As an immigrant in Alberta I'm feeling all the warm and fuzzies right now from the provincial govt. Nice to hear what they think of me and all the other immigrants contributing to Albertas economy (and paying taxes).

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A slightly sunny sunrise at Newgrange this morning. 10/10 Neolithic architecture solstice orientation. www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...

And another 42 hours with no Dr on site in the Hinton ER again this week...

Psa: The oscar nominated The Quiet Girl (An Cailín ciúin) is now on CBC gem. Its in a mix of English and Irish (with subtitles for the Irish parts). Its a nice, simple, but emotional film

This week Hintons ER has no on site Dr for 42 hours straight!! In fact we only have a Dr on site a total of 24 hrs this week. 🫠 Has it been 90 days yet? @pfparks.bsky.social @thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Excited to hear today the news from home today that this land has been secured from development by @npwsireland.bsky.social The Glen of the Downs is a sliver of calm in an increasingly busy area. The has some beautiful native woodland. iwt.ie/goodnewsfort...

New #mammal conservation #PhD: "Understanding and Addressing Rural Hedgehog Population Declines". @srucnews.bsky.social EastBio CASE project in partnership with (and co-supervised by) @ptes-org.bsky.social. Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Act fast - applications close 15 December. 🦔🦔🦔

This is good news from Ireland Also, new SI unit just dropped

Not sure what sort of spell these moose are casting on our snow stake...but I have a bad feeling about it 🪄 @friresearch.bsky.social #cameratrapping

Is this deer still considered an unmarked individual if it has such a distinctive (and stylish) coiffure? @friresearch.bsky.social #cameratrapping

This new paper led by the excellent Erin Tattersall is well worth a read

It's the last day at #TWS2025 but we've got a pretty good finale lined up. ✔️more efficient grizzly bear monitoring ✔️what's influencing moose population size and trends ✔️where are the moose and where are they going?

Sad to read this news. I enjoyed his posts and books. And his advocay for Gaeilge. Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs... RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55 www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Sad to read this news. I enjoyed his posts and books. And his advocay for Gaeilge. Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs... RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55 www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

I am scoring the CBC news anchor a 3/10 for their Irish pronunciation of mo chara this morning

Sad to hear about the passing of Dr Markland - he was such a strong, compassionate, and honest voice from the front lines of healthcare in our province. Thoughts are with his family and loved ones.

Whelp This is the final edition of our local newspaper in Hinton. Sad to see it shutting down. Losing more local journalism from local sources, which is needed more than ever in rural Alberta right now. Link to final edition⬇️ share.google/nEgnvudJEX60...

Sadly I live in Alberta where Health Canada is ignored. Even HC workers and elderly might not have access to this. And if they do they'll have to pay 🫥

"Unlike comments made by non-scientists such as Premier Danielle Smith that the vaccine “doesn’t work very well,” an intervention that reduces deaths, ICU visits and development of long COVID is real and impactful." Excellent Editorial please read👇

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Late last fall, we sent over 1000 hair samples – a year of hard work by the grizzly bear team – to the lab. But we were holding our breath for one sample in particular: a bear of the size and colour typical of grizzly bears and head features that looked more like a black bear's.

As a caribou biologist living and working in Hinton, 50% of these are high on my priority list We have had no Dr in our our ER overnight nearly every night in 2025 And sometimes no Dr after 1pm Luckily for him our MLA doesn't live in Hinton, so it's not on his high priority list

The WildCo Lab @wildco.bsky.social is recruiting 2 postdocs in quantitative ecology to work on mammal population estimation and monitoring from camera trap data. 🐺🐻🦌📷📈 Please share the word or apply to join us at UBC in lovely Vancouver, Canada! wildlife.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/0...

On behalf of @makeway.org’s Board of Directors, I am so pleased to share this exciting news. Please meet Alex Sardar, MakeWay’s new President & CEO.

It's time for another guess the bear; this one even tricked some of our biologists! Before we sent its hair off to the lab for DNA sequencing, we made our guesses. Before we reveal the answer, see if you can figure it out. We'll post the answer in a week! #trailcamtuesday

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Also, many immigrants become citizens. Like me. Who can then vote for a provincial govt party that isn't xenophobic

It's probably $110 USD as well 🫠

🫥 Apparently in Alberta we now follow the recommendations of the FDA and CDC Not Health Canada and NACI Did I miss a referendum?

HEPA filters and masks are now standard equipment for our field crews (for trailers, camp, and fieldwork). Used every year 5 years ago this was not the case. For those saying 'its the way it's always been, nothing has changed'...This is not true.

It's SUNDAY! You know what that means.. Yeah Tomorrow's Monday.. But here's the Weekend Round-up of the AHS Fuckery, that the public & staff have to deal with day in and day out! Other versions can be found as well! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1

June in Alberta is calving season for several species in the deer family, including Elk! #TrailcamTuesday

We’re hiring a new member of the admin team to help support all our research programs. Apply by June 15! friresearch.ca/news/employm...

Weeeeee areeeeee baaaaaaack! LIVE! AHS Update V200 (Of 2025) is now posted on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... Evacuation Orders, ER Closures, OB & OR Closures/Diversions & Measles Updates! But hey we have 4 health ministers.. That counts for something right?? Right??.... Buckle up! /1

Happy Mother’s Day! Soon, caribou will be having babies of their own! A 2016 study used GPS collars to track calving, survival rates, and more, offering rare insight into this sensitive time. 🔗 friresearch.ca/news/calves-...

The cougar’s eyes shine because of a the tapetum lucidum, a layer in their eyes that reflects light back at the retina. This enhances their night vision, making them expert hunters in low light. #trailcamtuesday

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My first time watching 🇨🇦 election votes as a citizen. I have the slimmest hope our new riding will flip. The slimmest of slimmest of hope

#TrailcamTuesday #NationalPoetryMonth West wind, blow from your prairie nest, Blow from the mountains, blow from the west. The sail is idle, the sailor too; O wind of the west, we wait for you! Blow, blow, I have wooed you so, But never a favour you bestow... -E. Pauline Johnson

I used to recite this while wandering Irish forests trying to catch squirrels for my phd It didn't work very well 😭🫠

🇮🇪🇨🇦 RTE news : Indigenous Canadian famine aid 'hidden in plain sight' www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

And this doesn't even touch on the aura symptoms that can precede the pain, nausea, and photophobia Aura may include: 🙈Losing most of your vision in a flashing kaleidoscope ⚡️Numbness in half your face, and tongue. Like at dentist. If they also numbed your arm. Or fuzzy tingling. Thanks 🧠 1/2

34 hours with no Dr in our ER

*NEW* Hinton Hospital Emergency Department will be CLOSED from 9pm to 7am Tonight (Feb 25th). Virtual ED *MAY* be available for low priority/low acuity patients ONLY. Closure due to no Emergency Physicians or Locum coverage available (Cont.) /2

Very very excited this excellent show found a new home. The very human stories it tells are even more important to hear in times like this.

WILLFUL IGNORANCE: there's an -ology for that. How to people get duped? What's the truth? How do you talk to others with seemingly very different realities? We discuss in this freshly updated Agnotology ep with Stanford prof Dr. Robert Proctor: www.alieward.com/ologies/agno...