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Too much warrior not enough poet. Science over Dogma | Harm Reduction | Human Rights | Anti-Fascist | Queer | Unwelcome Settler | Anti-Racist | Lover of the Library | Pro-Choice | Accomplice | Central Albertan | Lyric and Moki's🐶, Whimsy🐈 & Wild's🐈‍⬛ mom
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Shay (she/her) @shayrd.bsky.social · Feb 27
Media Release: February 27, 2025

Alberta’s proposed involuntary treatment legislation a threat to public health

#abpoli #HumanRights #CPHA #DrugPoli
www.cpha.ca/alberta-invo...
This screenshot of the media release says: Evidence from jurisdictions with involuntary treatment policies shows that compulsory treatment does not reduce drug-related harms, improve long-term health outcomes, or prevent overdose deaths. CPHA’s 2025 position statement on the toxic drug crisis underscores that involuntary treatment can increase the risk of fatal overdose upon release, violate human rights, and deter people from seeking voluntary health care. Further, forced treatment disproportionately affects structurally disadvantaged populations and reinforces stigma and discrimination against people who use substances. Alberta’s current emphasis on involuntary treatment makes no sense given the difficulties and long wait lists faced by individuals seeking voluntary treatment for substance use disorders.
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
This infographic is pretty impressive.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
hope50.bsky.social hope50.bsky.social @hope50.bsky.social · 16d
Wonder how this investigation is going? Seems really really quiet.

#abpoli
#Alberta
#corruptcare
#MraicheControversy
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
shayrd.bsky.social
Trump's America is not a “safe” country for anyone.

That's why Canada must to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders. Sign the petition now:
you.leadnow.ca/petitions/st...
Stand up to Trump: End the Safe Third Country Agreement
Sign the petition calling on Canada to end the Safe Third Country agreement, and reopen legal pathways for those who seek asylum at our borders.
you.leadnow.ca
February 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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hollymathias.bsky.social
📣 New Report: Unpaid family caregivers are doing essential and often invisible work. Our new community report 🧪shares what caregiving looks like for families supporting people who use drugs in rural Western Canada.

Read more: static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac64...
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
shayrd.bsky.social
-Handmade green beaded key chain with important key.
-2 beloved silver rings taken off and put in a special place while on a #Westjet flight.
Please advise.
This hand drawn image is titled Where is the Thing? It shows a pie chart with 50% labelled Carelessly set down I forgot where) and 50% Deliberately put in special place (I forget where)
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
"America is an oil company with an army."

—George Carlin
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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janeteremenko.bsky.social
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
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itsmeserenat.bsky.social
This gov't does not deserve any of the good art anymore, so here's a stupidly drawn cat flipping the bird at our Premier. #abpoli
Rough, sketchy drawing of a cat giving the middle finger. It is directed at Premier Danielle Smith. Text on the image reads: "Everyday in Berta: How fucking dare you, Smith."
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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judy-bug.bsky.social
Adriana LaGrange
Minister of Primary & Preventative Health Services

Ph: 780 427-3665
Fax: 780 415-0961
E-mail: PPHS.Minister@gov.ab.ca

#Cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #RedDeer #Alberta #yyc #yeg #UCP #AxeTheVaxTax #Vaccines #Measles #UCP #CorruptCare #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #RecallThemAll #CanadaSky
sharifhajimla.bsky.social Sharif Haji @sharifhajimla.bsky.social · Nov 14
Vaccine preventable diseases are back such as Measles.

This is a critical moment for Alberta's public health leadership.

I have written to Minister LaGrange outlining the necessary public health steps needed.

Read my full letter to the Minister.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Calgary police are on a rampage downtown, using drones to find people and clear them off streets. Posting photos of unhoused folks they arrest (see twitter).

It’s collective punishment for social disorder and violence they have failed to improve with prior violence.

Film the cops if you see them.
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
shayrd.bsky.social
Right!
evoneuro.bsky.social Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · Nov 6
I normally watch V for Vendetta every Nov 5th, but much of it now feels like a documentary or at the very least imminent foreshadowing.
#abpoli
a man with a mask and a hat says remember remember the 5th of november
ALT: a man with a mask and a hat says remember remember the 5th of november
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak. A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn, by @monicakidd.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca
How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus
A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn
thewalrus.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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nandanainthegarden.bsky.social
Hey #UCP the #homeless population is vulnerable in winter! Match the funding in #yeg. Screw your #abpolice stupidity! Quit starving, renaming and screwing with #publichealthcare #education. Rethink other money-sucking idiocy under your mismanagement. #PeopleBeforeProfit #ableg #FascistCons #ab
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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huntstudioc.bsky.social
#AbPoli #Ableg Why? You hard-hearted b&@ches?
sharonrmecfs.bsky.social SharonR_MECFS 🇨🇦 @sharonrmecfs.bsky.social · Nov 1
Why do Danielle Smith and Adrianna LaGrange hate Indigenous women and children soooooo much?

What did they ever do to them? #Abpoli #Ableg
thebreakdownab.bsky.social The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · Nov 1
“The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-cuts...
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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forestwife.bsky.social
we are the granddaughters of the monsters you couldn't mash
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-cuts...
Alberta cuts funding mid-year to program for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence - Alberta Native News
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous...
www.albertanativenews.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
shayrd.bsky.social
I'm on a #HarmReductiom panel tomorrow 🌙.
You do not have to be a social worker to attend. #Free #abpoli

www.myswaa.ca/events/swaa-...
SWAA HARM REDUCTION PANEL — Social Workers Association of Alberta
Join us for a panel discussion with provincial experts as we explore the concepts of harm reduction, current barriers, and how social workers can consider their practice in light of these concepts.
www.myswaa.ca
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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nrvscrcts.bsky.social
"Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause continues an alarming trend of provincial governments putting political expediency ahead of people’s human rights." #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Amnesty International Canada condemns Alberta government’s use of notwithstanding clause in Bill 2
Alberta's use of the notwithstanding clause in Bill 2 means that courts won’t be able to strike down the law even if it violates the Charter.
amnesty.ca
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
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...
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 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Rakhi Pancholi came out swinging on the Wyant Report and highlighted all of its flaws and shortcomings…

It’s worth remembering she’s a lawyer as she takes Danielle Smith’s spin apart.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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ritzmotu.bsky.social
read it... riiiiiight... more like more time to find the black markers... #ableg #abpoli #firetheUCP #publicinquirynow
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
shayrd.bsky.social
Hey Red Deer #abpoli

youtube.com/live/6Lvtlrh...
Red Deer ED Network Municipal Election Candidate Forum
YouTube video by Red Deer Public Library
youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“a new report shows teachers in Alberta are the most stressed in the world, and their workload is among the most demanding.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta teachers among the world's most stressed, new report shows
ATA president Jason Schilling said the report shows his agency’s findings that teachers feel stressed out, overworked and underappreciated.
edmontonjournal.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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mondoab.bsky.social
'“It is not too much to ask that the premier of Alberta demonstrate the same level of respect for the mayor of Calgary and Calgary city council that she demands from the prime minister,” he said."

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Braid: Upstart Calgary Party aims to boot the province out of city hall business
The Calgary Party and mayoral candidate Brian Thiessen say the big issue is provincial intrusion into city hall by Premier Danielle Smith.
calgaryherald.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
shayrd.bsky.social
Results are coming in....
angusreid.org/alberta-teac...
October 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM