30Jan26 Update Alberta 16: 688 (NDP) 17: 862 (NDP) 18: 956 (NDP) 19: 800 (NDP/UCP) 20: 1,413 (UCP-Lethbridge SCS closed) 21: 1,889 (UCP) 22: 1,778 (UCP) 23: 2,140 (UCP-Red Deer SCS closed) 24: 1,496 (UCP) 25: 1,141 Jan–OCT (UCP-RAH YEG SCS closed Dec) Total: 13,163 DRUG POISONING DEATHS SINCE 2016

Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, the Blackfoot Confederacy, and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation say they have 'legitimate concerns that Elections Alberta is ill-equipped to deal with the potential of foreign interference in the referendum.' www.aptnnews.ca?p=282869

NO CBC. This is not how drugs work and it's not how you do news. This is Fox-style drugs reporting. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A public school board trustee in Prince George says she was boxed in by RCMP vehicles and ordered out of her vehicle by officers with guns pointed at her on Tuesday. Erica McClean, a Gitxsan First Nation member, says she was terrified.

My son Lakotah died from the toxic drug supply 3 years ago. Jail increased and intensified my son's drug use. It placed him in impossible situations which I could not help extricate him from. Incarceration is not and will never be compassionate care. open.substack.com/pub/momsfora...

📣 New Report: Unpaid family caregivers are doing essential and often invisible work. Our new community report 🧪shares what caregiving looks like for families supporting people who use drugs in rural Western Canada. Read more: static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac64...

"Liberation doesn’t hinge on extraordinary individuals; it requires structural transformation. When we elevate “heroes,” we risk distorting accountability and reinforcing inequity." (Celeste Pedri-Spade, para 12) theconversation.com/thomas-king-...

This is how a health system burns to the ground canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/28/t... by @pfparks.bsky.social

Do you make... Paintings, pots, sculptures, sketches, photographs, quilts, digital art, beading, textiles, mini figs, printmaking & any other visual art... Whatever skill level you're at, if you made it, it's mostly sfw, and not AI (never AI) I want you to participate! Starts in 4 days! #art

Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 3

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Survey Results from Mayoral Candidates: part 1 #yegcc #yegmunicpalelections #yegelections2025 #yegmayor #yegmunicipalelections2025

Can’t wait for our next post? Read mayoral and city council candidates’ full responses on our website, here: cssdp.org/chapters/edm...

👀 ”Under the provincial government’s health-care restructuring, meant to streamline care, Primary and Preventative Health Services provides the funding to Primary Care Alberta, which in turn funds Recovery Alberta.” www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

My friend says it all. We don't get to take off our orange shirts and tuck them away for another year.

The days between my son's birth (Oct 6) and his death (Dec 19) are always the most difficult. I can already feel the intense grief settling in my bones. It's unrelenting. #grief #childloss

Reconciliation includes recognizing Residential Schools are not the only colonial atrocity

YEG mayoral candidate Michael Walters backs involuntary treatment which is harmful and ineffective. Forced care violates rights, fuels stigma and fails. Lives are saved by harm reduction, housing and voluntary supports. Vote wisely, not for him. urbanaffairs.ca/frankly/desp...

I connected with @drdagly.bsky.social and he allowed me to share his story as a physician working the front lines with patients and families of overdose victims as a blog post for @momsstoptheharm.bsky.social www.momsstoptheharm.com/blog/2024/11...

On the surface, Ontario's "Safer Municipalities Act" seeks to address public drug use. In this brief, Brianna Olson-Pitawanakwat Mskwaasin Agnew, and Kelsi Balaban argue it maintains too-familiar traditions of Indigenous displacement and colonial harm: yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/ontario...

“When city workers confiscate personal belongings like tents and harm reduction supplies from people sheltering on the street, it increases their risk of non-fatal overdose and physical and sexual violence, according to a new study.” #bcpoli

Monday Sept 22 Noon - 1:30 pm Collective Action to Prevent Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) and Promoting Healing in Youth Growing up with Parental Substance Use Challenges Agnes Chen, Registered Nurse, Starlings Community albertahealthservices.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Saskatchewan Health Authority faces criticism for Indigenous hair-cutting policy | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1133214...

"Alberta Day" with a beer garden — the same day as Int'l Overdose Awareness Day. Just kilometers apart: one celebrates, the other mourns 12,348 lives lost due to the UCP’s ineptitude in handling the toxic drug crisis. Honestly, it leaves me feeling disgusted. www.alberta.ca/alberta-day-...

🗓️ Save the date! Mark your calendars for October 28-29 to join our Beyond Do No Harm network, Disability Project at the Transgender Law Center, and @commjusticeexch.bsky.social for this 2-day virtual convening, Abolition Means *All* Carceral Spaces.

My granddaughter attended this year. She loved it and can't wait for next year. Highlights for her were the ribbon skirt & rattle making. www.albertanativenews.com/young-indige...

Hey #Yeg, it's the 50th anniversary of Prisoners Justice Day on Aug 10. Some friends and I are hosting a day of remembrance with beadwork, books, & oodles of important info about PJD, Harm Reduction, & more. A side note: my first act of resistance was a march on PJD in 1984 to the Edmonton Max.

He’s done a lot of good work with the people on the streets in Lethbridge. Native and non-Native. If you can make a donation to him that would help. His PayPal and e-transfer is [email protected]

In support of this global fight against the war on drugs, RECLAIM Collective will host an international online event in preparation for Support. Dont Punish on June 24th 💥 To register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

My fam has lost 3 young men to substance use in the last 2 1/2 yrs. My son (Dec 2022), My cousin (June 2023) my other cousin (yesterday). They were twins, & both close to my son. We don't talk enough about the devastation that is left in the wake of untimely & tragic deaths. It has a domino effect

June 3rd marks 6 yrs since Zach died to drug poisoning and but the pain feels like it was yesterday. It is hard to put into words how much he is missed: his laughter, dreams, the person he was and wanted to be. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Two of my favorite people interviewed here...

"LEB among the Indigenous population in Canada is known to be lower than that among the non-Indigenous population, while the IMR is known to be higher." www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...

Please read this and find ways to get it in front of elected officials. It’s written from and for Saskatoon, but the message applies to every municipality in the country.

This group saved my life after the loss of my son to the toxic drug supply.

Ernest Drucker was a public hlth researcher who believed punishment does not solve problems. His work in harm reduction to his critiques of mass incarceration, showed that public hlth is a more effective framework for addressing issues like drug use, homelessness... insidetime.org/mailbag/crim...

Out now in Harm Reduction Journal, our team's reflections on key considerations for rural community-based research with families of people who use drugs. Paper and project led by @hollymathias.bsky.social in partnership and funded by CIHR via CRISM. 🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The California Native Harm Reduction Summit set for Monterey, California nativenewsonline.net...