👤 Kristy Kirkup

13 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
13
2026-08-24 – 2026-10-16
Claims per article
31
405 extracted in total
Hedged claims
8%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,413
characters
Writes for The Globe and Mail.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Health
69%
Politics
23%
Education
8%
Most-tagged topics
CanadaOntarioOttawaCanadianEtobicokeHealththe Ontario Superior Court of JusticeBlack

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
2 scored articles; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.22 (leans left).

More from this journalist

Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-28 · The Globe and Mail · Politics
Poilievre pushes for diesel plan as fuel prices soar
4 outlets covered this event
2026-10-08 · The Globe and Mail · Health
Ontario cancer patient who was denied coverage for U.S. treatment dismayed by province’s revised rules
3 outlets covered this event
2026-10-16 · The Globe and Mail · Health
Health ministers say one-year extension of mental health, home care funding not enough
2 outlets covered this event
2026-09-23 · The Globe and Mail · Health
Ontario court sides with patient appealing province’s refusal to cover out-of-country cancer treatment
2 outlets covered this event
2026-10-12 · The Globe and Mail · Education
A new centre asks: Why can’t seniors and toddlers be friends?
no other outlet in the corpus covered this
2026-10-05 · The Globe and Mail · Health
Decades after her diagnosis, Adrienne Clarkson calls for better endometriosis care
no other outlet in the corpus covered this

What they said would happen

2026-08-24 · The Globe and Mail
Black Canadians face barriers when donating blood despite critical need, study says
🔮 By contrast, the Black population in Canada is growing and is expected to reach more than three million people by 2041. assertive
2026-09-04 · The Globe and Mail
Ontario court denies Toronto woman with bipolar disorder emergency access to MAID
🔮 In May, Claire Brosseau requested an emergency stay from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to immediately end her life with medical help. assertive
2026-09-14 · The Globe and Mail
Leading mental health hospital slashes wait times by condensing programs, hiring and tracking data
🔮 The Royal’s new approach to improving patients’ access to care could serve as a roadmap for other institutions looking to reduce wait times while also facing financial constraints. assertive
2026-09-15 · The Globe and Mail
First Nations leaders, family demand answers for woman’s death after she was denied medical travel
🔮 She had missed four appointments - on May 28, June 11, July 2 and Aug. 6. assertive
2026-09-18 · The Globe and Mail
‘Father of Nunavut’ challenges territory’s refusal to pay for his housing, home care in Iqaluit
🔮 He and his legal team are challenging the government’s refusal to provide Mr. Amagoalik with home care and housing in Iqaluit, even though it was willing to pay double the cost for long-term care access more than 2,000 kilometres away in Ottawa. assertive
2026-09-22 · The Globe and Mail
Ontario hospitals ordered to improve detection protocols for sepsis
🔮 Hospitals in Canada’s most populous province will be required by Ontario Health to establish protocols by early next year to identify and respond to sepsis, which can be fatal if patients do not receive timely medical intervention. assertive
2026-09-23 · The Globe and Mail
Ontario court sides with patient appealing province’s refusal to cover out-of-country cancer treatment
🔮 “The record discloses that he will likely be dead by Christmas if he does not receive the requested treatment within a few weeks,” the justices said. assertive
2026-09-24 · The Globe and Mail
Novel ‘heart in a box’ technology gives London, Ont., patient ‘second life’
🔮 After a cardiac arrest and a triple bypass in June, 2025, he spent a month and a half sedated in intensive care at the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario before he could return home to his wife and two children. assertive
2026-09-28 · The Globe and Mail
Poilievre pushes for diesel plan as fuel prices soar
🔮 U.S. President Donald Trump signalled that he supports the idea, but his energy secretary recently indicated a “blanket ban” will not happen. assertive
2026-10-05 · The Globe and Mail
Decades after her diagnosis, Adrienne Clarkson calls for better endometriosis care
🔮 At the time, a nurse told her any other surgeon would have done a hysterectomy because her situation was “a mess.” assertive
2026-10-08 · The Globe and Mail
Ontario cancer patient who was denied coverage for U.S. treatment dismayed by province’s revised rules
🔮 An Ontario father of two with Stage 4 melanoma says he is heartbroken that the provincial government’s revised rules for out-of-country medical coverage will continue to bar access to a treatment that could save his and others’ lives. mixed
2026-10-12 · The Globe and Mail
A new centre asks: Why can’t seniors and toddlers be friends?
🔮 The model could serve as an example for other centres across the country as Canada experiences rapid growth in its aging population. assertive
2026-10-16 · The Globe and Mail
Health ministers say one-year extension of mental health, home care funding not enough
🔮 Canada’s provincial and territorial health ministers say Ottawa’s one-year extension of funding for mental health, addiction treatment and home care is not enough, and that federal plans would amount to a spending cut that is “the largest in a generation.” assertive
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