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If only we had tools to help protect our children.
Too bad the public health “adults” can’t get over themselves and figure out how to improve vaccination, masking and clean air uptake.
Too bad the public health “adults” can’t get over themselves and figure out how to improve vaccination, masking and clean air uptake.
Expert calls 2025 flu ‘more infectious,’ as provinces see rise in infected children
Canada flu season starts early, with 'more infectious' virus
Canada’s flu season is off to an unusually early and intense start this year, with experts warning that a more infectious strain is driving higher case counts across the country.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
If only we had tools to help protect our children.
Too bad the public health “adults” can’t get over themselves and figure out how to improve vaccination, masking and clean air uptake.
Too bad the public health “adults” can’t get over themselves and figure out how to improve vaccination, masking and clean air uptake.
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So tragic - I just watched the video of his wife saying the hospital killed him. Kudos to her for speaking out amidst
her sudden grief
her sudden grief
Edmonton father dies in hospital E.R. waiting to see a doctor
A family is grieving after a 44-year-old father of three died in an Edmonton hospital emergency room waiting area. On Monday, Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumar began experiencing severe chest pains while at work. A client drove him to the…
A family is grieving after a 44-year-old father of three died in an Edmonton hospital emergency room waiting area. On Monday, Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumar began experiencing severe chest pains while at work. A client drove him to the…
Edmonton father dies in hospital E.R. waiting to see a doctor
A family is grieving after a 44-year-old father of three died in an Edmonton hospital emergency room waiting area. On Monday, Dec. 22, Prashant Sreekumar began experiencing severe chest pains while at work. A client drove him to the Grey Nuns Hospital in southeast Edmonton, where Sreekumar was checked in at triage and then took a seat in the waiting room.
todayheadline.co
December 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
So tragic - I just watched the video of his wife saying the hospital killed him. Kudos to her for speaking out amidst
her sudden grief
her sudden grief
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Alberta sees highest number of confirmed weekly flu cases since Swine Flu winter of 2009-10 https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-has-the-highest-number-of-confirmed-flu-cases-in-a-week-since-winter-of-2009-10/
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
December 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Alberta sees highest number of confirmed weekly flu cases since Swine Flu winter of 2009-10 https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/alberta-has-the-highest-number-of-confirmed-flu-cases-in-a-week-since-winter-of-2009-10/
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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If only we had cleaned the air and not minimized living with infectious disease. 🤷
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Expert calls 2025 flu ‘more infectious,’ as provinces see rise in infected children
Canada’s flu season is off to an unusually early and intense start this year, with experts warning that a more infectious strain is driving higher case counts across the country.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If only we had cleaned the air and not minimized living with infectious disease. 🤷
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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When I had a life threatening post operative internal bleed, an ER sent me home three times.
All three times they made it clear my “attitude” wasn’t appreciated.
That I was “wasting their time”.
On the 4th visit they threatened to have security remove me.
My then bf got loud & a doctor noticed.
All three times they made it clear my “attitude” wasn’t appreciated.
That I was “wasting their time”.
On the 4th visit they threatened to have security remove me.
My then bf got loud & a doctor noticed.
The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
December 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
When I had a life threatening post operative internal bleed, an ER sent me home three times.
All three times they made it clear my “attitude” wasn’t appreciated.
That I was “wasting their time”.
On the 4th visit they threatened to have security remove me.
My then bf got loud & a doctor noticed.
All three times they made it clear my “attitude” wasn’t appreciated.
That I was “wasting their time”.
On the 4th visit they threatened to have security remove me.
My then bf got loud & a doctor noticed.
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The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
December 26, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The wife of the 44 year-old man who died this week in Edmonton after waiting 8 hrs in the ER with chest pain was told by hospital security staff she was "being rude"
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
Are you supposed to just be super calm & polite while your spouse dies a preventable death in the hospital?
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With Canada's ER problem that is now in the global public eye, we can't afford to be flippant about preventable infectious diseases like COVID & influenza, because they contribute to surging capacity in ER. Airborne mitigations now
I am positive that severe overcrowding was a major factor in delays to care, and that his prolonged waiting did NOT improve anything in this pt's case.
The institutional response will be to try to blame one single HCW for this tragic outcome...
4/14
The institutional response will be to try to blame one single HCW for this tragic outcome...
4/14
December 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
With Canada's ER problem that is now in the global public eye, we can't afford to be flippant about preventable infectious diseases like COVID & influenza, because they contribute to surging capacity in ER. Airborne mitigations now
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“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Regulator says Mraiche was being investigated this year in connection to an alleged straw donor scheme
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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In the past five years, I have seen way more new cases of inflammatory skin and joint disease than in my previous 23 years of practice.
By a factor of at least 3-5.
>3X the total new cases in 5 years than in all my 23 previous years.
That’s >14x the annual incidence than I remember before.
By a factor of at least 3-5.
>3X the total new cases in 5 years than in all my 23 previous years.
That’s >14x the annual incidence than I remember before.
December 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
In the past five years, I have seen way more new cases of inflammatory skin and joint disease than in my previous 23 years of practice.
By a factor of at least 3-5.
>3X the total new cases in 5 years than in all my 23 previous years.
That’s >14x the annual incidence than I remember before.
By a factor of at least 3-5.
>3X the total new cases in 5 years than in all my 23 previous years.
That’s >14x the annual incidence than I remember before.
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5 years 11 months ago, I become very concerned.
5 years 10 months ago, I wander my city, dazed, knowing what's going to happen soon.
5 years 9 months ago, I read an email that suggests anosmia is a symptom. I decide to do everything I can to not get infected. Still doing so.
5 years 10 months ago, I wander my city, dazed, knowing what's going to happen soon.
5 years 9 months ago, I read an email that suggests anosmia is a symptom. I decide to do everything I can to not get infected. Still doing so.
6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
5 years 11 months ago, I become very concerned.
5 years 10 months ago, I wander my city, dazed, knowing what's going to happen soon.
5 years 9 months ago, I read an email that suggests anosmia is a symptom. I decide to do everything I can to not get infected. Still doing so.
5 years 10 months ago, I wander my city, dazed, knowing what's going to happen soon.
5 years 9 months ago, I read an email that suggests anosmia is a symptom. I decide to do everything I can to not get infected. Still doing so.
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From the DM's...
UCP MLA says via email that the decision to use the notwithstanding clause was not just about getting students into classrooms...
The UCP were worried that arbitration would cost them "hundreds of millions, potentially billions".
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
UCP MLA says via email that the decision to use the notwithstanding clause was not just about getting students into classrooms...
The UCP were worried that arbitration would cost them "hundreds of millions, potentially billions".
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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Alberta just opened the door to two-tier healthcare.
This is what that actually means.
New CHW piece by Dr. Paul Parks:
This is what that actually means.
New CHW piece by Dr. Paul Parks:
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Alberta just opened the door to two-tier healthcare.
This is what that actually means.
New CHW piece by Dr. Paul Parks:
This is what that actually means.
New CHW piece by Dr. Paul Parks:
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One of the two National Guard troops shot in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday has died, while the other remains in critical condition as of Friday morning.
Shooting Of National Guard Members Reignites Debate Over Deployment In U.S. Cities
One of the two National Guard troops shot in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday has died, while the other remains in critical condition as of Friday morning.
www.forbes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One of the two National Guard troops shot in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday has died, while the other remains in critical condition as of Friday morning.
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Everyone’s watching Quebec’s doctor revolt. For good reason.
The real story is in Alberta.
Both governments are testing how far political power can reach into medicine.
Here’s how it looks from 30,000 ft:
The real story is in Alberta.
Both governments are testing how far political power can reach into medicine.
Here’s how it looks from 30,000 ft:
Quebec bleeds doctors, as Alberta invents new methods of overreach canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/26/q... by @nicktsergas.ca
Quebec bleeds doctors, as Alberta invents new methods of overreach
Alberta’s project is qualitatively different. It goes further.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Everyone’s watching Quebec’s doctor revolt. For good reason.
The real story is in Alberta.
Both governments are testing how far political power can reach into medicine.
Here’s how it looks from 30,000 ft:
The real story is in Alberta.
Both governments are testing how far political power can reach into medicine.
Here’s how it looks from 30,000 ft:
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psst reminder to book your appointments for flu and covid shots if you haven't already. just do it right now it takes two seconds ok xoxo
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
psst reminder to book your appointments for flu and covid shots if you haven't already. just do it right now it takes two seconds ok xoxo
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“the expansion of private surgery had siphoned funding & a scarce pool of critical staff, including anesthesiologists and operating room nurses, from the public system, increasing wait times for cancer and other priority surgeries”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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.
thetyee.ca
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“the expansion of private surgery had siphoned funding & a scarce pool of critical staff, including anesthesiologists and operating room nurses, from the public system, increasing wait times for cancer and other priority surgeries”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Dr. Joe’s COP diary day 3
At the People’s Climate Summit Opening Boat Parade!
1/3
At the People’s Climate Summit Opening Boat Parade!
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Dr. Joe’s COP diary day 3
At the People’s Climate Summit Opening Boat Parade!
1/3
At the People’s Climate Summit Opening Boat Parade!
1/3
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November 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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“We continually see fossil fuel producers over-promise and under-deliver when it comes to renewable energy spending. Every COP we have that continues to allow thousands of people who are advocating for the continued use of oil and gas puts the Paris Agreement goals further out of reach.”
Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.
A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.
grist.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“We continually see fossil fuel producers over-promise and under-deliver when it comes to renewable energy spending. Every COP we have that continues to allow thousands of people who are advocating for the continued use of oil and gas puts the Paris Agreement goals further out of reach.”
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Canada is showing global leadership in preventing airborne virus transmission with the CSA's new draft standard for respirator use (especially in healthcare) 🎉
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
The CSA’s revised standard on respirators should help us all breathe easier
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Canada is showing global leadership in preventing airborne virus transmission with the CSA's new draft standard for respirator use (especially in healthcare) 🎉
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...
theconversation.com/the-csas-rev...