Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Woke up to the news about Glen Hansard. So many memories from home. The endless Valentines gig in Whelans, front row at Witness, the acoustic gig in Cork? Galway? where he wondered why we were at his gig when Van Morrison was playing down the road.rte.ieGlen Hansard: A powerhouse of self-belief and passionBack in Dublin's scuzzy early nineties music scene, nobody was quite sure what to make of Glen Hansard. 030
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Javier and Landon tell us about what made a shift memorable: experiencing the hospitality of Swan River First Nation, 6 am swims in Lesser Slave Lake and, inevitably, the woes of rough roads. friresearch.ca/news/data-by...friresearch.caData by Day, Slave Lake Always - fRI Research 132
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Be part of a team conducting applied research on aquatic ecosystems in Alberta. Build models, publish and present findings, and make a difference for threatened fish species in Alberta. Closing date: July 31, 2026. Full details on our website. friresearch.ca/news/job-opp...friresearch.caJob Opportunity: Water and Fish Scientist - fRI Research 011
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 24/04/2026As 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). 100
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 30/01/2026:(media.tenor.coma woman in a black dress is smiling with #schitts creek written in the cornerAlt: Catherine O'Hara n a black dress is smiling and blowing a kiss with #schitts creek written in the corner 010
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 21/12/2025A slightly sunny sunrise at Newgrange this morning. 10/10 Neolithic architecture solstice orientation. www.rte.ie/news/2025/12...rte.ieCrowds gather to celebrate Winter Solstice at NewgrangeAround 2,000 people have gathered at Newgrange to celebrate the Winter Solstice. 110
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 08/12/2025And another 42 hours with no Dr on site in the Hinton ER again this week... 030
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Psa: 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 filmmedia.tenor.coma woman is walking down a dirt road next to a car .Alt: a girl is running down a dirt road to a car. She jumps into the arms of a man and hugs him 010
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 03/12/2025This 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 091
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Excited 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...iwt.iePress Release: Irish Wildlife Trust welcomes good news for the Glen - Irish Wildlife TrustPress Release 26th November 2025 Irish Wildlife Trust welcomes good news for the Glen The Irish Wildlife Trust has welcomed the news that the National Parks and Wildlife Service have purchased 100 ... 010
Reposted by Laura FinneganNick Littlewood @blackdogbirder.bsky.social · 21/11/2025New #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. 🦔🦔🦔 176
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 12/11/2025This is good news from Ireland Also, new SI unit just dropped 000
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Not 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 171
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Is this deer still considered an unmarked individual if it has such a distinctive (and stylish) coiffure? @friresearch.bsky.social #cameratrapping 032
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 19/10/2025This new paper led by the excellent Erin Tattersall is well worth a read 011
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 08/10/2025It'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? 121
Reposted by Laura FinneganLaura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Sad 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...rte.ieBroadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed. 102
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Sad 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...rte.ieBroadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed. 102
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 26/09/2025I am scoring the CBC news anchor a 3/10 for their Irish pronunciation of mo chara this morning 110
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Sad 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. 020
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Whelp 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... 040
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Sadly 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 🫥 010
Reposted by Laura FinneganParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 18/08/2025"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👇buff.lyOpinion: Alberta's COVID vaccine limits go against ethical health-care deliveryAll Albertans should have the choice of all available options including the COVID-19 vaccine. 58650
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Late 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. 121
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 22/07/2025As 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 01610
Reposted by Laura FinneganCole Burton @coleburton.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The 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... 04740
Reposted by Laura FinneganAerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 14/07/2025On 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. 072
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025It'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 101
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Also, many immigrants become citizens. Like me. Who can then vote for a provincial govt party that isn't xenophobic 020
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 14/06/2025🫥 Apparently in Alberta we now follow the recommendations of the FDA and CDC Not Health Canada and NACI Did I miss a referendum? 161
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 11/06/2025HEPA 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. 000
Reposted by Laura FinneganYYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025It'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... /1open.substack.comAHS Update V205 ~ 2025-06-08*NEW* AHS Update V.205 (Of 2025!) - ICU - No Updates since May 20th, 2025. It’s been 963 Days since Danielle Smith said, “HEALTHCARE FIXED IN 90 DAYS!!” That was a BIG lie! 185
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 03/06/2025June in Alberta is calving season for several species in the deer family, including Elk! #TrailcamTuesday 021
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 30/05/2025We’re hiring a new member of the admin team to help support all our research programs. Apply by June 15! friresearch.ca/news/employm...friresearch.caEmployment Opportunity: Administrative Assistant - fRI Research 001
Reposted by Laura FinneganYYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Weeeeee 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! /1open.substack.comAHS V200! - 2025-05-28Back after a few days of mental health break.. 23120
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Happy 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-... 041
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025The 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 001
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 29/04/2025My first time watching 🇨🇦 election votes as a citizen. I have the slimmest hope our new riding will flip. The slimmest of slimmest of hope 020
Reposted by Laura FinneganfRI Research @friresearch.bsky.social · 15/04/2025#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 101
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I used to recite this while wandering Irish forests trying to catch squirrels for my phd It didn't work very well 😭🫠 151
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 18/03/2025🇮🇪🇨🇦 RTE news : Indigenous Canadian famine aid 'hidden in plain sight' www.rte.ie/news/ireland...rte.ieIndigenous Canadian famine aid 'hidden in plain sight'Donations to Irish people from indigenous communities in Canada during the Great Famine - valued at around €12,000 today - have been "hidden in plain sight", a professor has said. 010
Laura Finnegan @lfinnegal.bsky.social · 14/03/2025And 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 🧠 1/2 110
