Derek
@deadbolt23.bsky.social
Retired journalist at CBC, CTV, Global
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From @raghu-venugopal.bsky.social
The Canadian Medical Association condemns Alberta's privatization of healthcare.
"The evidence from around the world is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse"
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
The Canadian Medical Association condemns Alberta's privatization of healthcare.
"The evidence from around the world is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse"
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
Alberta’s private health proposal will leave more Albertans waiting longer for care: CMA
Doctors across Canada are deeply concerned that the Alberta government’s proposed private care plan will leave more Albertans waiting even longer to access health care.
www.cma.ca
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
From @raghu-venugopal.bsky.social
The Canadian Medical Association condemns Alberta's privatization of healthcare.
"The evidence from around the world is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse"
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
The Canadian Medical Association condemns Alberta's privatization of healthcare.
"The evidence from around the world is clear: where a parallel private health system operates, both health outcomes and access to care are worse"
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
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The media needs to stop rwading the government's talking points on Bill 10.
Aside from jury duty and voting, I have yet to find a single provincial program or service that requires Albertans to verify their citizenship.
So how does this remove red tape?
Aside from jury duty and voting, I have yet to find a single provincial program or service that requires Albertans to verify their citizenship.
So how does this remove red tape?
2️⃣ Services: Most provincial programs care about residency/immigration status, not citizenship. Non-citizen residents get health care, income supports, student aid, etc. A citizenship flag risks becoming a future gatekeeping tool, not a service “streamliner.”
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The media needs to stop rwading the government's talking points on Bill 10.
Aside from jury duty and voting, I have yet to find a single provincial program or service that requires Albertans to verify their citizenship.
So how does this remove red tape?
Aside from jury duty and voting, I have yet to find a single provincial program or service that requires Albertans to verify their citizenship.
So how does this remove red tape?
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Ben Mulroney said in his podcast this week that the left is far more toxic on social media than the right is and now I'm really wondering what the heck people are writing on Ben's MySpace page.
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ben Mulroney said in his podcast this week that the left is far more toxic on social media than the right is and now I'm really wondering what the heck people are writing on Ben's MySpace page.
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Way to go! 🔥👍💯❤️👏
This 14-year-old girl hands Megyn Kelly her ass for her utterly disgusting minimization of child sexual abuse.
You go girl! #cdnpoli
This 14-year-old girl hands Megyn Kelly her ass for her utterly disgusting minimization of child sexual abuse.
You go girl! #cdnpoli
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Way to go! 🔥👍💯❤️👏
This 14-year-old girl hands Megyn Kelly her ass for her utterly disgusting minimization of child sexual abuse.
You go girl! #cdnpoli
This 14-year-old girl hands Megyn Kelly her ass for her utterly disgusting minimization of child sexual abuse.
You go girl! #cdnpoli
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Alberta's Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners | The Tyee
Two firms that invested far less are getting $238 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.
thetyee.ca
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Alberta's Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
This is a fascinating story. Enjoy
WWI soldiers' messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later
apnews.com/article/aust...
WWI soldiers' messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later
apnews.com/article/aust...
WWI soldiers' messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later
Messages in a bottle written by two World War I soldiers have been discovered on Australia's coast. The Brown family found the bottle on Oct. 9 at Wharton Beach in Western Australia.
apnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is a fascinating story. Enjoy
WWI soldiers' messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later
apnews.com/article/aust...
WWI soldiers' messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later
apnews.com/article/aust...
Some great news!
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Alberta beef entering Mexico’s Costco market where U.S. cuts once reigned | CBC News
Alberta beef is now stocked in the meat section of Costco Mexico's 41 locations, joining a host of other Canadian products on the shelves of the retail giant in the country. Agriculture Minister Heath...
www.cbc.ca
October 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Some great news!
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
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**SIGH**
Will the world ever be civil again?
Will the world ever be civil again?
Council, mayoral candidates say they are dealing with growing incivility on the campaign trail
In the final stretch of the civic election campaign, some council candidates say they are dealing with incivility -- from the public, including incidents of racism, bigotry and sexist remarks.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
**SIGH**
Will the world ever be civil again?
Will the world ever be civil again?
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I support Alberta teachers!!!!
As do so many other Calgarians, apparently!
1/2
As do so many other Calgarians, apparently!
1/2
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I support Alberta teachers!!!!
As do so many other Calgarians, apparently!
1/2
As do so many other Calgarians, apparently!
1/2
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Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air.
stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...
stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...
Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health?
Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It̵…
stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air.
stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...
stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...
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“The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that directly interferes in the clinical care of patients.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
CMA calls on Alberta government to refrain from using notwithstanding clause to interfere with patient care
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that directly interferes in the clinical care of patient...
www.cma.ca
September 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“The Canadian Medical Association calls on the Alberta government to refrain from invoking the notwithstanding clause to enact legislation that directly interferes in the clinical care of patients.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cma.ca/about-us/wha...
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i’m super easily overwhelmed & probably just not following folks who did it, but big props to everyone who *didn’t* hatewatch the bigot funeral today because you did something better with your life & you can’t control what those frothing assholes do with themselves.
September 22, 2025 at 4:10 AM
i’m super easily overwhelmed & probably just not following folks who did it, but big props to everyone who *didn’t* hatewatch the bigot funeral today because you did something better with your life & you can’t control what those frothing assholes do with themselves.
Everyone enjoy this story. Thank you Mike Armstrong for some powerful storytelling about a truly great Canadian Canadien!
One man’s thank you to Habs legend Ken Dryden globalnews.ca/video/114082...
One man’s thank you to Habs legend Ken Dryden globalnews.ca/video/114082...
One man’s thank you to Habs legend Ken Dryden | Watch News Videos Online
Watch One man’s thank you to Habs legend Ken Dryden Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
globalnews.ca
September 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Everyone enjoy this story. Thank you Mike Armstrong for some powerful storytelling about a truly great Canadian Canadien!
One man’s thank you to Habs legend Ken Dryden globalnews.ca/video/114082...
One man’s thank you to Habs legend Ken Dryden globalnews.ca/video/114082...
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Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
August 7, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Stephen Colbert is going SCORCHED EARTH right now. To RFK Jr: “Fuck you, you roid-addled nepo carnie! Fuck you, you roadkill-munching Luddite human slim jim!”
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Is anyone surprised?
The fact is Canadians aren't going to buy your product anyway.
We will buy produce from countries under the rule of law.
#boycott
www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/u...
The fact is Canadians aren't going to buy your product anyway.
We will buy produce from countries under the rule of law.
#boycott
www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/u...
Deportation fallout: This farmer lost half his workforce. Now he’s losing his crop too | CNN
Ian Chandler’s Oregon cherries are dying on the branch — not because of bad weather, disease or blight, but because there is no one to pick them, a fact he links to the ongoing immigration crackdown.
www.cnn.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Is anyone surprised?
The fact is Canadians aren't going to buy your product anyway.
We will buy produce from countries under the rule of law.
#boycott
www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/u...
The fact is Canadians aren't going to buy your product anyway.
We will buy produce from countries under the rule of law.
#boycott
www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/u...
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maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
maybe there's still some good left in this world after all
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Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.
July 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Just so’s we’re all clear, almost 3/4 of everything we buy from Europe is now 15% more expensive.
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Dear Jeff Bezos …
July 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Dear Jeff Bezos …
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@rollingstone.com shows how its done. A shocking but not surprising number of news outlets ran with a version of this from the @nytimes.com: "Trump Urges Washington and Cleveland Sports Teams to Revert to Former Names" Leaving out the racism behind his latest scheme is propaganda, not journalism.
July 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
@rollingstone.com shows how its done. A shocking but not surprising number of news outlets ran with a version of this from the @nytimes.com: "Trump Urges Washington and Cleveland Sports Teams to Revert to Former Names" Leaving out the racism behind his latest scheme is propaganda, not journalism.
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RONALD ACUÑA JR. with the best throw I’ve ever seen. You won’t see anything better.
An absolute middle from deep right field 💣
#baseball #Braves #yankees #viral #tagafriend
An absolute middle from deep right field 💣
#baseball #Braves #yankees #viral #tagafriend
July 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
RONALD ACUÑA JR. with the best throw I’ve ever seen. You won’t see anything better.
An absolute middle from deep right field 💣
#baseball #Braves #yankees #viral #tagafriend
An absolute middle from deep right field 💣
#baseball #Braves #yankees #viral #tagafriend
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July 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM