Cara Humphreys she/her
@carahumphreys.bsky.social
Pelvic health and Orthopedic Physical Therapist
Lover of Dogs
Climate Activist
Politics Nerd
Lover of Dogs
Climate Activist
Politics Nerd
Pinned
We Are Canadian
YouTube video by Jeff Douglas
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Elbows up! WE ARE CANADIAN! youtu.be/_OzbmriDgQc
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Did you know Makary is using 45 year old, 34 year old, and 29 year old observational studies to spread disinformation about MHT? Ignoring newer, far better quality data is misogyny open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
Vintage Data, Modern Misinformation:
The FDA’s use of outdated studies and Makary’s inaccurate all-cause mortality claim, explained
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Did you know Makary is using 45 year old, 34 year old, and 29 year old observational studies to spread disinformation about MHT? Ignoring newer, far better quality data is misogyny open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
GIFT ARTICLE: Great explainer of the health care proposal in Alberta. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/32e348b...
Allowing doctors to practise in both public and private systems solves what exactly?
What Alberta is proposing may sound good superficially, but it makes no sense in the Canadian context
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
GIFT ARTICLE: Great explainer of the health care proposal in Alberta. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/32e348b...
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #raven #mcoupephotography
#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #raven #mcoupephotography
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #raven #mcoupephotography
#birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #birding #nikon #raven #mcoupephotography
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When a clown moves into the palace, he doesn’t become a king; the palace becomes a circus.
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When a clown moves into the palace, he doesn’t become a king; the palace becomes a circus.
Bean is 10 months old. She is amazingly smart and sweet.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Bean is 10 months old. She is amazingly smart and sweet.
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A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A complete, connected, comfortable network of protected bike-lanes is a climate mitigation strategy. It’s a healthy cities strategy. It’s a social equity strategy. It’s an affordability strategy. It’s an economic devt strategy. It’s a smart mobility & space saving strategy.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Etc.
Etc. Etc. Etc.
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I'm hopeful for change here in #Kamloops. I'm sure the city is trying, but it has been gradually getting worse in our area over the last year. Some refuse housing as they don't want rules. They are allowed to create street disorder without consequence which impacts everyone around them.
GIFT
GIFT
Have Victoria’s millions made a difference on Pandora Avenue? The Globe returns to check
The B.C. capital’s efforts to address public safety are heavy on ambition – but it isn’t yet clear whether they’re making an impact
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm hopeful for change here in #Kamloops. I'm sure the city is trying, but it has been gradually getting worse in our area over the last year. Some refuse housing as they don't want rules. They are allowed to create street disorder without consequence which impacts everyone around them.
GIFT
GIFT
I wonder if we get less PET scans because our Drs don't refer as often as they are less accessible to people here, or if we truly don't need them. The province should, at least, wire for a PET scanner and reserve a space for one. 🙄
Kamloops area recording about half as many scans as comparable Nanaimo, BC Cancer stats show #Kamloops
Kamloops area recording about half as many scans as comparable Nanaimo, BC Cancer stats show - Kamloops News
www.castanetkamloops.net
November 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I wonder if we get less PET scans because our Drs don't refer as often as they are less accessible to people here, or if we truly don't need them. The province should, at least, wire for a PET scanner and reserve a space for one. 🙄
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"...BC Assessment had worked on the policy with an industry group that includes Enbridge, TC Energy, and Trans Mountain, representing about 90 per cent of the pipelines in B.C. by value."
So... are we letting them decide how much tax they should pay, or?
#BCPoli
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
So... are we letting them decide how much tax they should pay, or?
#BCPoli
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
‘Disgusting’: Plan to slash B.C. pipelines’ taxable value could hit local revenues
Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says she’ll look into a plan by BC Assessment that would cut the taxable value of pipeline and other projects in a move that has angered some local officials.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"...BC Assessment had worked on the policy with an industry group that includes Enbridge, TC Energy, and Trans Mountain, representing about 90 per cent of the pipelines in B.C. by value."
So... are we letting them decide how much tax they should pay, or?
#BCPoli
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
So... are we letting them decide how much tax they should pay, or?
#BCPoli
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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New from me. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little tired of Canada being treated like a toy at a spoiled rich kid’s birthday party, so I wrote about Pete Hoekstra’s public meltdown in Ottawa this week.
November 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New from me. I don’t know about you, but I’m getting a little tired of Canada being treated like a toy at a spoiled rich kid’s birthday party, so I wrote about Pete Hoekstra’s public meltdown in Ottawa this week.
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Remember when Danielle Smith condemned the "arrogance" of a government for passing laws in a matter of days?
Now she's rammed through a law stripping teachers' charter rights in a single day.
Seems the "democratic process" no longer matters to her now that she's in power.
#ableg #abpoli
Now she's rammed through a law stripping teachers' charter rights in a single day.
Seems the "democratic process" no longer matters to her now that she's in power.
#ableg #abpoli
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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This is an important thread 🧵
Get vaccinated
Get vaccinated
Canadian COVID Forecast: Oct 25 - Nov 7, 2025
SEVERE: NB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, ON, PEI
HIGH: QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 126 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
SEVERE: NB, NS, SK
VERY HIGH: CAN, AB, BC, MB, NL, North, ON, PEI
HIGH: QC
MODERATE: none
About 1 in 126 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
October 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This is an important thread 🧵
Get vaccinated
Get vaccinated
Worth a listen. I found this was helpful for me to understand where we are going and how Carney is thinking. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Mark Carney: ‘I’ve Learned Lots of Things From Trump’
The Canadian prime minister talks about renegotiating trade deals under Trump, balancing climate goals with oil revenue and why Canada can’t afford to let Washington lead.
www.bloomberg.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Worth a listen. I found this was helpful for me to understand where we are going and how Carney is thinking. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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If—and this is a huge "if"—it allows the unilateral presidential imposition of tariffs at all, IEEPA does so only in the context of an "unusual and extraordinary threat ... to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States."
Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?
Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?
BREAKING: Trump says he's punishing Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down an anti-tariff ad sooner.
Trump punishes Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner
President Donald Trump says he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario.
bit.ly
October 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If—and this is a huge "if"—it allows the unilateral presidential imposition of tariffs at all, IEEPA does so only in the context of an "unusual and extraordinary threat ... to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States."
Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?
Which of those is "Trump got his feelings hurt"?
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The Conservatives have launched their Charlie Kirk imitation tour.
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Inside one Conservative MP’s ‘Restore the North’ tour, a Canadian take on Charlie Kirk’s movement | CBC News
By asking how to 'restore the North,' Conservative MP Jamil Jivani hopes to expand Charlie Kirk's U.S. campus tour movement — and ignite a national conversation here in Canada.
www.cbc.ca
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The Conservatives have launched their Charlie Kirk imitation tour.
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
In a fluff piece, CBC casually mentions that it it supported by youth from a group demanding the forcible deportation of millions from Canada.
CBC presents it as "counter culture."
No.
That's hate.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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The US is no longer an ally of Europe.
Say it again, slowly, appreciate the consequences and start planning accordingly.
Say it again, slowly, appreciate the consequences and start planning accordingly.
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin.
More European countries will follow.
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
More European countries will follow.
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
DPG Media Privacy Gate
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The US is no longer an ally of Europe.
Say it again, slowly, appreciate the consequences and start planning accordingly.
Say it again, slowly, appreciate the consequences and start planning accordingly.
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"“We are saddened by the lack of support for women’s health provincially, and devastated that we have come to this point in Kamloops,” the letter reads."
'No viable way forward'; RIH's seven obstetricians plan mass resignation #Kamloops
'No viable way forward'; RIH's seven obstetricians plan mass resignation - Kamloops News
www.castanetkamloops.net
October 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"“We are saddened by the lack of support for women’s health provincially, and devastated that we have come to this point in Kamloops,” the letter reads."
🤢 Humans suck.
OpenAI 2022- ChatGPT will cure cancer and solve the climate crisis
OpenAI 2025- ChatGPT will tell you that your dick is the biggest it’s ever seen
www.axios.com/2025/10/14/o...
OpenAI 2025- ChatGPT will tell you that your dick is the biggest it’s ever seen
www.axios.com/2025/10/14/o...
Sam Altman says OpenAI will allow erotica for adult users
"As part of our 'treat adult users like adults' principle, we will allow...erotica for verified adults."
www.axios.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🤢 Humans suck.
#Kamloops I have worked with these specialist surgeons for many years as I have a focus on women's health, pelvic pain and pre/post pregnancy care in my practice. They will be sorely missed by our community and I hope that rather than replacing them, IHA finds some way to keep them.
All seven obstetrician-gynecologists at Kamloops hospital resign
“It is fairly unprecedented for an entire group of physicians to depart, but with the state of obstetrics in our community…we see no viable way forward.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
“It is fairly unprecedented for an entire group of physicians to depart, but with the state of obstetrics in our community…we see no viable way forward.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
Seven OB/GYNs at B.C. hospital resign, citing unsafe workloads, lack of support
Years of challenges have made the situation untenable, doctors say in letter obtained by The Globe
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#Kamloops I have worked with these specialist surgeons for many years as I have a focus on women's health, pelvic pain and pre/post pregnancy care in my practice. They will be sorely missed by our community and I hope that rather than replacing them, IHA finds some way to keep them.
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WAR-TORN PORTLAND
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
WAR-TORN PORTLAND
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A few PSAs from your friendly neighborhood pediatric shematologist
🩸vitamin k in newborns is lifesaving
🩸vaccines save lives
🩸no kid should drink more than 20 ounces of milk a day
🩸babies don’t need chiropractors
🩸home births can go south super quickly even in the very best of circumstances
🩸vitamin k in newborns is lifesaving
🩸vaccines save lives
🩸no kid should drink more than 20 ounces of milk a day
🩸babies don’t need chiropractors
🩸home births can go south super quickly even in the very best of circumstances
October 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A few PSAs from your friendly neighborhood pediatric shematologist
🩸vitamin k in newborns is lifesaving
🩸vaccines save lives
🩸no kid should drink more than 20 ounces of milk a day
🩸babies don’t need chiropractors
🩸home births can go south super quickly even in the very best of circumstances
🩸vitamin k in newborns is lifesaving
🩸vaccines save lives
🩸no kid should drink more than 20 ounces of milk a day
🩸babies don’t need chiropractors
🩸home births can go south super quickly even in the very best of circumstances
Definitely worth a read for those of us in #Kamloops who may not have been paying attention. It is interesting to see how the rest of the province interprets our melodrama.
So! Hamer-Jackson texted me after this story. "Great work in your story looks like you spent some time."
Said we had missed some stuff "but that is normal with so much going on."
Other readers (pro, con agnostic on RHJ) didn't feel like it was sympathetic to him.
Interesting and complex reactions
Said we had missed some stuff "but that is normal with so much going on."
Other readers (pro, con agnostic on RHJ) didn't feel like it was sympathetic to him.
Interesting and complex reactions
The definitive history of Kamloop's very own "Mayor of chaos" by @tyolsen.bsky.social and @castanet.net's Kristen Holliday #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Definitely worth a read for those of us in #Kamloops who may not have been paying attention. It is interesting to see how the rest of the province interprets our melodrama.
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NEW: I teamed up with @castanetkamloops.net to write this long in-depth account of Reid Hamer-Jackson's three years as mayor of Kamloops. I also talked to the unrepentant mayor for two hours.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Mayor of Chaos: How Kamloops Politics Became Infamous | The Tyee
Car dealer Reid Hamer-Jackson won office with charisma and ideas. Then the wheels came off.
thetyee.ca
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 AM
NEW: I teamed up with @castanetkamloops.net to write this long in-depth account of Reid Hamer-Jackson's three years as mayor of Kamloops. I also talked to the unrepentant mayor for two hours.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
I think this one is worth a read so here is a GIFT ARTICLE link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/32e348b... Enjoy!
October 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I think this one is worth a read so here is a GIFT ARTICLE link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/32e348b... Enjoy!
Trump wants to be dictator and is now threatening to jail other leaders who do not fall in line. It makes me sick that our PM was in DC yesterday kissing his ring and grovelling for a trade deal. We need to have some standards. We should be sanctioning the US, not partnering with them.
October 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Trump wants to be dictator and is now threatening to jail other leaders who do not fall in line. It makes me sick that our PM was in DC yesterday kissing his ring and grovelling for a trade deal. We need to have some standards. We should be sanctioning the US, not partnering with them.