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Too much warrior not enough poet. Science over Dogma | Harm Reduction | Human Rights | Anti-Fascist | Queer | Unwelcome Settler | Anti-Racist | Lover of the Library | Pro-Choice | Accomplice | Central Albertan | Lyric and Moki's🐶, Whimsy🐈 & Wild's🐈‍⬛ mom
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Shay (she/her) @shayrd.bsky.social · Feb 27
Media Release: February 27, 2025

Alberta’s proposed involuntary treatment legislation a threat to public health

#abpoli #HumanRights #CPHA #DrugPoli
www.cpha.ca/alberta-invo...
This screenshot of the media release says: Evidence from jurisdictions with involuntary treatment policies shows that compulsory treatment does not reduce drug-related harms, improve long-term health outcomes, or prevent overdose deaths. CPHA’s 2025 position statement on the toxic drug crisis underscores that involuntary treatment can increase the risk of fatal overdose upon release, violate human rights, and deter people from seeking voluntary health care. Further, forced treatment disproportionately affects structurally disadvantaged populations and reinforces stigma and discrimination against people who use substances. Alberta’s current emphasis on involuntary treatment makes no sense given the difficulties and long wait lists faced by individuals seeking voluntary treatment for substance use disorders.
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judy-bug.bsky.social
Adriana LaGrange
Minister of Primary & Preventative Health Services

Ph: 780 427-3665
Fax: 780 415-0961
E-mail: PPHS.Minister@gov.ab.ca

#Cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #RedDeer #Alberta #yyc #yeg #UCP #AxeTheVaxTax #Vaccines #Measles #UCP #CorruptCare #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead #RecallThemAll #CanadaSky
sharifhajimla.bsky.social Sharif Haji @sharifhajimla.bsky.social · 2d
Vaccine preventable diseases are back such as Measles.

This is a critical moment for Alberta's public health leadership.

I have written to Minister LaGrange outlining the necessary public health steps needed.

Read my full letter to the Minister.
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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drugdatadecoded.ca
Calgary police are on a rampage downtown, using drones to find people and clear them off streets. Posting photos of unhoused folks they arrest (see twitter).

It’s collective punishment for social disorder and violence they have failed to improve with prior violence.

Film the cops if you see them.
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
shayrd.bsky.social
Right!
evoneuro.bsky.social Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 10d
I normally watch V for Vendetta every Nov 5th, but much of it now feels like a documentary or at the very least imminent foreshadowing.
#abpoli
a man with a mask and a hat says remember remember the 5th of november
ALT: a man with a mask and a hat says remember remember the 5th of november
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak. A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn, by @monicakidd.bsky.social thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca
How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus
A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn
thewalrus.ca
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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nandanainthegarden.bsky.social
Hey #UCP the #homeless population is vulnerable in winter! Match the funding in #yeg. Screw your #abpolice stupidity! Quit starving, renaming and screwing with #publichealthcare #education. Rethink other money-sucking idiocy under your mismanagement. #PeopleBeforeProfit #ableg #FascistCons #ab
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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huntstudioc.bsky.social
#AbPoli #Ableg Why? You hard-hearted b&@ches?
sharonrmecfs.bsky.social SharonR_MECFS 🇨🇦 @sharonrmecfs.bsky.social · 15d
Why do Danielle Smith and Adrianna LaGrange hate Indigenous women and children soooooo much?

What did they ever do to them? #Abpoli #Ableg
thebreakdownab.bsky.social The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15d
“The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-cuts...
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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forestwife.bsky.social
we are the granddaughters of the monsters you couldn't mash
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-cuts...
Alberta cuts funding mid-year to program for Indigenous mothers who have faced domestic violence - Alberta Native News
By Jeremy Appel (ANNews) – The provincial government has cut funding for an Aboriginal Counseling Services of Alberta (ACSA) program that provides support for Indigenous...
www.albertanativenews.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
shayrd.bsky.social
I'm on a #HarmReductiom panel tomorrow 🌙.
You do not have to be a social worker to attend. #Free #abpoli

www.myswaa.ca/events/swaa-...
SWAA HARM REDUCTION PANEL — Social Workers Association of Alberta
Join us for a panel discussion with provincial experts as we explore the concepts of harm reduction, current barriers, and how social workers can consider their practice in light of these concepts.
www.myswaa.ca
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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nrvscrcts.bsky.social
"Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause continues an alarming trend of provincial governments putting political expediency ahead of people’s human rights." #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Amnesty International Canada condemns Alberta government’s use of notwithstanding clause in Bill 2
Alberta's use of the notwithstanding clause in Bill 2 means that courts won’t be able to strike down the law even if it violates the Charter.
amnesty.ca
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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jaredwesley.ca
The UCP government has invoked time allocation and on a bill removing Albertans' Charter rights.

And they're using the notwithstanding clause to do it.

Here's why that is a dangerous precedent. And why real conservatives need to stand up against it.

open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Alberta Strong and Free, Notwithstanding
The UCP's Bill 2 skirts the legislature and the courts, leaving it up to the public to push back swiftly
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
Rakhi Pancholi came out swinging on the Wyant Report and highlighted all of its flaws and shortcomings…

It’s worth remembering she’s a lawyer as she takes Danielle Smith’s spin apart.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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ritzmotu.bsky.social
read it... riiiiiight... more like more time to find the black markers... #ableg #abpoli #firetheUCP #publicinquirynow
October 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
shayrd.bsky.social
Hey Red Deer #abpoli

youtube.com/live/6Lvtlrh...
Red Deer ED Network Municipal Election Candidate Forum
YouTube video by Red Deer Public Library
youtube.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“a new report shows teachers in Alberta are the most stressed in the world, and their workload is among the most demanding.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta teachers among the world's most stressed, new report shows
ATA president Jason Schilling said the report shows his agency’s findings that teachers feel stressed out, overworked and underappreciated.
edmontonjournal.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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thegodpodcast.com
The biggest threat in Portland is getting caught in the the middle of an inflatable frog–unicorn dance-off.
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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mondoab.bsky.social
'“It is not too much to ask that the premier of Alberta demonstrate the same level of respect for the mayor of Calgary and Calgary city council that she demands from the prime minister,” he said."

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Braid: Upstart Calgary Party aims to boot the province out of city hall business
The Calgary Party and mayoral candidate Brian Thiessen say the big issue is provincial intrusion into city hall by Premier Danielle Smith.
calgaryherald.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
shayrd.bsky.social
Results are coming in....
angusreid.org/alberta-teac...
October 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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thebreakdownab.bsky.social
The results of this poll are going to be fascinating!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
shayrd.bsky.social Shay (she/her) @shayrd.bsky.social · Oct 8
A welcome sight! Angus Reid Forum asked
"Currently, charter and private schools receive funding per student from the Alberta Government, about 70% of the same per-student funding that goes to public schools. Do you think they should... #abpoli #albertateachers #WeAreATA #abed
A screen shot of the 5 answer options to the question in the post. The scale of answers range from Receive more public funding than they do now to Not sure/Can't say. The angus reid forum logo is in the top left corner.
October 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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jantafrench.bsky.social
Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools.

Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd
Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News
If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.
www.cbc.ca
October 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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mindfultalk.bsky.social
#UCP = MAGA

UCP/MAGA want quality education only in private schools.
then public school kids are perpetually disadvantaged; a permanent underclass of exploitable labour.

Think! And then get in #UCP's way.
Don't let AB kids suffer as US kids do. #ableg #abpoli #ableg
October 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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benjaminrowley78.bsky.social
No funding for private school
an elderly woman wearing glasses and a blue jacket says nope
ALT: an elderly woman wearing glasses and a blue jacket says nope
media.tenor.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
shayrd.bsky.social
A welcome sight! Angus Reid Forum asked
"Currently, charter and private schools receive funding per student from the Alberta Government, about 70% of the same per-student funding that goes to public schools. Do you think they should... #abpoli #albertateachers #WeAreATA #abed
A screen shot of the 5 answer options to the question in the post. The scale of answers range from Receive more public funding than they do now to Not sure/Can't say. The angus reid forum logo is in the top left corner.
October 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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nobill53ab.bsky.social
A heavy conversation today about the "Compassionate Care" Act on @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social Cross Country Checkup. A couple of claims raised our eyebrows, and some fact checking is in order. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
October 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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A beloved ICU doctor dies and thousands mourn, including the prime minister. Dr Darren Markland did medicine with his heart and soul and a poet's pen. Column.
calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a... #ableg #abpoli #abhealth #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli #yeg
Braid: An Alberta doctor's death saddens thousands just as new health crisis looms
Dr Darren Markland was an ICU physician, adventurer and poet. His death in a bicycling accident has saddened thousands across Alberta.
calgaryherald.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:05 PM