, she was one of three prominent researchers of great apes who were sometimes called the “trimates.”

The New York Times

CBC Health 1d ago

Health Canada slaps new conditions on plasma donation company Grifols, still reviewing 2 Winnipeg deaths
Health Canada has slapped new terms and conditions on all of a company's paid plasma centres after multiple failed inspections where the regulator found "recurring, systemic deficiencies."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/grifols-health-canada-conditions-9.7150889?cmp=rss

CBC British Columbia 1d ago

New Westminster sets temperature cap in apartments to prevent heat deaths
As the hot days of summer approach, two Metro Vancouver municipalities are trying to reduce the risk of extreme heat. New Westminster has introduced maximum heat bylaws for apartments and Vancouver approved a grant to retrofit SROs for heating and cooling.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-westminster-bc-maximum-heat-bylaw-9.7150150?cmp=rss