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Christine Jean-Baptiste
Christine Jean Baptiste is a culture writer based in Montreal, Quebec. Her work has appeared in Yahoo Canada, Vogue, Insider, Global News, Teen Vogue, Nylon, Elle, and more.
Yahoo News Canada‘Air Canada no longer flies to our destination’: Family of five discovers Costa Rica vacation was cancelled — at airport
Raena Baton's family arrived at the Toronto Pearson International Airport four hours early for a flight to Costa Rica, when they were told Air Canada no longer flies to their destination.
- Yahoo News Canada
'That word...will be replaced': Beyoncé, Drake at centre of lyric controversy in 'Renaissance' song 'Heated'
As Beyoncé's latest album "Renaissance" continues to climb the charts, a line from her song "Heated" has fans calling out the artist for singing an ableist slur.
- Yahoo News Canada
'That's when my stomach dropped': Woman finds her own luggage after Air Canada leaves it behind
Kelly Laing, a marketing manager, was heading back home to Saint John, New Brunswick, from Toronto. It's an hour-and-a-half direct flight she's done many times before for work. When she got to the Toronto Pearson International Airport, she saw only one person working at the Air Canada customer service desk with a line of around 50 people.
- Yahoo News Canada
'...Completely colonial': Opioid research study wrongly assumes 'poor people are addicts', expert says
A recent study found that low-income Canadians are almost four times more likely to die from opioids than high-income Canadians. It also found that the poorest Canadians had five times the amount of visits to the emergency room for opioids than richer Canadians.
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‘We need to secure access here first’: Why Canada can’t help Americans with abortions yet
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Canadian abortion advocates and activists have not stopped worrying about what's next. "It's like a horror show. We're all going through the shock and trying to just grapple with what the consequences will be," said Joyce Arthur, Executive Director of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada.
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'ArriveCan isn't saving lives....it's causing havoc': Problematic app sparks travel delays, privacy issues but isn’t going anywhere
The ArriveCAN website got a makeover. The government website once read, "It only takes minutes to help keep each other safe." Now it says, "ArriveCAN is not only keeping travellers safe, but is part of our ongoing efforts to modernize our border."
- Yahoo News Canada
Measures missing to prevent Rogers outage, technology and cybersecurity analyst warns
According to Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri, the outage was the result of a "maintenance update."