Dennis Kendel
@kendel.bsky.social
Physician with deep interest in public policy strategies for optimizing population health and Primary Healthcare
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I'm Not Mad via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I’m Not Mad | The Tyee
How I went from anger to understanding after a voicemail mishap.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I'm Not Mad via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
An Unheeded Lesson from the First World War via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
An Unheeded Lesson from the First World War | The Tyee
Post-traumatic stress disorder has been misunderstood. But we can’t ignore its impacts.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
An Unheeded Lesson from the First World War via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney's Budget via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget | The Tyee
But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote?
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November 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney's Budget via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Impact of excessive social media use on adolescent depression and its consequences in France: An individual-based microsimulation model
Based on a individual-based microsimulation model of 18.6 million French adolescents, Nicolas Hoertel and colleagues examine whether excessive social media use contributes to rising adolescent depress...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Giving Birth in the Bush via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Giving Birth in the Bush | The Tyee
Deanna Barnhardt Kawatski is very pregnant and very far away from the nearest hospital. An excerpt from ‘Wilderness Mother.’
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October 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Giving Birth in the Bush via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Kinew’s hand-picked senior adviser on strategy to end homelessness resigns
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Kinew’s hand-picked senior adviser on strategy to end homelessness resigns
Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud, who was appointed to lead the province’s high-profile strategy to end chronic homelessness, has resigned only 10 months into the job. Blaikie Whitecloud confirmed Thursday th...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Kinew’s hand-picked senior adviser on strategy to end homelessness resigns
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'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicates the system faces being overwhelmed.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us. truthout.org/articles/i-a...
I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.
RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us. truthout.org/articles/i-a...
Seven obstetrician gynecologists resign from hospital in B.C. Interior canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/seven-obstet...
Seven obstetrician gynecologists resign from hospital in B.C. Interior
Interior Health vice-president of medicine Dr. Mark Masterson says the doctors make up the whole department, but he assured the public there will be no change to obstetric or gynecology services at th...
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October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Seven obstetrician gynecologists resign from hospital in B.C. Interior canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/seven-obstet...
B.C. set to open Western Canada’s first new medical school in decades canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/bc-set-open-...
B.C. set to open Western Canada’s first new medical school in decades
The initial class of 48 students will start at Simon Fraser University’s existing campus in Surrey, while construction of the permanent facility begins late next year and is expected to be ready for c...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
B.C. set to open Western Canada’s first new medical school in decades canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/bc-set-open-...
How Alberta threw away $1.5 billion on Keystone XL (www.sprawlcalgary.com/how-alberta-...)
How Alberta threw away $1.5 billion on Keystone XL | The Sprawl
Investors are wary of risky pipelines—so Kenney stepped in.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
How Alberta threw away $1.5 billion on Keystone XL (www.sprawlcalgary.com/how-alberta-...)
The Right-Wing Plan to Take Over Alberta Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Right-Wing Plan to Take Over Alberta Education | The Tyee
A new report zeroes in on the forces aiming to win control of school boards in next month’s elections.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Right-Wing Plan to Take Over Alberta Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Kazoo counterprotestors drown out anti-LGBTQ+ preacher’s hate rally www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/kazo...
Kazoo counterprotestors drown out anti-LGBTQ+ preacher's hate rally - LGBTQ Nation
The joyful counterprotest brought out around 200 people — there's even video!
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September 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Kazoo counterprotestors drown out anti-LGBTQ+ preacher’s hate rally www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/kazo...
Alberta's War on Kids and Classrooms via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Alberta’s War on Kids and Classrooms | The Tyee
The UCP’s policies read like dystopian fiction. And are a warning for BC.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Alberta's War on Kids and Classrooms via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
This long weekend, famous B.C. park Joffre Lakes is open. At what cost?: thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...
This long weekend, famous B.C. park Joffre Lakes is open. At what cost? | The Narwhal
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will open over Labour Day weekend against the wishes of First Nations, despite a co-management agreement with BC Parks
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August 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This long weekend, famous B.C. park Joffre Lakes is open. At what cost?: thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...
Now We Know the Payout for the Fired Fraser Health CEO via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
Now We Know the Payout for the Fired Fraser Health CEO | The Tyee
Dr. Victoria Lee’s severance is listed at $609,335, clearing up a mystery BC Conservatives raised in April.
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August 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Now We Know the Payout for the Fired Fraser Health CEO via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
The Theocratic Politics Behind a MAGA Preacher's Tour of Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
The Theocratic Politics Behind a MAGA Preacher’s Tour of Canada | The Tyee
Sean Feucht has called the government ‘tyrannical’ and warned of a ‘demon stronghold.’
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August 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Theocratic Politics Behind a MAGA Preacher's Tour of Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
Alberta's Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Alberta's Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Alberta's Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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.
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August 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Alberta's Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
BC Faces a Crisis in Long-Term Senior Care, Says Advocate via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
BC Faces a Crisis in Long-Term Senior Care, Says Advocate | The Tyee
The province is short 2,000 long-term care beds. Without action, the number will be 16,000 in 10 years, a new report warns.
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July 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BC Faces a Crisis in Long-Term Senior Care, Says Advocate via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
The Military Vet Who Could End Poilievre's Political Career via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Military Vet Who Could End Poilievre’s Political Career | The Tyee
Her fight is daunting, but indie candidate Bonnie Critchley isn’t one to back down.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Military Vet Who Could End Poilievre's Political Career via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Alberta Youth Have the Right to Books That Reflect Their Lives via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Alberta Youth Have the Right to Books That Reflect Their Lives | The Tyee
Including their sexuality.
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July 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Alberta Youth Have the Right to Books That Reflect Their Lives via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Regulator imposes restrictions on city surgeon following patient injuries
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Regulator imposes restrictions on obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Al-Moumen following patient injuries
A Winnipeg doctor specializing in obstetrics and gynecology has been reprimanded after he injured two women during surgical procedures, but he is being allowed to continue to work in the operating roo...
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July 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Regulator imposes restrictions on city surgeon following patient injuries
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