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Mary Shine @maryshine.bsky.social · 10h

🇨🇦 CANADIAN
#Covid-19 Forecast:
Oct 11-24, 2025

Tara Moriarty @moriartylab.bsky.social · 12h

Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025
SEVERE: NL, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: MB, NB, North, PEI
HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, ON, QC
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 95 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.

This image shows gauges with the Oct 11 - Oct 24, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right:

Canada: HIGH - 8.9
Alberta: HIGH - 7.0
British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4
Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 14.9
New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 11.3
Newfoundland & Labrador: SEVERE - 17.0
North: VERY HIGH - 12.3
Nova Scotia: SEVERE - 16.3
Ontario: HIGH - 7.5
Prince Edward Island: VERY HIGH - 11.8
Quebec: HIGH - 10.0
Saskatchewan: SEVERE - 17.0

A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."

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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 12h

Alberta needs to separate from Danielle Smith and the craven UCP.

#Canada #CanadaSky #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #CanadianInAlberta #WeAreCanadian

Screenshot of article in the Winnipeg Free Press entitled, “Albertan when we want, Canadian when it suits us”

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 11h

Of course, teachers in Alberta are the most stressed in the world, it's a load of bullshit, teachers deserve better, kids deserve better, Alberta deserves better 🤬 #abpoli #ableg #yeg #yyc #yql

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16h

“a new report shows teachers in Alberta are the most stressed in the world, and their workload is among the most demanding.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

Alberta teachers among the world's most stressed, new report shows

ATA president Jason Schilling said the report shows his agency’s findings that teachers feel stressed out, overworked and underappreciated.

edmontonjournal.com

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albertagirl67 🇨🇦🇺🇦👊🐧🔥 @albertagirl67.bsky.social · 11h

FYI #abpoli The reason Danielle & the UCP moved control of hospitals from AHS to Infrastructure.

Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 13h

Corporate greed led to the collapse of Steward Health Care last year. My Stop Medical Profiteering and Theft Act would ensure that greedy real estate investment trusts cannot continue to put profits over patients and wealth over health.
youtube.com/shorts/lkx8G...

Senator Markey Introduces Stop MPT Act

YouTube video by Senator Markey

youtube.com

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Playandscribe 🇨🇦🪕🎸 @playandscribe.bsky.social · 11h

#abpoli #cdnpoli

Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 18h

Hello, Albertans!

There are 18 days remaining in the Forever Canadian Petition Campaign. If you haven't signed yet (only in person), please consider heading to one of the several locations listed on the website.

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Thank you! 🇨🇦

Lori

#forevercanadian

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12h

Pierre Poilievre says he wants to “restore merit.” He needed to be handed arguably the safest, most impossible to lose conservative seat in all of Canada after losing his own seat.

Seems like the opposite of merit. #Poilievre

(oh, and he still refuses to complete a check for a security clearance)

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 21h

TODAY, there are 110 #ForeverCanadian signature collection locations across Alberta. Certainly, there is one not too far from you.

Please, take a moment to sign this important petition. We need your signature to reach our goal to keep Alberta in Canada.🇨🇦
www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Leeta 🇨🇦 @micropainter.bsky.social · 20h

Loyal Canadians in Alberta can stop this! 🇨🇦

Go to forever-canadian.ca to find a pop up near you and SIGN THE PETITION today to keep Alberta in Canada.

We are so close to the 300,000 signatures needed—every signature counts! 🇨🇦

#Canada #Alberta #yyc #yeg #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #ForeverCanadian

Robyn 🍁 @ladyoftheisle.bsky.social · 22h

Danielle Smith colludes with American fascists regularly, and they’re using her to attempt to drive a stake through the heart of #Canada via a feckless #Alberta separatist movement. It won’t work, but it’s still despicable and divisive. Maple MAGA must be stopped in its tracks.

#CDNpoli

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23h

The think tank is widely known for creating Project 2025.

And this isn’t the first meeting Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had with allies of the U.S. president.

David Falk writes. A @desmog.com Canada reprint. #canpoli

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Scribbler's Emporium @scribblersemporium.bsky.social · 22h

#alberta #abpoli #abhealthcare

bertalinii.bsky.social @bertalinii.bsky.social · 22h

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

www.theguardian.com

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

From the DM’s…

This is Danielle Smith’s disintegrated system she swore she would fix in 90 days.

3 years ago.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Nandana @nandanainthegarden.bsky.social · 1d

The disparity between this Conservative private school and a public school is unacceptable! No. PUBLIC. FUNDS. TO. PRIVATE. SCHOOLS. OR CHARTER. SCHOOLS. #ableg #abpoli #UCPFAILURE #DanielleSmith #bias #qualitypubliceducation

🇨🇦 YYC for Carney Vote Liberal @vote4trudeau.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck private schools. None of them should be receiving public dollars.

Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 1d

This is a reminder of why Webber Academy doesn't need public education funds; they have sports facilities that are nicer than those in some towns. Plus a 500-seat theatre, no one is going to convince me that private schools need public education funds #abpoli #ableg

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Audric Moses 🇨🇦 @audricmoses.bsky.social · 1d

The #ForeverCanadian petition needs a final push to get the required 300K signatures. If you're proud to be Canadian and think Alberta should remain part of Canada, PLEASE find a signing location and add your name! There are 241 AB locations, so it should be quick & easy 😁🇨🇦!

#ableg

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 2d

The bad news is that it snowed in NE Calgary.

The good news is that #ForeverCanadian volunteers couldn’t care less. They are braving the elements and are set up near Nandos restaurant, collecting signatures.

This Forever Canadian movement is something else…

#ableg #cdnpoli #Yyc

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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (🐸AMPHIFA's biggest fan) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 2d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
#Antifa

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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 3d

Hello, Canadians,

Petition e-6679 aims to propose a bill to address the issue of perceived and actual misinformation being presented by MPs to the public. Please consider signing. Deadline for signatures is November 27th. 🇨🇦

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Petition e-6679 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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

Premier Ed Stelmach, thank you for donating a tank of gas for the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus and for joining us at the Andrew garlic festival 🧄 That’s what principled leadership is all about.

Volunteers, thank you for braving the cold and collecting signatures!

#ableg #CdnPoli

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 4d

7/7
Demand for the vaccine remains strong heading into cold and flu season.

👉 There were over 400 COVID-related deaths in Alberta last year, a reminder of the ongoing risk the virus poses to the community. 👈

Angela Amato, CTV News Edmonton
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Edmonton pharmacist says he can only administer 5 COVID-19 shots a day

A west Edmonton pharmacist said his pharmacy can only administer five COVID-19 shots a day outside of the province's official immunization program.

www.ctvnews.ca

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A Simard 🇨🇦 @adadcoaching.bsky.social · 4d

Canadians 🇨🇦
Be in the know

youtu.be/pFCT_X6MYPU?...

You don’t mess with Sean. #pierrepoilievre #markcarney #houseofcommons

YouTube video by Lisab0923

youtu.be

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🇨🇦DUNK🇨🇦 (🐸AMPHIFA's biggest fan) @noofieninja.bsky.social · 4d

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 4d

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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 4d

We have heard so many things about the UCP caucus. One thing we know for sure is they have no spines. Is it because they are deep in the corruption too? #Ableg #Abpoli #UCPcorruption #CorruptCare #DanielleSmith #UCP

somebody's gotta start singing public inquiry

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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 4d

The AB government's decision to ignore public health principles will prove more costly in the end. 💸 #AxeTheVaxTax #Abeg #Abpoli

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 4d

Worth rereading.

#ableg #abpoli #abed

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bevymart.bsky.social @bevymart.bsky.social · 4d

In #USA #trump took away free tax reporting for low income people in an effort to force them off benefits they qualify for

In #Canada #MarkCarney just made tax reporting automatic for low income people, to make sure they qualify for all the benefits they can

In a world of #trump, be a #MarkCarney

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