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...

NEW MSc POSITION! We're starting a new study system on eastern small footed bats in Ontario. Please share widely and/or apply if you're interested in foraging ecology, bats, and conservation! Link to application is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hinton has had a physican in the ER overnight 0 nights in Feb. And i think only 10 nights in Jan

Like birds and models? Dr. Erin Bayne and I are currently recruiting a 2 year postdoc to come work with us at the Boreal Avian Modelling project on boreal bird models and applications of those models. Full details are here tinyurl.com/4yxju63k. Feel free to get in touch with qs!

*NEW* Hinton Hospital Emergency Department is CLOSED Nightly from 9pm to 7am until Feb 10th. Virtual ED *MAY* be available for low priority/acuity patients. Closure due to no Emergency Physicians or Locum coverage available (Cont.) /3

We're getting some pretty sweet pictures from one of our camera arrays @friresearch.bsky.social Do you think the deer made it?

@friresearch.bsky.social recaps postdoc @l-hambrecht.bsky.social's recent field work in Hinton, Alberta to test the use of thermal #drones over horses in the area 🐴 The horses were used as proxies for moose detection under various canopy cover to survey #moose populations Stay tuned for findings!

I went decades without hearing B*witched. Or thinking about them. Decades. Wonderful decades. And now I've heard them twice in two weeks 🤨 I can only assume this is the result of the Irish station I listen to conspiring with @kendrawrites.com

New paper!! Led by Suzanne Stevenson 🧪 www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...

Ní maith liom é seo Oíche í ndiadh oíche Seasta í 90 lá 🫥

Right now, in Hinton, our nearest access to an ER with a Dr is an entire Ireland away 🫠

1 week left to apply! If you know someone who'd be interested, please let them know!

Coyote legging it. #TrailcamTuesday

Woohoo it's carbon tax rebate day to all who celebrate

*NEW* The Hinton Emergency Department will be CLOSED from 12pm Jan 15 to 7am Jan 16th, with additional closures from 9pm to 7am Jan 16 & 12pm Jan 17 to 7am Jan 18. Closure due to no Physican or Locum coverage in the region. RNs remain in ED for emergency assessments. (Cont.) /6