For the record, this could result in the disenfranchisement of thousands of people who have changed their name since receiving a birth certificate.

On Tuesday, Alberta's Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Rick Wilson told the Alberta legislature that he personally watched someone die in a supervised consumption site (SCS). This statement is demonstrably false and constitutes disinformation. #ableg

Overdose prevention study cited by Sask. government 'dangerous' and 'flawed,' critics say https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/overdose-prevention-study-alberta-sask-phr-9.7173381 @cbcnews.ca ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte will face trial at the International Criminal Court after judges confirmed charges of crimes against humanity over his so-called "war on drugs."

This story from yesterday got a lot of reads, and FYI the researchers have built a website that allows you to explore the offending YouTube videos without actually giving them clicks: www.cdmrn.ca/incident-slo...

The acting head of the CDC has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...

Important read here via @jlisayoung.bsky.social. Smith's Meddling in Electoral Boundaries Is Part of a Grim Pattern via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Duane Bratt: “going after the integrity of the electoral system is even worse. It opens the door for mistrust in elections, court challenges (and likely further attacks on judges), and strains on the capacity of Elections Alberta. All in the midst of referendums and a potential separation threat.”

Today I asked the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions if he was aware of the lack of transparency in the Centre of Recovery Excellence's first published report, including failing to disclose conflicts of interest. He didn't answer the question.

Danielle Smith decided to open Pandora's Box in order to keep her separatist supporters at bay. Now the rest of us have to contend with the forces that she unleashed. #abpoli #cdnpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Exclusive: A former public health professor and a former provincial health officer have started offering an inhalable form of pharmaceutical heroin for the treatment of opioid use disorder in British Columbia. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...

"Whether it's the city's fault, or the the provincial government's fault, or it's the shelter's fault, someone needs to be held accountable. At the end of the day, it's the women who are affected by this." #yeg #abpoli #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Another voice raising concerns over Alberta's plan to redraw the electoral map, with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association saying the UCP's plan "casts a doubt over the equity and fairness of Alberta’s electoral process."

Elections Alberta says it needs at least 1 1/2 years to iron out all the details for new ridings on any revised electoral map. We are 18 months (and 1 day) away from the 2027 election *today* www.townandcountrytoday.com/alberta-news...

Thanks to the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine for singling out our team's (trainee-led!) paper on caring for patients with opioid use disorder in during COVID as a strong example of theory-guided qualitative research. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Two events this week in Victoria marked the 10 year anniversary of the public health emergency of the #toxicdrugcrisis in BC — one inside the Legislature building and one outside. I went to both, and found experts on either side of the wall saying the same things: pressprogress.ca/bc-health-ex...

First, their health minister used confidential info to intimidate a critic. Then another accessed a recall proponent's voting records. Now another wants to know what Albertans are reading in public libraries. When will UCP libertarians stand up? www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

If the UCP goes forward with this plan to gerrymander Alberta's electoral boundaries, Albertans of all partisan persuasions will be called upon to push back. And hard. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/drawing-th...

This is a major line being crossed by Alberta's UCP government. Throwing out the work of an independent boundaries committee is authoritarian and extremely anti-democratic.

Why yes. I did give a speech in the Senate about the joy of sex. A speech about sex and libraries, and the dangers of trying to censor what our teens can read and watch and do online. In a world full of digital risk, we need to teach our kids media literacy, and sexual literacy too. #cdnpoli #ableg

Unfortunately not that uncommon to see people misrepresenting their credentials or academic affiliations in the addiction and mental health space in Canada. www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Nurses' union says Saskatoon hospitals dealing with more overdoses after PHR closure www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Wednesday at 8! Special Episode! The UCP’s “Centre of Recovery Excellence” (CoRE) published a paper that’s being used to justify shuttering Supervised Consumption Sites in Alberta. But the quality of the paper is dubious at best & we’ve got three expert professors to explain!

"Bernie Pauly, a professor in the University of Victoria school of nursing and a scientist with CISUR, said B.C. is stuck in a cycle of “ongoing, tragic and preventable loss,” because it is still operating in a criminalized environment of prohibition." thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

“We will emerge into a landscape of rational drug policy, even if it remains pretty dark until we get there.” Victoria-based addiction medicine specialist Dr. Ryan Herriot writes. #ToxicDrugCrisis #bcpoli

Two students and a professor are suing the University of Alberta for violently dismantling the peaceful pro-Palestine encampment in May 2024. Back when it happened, a number of law professors—including myself—signed an open letter objecting to police brutalizing our students over protected speech.

Grandparents remember what diseases like measles are really like—and want the rest of America to know before it’s too late @gparents4vaccines.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/meet-the-h...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2026 FNHOO Finds Systemic Failure in the Closure of Prairie Harm Reduction: The collapse of Saskatchewan's only supervised consumption site leaves hundreds without life-saving services. --- The First Nations Health Ombudsperson Office (FNHOO) is the first of its

Too young for the MMR shot, babies become ‘sitting ducks’ in measles outbreaks

Thanks to The Gateway for covering some of our recent work on rural family caregiving for PWUD: thegatewayonline.ca/2026/04/unpa... cc: @ehyshka.bsky.social @msthpetra.bsky.social @kokumsarah.bsky.social @reclaimcollective.bsky.social

I know, I know. The Alberta health care procurement controversy can be confusing. But we got your back! Here's a cheatsheet, explaining who's who: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @moirawyton.bsky.social and friends

Out today: "The Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine raises concern regarding provincial closure and de-funding of supervised consumption sites" csam-smca.org/wp-content/u... #ableg #onpoli

This is a horrible end to an organization that did a lot of good in Saskatoon with very few resources. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

👀 #ableg www.wonkette.com/p/idaho-bann...

The Fast-Changing Chemistry of New, Dangerous Drugs. Today’s illicit chemists can quickly cook up drugs far more potent than fentanyl, by @13pt.com, Matt Richtel www.nytimes.com/interactive/... www.nytimes.com/interactive/... via @nytimes.com #ToxicDrugCrisis

From court today: Two more Alberta First Nations ask court to block separatist referendum, citing treaty infringement edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

Exclusive: The acting director of the CDC has delayed publication of a report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists.

Elections Alberta is concerned that separatists may be funded by USA. Alberta Government lawyer argues that there is no evidence of that, yet separatists refuse to file financial disclosure. Why is Alberta Governement defending separatists in court? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

“Alberta Justice Minister Mickey Amery shortened the amount of time Elections Alberta has to penalize political finance violations while his friend and relative Sam Mraiche was under investigation” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

New from me: an Edmonton judge is hearing the first of three First Nations legal challenges against the Alberta separation referendum today. Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation’s focuses on the UCP’s Bill 14, which removed treaty protections from the Citizen Initiative Act edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

A judge in this case said Edmonton Police may have crossed the line into criminality by attempting to bully him and the prosecutor on a plea deal. 1 Lawyers Group Wants a Criminal Probe of Edmonton's Top Cop via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

“What you see already is the immediate and extremely dangerous policy of bombing regions without even showing any pretense of evidence that you’re actually hurting the drug trade” www.salon.com/2026/03/31/t...

Alberta’s Municipal Affairs minister just held up a copy of Gender Queer to justify their latest “not a book ban.” #canqueer

A good resource on the importance of intellectual freedom www.intellectualfreedom.ca as Alberta announces legislation control on how books are displayed at municipal libraries. #ableg

To the UN Human Rights Committee, the right to life "obliges governments not only to avoid policies that actively cause death," but to "implement policies that actively prevent death," writes @godfrey.bsky.social. Drug policy among areas where its new report urges Canada to do much better:

Disheartening. Ages 50-64 "very difficult pop. to recruit." More than 80% fail pre-screening (FDA req's participants have 0 chronic conditions). -exec involved in the trial Currently, no COVID-19 vaccines have full FDA approval for healthy ppl 50-64 for which COVID causes an est'd 8k-12k deaths.😷🛟

NEW REPORT from FOM examines the downloading of health care costs onto Alberta municipalities. As health care gaps grow in communities across AB, local governments are increasingly using municipal tax dollars on what is clearly provincial jurisdiction: www.friendsofmedicare.org/munis_health...