Cailín🍁
@knottytitanium.bsky.social
Knitting, coffee and shenanigans in YEG Treaty 6 🇨🇦… oh, and a recovering retired public servant…
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Not only has the United States of America abandoned its moral role in confronting evil around the world, Donald Trump's derangement and depravity are swiftly making us the principal planetary force promoting evil.
Top U.S. Catholic clerics said that the U.S.'s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. nyti.ms/4bDP7iK
Prominent Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy
Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland, three cardinals said their statement was inspired by Pope Leo.
nyti.ms
January 19, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Not only has the United States of America abandoned its moral role in confronting evil around the world, Donald Trump's derangement and depravity are swiftly making us the principal planetary force promoting evil.
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Danielle Smith is entirely responsible for allowing this separatist rhetoric to continue. It’s also a distraction from the real issues facing Alberta right now, like the health care crisis in our hospitals and emergency rooms.
You deserve better. For Alberta and for Canada.
You deserve better. For Alberta and for Canada.
Alberta separatism poses a real threat to our nation
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Danielle Smith is entirely responsible for allowing this separatist rhetoric to continue. It’s also a distraction from the real issues facing Alberta right now, like the health care crisis in our hospitals and emergency rooms.
You deserve better. For Alberta and for Canada.
You deserve better. For Alberta and for Canada.
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Haven’t been on here in ages… but today I’m back to share my family’s story about being stuck in the emergency dept at an Alberta hospital for more than 90 hours. The UCP is fiddling while the system burns.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Senior with influenza waited 90 hours in Edmonton emergency department, family says
Patients are languishing for days in makeshift waiting areas to receive care
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Haven’t been on here in ages… but today I’m back to share my family’s story about being stuck in the emergency dept at an Alberta hospital for more than 90 hours. The UCP is fiddling while the system burns.
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
@picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Everyone PLEASE WATCH THIS - this includes our PREMIER and FOUR Health Ministers
www.ctvnews.ca/video...
1000s of HCWs are PLEADING for action
Our waiting rooms are 50 car car-crash disasters EVERYDAY
Call this what you will: crisis/disaster/emergency state.
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www.ctvnews.ca/video...
1000s of HCWs are PLEADING for action
Our waiting rooms are 50 car car-crash disasters EVERYDAY
Call this what you will: crisis/disaster/emergency state.
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‘Across this province, emergency departments are drowning in patients’: Alberta doctor
Dr. Warren Thirsk, president of emergency medicine at the Alberta Medical Association, says some patients wait 24 hours to be seen at the ER.
www.ctvnews.ca
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Everyone PLEASE WATCH THIS - this includes our PREMIER and FOUR Health Ministers
www.ctvnews.ca/video...
1000s of HCWs are PLEADING for action
Our waiting rooms are 50 car car-crash disasters EVERYDAY
Call this what you will: crisis/disaster/emergency state.
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www.ctvnews.ca/video...
1000s of HCWs are PLEADING for action
Our waiting rooms are 50 car car-crash disasters EVERYDAY
Call this what you will: crisis/disaster/emergency state.
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I received a message from an Alberta ED colleague that stopped me cold. He treated a very elderly pt - a retired Charge Nurse who began her career as WWII ended. She waited 8 hours in the WR for care. Her assessment of our current reality is devastating....
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January 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I received a message from an Alberta ED colleague that stopped me cold. He treated a very elderly pt - a retired Charge Nurse who began her career as WWII ended. She waited 8 hours in the WR for care. Her assessment of our current reality is devastating....
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
Project is finally long enuff to enjoy and a since the world/new year is turning to shit… time for a cosy mystery and finish this thing. #knitting
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Project is finally long enuff to enjoy and a since the world/new year is turning to shit… time for a cosy mystery and finish this thing. #knitting
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Trump’s plan to seize Venezuela and run it from Washington may be half baked, but it bodes ill for Alberta just the same. albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/trum...
Trump’s plan to seize Venezuela and run it from Washington may be half baked, but it bodes ill for Alberta just the same - Alberta Politics
When the dust settles on U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to take over Venezuela and its massive heavy oil reserves, the outcome is unlikely to be good for Alberta. This is true in both the short ...
albertapolitics.ca
January 5, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Trump’s plan to seize Venezuela and run it from Washington may be half baked, but it bodes ill for Alberta just the same. albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/trum...
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Canada's response on Venezuela is both right, and wrong. It is right to call for all parties to adhere to international law, but the problem is that the US clearly is violating it. Canada needs to be explicit about this, because the US is not just violating Venezuela's sovereignty.
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Canada's response on Venezuela is both right, and wrong. It is right to call for all parties to adhere to international law, but the problem is that the US clearly is violating it. Canada needs to be explicit about this, because the US is not just violating Venezuela's sovereignty.
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This is obscene and tragic and 100% on Danielle Smith and the UCP.
They not only don't care, they are actively making this happen!
They not only don't care, they are actively making this happen!
My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵
January 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
This is obscene and tragic and 100% on Danielle Smith and the UCP.
They not only don't care, they are actively making this happen!
They not only don't care, they are actively making this happen!
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Seeing more and more weighing in about how the GNH Triage nurse/ED team should be held to personal account makes me realize that the avg AB just doesn’t understand what an utter dumpster fire our major EDs have been for months/yrs.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Seeing more and more weighing in about how the GNH Triage nurse/ED team should be held to personal account makes me realize that the avg AB just doesn’t understand what an utter dumpster fire our major EDs have been for months/yrs.
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Safety in Sport Act was allegedly about protecting girls from transgender girls in contact sports and so that girls could prosper in elite (or elite pathway) sports. None of that applies in this case. The purpose is hate against transgender people.
Opinion: Alberta's new gender rules sink one woman's participation in swim club calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Safety in Sport Act was allegedly about protecting girls from transgender girls in contact sports and so that girls could prosper in elite (or elite pathway) sports. None of that applies in this case. The purpose is hate against transgender people.
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So Danielle Smith wants to take over policing in Alberta because she needs the police to get to Albertans on time...
But she can't even manage making sure that POLICE get an AMBULANCE on time with the EMS service she already runs?!?
This is horrifying.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
But she can't even manage making sure that POLICE get an AMBULANCE on time with the EMS service she already runs?!?
This is horrifying.
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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I wonder how many other national sport organizations will follow Skate Canada's lead. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Skate Canada won’t host Alberta events due to sports gender law
Skate Canada says it won’t host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sport divisions.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I wonder how many other national sport organizations will follow Skate Canada's lead. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Stormy Canola Field… a quintessential prairie scene.
Wet felting fibre art… a sloppy but satisfying process
#artadventcalendar #fibreart #wetfelting #wool
Wet felting fibre art… a sloppy but satisfying process
#artadventcalendar #fibreart #wetfelting #wool
December 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Stormy Canola Field… a quintessential prairie scene.
Wet felting fibre art… a sloppy but satisfying process
#artadventcalendar #fibreart #wetfelting #wool
Wet felting fibre art… a sloppy but satisfying process
#artadventcalendar #fibreart #wetfelting #wool
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Today, on International Human Rights Day, Albertans woke up in a province where the rights of one of our most vulnerable minorities have been overridden by a government whose only concern is its own ideological base. 1/2
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/10/a...
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/10/a...
Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Today, on International Human Rights Day, Albertans woke up in a province where the rights of one of our most vulnerable minorities have been overridden by a government whose only concern is its own ideological base. 1/2
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/10/a...
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/10/a...
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Albertans deserve to know the cumulative total of severance costs AHS had to pay out when the government continually dismissed those with knowledge of CorruptCare. How much was wasted covering up this scandal?
#abpoli #ableg #CorruptCare
#abpoli #ableg #CorruptCare
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Albertans deserve to know the cumulative total of severance costs AHS had to pay out when the government continually dismissed those with knowledge of CorruptCare. How much was wasted covering up this scandal?
#abpoli #ableg #CorruptCare
#abpoli #ableg #CorruptCare
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It's grading season. Like most polisci profs, I'm inundated with essays on the state of democracy.
Here is a transcript of Danielle Smith's remarks on her radio show yesterday.
Let's break down her comments to see just how problematic and uninformed they are.
Here is a transcript of Danielle Smith's remarks on her radio show yesterday.
Let's break down her comments to see just how problematic and uninformed they are.
December 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's grading season. Like most polisci profs, I'm inundated with essays on the state of democracy.
Here is a transcript of Danielle Smith's remarks on her radio show yesterday.
Let's break down her comments to see just how problematic and uninformed they are.
Here is a transcript of Danielle Smith's remarks on her radio show yesterday.
Let's break down her comments to see just how problematic and uninformed they are.
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This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
December 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This is among the most democratically dangerous things Danielle Smith has said.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
She wants to remove all checks and balances on her power and projects herself as the embodiment of "the people."
We have left the realm of liberal democracy in this province.
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Minister LaGrange has blood on her hands. Seems a suitable justification for the current effort to have her recalled. Actually, this might be the clearest case for recall, next to the one for the Premier and Minister Nicolaides.
December 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Minister LaGrange has blood on her hands. Seems a suitable justification for the current effort to have her recalled. Actually, this might be the clearest case for recall, next to the one for the Premier and Minister Nicolaides.
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CONDOLANCES to my colleagues and the patients in the Edmonton Area.
They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton.
Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room.
Just try to imagine that...
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They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton.
Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room.
Just try to imagine that...
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December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
CONDOLANCES to my colleagues and the patients in the Edmonton Area.
They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton.
Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room.
Just try to imagine that...
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They seem to be breaking overcrowding records everyday in Edmonton.
Last night the RAH ED had over 100 (ONE HUNDRED!) pts waiting in its waiting room.
Just try to imagine that...
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CONGRATULATIONS #ForeverCanadian volunteers!
Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off!
Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off!
Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Citizen Initiative Petition Verification Completed, Results Announced - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Elections Alberta has completed verification for the “Alberta Forever Canada” citizen initiative petition. Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has determined under section 10...
www.elections.ab.ca
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
CONGRATULATIONS #ForeverCanadian volunteers!
Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off!
Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...
Elections Alberta just informed me that our Forever Canadian petition is approved! Your hard work and love for Canada paid off!
Now, the Premier must do the right thing and call for a vote in the Legislature.
www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-init...