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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 2d

Now do homeless shelters.

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

New mandate letters!

And Danielle Smith has directed Rick Wilson to introduce forced treatment to Alberta!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Ginetta Salvalaggio @gsalvalaggio.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like an important time to re-up this piece from @drugdatadecoded.ca … Vote wisely YEG… drugdatadecoded.ca/a-message-to...

A message to Councillors Cartmell, Chabot, Hamilton and Sharp: Step up or resign

Their voluntary legitimization of the provincial public safety task forces aggravates violence against our most vulnerable neighbours while life-saving services get the chop.

drugdatadecoded.ca

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CSSDP Edmonton @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social · 2d

Survey results are in! Tune in throughout the week as we post responses of our candidates thoughts on Edmontons Drug Poisoning Crisis.

First up: Mayoral Candidates!

#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025

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Ginetta Salvalaggio @gsalvalaggio.bsky.social · 3d

Shameful. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Rent increases coming for AISH recipients living in community housing starting Oct. 1

Alberta's new rent formula for AISH recipients take effect Oct. 1 and now benefit payments will no longer be exempt.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 4d

Four months ago, I sounded the alarm about the shortage of sterile drug consumption supplies across Alberta: drugdatadecoded.ca/recovery-alb...

Now, the UCP government is making it official, blaming 'overspending': www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@jenleecbc.bsky.social

Calgary outreach organizations worried as access to free harm reduction supplies dries up | CBC News

Some community outreach groups working with vulnerable Calgarians are scrambling after being told that, starting this month, they no longer have access to free, provincially funded needles, pipes and ...

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 5d

“If we don’t want people using drugs outside you have to give them a safe place to use. If you don’t want them on the street, we need to give them housing.”
Brandon of @4bharmredux.bsky.social on Cross Country Checkup.
#CareIsNotCoerced
www.cbc.ca/radio/checku...

Is involuntary treatment for addiction ever justified? | CBC Radio

Checkup wants to know: Is involuntary treatment for addiction ever justified? When - if ever - should it be mandatory?

www.cbc.ca

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NotANarc @nobill53ab.bsky.social · 4d

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-....

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Ginetta Salvalaggio @gsalvalaggio.bsky.social · 6d

100%… It all ends up in the ED. If we want to reduce hospital overcrowding, we need to stop criminalizing the unhoused, and give them a place to call home. This is basic human rights.

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 6d

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Everyday in our overflowing EDs we see the ramifications of homeless political policy: more policing simply = more catch and release to NO SUPPORTS and nothing to help break the cycle.

Opinion: Cuts have left Edmonton's homeless with nowhere to go

Too few Edmontonians are aware a tidal wave of recent funding cuts and closures has wiped the city’s daytime drop-in spaces off the map.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 7d

Candidates in the upcoming Edmonton municipal election should be asked if they think it's an appropriate use of public money for the Edmonton Police Service to maintain a unit to monitor the social media of critics, including journalists.
thetyee.ca/News/2024/08...

Edmonton Police Tracked a Critic’s Social Media | The Tyee

Internal documents show a special unit branded a defence lawyer ‘anti-police’ and closely monitored his online statements.

thetyee.ca

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 7d

A timely opinion piece. Edmonton's winters have been hell for the unhoused for several years now, and as temperatures drop all of that's about to come right back—frostbites, risky encampments in the woods, people piled into transit centres and buses for warmth, all of it.

Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 7d

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #yeg #yegcc #ableg

Opinion: Cuts have left Edmonton's homeless with nowhere to go

Too few Edmontonians are aware a tidal wave of recent funding cuts and closures has wiped the city’s daytime drop-in spaces off the map.

edmontonjournal.com

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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 7d

Between Edmonton Police interfering in an ongoing case and Calgary Police endorsing political candidates, we’re seeing law enforcement in this province cross lines that will only erode the public’s trust in their activities. You should also not vote for any politician who believes this is ok.

Calgary Police Association endorses Communities First party, Sharp for mayor

The union representing more than 2,300 police officers in Calgary is throwing its support behind the Communities First party for the upcoming municipal election.

www.ctvnews.ca

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liseabetta.bsky.social @liseabetta.bsky.social · 7d

We need more spaces like Ambrose Place which was named in honour of my friend Ambrose Daniels.

Ambrose Daniels’ legacy lives on through Ambrose Place — NiGiNan Housing Ventures

When NiGiNan opened its first facility in 2014, 46% of people experiencing houselessness in Edmonton identified as Indigenous, compared to just over 5% of the city’s overall population (source) . Amb...

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Kokum Sarah @kokumsarah.bsky.social · 8d

The days between my son's birth (Oct 6) and his death (Dec 19) are always the most difficult. I can already feel the intense grief settling in my bones. It's unrelenting. #grief #childloss

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Ginetta Salvalaggio @gsalvalaggio.bsky.social · 7d

Homeless Edmontonians 1) have the right to exist in public spaces, 2) need drop in spaces to rest, visit, and heal, and 3) need a place to call home. How will you vote on Oct 20? edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Cuts have left Edmonton's homeless with nowhere to go

Too few Edmontonians are aware a tidal wave of recent funding cuts and closures has wiped the city’s daytime drop-in spaces off the map.

edmontonjournal.com

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 8d

Another day of reconciliation day is over, yet the children of Indigenous mothers continue to die from a poisoned drug supply.
🧡💔🧡

Kokum Sarah @kokumsarah.bsky.social · 8d

The days between my son's birth (Oct 6) and his death (Dec 19) are always the most difficult. I can already feel the intense grief settling in my bones. It's unrelenting. #grief #childloss

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CAPE Alberta @cape-ab.bsky.social · 10d

Join us Oct 3 at Edmonton’s Garneau Theatre for an Ecological Grief Dialogue & Film Screening – The Magnitude of All Things with Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo. 🎬🌍 Free event + popcorn & soda! CAPE AB will have a booth, so come say hi! www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-he...

A poster for the event. Text reads as follows:
University of Alberta; Metro Cinema
Climate Health Action Talks presents
The Magnitude of All Things: Love, Grief, and Climate Action
www.metrocinema.org
A Film and Conversation
Join us on October 3!
1:45-4:30pm MST
The Garneau Theatre,
8712-109 Street
Dr. Sherilee Harper
Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo
Stephanie Olsen
(image includes headshots for all three presenters)

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 10d

Why not just fund public education???

Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 10d

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

Alberta to pay families of younger children should teachers strike Oct. 6, government says | CBC News

The Alberta government will redirect money saved during a potential teachers' strike to payments for parents with younger children in public, Catholic and francophone schools.

www.cbc.ca

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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 10d

this. every word.

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: ‘Rhetoric’ for Indigenous Rights and Climate; Fast Track for Fossil Fuels

A decade after the federal government promised to implement the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action and meet the targets in the Paris climate agreement, both goals are falling out o...

www.theenergymix.com

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 10d

Justin Trudeau promised a “total renewal of the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples.” Ten years later, Mark Carney’s Building Canada Act has Indigenous leaders protesting and filing legal challenges. What future is left for reconciliation? thewalrus.ca/trc-introduction/

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Taproot Edmonton @taprootedmonton.ca · 13d

We’re excited to launch our tool that helps you find out how the candidates running for mayor and city council in Edmonton align with you on the issues that matter most. blog.taprootpublishing.ca/2025/09/26/t... #yegvote #yegcc #yeg

Take the Taproot Survey to see how the candidates align with you

We’re excited to launch our tool that helps you find out how the candidates running for mayor and city council in Edmonton align with you on the issues that matter most.

blog.taprootpublishing.ca

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Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com · 14d

Local woman wakes up, sends her love to those attending Coffee Outside in Edmonton to celebrate Darren Markland, makes oatmeal.

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 14d

The #UCP is causing anxiety for people with disabilities who face a $200 benefit cut by losing #AISH and being forced on the new ADAP benefit. Taking money from those already vulnerable. The Alberta model!
Contact your MLA and tell them to scrap it.
#ABpoli
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

‘The disabled community does not approve’: Edmonton man starts petition against ADAP

One man has started a petition against the provincial government’s new Alberta Disability Assistance Program which is scheduled to take over the Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped program nex...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Susan Quinn @qsusie.bsky.social · 15d

Teens a minority of AB min. wage workers in 2024 albertaworker.ca/news/teens-a... #factsmatter

Teens a minority of AB min. wage workers in 2024

There’s a persistent myth in Alberta that minimum wage workers are mostly teenagers. Except, this just isn’t true.

albertaworker.ca

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