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Petra Schulz
@msthpetra.bsky.social
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#Activist fighting deadly drug policy.
🏳️‍⚧️ mom and ally.
Co-founder of Moms Stop The Harm. Member of 4B Harm Reduction Society
Guest on Treaty 6
#HarmReduction
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#YouAreSafeWithMe
#Canada #Alberta
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This photo was taken during the press conference for the opening of the consumption site at the RA Hospital in #yeg.
The photographer caught me in a private moment reflecting how such a site could saved Danny.
The closure of the SCS means more people suffer and more families mourn.
#ABpoli
Photo of me (older white woman with blond medium-length hair) in the atrium of the RA hospital, wearing a red dress holding a photo of my late son Danny. My eyes are closer in silent reflection.
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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A dark day in #AB!
Using the notwithstanding clause against #trans kids is an admission the the legislation is unconstitutional. To my family this is personal.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
#ABpoli
#TotalRecall #ABResist
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Image of my family. Our trans kid, their brother, my husband and our dog. We are at the AB legislature holding a LGBTQ2s+ flag.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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New profile pic.
Alberta, time to resist.
For kids, trans people, PWD, PWUD, seniors, teachers, health professionals, mountains, water, caribou…
For a province worth fighting for!
#Alberta #ABLeg #ABPoli #FireTheUCP #YEG #YYC
Image description: I would line up the map of Alberta, Alberta in red in front of a black background. Inside the Alberta map is a fist. Below the map, the word resist.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Open letter to Postmedia and @calgaryherald.com to call for the OpEd by @guyfelicella.bsky.social to be republished immediately. Silencing people with lived experience is not in keeping with journalistic standards silences us all.
#media #journalism #freespeech
drive.google.com/file/d/1rzKS...
Screenshot of letter P1 We, the undersigned, are writing to you in regard to an opinion article by Mr. Guy Felicella [ Reprinted here by the Breakdown ] that was published in the Calgary Herald on October 1, 2025, but was subsequently removed without this being communicated to the writer. We ask that this article is re-published immediately and that an apology is issued. Mr. Felicella wrote his article in response to a previous opinion piece by Mr. Marshall Smith , the former chief of staff of the Premier of Alberta, published in the Calgary Herald on September 23, 2025, entitled “Opinion: Banning public drug use is bold, courageous and obvious”. This letter does not mean to address the substance of Mr. Smith’s or Mr. Felicella’s articles, but rather the issue of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. As a person with considerable lived experience in substance use and as an advocate who bridges harm reduction and recovery, Mr. Felicella expressed his concern over Mr. Smith’s approach. In his article Mr. Felicella did not defame, slander or misrepresent facts. He offered a different perspective that is informed by lived experience of substance use, near death from toxic drugs and his recovery journey. Opinion sections in Canadian newspapers are supposed to offer differing opinions, not only those that are in line with the editorial board or of people with power and influence. This is clearly stated in the Ethics Guidelines of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), which we assume you and your publication espouses to. The removal of Mr. Felicella’s article and the suppression of differing opinions is in contravention of this guideline. It is akin to US-style politics that punishes those in opposition to the current administration. While Mr. Felicella is not Jimmy Kimble, we feel that this is an attempt at silencing him. We therefore demand that the opinion article by Mr. Felicella is republished immediately, in keeping with Canadian journalistic standards and CAJ guidelines. Many of the undersigned have offered countless hours to Postmedia journalists in interviews, with expert opinions or background briefs. While some of us will continue to do so for the time being, as we value the efforts of those frontline journalists, others may no longer make themselves available. We all pledge to no longer share Postmedia new stories on our social and alternative media platforms, which, combined, have considerable reach. We hope that you will stand by and show that you uphold the principle freedom of expression by your actions, and that you can stand firm against undue influence and legal challenges designed to silence critics. Regards, Link to letter and signatures https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rzKSdaVEAki8NQifrbis6nkpxMQm7wjp/view?usp=drive_link
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Anyone concerned about Post Media's censorship of dissenting opinions should sign this petition, calling for legislation requiring Canadian media ownership to ensure journalism integrity.

Full petition in alt text.
#media #journalism #cndpoli
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Image of top of petition, s of has the title House of Commons, petitions, and the image of a pen on white background. Below the text of the petition, not included in the image. Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled Whereas: Postmedia, one of Canada's largest media companies, is controlled by Chatham Asset Management, an American hedge fund, placing a key part of Canada’s news media under foreign influence; Foreign ownership introduces perspectives shaped by American political and cultural priorities, which often do not reflect Canadian values or concerns; Independent Canadian journalism is essential to democracy, ensuring accountability, accuracy, and representation of Canadian voices; Foreign control risks skewing news coverage, undermining media integrity, and eroding public trust; and Other countries, such as Australia and France, have established policies to safeguard domestic control of media, providing workable models for Canada. We, the undersigned, Residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to pass legislation requiring majority Canadian ownership and control of print, digital and other non-audio-visual news media, to protect Canadian sovereignty, ensure journalism integrity, and guarantee that our media reflects Canadian priorities and values.
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Between the changes to the voting system to hand counts to the inability to book and the cost of #COVID vaccines, the #UCP is making AB stupider.
#yegcc
People lined up outside of my curtain in school, one of the polling stations in Edmonton. Photo shows two story by ick school bulging in the background. A line of people stretching across a brown lawn and between mature fir trees.
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Danielle Smith told us privatization would “save money” and “fix wait times.”
Yet: Albertans are paying double.

Hip Replacement
Public ~$4,000
Private ~$8,300

Knee Replacement
Public: ~$5,000
Private: ~$9,000

By @lindawalkerwrites.bsky.social #ABpoli
lindawalkerwrites.substack.com/p/p3-youve-b...
Graph showing the differences and cost of surgeries in private and public facilities. Number is quoted in post, except shoulder surgery, also included in the graph. In all instances the green bar graph showing cost in public facilities, is half the size of the orange graph showing private facility cost.
September 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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My setup for media interview this morning 🙃
I forgot my tripod. Phone was sitting leaned against the calendar. Watch for Global News Edmonton covering a story broken by @drugdatadecoded.ca
about Alberta abandoning My Recovery App after spending 2 million on it in the sole source contract.
#ABpoli
Stack of books, including a biography of Catherine Hepburn, the frugal gourmet, the art of Mexican cooking, and two books by Steinbeck, with a calendar from my bank on a triangle on top. I had my phone again on the calendar.
August 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Substance use loss is fraught with stigma and blame, explored here by one of @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social Healing Heart peer grief support group facilitators in her essay “How to Befriend a Crow”
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screenshot of text describing the esssay. Miranda Ryan – “How to Befriend a Crow” “An essay that balances a delicate narrative between grief writing, humour and boundary-building. The author manages a delightfully magical elixir: one that allows the reader to immerse in the world of the piece, engage with it, find its sorrow, but also chuckle at its wit. The right hand corner of the screen includes a photo of Miranda. She is a young white woman with blonde hair standing at a white railing with the ocean and a cityscape in the background.
July 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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💯
Photo of medium sized apricot colour Labradoodle with her summer haircut. She has a curled up tail and she’s standing proud on the beach of a river where she just had a good swim. Not relevant to our text but relevant to me, her name is Brandy and I love her.
June 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Great to see @garthmullins.bsky.social book Crackdown in the BC Ferries’ shop. Everyone needs to read this book!
Cover Garth Mullins spoke, cracked down, surviving, and resisting the war on drugs. Image shows a man sitting in a field of crosses (representing those who died from toxic drugs) with his head resting on his knee.
June 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Honoured to introduce my current and future councillor for ward Papastew @michaeljanz.bsky.social
at his election launch party.
A full house is a good start to a busy campaign.
Keep democracy alive in #yeg. Support independent candidates like Janz!
#yegcc
www.michaeljanz.ca
Me (female, white, grey hair, senior with glasses) and Janz (30 something, white male with short dark blond hair), holding Michael Janz campaign signs. The signs are orange, white and blue and read Re-eject Michael Janz ward Papastew.
June 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Honoured and privileged to join the @crackdownpod.bsky.social editorial board today as they put final touches on the #AB episode.
You will want to listen when it drops later today.
six members of the Crackdown editorial board and I, to women, and for men, stand or sit in a semicircle holding Garth Mullins book crackdown, inside the VANDU boardroom.
June 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Due to the crackdown in Afghanistan the supply of heroine has been disrupted and #fentanyl has arrived in Germany, resulting in sharply rising death rates.
#Naloxone is only available by prescription, This needs to change urgently and light of the toxic drug supply. 
#Drugs #Drugsky
Screenshot of German newspaper. Headline reads deathly drug fentanyl advancing in Hanover - city makes emergency plans. Photo of person cooking up a substance on a spoon over a light, while holding a syringe. Link to paywalled article https://www.haz.de/lokales/hannover/drogenverbreitung-in-hannover-stadt-reagiert-mit-fentanyl-tests-QQ4EJA3X4VB5BAB6NQIPIWHDYU.html
May 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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#ActNow Rally at the #ABleg.
Implement Accessible Alberta Act!
No claw back of the Canada
Disability Benefit
Meaningful consultation– Nothing
About Us Without Us!
Timely access to programs and
services. Reduce waitlists!
Information that is public and
transparent – No more surprises!
#abpoli
People at the rally. Some in wheelchairs, many holding signs supporting the aims listed in the post. It’s warm and sunny and it’s a colourful crowd.
May 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Today overdose prevention sites in Ontario and Red Deer AB are slated to close and more people will die 💔
@momsstoptheharm.bsky.social
Text on purple background : Today overdose prevention sites in Ontario and Red Deer AB are slated to close and more people will die 💔
March 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Holding Hope Connect with @garthmullins.bsky.social, author of the book "Crackdown - Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs" and host of @crackdownpod.bsky.social.

April 13 at 1pm PT

Presented by @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social.

Registration required: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Event Poster in Black, white and red. Text: Please join us on April 13 at 1pm PT/3pm CT/4pm ET for a Connects Session with Activist and Author, Garth Mullins. Part memoir, part manifesto, Crackdown is a story of the drug war, told from the frontlines. Centre of poster has a photo of Garth (tall white man with light hair) in a black leather jacket wearing headphones, listening intently with his eyes closed.
March 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Here’s the reality: people will always use drugs!

We can continue with more enforcement and watch people die while cartels get rich, as we have always done m, or we can put cartels out of business with legal regulation.

#WarOnDrugs
MSTH co-founder @leslie5902.bsky.social.
Here’s the reality: people will always use drugs. While a drug-free world may be ideal, the demand for illicit drugs ensures that organized crime will continue to supply it. If our health system could meet people where they are in offering stabilizing medications, ongoing support, opioid agonist therapy, and necessary resources such as housing, we could shrink the illicit market, save lives, and support recovery. "Drug busts" might briefly disrupt supply, but the demand will quickly bring in a more contaminated and deadly source, given the high profits involved. We can’t arrest our way out of this crisis. That approach hasn’t worked over the past 25 years, or even the last century. It’s not a comforting message, but it’s a practical one that could help us move toward more effective solutions. Leslie McBain co-founder Moms Stop The Harm
February 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Look forward to hearing @guyfelicella.bsky.social as keynote speaker at Addiction Mental Health and the Law in Toronto.
ciaj-icaj.ca/en/
Photo of me, Petra Schulz and Guy Felicella in a conference room at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto.
February 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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My youngest should be 36 today.
He was 25 when he died from the #ToxicDrugCrisis.
While we grieve, governments plan to kill more with involuntary care, slashing harm reduction, and lack of access to evidence-based treatment.
Danny is forever in my heart, but not at my table.
#DrugSky
Image of my sons headstone at his grave. Great granite stone feet inscription Daniel Schulz, 1989 to 2014. Danny’s forever in our hearts around the stone grass and eyes this purple flowers
January 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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I look forward to share my son Danny's story and what I have learned since his death from from toxic drugs on behalf of @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social at
"CIAJ’s Conference on Addiction, Mental Health, and the Law".
@guyfelicella.bsky.social will deliver the keynote.
ciaj-icaj.ca/en/upcoming-...
January 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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This will be the 10th Christmas we celebrate without our son Danny. Continuing what he loved and creating new traditions, including some that honour him, has helped. We miss him, always.
Sending love to the MSTH community and everyone who misses someone they love. 💜
#Toxicdrugcrisis #DrugSky
Photo taken of me at my son Danny Christmas, 2014. Head and shoulders shot. I have my arm around his shoulder and he has a slight smile. His blonde hair was trimmed quite short. He was wearing a suit and a blue shirt and tie. My hair was still blonde, not gray. I wär red trimmed glasses and a grey dress.
December 24, 2024 at 8:33 PM
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Recent tweet at the other place.

#ElonMuskIsANazi

Link to article
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Screenshot of my post on x. Text: Musk, the owner of X, promotes fascists in Germany! I have this account to read posts by politicians not on 🦋 but I don’t normally tweet. If you are still active here, especially if you pay, ask yourself who you are paying! #BYEX #ElonMuskIsANazi Photo of musk stand in with Nick Candy and Nigel Farage at Trump's Mar-a-Lago compound in Florida earlier this week. Photo posted by Reform U.K. [Photo: Stuart Patterson/PA]
December 22, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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This is why I love Edmonton in #winter.
The city does a great job of transforming golf courses into ski trails.
#yeg #ski
Photo of me, short, white, old female on cross country skis on perfect snow in the Edmonton river valley.
December 21, 2024 at 10:54 PM
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CamH wants your money to”face addiction head on”.
Strong start raising awareness but overall a catastrophic fail.
1. Not addiction but toxic drugs are killing your loved ones!
2. Whats your solution CamH? What will my money buy?
#DrugSky
www.camh.ca/en/no-one-le...
Screenshot ov page linked in post with this text CAMH is facing addiction head on. With your support, we can change mental health care forever. 20 Canadians die by overdose everyday
December 6, 2024 at 7:36 PM