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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 1h

Alberta's Border Patrol Has Made Only a Handful of Arrests via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

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.

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 16h

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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.”

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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.

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Mark Ramzy @markramzy.bsky.social · 20h

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Carney government expected to replace controversial border bill

An analysis by the Justice Department concluded the original version of the bill could have affected several rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 21h

Alberta adding insult to injury for people on AISH. The provincial government may save some money with these changes, but it will be the cities that absorb the costs of more people ending up on the street. #ableg

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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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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 4d

Want to learn more about why teachers are striking in Alberta? Read @iandoktor.bsky.social to learn how Alberta Government went from having to convince 12% of teachers to sign up for their deal to now 90% of teachers voting against the governments deal www.parklandinstitute.ca/disrespect

When Disrespect Becomes Policy: How Government Neglect Sparked Labour Unrest

As Albertans brace for the first teacher strike in nearly 25 years, a new opinion piece on Parkland’s blog gives a frontline perspective on the government’s long war against public education.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 23h

Separation-stoking pot calls kettle un-Canadian.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 23h

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’ www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

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Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’

Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 23h

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Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · 23h

As Mark Carney is praising Donald Trump for his accomplishments during his White House visit, the U.S. President interrupts, adding: "the merger of Canada and the United States."

"That wasn't where I was going," Mr. Carney continues.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 1d

"Secretary Kennedy is entitled to his views. But he is not entitled to put people’s health at risk. This is bigger than politics. It’s about putting the health of Americans first."

- Six former U.S. surgeons general, who have served under both Republican and Democratic administrations

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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Merlin Ca @merlinofcanada.bsky.social · 1d

‘Outbreak in Alberta was preventable’: AMA president criticizes province’s handling of measles outbreak, premier defends it

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‘Outbreak in Alberta was preventable’: AMA president criticizes province’s handling of measles outbreak, premier defends it

The new president of the Alberta Medical Association shared some sharp criticisms on social media Friday of the way the province has managed the measles outbreak.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Donald Trump is offering nine universities funding if they sign a compact that’s a “complete adoption of the MAGA high-education agenda,” Kevin Carey writes. The document is “shot through with the tensions that mark Trumpism in its latest form”: https://theatln.tc/0banADoJ

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 1d

Less money for the Premier's pet projects, and more money for public education please! #ableg

Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 2d

It was touted as the answer to what Premier Danielle Smith called the "leaky" U.S. border, but how effective has Alberta's new border patrol been? Here’s what we found about the number of arrests this $29 million team has made so far.

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#abpoli #border

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Calgary Herald @calgaryherald.com · 2d

Leong: Alberta teachers' strike underscores incalculable benefits of public schools

Alberta needs well-funded public education accessible to all and adaptable to a diverse community, argues columnist Ricky Leong.

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NotANarc @nobill53ab.bsky.social · 2d

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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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 2d

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Thousands in Calgary, Edmonton rally for public education as Alberta teachers' strike looms | CBC News

Thousands of people gathered at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton and the McDougall Centre in Calgary Sunday to rally for public education, as a potentially historic teachers’ strike looms.

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Tim Querengesser @timquerengesser.bsky.social · 4d

That vision zero target feels pretty impossible at this point.

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Police investigating after senior struck and killed by truck in south Edmonton

The collision occurred just before 6:30 a.m. on Friday. Police believe lighting was a factor in the crash that killed the 73-year-old man.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 5d

The death of the premature baby born after their mother contracted measles highlights the danger of more and more people refusing vaccines.

An individual is contagious 4 days before the rash appears.

Imagine a child with measles at a daycare full of babies too young to be vaccinated.

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 5d

Not to mention AISH

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 5d

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 · 5d

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.

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 5d

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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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 6d

I had a hunch so I checked it out.

Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment | The Tyee

Elections Alberta ordered fines and prosecution in February. But authorities have not acted.

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Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries | UN News
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Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries

Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children – as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World ...

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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 5d

Published today: our new paper showing a 44-year trend of increasing global wildfire disasters (fatalities and economic losses) due to climate change-induced extreme weather. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Climate-linked escalation of societally disastrous wildfires

Climate change and land mismanagement are creating increasingly fire-prone built and natural environments. However, despite worsening fire seasons, evidence is lacking globally for trends in socially ...

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 5d

A child born prematurely after its mother contracted measles during pregnancy is Alberta's first measles death of 2025, according to Minister Adriana LaGrange.

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 5d

"There are currently 152 people in hospital and 15 Albertans in the ICU because of the illness."

Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · 5d

#BREAKING: Alberta resident dies from measles, marking the second Canadian death from the disease in 2025

Albertan dies from measles

An Albertan has died from complications due to measles, government data released Thursday says.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 6d

This was such a societal mistake, and there's a reason I have never even come close to engaging with sports betting content. It's going to ruin a lot of lives.

John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 6d

% of US men under 30 who say legal sports betting is a *bad thing* for society

22% in 2022
47% in 2025

No other demographic group has seen a bigger increase.

Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad thing for society and sports

Today, 43% of U.S. adults say the fact that sports betting is now legal in much of the country is a bad thing for society, up from 34% in 2022.

www.pewresearch.org

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