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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 1m

@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.

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Edmonton

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

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1h

"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 · 15h

EDMONTON #yeg

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

CSSDP Edmonton @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social · 18h

Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1

#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025

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Holly Mathias @hollymathias.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 18h

Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1

#yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 17h

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

CSSDP Edmonton @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social · 18h

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 · 15h

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 · 18h

Me too 🤬

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 20h

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

Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 21h

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

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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

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 20h

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 · 21h

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 · 21h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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.

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

YouTube video by Energi Media

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Petra Schulz @msthpetra.bsky.social · 23h

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.

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 23h

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

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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.”

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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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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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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 1d

I sent him a THANK YOU email! [email protected]

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

B.C. Premier David Eby is clearly beyond frustrated with Danielle Smith's pipeline dreams threatening the B.C. economy.

In a fiery statement, he called her out directly stating...

"This is not the Danielle Smith show!"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #bcpoli

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Brandy with a why? 🍁 @brandywithawhy.bsky.social · 1d

Get it, Eby!!

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

B.C. Premier David Eby is clearly beyond frustrated with Danielle Smith's pipeline dreams threatening the B.C. economy.

In a fiery statement, he called her out directly stating...

"This is not the Danielle Smith show!"

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #bcpoli

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 1d

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Have you seen this petition yet?

Protect Albertans with Disabilities — Stop the Transition from AISH to ADAP

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 1d

Today I learned the term DARVO .. Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. Danielle Smith (and others - but mostly her!) use this often, denying wrongdoing, attacking critics, and claiming she and Alberta are the real victims to deflect accountability and twist criticism into persecution.

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 1d

I hope they find this guy! At a 4way stop this morning, I had the right of way but waited as an older man stepped off the curb in front of a huge red truck. I could see the driver didn’t see him! I had my hand up saying STOP but he went forward, nearly hit him and flipped me off as he drove by me.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 1d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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