Year in review: A look at news events in July 2020
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 4:44 am EDT
A look at news events in July 2020:
01 – Canada, the U.S. and Mexico officially enacted the new North American free-trade deal, after months of gruelling negotiations and several setbacks.
01 – The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unusual celebration of Canada’s 153rd birthday, with backyard gatherings and digital events replacing large ceremonies. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent part of the morning with his family harvesting broccoli at a farm operated by the Ottawa Food Bank.
02 – The Supreme Court of Canada announced the dismissal of a new appeal from British Columbia First Nations over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The court dismissed the appeal from the Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Ts’elxweyeqw Tribes and Coldwater Indian Band, effectively ending the years-long legal battle over the project.
Posted: Dec 14, 2020 9:00 AM MT | Last Updated: December 14, 2020
Max Sych is diagnosed with type two of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in November. His family in northern Alberta is trying to raise $2.8 million to pay for the world’s most expensive medicine. (GoFundMe)
Max Sych turns two years old next month, but he s already lived up to the nickname Mighty Max.
Born nearly four months premature, he survived a brain bleed and bedside surgery while living his first three months in a neonatal intensive care unit at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton.
Now, a month after he was diagnosed with a rare genetic neuromuscular disorder, his northern Alberta family says he needs more than might.
New England Journal of Medicine in April 2020 described how some COVID-19 patients from northern Italy had been found to have symptoms resembling those of GBS.
In these patients, the GBS symptoms emerged a few days after COVID-19 symptom onset and included lower limb weakness, a tingling sensation, facial paralysis and impaired limb coordination. Providing immunoglobulin therapy strengthened these patients’ immune response and helped them recover slowly yet steadily.
Many other case studies and reports from around the world have also indicated that patients of COVID-19 are developing GBS symptoms in rare cases.
Another study published in
Neurologia in October 2020 suggests that not only do coronavirus
December 14, 2020 - 1:30 AM
A look at news events in July 2020:
01 - Canada, the U.S. and Mexico officially enacted the new North American free-trade deal, after months of gruelling negotiations and several setbacks.
01 - The COVID-19 pandemic led to an unusual celebration of Canada s 153rd birthday, with backyard gatherings and digital events replacing large ceremonies. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spent part of the morning with his family harvesting broccoli at a farm operated by the Ottawa Food Bank.
02 - The Supreme Court of Canada announced the dismissal of a new appeal from British Columbia First Nations over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The court dismissed the appeal from the Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Ts elxweyeqw Tribes and Coldwater Indian Band, effectively ending the years-long legal battle over the project.
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