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Shay (she/her) @shayrd.bsky.social · 1d

I trust them more than the UCPs polls for sure.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

The results of this poll are going to be fascinating!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Shay (she/her) @shayrd.bsky.social · 2d

A welcome sight! Angus Reid Forum asked
"Currently, charter and private schools receive funding per student from the Alberta Government, about 70% of the same per-student funding that goes to public schools. Do you think they should... #abpoli #albertateachers #WeAreATA #abed

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 3d

Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools.

Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 2d

#UCP = MAGA

UCP/MAGA want quality education only in private schools.
then public school kids are perpetually disadvantaged; a permanent underclass of exploitable labour.

Think! And then get in #UCP's way.
Don't let AB kids suffer as US kids do. #ableg #abpoli #ableg

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 2d

No funding for private school

an elderly woman wearing glasses and a blue jacket says nope

ALT: an elderly woman wearing glasses and a blue jacket says nope

media.tenor.com

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Shay (she/her) @shayrd.bsky.social · 2d

A welcome sight! Angus Reid Forum asked
"Currently, charter and private schools receive funding per student from the Alberta Government, about 70% of the same per-student funding that goes to public schools. Do you think they should... #abpoli #albertateachers #WeAreATA #abed

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NotANarc @nobill53ab.bsky.social · 5d

A heavy conversation today about the "Compassionate Care" Act on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Cross Country Checkup. A couple of claims raised our eyebrows, and some fact checking is in order. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....

www.cbc.ca

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Don Braid @donbraid.bsky.social · 14d

A beloved ICU doctor dies and thousands mourn, including the prime minister. Dr Darren Markland did medicine with his heart and soul and a poet's pen. Column.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a... #ableg #abpoli #abhealth #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #yeg

Braid: An Alberta doctor's death saddens thousands just as new health crisis looms

Dr Darren Markland was an ICU physician, adventurer and poet. His death in a bicycling accident has saddened thousands across Alberta.

calgaryherald.com

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Shay (she/her) @shayrd.bsky.social · 14d

Sign it.
Thank you transactionalberta.ca

URGENT: Stop Alberta's Premier From Overriding Charter Rights of Trans Youth

Healthcare is a right, protected by evidence, compassion, and core Canadian values.

transactionalberta.ca

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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 21d

Political interference in health care sets a dangerous precedent.

The CMA is calling on the Alberta government to refrain from using the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that threatens patient care.

CMA calls on Alberta government to refrain from using notwithstanding clause to interfere with patient care

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that directly interferes in the clinical care of patient...

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is sick and a war crime.

Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · Sep 4

You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

In the former official’s opinion, it was more likely that the vessel was carrying migrants on a human smuggling run. It would be impossible to know for sure, however, given that any evidence of drug smuggling was destroyed in the attack.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · Sep 1

Far right folks are fuming over the UCP's book ban. Not over the party's abandonment of libertarian principles. But over the Edmonton Public School Board's choice to follow the new law.

If you have friends in those circles, just ask: Which of the 200 EPSB books should stay on shelves?

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Shay (she/her) @shayrd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Love, Red Deer AB

HRNA_AIIRM @hrna.bsky.social · Aug 27

NEW:

Canada’s harm reduction nurses call on Prime Minister Carney to rescind harmful drug policies and fund evidence-based care ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day.

A short 🧵

#IOAD #IOAD2025
#cdnpoli #drugsky #cdnmedia #bcpoli #nurse #nurses

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · Aug 7

🗓️ Save the date! Mark your calendars for October 28-29 to join our Beyond Do No Harm network, Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center, and @commjusticeexch.bsky.social for this 2-day virtual convening, Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces.

Event graphic with blue all caps text on a light green background, and an image of a chain breaking. The event title is: "Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces." Below is a grey box with black text: "Save the date: A virtual convening on disability justice for abolitionists October 28-29 hosted by the Beyond Do No Harm Network at Interrupting Criminalization, Disability Project at Transgender Law Center, and Community Justice Exchange." Logos for the respective organizations are in the upper left corner.

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Rob Duncan @robduncan.bsky.social · Jul 25

STARVING A POPULATION TO DEATH IS A WAR CRIME

#USPOL #USA #us #uspoli #poli #politics #cdnpoli #canada #MidasMighty #america #Politics-matter #PoliticsNation #Ethics #Truth #Justice #SocialJustice #bcpoli #abpoli #onpoli #topoli #yyjpoli #yvrpoli #yyzpoli

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · Jul 20

SCOOP
‘Recovery coaches’ supplied by a private company are now mandatory to access some publicly funded recovery services in Alberta.
The same company is also integrating its services into YYC emergency rooms via federal funding.
drugdatadecoded.ca/substance-us...

Alberta recovery programs require private 'coaches,' emails show

As one recovery centre admits that recovery coaches supplied by Bowline Health are now mandatory to access its residential services, it is unclear if the Province will mandate its coaches across the r...

drugdatadecoded.ca

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NotANarc @nobill53ab.bsky.social · Jul 2

Hi folx - we have been distributing Not A Narc buttons and stickers, and we'd love to see them in the field! Reply or DM us to share a photo of your support for non-coercive care for People Who Use Drugs :)

We call on healthcare professionals to take the "Not A Narc" pledge!
-Speak up against coercive care models
-Advocate for investment in voluntary, accessible, community-centered services
-Ensure patient voices and lived experience guide substance use policy

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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · Jun 16

this article by @geoffmeggs.bsky.social, the chief of staff to the former premier of this province, is riddled with factual errors, and attributes the increase in deaths from 2020 onwards to harm reduction strategies and policies to reduce the role of policing and not the UNREGULATED DRUG SUPPLY

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Jun 16

If harm reduction advocates “are willing to acknowledge and learn from their mistakes,” and engage with advocates outside the harm reduction bubble, “they have the potential to improve drug policy’s effectiveness,” said Keith Humphreys, former drug policy adviser to then-U.S. president Barack Obama.

Here’s How Harm Reduction Advocates Can Regain Lost Ground | The Tyee

Feuding factions on drug policy are killing the chance for an effective response.

thetyee.ca

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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · Jun 5

An extremely good reason to recall Minister Nicolaides—wouldn’t you say?

Sign up to collect recall petition signatures here:

thegravitywell.net/collect-reca...

#RecallTheUCP #abpoli #ableg
www.sprawlcalgary.com/bill-51-publ...

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · Jun 3

Much of today’s announcement is framed around keeping you safe—but drug seizures do not impede drug use, nor do they make people who use drugs safer.

This scoping review found “Synthetic opioid seizures were consistently associated with higher overdose deaths”

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A scoping review of law enforcement drug seizures and overdose mortality in the United States

Leveraging law enforcement drug seizure data to better respond to the overdose crisis requires an understanding of available evidence and knowledge ga…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · Jun 3

Keck and Correa-Cabrera (2015) assessed the efficacy of interdiction prior to the illicit fentanyl era. They found that border enforcement had no impact on heroin seizures and actually reduced the price of both heroin and cocaine.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

U.S. Drug Policy and Supply-Side Strategies: Assessing Effectiveness and Results

The illegal drug trade in North America continues to prosper despite a 45-year war on drugs. Border enforcement is a key U.S. policy tool for preventi…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Corey Ranger @nurseranger.bsky.social · Jun 3

Canada’s sovereignty is facing an existential threat over disproven allegations that illicit fentanyl, originating from Canada, is significantly contributing the American drug poisoning emergency.

This Bill is a dangerous and unfounded admission of guilt

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#cdnpoli

www.canada.ca/en/public-sa...

Government of Canada strengthens border security - Canada.ca

A strong Canada means strong borders. Today, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety introduced the Bill, the Strong Borders Act to strengthen our laws and keep Canadians safe.

www.canada.ca

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · May 20

Eric Engler and another UCP staffer *lived with* Marshall Smith?

For context, Engler was the press secretary while Smith was chief of staff in the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction. When Smith graduated to the premier’s chief of staff in 2022, Engler became CoS for the Ministry of MHA.

Ethan Lecavalier-Kidney told The Globe he lived at the property under a sublease agreement from August, 2023 to April, 2024. He said he paid $1,118 a month, plus utilities. He did not answer questions about who collected his rent.

Eric Engler also confirmed he resided at the property but did not provide details about when he lived there or the amount of rent he paid.

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Dorito5000 🇨🇦 ✊ @dorito5000.bsky.social · May 11

#Abpoli #Abpolitics #Ableg #Cdnpoli #CanadaHealthAct #PrivatizationIsAntiCanadian #AbHealth #WakeTheFuckUp

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Hamdi Issawi @hamdiissawi.bsky.social · May 11

"In a new report, Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner has found that the provincial government relied on policies that broke access to information laws and were used to improperly refuse to process some requests for public records." #ableg #abpoli #foip

Alberta government failed to follow access to information rules

A report from Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod found the province had improperly refused to process a number of requests.

edmontonjournal.com

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