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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 5m

Have not made myself available to @marcusgeee.bsky.social since this was published. A propaganda piece while he procurement scandal was unfolding with AHS. Interestingly story also broken by the globe.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Alberta Insider: Health care deals under scrutiny create fresh headache for Danielle Smith’s government

Alberta’s Auditor-General announced he is looking into procurement and contract practices at the provincial health authority and Ministry of Health after allegations emerged that officials in Smith’s ...

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 2h

Calgarians haven’t had any news on the resignation of their $350,000/year police chief since CBC revealed the police commission was refusing to show his severance package.

So here are fifty documents about his resignation and a story about what’s in them.
drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Calgary Police Commission documents shed new light on Neufeld resignation

Drug Data Decoded has obtained a trove of new documents on the Calgary police chief and deputy resignations. Despite heavy redactions, they reveal a power struggle within the service fuelled by commis...

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Garth Mullins @garthmullins.bsky.social · 9h

We started DULF because we knew nobody was coming to save us, so we had to save ourselves. It worked. But right wing politicians made themselves famous off scapegoating us. The government de-funded us. The cops raided us. But our day in court is here. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee

The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

thetyee.ca

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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 7h

The Premier's new mandate letters do nothing to address Alberta's urgent health care issues.

“Every time this government talks about choice in health care, what they really mean is further privatization, & Albertans paying more out of pocket for the care that they need," says FOM's Chris Gallaway.

Critics speak out about mandates to Alberta health ministers - Red Deer Advocate

‘Cohesive, patient-centred health system’ needed, says AMA

reddeeradvocate.com

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 13h

Jeremy and Erys kept people safe with their actions. Politicians who prevent access to safe alternatives to toxic drugs are the ones who should be charged.
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!

tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ @tsk.bsky.social · 1d

> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee

The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

thetyee.ca

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tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ @tsk.bsky.social · 1d

> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:

thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee

The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.

thetyee.ca

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Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 1d

Don't worry if people call you a "radical leftist"

Radical leftist simply means you care, and that is normal!

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 14h

Best title so far for harm reduction supporters in AB: “fringe lunatics and public health intelligencia”, bestowed by the premiers former chief of staff, Marshall Smith, in a @theglobeandmail.com article.
I was stunned the reporter included that smear without a chance for anyone to comment.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Warming waters cause corals to “bleach” when these organisms expel symbiotic algae that provide nutrients, oxygen & vibrant colors.

The latest global bleaching event - researchers estimate >84% of the planet's coral ecosystems have been affected since Jan 2023 - has made it clear the crisis is now.

nature

NEWS

12 October 2025

Coral die-off marks Earth's first climate
'tipping point', scientists say

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world.

By Jeff Tollefson

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 1d

8/8
"I fear the longer this goes on, the easier it will be for the masses to turn on public education," Hackett concludes.

We are in an ideological battle over the future of public versus private education in Alberta.

Byron Hackett, Red Deer Advocate
www.stettlerindependent.com/2025/10/12/o...

Opinion: Alberta private schools under the microscope as strike continues - The Stettler Independent

As the first province-wide teachers’ strike in Alberta history grinds to the end of its first week, private schools and funding have taken centre stage.

www.stettlerindependent.com

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 1d

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🇨🇦 ALBERTA PRIVATE SCHOOLS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AS STRIKE CONTINUES 🇨🇦

As the province-wide teachers' strike enters its 2nd week, the contentious issue of #PublicFunding for #PrivateSchools has been thrust into the spotlight, a new opinion piece argues.

Red Deer Advocate
#AbLeg #AbEd #ATAstrike

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Seems kinda important

More than half of world’s bird species in decline, as leaders meet on extinction crisis

Biodiversity losses are growing, the IUCN reports as summit opens, but green turtle’s recovery ‘reminds us conservation works’

www.theguardian.com

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

“in Alberta, where Premier Danielle Smith is expected to invoke the notwithstanding clause to ban gender-affirming care for children like him, he’ll be forced to go through female puberty.

“We’ll be moving if she enacts that. For the safety of our child”

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

‘We’ll be moving’: Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes

Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t wait Mr. Tombstone

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 1d

Scoop coming tomorrow with new details on the mysterious resignations of Calgary police chief Mark Neufeld and two of his deputies.

Fifty documents obtained via freedom of information are included in the story.

Sign up free or paid to access:
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Drug Data Decoded

Politics, policing and profits of prohibition.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

Bruce “Spanky” McAllister shut down a students mic during the “Alberta Next” panel so that young man couldn’t get his message across…

Well…

Evan’s back.

AND he brought friends for a panel discussion on Alberta Education!

#abpoli #cdnpoli #abed

www.youtube.com/live/ReKD6Mn...

Episode 7.35 - Alberta Students Speak Out!

YouTube video by The Breakdown AB

www.youtube.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

A decades-long fight ramps up in Grassy Narrows as mercury poisoning threatens its water, people and way of life.

‘Everybody is a fighter’: Inside a First Nation’s quest for justice

A decades-long fight ramps up in Grassy Narrows as mercury poisoning threatens its water, people and way of life.

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

If it’s not okay to be anti-fascism anymore, is it still okay to be pro-democracy? 🤔

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2d

Quitting smoking nearly doubles life expectancy for cancer patients www.upi.com/Health_News/...

"Experts argue it's never too late to quit smoking, and a new study says that applies to people with late-stage #cancer as well."

Quitting smoking nearly doubles life expectancy for cancer patients - UPI.com

Patients with advanced cancer gained nearly a full year of additional life if they quit smoking, compared to those who kept lighting up, researchers reported.

www.upi.com

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 2d

First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north.

As Ontario government sells to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding support instead of extraction.

New from @jonthompson.bsky.social:

ricochet.media/indigenous/w...

#onpoli #indigenous

‘We’re losing control of our communities’: First Nations in states of emergency as Doug Ford pushes to mine the north

As Ontario government sells off the north to international mining companies, communities in crisis are demanding safety and healing instead of resource extraction

ricochet.media

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 2d

What real solutions look like:

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Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 2d

Last year I criticized Vincent Lam for his congratulatory framing in a Globe piece, in which Timmins opening a detox drove a reduction in overdose deaths.

But the data suggested those deaths had been pushed out to “home communities” through brutal municipal policy.

ricochet.media/justice/hous...

Displacement as policy

The emergency declaration revealed what Barrie has long wanted: not to solve homelessness, but to export it. Nuttall has been explicit that part of the city’s strategy is to “repatriate” unhoused people to their “home communities.” Translation: if you are poor, unhoused, and without family support, you are not welcome here. Barrie’s solution is banishment.

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 2d

I thought you would like this!

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 2d

Glad your kid has the option of community sports, but sad that it comes down to having to refuse to participate :(

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly a lot of girls are losing out because they refuse to participate in sport.

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