Sandra Azocar
@sandraiaz.bsky.social
Labour, health care, community activist - post are my own!!
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Rights group Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) says Israel’s use of “reckless and indiscriminate fire” in the occupied West Bank is “robbing children of their safety even inside their own homes”.
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February 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Rights group Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) says Israel’s use of “reckless and indiscriminate fire” in the occupied West Bank is “robbing children of their safety even inside their own homes”.
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SCOOP: AHS in December asked MHCare to prove it was working to fulfill its contract tied to importing medicine, accusing it of doing very little work after receiving millions of dollars.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social
Alberta’s health authority demanded medical supplier prove it was fulfilling contract, documents show
MHCare Medical Corp. is a key figure in allegations from a former chief executive officer of Alberta Health Services that government officials interfered in contract negotiations
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
SCOOP: AHS in December asked MHCare to prove it was working to fulfill its contract tied to importing medicine, accusing it of doing very little work after receiving millions of dollars.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social
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The minister who called for LaGrange's removal may now be implicated in a separate swindle involving the same players, government documents show.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social broke the latest story in this evolving scandal.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social broke the latest story in this evolving scandal.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
Mraiche Profited from Quick Sale of Property to UCP Government | The Tyee
The multimillionaire under scrutiny for lucrative Alberta Health Services dealings made $300,000 on land he owned just three months.
thetyee.ca
February 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The minister who called for LaGrange's removal may now be implicated in a separate swindle involving the same players, government documents show.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social broke the latest story in this evolving scandal.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social broke the latest story in this evolving scandal.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
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Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship
Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship
BOSTON, MA – The Canadian men’s hockey team has successfully seized the Four Nations hockey championship from their American opponents, completing their annexation of the trophy nearly halfway through...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship
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How many times do Albertans need to be shown that private surgeries cost more before they finally stop letting their governments sign blank cheques to rich friends?! #FireThemAll
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February 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
How many times do Albertans need to be shown that private surgeries cost more before they finally stop letting their governments sign blank cheques to rich friends?! #FireThemAll
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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Danielle Smith enters in her official calendar that she’s on private vacation. Without informing Global Affairs Canada, shows up at Mar-A-Lago. Kevin O’Leary, who promotes US takeover of Canada, arranges a photo-op with Trump for her.
She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.
#ableg
She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.
#ableg
How many traitors does it take to sell Canada?
January 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Danielle Smith enters in her official calendar that she’s on private vacation. Without informing Global Affairs Canada, shows up at Mar-A-Lago. Kevin O’Leary, who promotes US takeover of Canada, arranges a photo-op with Trump for her.
She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.
#ableg
She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.
#ableg
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Message to the convicted felon in Mar-A-Lago:
Unlike you, Canadians don't need to boast or brag.
They are fair and they are steadfast.
They won't lose sleep when a slob like you hurls insults.
That's because Canadians know who they are.
And when push comes to shove, Canadians are as strong as fuck.
Unlike you, Canadians don't need to boast or brag.
They are fair and they are steadfast.
They won't lose sleep when a slob like you hurls insults.
That's because Canadians know who they are.
And when push comes to shove, Canadians are as strong as fuck.
January 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Message to the convicted felon in Mar-A-Lago:
Unlike you, Canadians don't need to boast or brag.
They are fair and they are steadfast.
They won't lose sleep when a slob like you hurls insults.
That's because Canadians know who they are.
And when push comes to shove, Canadians are as strong as fuck.
Unlike you, Canadians don't need to boast or brag.
They are fair and they are steadfast.
They won't lose sleep when a slob like you hurls insults.
That's because Canadians know who they are.
And when push comes to shove, Canadians are as strong as fuck.
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SCOOP: Covenant Care is paying almost $110 an hour for registered nurses through private staffing agencies, more than double the wages of its most experienced unionized nurses.
But Covenant says it doesn't know how much the agency nurses actually make.
www.theprogressreport.ca/covenant_age...
But Covenant says it doesn't know how much the agency nurses actually make.
www.theprogressreport.ca/covenant_age...
Documents show Alberta’s Catholic healthcare body paying private staffing agencies nearly $110 an hour per nurse
www.theprogressreport.ca
January 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
SCOOP: Covenant Care is paying almost $110 an hour for registered nurses through private staffing agencies, more than double the wages of its most experienced unionized nurses.
But Covenant says it doesn't know how much the agency nurses actually make.
www.theprogressreport.ca/covenant_age...
But Covenant says it doesn't know how much the agency nurses actually make.
www.theprogressreport.ca/covenant_age...
Alberta's children and most vulnerable deserve better - workers deserve better !!!!
www.aupe.org/news/news-an...
www.aupe.org/news/news-an...
Vulnerable children suffer because government axes vital jobs
Thousands of Alberta families waiting to be assessed
www.aupe.org
January 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Alberta's children and most vulnerable deserve better - workers deserve better !!!!
www.aupe.org/news/news-an...
www.aupe.org/news/news-an...
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Canadian COVID Forecast
Nov 24-Dec 6, 2024
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Nov 24-Dec 6, 2024
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November 26, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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Nov 24-Dec 6, 2024
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Nov 24-Dec 6, 2024
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I talked to some striking posties this week in Calgary 📨📬💌 solidarity ✊🏼
Listen here:
albertaadvantagepod.com/2024/11/24/p...
Listen here:
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Posties on Strike! On the Picket Line with CUPW
The 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been on a nationwide strike since November 15th after negotiations at the bargaining table stalled with their employer Canada Post. W…
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November 25, 2024 at 5:17 AM
I talked to some striking posties this week in Calgary 📨📬💌 solidarity ✊🏼
Listen here:
albertaadvantagepod.com/2024/11/24/p...
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“People don’t have scurvy in the 21st century because they need to eat more oranges, but because they need decent paying jobs, affordable housing, reasonably priced food and better income redistribution.”
Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Scurvy is back – and telling people to eat more oranges isn’t the answer
While a vitamin C deficiency is the surface-level diagnosis for this affliction of yore, the root causes go far deeper
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 26, 2024 at 4:15 AM
“People don’t have scurvy in the 21st century because they need to eat more oranges, but because they need decent paying jobs, affordable housing, reasonably priced food and better income redistribution.”
Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Government should never be run like a business because: the business of Business is to create profit for the few. the business of Government is to create opportunities for the many.
November 24, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Government should never be run like a business because: the business of Business is to create profit for the few. the business of Government is to create opportunities for the many.
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If you're unfamiliar with the writing of Rebecca Solnit, and if you cherish good writing, you're missing out. She writes beautifully.
Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...
Preaching to The Choir, by Rebecca Solnit
harpers.org
November 25, 2024 at 6:14 AM
If you're unfamiliar with the writing of Rebecca Solnit, and if you cherish good writing, you're missing out. She writes beautifully.
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A new ICC pre-trial judge issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu, ex-defence minister Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammad Deif for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu and Gallant, Hamas’s Deif
ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas military commander.
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November 21, 2024 at 1:08 PM
A new ICC pre-trial judge issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu, ex-defence minister Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammad Deif for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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Israeli PM Netanyahu and ex-Defence Minister Gallant face ICC arrest warrants for "war crimes committed from at least 8 Oct 2023 until at least 20 May 2024.” aje.io/mse8rr
November 21, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Israeli PM Netanyahu and ex-Defence Minister Gallant face ICC arrest warrants for "war crimes committed from at least 8 Oct 2023 until at least 20 May 2024.” aje.io/mse8rr
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Harper Now Runs Alberta's $170-Billion Pension Fund. What Could Go Wrong? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
November 22, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Harper Now Runs Alberta's $170-Billion Pension Fund. What Could Go Wrong? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Great night to show solidarity to union siblings on their picket line !!!solidarity with CUPW !!!
November 20, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Great night to show solidarity to union siblings on their picket line !!!solidarity with CUPW !!!
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Must read for those who wonder why Trump won.
A Reeling Left Must Face the Great Divide via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
A Reeling Left Must Face the Great Divide via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
A Reeling Left Must Face the Great Divide | The Tyee
Liberals doze while right-wing revolutionaries appeal to dread and drift in society.
thetyee.ca
November 19, 2024 at 4:41 AM
Must read for those who wonder why Trump won.
A Reeling Left Must Face the Great Divide via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
A Reeling Left Must Face the Great Divide via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...
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NEW: I wrote about Alberta’s assault on trans rights for @canadiandimension.bsky.social
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UCP members push to adopt more dangerous anti-trans policies
What’s so dangerous about the anti-trans policy resolutions the party endorsed isn’t that they will become legislation any time soon, but their effect of bolstering Smith’s claim that she’s pursuing a...
canadiandimension.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:36 PM
NEW: I wrote about Alberta’s assault on trans rights for @canadiandimension.bsky.social
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My latest for @TheTyee Alberta Patients' Lives at Risk Due to Vendetta, Claims Doctor thetyee.ca/News/2024/11...
Alberta Patients’ Lives at Risk Due to Vendetta, Claims Doctor | The Tyee
The highly rated Edmonton cancer surgeon is suing his boss for allegedly cutting his operating hours.
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2024 at 2:53 PM
My latest for @TheTyee Alberta Patients' Lives at Risk Due to Vendetta, Claims Doctor thetyee.ca/News/2024/11...
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The rise of private survery clinics in Alberta
My conversation with Tara McCarthy on CBC Radio Edmonton AM
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My conversation with Tara McCarthy on CBC Radio Edmonton AM
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The rise of private surgery clinics in Alberta | Edmonton AM with Mark Connolly, Tara McCarthy | Live Radio | CBC Listen
In 2019, the UCP government launched an initiative to allow private clinics to offer publicly funded surgeries and procedures. The goal was to tackle long wait times for things like hip and knee replacements and cataract surgeries. But one researcher questions if outsourcing surgeries is working. Andrew Longhurst is a health policy researcher at Simon Fraser University in B.C.
www.cbc.ca
November 15, 2024 at 8:55 PM
The rise of private survery clinics in Alberta
My conversation with Tara McCarthy on CBC Radio Edmonton AM
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
My conversation with Tara McCarthy on CBC Radio Edmonton AM
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...