Chelsea Shields
@chelsmshields.bsky.social
An enthusiast of good company, good food, good humor and a good book.
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Just about 30,000 people have signed the TransAction Alberta petition against Bill 9 and Premier Smith's use of the Notwithstanding Clause to erase the rights of more Albertans this week.
Will you be signature 30,000? transactionalberta.ca
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
Will you be signature 30,000? transactionalberta.ca
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Just about 30,000 people have signed the TransAction Alberta petition against Bill 9 and Premier Smith's use of the Notwithstanding Clause to erase the rights of more Albertans this week.
Will you be signature 30,000? transactionalberta.ca
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
Will you be signature 30,000? transactionalberta.ca
#ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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Today, government introduced Bill 9 legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to override a court ruling that protects youth access to gender-affirming care. This places government between a patient and their physician, undermining clinical autonomy. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today, government introduced Bill 9 legislation invoking the notwithstanding clause to override a court ruling that protects youth access to gender-affirming care. This places government between a patient and their physician, undermining clinical autonomy. www.albertadoctors.org/news/publica...
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Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Should the economy be regulated by a democratic society to ensure that it creates opportunity and benefit for everyone? Or should it be a plaything for approximately a dozen of the world's most odious assholes? Who knows
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The rubble that Israel made of Gaza: “If you built a 12-metre wall around Central Park and filled it with rubble, that’s the amount that needs to be removed.” And it’s full of unexploded ordnance. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The grim task of recovering thousands of bodies from the rubble of Gaza
Relatives and experts tell of the human and societal need to find and identify the dead, while images and data shed light on the scale of the job
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The rubble that Israel made of Gaza: “If you built a 12-metre wall around Central Park and filled it with rubble, that’s the amount that needs to be removed.” And it’s full of unexploded ordnance. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Jen Gerson: Maybe this angry panel will fix it!
www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
Jen Gerson: Maybe this angry panel will fix it!
Alberta tries for Round 3 of the Fair Deal panel.
www.readtheline.ca
October 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Jen Gerson: Maybe this angry panel will fix it!
www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson...
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an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
October 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
an extraordinary person with an extraordinary legacy who nevertheless didn’t take herself too seriously
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
when Gary Larson published this cartoon, she was in Africa and her institute was horribly offended and drafted a complaint
the whole thing was defused when she returned - she found it funny
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Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
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Ordinary people outside hotels raging at ordinary people inside them: that’s the tragedy of this refugee controversy | Rowan Williams
Ordinary people outside hotels raging at ordinary people inside them: that’s the tragedy of this refugee controversy | Rowan Williams
Anyone who has met refugees sees the ordinariness of their hopes and dreams. If we reject their humanity, how can we be proud of ourselves, asks former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ordinary people outside hotels raging at ordinary people inside them: that’s the tragedy of this refugee controversy | Rowan Williams
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Summer used to be the season we waited all year for, but this year Canada has faced drought, extreme heat and wildfire from coast to coast. Sadness at what's lost is understandable, @balkissoon.bsky.social writes. But what if we tapped into our rage — or love — instead? thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep...
I have seasonal depression in the summer now | The Narwhal
Extreme heat, wildfires and pests — fuelled by climate change — threaten to make summer the worst season in Canada. It’s time to talk about it
thenarwhal.ca
August 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Summer used to be the season we waited all year for, but this year Canada has faced drought, extreme heat and wildfire from coast to coast. Sadness at what's lost is understandable, @balkissoon.bsky.social writes. But what if we tapped into our rage — or love — instead? thenarwhal.ca/seasonal-dep...
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“The Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want — hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation”
August 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“The Liberals are violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want — hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation”
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who revived her ailing political career by peddling conspiratorial COVID theories, has designed a program that is not only punitive but discriminatory, bureaucratic and Soviet in nature, writes Andrew Nikiforuk.
#abcovid #abpoli
#abcovid #abpoli
Alberta’s Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines | The Tyee
The virus hits the old and poor hardest. The province is erecting hurdles for granting them protection.
thetyee.ca
August 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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4 Ministries, 4 Agencies, burgeoning numbers of separate orgs, 7 corridors, 14 advisory councils, 1000s of clinical service providers...
AND ABSOLUTELY NO Integrated Operational Control of any of these entities.
NONE
NADA
"Chaos" is being kind...
buff.ly/VvOLqjk
AND ABSOLUTELY NO Integrated Operational Control of any of these entities.
NONE
NADA
"Chaos" is being kind...
buff.ly/VvOLqjk
July 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
4 Ministries, 4 Agencies, burgeoning numbers of separate orgs, 7 corridors, 14 advisory councils, 1000s of clinical service providers...
AND ABSOLUTELY NO Integrated Operational Control of any of these entities.
NONE
NADA
"Chaos" is being kind...
buff.ly/VvOLqjk
AND ABSOLUTELY NO Integrated Operational Control of any of these entities.
NONE
NADA
"Chaos" is being kind...
buff.ly/VvOLqjk
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First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities
Results align with other efforts to count the number of people killed amid the ongoing conflict.
www.nature.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
First independent survey of deaths in Gaza reports more than 80,000 fatalities www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com
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What’s at the heart of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s separation rhetoric? Oil.
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
Alberta separatism plan is really about oil | The Narwhal
The Free Alberta Strategy has driven Danielle Smith’s government from the outset, a plan to back oil and gas even if it means breaking up Canada
thenarwhal.ca
May 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What’s at the heart of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s separation rhetoric? Oil.
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.
thenarwhal.ca/free-alberta...
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As Carney and Poilievre vie for votes, their promises to cut taxes for the middle class seem tailored to quell the anxieties of a middle class whose financial security is no longer a given.
But the relief these pledges offer is momentary and could further tatter our social safety net.
But the relief these pledges offer is momentary and could further tatter our social safety net.
What Happened to Poverty as an Election Issue? | The Tyee
As politicians fixate on an anxious middle class, millions of Canadians are left out of the conversation.
thetyee.ca
April 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As Carney and Poilievre vie for votes, their promises to cut taxes for the middle class seem tailored to quell the anxieties of a middle class whose financial security is no longer a given.
But the relief these pledges offer is momentary and could further tatter our social safety net.
But the relief these pledges offer is momentary and could further tatter our social safety net.
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Kids suffering from cancer, being denied popsicles got the govt's attention... but sadly our seniors dying alone in our EDs, after days of being officially stranded and no in-pt care teams "responsible" doesn't seem to register.
We desperately need to do better AB.
14/14
We desperately need to do better AB.
14/14
April 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Kids suffering from cancer, being denied popsicles got the govt's attention... but sadly our seniors dying alone in our EDs, after days of being officially stranded and no in-pt care teams "responsible" doesn't seem to register.
We desperately need to do better AB.
14/14
We desperately need to do better AB.
14/14
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@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: In a statement in response to bombshell allegations that provincial officials improperly pressured Alberta Health Services to sign bad deals with private contractors, Danielle Smith took to social media Saturday to channel Richard Nixon and declare herself not a crook.
Danielle Smith’s Troubling Response to AHS Corruption Allegations | The Tyee
The premier denies doing anything wrong, but doesn’t seek an independent inquiry.
thetyee.ca
February 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: In a statement in response to bombshell allegations that provincial officials improperly pressured Alberta Health Services to sign bad deals with private contractors, Danielle Smith took to social media Saturday to channel Richard Nixon and declare herself not a crook.
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Believe it or not, the Alberta government has quietly lifted the coal moratorium, once again exposing Eastern Slopes headwaters to exploitation and destruction. Join the fight to reverse this disastrous decision: saveourslopes.ca
Restore Alberta's Coal Mining Ban Now
Against the overwhelming will of the people, the Alberta government has quietly lifted the coal moratorium, once again exposing these critical headwaters to exploration and destruction.
saveourslopes.ca
January 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Believe it or not, the Alberta government has quietly lifted the coal moratorium, once again exposing Eastern Slopes headwaters to exploitation and destruction. Join the fight to reverse this disastrous decision: saveourslopes.ca
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My latest for the @theguardian.com:
"These fires are a reckoning that begins with the question: Are fossil fuels liberating us, or holding us hostage?"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #lafires
"These fires are a reckoning that begins with the question: Are fossil fuels liberating us, or holding us hostage?"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #lafires
We built our world with fire. Now heat is destroying our lives | John Vaillant
We fell in love with the power and speed that fossil fuels brought us. But the price being paid in California, and around the world, has become too high
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
My latest for the @theguardian.com:
"These fires are a reckoning that begins with the question: Are fossil fuels liberating us, or holding us hostage?"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #lafires
"These fires are a reckoning that begins with the question: Are fossil fuels liberating us, or holding us hostage?"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #lafires
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🎪 Danielle Smith's puppet municipal political party has launched in Calgary 👎
➡️https://www.projectcalgary.org/billionaires_first
➡️https://www.projectcalgary.org/billionaires_first
December 11, 2024 at 7:23 PM
🎪 Danielle Smith's puppet municipal political party has launched in Calgary 👎
➡️https://www.projectcalgary.org/billionaires_first
➡️https://www.projectcalgary.org/billionaires_first
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If you watch something today please take time to watch my thoughts on the crisis facing Canadian democracy.
We are in deeply uncertain times and parliament is failing to step up beyond dumbed down partisanship.
Democracy is not meeting the crisis of the time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...
We are in deeply uncertain times and parliament is failing to step up beyond dumbed down partisanship.
Democracy is not meeting the crisis of the time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...
Charlie Angus on State of Democracy In a Beavis/Butthead Parliament
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:55 PM
If you watch something today please take time to watch my thoughts on the crisis facing Canadian democracy.
We are in deeply uncertain times and parliament is failing to step up beyond dumbed down partisanship.
Democracy is not meeting the crisis of the time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...
We are in deeply uncertain times and parliament is failing to step up beyond dumbed down partisanship.
Democracy is not meeting the crisis of the time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHPL...
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"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Yes, it's a genocide
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 2:26 PM
"And once you come to this conclusion you cannot remain silent."
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as
Location: Parliament Square, London (sound on)
youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as