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Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 2h

Designated driver - is harm reduction.

Bike helmets - is harm reduction.

Seat belts - is harm reduction.

Supervised consumption sites - is harm reduction.

All these approaches cannot stop accidents from happening but can definitely reduce the harms that are caused by them....

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

UCP - We want teachers back to the bargaining table!

Also UCP - The earliest we can do is the 14th!

But at least it looks like bargaining in the teachers strike will restart next week!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca · 3h

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

"Governments need to treat substance use disorder like the medical condition that it is, and urgently expand the access to safer drugs and more care."

#bcpoli

Public warning issued in Campbell River, B.C., after 11 suspected overdose deaths in 5 weeks | CBC News

Officials have issued a public warning after 11 people died of suspected drug overdoses in Campbell River, B.C., over a five-week span.

www.cbc.ca

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 3h

When the Alberta government claims that deaths from the toxic drug crisis are decreasing or stabilizing, take a look at this graph — it tells a very different story.

Involuntary care won’t fix this.
Compassion, harm reduction, on-demand voluntary treatment options, and real supports will.

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Bar chart showing the monthly counts of drug poisoning deaths in Alberta from January 2016 to June 2025. The chart shows a steady increase over time, with deaths rising sharply around mid-2020 and peaking in several months between 2021 and 2025, reaching highs around 80–90 deaths per month.

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 3h

Update 09Oct25-AB
Annual Toxic Drug Deaths
16: 688 (NDP)
17: 862 (NDP)
18: 956 (NDP)
19: 800 (NDP/UCP)
20: 1,413 (UCP/SCS YQL closure)
21: 1,889 (UCP)
22: 1,778 (UCP)
23: 2,136 (UCP)
24: 1,486 (UCP)
25: 690 (Jan/Jun)
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12,698 deaths since 2016!

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Ginetta Salvalaggio @gsalvalaggio.bsky.social · 19h

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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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 5h

@cssdpedmonton.bsky.social launched a drug policy information campaign leading up to the Edmonton municipal election. The goal of the campaign is to inform voters about candidates’ positions on the toxic drug poisoning crisis and drug policy issues.

cssdp.org/chapters/edm...

Edmonton

The Edmonton chapter's recent work focuses on involuntary care and political advocacy.

cssdp.org

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 6h

"The declaration of emergency in Barrie is the culmination of years of hostility toward homeless people."

"Barrie has an emergency, but it isn't the encampments – it is the collapse of empathy within our city."
#Ontario #Canada #Policing #Housing

In Barrie, poverty is the crime and visibility the emergency

The Ontario city’s so-called ‘state of emergency’ is a manufactured crisis built on cruelty, not care

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RECLAIM @reclaimcollective.bsky.social · 20h

EDMONTON #yeg

Check out your municipal candidates’ take on drug policy and harm reduction👇👇👇

CSSDP Edmonton @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social · 23h

Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1

#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025

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Holly Mathias @hollymathias.bsky.social · 22h

Great work by @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social to highlight the views of #yeg mayoral candidates on key substance use and housing issues 👏🏽

CSSDP Edmonton @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social · 23h

Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1

#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 22h

Great work here from many engaged @ualberta.bsky.social students! #yecc

CSSDP Edmonton @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social · 1d

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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Ghouly Hoye 🇨🇦 👻 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 20h

Danielle Smith loves to pick fights but if I were her I might have thought twice about picking one with a guy who is 6’7”, spits facts, and absolutely nailed the real reason she’s shilling for a pipeline.

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 23h

Me too 🤬

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 1d

Watched this again .. that young girl really got rammed hard. I hope she's OK and not hurting too much today.

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 1d

Very nice example of journalism in the public interest and a strong community-university partnership 👏🏻 @edmontonjournal.com

Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 1d

Edmonton Journal teamed up with McEwan's journalism programs to investigate the flaws in Alberta's restaurant inspection system. 👀

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

Crawling bugs and half-baked enforcement: Alberta’s restaurant inspections a recipe for foodborne illness — Investigation

Lax inspections, excessive violations and poor transparency in Alberta's restaurant inspection system is a recipe for foodborne Illness

edmontonjournal.com

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 1d

9 years of advocating and fighting for the rights of people who use drugs .. not once did they acknowledge families who have tried forced treatment within my community. I have no words .. just a lot of anger and sadness at the harm this will cause so many folks.

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

New mandate letters!

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

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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

New mandate letters!

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

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Excuse me? www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

MEDPAGETODAY®
Public Health & Policy > Health Policy
Many With Obesity 'Don't Respect the Temple of Their
Soul,' Dr. Oz Says
— "The only thing they think they control in their life is the fork at the end of their arm"
by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today
October 7, 2025 • 5 min read

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AB Resistance @abresistance.bsky.social · 1d

This government often talks in a way that makes it seem that what they are doing is right. But look past the pretty words, and you find the actions don't follow what is right. #abpoli #ableg #alberta #ABresistance

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

Alberta "committed $29 million in December to create its own border patrol unit."

"[E]nabling sheriffs to make arrests near the border without a warrant."

"[T]wo arrests for illegal border crossing and five arrests for trafficking."
#Alberta #Canada #Drugs #Policing #Deportation

Alberta’s Border Patrol Has Made Only a Handful of Arrests | The Tyee

Ten months in, critics are concerned about the $29-million cost and few results from the initiative.

thetyee.ca

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 1d

Political Disaster: Smith calls Eby “UnCanadian,” “Parochial”

Peter Lougheed advised using "statesmanship" to achieve AB's goals.

Instead, @ABDanielleSmith embarrassed herself yesterday. Her comments about @Dave_Eby were uncalled for.

Do you agree?
youtu.be/OCOALaCtFkA

Political Disaster: Smith calls Eby “UnCanadian,” “Parochial”

YouTube video by Energi Media

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 1d

0 arrests in the border zone!

“The five arrests reported by Alberta’s Interdiction Patrol Team for trafficking …occurred in … Willow Creek, Rocky View County, Wetaskiwin County [550 km from US border] and the Municipal District of Foothills.”
#ABpoli

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 1d

Alberta launched its border patrol last year to help stop the flow of illegal drugs and migrants across what Premier Smith called the “leaky” U.S. border.

But the Interdiction Patrol Team has so far made only a handful of arrests, according to data released through an access to information request.

Alberta’s Border Patrol Has Made Only a Handful of Arrests | The Tyee

Ten months in, critics are concerned about the $29-million cost and few results from the initiative.

thetyee.ca

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 1d

Warning: DS’s voice may cause spikes in blood pressure and emotional trauma.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zcz...

B.C premier’s behaviour ‘unconstitutional and un-Canadian’: Danielle Smith | Power & Politics

YouTube video by CBC News

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 1d

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”Under the provincial government’s health-care restructuring, meant to streamline care, Primary and Preventative Health Services provides the funding to Primary Care Alberta, which in turn funds Recovery Alberta.”

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Safeworks no longer providing needles, pipes to Calgary partner agencies

Grassroots harm-reduction teams in Calgary say the province’s health restructuring has halted their access to free needles, pipes and other supplies that help keep drug users safe.

www.ctvnews.ca

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YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 1d

Well.. Didn't have ICU Overcapacity beds opening, on my bingo card this week.. Here's your roundup of Closures, Disasters & More! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1

a close up of a woman 's face with the words `` god almighty '' written on the bottom .

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the words `` god almighty '' written on the bottom .

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