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Garth Mullins @garthmullins.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · 1d

Force people into for profit treatment facilities, violating their autonomy and human rights, and pad the pockets of their buddies at the same time. Wouldn’t expect anything less from this government.

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · 4d

Cc: Saskatchewan

Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 4d

Mandatory recovery treatment doesn't solve homelessness, building affordable housing does.

I CAN'T BELIEVE PEOPLE HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING THIS .....

Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · 6d

Kudos to the councillors who voted against this bylaw and shout out to the people who submitted and spoke against it. #yqr

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · 9d

This is what concerns people like me in Sask - govt pushing coerced treatment policies in order to line the pockets of their friends - guaranteed you’ll see some MLA’s with board positions now or when done politics. This $$ could be spent on root causes of addiction such as poverty/homelessness

Euan Tombstone @drugdatadecoded.ca · 9d

NEW
ROSC Solutions Group, a top recipient of AB recovery contracts, was funded for two reports on operations of Saskatchewan recovery centres. Their outcomes are creating a new beachhead for the privatized, abstinence-focused 'recovery-oriented system of care.'
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Saskatchewan government funded two advisory reviews by ROSC Solutions Group

ROSC Solutions Group, a top recipient of Alberta recovery contracts, was granted funding to access operational data of Saskatchewan recovery centres through government advisory reports. Their outcomes...

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 12d

Canada Post loses money offering necessary services that no private company will

the federal government gave Canada Post a roughly $1 billion repayable loan .. compared with the over $50 billion in loans and subsidies given to auto companies and battery manufacturers
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Carney’s austerity begins. His first target: Canada Post | Communist Revolution

The cuts to Canada Post are a harbinger of things to come under Carney.

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · 14d

New podcast series just dropped today - check it out, great investigation and reporting from Todd Rennebohm , also host of “Bunny Hugs and Mental Health”

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1. Setting the Scene

Podcast Episode · Transgression - My Search For the REAL Trans Agenda in Saskatchewan · 2025-10-01 · 34m

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Sean Tucker @seantucker.bsky.social · 21d

O Saskatchewan! Israel is an apartheid state committing genocide & ethnic cleansing in Gaza. Ambassador Moed denies this & denies his government deliberately starves Palestinians. Instead of rolling out the red carpet for Israel, Saskatchewan should treat it like South Africa was in the 1980s.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 20d

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.

Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20d

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

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M @habpipes.bsky.social · 20d

The Canadian Justice system loses $20 billion year.

The Canadian military loses $34 billion a year.

Canadian Health Care loses $372 billion a year.

Imagine if Carneys liberals talked about services like it does the Post Office.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 23d

Unions Improve Social Well-Being Even For Non-Members

Greater unionization rates improve the environment, income equality and public health, according to a new CCPA report.

www.readthemaple.com

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · 26d

Just noticed, Headstones on tour with The Tea Party and Finger Eleven - skipping over Sask 😭😭😭. There’s an open date Nov 30, just sayin….

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · 27d

“When city workers confiscate personal belongings like tents and harm reduction supplies from people sheltering on the street, it increases their risk of non-fatal overdose and physical and sexual violence, according to a new study.”

#bcpoli

Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 27d

'Street Sweeps' Increase Overdose and Violence Risks, Study Finds via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

‘Street Sweeps’ Increase Overdose and Violence Risks, Study Finds | The Tyee

City workers in Vancouver have been confiscating tents and personal belongings from unhoused people since 2008.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 27d

When city workers confiscate personal belongings like tents and harm reduction supplies from people sheltering on the street, it increases their risk of non-fatal overdose and physical and sexual violence, according to a new study.

@michellegamage.bsky.social reports.

‘Street Sweeps’ Increase Overdose and Violence Risks, Study Finds | The Tyee

City workers in Vancouver have been confiscating tents and personal belongings from unhoused people since 2008.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 28d

“You can’t bomb the truth away”

My full speech at Wembley Arena tonight, in London, to 12,000 people at the Together for Palestine concert, paying tribute to murdered Palestinian journalists and their bravery, and calling out the silence and complicity of Western media.

“You Can’t Bomb The Truth Away” - Mehdi’s POWERFUL speech About Palestinian Journalists

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · Sep 5

Despite some of the fear mongering rhetoric out there, This is a great program that keeps families together and ultimately makes communities safer

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A place to heal together: Ranch Ehrlo Society expands supportive housing program for families | Ranch Ehrlo Society

After offering supportive housing services in Moose Jaw for more than a decade, Ranch Ehrlo Society is expanding its program and will open its doors to a second property that will offer far more than ...

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · Sep 3

"It should be obvious by now that neither Trudeau nor the carbon tax had any impact on your grocery bills. Corporate greed and government ignoring its regulatory responsibilities have."

Enforce the regulations!

Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · Sep 3

Canada needs to break up grocery monopolies and curb corporate greed

“Corporate greed, particularly among grocery monopolies, is what’s really driving up food prices in Canada.”

An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

Canada needs to break up grocery monopolies and curb corporate greed

Corporate greed, particularly among grocery monopolies, is what's really driving up food prices in Canada.

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · Sep 2

This guy cannot say the word union to save his life

“Thank you to the hard working people of Saskatchewan and to the Unions that not only made this day possible, but who work every day to ensure workers get fair pay & can do their job safely” . See, it’s easy! #skpoli

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Sep 2

“We want safe supply and end of prohibition,” said Samona Marsh, the president of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). “Respect us. Respect the agency of the individual, [the] collective agency of the community.”

Hero.
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International Overdose Awareness Day commemorated in B.C. as hundreds continue to die of toxic drugs | CBC News

The day is being marked with ceremonies across B.C. on Sunday, as the province continues to lose more than 100 people each month due to unregulated drugs, amid a public health emergency declared nine ...

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · Sep 1

This play resulted in a touchdown.
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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · Sep 1

Weapons, ok, but seizing drugs will actually make communities less safe because if you don’t replace it with something safer, gangs and organized crime will replace it with something stronger and more toxic. Plus, someone having drugs in their pocket is not a threat to public safety.

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Enema Bag Jones @jsb.bsky.social · Aug 31

Every drug poisoning death is a policy decision. Rather than offer evidence based solutions to save lives, govts are cowardly choosing to continue failed prohibition policies. What is needed is a regulated drug supply of known content/dose, to keep people alive until they can get into treatment.

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Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · Aug 31

I no longer say that every overdose is a policy failure.

Every overdose is a policy *decision*.

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca · Aug 31

👉 The toxic, unregulated drug supply is what’s killing people, not decriminalization or harm reduction.
👉 Health-based approaches save lives, reduce crime, and make communities safer.
👉 Criminalization only drives people into unsafe spaces, increases stigma, and costs lives.

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · Aug 30

Prohibition is the Crisis.
For over a century, drug markets have been controlled through ineffective law enforcement. Since the 1908 Opium Act, prohibition has forced trade underground, fueling contamination and organized crime, making everyone less safe.

Purple background graphic with bold white text at the top that reads: “Prohibition is the Crisis.” Below, a yellow exclamation mark in a circle separates the header from the main text, which says: “For over a century, we have refused to regulate drug markets with anything other than ineffective law enforcement approaches. Beginning with the Opium Act of 1908, we have pushed the drug trade underground, which fuels contamination and empowers organized crime. It makes all of us, whether we use drugs or not, less safe.” At the bottom is a white heart-shaped stethoscope icon, followed by the words: “Doctors for Safer Drug Policy.”

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