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Flora Cain

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Retired analyst. Not interested in "alternative" facts. #ForeverCanadian

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We’re building and securing Canada’s North. We’re taking full responsibility for defending our Arctic sovereignty, and developing the region’s critical minerals, clean energy, and trade corridors – with, and for, the security and prosperity of its people.

12.03.2026 23:49 👍 731 🔁 146 💬 33 📌 9

"We’re killing all the right people and cutting your taxes." The Republican Party's campaign slogan.

12.03.2026 18:56 👍 28 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 0
Over the borderline #daniellesmith #ucp #immigration #canada #politics
Over the borderline #daniellesmith #ucp #immigration #canada #politics YouTube video by Lisab0923

Over the borderline #daniellesmith #ucp #immigration #canada #politics
youtube.com/shorts/s9mPn...

12.03.2026 18:35 👍 36 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 2

Canadians buy made-in-Canada goods to support their local businesses and local economies.

We’re doing the same, at scale, with the Buy Canadian Policy — by building housing, infrastructure, and defence projects with Canadian materials, Canadian technology, and Canadian workers.

12.03.2026 15:48 👍 1278 🔁 245 💬 60 📌 17
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‘Elephant in the room’: What is the US military’s carbon footprint? The US military emits more than entire industrialised nations like Portugal and Denmark, yet evades scrutiny.

The environmental impact of the US military machine was documented in two 2019 reports, which revealed it to be the world’s largest institutional consumer of hydrocarbons, belching out more emissions than industrialised nations like Portugal and Denmark.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12...

12.03.2026 18:47 👍 2 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
The University of Alberta Hospital, one of several hospitals in the Edmonton Zone that could be impacted by the potential absence of surgical hospitalists.

The University of Alberta Hospital, one of several hospitals in the Edmonton Zone that could be impacted by the potential absence of surgical hospitalists.

Edmonton physicians warn province of 'immediate, unavoidable' surgery disruptions over changes to compensation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-hospitalists-compensation-alberta-surgeries-9.7123380
↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

12.03.2026 14:11 👍 8 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Action Needed to Prevent Surgical Disruptions in Edmonton Hospitals We need the Alberta government to take urgent action to prevent surgical disruptions in Edmonton hospitals. The priority should be our public workforce, not corporate profits!

7/7 Friends of Medicare is urging Albertans to take action to protect their public healthcare before the April 1 deadline.

👉 Please sign their petition, write the Premier, and the Health Ministry. 👈

Source: Alyssa Pretty,
Friends of Medicare
www.friendsofmedicare.org/surgical_dis...

12.03.2026 02:26 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

5/7 The contrast in funding is staggering.

👉 The recent budget poured $525 million into the Alberta Surgical Initiative for for-profit centres, while the government rejected proposals costing a tiny fraction of that to fix the 20-month disruption at the Royal Alex. 👈

12.03.2026 02:16 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

1/7 🇨🇦 ⚠️ URGENT ACTION NEEDED TO STOP SURGICAL DISRUPTIONS IN ALBERTA ⚠️ 🇨🇦

Edmonton hospitalists warn of severe cancellations by April 1.

Advocates say the government is prioritizing corporate profits over public healthcare.

Source: Friends of Medicare
#MedSky #CdnPoli #AbPoli #PublicHealth #Yeg

12.03.2026 02:12 👍 19 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 2
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Opinion: Emergency departments are the lighthouses of our health care system. But the lights are starting to flicker ERs are a safety net for those who lack primary care, have substance use disorders or are unhoused. They are meant to be open every hour of every day, no matter what

CANADIAN ER CLOSURES
-Impacted 1 in 3 ERs since 2019
-Affected every province

DUE to INADEQUATE
-Home care
-Primary care
-Healthcare workers to staff ERs
-Acute beds
-Chronic care / rehab spots

It's why my patients DREAD GOING.

@casinoshiftmd.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

11.03.2026 21:45 👍 19 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0
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One in five Canadians over 50 facing material deprivation, survey finds A new national survey suggests a significant share of older Canadians are struggling to meet basic needs, with one in five people aged 50 and older experiencing a standard of living comparable to the ...

CANADIANS OVER 50 - a grim snapshot

57% feel lonely
20% live on the poverty line
11% can't afford dental care

Ref: 2025 National Institute on Ageing - survey of over 6,000 Canadians aged 50+

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

12.03.2026 02:00 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

What scares me is that MEASLES is turning into "old news"

It's one of the most contagious viruses known...& the canary in the coalmine.

Its spread reflects how VULNERABLE we are to other vaccine-preventable diseases.

Each new report is an URGENT CALL TO ACTION

💉💉💉

12.03.2026 02:11 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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So...

Foreign interference isn't voting, it's massive disinformation and misinformation campaigns, which Smith hasn't demonstrated she understands...

How does the UCP respond?

Don't tell us what Dani doesn't understand!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

11.03.2026 20:53 👍 85 🔁 28 💬 13 📌 3
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“Today, March 11th is the 178th anniversary of Canadian democracy. 178 years of unbroken, uninterrupted parliamentary democracy. Which makes Canada the oldest continuous democratic federation in the world.”
- John Ralston Saul

Happy Canadian democracy day peeps.

11.03.2026 20:30 👍 467 🔁 138 💬 23 📌 12
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‘It feels like we’re all alone’: Strike aftermath leaves many teachers isolated, looking for new work | CBC News CBC News heard from 6,000 teachers and other educators across the province with a nuanced view of life in Alberta classrooms. Many worry a staffing crisis is on the horizon and express little hope for...

“I’m not feeling like people recognize the challenges we're going through, recognize how hard I'm working for the children of Alberta. It's not a good feeling.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

11.03.2026 20:42 👍 97 🔁 40 💬 5 📌 3
Principles of Boogie Management
 
 
Don't blame it on the sunshine
Don't blame it on the moonlight
Don't blame it on the good times 
 
Establish a collaborative working environment
coupled with individual accountability
to prevent a blame culture
from developing in the first place




Brian Bilston

Principles of Boogie Management     Don't blame it on the sunshine Don't blame it on the moonlight Don't blame it on the good times   Establish a collaborative working environment coupled with individual accountability to prevent a blame culture from developing in the first place Brian Bilston

Principles of Boogie Management.

11.03.2026 15:04 👍 385 🔁 110 💬 6 📌 5
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Forever Canadian vs. Alberta Separatism: Edmonton Speech Draws a Line in the Sand A political battle that has been simmering for years in Alberta is now boiling over. At a “Forever Canadian” event in Edmonton this week…

“At a Forever Canadian event in Edmonton this week, former deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk delivered a blunt message: the push to tear Alberta out of Canada is reckless, economically naïve, and legally dubious.”

#ForeverCanadian
#ableg
#CdnPoli

prairiesexposed.medium.com/forever-cana...

11.03.2026 13:51 👍 180 🔁 60 💬 5 📌 4

It's absolutely bonkers that we learned with clarity that we can dramatically reduce or even possibly eliminate many respiratory viruses & we choose to embrace them instead.

11.03.2026 14:40 👍 57 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 0

The news isn't covering it because people have stopped talking about it and the people aren't talking about it because the news isn't covering it and the news isn't covering it because the people have stopped talking about it and ....

11.03.2026 15:48 👍 37 🔁 20 💬 5 📌 1
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The Desire for Terror And the defense of democracy

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States, thereby justifying the need to “federalize” elections. We must anticipate it, with sadness and resolution, and not be surprised, if it happens.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

11.03.2026 15:38 👍 2192 🔁 979 💬 163 📌 134
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Why Danielle Smith’s Populist Referendums Are Dangerous to Democracy | The Tyee Our political system relies on pluralism, compromise and debate. All are endangered in Alberta.

Via @jaredwesley.ca

Why Danielle Smith's Populist Referendums Are Dangerous to Democracy via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

11.03.2026 01:43 👍 32 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 1
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Wow!

A question from the Western Standard backfired yesterday when they tried to ask Chiefs if the Chiefs had engaged with separatists to hear their concerns…

And ended with UCP MLA Scott Cyr being named directly as an alleged separatist!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

10.03.2026 17:45 👍 221 🔁 87 💬 10 📌 5
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two doctors are standing next to each other and one says well terrific ALT: two doctors are standing next to each other and one says well terrific

Well.. The OC-43 Outbreak at Covenant Health has expanded.. No OBGYN open in North Central Alberta (Barrhead, Westlock, Slave Lake).. Uhm.. how is this okay?? AHS Report V015 coming your way right... NOW! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social @thebreakdownab.bsky.social

11.03.2026 02:05 👍 29 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 3
We are facing an energy crisis.
Britain is the worst exposed in
Europe with only 2 days gas
supply stored.
If only we had our own gas to
exploit.
Or our own oil.
Or our own coal....


Blame @Ed


Miliband (Allison Pearson on X)

We are facing an energy crisis. Britain is the worst exposed in Europe with only 2 days gas supply stored. If only we had our own gas to exploit. Or our own oil. Or our own coal.... Blame @Ed Miliband (Allison Pearson on X)

If only we had clean, renewable energy and were not beholden to a dirty, expensive, dangerous commodity that pollutes our environment and is the source of most of our geopolitical woes.

10.03.2026 09:17 👍 1560 🔁 330 💬 167 📌 21
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Is the Alberta Prosperity Project having trouble finding enough Albertans willing to sign its separation petition? - Alberta Politics Is the Alberta Prosperity Project having trouble finding enough Albertans willing to sign its Citizen Initiative Act petition to gets its separation referendum on the ballot next fall? One has to wond...

Is the Alberta Prosperity Project having trouble finding enough Albertans willing to sign its separation petition? albertapolitics.ca/2026/03/is-t...

09.03.2026 06:03 👍 44 🔁 22 💬 8 📌 0
The oil companies are lying again

My latest newsletter: the deadline for a deal between Ottawa and Alberta on industrial carbon pricing is just weeks away. The oil and gas companies and their political proxies are already trying to tilt the table in their direction — and fudge the facts.

www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

10.03.2026 14:29 👍 79 🔁 41 💬 3 📌 5

It's now blatant and open. A wannabe theocracy trying to topple an actual theocracy.

10.03.2026 14:20 👍 97 🔁 32 💬 22 📌 0

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

10.03.2026 07:26 👍 7844 🔁 2650 💬 235 📌 144
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Is the UCP just setting separatists up to fail?

Because today, Rajan Sawhney made it clear no question that violates the constitution will be implemented.

And a judge has already ruled the question is unconstitutional.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

10.03.2026 03:14 👍 87 🔁 29 💬 12 📌 0
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Health experts say dual practice will backfire, Smith says 'they're wrong' - Medicine Hat News zmason@medicinehatnews.com Health and labour groups from across the country signed an open letter this week asking the federal government to intervene in Alberta’s plan to adopt a dual-practice health...

“In the U.K. and Ireland, he says limits on where doctors spent their time in a dual-practice system were routinely violated until the government dropped the requirement.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

09.03.2026 18:48 👍 79 🔁 36 💬 7 📌 1