Lori-Anne
@heartembrace.bsky.social
Slightly bitter. COVID Awareness. Disability rights.
Universal Health Care should be human right. 😷
Universal Health Care should be human right. 😷
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September 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today I mark 9 years of extra time because a family donated their loved one’s heart & lungs to me. So much gratitude for them, my husband & son, and my transplant team. Here’s a couple of messages my husband posted 9 years ago.
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today I mark 9 years of extra time because a family donated their loved one’s heart & lungs to me. So much gratitude for them, my husband & son, and my transplant team. Here’s a couple of messages my husband posted 9 years ago.
As I recover from COVID this week here in Edmonton, I am once again unsurprised Alberta leads the country in COVID infections heading into September. As Danielle Smith and her fascist UCP remove access to life saving vaccines. Go Alberta. <sad trumpet>
Canadian COVID Forecast Aug 30 - Sep 12 2025
ALBERTA
Very high [No change]
About 1 in 53 people in AB are CURRENTLY infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~8 higher
-Long COVID ~7.9 higher
-Hospitalizations ~14 higher
-Deaths ~13.9 higher
ALBERTA
Very high [No change]
About 1 in 53 people in AB are CURRENTLY infected.
Compared to lowest point of pandemic in Canada:
-Infections ~8 higher
-Long COVID ~7.9 higher
-Hospitalizations ~14 higher
-Deaths ~13.9 higher
September 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
As I recover from COVID this week here in Edmonton, I am once again unsurprised Alberta leads the country in COVID infections heading into September. As Danielle Smith and her fascist UCP remove access to life saving vaccines. Go Alberta. <sad trumpet>
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A firefighter who was with EFRS at the time of the Jasper wildfires:
“Only the province could activate a larger response which I was told had been urgently requested!
Crews from Edmonton & St. Albert were 3 hrs away. The threat was known. The window was there. It didn't happen. That is a failure.”
“Only the province could activate a larger response which I was told had been urgently requested!
Crews from Edmonton & St. Albert were 3 hrs away. The threat was known. The window was there. It didn't happen. That is a failure.”
July 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A firefighter who was with EFRS at the time of the Jasper wildfires:
“Only the province could activate a larger response which I was told had been urgently requested!
Crews from Edmonton & St. Albert were 3 hrs away. The threat was known. The window was there. It didn't happen. That is a failure.”
“Only the province could activate a larger response which I was told had been urgently requested!
Crews from Edmonton & St. Albert were 3 hrs away. The threat was known. The window was there. It didn't happen. That is a failure.”
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The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.
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Alberta is leading at measles, hoping to lead at teen STI’s and pregnancy too. globalnews.ca/news/1128363...
Alberta bans ‘explicit’ books in school libraries starting Oct. 1 | Globalnews.ca
Students in Grade 10 and above will be allowed to read non-explicit content, if it is developmentally appropriate.
globalnews.ca
July 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Alberta is leading at measles, hoping to lead at teen STI’s and pregnancy too. globalnews.ca/news/1128363...
This is an utterly tragic outcome of what can happen in a regional healthcare system: no sharing of hospital records. This is what Alberta is heading into as the UCP & Danielle Smith privatize Alberta’s hospitals and move to a regional system. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/c...
Comox parents call for health-care system changes after death of 11-year-old son
Brayden Robbins, an 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, died on his second visit in seven days to the ER at Comox Valley Hospital.
www.timescolonist.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is an utterly tragic outcome of what can happen in a regional healthcare system: no sharing of hospital records. This is what Alberta is heading into as the UCP & Danielle Smith privatize Alberta’s hospitals and move to a regional system. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/c...
@michaeljanz.bsky.social these are the type of people building the infill. A 10 unit mid block development with only 2 parking stalls. And 8 units going in across the street with minimal parking. Way to go, Janz. If your goal was to ruin our mature area and lower property values, you did it!
July 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
@michaeljanz.bsky.social these are the type of people building the infill. A 10 unit mid block development with only 2 parking stalls. And 8 units going in across the street with minimal parking. Way to go, Janz. If your goal was to ruin our mature area and lower property values, you did it!
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The United States of America is ruining my summer. And my spring, fall and winter.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Canadian wildfire smoke ruining Americans' summer, says letter from Congress members | CBC News
Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, says a letter from six members of Congress to Canada's U.S. ambassador.
www.cbc.ca
July 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The United States of America is ruining my summer. And my spring, fall and winter.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
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Alberta now leads the continent in a preventable childhood disease that leaves at least two of every 1,000 infections with severe intellectual disabilities, pneumonia or hearing loss. Or dead.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #abpoli
Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #abpoli
Danielle Smith, Queen of Measles | The Tyee
Alberta leads the continent in stoking the disease’s resurgence. The province’s former top doctor lays blame.
thetyee.ca
July 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Alberta now leads the continent in a preventable childhood disease that leaves at least two of every 1,000 infections with severe intellectual disabilities, pneumonia or hearing loss. Or dead.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #abpoli
Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #abpoli
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
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I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.
June 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I am begging people not to look to the NYT for coverage of what's happening. The BBC, Le Monde, Ajazeera and others will have more truthful coverage.
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Donald Trump increased tariffs to 50% on steel and aluminum, affecting Canadian jobs.
Danielle Smith's response? Restocking American booze back on Alberta shelves! She can’t do anything that Trump might not like.
She’s a terrible negotiator and can’t or won’t stand up for Canada.
Danielle Smith's response? Restocking American booze back on Alberta shelves! She can’t do anything that Trump might not like.
She’s a terrible negotiator and can’t or won’t stand up for Canada.
June 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Donald Trump increased tariffs to 50% on steel and aluminum, affecting Canadian jobs.
Danielle Smith's response? Restocking American booze back on Alberta shelves! She can’t do anything that Trump might not like.
She’s a terrible negotiator and can’t or won’t stand up for Canada.
Danielle Smith's response? Restocking American booze back on Alberta shelves! She can’t do anything that Trump might not like.
She’s a terrible negotiator and can’t or won’t stand up for Canada.
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I do not understand why we are not collectively freaking out.
“From 1981 to 2015, there were an average of 18 smoke hours per year in the city of Calgary. No year had over 100.
Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”
Now we see hundreds of smoke hours routinely: 315 in 2017, 450 in 2018, 439 in 2021, 512 in 2023, and 2024 was ‘only’ 200.”
Debates (Hansard) No. 7 - June 3, 2025 (45-1) - House of Commons of Canada
Debates (Hansard) No. 7 - June 3, 2025 (45-1) - House of Commons of Canada
www.ourcommons.ca
June 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I do not understand why we are not collectively freaking out.
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D-Day Veteran in his 90s wading in the shores of Juno beach with a Canadian flag.
Don't mess with us fascists this is ANTIFA - Canada Style.
Don't mess with us fascists this is ANTIFA - Canada Style.
June 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
D-Day Veteran in his 90s wading in the shores of Juno beach with a Canadian flag.
Don't mess with us fascists this is ANTIFA - Canada Style.
Don't mess with us fascists this is ANTIFA - Canada Style.
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Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine.
It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions.
The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.
It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions.
The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.
May 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Everyone 6 months and older is eligible to get a flu vaccine.
It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions.
The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.
It makes no sense to restrict Covid vaccines to only people who have specific medical conditions.
The FDA is basing its decisions on politics, not science.
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Hong Kong is the first country to experience a COVID-19 wave driven by the new NB.1.8.1 variant.
From the Hong Kong surveillance report, wastewater is the most consistent indicator. That indicator is still trending upwards, to the highest level since mid-2023.
#COVID19 #HongKong #NB_1_8_1
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From the Hong Kong surveillance report, wastewater is the most consistent indicator. That indicator is still trending upwards, to the highest level since mid-2023.
#COVID19 #HongKong #NB_1_8_1
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May 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Anyone who says they’re tough on crime but have no intention of being tough on poverty doesn’t really care about crime.
May 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Anyone who says they’re tough on crime but have no intention of being tough on poverty doesn’t really care about crime.
Appalling behaviour of the US gov’t: dangling aid as a blackmail tool to get Gambia to give Musk access for his Starlink.
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Appalling behaviour of the US gov’t: dangling aid as a blackmail tool to get Gambia to give Musk access for his Starlink.
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Hong Kong: COVID-19 deaths surge as severe cases spike in Hong Kong, health officials warn.
COVID activity in Hong Kong has surged since mid-March, with severe adult cases and deaths rising from 3 last month to 26 this month—highest since last August.
www.dimsumdaily.hk/covid-19-dea...
COVID activity in Hong Kong has surged since mid-March, with severe adult cases and deaths rising from 3 last month to 26 this month—highest since last August.
www.dimsumdaily.hk/covid-19-dea...
COVID-19 deaths surge as severe cases spike in Hong Kong, health officials warn
COVID-19 activity in Hong Kong has intensified since mid-March, with severe cases and deaths among adults reaching levels unseen since last August, according to Albert Au, head of the Communicable Dis...
www.dimsumdaily.hk
May 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Hong Kong: COVID-19 deaths surge as severe cases spike in Hong Kong, health officials warn.
COVID activity in Hong Kong has surged since mid-March, with severe adult cases and deaths rising from 3 last month to 26 this month—highest since last August.
www.dimsumdaily.hk/covid-19-dea...
COVID activity in Hong Kong has surged since mid-March, with severe adult cases and deaths rising from 3 last month to 26 this month—highest since last August.
www.dimsumdaily.hk/covid-19-dea...
Shout out to all the nurses with the University of Alberta Lung Transplant division! These nurses go above and beyond. Transplant is hard & it is a particularly terrifying during these COVID times. My nurses were always kind, compassionate & helpful.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Shout out to all the nurses with the University of Alberta Lung Transplant division! These nurses go above and beyond. Transplant is hard & it is a particularly terrifying during these COVID times. My nurses were always kind, compassionate & helpful.
🫁♻️💜
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The verdict is in -Canada and Mexico chose brilliant leaders.
USA - went off the rails and the result will be devastating.
USA - went off the rails and the result will be devastating.
May 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The verdict is in -Canada and Mexico chose brilliant leaders.
USA - went off the rails and the result will be devastating.
USA - went off the rails and the result will be devastating.
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This is very troubling. When Alberta's chief electoral officer takes the unprecedented step of telling every MLA that the Justice Minister's proposed Election Act changes will undermine elections, he's clearly calling out anti-democratic behaviour. 1
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Alberta chief electoral officer warns UCP proposed bill will hurt investigations
Alberta's chief electoral officer is warning the government that proposed legislation will impair the election commissioner's power to investigate election rule breaking.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is very troubling. When Alberta's chief electoral officer takes the unprecedented step of telling every MLA that the Justice Minister's proposed Election Act changes will undermine elections, he's clearly calling out anti-democratic behaviour. 1
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
This should be the biggest story in Canadian news across the country. @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com @thestar.com @globalnewsbrasil.bsky.social @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social
Albertans should be paying attention and be VERY concerned:
Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system.
Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits:
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Govt is marching forward with privatizing all of our HC system.
Many many concerns w selling off hospitals to private for-profits:
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Opinion: What's next in for-profit care in Alberta? Your local hospital?
25 years after Klein passed Bill 11, that opened the door to more private for-profit involvement in health care, the UCP is at it again.
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May 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This should be the biggest story in Canadian news across the country. @cbcnews-rss.bsky.social @theglobeandmail.com @thestar.com @globalnewsbrasil.bsky.social @ctvnews-rss.bsky.social
Here’s the problem: these unvaxxed idiots go to Emergency & sit in a room unmasked, exposing people like me, severely immune compromised transplant recipients, who are doing everything they can to stay alive. These dummies don’t give a shit about anyone else but purport to be Christian.
"While the numbers remain higher than they have been historically, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said he remains confident they are under control.
“I still think it’s stabilizing,” he said."
#OnHealth #OnPoli #measles
“I still think it’s stabilizing,” he said."
#OnHealth #OnPoli #measles
Since October, Ontario has recorded more than 1,400 new measles cases, linked to an outbreak that began at a large gathering with guests from Mennonite communities in New Brunswick last fall.
globalnews.ca/news/1117224...
globalnews.ca/news/1117224...
May 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Here’s the problem: these unvaxxed idiots go to Emergency & sit in a room unmasked, exposing people like me, severely immune compromised transplant recipients, who are doing everything they can to stay alive. These dummies don’t give a shit about anyone else but purport to be Christian.