“Last March, the UCP closed the only drug-use site in Red Deer, which the government has said did not increase harm. New provincial data show that opioid-related calls for emergency services have reached levels never seen before. In March, the city recorded its highest monthly tally of EMS calls”

If half of a highly technical science team gets laid off, how well do you think the work the team was doing can continue? DFO says it's fine. The people who built the salmon research lab, worked at the lab or collaborated with say otherwise. Me for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Physicians are there for Canadians in moments that matter most, offering help, hope and healing. On National Physicians' Day - and every day - we thank physicians for all they do. #nationalphysiciansday www.albertadoctors.org/news/news-an...

What got into Rick Wilson when he said he saw someone die ‘right in front of me’ at supervised consumption site? albertapolitics.ca/2026/04/what...

Massive List of Electors data breach was inevitable – the UCP’s law-bending style of politics made it so. albertapolitics.ca/2026/05/mass...

The Land, Spring Takao Tanabe 1975

Alberta is one of a few Canadian provinces that does not offer universal coverage for a preventative RSV shot for newborns The shots are reserved for infants deemed high risk Doctors are calling on the gov't to provide the injections, for free, to all newborns this fall: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nocturne Tom Thomson 1916

Amery essentially says the UCP has not ruled out ramming through the minority riding boundary recommendation. It would eliminate any chance of the NDP forming government. It's the most anti-democratic threat since Aberhart. And the NDP are like, "Albertans deserve fair maps!"

Pacific Sands Roy Henry Vickers ~ Haida, Heiltsuk, Tsimshian 1983

There is far more to this story, particularly in relation to the Metis Nation of Alberta. Send tips in confidence to [email protected]. Unpaid Subcontractors for Recovery Centres Say UCP Abandoned Them via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

A phase out of incentives for Alberta doctors (stipends) could have a substantial effect on the availability of hospital care, starting April 1. Not only did surgeons warn of potential cancellations, but ER docs and hospitalists are warning of a potential hit to emergency and inpatient care #ableg

Grizzly Bear and Cub Eddie Cobiness ~ Ojibwe 1990

www.theglobeandmail.... Some important context: MHCare and Mr. Mraiche likely has over a BILLION dollars' worth of HC related business with our AB govt... hard to know exact amount as there is NO TRANSPARENCY on the sole source contracting and back room deals w govt 1/3

The Alberta government is allocating $7.5 million to create about 100 secure beds in hospitals throughout the province to accommodate people detained under the province’s controversial involuntary treatment program. @brettmckay.bsky.social with the @theijf.org reports. #abpoli

Looking East to the Mainland Takao Tanabe 1983

Sam Mraiche is the Edmonton multimillionaire businessman at the centre of one of the biggest ongoing political scandals in recent Alberta history. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli

If anyone had any doubt that the corrupt Alberta government is steering the teardown of harm reduction across the country, Doug Ford spelled it out for us this week. Here’s a look inside the wrecking-ball AB ministry and its private-sector friendships in BC: drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

"More than outlawing MAID for certain circumstances, Alberta's bill would also prohibit medical professionals from referring patients to providers in other provinces....+ www.timescolonist.com/national-new....

Mike Ellis and the UCP are ramming through their provincial police service and offering money to municipalities to dump the RCMP. So how's it going with the new municipal police service in Grande Prairie? Really, really bad. www.reddit.com/r/GrandePrai...

A lot to digest in this story but yet more explosive allegations in the biggest ongoing scandal in recent Alberta history. Accusations Fly in Newly Surfaced Legal Fight Involving Sam Mraiche via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

The Globe broke this story. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Alberta introduced sweeping legislation Wednesday to drastically restrict medical assistance in dying, which includes barring cases where patients have incurable conditions but their deaths are not reasonably foreseeable. With pal @kkirkup.bsky.social #ableg

“The implementation of the Compassionate Intervention Act will place additional strain on health-care resources, not only by taking beds from the hospital system, but by potentially putting people into polysubstance withdrawal” www.rmoutlook.com/beyond-local...

Heavenly Bodies Again #21 Gathie Falk 2016

“We regularly have people with significant mental health concerns spending extended periods of time in the emergency department, because these secure beds are so limited” www.rmoutlook.com/beyond-local...

truly a must read. glad (? lucky?) i've never fallen down the gambling hole

Hospital ERs in Canada are at a breaking point and have been for some time. Is this the new normal? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-hospitals-wait-times-9.7123684 ↷ canadahealthwatch.ca/featured 🍁

So the Alberta government is playing its hand pretty hard on this supervised consumption site study they manufactured, huh. Their research CEO was even sent as the provincial-territorial delegate to the ‘UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.’ Hope they don’t see this drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...

This is a must read. The study data is flawed, they appear to have deliberately overlooked established data and the people at the helm are UCP donors. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli drugdatadecoded.ca/centre-of-re...

My ‘difficult’ patient made my heart sink. But what happens when doctors are part of the problem? | Ranjana Srivastava

Two things showed up last night #YYC - American Robins + snow. The first few robins that arrive tend to be the bright chested, black-headed males. Despite the white stuff, dried berries and crabapples should provide food until the temps turn. #birds

What books did Alberta schools *actually* pull off the shelves in response to a provincial order? It took a lot of work to find out. We still don't have a complete picture. And some schools are still pulling material. Free speech advocates say it's ban unmatched in Canadian history. #AbLeg By me.

It's up to Albertans to decide who they trust on our health care: this government, or the growing number of voices opposing the existential threat they're posing to our treasured single-payer public health care system. Especially when weighted against a Premier & a provincial government that has:

Without even counting 2025, there were 3,244 deaths still pending investigation by the provincial Medical Examiner as of late January. Some of these deaths dated back to 2020 and 2021. That's thousands of families that have waited up to six years to know how their loved ones died. 3/

The Alberta government has removed Cause of Death statistics for the entire year 2024 from its dashboard. Fortunately, I reported on this in January, before the data were removed: drugdatadecoded.ca/up-to-89-per... The government hadn't yet reported 2025. The latest year available is now 2023. 1/

Recreational drugs can more than double risk of stroke, study suggests

Donald Slater describes the same fear I’m hearing from many disabled Albertans, worrying that ADAP will reduce stability in the support they rely on to survive. People deemed “fit to work” by non-doctors will receive fewer benefits this summer. via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Influenza deaths have soared to new heights in Alberta this year, according to nearly two decades worth of data, prompting concern from health experts Latest from me👇 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Perimenopausal women are more than twice as likely to develop bipolar disorder and 30% more likely to develop clinical depression, while…menopause may lead to the relapse or trigger the development of eating disorders. Suicide rates are also higher among women of menopausal age.”

Landscape with Snow Tom Thomson 1916

This government's budget is like trying to use a bandaid to stop the bleeding after years of cuts to our health care. Instead of funding what patients actually need, they're funneling more & more money into the pockets of for-profit health care providers & their shareholders.

Psychiatrists are fighting for better mental health care, but are struggling with units operating over 100% capacity and a workforce that has not kept pace. Psychiatrists have solutions. Read about the realities of acute psychiatric care and how to fix it. add.albertadoctors.org/issues/janua...

Tomorrow, Edmonton hosts is annual Lunar New Year Festival at the Royal Alberta Museum. (Outdoor events cancelled due to weather, alas,) Did you know that Edmonton’s first Chinese immigrant settled here in 1890? Chung Kee arrived here from Calgary, via stagecoach, 15 years before Alberta existed.

Did you know? The Provincial government has increased their property taxes on Calgarians by 57% over four years, well above inflation and population growth. They're now imposing the largest property tax increase in Calgary's history with a 21% hike, or about $350 for the typical family.

My interview yesterday with @peterloliver.bsky.social on @cjsw.bsky.social concerning data manipulation by Recovery Alberta that is contributing to supervised consumption site closures in Alberta AND Ontario. pca.st/podcast/88de...

Nice job. The coal mine settlements are a lot more than $80m. The two on which we have details (from Australian securities filings) are: Atrum $142.8 m and Montem/Evolve at $95 m for a total of $237.8 million. One other settlement still confidential and other claims pending. #ableg #abpoli

Inside Recovery Alberta, data were being quietly manipulated to achieve two key functions: 1. Reduce supervised consumption site visits to make them appear under-used. 2. Create data that show they don’t work as claimed. 6/

To build legitimacy, the UCP could enlist allied city councillors to “ask” the them to close sites. This strategy succeeded in Red Deer in 2024. They tried it again in Calgary the next fall, then in Lethbridge and Calgary again the next winter. 4/ drugdatadecoded.ca/ucp-coordina...