Mary Ann Lobb 🇨🇦
@mjlobb.bsky.social
retired ecologist, amateur artist & photographer (work in progress)
food lover and political junkie
settler in Moh'kins'tsis (Calgary)
food lover and political junkie
settler in Moh'kins'tsis (Calgary)
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So tragic - I just watched the video of his wife saying the hospital killed him. Kudos to her for speaking out amidst
her sudden grief
her sudden grief
Edmonton father dies in hospital E.R. waiting to see a doctor
A family is grieving after a 44-year-old father of three died in an Edmonton hospital emergency room waiting area. On Monday, Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumar began experiencing severe chest pains while at work. A client drove him to the…
A family is grieving after a 44-year-old father of three died in an Edmonton hospital emergency room waiting area. On Monday, Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumar began experiencing severe chest pains while at work. A client drove him to the…
Edmonton father dies in hospital E.R. waiting to see a doctor
A family is grieving after a 44-year-old father of three died in an Edmonton hospital emergency room waiting area. On Monday, Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumar began experiencing severe chest pains while at work. A client drove him to the Grey Nuns Hospital in southeast Edmonton, where Sreekumar was checked in at triage and then took a seat in the waiting room.
todayheadline.co
December 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So tragic - I just watched the video of his wife saying the hospital killed him. Kudos to her for speaking out amidst
her sudden grief
her sudden grief
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Bloody hell, it just keeps going and going and going.
Delivering a baby? CHECK AHEAD
Might need surgery? CHECK AHEAD
Need ER in rural AB? CHECK AHEAD
In slightly less awful news, the wait time at the Mis is down from nearly 12 hours to just over 6. For now.
STAY SAFE
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Delivering a baby? CHECK AHEAD
Might need surgery? CHECK AHEAD
Need ER in rural AB? CHECK AHEAD
In slightly less awful news, the wait time at the Mis is down from nearly 12 hours to just over 6. For now.
STAY SAFE
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
December 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Bloody hell, it just keeps going and going and going.
Delivering a baby? CHECK AHEAD
Might need surgery? CHECK AHEAD
Need ER in rural AB? CHECK AHEAD
In slightly less awful news, the wait time at the Mis is down from nearly 12 hours to just over 6. For now.
STAY SAFE
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Delivering a baby? CHECK AHEAD
Might need surgery? CHECK AHEAD
Need ER in rural AB? CHECK AHEAD
In slightly less awful news, the wait time at the Mis is down from nearly 12 hours to just over 6. For now.
STAY SAFE
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
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Canada has affirmed its commitment to the people of Greenland. We are opening a consulate there in the spring. Canada is stepping up with Europe as the United States descends into rogue state threats.
December 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Canada has affirmed its commitment to the people of Greenland. We are opening a consulate there in the spring. Canada is stepping up with Europe as the United States descends into rogue state threats.
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An important heads up!
But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions.
I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread.
1/
But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions.
I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread.
1/
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
An important heads up!
But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions.
I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread.
1/
But maybe a little light on underlying causes and possible solutions.
I'll provide my perspective on things in this mini-thread.
1/
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NEEED A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!
7 families need Xmas Dinner & GiftGiving Help 🎄 $670 still left for the match
Can anyone please be Santa to a family🙏Stores close early🙏
Buy a child a Xmas 🎁 Stores close early today & Moms are in tears
DM & I will connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
7 families need Xmas Dinner & GiftGiving Help 🎄 $670 still left for the match
Can anyone please be Santa to a family🙏Stores close early🙏
Buy a child a Xmas 🎁 Stores close early today & Moms are in tears
DM & I will connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
a cartoon of spongebob pushing a cart full of presents
Alt: a cartoon of spongebob pushing a cart full of presents
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
NEEED A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!
7 families need Xmas Dinner & GiftGiving Help 🎄 $670 still left for the match
Can anyone please be Santa to a family🙏Stores close early🙏
Buy a child a Xmas 🎁 Stores close early today & Moms are in tears
DM & I will connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
7 families need Xmas Dinner & GiftGiving Help 🎄 $670 still left for the match
Can anyone please be Santa to a family🙏Stores close early🙏
Buy a child a Xmas 🎁 Stores close early today & Moms are in tears
DM & I will connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
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At the same moment Canada began to turn its attention to the importance of human rights postwar, it contemplated a brazen rights violation at home of enormous scale and cruelty.
Canadian history has mostly forgotten about the exile of Japanese Canadians. Jordan Stanger-Ross and Eric Adams write.
Canadian history has mostly forgotten about the exile of Japanese Canadians. Jordan Stanger-Ross and Eric Adams write.
A Forgotten 80th Anniversary of a Shameful Injustice | The Tyee
Canada exiled thousands of Japanese Canadian citizens even after the war ended.
thetyee.ca
December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
At the same moment Canada began to turn its attention to the importance of human rights postwar, it contemplated a brazen rights violation at home of enormous scale and cruelty.
Canadian history has mostly forgotten about the exile of Japanese Canadians. Jordan Stanger-Ross and Eric Adams write.
Canadian history has mostly forgotten about the exile of Japanese Canadians. Jordan Stanger-Ross and Eric Adams write.
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🇨🇦 TREATY 8 CHIEFS SUE TO HALT ALBERTA'S BILL 7 🇨🇦
Three First Nations leaders are launching litigation to stop the Water Amendment Act.
They argue the bill sacrifices sacred waterways for industrial use without consent.
Chiefs Steering Committee reports...
#AbLeg #Treaty8 #WaterIsLife #Bill7
🇨🇦 TREATY 8 CHIEFS SUE TO HALT ALBERTA'S BILL 7 🇨🇦
Three First Nations leaders are launching litigation to stop the Water Amendment Act.
They argue the bill sacrifices sacred waterways for industrial use without consent.
Chiefs Steering Committee reports...
#AbLeg #Treaty8 #WaterIsLife #Bill7
December 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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🇨🇦 TREATY 8 CHIEFS SUE TO HALT ALBERTA'S BILL 7 🇨🇦
Three First Nations leaders are launching litigation to stop the Water Amendment Act.
They argue the bill sacrifices sacred waterways for industrial use without consent.
Chiefs Steering Committee reports...
#AbLeg #Treaty8 #WaterIsLife #Bill7
🇨🇦 TREATY 8 CHIEFS SUE TO HALT ALBERTA'S BILL 7 🇨🇦
Three First Nations leaders are launching litigation to stop the Water Amendment Act.
They argue the bill sacrifices sacred waterways for industrial use without consent.
Chiefs Steering Committee reports...
#AbLeg #Treaty8 #WaterIsLife #Bill7
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11 Santas giving $100 will get the $2,000 donation match in!
This will cover everyone left on the Christmas list🎄
SANTAS NEEDED🎁❗️
This will cover everyone left on the Christmas list🎄
SANTAS NEEDED🎁❗️
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve!
Is there a Santa around👀
NEED ANOTHER SANTA❗️
Give kids a Christmas
Only $1,095 needed to get the last $2,000 Donation Match in This will cover the Xmas list
LET’S DO THIS!
DM & I’ll connect u directly or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
Is there a Santa around👀
NEED ANOTHER SANTA❗️
Give kids a Christmas
Only $1,095 needed to get the last $2,000 Donation Match in This will cover the Xmas list
LET’S DO THIS!
DM & I’ll connect u directly or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
a young boy is driving a toy car down a street .
Alt: a young girl with sunglasses on is driving a red and black toy car down a street with her hands in the air while the car does a 360
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
11 Santas giving $100 will get the $2,000 donation match in!
This will cover everyone left on the Christmas list🎄
SANTAS NEEDED🎁❗️
This will cover everyone left on the Christmas list🎄
SANTAS NEEDED🎁❗️
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (June)
December 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (June)
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WHERE ARE THE SANTAS?
$1,125 still needed for the $2,000 match🎄
This will cover everyone left on the Christmas list
WE CAN DO THIS! Even $5 helps make this a Christmas Miracle🎄
$1,125 still needed for the $2,000 match🎄
This will cover everyone left on the Christmas list
WE CAN DO THIS! Even $5 helps make this a Christmas Miracle🎄
NEED ANOTHER SANTA❗️
Give kids a Xmas
$1,125 to get a $2,000 Match. This covers the Xmas list
LET’S DO THIS!
🎄21 Families on the list
turkey dinner & gift giving
A Mom is laid off & needs help🙏
2 Moms short on Jan rent
$490 & $460
DM & I’ll connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
Give kids a Xmas
$1,125 to get a $2,000 Match. This covers the Xmas list
LET’S DO THIS!
🎄21 Families on the list
turkey dinner & gift giving
A Mom is laid off & needs help🙏
2 Moms short on Jan rent
$490 & $460
DM & I’ll connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
a christmas card with santa claus and a snowman
Alt: a christmas card with santa claus and a snowman beside a decorated Christmas tree that has presents underneath it. Above Santa it says merry Christmas and below Santa it says seasons greetings.
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
WHERE ARE THE SANTAS?
$1,125 still needed for the $2,000 match🎄
This will cover everyone left on the Christmas list
WE CAN DO THIS! Even $5 helps make this a Christmas Miracle🎄
$1,125 still needed for the $2,000 match🎄
This will cover everyone left on the Christmas list
WE CAN DO THIS! Even $5 helps make this a Christmas Miracle🎄
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Here is a Lump of Coal, my final ABlawg post of the year with @drewyewchuk.bsky.social dealing with 2 coal law & policy developments in AB. One deals with Alberta’s Phoenix, Northback’s Grassy Mountain project, poised to rise from the ashes while seeking to avoid federal review. 1/2
#ableg #abpoli
#ableg #abpoli
A Final Lump of Coal for 2025
By: Nigel Bankes and Drew Yewchuk Matters Commented On: Notice of Termination of the federal environmental assessment for the Grassy Mountain Coal Project, December 19, 2025 and Bill 14, Justice St…
ablawg.ca
December 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Here is a Lump of Coal, my final ABlawg post of the year with @drewyewchuk.bsky.social dealing with 2 coal law & policy developments in AB. One deals with Alberta’s Phoenix, Northback’s Grassy Mountain project, poised to rise from the ashes while seeking to avoid federal review. 1/2
#ableg #abpoli
#ableg #abpoli
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December 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Sharing again today, for no particular reason.
Local woman wakes up, forms an alliance with other local women in Canada, Greenland and Mexico to yeet the United States into the sun, makes oatmeal.
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sharing again today, for no particular reason.
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CALLING ON ALL SANTAS❗️
PLEASE GIVE A CHILD A XMAS
🎄21 families on the list for Turkey & Gift Giving help
$1,410 needed for J’s last $2,000 Match. This covers the Xmas list
A Mom laid off needs help
2 Moms short on Jan rent
$490 & $460
I’ll connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
PLEASE GIVE A CHILD A XMAS
🎄21 families on the list for Turkey & Gift Giving help
$1,410 needed for J’s last $2,000 Match. This covers the Xmas list
A Mom laid off needs help
2 Moms short on Jan rent
$490 & $460
I’ll connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
a christmas scene with santa claus in front of a toy shop
Alt: a christmas scene with santa claus in front of a toy shop
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
CALLING ON ALL SANTAS❗️
PLEASE GIVE A CHILD A XMAS
🎄21 families on the list for Turkey & Gift Giving help
$1,410 needed for J’s last $2,000 Match. This covers the Xmas list
A Mom laid off needs help
2 Moms short on Jan rent
$490 & $460
I’ll connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
PLEASE GIVE A CHILD A XMAS
🎄21 families on the list for Turkey & Gift Giving help
$1,410 needed for J’s last $2,000 Match. This covers the Xmas list
A Mom laid off needs help
2 Moms short on Jan rent
$490 & $460
I’ll connect u or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: none
VERY HIGH: AB, MB, NB, North, QC, SK
HIGH: CAN, BC, NL, NS, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 55 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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We're headed for global chaos as the far right seizes power amid unprecedented migration caused by fires, thirst, and drought fuelled by accelerating climate change. Happy New Year!
December 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We're headed for global chaos as the far right seizes power amid unprecedented migration caused by fires, thirst, and drought fuelled by accelerating climate change. Happy New Year!
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I love a good who done it. #alberta #recall #mla #ucp #shady
YouTube video by Lisab0923
youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Just 3 posting days left for #ArtAdventCalendar 2025!
Just Calm 22 x48 56x122cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
Commission
Just Calm 22 x48 56x122cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
Commission
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Just 3 posting days left for #ArtAdventCalendar 2025!
Just Calm 22 x48 56x122cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
Commission
Just Calm 22 x48 56x122cm
Oil on Canvas
2021
Commission
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This chart and thread by @beansproutsmom.bsky.social
Showing what flu cases were like before aerosol spread multi organ damaging COVID-19 and post aerosol spread multi organ damaging COVID-19 Should be front page news on every newspaper, and the lead story on every newscast.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
Showing what flu cases were like before aerosol spread multi organ damaging COVID-19 and post aerosol spread multi organ damaging COVID-19 Should be front page news on every newspaper, and the lead story on every newscast.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
December 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This chart and thread by @beansproutsmom.bsky.social
Showing what flu cases were like before aerosol spread multi organ damaging COVID-19 and post aerosol spread multi organ damaging COVID-19 Should be front page news on every newspaper, and the lead story on every newscast.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
Showing what flu cases were like before aerosol spread multi organ damaging COVID-19 and post aerosol spread multi organ damaging COVID-19 Should be front page news on every newspaper, and the lead story on every newscast.
#bcpoli #cdnpoli
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1/ Since I'm home caring for teen suffering Flu A, I thought I'd check in on #bcpoli flu situation.
Flu A test positivity - going up, up, up 😬
(COVID mercifully going down. Maybe a lull - never a disappearance - until BA3.2.# rolls in?)
Flu A test positivity - going up, up, up 😬
(COVID mercifully going down. Maybe a lull - never a disappearance - until BA3.2.# rolls in?)
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
1/ Since I'm home caring for teen suffering Flu A, I thought I'd check in on #bcpoli flu situation.
Flu A test positivity - going up, up, up 😬
(COVID mercifully going down. Maybe a lull - never a disappearance - until BA3.2.# rolls in?)
Flu A test positivity - going up, up, up 😬
(COVID mercifully going down. Maybe a lull - never a disappearance - until BA3.2.# rolls in?)
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REPOST PLEASE!
🎄Kids need a Christmas!
$475 needed to get the $2,000 donation match in!
Need to round up some Santas!
👇
🎄Kids need a Christmas!
$475 needed to get the $2,000 donation match in!
Need to round up some Santas!
👇
HAS ANYONE SEEN SANTA⁉️
$475 more needed to get a $2,000 Donation Match in
🎄41 Families on the Xmas list for turkey dinner & for gift giving
Who will be the NEXT Santa tonight? Please give some kids a Christmas🎄
DM & I’ll connect u directly or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
$475 more needed to get a $2,000 Donation Match in
🎄41 Families on the Xmas list for turkey dinner & for gift giving
Who will be the NEXT Santa tonight? Please give some kids a Christmas🎄
DM & I’ll connect u directly or PayPal/etransfer
[email protected]
santa claus is sitting in a sleigh in front of a house decorated for christmas
Alt: santa claus pulling up in a sled to his workshop with all the elves cheerfully waving to him, and the shelves
filled with brightly coloured toys
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
REPOST PLEASE!
🎄Kids need a Christmas!
$475 needed to get the $2,000 donation match in!
Need to round up some Santas!
👇
🎄Kids need a Christmas!
$475 needed to get the $2,000 donation match in!
Need to round up some Santas!
👇
Reposted by Mary Ann Lobb 🇨🇦
It's bubble freezing time! One of my favourite things is watching the ice crystals swirl around was they form!
My frozen bubble recipe
- 200ml warm water
- 35ml corn syrup
- 35ml dish soap
- 2tbs sugar
#bubblemadness #frozen #winter
My frozen bubble recipe
- 200ml warm water
- 35ml corn syrup
- 35ml dish soap
- 2tbs sugar
#bubblemadness #frozen #winter
December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
It's bubble freezing time! One of my favourite things is watching the ice crystals swirl around was they form!
My frozen bubble recipe
- 200ml warm water
- 35ml corn syrup
- 35ml dish soap
- 2tbs sugar
#bubblemadness #frozen #winter
My frozen bubble recipe
- 200ml warm water
- 35ml corn syrup
- 35ml dish soap
- 2tbs sugar
#bubblemadness #frozen #winter