R Hunter
@divarmh.bsky.social
Retired- living the dream- Cheering on all our Grands from the sidelines; fan of Canadian Tennis and Soccer; Progressive Politics. she/her
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🚨Yet MORE evidence of benefit...
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
"The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
"The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🚨Yet MORE evidence of benefit...
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
"The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
"The vaccines were found to decrease the risk of needing medical care in the first six months after vaccination by 76%..."
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🤠Alberta is getting a new map for the next provincial election. The Electoral Boundaries Commission is currently collecting feedback on interim report for new riding boundaries.
daveberta.substack.com/p/alberta-is...
daveberta.substack.com/p/alberta-is...
Alberta is getting a new map for the next provincial election
Boundaries commission collecting feedback on interim report for new riding boundaries
daveberta.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🤠Alberta is getting a new map for the next provincial election. The Electoral Boundaries Commission is currently collecting feedback on interim report for new riding boundaries.
daveberta.substack.com/p/alberta-is...
daveberta.substack.com/p/alberta-is...
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Take a read of what is happening to Access for our children in AB:
canadahealthwatch.ca...
"Families are being asked to pay twice. Once through taxes, and again through out-of-pocket fees, premiums, and the brutal math of what they can and cannot afford."
canadahealthwatch.ca...
"Families are being asked to pay twice. Once through taxes, and again through out-of-pocket fees, premiums, and the brutal math of what they can and cannot afford."
Alberta isn’t fixing healthcare. It’s abandoning it.
“Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.”
canadahealthwatch.ca
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Take a read of what is happening to Access for our children in AB:
canadahealthwatch.ca...
"Families are being asked to pay twice. Once through taxes, and again through out-of-pocket fees, premiums, and the brutal math of what they can and cannot afford."
canadahealthwatch.ca...
"Families are being asked to pay twice. Once through taxes, and again through out-of-pocket fees, premiums, and the brutal math of what they can and cannot afford."
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Ummmmm why didn't anyone tell me that TWO OF MY JOURNAL ARTICLES WERE CITED in Justice Feasby's decision on the Alberta secession referendum initiative????
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Ummmmm why didn't anyone tell me that TWO OF MY JOURNAL ARTICLES WERE CITED in Justice Feasby's decision on the Alberta secession referendum initiative????
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government and a member of the Opposition NDP are in a standoff over questions in the legislature.
Alberta government refusing questions from NDP MLA over question period remark
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government and a member of the Opposition NDP are in a standoff over questions in the legislature.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government and a member of the Opposition NDP are in a standoff over questions in the legislature.
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I was delighted to see my photo of an Arizona Tiger Salamander was featured in this Nature Climate Change article, but I don't have access to the journal. Does anyone have a copy they could share with me? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Climate defines salamander adult form - Nature Climate Change
Nature Climate Change - Climate defines salamander adult form
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I was delighted to see my photo of an Arizona Tiger Salamander was featured in this Nature Climate Change article, but I don't have access to the journal. Does anyone have a copy they could share with me? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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King of America. Queen of Alberta. Two Birds of a Feather
Donald Trump, Danielle Smith share an authoritarian impulse to break democratic guardrails while accruing more governing power to themselves.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/king-of-am...
Donald Trump, Danielle Smith share an authoritarian impulse to break democratic guardrails while accruing more governing power to themselves.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/king-of-am...
King of America. Queen of Alberta. Two Birds of a Feather
Donald Trump and Danielle Smith share an authoritarian impulse to break democratic guardrails while accruing more governing power to themselves
markhamhislop.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
King of America. Queen of Alberta. Two Birds of a Feather
Donald Trump, Danielle Smith share an authoritarian impulse to break democratic guardrails while accruing more governing power to themselves.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/king-of-am...
Donald Trump, Danielle Smith share an authoritarian impulse to break democratic guardrails while accruing more governing power to themselves.
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/king-of-am...
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There is a LOT in this legislation, to the point that big changes for Alberta's legal regulator are all the way at the bottom, including:
-Law Society of Alberta can't mandate training/education beyond a specific scope
-Conduct decision appeals go to Court of King's Bench
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
-Law Society of Alberta can't mandate training/education beyond a specific scope
-Conduct decision appeals go to Court of King's Bench
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta legislation would change citizen referendum rules, restrict political party names | CBC News
Bill 14, introduced Thursday by Justice Minister Mickey Amery, transfers powers from the chief electoral officer to the minister when deciding whether citizen petition initiatives should proceed. It a...
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
There is a LOT in this legislation, to the point that big changes for Alberta's legal regulator are all the way at the bottom, including:
-Law Society of Alberta can't mandate training/education beyond a specific scope
-Conduct decision appeals go to Court of King's Bench
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
-Law Society of Alberta can't mandate training/education beyond a specific scope
-Conduct decision appeals go to Court of King's Bench
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigated Sam Mraiche over allegations he made illegal political donations in 2023
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social
Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Regulator says Mraiche was being investigated this year in connection to an alleged straw donor scheme
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigated Sam Mraiche over allegations he made illegal political donations in 2023
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social
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Everything you need to know about Justice Feasby’s ruling on the Alberta separatism question today, from @jack-farrell.bsky.social : www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
Judge calls Alberta bill on referendum drives undemocratic, disrespect to rule of law
EDMONTON - An Alberta judge tasked with reviewing the constitutionality of a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada is calling a new government bill undemocratic, as it
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
December 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Everything you need to know about Justice Feasby’s ruling on the Alberta separatism question today, from @jack-farrell.bsky.social : www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
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Quite the scathing 'epilogue' that Justice Feasby added to his decision, in response to legislation tabled by Alberta's UCP government just yesterday:
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Quite the scathing 'epilogue' that Justice Feasby added to his decision, in response to legislation tabled by Alberta's UCP government just yesterday:
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3 Edmonton-area schools dealing with respiratory illness outbreaks as flu shot numbers lag
3 Edmonton-area schools dealing with respiratory illness outbreaks as flu shot numbers lag
With three Edmonton-area schools dealing with outbreaks of respiratory illnesses as we get deeper into December, medical professionals across the province say getting vaccinated for influenza and COVID-19 are good ways to try to prevent getting sick.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:30 AM
3 Edmonton-area schools dealing with respiratory illness outbreaks as flu shot numbers lag
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And before you go thinking this is just an AHS problem... today the Misercordia was looking no better with almost 90% of it's ED being blocked by admitted in patients who could not be transferred to a bed on the floor.
Our system is imploding, and our govt continues w Chaos!
5/6
Our system is imploding, and our govt continues w Chaos!
5/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
And before you go thinking this is just an AHS problem... today the Misercordia was looking no better with almost 90% of it's ED being blocked by admitted in patients who could not be transferred to a bed on the floor.
Our system is imploding, and our govt continues w Chaos!
5/6
Our system is imploding, and our govt continues w Chaos!
5/6
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Meanwhile the govt's plan is to PRIVATIZE care and drive even more HCWs and specialists out of the overflowing hospitals that are barely coping.
Alberta has NEVER seen overcrowding this severe!
4/6
Alberta has NEVER seen overcrowding this severe!
4/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Meanwhile the govt's plan is to PRIVATIZE care and drive even more HCWs and specialists out of the overflowing hospitals that are barely coping.
Alberta has NEVER seen overcrowding this severe!
4/6
Alberta has NEVER seen overcrowding this severe!
4/6
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Over 100 sick pts, many accompanied by family members, seeking medical attention, and being stranded in a waiting room that was never even designed to hold even 50 pts in it...
They had to spill over into internal waiting rooms and hallways and EMS hold spaces...
2/6
They had to spill over into internal waiting rooms and hallways and EMS hold spaces...
2/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Over 100 sick pts, many accompanied by family members, seeking medical attention, and being stranded in a waiting room that was never even designed to hold even 50 pts in it...
They had to spill over into internal waiting rooms and hallways and EMS hold spaces...
2/6
They had to spill over into internal waiting rooms and hallways and EMS hold spaces...
2/6
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There is no possible way to prevent serious morbidity and mortality when ED WRs have 100 people in them... Safe and Timely care just isn't possible with overcrowding like that...
We used to be able to do so much better.
Albertans DESERVE so much better.
6/6
We used to be able to do so much better.
Albertans DESERVE so much better.
6/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
There is no possible way to prevent serious morbidity and mortality when ED WRs have 100 people in them... Safe and Timely care just isn't possible with overcrowding like that...
We used to be able to do so much better.
Albertans DESERVE so much better.
6/6
We used to be able to do so much better.
Albertans DESERVE so much better.
6/6
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CONDOLANCES to my colleagues and the patients in the Edmonton Area.
They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton.
Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room.
Just try to imagine that...
1/6
They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton.
Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room.
Just try to imagine that...
1/6
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
CONDOLANCES to my colleagues and the patients in the Edmonton Area.
They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton.
Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room.
Just try to imagine that...
1/6
They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton.
Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room.
Just try to imagine that...
1/6
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“the fact is Northback’s Grassy Mountain coal mine will be an open pit mine, even though Smith promised Albertans it won’t be.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: Big Aussie Coal *is* Going to Strip Mine the Alberta Rockies After All
“When it comes to coal mining, people do not want to see mountaintop removal,” she said.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“the fact is Northback’s Grassy Mountain coal mine will be an open pit mine, even though Smith promised Albertans it won’t be.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
open.substack.com/pub/bradlafo...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Many questions and a lot of disinformation about the #ForeverCanadian petition. Here are some straight facts about what’s next. Premier has two choices. Which one will she make?
#ableg #cdnpoli
youtu.be/aZyCe7xrfDg
#ableg #cdnpoli
youtu.be/aZyCe7xrfDg
Pro-Confederation petition verified by Elections Alberta | Hanomansing Tonight
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Many questions and a lot of disinformation about the #ForeverCanadian petition. Here are some straight facts about what’s next. Premier has two choices. Which one will she make?
#ableg #cdnpoli
youtu.be/aZyCe7xrfDg
#ableg #cdnpoli
youtu.be/aZyCe7xrfDg
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This guy gets it. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Alberta-Ottawa MOU is a climate breakthrough, despite Steven Guilbeault’s misplaced outrage
Federal climate policies weren’t working, but Ottawa and Alberta’s ‘grand bargain’ puts Canada’s progress back on the road
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This guy gets it. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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BREAKING: Alberta Health Services CEO who took over after a controversial firing in January is now himself out.
AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair.
Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.
AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair.
Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
BREAKING: Alberta Health Services CEO who took over after a controversial firing in January is now himself out.
AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair.
Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.
AHS confirms Andre Tremblay on leave. Minister Matt Jones has appointed a new CEO and chair.
Tremblay was named CEO after Athana Mentzelopoulos was fired earlier this year.
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🚨 A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy & Public Health Security at the FDA www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org
"We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety & proposals"
Needed: "open deliberation, solid evidence, & procedures the public can see & trust."
"We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety & proposals"
Needed: "open deliberation, solid evidence, & procedures the public can see & trust."
A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy and Public Health Security at the FDA | NEJM
Twelve former commissioners of the FDA express concern that the agency’s recent moves
will undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure vaccine safety, effectiveness,
and availability.
www.nejm.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🚨 A Threat to Evidence-Based Vaccine Policy & Public Health Security at the FDA www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org
"We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety & proposals"
Needed: "open deliberation, solid evidence, & procedures the public can see & trust."
"We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety & proposals"
Needed: "open deliberation, solid evidence, & procedures the public can see & trust."
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