Julia Berglund

World Correspondent, The Continental Times

Julia covers world for The Continental Times and has reported from more than a dozen countries.

As Rural Hospitals Close Maternity Wards, Nebraska Mothers Drive Two Hours to Give Birth

Eleven of the state’s 93 counties have lost their only labor and delivery unit since 2020, part of a nationwide retreat that is leaving large stretches of the Great Plains without obstetric care.

Oct. 10, 2026 7 MIN READ

A two-lane highway crosses the Sandhills of northern Nebraska, where the nearest hospital that delivers babies can be more than 100 miles away.

On Hudson Bay, a Remote Canadian Port Bets on a Longer Arctic Shipping Season

Churchill, Manitoba, loaded a record 1.1 million tons of grain and potash this year as warming waters kept the bay ice-free into November, reviving a port that nearly closed a decade ago.

Oct. 7, 2026 6 MIN READ

The grain elevator at the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay, the only deepwater Arctic port in Canada connected to the national rail network.