Lisa Schoettle
lisaschoettle.bsky.social
Lisa Schoettle
@lisaschoettle.bsky.social
Retired
Love dogs, music and travel
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The @thetyee.ca has picked up our piece on the declining vaccination rates for viral illness in Canada.

In Alberta, the government definitely plays a role.
It’s a Brutal Flu Year. Why Are Canadians Shunning Vaccinations? | The Tyee
Here’s what we learned from our research on Alberta families.
thetyee.ca
January 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.

It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Harriette Mackenzie is such a rare athlete: she’s a BC college basketball star, and she is trans. This is the story of her season: an in-game attack, anti-trans hatred, outing herself, a lifetime of trauma, and how she kept going, despite it all. www.thestar.com/sports/baske...
Bullying, basketball and an online firestorm: How B.C. college star Harriette MacKenzie stood up to anti-trans hate — and won
Trans athlete Harriette Mackenzie has been ostracized most of her life. One violent play during a Pac West basketball game pushed her to fight back.
www.thestar.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Donold is now classifying protests at Tesla dealerships as ‘domestic terrorism.’

Protest at a Tesla dealership and you get arrested as a terrorist.

But attack the Capitol and you get a pardon.
March 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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While education and healthcare implode, while the CorruptCare scandal widens, while her caucus crumbles, while other leaders are encouraging Canadians not to travel to the USA,

Danielle Smith plans to go back to Florida…to get this: hang with far-right MAGA types.

Have you had enough, Alberta?
Why is Danielle Smith participating in a PragerU event with Ben Shapiro?

I sure hope Alberta taxpayers aren't footing the bill to fly her down to Florida.
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#ableg #abpoli
donate.prageru.com/event/east-c...
March 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Is there a reason why Danielle Smith is traveling to Florida on taxpayers’ dime to participate in a far-right talk show that routinely has its content removed for hate speech?

www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

#ableg
March 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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You can’t overstate the historic importance of today’s speech to both American and Canadian citizens by Canada’s Prime Minister.

Please watch it and share it wherever you live, but especially if you’re in the United States. You need to know what Trump is doing, and why. youtu.be/wz_42pckM7w
Watch Trudeau speak directly to Trump during blistering speech
YouTube video by CNN
youtu.be
March 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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That 43 pounds of fentanyl intercepted at the US-Canada border last year? Nearly 1/3 of it was seized in July in Spokane, Wash. – more than 150 km from the border – as part of an investigation that led to charges against three Mexican nationals
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Nearly one-third of seized fentanyl attributed to the U.S.-Canada border had no connection with Canada
Finding undermines assertions by Trump administration that Canada is a rapidly growing source of fentanyl in the U.S.
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Alba passed a week ago today.

Over 2000 people have sent me videos of their dogs enjoying sunrises in her honor.

Not all is bad with this world 💜
January 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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My message to Zuck
January 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Government documents, emails, internal reports — all will soon be harder to access in Alberta if Danielle Smith’s plan moves forward.

Here’s why that’s a crisis for the public’s right to know, via @drewanderson.bsky.social
thenarwhal.ca/alberta-foip...
Alberta’s Bill 34 attacks the public’s right to know | The Narwhal
he UCP plans to further block information from the public with Bill 34, part of a larger remaking of Alberta in the party’s image
thenarwhal.ca
December 19, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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The Rocky Mountains are by far Canada's most awesome natural wonder, according to Alberta singer-songwriter Corb Lund. Yet when trying to convince the government not to allow open pit coal mining in the eastern slopes, he's had "little to no success." thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...
Musician Corb Lund on Alberta coal mines | The Narwhal
‘They’re going to ruin our ground water’ the singer-songwriter says of the corporations that want to mine his beloved Rocky Mountains
thenarwhal.ca
December 14, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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I was 15 when the École Polytechnique shooting happened. As an adult, women’s safety feels even more fragile.
By me (with a gift link):
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/7232de0...
The Montreal massacre changed how I saw the world as a teen. But 35 years later, I find myself afraid
I was 15 when the École Polytechnique shooting happened. As an adult, women’s safety feels even more fragile
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:31 PM