imagine hating on striking workers because they “already make too much money.” so interesting to see which jobs are seen as deserving of high wages

so this bench lacks armrests, has space dividers to prevent anyone from lying down AND it has jab-you-in-the-back-so-you-cannot-even-sit-comfortably things too, making it functionally useless as a bench

For the fifth year, deaths of people experiencing homelessness in BC are on the rise. I talked to the chief coroner and frontline workers about the factors they’re seeing contribute to this, and what needs to be done to prevent further deaths. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

don't worry the federal government is funding research to understand the impacts of the provincial government cutting funding to services that prevent people from dying

B.C. is NOT building the housing so the people deprived of housing are dying this is an important article by @thatemfagan.bsky.social look at this photo of a street memorial www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Deaths of people experiencing homelessness on rise for 5th year, B.C. Coroner data shows 'These are all preventable deaths,' says founder of Victoria outreach group #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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"

It’s #NationalNursesWeek, and nurses don’t want pizza parties and a week of appreciation. We want a stable public health system. Safe and sustainable nurse-to-patient ratios. Real investment in retention, prevention, public health, and harm reduction. 🧵 #Nurse #nurses #harmreduction #healthequity

“'I would think that maybe a woman might like a larger package down there,' one 55-year-old manager in Southern California, who is into scrotal expansion." Some men will do anything except actually listen to what a woman wants.

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To harm reduction nurses: thank you for the care, advocacy, and leadership you bring every day. If you’re looking for community and connection, we invite you to join the Harm Reduction Nurses Association. www.hrna-aiirm.ca/membership/

Today, on International Harm Reduction Day, we honour everyone working to keep people alive, safe, connected, and cared for. This work is hard. Many are carrying grief, exhaustion, and uncertainty. But we are stronger together, and none of us do this work alone. #harmreduction

"a surge that coincided with the closure of Prairie Harm Reduction's supervised drug consumption site." DON'T do two years of research to figure out this puzzler OPEN a Drug Consumption Space NOW #skpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“It would avoid us doing drugs in public, doing drugs around children, around elderly folks, just around people who don't want to be around drugs. Right now, we're on the street corners, we're on the sidewalk, and it's inhumane.” www.biv.com/biv-rss-link...

story updated to include emailed statement from Health Minister @josieosborne.bsky.social and I summarize its implied message to the mayor as: "Tough beans. Simmer down." #vanpoli #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“If we ignore it, then we’re sort of validating it too. It’s almost like complicity by not saying something.” #CdnMedia #canpoli

Oh, the people who blow up ships are the bad guys? Huh.

DON'T GIVE UP

they didn't kill it. they directed staff to try

#HarmReduction a petition to restore funding streams for Community-based treatment and harm reduction programs, and to interjurisdictional secretariat on harm reduction #cdnpoli www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Supervised consumption sites are being closed and defunded across Canada. Join HRNA for a critical conversation with Tara Gomes, Gillian Kolla & Elaine Hyshka on impacts, misinformation, and the risks of policy driven by flawed research. 🗓️ June 11 at 12pm PST us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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HI HELLO happy International Workers' Day! i'm so excited to say this is finally happening! After so much time and energy with these wonderful friends, we're launching our non-profit worker-owned co-operative to do journalism the way we want to do journalism.

the B.C. Coroners Service posted two reports on April 24 and I guess nobody noticed? I did just now. it should've been A HUGE SCANDAL #bcpoli Deaths of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in British Columbia (2016-2024) www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/b...

We’ve got the wrong priorities www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Politicians pushing social media bans for youth are avoiding the real work of regulating tech giants that surveil us and spread misinformation - shifting responsibility onto individuals instead of corporations. Protecting youth means creating a world worth looking up from the screen for.

a social media ban for kids is total surveillance for all.

Incredibly common explanations for disordered substance use: - I see no future for myself, there aren’t any jobs for people like me - This is the only way I can feel warmth and joy - This is the only way I can sleep through the nightmares - This is the only way I can stay awake and survive Etc

develop drug policy from this:

The story isn’t that an #Alberta minister “admitted he was wrong”. It’s that he spread a false claim about supervised consumption sites—despite zero recorded deaths at these facilities—manufacturing consent to shutter life-saving services. #abpoli #cdnpoli edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/04/28/a...

Today in Question Period MLA Botterell asked: 1. What is the status of the Mental Health Act review, a year after it was announced 2. How are health professionals supposed to respond to "clinical guidance memos" that read as if they've been scrawled on the back of a napkin. #bcpoli

wow. #SafeSupply

the worst thing about this is that the government has legalized the wildly abusive everyday practices of supportive housing operators, management and staff. that's 813 evictions in less than three years! 🧵

UPDATE: Bill 11 has passed. BC’s Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) has now been amended to: expand landlords' power to order arbitrary evictions; allow landlords to lock tenants out of their homes; and... 🧵1/5

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

October 28, 2025 speed cameras, overdose prevention services and bike lanes are harm reduction interventions the purpose of removing them is to cause harm www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

social housing units built by year in Canada, 1972-2010 - by number of units - as % of all housing built

“The Province is partnering with law enforcement, scientists and health researchers in a groundbreaking pilot project, which uses advanced robotic and AI technology to fight the toxic-drug crisis” I'm not joking, this is a real government announcement news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...

🚨FACTS: Supervised consumption sites: ✅prevent deaths ✅reduce ER visits ✅connect people with care. Closing them is dangerous. EVERYONE: Urge Premier Ford to reverse this decision: RNAO.ca/policy/actio... #HarmReduction

Private jet: funded ✅ Life-saving supervised consumption services: defunded ❌ What are we doing here folks? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A somber and important read. “What I see is a lot of people who don’t understand why so many others think they’re not worth it. And they’re just trying to survive day-to-day.” #bcpoli nelsonstar.com/2026/04/14/w...

every person in this province should be it doesn't have to be this way people aren't dying from drugs, but from drug POLICY www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

you can love people who use drugs while we're alive don't wait until we die #10years www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Every death in this crisis is a policy choice. This province once led the way on harm reduction. Now, it is failing to show the leadership needed to save lives.” -- @jervaler.bsky.social political bravery is what's lacking in this government, and that's what this emergency demands

harm reduction entirely relegated to an afterthought, not one mention of safe supply or prescribed alternatives. it's hard to distinguish this opinion from the BCNDP party line