Three decades of climate summits and the planet is still getting hotter. We know these meetings aren’t working well enough, but if you believe that means it’s pointless, you’re dead wrong. Better questions to ask are how to improve it and which complimentary tools can best help.

Lest We Forget their service and sacrifices so we could enjoy democracy and freedom over fascism and tyranny. Given modern day threats to democracy and peace around the world, Remembering is more important than ever.

Countries can no longer rely on US supply chains for the provision of essential medicines. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

My parents did an amazing job fostering a love of curiosity and science - Something I still deeply value and love and want for my kids to this day. 📸 science fair c Gr 4. Told my parents I wanted to study the staining effect of pop on teeth. They helped me shake down local dentists until I got 4 🦷

This is heartbreaking. We have 🇨🇦 seen deaths, and an uncontrolled outbreak, and now lost elimination status after nearly 3 decades having it and almost 6 decades of work to eliminate measles. Measles is a deadly virus, and the vaccine to prevent it is safe and effective. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Response to the budget from @msf.ca www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/msf-statemen...

#Ptbo city council awards $1.12 million low-barrier shelter contract to One City Peterborough. Less than five months after rejecting expanded drop-in program funding for One City's Trinity Community Centre, council has reversed course. kawarthanow.com/2025/11/03/p...

Just look at the stats from the most recent #Tuberculosis in Canada report (released Oct 2025, but covering 2023). It notes incidence of 5.5/100,000 & risk of not meeting Canada's 2030 commitment of >1/100,000. Meanwhile among Inuit it's 204.2/100,000... publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.9...

Is Canada losing the battle against #measles? Country could soon lose elimination status. Q+A w/ @msmacrophage.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... via @cbcnews.ca #vaccination

Never really thought I’d feel the morning after pride as a Blue Jays fan, but even with the hard loss feeling grateful to live in the safe and peaceful country that is 🇨🇦 Great work and run Blue Jays - your heart and effort made us proud!

North American kids deserve better Canada is likely to lose its measles elimination status. The U.S. could be next. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

American billionaires have been shameless in trying to buy off Donald Trump with trinkets, baubles, and outright bribes. By sacrificing his long-held beliefs on climate change (and giving the bad-faith skeptics a win), Bill Gates topped them all. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/01/o...

More on the scandal that is inadequate occupational health and safety protections for wildfire firefighters. Our workers need to be protected. in Health care and the worsening climate crisis. Respirator masks for all. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Game time 🎃 carving

Waiting gor my Covid and flu vaccines @twpiggott.bsky.social . Thanks for your work. #PTBO #selfcare #selflove #vaccineswork #igottheshots2025

Respiratory protection for me & family ✅ Influenza Vaccine ✅ COVID-19 Vaccine ✅ RSV Vaccine - not for me, but great protection for newborns and 75yrs+

Re-share: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Former BC Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe lays it out with great clarity in this very worthwhile Fifth Estate episode @cbcnews.ca Not only are there no standards with regards to what happens at residential treatment, there are no reported outcome measures. youtu.be/wY_a8kkLRD4?...

@twpiggott.bsky.social is now encouraging people to get flu shots, COVID-19 shots (for prevention of severe disease - and to prevent symptoms of long COVID), and RSV vaccines too (they're available for infants at birth now).

@twpiggott.bsky.social says this is a new health unit for generations to come.

It's #BatWeek! 🦇 Powerful work by Shawanaga First Nation: combining Indigenous-knowledge and science to protect endangered bats like the little brown myotis in Ontario. Read more @thenarwhal.ca 👉 thenarwhal.ca/shawanaga-fi... #Conservation #IndigenousLeadership

Yep. Canada's measles outbreak control challenged by disinformation and distrust, doctors say www.cbc.ca/news/health/... @antibioticdoc.bsky.social: "strongly organized disinformation campaigns about the measles vaccine have left some people feeling scared..."

Sent this to all of my 🇺🇸 friends with a PS Go Jays Go

If, like the Blue Jays you plan to go past 1st base tonight…

Oya Oya Oya Oya! ❤️ 🌍 Via @msf.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=g844...

NICE 🇨🇦 www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1yY...

“First Nations do not need more reports confirming what we already know, we need real action and accountability”said Ontario Regional Chief Abram Benedict. “The federal government’s inability to implement its own recommendations shows that the system is broken.” chiefs-of-ontario.org/chiefs-of-on...

“So few grains of happiness measured against all the dark and still the scales balance. The world asks of us only the strength we have and we give it. Then it asks more, and we give it.” www.themarginalian.org/2019/10/23/t...

This is what mainstream media wants to keep from you. Published and unpublished by the Calgary Herald. By @guyfelicella.bsky.social I almost spit out my coffee when I read the headline: “Banning public drug use is bold, courageous and obvious.” thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/opinion-cr...

I love this for GRADE, a research community I’m proud and honoured to be a member of. Pilot AI chatbot was inaccurate and outdated so reverting to traditional search and natural intelligence.

Listen and subscribe to (MIS)Treated podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...

"We know less about diseases and how they affect women's bodies," @docmcohen.medsky.social (@queensuhealth.bsky.social) tells Nam on an upcoming (MIS)Treated, because women were excluded from clinical trials until the 1990s. | Producers: @namshine.bsky.social & @matthewomara.bsky.social

5 Ottawa family members have confirmed measles cases

Disability is not given enough attention in the context of the Overdose/Drug Poisoning crisis.

Health Canada puts out guidelines recommending N95s and clean indoor air! Let’s do this! Yes it’s overdue, and no it doesn’t address every risk factor, but we can significantly curb COVID with respirator use and clean air. www.canada.ca/content/dam/...

“What we see in these charts is that the more supervised consumption services are used in Lethbridge, the fewer substance-related deaths and EMS responses there are.” @abworker.bsky.social

Camping this past weekend I saw lots of blue jays and a total of 0 mariners. I’m taking that as a good omen.

It was so great to meet with provincial legislators today as part of the OMA Queens Park day and talk about the importance of public health to protect all our health and as an investment to save $$$ downstream in the healthcare system.

High time for a national immunization record.

Hey folks - Time for fall respiratory virus (nasty bugs) preparedness. Covid, flu, RSV are preventable! Vaccines are one of our best tools (not only) & now’s time to get protected! ICYMI me live on questions:

We’re now running 🏃 our fall vaccine 💉 campaigns for Flu Covid and RSV. RSV Infants 👶 and 75y + ✅ COVID & Flu High Risk ✅ All Ages 🔜 Oct 27 Run (or walk or ride) out to get your protection! #Health #peterborough #northumberland #haliburton #kawarthalakes #alderville #curvelake #hiawatha

We’re now running 🏃 our fall vaccine 💉 campaigns for Flu Covid and RSV. RSV Infants 👶 and 75y + ✅ COVID & Flu High Risk ✅ All Ages 🔜 Oct 27 Run (or walk or ride) out to get your protection! #Health #peterborough #northumberland #haliburton #kawarthalakes #alderville #curvelake #hiawatha

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

Former IfP awardee Daniel Eisenkraft Klein’s article in the BMJ Global Health reveals Canada’s equity rhetoric on Intellectual Property rights during COVID-19 fell short of action. Calls for reforms to IP waivers & CAMR to improve global access to medicines. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/3JPaF00

🚨 Six former surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. wapo.st/3VTALll RFK Jr "endangering the health of the nation." "...the profound, immediate & unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored."

Clean Up #Ptbo to host city's inaugural circular economy event on Wed Oct 29. 'RE:Connect' at the Morrow Building will offer community-driven solutions for diverting waste from the landfills like tool libraries, remarkets, recycle programs, and more. kawarthanow.com/2025/10/07/c...

This was last year, so what do I go as a scary speed camera 📷 this year 🎃 ?

Mixed feelings about the heat today: having dinner outside with insect repellant and worried about next summer @cape-acme.bsky.social