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@labsandmabs.bsky.social
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Doctor of hematology-oncology. Canadian 🇨🇦Patient advocate. Mom of boys. Runner. Avid reader fiction & non-fiction. Science-denial=autoblock. Opinions are my own.

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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168...
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How Canada’s experiment in private plasma turned into a blood feud
Grifols’s debut ignited a debate about a scarce and life-saving resource. Then, two deaths in Winnipeg supercharged it
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From the DM’s… Allegedly these illegal door hangers are now showing up across Alberta… Without identifying who is distributing them. Sure would be a shame if someone had some doorbell footage… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168... #abpoli
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Former deans of medicine call on Ottawa to intervene in Alberta’s dual-practice health care model
In a letter to Carney, deans from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta assert public-private model violates the Canada Health Act
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
edmontonjournal.com/... "Albertans should worry about their access to health care. As a physician in the public system, listening to the conversations among my colleagues, I fear my children will not have the care they will actually need." Please take a moment to read 👇
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Opinion: Who pays for Alberta’s dual-practice health care?  
Who pays for the system required to make dual practice possible, and who bears the risks when it fails?  
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If we vote out the UCP in the next election these things will go away - The separatist nonsense Privatization of healthcare Book bans Funding private education Data centers stealing our power & water Mining the eastern slopes Victimizing transgender people Something to think about #ableg #abpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Ms. Smith’s United Conservative Party has been hijacked by separatists, and as a sop to them she has construed a separation referendum that she did not campaign on. It really has zero, and I mean zero, credibility.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle Smith
The referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
edmontonjournal.com/... Excellent Op-Ed - All Albertans and Canadians should read it 👇 "When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it? That is a question worth our time."
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Opinion: Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?
When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it?
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is fantastic news for Ben and his family! But it's also another example of how badly the UCP have screwed up AISH. Ben was forced onto ADAP, a social media outcry caused a re-evaluation and then Ben was approved AISH after they found out about a press conference. /1
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LIVE! *NEW* AHS V069 of 2026 is now up and posted! More fuckery right across AHS! frazzlehead.substack.com/p/ahs-v069-o... #abhealth #ableg #medtwitter #BlueSkyMed #UCPCorruption #Saynotothenine #ForeverCanadian @thebreakdownab.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social
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AHS V069 of 2026! Does anyone at the UCP Care? No probably not!
*NEW* AHS Update V069 (Of 2026!) - ICU - Not updated since March 24th- It’s been 1,436 Days, since Danielle Smith said, “HEALTHCARE FIXED IN 90 DAYS!!” Respiratory season kicks off with a spike in cas...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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Alberta ‘failed’ Cargill workers amid COVID-19 outbreak with inaction, overconfidence: report | CBC News
A new report says a number of factors converged to produce a “preventable tragedy” in which two workers and four close contacts died after a massive COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill’s beef processing plan...
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People have mostly forgotten how the UCP killed people during covid. Why and for whom. #ableg #abpoli Political pressure, negligence, incompetence all contributed to pandemic tragedy at High River plant, new report says albertapolitics.substack.com/p/political-...
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Political pressure, negligence, incompetence all contributed to pandemic tragedy at High River plant, new report says
Parkland Institute analysis shows how UCP ministers and officials tried to reassure workers to stay at work in the face of a major COVID-19 outbreak in 2020
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
open.spotify.com/epi... Every Albertan should listen to this. It's heartbreaking. Neither the Premier nor Minister LaGrange have even acknowledged it has happened. They have broken our EMS and Emergency system - safe and timely care is no longer guaranteed.
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Wife’s death after 1.5-hour wait for ambulance has Edmonton doctor demanding change
The Courtney Theriault Show · Episode
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YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
LIVE! *NEW* AHS V068 of 2026 is now ONLINE! The healthcare crisis that keeps on giving.. Closures, Delays & More! Buckle up Alberta! frazzlehead.substack.com/p/ahs-v068-o... @thebreakdownab.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social #ableg #abhealth #medtwitter #ableg
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AHS V068 of 2026! The Healthcare crisis that keeps on giving!
*NEW* AHS Update V068 (Of 2026!) - ICU - Not updated since March 24th- It’s been 1,434 Days, since Danielle Smith said, “HEALTHCARE FIXED IN 90 DAYS!!” Respiratory season kicks off with a spike in cas...
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
TL;DR: those of us lucky enough to age are likelier to get cancer. Age is a much stronger risk factor than any environmental or life style risk. Share far and wide so we can stop judging people with cancer for their poor choices. 💜 theconversation.com/the-leading-...
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The leading risk factor for cancer isn’t what you think
The factor most associated with cancer is unavoidable: aging. Older adults with cancer benefit from a geriatric assessment before making treatment decisions, but this is still not routine care.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the DM's... Meanwhile, in education... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Study: 10 minutes of super-slow running can benefit your brain and mood wapo.st/4hy7YgO by @gretchenxreynolds.bsky.social Once upon a time, I was a (semi-okay) track athlete. Now I jog slower than Bolt doing a victory lap! And I love it. 🏃 #Move❗
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Column | 10 minutes of super-slow running can benefit your brain and mood
Research suggests a run can feel surprisingly easy and still benefit your thinking skills.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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Violence against health-care workers in Alberta a growing issue, WCB data suggests | CBC News
Data obtained by CBC News suggests violence against health-care workers is a growing problem in Alberta, and unions say it underscores concerns they’ve already been raising.
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 20/09/2026
Preorders available now for my upcoming book HER BODY, HER CURE! I wrote about the history & politics of wellness culture from its origins in the 1800s to its latest far right incarnation post-2020. Alt-health/wellness is not just academic for me, it’s highly personal. 🧵 utppublishing.com/do...
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Elegant Sledgehammer FREE LINK @tinyteerex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"We have problems, but these changes are not going to fix them for the public system,” he said. "So the only ones benefiting are the chartered surgical facilities, investors and then the insurance industry.” The purpose of a system is what it does. - Stafford Beers
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
All my life, the wait times argument has been used to push privatization. And all my life, reporters have just accepted the government's framing. It's been 50 years. At what point do we start pointing out that these arguments are in bad faith?
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/health/... #abpoli
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Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? | CBC News
As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod...
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? Some warn Alberta's dual-practice model could run the risk of repeating mistakes made in Quebec, by @alexandramaej.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.ca
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Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? | CBC News
As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod...
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Quebec physicians' law blamed in part for five doctor suicides in five months. More than 1,500 MDs are calling for a coroner's inquiry into the suicides, but the coroner's office is noncommittal, @aaronderfel.bsky.social montrealgazette.com/news/health/... via @mtlgazette.bsky.social
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Quebec physicians' law blamed in part for five doctor suicides in five months
More than 1,500 MDs are calling for a coroner's inquiry into the suicides, but the coroner's office is noncommittal.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The University of Alberta’s free online critical thinking and science literacy course to help people differentiate science from pseudoscience: www.ualberta.ca/en/admission...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Indigenous leaders call for change in Sask. health care after woman's death during childbirth | CBC News
First Nations leaders say a declining health-care system and systemic racism within that system both contributed to Chelsea Bear's death from complications during the birth of her twins last month in ...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli This is not ok.
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Alberta premier floats charging temporary residents $1,900 to access public health care | CBC News
The figure comes as Albertans will vote in the Oct. 19 referendum on charging certain non-permanent residents a "reasonable fee or premium" for access to Alberta's health care and education systems.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I love these moments. I just cried happy tears with my patient because she’s cured and I’m discharging her from clinic 10 years after her lymphoma diagnosis. She had chemo and 2 stem cell transplants. But now she’s leaving and not looking back. 💜
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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2 missing Alberta children found safe in rural B.C.: Alberta RCMP | CBC News
Two missing Alberta children were found safe and in “good health” on Thursday on a rural property in West Kelowna, B.C., Alberta RCMP say.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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Alberta police watchdog investigating death of man in Edmonton holding cell | CBC News
Edmonton police said the 27-year-old detainee was discovered unresponsive on Thursday night by officers at the Edmonton Police Service Detainee Management Unit, a secure holding facility in northwest ...
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ASH Clinical News @ashclinicalnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Calling all #hematology voices! 🩸 ASH Clinical News is looking for associate editors to join the team, and we want YOU. Pitch stories, write columns, and help shape coverage of the studies that matter most in your field. Apply by September 18 👉 ow.ly/U7zE50ZO4PJ
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OncLive @onclive.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🎙️ On this #OncologyUnplugged episode, Chandler Park, MD, and Joshua Brody, MD, note evolving treatments for B-cell lymphomas. #lymsm #hematology Watch the episode on our site or listen on your favorite podcast platforms: www.onclive.com/view/fast-mo...
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/09/2026
No summer break for emergency departments flooded with high volumes of patients, Allison Bamford reports. Read this article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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ANALYSIS | What you need to know about Alberta referendum immigration questions 2, 3 and 4 | CBC News
CBC News breaks down immigration questions two, three and four in the Oct. 19 referendum, which propose three methods to restrict non-permanent residents’ access to public and social services.
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/09/2026
A donor who reported sexual contact with HIV-positive person is allowed to give plasma in Regina, Kristin Annable, Michelle Allan, Joanne Levasseur report. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
⚠️ Bodega peptides? Sigh. Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides [of course they aren't] www.wired.com/story/viral-...
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Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides
WIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Grifols permitted donors to give plasma despite punctures, bruising on arms, Health Canada finds
The safety of drugs made from plasma has not been compromised, says Canadian Blood Services
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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Alberta RCMP 'begging' drivers to be safe as 2026 could be deadliest in years | CBC News
The RCMP is “begging” Albertans to drive safely as they've seen a significant increase in fatalities and dangerous driving behaviour this year. Statistics show Alberta is on pace to have the highest n...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Trump’s fixation on undermining vaccination harms kids
Like almost all of his health policy pronouncements, this one featured unscientific misinformation
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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All Canadians should be eligible for a free shingles vaccine
Canada may not have a national health care system, but we should still have coherent national policies on essential issues like vaccination
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEW!!! New court documents allege that the Alberta government has failed to produce critical documents in the former AHS CEO lawsuit! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/is-the-gov...
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Is The Government Withholding Critical Evidence?
New Court Documents Allege That The Government Has Failed To Produce Critical Documents In The Former AHS CEO Lawsuit
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚩 Ivermectin = MAJOR RED FLAG FOR BUNK 🚩 Watchdog asked Amazon to remove listings for dozens of medicines, many of which included Ivermectin www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/... "...promoted online as a cure or treatment for a wide variety of health conditions including cancer and autism."
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Watchdog asked Amazon to remove listings for dozens of medicines, many of which included Ivermectin
HPRA wrote to the online retailer asking for a permanent block to be placed on products
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🚨 I'm getting serious personal threats as a result of this defamatory antivaxx BS. Shame on Conservative MP Dean Allison for platforming and legitimizing this science-free nonsense. Can government respond? @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‼️ Worldwide, when faced with conflicting health advice (eg, influencer vs MD) only 51% always go with MD. In Canada it is 45%, US 37%. I don't think individuals should blindly follow MD advice, but this data still highlights power of influencers (et al) on health perceptions and behaviours.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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A new community-led clinic helped save a rural Albertan’s life. Now it faces a funding cliff | CBC News
Faced with long waits, doctor shortages and the potential closure of its local clinic, the central Alberta town of Bashaw raised funds to launch a team-based medical clinic. However, relying on short-...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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Alberta government maintaining COVID vaccine fee as it prepares for fall influenza campaign | CBC News
The Alberta government says its provincewide influenza, COVID and respiratory syncytial virus vaccination campaign will begin next month.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I know this is obvious to most, but in Canada academics don’t personally get funds from grants. The money held by institution. Resources used to fund work, pay trainees, etc. These cranks try to create perception that we have been paid off when they know that is a lie. They are shameless…
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here Premier Smith. I fixed your “Alberta is Calling” ads to maybe help dissuade all those “immigrants” you don’t want anymore… (Could’ve saved the govt a lot of money on some of the referendum questions if you went w a Truth in Advertising approach like this!)
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