Mariembois
@mariembois.bsky.social
Neurodivergent, advocate, pattern-seeker. Musician on hiatus. Lover of mastiffs, coffee, reading, disappearing into the woods. She/her.
#yeg on Treaty 6 territory
#harmreduction
#mentalhealthmatters
#endhomelessness
#autismacceptance
#yeg on Treaty 6 territory
#harmreduction
#mentalhealthmatters
#endhomelessness
#autismacceptance
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 22 - Dec 5, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, NS, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, ON, PEI, QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 161 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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You know you are on the right side of medical ethics when you need to get a law amended just to shield you from lawsuits for your activities.
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You know you are on the right side of medical ethics when you need to get a law amended just to shield you from lawsuits for your activities.
#bcpoli
#bcpoli
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and right after they cleared an encampment without doing anything to provide for the people who were displaced....
80 toxic drug OVERDOSES occurred within 24 hours with one shelter running out of naloxone.
This is why harm reduction services are vital in saving lives, and anyone who says otherwise is lying.
x.com/CHEK_News/st...
This is why harm reduction services are vital in saving lives, and anyone who says otherwise is lying.
x.com/CHEK_News/st...
CHEK News on X: "Desperation reached dangerous levels in Cowichan on Tuesday, where officials say as many as 80 toxic drug overdoses occurred in just 24 hours, with one shelter even running out of naloxone. https://t.co/fqRCUDhMZ8" / X
Desperation reached dangerous levels in Cowichan on Tuesday, where officials say as many as 80 toxic drug overdoses occurred in just 24 hours, with one shelter even running out of naloxone. https://t.co/fqRCUDhMZ8
x.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
and right after they cleared an encampment without doing anything to provide for the people who were displaced....
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Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls...
A stain on the wall of a downtown dry cleaners that I often ran by. I sort of loved the irony of it...
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
#photography #classicmono #bnwphoto
#photography #citylife #ihaveathingforwalls
#yeg
A stain on the wall of a downtown dry cleaners that I often ran by. I sort of loved the irony of it...
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
#photography #classicmono #bnwphoto
#photography #citylife #ihaveathingforwalls
#yeg
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls...
A stain on the wall of a downtown dry cleaners that I often ran by. I sort of loved the irony of it...
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
#photography #classicmono #bnwphoto
#photography #citylife #ihaveathingforwalls
#yeg
A stain on the wall of a downtown dry cleaners that I often ran by. I sort of loved the irony of it...
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
#PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
#photography #classicmono #bnwphoto
#photography #citylife #ihaveathingforwalls
#yeg
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FIRST READING: B.C. human rights chief declares that it's colonialist to stigmatize drug use
Overdose crisis is 'rooted in colonial approaches that prioritize individualism over community, wealth over health and power over empathy'
nationalpost.com/opinion/b-c-...
Overdose crisis is 'rooted in colonial approaches that prioritize individualism over community, wealth over health and power over empathy'
nationalpost.com/opinion/b-c-...
FIRST READING: B.C. human rights chief declares that it's colonialist to stigmatize drug use
Overdose crisis is "rooted in colonial approaches that prioritize individualism over community, wealth over health and power over empathy."
nationalpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
FIRST READING: B.C. human rights chief declares that it's colonialist to stigmatize drug use
Overdose crisis is 'rooted in colonial approaches that prioritize individualism over community, wealth over health and power over empathy'
nationalpost.com/opinion/b-c-...
Overdose crisis is 'rooted in colonial approaches that prioritize individualism over community, wealth over health and power over empathy'
nationalpost.com/opinion/b-c-...
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Great interview with my colleague Dr. Kathryn Dong about what the loss of the Royal Alex supervised consumption service means for patients and the hospital.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#ableg #yeg
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#ableg #yeg
Radio Active with Jessica Ng, Min Dhariwal | Live Radio | CBC Listen
Jessica Ng and Min Dhariwal will catch you up with everything that happened during the day --- we'll explore the city with fresh eyes and have fun doing it. If you want to be entertained and informed ...
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-52-radio-active#:~:text=Nov.%2021%2C%202025%3A%20What%20the%20closure%20of%20a%20hospital%2Dbased%20safe%20consumption%20site%20means%20for%20patients#ableg
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Great interview with my colleague Dr. Kathryn Dong about what the loss of the Royal Alex supervised consumption service means for patients and the hospital.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#ableg #yeg
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#ableg #yeg
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The UCP "have shown that they do not care about Albertans’ rights. They’ve shown that they’ll happily steamroll your rights as soon as they become inconvenient to the government. No matter who you are or who you vote for, that should scare you." #ableg calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: UCP use of notwithstanding clause an insult to Albertans
Opinion: UCP use of notwithstanding clause an insult to Albertans
calgaryherald.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The UCP "have shown that they do not care about Albertans’ rights. They’ve shown that they’ll happily steamroll your rights as soon as they become inconvenient to the government. No matter who you are or who you vote for, that should scare you." #ableg calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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An expert advisory committee is recommending the federal government fully fund essential medicines for all Canadians and pass new legislation that clearly defines how a national pharmacare program will work.
Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law
An expert advisory committee is recommending the federal government fully fund essential medicines for all Canadians and pass new legislation that clearly defines how a national pharmacare program will work.
cheknews.ca
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
An expert advisory committee is recommending the federal government fully fund essential medicines for all Canadians and pass new legislation that clearly defines how a national pharmacare program will work.
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Important update was yesterday B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner said the B.C. gov's approach to drug use has been a human rights violation. Here's to hoping CBC adds that into the story because it's kinda real big.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Important update was yesterday B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner said the B.C. gov's approach to drug use has been a human rights violation. Here's to hoping CBC adds that into the story because it's kinda real big.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Also unofficial frostbite capital of the world. Record breaking EMS responses to opioid poisonings. What’s the wait for permanent supportive housing, non-market housing? Food bank access at all time high? Ban on tents so people die exposed to the elements while on lists for support access…
This time last year we learned that the homeless population was living in such dire circumstances they experienced rare lice infections were so bad they were transmitted to organ donation recipients. What did we do after that to respond to human beings in those conditions?
Yikes: A tuberculosis outbreak has been declared in inner-city Edmonton. 12 people have gotten sick this year. Two recently confirmed in October, suggesting it's spread.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Also unofficial frostbite capital of the world. Record breaking EMS responses to opioid poisonings. What’s the wait for permanent supportive housing, non-market housing? Food bank access at all time high? Ban on tents so people die exposed to the elements while on lists for support access…
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If you spend any time in Edmonton with the folks who live on its streets, you'll see how the elites have condemned them to horrific situations, including the obvious possibility of disease.
Yikes: A tuberculosis outbreak has been declared in inner-city Edmonton. 12 people have gotten sick this year. Two recently confirmed in October, suggesting it's spread.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If you spend any time in Edmonton with the folks who live on its streets, you'll see how the elites have condemned them to horrific situations, including the obvious possibility of disease.
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“Government's obligation is to save lives, reduce harm and improve quality of life for those who have been marginalized, while working toward greater equity for everyone.”
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“Government's obligation is to save lives, reduce harm and improve quality of life for those who have been marginalized, while working toward greater equity for everyone.”
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
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A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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More day shelter space is a start but we also need to activate the winter emergency response sooner, stop discharging people from facilities without proper clothes, and stop confiscating tents and other survival supplies.
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
More day shelter space is a start but we also need to activate the winter emergency response sooner, stop discharging people from facilities without proper clothes, and stop confiscating tents and other survival supplies.
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Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
Opinion: Edmonton doesn't have to be the frostbite capital of the world
Severe frostbite injuries are entirely preventable - together, let’s work towards a city where no one gets left out in the cold.
edmontonjournal.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
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DULF is a humanist organization that has saved lives. They did what the government has failed to do & regulated the drugs people were already using. That same government is charging them with crimes for not sitting idly by & watching more people die preventable deaths from an unregulated drug supply
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
DULF is a humanist organization that has saved lives. They did what the government has failed to do & regulated the drugs people were already using. That same government is charging them with crimes for not sitting idly by & watching more people die preventable deaths from an unregulated drug supply
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Street drugs have killed more than 18,600 BCers. DULF worked with cops, health authorities, feds to try and source, test and sell drugs with a known purity and potency to reduce overdose deaths.
Their strategy was saving lives.
Today they were found guilty of trafficking.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Their strategy was saving lives.
Today they were found guilty of trafficking.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum didn’t have permission to sell tested drugs despite good intentions, court finds.
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Street drugs have killed more than 18,600 BCers. DULF worked with cops, health authorities, feds to try and source, test and sell drugs with a known purity and potency to reduce overdose deaths.
Their strategy was saving lives.
Today they were found guilty of trafficking.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Their strategy was saving lives.
Today they were found guilty of trafficking.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Alberta's respiratory virus update👇
COVID:
In hosp now: 67/1 icu
Total hosp: 394/21 icu
Total deaths: 36
Positivity: 6.5%
FLU:
In hosp now: 25/3 icu
Total hosp: 112/8 icu
Total deaths: 1
Pos: 3.4%
RSV...starting to tick up
Data here: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
COVID:
In hosp now: 67/1 icu
Total hosp: 394/21 icu
Total deaths: 36
Positivity: 6.5%
FLU:
In hosp now: 25/3 icu
Total hosp: 112/8 icu
Total deaths: 1
Pos: 3.4%
RSV...starting to tick up
Data here: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Alberta's respiratory virus update👇
COVID:
In hosp now: 67/1 icu
Total hosp: 394/21 icu
Total deaths: 36
Positivity: 6.5%
FLU:
In hosp now: 25/3 icu
Total hosp: 112/8 icu
Total deaths: 1
Pos: 3.4%
RSV...starting to tick up
Data here: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
COVID:
In hosp now: 67/1 icu
Total hosp: 394/21 icu
Total deaths: 36
Positivity: 6.5%
FLU:
In hosp now: 25/3 icu
Total hosp: 112/8 icu
Total deaths: 1
Pos: 3.4%
RSV...starting to tick up
Data here: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
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Police say a tanker is leaking bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River after crashing Thursday morning.
Tanker leaking bitumen into North Saskatchewan River after crash
Police say a tanker is leaking bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River after crashing Thursday morning.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Police say a tanker is leaking bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River after crashing Thursday morning.
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"He also said that the rise of nitazenes reflects a larger problem with unregulated drugs. “As long as it’s unregulated, there’s going to continue to be volatility in it,” he said...he stressed the importance of regulation and expanding safer supply as interventions to make substances ... safer."
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"He also said that the rise of nitazenes reflects a larger problem with unregulated drugs. “As long as it’s unregulated, there’s going to continue to be volatility in it,” he said...he stressed the importance of regulation and expanding safer supply as interventions to make substances ... safer."
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martlet.ca/potent-synth...
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
Potent synthetic opioid in counterfeit pills across Greater Victoria
Nitazene, estimated to be between 5 and 8 times stronger than fentanyl, has begun appearing in counterfeit prescription pills across the city
martlet.ca
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
martlet.ca/potent-synth...
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
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if you’re baffled by how trump plans to lower overdose deaths, you’re not alone. it’s pretty clear he doesn’t know what he’s fighting against. as usual, it’s not about the drugs at all. my latest for @salon.com
www.salon.com/2025/11/05/d...
www.salon.com/2025/11/05/d...
Donald Trump doesn’t understand the drug war he’s fighting
The president's war on fentanyl is just another way to expand state power and inflame fear
www.salon.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
if you’re baffled by how trump plans to lower overdose deaths, you’re not alone. it’s pretty clear he doesn’t know what he’s fighting against. as usual, it’s not about the drugs at all. my latest for @salon.com
www.salon.com/2025/11/05/d...
www.salon.com/2025/11/05/d...
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As we ready for the UCP's 2nd pre-emptice use of the notwithstanding clause in as many weeks, let's clarify what this means.
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As we ready for the UCP's 2nd pre-emptice use of the notwithstanding clause in as many weeks, let's clarify what this means.
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵