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#harmreduction #careisnotforced #careisnotcoerced Supporting others grieving a toxic drug poisoning loss, like me. Treat everyone with kindness, not because they are nice, but because you are. Treaty 6 - Alberta
This is a disgrace. You can bet it will be replaced with a religion based "service"
Shoving christian beliefs on people (especially Indigenous people) as a requirement for food, shelter & treatment has been the norm. This makes it worse.
Boyle street is the only agency we support (other than Mark)
New from me: Muslim groups demand answers over Edmonton police chief's Israel trip edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Blue-filtered photo of a person having blood plasma withdrawn. Text reads, "Action needed on for-profit plasma centres after deaths, non-compliant inspections. Read FOM's response: friendsofmedicare.org/news"
“It needs to be said clearly that these pay-for-plasma sites should not be allowed to operate anywhere in Alberta or Canada if the public cannot be 100% guaranteed that they are operating safely & meeting all regulatory & legal requirements”: Chris Gallaway.
www.friendsofmedicare.org/forprofit_pl...
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Hardcastle told me she’s skeptical of the government’s motive for seizing these individualized personal health data given the Compassionate Intervention Act: “Is that data going to be used to... identify people that may, in their view, require intervention?"
drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...
Dr Lorian Hardcastle told me the way the Alberta government is using personal data for ‘research’ on people who use drugs could cause real harm:
“We're potentially targeting people for criminalization or involuntary treatment. The consequences are significant."
drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...
Very sad news
Investigative scoop out today following up this thread: drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...
Expired kids Tylenol.
#ableg
IYKYK
THURSDAY: FOM's executive director, Chris Gallaway, will be joining @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social, @canadiansorg.bsky.social & @alonghurst.bsky.social for a webinar:
Alberta is Not an Island: Bill 11 & the Attack on Canadian Medicare
➡️RSVP now to save your spot! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Check out my interview with @ndp.ca leadership candidate Heather McPherson.
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Check out my interview with Heather McPherson about the NDP leadership race!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNR1...
When confronted with her comments about rewriting the separatists petition…
Smith not only refused to answer the question…
She really went out of her way to distance herself from their question.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
We all want Canada to be safe and strong, but when so many people are struggling with healthcare access, housing, and the cost of living, it’s fair for us to ask whether $900 million could be better spent supporting people directly.
Not happy about this Mark Carney
Graph showing the number of deaths pending investigation from 2019 to 2024. In total, there were 3,244 deaths pending investigation as of January 2026 – without counting 2025. 2023 and 2024 contained the highest numbers at around 1,200 each.
Cause of death statistics are now missing 2024, which were available in the dashboard until recently.
The Alberta government has removed Cause of Death statistics for the entire year 2024 from its dashboard.
Fortunately, I reported on this in January, before the data were removed: drugdatadecoded.ca/up-to-89-per...
The government hadn't yet reported 2025. The latest year available is now 2023. 1/
Accurate and thanks for saving me $200+ for a session
"We want to create pathways so people can be self supporting"
When challenged on her claims about AISH, Smith finally told the truth.
She doesn't believe everyone on AISH needs to be on AISH and she's looking for off-ramps.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Liar liar from this nurse
WTH says all healthcare workers everywhere
The UCP received dozens of donations totalling app $90,000, from PR firms, consultant lobbyists and corporations that were also actively lobbying the Alberta government, according to data from Elections Alberta and the provincial lobbyist registry.
theijf.org/article/pr-f...
Every single U.S. state incarcerates women at a higher rate than most of our closest international allies.
On #InternationalWomen'sDay and beyond, we're thinking of all the women affected by mass incarceration.
It’s International Women’s Day! A day to celebrate strong women leaders.
Alberta… unfortunately… currently has Danielle Smith.
In the 1980s, empathy was a huge engine of creative — and commercial — success in music.
“That’s What Friends Are For”
“Ebony and Ivory”
.. and “We Are the World”, which debuts today in 1985.
Canada’s largest data centre rejected by Alberta regulator
Lack of public consultation means a project that would have consumed as much power as the city of Edmonton won’t go ahead — for now
thenarwhal.ca/olds-data-ce...
Given the proliferation of data centre applicns in Alberta with associated generation it's good to see the AUC taking a hard line & simply closing the door on shoddy applications like that of Synapse for a data centre & 1400 MW of generation in Olds. Here's a para from the closure letter: #abpoli
🚨BREAKING!🚨
Yesterday, when challenged on the reality that a judge has already determined that the separatists question is unconstitutional...
Smith announced if they get the signatures she'll have Amery rewrite it to make it constitutional!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Alberta is Calling (Immigrants the Problem) #ableg #canpoli #abpoli
When overdose deaths drop, politicians are quick to claim their policies are working.
Another explanation: the population at risk can shrink after years of mass fatalities. When thousands of people die during a toxic drug crisis, fewer people remain in the statistics.
You can’t die twice 🗣️
Remember when we believed elected officials were accountable to the people?
When questions were met with answers, not spin, and public service actually meant serving the public.
