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pceebee23 @pceebee23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
REPEAT AFTER ME: privatisation is a scam, a fraud and theft of community owned assets for the benefit of a few
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Sheldon Boyarski @booarski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Explains why Moe gets along with Carney so well. The first phone lines in rural Saskatchewan were run along farmer’s barbwire fences with the understanding sharing their fence lines meant connecting the community, not profiteering. cowboycountrymagazine.com/2011/03/fenc...
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Alan Drummond MD @dralandrummond.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My letter in today's Globe and Mail:
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Solstice 🇨🇦 @notabot1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Please sign and share this petition. We, the undersigned, People of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to 1. Vigorously enforce the Canada Health Act and its principles of public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability and accessibility; www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7691 - Petitions
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This isn't the first time the USA has placed 50% tariffs on Canada. In 1890, the USA's Tariff Act was touted as a way to build up American industry, but the true goal was forcing the annexation of Canada. It backfired and made Canada stronger. This is the story. 📸 LoC 🧵1/10
Political cartoon criticizing the Republican platform for favoring untaxed whiskey (jug labeled "Untaxed Whiskey 20¢ Gal.") while presenting war‑taxed common cloth with an 89% tariff, highlighting perceived hypocrisy.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“I deal with many countries, and Canada is easily the most difficult and unreasonable,” - Trump Canadians: Good.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Kawacatoose First Nation members head south to retrieve stolen teepee cover from U.S. Story of the theft has been passed down for 100 years #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Kawacatoose First Nation members head south to retrieve stolen teepee cover from U.S. | CBC News
Family members from Saskatchewan are travelling to Washington, D.C. for the return of a precious item made by an ancestor who was promised payment but never received any.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
For months, I have been raising the alarm in the House of Commons about Danielle Smith’s attack on public health care. I’ve raised it repeatedly during Question Period. I’ve written to the Prime Minister and the Health Minister multiple times. And for months, the federal gov’t stayed silent. (1/3)
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Jen Keane @zenbuffy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I'm loathe to share this man, but this one is personal. My masters thesis was on the MMR controversy, so believe me when I say that this path of separation of the MMR will result in nothing but increased sales of too-small coffins, and children with life-altering medical conditions.
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David Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Heads up Canadian #crbox builders and PC fan air cleaner enthusiasts – Canadian Tire has a sale on 2-packs of Filtrete 1900 starting Thursday for $26.99 ($13.50 each). Normal price is $64.99, hope they are in stock by then. No rainchecks. @northboxsystems.bsky.social (That's like $9.64 each in USD)
Photo of Canadian Tire advertisement showing 3M Filtrete 1900 filter 2-pack on sale for 26.99 special buy, August 13-20 2026Regular price on CanadianTire.ca of 2-pack Special Buy if Filtrete 1900. 20x20 and 20x25 shown.
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
I called on the 🇨🇦 govt to guarantee, no-cost access to COVID-19 vaccines, including for every child under 12. Under the Canada Health Act, every Canadian deserves equal access to care no matter where they live, or how badly their provincial gov’t ignores science, health guidelines & their citizens.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 21/07/2026
The announcement of 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods is the latest economic grenade thrown over the border by an out of control President who has lost touch with reality. /1
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Paul Dechene @pauldechene.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
All this hullabaloo over a 3 minute call to prayer. That's 3 minutes out of the 10,080 in a week. That's 0.03% of a week taken up by the call to prayer. And for the average Reginan who maybe goes downtown for Farmer's Market they'll here it 0% of the time b/c it to happen on Fridays. #yqrcc
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TTCriders @ttcriders.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Last year, City Council approved a pilot to deploy Toronto Community Crisis Service (TCCS) in the downtown U of the subway, a new non-police emergency service for people experiencing crises on transit. One year later, the results are in. TCCS's non-enforcement approach to safety is working. 🧵⬇️ 1/
Graphic: Toronto's approach to community safety is working on the TTCInfographic

Enhancing Mental Health Crisis Response on the TTC Pilot

November 15, 2025 to May 31, 2026

9792 community interactions
528 calls for crisis support

Call types
Wellbeing Check - 56.3%
Thoughts of Suicide - 29%
Distressing/Disorderly Behaviour - 8.3%
Advised/Referral - 0.2%

The average response time for TCCS-TTC teams to arrive on scene is 5 minutes

Pilot stations map showing the downtown U Line 1 and 2 stations

Emergency Service requests

6% of calls requested TTC Special Constables
3% of calls had a request for medical services
2% of calls had a request for police services
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hey AB: Our functional ED capacity in the Edmonton area has been devastated We have NEVER had overcrowding in our EDs that looks like this in our summer (typically we see admitted volumes decrease in the summer) > 6mnths since Mr. Sreekumar's tragic death, NOTHING is better 1/2
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Alan Drummond MD @dralandrummond.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Emergency room disruptions at seven Sask health-care facilities www.gx94radio.com/2026/07/18/e...
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Emergency room disruptions at seven Sask health-care facilities
SASKATCHEWAN — Seven health-care facilities are affected by emergency room service disruptions July 18 at 9 a.m., according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority. New emergency room service ...
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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
There's a popular larger "DIY air purifier," but this Canadian version is a little smaller, and cheaper, to build. One will do 200-400 square feet, so if you have a small apartment, make two, etc.:
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The BREATHE Project: DIY Air Cleaners – BC Lung Foundation
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
They could be. They should be. But Carney is busy gutting federal science departments including Fisheries and Oceans, Agriculture and Agri-Food, Environment and Climate Change, Canadian Space Agency, Health Canada, Public Health Agency, and Natural Resources, and dumping research funds into AI.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Carney fans, rationalize away!
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Mike @brechinbrae220031.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Enforce the Canada Health Act! Canadian tax dollars are being deliberately misappropriated through underfunding of public healthcare and redirecting money to create second-tier private for-profit health care systems in Canada. The thieves are hiding in plain sight.
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Saskboy from Saskatchewan @saskboy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Why do I advocate for accessible infrastructure and computer technology? The majority of my life I've been able to walk as far as I want, ride bikes, pogo sticks, paddle canoes, and drive cars. I could read the smallest text without magnifying glasses. I'm middle age now, and already ...
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Waterloo Region Health Coalition @health-wrregion.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
What is the Canada Health Act—and why does it matter? – Dr. Monika Dutt 😊 👍 #healthcare #healthpolicy #cdnhealth #cdnpoli
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hey AB, Smith and Lagrange keep saying there's a done deal for the TLP role (the long promised WR ED doctor) ... there isn't. They are either ill-informed, or intentionally misleading (= nice way of saying lying). 1/3
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Drain the swamp?
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
www.youtube.com/watc... This is insanity... listen to the Minister's answers - she doesn't answer any of the questions. Yes these docs will be able to give the SALES PITCH - "you can wait 18 months, or get your surgery done in a week if you pay 20k". 1/2
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More patient choice, better access to care - June 18, 2026
Minister of Hospital and Surgical Health Services Adriana LaGrange announced the next steps for dual practice and how it will improve patient choice and access to care. Learn more: https://www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?xID=9635394B3EA0C-A442-7865-D1DFF7C58FAFCE1F
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Hippersons @hippersons.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Who’s with me on team algae?
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Janis💙🦋🇳🇬🇺🇦🇵🇹🇦🇱🇨🇦🇳🇱🇪🇺 🇨🇻🇩🇴🇰🇷 🇳🇴🇯🇵🇹🇼l🇨🇩 🇭🇺🇦🇺🇵🇪🇬🇱🇿🇦🇬🇭🇮🇪🇩🇪🇧🇼🇪🇸🇫🇷🇲🇺🇬🇧🇲🇽🇵🇦🌎🌏🌍 @jsplace.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
lol. He always waiting for an opportunity to show off his pecs.. surprised he hasn’t taken his shirt off and jumped in already.
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Blue Dot in Red State @bluedotin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Yes, right on the money, Madge. Further, I do believe he is convinced that HE and HE ALONE is the best thinker when compared to anyone. Hence, it is just a waste of time to listen, make small talk, and ask others questions. On so many levels, he is a caricature of himself: incapable & lost.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social was it worth the murder of 168 school children? Or the $300 billion Trump promised to get out of this mess? Will you call on Israel to pay for the destruction of Lebanese villages and hospitals? What about this nightmare was worth it? www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
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PM Carney calls war in Iran ‘worth it,’ says tentative deal a ‘game changer’
After the U.S. and Iran say they’ve reached a tentative deal to end the war, Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling the conflict 'worth it.'
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Dr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A New Study for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Needs Your Help. Can vagal nerve stimulation decrease menstrual blood loss? The biology is plausible. Thanks to @shematologist.medsky.social for the headsup open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...
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A New Study for Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Needs Your Help
Researchers are testing a wearable nerve stimulation device that may reduce menstrual bleeding. Here's what the science shows so far, and why this trial deserves attention.
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Shawna Gawreluck @shawnagawreluck.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Hey Rural ‘Berta A moment of your time to point out that Premier Smith is quoting “democracy” as the excuse to spend $40 million of your taxpayer dollars to ask a separation question BUT Refuses to allow you, or your muni governments, the right to refuse data centres in your backyard #ableg
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Canadian Meg @canadianmeg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Well, here's a scathing piece about the #DataCentre and the worst part is how entirely believable it is. Moe & Co are corrupt. You should read this. #SKPoli
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Bell’s 300 MW AI Data Centre Near Regina
A deep dive on the data centre deal that has sacrificed Saskatchewan farmland, democracy, and our power grid for American hyperscalers
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Laurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Despite seasonal drops in respiratory diseases in Saskatchewan, Saskatoon #yxe hospitals continue overloaded today. 🧵 1/
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Let's talk wait times with CHEST PAIN at the UofA ED. Just this week: posted "average" wait time at UAH was 5hrs... but something has changed and these are no longer even close to reflective of the real wait times. 1/11
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Danielle Smith in Alberta wants the Constitution amended because she finds Indigenous rights problematic for her pipeline dreams. (1/2)
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
The NDP @ndp.ca is the only Canadian party that's spoken up against genocide and urged sanctions on Israel. It's the only party opposed to privatization of public goods and services. It's the only party standing up for the right to strike. It's the only party with a plan for climate action.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 27/05/2026
1/ Right now, a bill called C-22 is moving through Parliament. It would let police pull information on who you talk to, when, and where, all without a warrant. It's at committee this week. 🧵
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Do you know that reports of sexual assault have dramatically decreased since the Hockey Canada trial and the Ontario bar stars showing women what they will do to them if they report?
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ᵀᴴᴱꀤNGᒪOᖇIOᑌᔕ¹🇨🇦 @inglorious.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Oh boy... where do I start? Here's a good list of departments getting slashed. But the big report they published also has no new funding for the pharmacare program, effectively killing it - and no new funding for the Canadian Child Care Program.
A list of Treasury Board cuts compiled by the Globe and Mail.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
50 Million Dollars to ask some non-binding questions that are not a high priority to the vast majority of ABs. Here's what is a priority to me: 1 - The cost of living for Albertans 2 - HC access - let's prevent ABs from dying in our ED WRs and hospital hallways 1/3
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ᵀᴴᴱꀤNGᒪOᖇIOᑌᔕ¹🇨🇦 @inglorious.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
As inattentive Canadians praise the capitalist servant we hired to run the place, I keep feeling envious of less messianic leadership that gets practically miraculous things done. Canada could be this....
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Essential services should never be privatized. It never, ever goes well for anyone but the already ultra-wealthy.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
edmontonjournal.com/... Shadow Bureaucracy 101 - let's break down what is happening in AB on HC policy advice:🧵 1/8
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Opinion: Prioritizing access to surgery is great news for Alberta patients
Treating patients more quickly benefits more than just those who receive the care.
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Canadian Health Coalition/Coalition canadienne de la santé @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Bill 11 means 2 Canadians can need the exact same surgery, see the exact same surgeon, & wait very different amounts of time. Can't pay $30,000 out of pocket? Wait 9 to 15 months. Can pay? You're in within the month. REPOST if you believe that care should be based on need, not the ability to pay!
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 06/05/2026
Alberta’s voters list scandal demands a public inquiry. I make that case in the interview below. But, instead of waiting for the results of the many ongoing investigations, there are 8️⃣ things Premier Smith could do in the next week to address the situation.🧵 www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid...
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Elections Alberta has become 'part of this scandal': analyst | Alberta Primetime
Jared Wesley, a political science professor at the University of Alberta, joins Alberta Primetime's Michael Higgins to discuss the voter list data breach.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Just a reminder that Carney is cutting funding to the CBC by $192 million next year (despite campaign promises to *increase* funding) and its actively undermining efforts to combat misinformation.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Let's do a little PRIMER on how our govt wants AB's to pay MORE AND MORE out of pocket for HC. Access is deteriorating, and all they can offer is you paying more... 1/4
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The AB government and the Premier wants Albertans to have to pay out of pocket for necessary HC. Bill 11 - Dual-billing - example: pay 20 thousand for an ortho surgery Bill 29 - DI/Lab for-profit unlimited access - pay out of pocket for tests you may or may not need. 1/3
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