This week's cover @thelancet.com

This is such an important point: the toxic drug crisis is not an issue of the DTES or of Vancouver, the plurality of deaths occur in towns across BC. It's easy to ignore when you assume it's just some group of "others" dying on the street. But it's not. It's your neighbours. Dying in their homes.

Unlike most travel boycotts, which tend to fizzle over time, Canadians show no sign of relenting on a national movement that cost the U.S. $4.5 billion in 2025.

The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3

The BC Centre for Disease Control is warning of an increase in drug poisonings across B.C. due to changes in drug supply. My story from Dec on veterinary sedative medetomidine, detected in 38% opioid samples tested by BCCSU in Nov (gift link) www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1ce6625...

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now): -If you work for ICE. -If you vote for money for ICE. You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging. erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...

B.C. health authorities tried for four years to create a heroin compassion club whose members could purchase a regulated version of the drug without a prescription, an effort to reduce toxic-drug deaths that was ultimately derailed by political blowback www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e0c398c...

#dtes #bcpoli #vancouver Something I think has been under reported and under appreciated recently is the horrific rise in severe and chronic wounds in inner-city areas...

More about RFK Jr.'s colonialist medicine. The study team describes period before universal vaccination-at-birth in 2027 as a "unique window of opportunity". In a sense they're right. It's a unique window of opportunity for a wealthy country to experiment on citizens of the global south.

Here’s where you can pick up the first Freshet newspaper in New West: Zesty Lemon Clothing Yum Donuts New West City Hall Queensborough CC təməsew̓txʷ CC Moody Park Arena New West Public Library Tourism New West Goodway’s Specialty Foods Groove Cat Books and Records Greens and Beans Deli #newwest

A hometown newspaper returns for New Westminster, Burnaby and the Tri-Cities, BC #coquitlam #portcoquitlam #portmoody #anmore #belcarra #burnaby #newwest #newwestminster #localnews #newspaper #saveourlocalnews #journalism #reporters #democracy

Long-acting buprenorphine injections (brand name Sublocade) are not “like a vaccine for overdose.”

What kind of guidelines have no listed authors and no references? 🤔

The FIFA Peace Prize is most correctly viewed as some of the world's most corrupt people recognizing what the world's most corrupt men values most: fake recognition based on lies

Another clinical practice that I have to learn about (let alone provide feedback on) from the newspaper as opposed to any health agency

Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them? Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst

My first byline in @latimes.com op-ed! www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

@risingaction.bsky.social looks like sold out immediately, I was in the queue right at ten am

Just because this seems to be a thing that won't die--there is no difference between a #fractured and #broken bone #medsky

What I am gathering through listening in is that other fees will increase to support the freeze on property tax, such as community centre fees. The park board's general manager noted that they hope to keep the fee increase minimal, considering they're already on the high side for Canadian cities.

Kathryn Harrison, a UBC prof focused on environmental issues, talked about the death toll of the 2021 heat dome and raised concerns about cuts to climate change work that is ongoing at the city.

a spectacular and necessary read

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

This is a great point. There's so much resistance to increasing ventilation/air purification in classrooms to lower levels of Covid & other illnesses for kids & staff, & so much resistance to masking in healthcare BUT they'll get busy ventilating chicken barns against avian flu because profit

This plus a zero percent property tax increase means DEEP cuts to Vancouver services

@freshetnews.bsky.social @theresamc.bsky.social any update on the timeline for memorial park at old NWSS site? Thought it was supposed to be in progress now...?

It's amazing how totally different playoff baseball is than regular season, it's not even the same sport

#newwest #burnaby

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent. Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income. We can’t afford to NOT do it.

According to the City of Paris, in the last 10 years 150K trees have been planted & 45ha of parks created in the already hot city, all intended to not only improve quality-of-life today, but also help the city adapt to & manage summer heatwaves of 50℃ (122F) by 2050. Just the start. Common sense.

I'm genuinely baffled no company has started to make a line of aggressively dumb devices. Internet-connected ONLY when needed (TV is about it), no software, no firmware. Capitalism is supposed to give us choices, and there HAS to be a large market that does not want to log into a toothbrush.

Britain dominated the era of coal, the USA won the oil century and the Chinese are looking like the solar hegemons.

This is an astonishingly good news story, it will bring enormous health benefits, it will be noted by historians of london in centuries to come. But it will change no one’s vote, he will get no credit. More people will be talking about trans toilet habits at the next election. It’s a conundrum.

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

They are literally canceling culture

Took a few years... but we got it done and in print thanks to @cfpc-cmfc.bsky.social's CFP. Tramadol (with or without acetaminophen) efficacy and harm: Systematic review and meta-analysis. www.cfp.ca/content/71/9... #tramadol #pain #palliativecare #opioids

These words by Justice Sotomayor will forever be etched in the history of this country.

#cleanair 🌲🌳🌴🌲 & indoor air regulations!

Gas in my car is worthless when it's parked and not moving

“We need better air quality in our public spaces,” Vipond said. “We need to be treating our air they way we treat our water, not just because of COVID but to prepare for the next airborne pandemic.” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Looks like smoke in Vancouver is not great but going to get really shit tomorrow afternoon and evening. If you can, close windows and turn on air purification systems. Seeking out clean air shelters (like libraries) is also a good idea. Smoke forecast: firesmoke.ca/forecasts/cu...

We have policies/laws/regulations to ensure that our food and water are clean and safe. Why not for air, too? Typical amounts taken in per day: food = 4 lb water = 3 lb air = 30 lb

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)