The thing I haven’t seen much discussed that I’m curious about is why the people with $ aren’t worried about undermining their own access to life saving treatments in an effort to get faster knee replacements. If the fundamental bottleneck is things like anesthesiologists, nurses, etc then

Health coalitions call on federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act, take action against two-tier health care in Alberta #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #ableg #abpoli medicinehatnews.com/news/local-n...

In an open letter to the Prime Minister & Health Minister, Health Coalitions representing over three million Canadians call on the federal government to intervene in the face of two-tier Medicare being brought in by Alberta's Bill 11. Read the open letter: www.friendsofmedicare.org/uphold_theca...

Unfortunately, after repeatedly using time allocation motions to limit debate, Bill 11 just passed third reading in the legislature. Read more here: www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin...

More Americans are biting their tongues, not because they don’t care, but because they’re afraid to speak. From DEI to the war in Gaza, people are more afraid to speak their minds now than during the Red Scare, according to a political scientist who has been conducting surveys. buff.ly/Ls2m7mv

Rampant and growing climate breakdown, war, and economic inequality www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Trump got his COVID19 vaccine today. He will always have access to everything he needs to maintain his health while denying others the same.

Some big bombshells in our new episode with Dr Paul Parks! Including that Danielle Smith was warned by many experts her healthcare "refocusing" would only make healthcare in Alberta much, much worse! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

New mandate letters! And Danielle Smith has directed Rick Wilson to introduce forced treatment to Alberta! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Today, a former Ontario privacy commissioner is calling for an external investigation into why, for a decade, the B.C. government agency denied the data breach, which a fifth estate investigation shows affected 28,000 health-care workers. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Anyway. All of us working in health evidence and info use MMWR at one point or another. This negatively affects people in Canada and our healthcare system as well.

Thousands of striking BCGEU and PEA members and their supporters rally on the legislature lawn demanding a better wage offer. The PEA lead negotiator says the government latest offer “takes us backwards” when considering inflation and cost of living increases. #bcpoli

The editorial team at the @winnipegfreepress.com calls out Smith and Moe on their hypocrisy and ridiculous arguments. "It is all too familiar, and frankly tiresome." Indeed! Albertan when we want, Canadian when it suits us www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/edit...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... "I think the language from the current parliamentary budget officer, Mr. Jason Jacques, is just wrong and he should walk that back, quite frankly”

We could be treating Canada Post as not just an essential delivery service, but an essential social infrastructure in our communities. Instead the government prefers to treat it as a costly burden that must be subject to death by a thousand cuts.

This country is such a one trick pony sometimes. You cannot tell me that nobody has a better idea than building pipelines during a climate crisis and energy transition 🤦

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight. Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Trump pressure to hike UK drug prices could cost NHS billions. Corporate profits will increase. NHS budget will buy less. People to pay higher taxes or face public service cuts. To avoid bullying UK Govt must produce cheaper generic drugs. Who governs UK - Govt, Trump, Corporations?

UN experts have said the IDF's "targeted destruction" of Gaza's health-care system amounts to "medicide." The UN has accused Israel of deliberately attacking and starving health-care workers, paramedics and hospitals in order to wipe out medical care in the besieged enclave.

2 years into the [genocide], these figures illustrate the scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

Fascism below the 49th Meanwhile Carney is busy polishing the narcissist autocrat’s ego Appeasement didn’t work in the 1930s. I don’t think it will today

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?” “Because that’s what they are” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference. #Newsnight

Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. The Washington Post October 7, 2025 By Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders, Vivek Murthy, Antonia Novello, David Satcher stillcoviding.ca/en/news/six-... #WarOnScience

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

“There’s something deeply powerful about committing each day to a cause you truly believe in" www.theglobeandmail.com/life/social-...

There's a telling moment in CBC's Cross Country Checkup call-in show where the host asks the doctor heading Alberta's expansion of involuntary treatment for addiction if it works - and he can't answer. (It has not been shown to work for addiction.)

This is grim & dangerous over reach. This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent. Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Activists were allegedly deprived of food, water and sleep, physically and verbally abused, and humiliated, all for the crime of trying to break an illegal siege. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

As the Carney government – backed by the billionaire class – force Canada Post into insolvency, the ranks of the precarious non-union Amazon workforce are growing The privatization of the public postal service directly benefits Amazon victoriabuzz.com/2025/10/amaz...

There’s no world where Israel goes back to normal after this egregious, bloody chapter comes to a close. It must change. The Palestinian people must have freedom and guaranteed equal rights.

You are not seeing this slaughter live-streamed to your devices because Israel has murdered most of Gaza’s most prominent journalists in targeted assassinations.

Imposing austerity on post-secondary institutions is not going to build a stronger, more resilient BC and Canada Investing in education is a nation-building project www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace. That’s not making America great again.

California vows to ‘instantly’ cut funding to universities that cave to Trump ‘compact’

Great news

PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other.

Israel and the US are hellbent on becoming the mirror of each other

“It was a lightning rod of hope. We brought in thousands of new members to this party, many of whom were completely disillusioned with politics.” Emily Lowan’s victory is a sign that the climate movement still has the energy to capture voters. Hugh Chan writes. #bcpoli

What Gramsci said

"We absolutely need to stop the boats,” Polanski said, “but let’s stop the boats by offering safe and legal routes to asylum and not having people clinging on to dinghies for dear life.* www.newstatesman.com/politics/gre...

Barbra Streisand is joining Jane Fonda and 600+ entertainment figures in re-launching the Committee for the First Amendment. Fonda announced the revival of the organization, initially founded by her father, Henry Fonda. The organization was founded in the 1940s to defend free speech against fascism.

Toxic supply kills. Stop the poisonings.

I like this analysis. BC loves to cut taxes. We have the lowest income taxes, we cut the consumer carbon tax, we removed bridge tolls and health care premiums, and often have low property taxes … but nobody wants to admit that this has created a provincial revenue shortfall of billions of dollars.

Interesting how anti-immigrant rhetoric and austerity are unpopular

Hundreds gather to remember Darren Markland: beloved doctor, cyclist and health advocate edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

This is the company that now runs the majority of community newspapers in B.C. (and whose management has repeatedly ignored my requests for an interview about their business plan)