Mariembois
@mariembois.bsky.social
Neurodivergent, advocate, pattern-seeker. Musician on hiatus. Lover of mastiffs, coffee, reading, disappearing into the woods. She/her.
#yeg on Treaty 6 territory
#harmreduction
#mentalhealthmatters
#endhomelessness
#autismacceptance
#yeg on Treaty 6 territory
#harmreduction
#mentalhealthmatters
#endhomelessness
#autismacceptance
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Important update was yesterday B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner said the B.C. gov's approach to drug use has been a human rights violation. Here's to hoping CBC adds that into the story because it's kinda real big.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Important update was yesterday B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner said the B.C. gov's approach to drug use has been a human rights violation. Here's to hoping CBC adds that into the story because it's kinda real big.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Also unofficial frostbite capital of the world. Record breaking EMS responses to opioid poisonings. What’s the wait for permanent supportive housing, non-market housing? Food bank access at all time high? Ban on tents so people die exposed to the elements while on lists for support access…
This time last year we learned that the homeless population was living in such dire circumstances they experienced rare lice infections were so bad they were transmitted to organ donation recipients. What did we do after that to respond to human beings in those conditions?
Yikes: A tuberculosis outbreak has been declared in inner-city Edmonton. 12 people have gotten sick this year. Two recently confirmed in October, suggesting it's spread.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Also unofficial frostbite capital of the world. Record breaking EMS responses to opioid poisonings. What’s the wait for permanent supportive housing, non-market housing? Food bank access at all time high? Ban on tents so people die exposed to the elements while on lists for support access…
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If you spend any time in Edmonton with the folks who live on its streets, you'll see how the elites have condemned them to horrific situations, including the obvious possibility of disease.
Yikes: A tuberculosis outbreak has been declared in inner-city Edmonton. 12 people have gotten sick this year. Two recently confirmed in October, suggesting it's spread.
November 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
If you spend any time in Edmonton with the folks who live on its streets, you'll see how the elites have condemned them to horrific situations, including the obvious possibility of disease.
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“Government's obligation is to save lives, reduce harm and improve quality of life for those who have been marginalized, while working toward greater equity for everyone.”
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
“Government's obligation is to save lives, reduce harm and improve quality of life for those who have been marginalized, while working toward greater equity for everyone.”
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
Everyone should take a moment to read this statement from the BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner.
#bcpoli
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A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis would require public policy that recognizes the full humanity of people who use unregulated drugs
which would be a whole new thing
which would be a whole new thing
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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
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More day shelter space is a start but we also need to activate the winter emergency response sooner, stop discharging people from facilities without proper clothes, and stop confiscating tents and other survival supplies.
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
More day shelter space is a start but we also need to activate the winter emergency response sooner, stop discharging people from facilities without proper clothes, and stop confiscating tents and other survival supplies.
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Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
Opinion: Edmonton doesn't have to be the frostbite capital of the world
Severe frostbite injuries are entirely preventable - together, let’s work towards a city where no one gets left out in the cold.
edmontonjournal.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc
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DULF is a humanist organization that has saved lives. They did what the government has failed to do & regulated the drugs people were already using. That same government is charging them with crimes for not sitting idly by & watching more people die preventable deaths from an unregulated drug supply
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
DULF is a humanist organization that has saved lives. They did what the government has failed to do & regulated the drugs people were already using. That same government is charging them with crimes for not sitting idly by & watching more people die preventable deaths from an unregulated drug supply
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Street drugs have killed more than 18,600 BCers. DULF worked with cops, health authorities, feds to try and source, test and sell drugs with a known purity and potency to reduce overdose deaths.
Their strategy was saving lives.
Today they were found guilty of trafficking.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Their strategy was saving lives.
Today they were found guilty of trafficking.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum didn’t have permission to sell tested drugs despite good intentions, court finds.
thetyee.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Street drugs have killed more than 18,600 BCers. DULF worked with cops, health authorities, feds to try and source, test and sell drugs with a known purity and potency to reduce overdose deaths.
Their strategy was saving lives.
Today they were found guilty of trafficking.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Their strategy was saving lives.
Today they were found guilty of trafficking.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Alberta's respiratory virus update👇
COVID:
In hosp now: 67/1 icu
Total hosp: 394/21 icu
Total deaths: 36
Positivity: 6.5%
FLU:
In hosp now: 25/3 icu
Total hosp: 112/8 icu
Total deaths: 1
Pos: 3.4%
RSV...starting to tick up
Data here: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
COVID:
In hosp now: 67/1 icu
Total hosp: 394/21 icu
Total deaths: 36
Positivity: 6.5%
FLU:
In hosp now: 25/3 icu
Total hosp: 112/8 icu
Total deaths: 1
Pos: 3.4%
RSV...starting to tick up
Data here: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Alberta's respiratory virus update👇
COVID:
In hosp now: 67/1 icu
Total hosp: 394/21 icu
Total deaths: 36
Positivity: 6.5%
FLU:
In hosp now: 25/3 icu
Total hosp: 112/8 icu
Total deaths: 1
Pos: 3.4%
RSV...starting to tick up
Data here: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
COVID:
In hosp now: 67/1 icu
Total hosp: 394/21 icu
Total deaths: 36
Positivity: 6.5%
FLU:
In hosp now: 25/3 icu
Total hosp: 112/8 icu
Total deaths: 1
Pos: 3.4%
RSV...starting to tick up
Data here: www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo...
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Police say a tanker is leaking bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River after crashing Thursday morning.
Tanker leaking bitumen into North Saskatchewan River after crash
Police say a tanker is leaking bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River after crashing Thursday morning.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Police say a tanker is leaking bitumen into the North Saskatchewan River after crashing Thursday morning.
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"He also said that the rise of nitazenes reflects a larger problem with unregulated drugs. “As long as it’s unregulated, there’s going to continue to be volatility in it,” he said...he stressed the importance of regulation and expanding safer supply as interventions to make substances ... safer."
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"He also said that the rise of nitazenes reflects a larger problem with unregulated drugs. “As long as it’s unregulated, there’s going to continue to be volatility in it,” he said...he stressed the importance of regulation and expanding safer supply as interventions to make substances ... safer."
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"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
Potent synthetic opioid in counterfeit pills across Greater Victoria
Nitazene, estimated to be between 5 and 8 times stronger than fentanyl, has begun appearing in counterfeit prescription pills across the city
martlet.ca
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
martlet.ca/potent-synth...
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
"Government intervention in medical decision-making has limited access to pharmaceutical-grade opioid tablets, [so] 'It’s not surprising that people are going to seek those tablets elsewhere.'"
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if you’re baffled by how trump plans to lower overdose deaths, you’re not alone. it’s pretty clear he doesn’t know what he’s fighting against. as usual, it’s not about the drugs at all. my latest for @salon.com
www.salon.com/2025/11/05/d...
www.salon.com/2025/11/05/d...
Donald Trump doesn’t understand the drug war he’s fighting
The president's war on fentanyl is just another way to expand state power and inflame fear
www.salon.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
if you’re baffled by how trump plans to lower overdose deaths, you’re not alone. it’s pretty clear he doesn’t know what he’s fighting against. as usual, it’s not about the drugs at all. my latest for @salon.com
www.salon.com/2025/11/05/d...
www.salon.com/2025/11/05/d...
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As we ready for the UCP's 2nd pre-emptice use of the notwithstanding clause in as many weeks, let's clarify what this means.
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As we ready for the UCP's 2nd pre-emptice use of the notwithstanding clause in as many weeks, let's clarify what this means.
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
1️⃣ The move is constitutional. They *can* invoke it.
2️⃣ The UCP is not *required* to do this. There are other means to pass the law.
3️⃣ They should not use it, in my view.🧵
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this is why regulation over these industries is required
the DEA's decision to not ban kratom was a good one (would've exacerbated the OD crisis)
but an unregulated market will always produce dangerous products for consumers
the DEA's decision to not ban kratom was a good one (would've exacerbated the OD crisis)
but an unregulated market will always produce dangerous products for consumers
Kratom drinks like “Feel Free” are being sold in gas stations and going viral on TikTok, but they’re not as harmless as they look.
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#PublicHealth #KratomAlert #WellnessCulture #AddictionAwareness #NaturalDoesntMeanSafe #HarmReduction #Kratom #Wellness
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#PublicHealth #KratomAlert #WellnessCulture #AddictionAwareness #NaturalDoesntMeanSafe #HarmReduction #Kratom #Wellness
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
this is why regulation over these industries is required
the DEA's decision to not ban kratom was a good one (would've exacerbated the OD crisis)
but an unregulated market will always produce dangerous products for consumers
the DEA's decision to not ban kratom was a good one (would've exacerbated the OD crisis)
but an unregulated market will always produce dangerous products for consumers
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drug prohibition is a policy choice
#Kelowna - Kelowna planning staff support proposed wine village in the McKinley area www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...
Kelowna planning staff support proposed wine village in the McKinley area - Kelowna News
A planned wine village near the McKinley Village has the support of city planning staff.
www.castanet.net
October 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
drug prohibition is a policy choice
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Oh, hi! I’m at the Legislature. Students & people with disabilities are here and both are protesting the UCP. Folks are not happy. Just thought I would let you know. Have a great day! #yeg #ableg #education #teachers #students #disability #protest #ucp #photojournalism #yegactivist #yegphotographer
October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oh, hi! I’m at the Legislature. Students & people with disabilities are here and both are protesting the UCP. Folks are not happy. Just thought I would let you know. Have a great day! #yeg #ableg #education #teachers #students #disability #protest #ucp #photojournalism #yegactivist #yegphotographer
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Halloween in the inner city...
These days, and probably always, in certain areas of town, celebrations and decorations are an extra, a luxury, an effort.
I will always stop and shoot that.
#UrbanGaze #photography #31DaysOfHalloween #autumn #spookyseason #downtown #yeg
These days, and probably always, in certain areas of town, celebrations and decorations are an extra, a luxury, an effort.
I will always stop and shoot that.
#UrbanGaze #photography #31DaysOfHalloween #autumn #spookyseason #downtown #yeg
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Halloween in the inner city...
These days, and probably always, in certain areas of town, celebrations and decorations are an extra, a luxury, an effort.
I will always stop and shoot that.
#UrbanGaze #photography #31DaysOfHalloween #autumn #spookyseason #downtown #yeg
These days, and probably always, in certain areas of town, celebrations and decorations are an extra, a luxury, an effort.
I will always stop and shoot that.
#UrbanGaze #photography #31DaysOfHalloween #autumn #spookyseason #downtown #yeg
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Book explores queer places and faces of Edmonton's downtown edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/10... #yeg
Book explores queer places and faces of Edmonton's downtown
A new book from the Edmonton Queer History Project details struggles, triumph, culture, and safe spaces in the city's downtown.
edmonton.taproot.news
October 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Book explores queer places and faces of Edmonton's downtown edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/10... #yeg
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Tonight's moves by the UCP are part of a trend: shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy toward illiberalism.
"Populists like Smith often invoke freedom, but their concept of it is tied to loyalty to the dominant group rather than universal liberties.+
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"Populists like Smith often invoke freedom, but their concept of it is tied to loyalty to the dominant group rather than universal liberties.+
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Populism, freedom, and democracy in Alberta (and beyond)
Lessons from my grade fiver's homework assignment
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tonight's moves by the UCP are part of a trend: shifting Alberta away from liberal democracy toward illiberalism.
"Populists like Smith often invoke freedom, but their concept of it is tied to loyalty to the dominant group rather than universal liberties.+
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
"Populists like Smith often invoke freedom, but their concept of it is tied to loyalty to the dominant group rather than universal liberties.+
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
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Another egregious use of the notwithstanding clause. The right wing populist governments in this country are a scourge.
"The bill also includes penalties of up to $500 per day for teachers as well as organizations that disobey the back-to-work order."
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta introduces back-to-work legislation, imposes new contract to end teachers strike
The Alberta government is ordering thousands of striking teachers back to work and imposing a four-year collective contract.
edmontonjournal.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Another egregious use of the notwithstanding clause. The right wing populist governments in this country are a scourge.
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Let's be clear about what happened today.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.
Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Let's be clear about what happened today.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.
Premier Smith introduced a bill to strip Albertans of Charter rights,
denied MLAs the opportunity to debate it and the courts the ability to scrutinize it,
and did all of this from her seat on a jet to Saudi Arabia.