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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 14d

Canadian COVID Forecast
Sep 27-Oct 10, 2025

#ALBERTA
HIGH: 6.0 (no change)

About 1 of every 75 people is infected
~61,775 - 96,675 infections this week

covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard...

#RespiratorsWork #CovidIsNotOver #ReleaseTheVaccines #AbPoli #CdnPoli

Screenshot from the Canadian COVID Forecast Sep 27-Oct 10, 2025
ALBERTA
HIGH: 6.0 (no change)
About 1 of every 75 people is infected
~61,775 - 96,675 infections this week
COVID INDEX
SCORE
What the numbers mean:
Moderate 1-5, High 5-10, Very high 10-
15, Severe >15
DASHED LINE IS MEDIAN % EXCESS MORTALITY CAN 2020-2024
— AB CAN
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections HIGH 5.3X higher
Long COVID estimate HIGH 5.8X higher
Hospitalizations, ICU HIGH 7.0X higher
Deaths HIGH 5.9X higher

HOW TO HELP EVERYONE:
-UPDATE vaccines every 6 months
-WEAR N95-type masks
Who is HIGH RISK?
-People 60 and older, babies < 1 year, pregnant
-ALL AGES: immunecompromised OR medically at-risk OR no vaccine or infection last 6 months
Recommendations are based on the COVID-19 Risk Index from the Peterborough ON Public Health Unit.
COVID-19 Resources Canada
COVID-19 Resources Canada is a grassroots organization of volunteer scientists supporting Canadian COVID responses. Sources, data and methods for the COVID Index are available at www.covid19resources.ca

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Chloë Lum @compulsiveobserver.bsky.social · 44m

My life would be about a thousand times better as a disabled artist.

Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 2h

An example for Canada to follow on basic income
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Ireland is locking down basic income for artists. Could Canada follow suit? | CBC Radio

Ireland has made permanent its three-year pilot program that gave monthly income payments to thousands of artists. Canadian artists are hoping to use that program's success to build momentum for guara...

www.cbc.ca

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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 5m

Council of Europe’s Commissioner letter to UK Parliament calling for full protection of trans people’s rights, urging legal clarity, dignity, and inclusion, not exclusion.

Governments must ensure laws match lived realities, not feed prejudice.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️‍⚧️

rm.coe.int

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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 5m

If you are worried
about cognitive harms
you should be concerned
that tests have “found
protein powders and shakes
contain high levels of lead,”
and if you are worried
about cognitive harms
you should also be concerned
about how many times
you have contracted Covid.

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Spinster @spinster777.bsky.social · 27m

I'm disgusted by people like Bonnie Castellarin who cite the fraudulent Crowsnest Pass vote.

"The project is not in Crowsnest Pass but in the Municipal District of Ranchlands. The residents of Ranchlands have clearly stated they don’t want the Grassy Mountain project."

#abpoli #ableg #NoCoal

Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 1h

Say no to #Bribes & #Bilionaires

#NoCoal #FutureForward #WaterIsLife #MountainsNotMines

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: UCP's acceptance of Grassy Mountain coal mine isn't democracy either

Opinion:

calgaryherald.com

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jaykwon.bsky.social @jaykwon.bsky.social · 29m

Guess I'll just have to fall back on my Signal chats they add me to

a man is eating a green leaf with a star on the bottom of the screen that says adultswim.com

ALT: a man is eating a green leaf with a star on the bottom of the screen that says adultswim.com

media.tenor.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30m

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Montreal Mike🇨🇦 @mikemontreal.bsky.social · 12m

Somewhere some creative is frantically re-writing “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina” from “Évita” to lambaste Trump giving away $20B to Milei.

Imagine the wigs and makeup in that show!
#cdnpoli #uspoli

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 51m

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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Libforce One 🇺🇦🇹🇼🇵🇦🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 🚫卐⃠ @libforce1.bsky.social · 53m

"the people inside me"

Terrorizing black people has always been Trump's personal passion, though, tbh. His father told him to do so in his first nepo-job

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

bizarre things are happening with Trump's hair today

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africanspacechrist.bsky.social @africanspacechrist.bsky.social · 2h

Here's footage of the clarinet player (wearing a green coat) getting arrested across the street from the Portland ICE facility protest.

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 57m

Alberta beef now available at Mexican COSTCO stores. A great win for Ag Minister MacDonald & the Government of Canada. Canadian products are renowned for safety & consistency.

“People want to do business and they want to build relationships, they want to diversify,”

www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald, centre left, cuts a ribbon in front of a cooler full of Alberta beef at a Costco Mexico store outside Mexico City alongside Claudia Herrera-Blanc, senior director with Canada Beef, left, Salvador Hernandez, director for JBS Mexico, centre right, and Mary Carmen, vice-president of Costco Mexico. (Jorge Barrera/CBC)

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Colin @colin99.bsky.social · 1h

I would like to compare salaries between teachers and politicians. With the politicians having to admit exactly how much money they receive

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 1h

Considering back-to-work legislation, the Smith government is screwing us all. #FundPublicServices #PetroCons #AbPoli

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 1h

There's been another development in a series of difficulties within the North American Indigenous Games, which gathers athletes from all over the United States and Canada.

Why the North American Indigenous Games are now delayed until 2028 | APTN News

YouTube video by APTN News

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 1h

#IStandWithAbTeachers #UnethicalAlberta

Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1h

Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says the ATA's latest proposal to employers included class-size caps and would cost $2 billion more than the province is willing to spend over 4 years. He asked teachers for an offer more "rooted in reality." #AbLeg #AbEd

Back to work legislation possible if Alberta teacher strike continues when assembly returns: minister | CBC News

Alberta's finance minister says the province will consider back-to-work legislation if teachers are still off the job when the legislature returns later this month.

www.cbc.ca

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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 1h

Say no to #Bribes & #Bilionaires

#NoCoal #FutureForward #WaterIsLife #MountainsNotMines

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: UCP's acceptance of Grassy Mountain coal mine isn't democracy either

Opinion:

calgaryherald.com

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 1h

Alberta: strong anti union and free misinformation spreading or whatever.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2h

Aaaaand the judges report into the “CorruptCare” scandal has been delayed to public eyes again!

Drink!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 4h

I am thrilled to share that the determined lilacs have been SPARED!!!

They will NOT be cut down and will NOT be sprayed with herbicide!

I was up at 5, left my contact info for the team, and kept checking.

Bravo @cityofcalgary-rss.bsky.social !!Thank you for reconsidering & for helping #TeamLilac.

David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 19h

Waking up at 5AM to try save some lilac tress from being killed by the City of Calgary with herbicide.

@cityofcalgary-rss.bsky.social

Brutal: we got notice on Saturday for the destruction planned for tomorrow. One business day’s notice. And they only have to respond to my concern within 14 days.

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Zac Trolley @zactrolley.com · 3h

"strong and free"?

Alberta wants to be a US State so bad.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 5h

Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction.

Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.

Smith Not Impressed With New Plates "Political Agenda"

Written by Brent Manke Monday, Jul 14 2014, 12:00 AM

The three choices for Alberta's new license plate, plus what we have now. The Opposition Wildrose party is up in arms over the removal of the "Wild Rose Country" slogan from the bottom of the plates, calling it politically motivated.

Highwood MLA Danielle Smith is no fan of Alberta's proposed new license plates.

She supports the new reflective paint job, but not changing the slogan at the bottom from "Wild Rose Country."

She says it's more PC political nonsense.

"All of a sudden this comes out in the middle of the summer, in the middle of a leadership race, taking off the Wild Rose slogan. It's clearly political. People have seen through it. They are outraged and responding in massive numbers. We have a poll going with six thousand respondents so far, most of which, about 70-percent who say keep the Wild Rose slogan."

She says the province would have been better off asking us if we wanted to change the plates in the first place, as well as if we wanted to change the slogan, before moving ahead on their own.

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MandalaMushroom.bsky.social @mandalamushroom.bsky.social · 3h

How Alberta Teachers Are Winning the Public Opinion Battle via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Ruthless Danielle Smith’s misuse of taxpayer $$ to buy ads blaming teachers, instead of using the money to better fund public education, is backfiring.

How Alberta Teachers Are Winning the Public Opinion Battle | The Tyee

The teachers’ main demands are finding support, while the government is being blamed for the school shutdown.

thetyee.ca

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 3h

#ForeverCanadian volunteers are setting up in Vegreville by the Peavey Mart to collect signatures. Come over to sign!

#ableg

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Dr. Bast 🇨🇦 @bastsbest.bsky.social · 3h

Dani and the UCP vastly mis-calculated this one. COVID taught us how to work from home with kids around - and employers are letting people do it again, if possible.

We're with the teachers.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19h

From the DM’s…

Not looking like there’s going to be a quick end to the teachers strike…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 3h

Public funds for public schools. ✊

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 9h

The website for the education funding petition is live!

It’s abfundspublicschools.ca!

And we’ve got a special interview with the petition proponent dropping Friday!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Alberta Funds Public Schools

A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.

abfundspublicschools.ca

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