@mariembois
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
Maytree dropped their Social Assistance Summaries today. Caseloads are up. The hot takes are already incoming. Before you believe any of them, read this.
deadfortaxreasons.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/the-welfare-gatekeepers/
increasing economic inequality increases harm.
Over a dozen First Nations chiefs, band councilors and elders were at Alberta's legislature Monday, to call on Premier Danielle Smith's government to stomp out the push for Alberta to quit Canada.
c.f. Alberta, Edmonton #yeg #ableg
A good-news story in the province’s fourth city, nice! What’s going on in the capital?
Oh… really, really bad you say?
Nah, run the feel-good. We need something nice to follow disabled support cuts and health care cuts.
‘Mass Death on This Scale Is Incomprehensible’
“Are we going to let [this crisis] continue indefinitely? Because it won’t change by itself”
An important read from @kwardvancouver.bsky.social and @michellegamage.bsky.social
#bcpoli
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Masking prevents transmission. Please, mask up. It's literally the most basic amount of community care and, if you're broke like me, check out donatemask.ca for free masks.
If you also need or want Covod tests, they often have those available for free as well.
Almost like shutting down safe consumption sites and funneling money away from harm reduction and into abstinence grifting makes things less safe and increases harms. This is consistent with decades of data and was completely predictable.
Can’t stress enough that it’s actually extremely economically beneficial for everybody in a community if fewer people overdose and die
I legit thought this was a Beaverton post.
Do I know that landlords might make slightly less profit if I ask my governments to regulate rents?
Yes.
Do I still want them to do that?
FUCK YES.
AN APP IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A HEALTHY SOCIETY THAT CARES ABOUT EVERYONE BY FUNDING SOCIAL, HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIGNITY
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Overdose prevention centers like OnPoint NYC are a lifeline for people. They ensure that people have a place to stay warm, medical care, outreach, & a safe place indoors instead of on the street. Over three days of freezing temperatures last week, OnPoint stayed open 24hrs to keep people alive.
The picture is of the community pantry outwose Westwood Unitarian. The pantry is a wooden purple cupboard sitting on white posts. The door of the pantry is open and inside are lots of canned and dried goods. Several houses are visible in the background and there is white snos on the ground. A brown tree with no leaves is in the background. The sun is shining.
FNB runs a community pantry outside of the Westwood Unitarian Community in Parkallen. Anyone is free at any time to take food if they are hungry or leave dried goods/non-perishable vegan items if they have more than they need. Visit the pantry if you are in need.
#yeg #edmonton #community
Another “Operation Order” police sweep this week. These performative shows of force do not actually tackle the root causes of crime and cost Calgarians $$$$. Mutual aid orgs and unhoused folks face intimidation. Police contact =/= social supports. #yyc #yyccc
Picture of the Edmonton council chambers.
🧵 Good morning Edmonton. We're live from the council chambers where the Urban Planning Committee will debate reducing housing options.
There are 60 speakers registered so there's a high chance this becomes two days. We'll be live posting so follow along to see how it goes!
New emails obtained by CBC through access of information show that before announcing the end of EDI at the University of Alberta, the president sent his announcement to the UCP before publication.
How's that for institutional neutrality?
A pedestrian walks past a mural on a building on Jasper Ave.
A Little (False) Spring In Your Step...
A fake-spring was blooming on Jasper Ave. this week. It won't last. When February air in Edmonton doesn't hurt your face, it's a #win. Go for stroll. Jump a few puddles.
#streetphotography #yeg #urbanphotography #streetart #mural #infrared #photography
A jackrabbit behind a metal object so it looks like it has a fish head.
Bad Bunny...
I am hoping to give a talk to local poets in spring about how I see poetry and photography as artistic siblings. One way they diverge, is around timing.
#TagTuesday #photography #graffiti #shapeshifting #animalarttuesday #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #yeg
“The gov't says they want people to recover and I have done that. I built my life piece by piece. Dragging this back to court and losing the privacy I have built, that is going to cause harm to my life, my reputation. I’m just confused honestly. Why this? Why now?” #ableg
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"We've got paramedics talking about showing up and a patient's been laying there for six hours."
The head of the paramedics' union connects what the workers suspected with what the Alberta government knew all along:
Overdoses are 6X higher than reported.
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Remember this story from last week?
Follow-up coming shortly, with reaction from the head of the paramedics’ union.
Flying Canoë Volant is almost upon us!
Bundle up and take in live music, dancing, storytelling, and magical light exhibitions!
When: Jan. 28–31
Where: The French Quarter & Mill Creek Ravine
Cost: Free!
wintercityedmonton.ca/event/flying...
#WinterCity #YEGwinter #YEG
Medetomidine has also been detected in drug samples in Alberta. #ableg #yeg #yyc
"Nearly 54,000 events in 2025 were medical calls [...] opioid crisis continues to dominate medical call volumes, & we responded to well over 10,000 overdose related calls [...] administered Naloxone more than 2,100 times, which is up by 175% over the previous year,” he said.” #yeg #yegcc
Look out for unhoused neighbours, especially now. Share & donate to #MutualAid shelter funds. Donate directly by giving blankets, mitts, toques, clean dry socks, a couple of bucks, whatever you can spare. Cold weather kills.
