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What to know about Alberta's Bill 11, which threatens public health care in Canada. Report by @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
What to know about Alberta's Bill 11, which threatens public health care in Canada. Report by @alonghurst.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Alberta Health Services docs obtained via freedom of information request show that up to 85 percent of provincial EMS dispatches for drug toxicity were not reported by the Alberta government, @drugdatadecoded.ca reports:
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Up to 89 percent of ambulances for overdoses concealed in record year, as Alberta health care careens into crisis
The Alberta government says it has “the most transparent data reporting system in North America" for drug toxicity. In reality, internal data manipulation causes most emergency calls to go unreported.
drugdatadecoded.ca
January 22, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Alberta Health Services docs obtained via freedom of information request show that up to 85 percent of provincial EMS dispatches for drug toxicity were not reported by the Alberta government, @drugdatadecoded.ca reports:
drugdatadecoded.ca/up-to-89-per...
drugdatadecoded.ca/up-to-89-per...
I recently spoke with @cmaj.ca podcast about involuntary treatment for substance use. Have a listen.
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Podcasts | CMAJ
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January 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I recently spoke with @cmaj.ca podcast about involuntary treatment for substance use. Have a listen.
www.cmaj.ca/page/multime...
www.cmaj.ca/page/multime...
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Toronto’s Supervised Consumption Sites & Local Crime jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"...associated with neutral to positive improvements in local crime trends."
"...assaults, robberies, thefts over $5000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles also decreased."
"...associated with neutral to positive improvements in local crime trends."
"...assaults, robberies, thefts over $5000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles also decreased."
Toronto’s Supervised Consumption Sites and Local Crime
This ecological cohort study evaluates the association between overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites and local crime and disorder in Toronto.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Toronto’s Supervised Consumption Sites & Local Crime jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"...associated with neutral to positive improvements in local crime trends."
"...assaults, robberies, thefts over $5000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles also decreased."
"...associated with neutral to positive improvements in local crime trends."
"...assaults, robberies, thefts over $5000, bicycle thefts, and thefts from motor vehicles also decreased."
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A few companies have made a great deal of money under the Alberta Recovery Model and there's little to show that they have actually delivered on the outcomes Albertans expect. Are people's health outcomes better off with a two-tier, American-style healthcare? The answer is almost always NO.
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A few companies have made a great deal of money under the Alberta Recovery Model and there's little to show that they have actually delivered on the outcomes Albertans expect. Are people's health outcomes better off with a two-tier, American-style healthcare? The answer is almost always NO.
I contributed to this @cmaj.ca Commentary because:
1. Choosing control over care is a failure of imagination that invites despair; and,
2. Health equity requires advocacy.
#HealthEquity
#DecolonizeCare
#CareOverControl
@dsdp.ca @nobill53ab.bsky.social
www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250910
1. Choosing control over care is a failure of imagination that invites despair; and,
2. Health equity requires advocacy.
#HealthEquity
#DecolonizeCare
#CareOverControl
@dsdp.ca @nobill53ab.bsky.social
www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250910
Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act
Key points
In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of develo...
www.cmaj.ca
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I contributed to this @cmaj.ca Commentary because:
1. Choosing control over care is a failure of imagination that invites despair; and,
2. Health equity requires advocacy.
#HealthEquity
#DecolonizeCare
#CareOverControl
@dsdp.ca @nobill53ab.bsky.social
www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250910
1. Choosing control over care is a failure of imagination that invites despair; and,
2. Health equity requires advocacy.
#HealthEquity
#DecolonizeCare
#CareOverControl
@dsdp.ca @nobill53ab.bsky.social
www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250910
An Alberta Doctor's Back-to-School Memo on Measles and Vaccines via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
An Alberta Doctor’s Back-to-School Memo on Measles and Vaccines | The Tyee
The illness is highly infectious and dangerous. And, like other diseases, preventable.
thetyee.ca
September 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
An Alberta Doctor's Back-to-School Memo on Measles and Vaccines via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Thanks Shaye Ganam @globalnews.ca for having me on the show to discuss how #harmreduction services are essential resource hubs and part of the solution to the drug poisoning crisis.
#healthequity
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#healthequity
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Province moving backwards by closing harm reduction centres by Shaye Ganam
Bonnie Larson is a clinical assistant professor in the University of Calgary Department of Family Medicine
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August 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Thanks Shaye Ganam @globalnews.ca for having me on the show to discuss how #harmreduction services are essential resource hubs and part of the solution to the drug poisoning crisis.
#healthequity
megaphone.link/CORU8665889014
#healthequity
megaphone.link/CORU8665889014
We Need Alternatives to Alberta's Compassionate Intervention Act via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
We Need Alternatives to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act | The Tyee
A doctor calls for better investments in housing and mental health care, not policing.
thetyee.ca
May 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We Need Alternatives to Alberta's Compassionate Intervention Act via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
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So happy to see @bonnierae.bsky.social’s “Money Visions: What’s behind the UCP’s approval of psychedelics?” nominated for a National Magazine Award!!! 🔥
Read it at @albertaviews.bsky.social: albertaviews.ca/money-visions/
Read it at @albertaviews.bsky.social: albertaviews.ca/money-visions/
Psychedelics Approval - Money Visions - Alberta Views
For patients with substance use disorders and trauma, psychedelics would now be available as treatments. Did I hear that correctly?
albertaviews.ca
May 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
So happy to see @bonnierae.bsky.social’s “Money Visions: What’s behind the UCP’s approval of psychedelics?” nominated for a National Magazine Award!!! 🔥
Read it at @albertaviews.bsky.social: albertaviews.ca/money-visions/
Read it at @albertaviews.bsky.social: albertaviews.ca/money-visions/
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November 28, 2024 at 4:06 PM