Upcoming webinar by National Right to Housing Network & Waterloo Region Community Legal Services! Explore the Waterloo court ruling & what it means for homelessness, Charter rights, and government accountability in Canada. 📅 June 16, 2026 🕐 1:00–2:30 PM ET 📍 Online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

👀 Woah--nice to see this issue breaking out of social science/qualitative journals into the glam league

Here's some context. The 2023 provincial general election cost $36.7M and needed 13,000 workers. This 10 ballot referenda will need 60,000 workers. Alberta is basically doing the equivalent of ~5 general elections at once. I guess Premier Smith has an extra ~$200M lying around? 💲🗳

What a waste of time and energy.

Comparison of iloprost therapy versus non-iloprost therapy for severe frostbite: a retrospective cohort study of two Canadian cities. New research from colleagues in #yeg and #yyc. 🧪 🏙️https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/5/e110475.info

Radio Canada reports that the federal government wants to be able to reauthorize banned pesticides With Bill C-30, Mark Carney's government will be able to invalidate Health Canada's science-based decisions on pesticides.

Important article from CBC showing that posters from outside Canada are misleading Canadians by pretending to be Canadians posting on Facebook. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Rather than say he supports remaining in Canada like other Danielle Smith ministers have, Transportation Min. Devin Dreeshen said the onus is on Ottawa to fight to keep Canada together. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Congolese doctors & researchers didn't just tell me about Ebola because its not the only concern. If governments don't protect citizens from violence & starvation, Ebola outbreaks will continue. “An empty stomach does not have ears to listen,” Gang Karume said. kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...

While this should be viewed more as a venting of frustration than true intent to pack up and leave, it shows how just how strong the emotions are here, says a survey spokesperson. nationalpost.com/news/alberta...

This is a story about how corporations are taking over youth hockey and arenas in the U.S., driving up costs, travel and eliminating time, joy and community. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

another great example of why allowing foreign social media platforms to become the key way a lot of people get their information creates significant societal vulnerabilities

NIH cuts weakened network primed to respond to outbreaks like Ebola www.statnews.com/2026/06/03/n... via @statnews.com

Mark my words: this will be a logistical and privacy nightmare. www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...

Albertans transitioning to ADAP say cut to benefits will be life-altering www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Born in a refugee camp in Ghana, raised in Edmonton, now captain of Canada’s men’s team in the World Cup. #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.

One of the questions deserving an answer: why has it become normal to "offload" sick pts from EMS into an overcrowded ED WR? The healthcare teams in our major EDs have been setup to fail pts like Travis, due to server unrelenting overcrowding.  2/4

globalnews.ca/news/1... I'm really thankful that Travis's family has spoken out and put a name and face to his tragic death. His family absolutely deserves answers. 🧵 1/4

Five missing people found dead as First Nations leaders demand answers in #ThunderBay The recent deaths have reopened painful questions about policing, systemic racism, and why Indigenous families continue to lose faith. New from @jonthompson.bsky.social: ricochet.media/indigenous/f...

"A lot of what David Cameron did is he made choices in the referendum campaign that made it harder for his side to win," Cooper said. "And I can see Danielle Smith making similar moves." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Well this was only a matter of time 👀 edmontonfree.ca

Vancouver's warning to FIFA visitors on toxic drugs (which "may be more dangerous than what visitors are used to in other countries or regions") refers them to the kinds of harm-reduction services govts across Canada (incl Vancouver) have been moving away from www.vancouverfwc26.ca/know-before-...

"New Trump administration restrictions prevent US health experts from contributing during conference calls with the World Health Organisation and limit those only listening to “small groups” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Deaths in our ERs are a terrible tragedy, but entirely predictable: AB is the ONLY large province to cut real per capita hospital funding since 2014. Yet all this government offers is more costly privatization schemes & two tier preferential paid access. Albertans deserve better. Take action:

Had to console my elementary kid today because they heard today’s news and don’t want Alberta to leave Canada.

We also spoke with Treaty Six Grand Chief Joey Pete tonight. He says while the premier says this approach to a referendum may not violate Justice Leonard's ruling, the Alberta government is still showing a "total disregard to First Nations." #Ableg

I've got some more results to share with you from my latest survey of Albertans with Probe Research. This set of questions focused on electoral boundary changes. In short: This issue is NOT flying under the radar. 🧵

NEW: Records released tonight show that Reynolds, makers of Vuse vapes, gave $5 Million to MAGA Inc. days before the FDA wrote a policy that could allow them to make millions selling flavored vapes. Via @kenvogel.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/u...

Worth noting as we see both Nate Horner and Matt Jones resign their cabinet positions. Both were asked two weeks ago if they support the Premier calling a separation referendum on her own. Horner said she shouldn't while Jones said UCP should push harder to stay in Canada.

SCOOP: Premier Danielle Smith appointee to Invest Alberta's board is not an accredited accountant, despite claiming so for more than a decade: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friend

“Dr. Antaki, a biomedical engineer, had been building an artificial heart for babies and young children, a pump the size of a AA battery, and he was getting close. But with his research grants stopped, Dr. Antaki slowly drained his lab’s rainy day funds, and he was forced to lay off all his staff.”

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 The AJPH Student Think Tank is inviting student submissions on "Reimagining a Public Health Workforce for the 21st Century: Increasing Engagement and Being Responsive to Future Challenges" 📅 Deadline: 9/1/2026 🔗 buff.ly/8SHXVPU

This is HUGE news! "A tort is a legal term for a civil claim that allows a person to ask for damages because someone else caused them harm. The new tort [...] seeks to compensate the qualitatively different wrong of coercive control, and the qualitatively different harm of loss of autonomy"

Overdose deaths are dropping. Maybe not for long, as the dismantling of harm reduction programs picks up steam, by @maiasz.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/o... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Visits from Canada to the United States declined by *42%*, according to new data. In South Carolina and Florida, it's more like 50%-65%. Mamma mia. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Justice Shaina Leonard says the petition should never have been issued.

This basically kills 301,000-signature petition separatists delivered to Elections AB to force referendum on independence. Premier Smith could still call referendum as gov't act, like separatist groups want her to. But lack of Indigenous consultation would still be problem. bsky.app/profile/mark...

HUGE: Alberta judge quashes the separatists' referendum petition, in major victory for Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Blackfoot confederation. Justice Shaina Leonard: "the Crown failed to meet its duty to consult"

BREAKING: Athabasca Chipewyan FN & Blood Tribe say they've won their court challenge of the Alberta separation referendum. The Chief Electoral Officer’s decision to issue a citizen initiative petition on independence has been quashed.

Six months after Canada was stripped of its #measles elimination status, public health officials are still struggling to get the outbreak under control, particularly as cases surge in Manitoba. @theglobeandmail.com

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli #ableg

"Medicare has historically been a touchstone of our national identity in Canada, now more than ever as we chart a path away from our southern neighbours" @danyaalraza.com www.hilltimes.com/2026/05/06/m...

🚨 Great piece debunking the idea of full-body MRIs. Bottom line: NO evidence of benefits and LOTS of possible harm (cost, anxiety, iatrogenic injury, overdiagnosis, etc.). Everyone thinking of paying ($$$) for this procedure should read the below paragraph...👇 See: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Saskatoon fire department responds to “staggering” increase in overdoses, coinciding with closure of Prairie Harm Reduction supervised consumption site www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...