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@shelleyk.bsky.social
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Was a wife, but now a widow. 💔 Very proud mom.💕 Quilter, knitter, gardener. Long covid with dysautonomia. Retired physiotherapist. Always follow the science, not the belief or opinion.

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 4h
Heads up. Advance voting for the referendum gets underway to and goes until October 17th. Here's the link to help you find where you can cast your ballot. map.elections.ab.ca
map.elections.ab.ca
Where To Vote - Elections Alberta
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 4h
Line up **around the block** at my local polling station on the first day of advanced voting for the Alberta referendum. Great to see the massive turnout! Especially in what is expected to be a heavily “remain” riding. Vote for Canada! 🇨🇦
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 9h
SCOOP: The Alberta govt recommended a compay linked to Sam Mraiche for a contract to build a $35-million recovery centre on a First Nation near Calgary, according to the community's former lawyer www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friend
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Alberta government recommended Sam Mraiche-linked company to build recovery centre, lawyer alleges
Former lawyer for Tsuut’ina Nation says province played role in First Nation’s selection of Melewka Homes Ltd.
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · 12h
It's 2026. There are so many scientific papers out there on SARS-COV-2 & Covid-19, it is a bit childish to get surprised by things that should be common knowledge. And no, washing hands will not do much to prevent a SAR-SCOV-2 infection. It's airborne. So wear a mask, vaccinate, ventilate spaces.
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Tatiana Trifan #FBLC @tatianatrifan.bsky.social · 12h
Just glossed through a thread of people complaining how, less than a month from getting infected with SARS-COV-2, they got another SARS-COV-2 infection. They were amazed this could happen. Well, there are different variants circulating and immunity to one doesn't mean immunity to another. Wear a 😷.
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Elections Alberta @elections.ab.ca · 3h
2026 REFERENDUM - Advance voting locations are now open. Find out where to vote at ow.ly/v1C650ZWAZc. Visit our website for more information: ow.ly/Fn3150ZWAZ9
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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 6h
Our Psychologisation infographic is out! By coincidence, The Guardian published an article today reporting that women with autoimmunity are 74% more likely to be told their symptoms are psychological than men. Psychologisation is still a huge problem in medicine. Our article & The Gs 🖇️👇️
Long Covid Advocacy infographic on psychologisation, with pastel boxes, icons, and text on harms, myths, and evidence-based care.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Two Canadian Scientists Develop an Inhaled Vaccine Mist That Delivers Immunity Directly to the Lungs, Right Where Viruses Enter Two scientists, Fiona Smaill and Zhou Xing, developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist designed to reach the lungs in just 2 minutes.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is very good. #NoToTheNine
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Alberta doesn’t just risk losing out on future immigrant entrepreneurs, tech start up founders, and skilled workers. We risk driving out a generation of talent. Please, vote NO to the Nine.
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Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
@AHS_media and @CovenantCA Are your CEOs and team over in Sweden asking what they do when their EDs have 100% EIPs, 12-16 hour waits, and no in-pt beds to care for sick pts? Oh wait... Sweden fixed that before adding any private-pay options... maybe ask for help on ED flow! 3/3
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Estimate ED Wait Times in Calgary this week - and these are NOT accurate... most will wait longer than the posted time. NO ONE would argue that this is safe in any way. Key issues: severe shortage of emergency nurses. At times various of these EDs can be 9-10 nurses short! 1/3
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Carrie Tait on Alberta separatists calling her story fiction: "Considering that there was somebody saying it with their name on the record, it's a little bit hard to reel that back."
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here’s a gift link to the Globe and Mail investigation about American interference in the Alberta referendum, and the separatist operatives (one of whom is a UCP President) who went to the United States to offer them our water and oil. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/64d9ad7...
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Greg McLean @gregmcleanyyc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1/2: In-person voting for AB referendum begins next week (Advance Polls on Oct 13-17, Voting Day is Oct 19). It is too late to request a mail ballot, but if you have one already, please mail it this week to make sure it arrives by Oct 16 (you cannot personally deliver a mail ballot).
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@KatyET www.abresistance.ca @katyet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
G'morning. If you spent the weekend soaking up bonus summer, here's what you missed --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Grant Robertson, Nathan VanderKlippe, and friend
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Receiving a COVID vaccine did not increase the risk of long-term mortality (through March 2025), whether related to Covid or to other conditions, according to the Epi-Phare team- a scientific interest group overseen by the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) and
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And IN CASE YOU MISSED IT. More recently, two more studies showed updated COVID booster vaccines continue to provide meaningful protection against major adverse outcomes, cardiovascular complications, hospitalization, AND all-cause death. • www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/upd...
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
<preschoolers harmed by airborne viruses> Everyone who understands the concept: "What if we cleaned the viruses out of the air?" Infection Control: "Welp, vitamins didn't work. A mystery. So complex. You're lucky you've got us to be in charge here. More money please." 🙄
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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.alberta.ca/aea/cap/2026...
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
More on US food safety: Three (red) states have passed legislation to limit lawsuits against companies for failure to warn about health risks. Another six (red) states are proposing similar bills. See the problem? We need to take steps to protect Canadians from pesticide-friendly red state exports.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On today's episode of "Danielle Smith sure seems to retcon history a lot". Can we talk about "Question 1" for a sec? Because Danielle Smith says she's asking for a mandate for an unprecedented policy shift. But what does she really want? /1
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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PacoOnPause @pacoonpause.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think it's weird how fixated a lot of you are on people who are covid conscious..
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Every time @carrietait.bsky.social goes quiet for a whole, you know she is working on something big. Here it is www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
theglobeandmail.com
The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Kristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The pandemic should have led to clean indoor air, treatments for long covid and related illnesses, next gen vaccines, normalization of masking, mandatory respiratory protection in healthcare, sick leave, and a paradigm shift around what infections do to people
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There’s a pattern here. Profit over public health, and “people like us” (we all know who that is) over anyone else. It’s disgusting and works against everyone. And those 9 referendum questions are here now to reinforce the pattern.
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My editorial comment: You can see that there is more to Canada's resource future than the current focus on oil and gas. Albertans thinking about separation should consider the benefits of living in a country where there is a diversity of job opportunities, not just one industry in one province.
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I am so desperate for someone to publish their data on how many of “healthy control” volunteers screened positive for Long Covid. I’ve been hearing of this problem for years, I think it would be so valuable to document it.
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Examples of researchers talking about how many people volunteering for studies as healthy controls turn out to have Long Covid:
Tweet from Putrino Lab @PutrinoLab

Of all the "COVID-recovered" people who are kindly emailing us to participate in our study (meaning they had COVID >12 weeks ago and feel recovered), only about 1 in 5 are actually passing our screening questionnaire. The rest actually have persistent symptoms. #LongCOVID

1:18 PM • 2/23/22 From EarthScreenshot from CNN Health

Putrino said they had the most difficult time, in some respects, recruiting people to their control groups. "We had all of these people saying, 'I had Covid, and I'm fully recovered. Can I be in your study?' "

Upon further questioning, however, Putrino says they'd tell him things that would suggest they weren't really back to normal. "They'd say, I'm fully recovered. I just don't go to the gym anymore.' " Why don't you go to the gym anymore? 'Well, when I exercise, I feel really terrible," he said. Disabling fatigue after exercise is a common symptom of long Covid called post-exertional malaise.

He says that ultimately, about 50% of participants who were screened to be part of the control group couldn't be included because of continuing symptoms.Tweet from Alba Azola, MD
@AzolaAlba

For those doing LC research... around you having trouble finding controls? We are experiencing that most of our "HC" volunteers, when further assessed, end up having post COVID symptoms

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There’s probably a proper name for the problem we have in medicine… where we worry more about people tricking us, and make the issue about us, rather than thinking through what the actual practical outcomes for the patient could be…
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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 25/09/2026
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗔 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗟 in the Alberta referendum. Avoid lines and the chance something comes up. Lock in your vote for Canada. Encourage others to do the same. Share this info. www.elections.ab.ca/request-a-speci…
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Cicely Marston @cicely.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This 👇 and you can also find many/most articles these days by searching the title which will bring up free versions on preprint servers, university archives etc. *Please don’t pay for journal articles thinking you’ll help the authors. You won’t!* Just download/request what you need.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
3. We must turn our commitment into concrete cooperation supporting countries and ensuring. We must be able to ensure environments that protect health, as indoor air must not be a privilege, it must become the norm and this is the challenge that we must take together.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
2. We must strengthen our ability to joint define the quality levels we expect from our indoor environments, as well as the means to measure and achieve them based on science, data, and the sharing of best practices.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
💨Healthy Indoor Air in Schools France : 3 Priorities 1. We must make indoor air quality a fully integrated component of public health and prevention policies, particularly in schools and facilities serving the most vulnerable populations.
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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 24/09/2026
25 days to referendum day and only 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 to request a special ballot to vote by mail. Lines could be long, processes could be confused, life happens. Don't wait. Lock in your vote to stay in Canada. REQUEST A MAIL-IN BALLOT BY 11:59PM FRIDAY
elections.ab.ca
Request a Special Ballot - Elections Alberta
Electors who are unable to vote in person may vote by mail by applying for a Special Ballot. You may choose to: Mail the ballot to your home address, Mail the ballot to an alternate address (e.g. for those working away from home, at school, on vacation, etc.), Pick the ballot up at your Returning Office or at Elections Alberta’s main office in Edmonton, or Arrange for a designate to pick it up from the...
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Matt Oliver @sameo416.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Excellent @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social story feature two super voices of science @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social and @mark-ungrin.bsky.social. Precaution means you use higher mitigation until you know absolutely a lower mitigation is acceptable. A lack of hazard is never assumed only proven.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you think that this billboard is paid for by separatists - you’re wrong. This billboard is paid for by you - Alberta taxpayers. This is how Danielle Smith supports Canadian unity. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The outrage from my hubby filling out his ballots was
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Dexters Laboratory Yell
Alt: Dexters Laboratory Yell
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
by Myself and Dr. Roberta Lexier "We call on Premier Smith to do the right thing: Cancel the referendum until we fully understand the accusations surrounding EA. Start an investigation into what happened. And fully resource the organization entrusted with ensuring Alberta’s democracy."
edmontonjournal.com
Opinion: Cancel referendum in light of Elections Alberta controversy
We call on Premier Smith to do the right thing: Cancel the referendum until we fully understand the accusations surrounding EA.
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Veterans have seen horrors most of us cannot imagine. If you’re a veteran and struggling, please reach out for help. Canada needs you to stay. Call: Veterans Crisis Line Dial 988 then press 1 OR Veteran's Hotline 800-273-8255 ❤️‍🩹
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"The system made it as easy as possible for the separatists, but nearly impossible for a citizen with a cause the government didn't like... Meanwhile, the agency that can't count straight will soon be swamped with millions of referendum votes."
ca.news.yahoo.com
Braid: Agency that can't count straight will soon face millions of referendum votes
The system made it as easy as possible for the separatists, but nearly impossible for a citizen with a cause the government didn’t like
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Covid is not over just because people got tired of hearing about it. #SARSCoV2 is still circulating, still being detected in the air, and still causing chronic diseases like #LongCovid Another reminder that the air we share is part of public health infrastructure. Clean air is public health.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Here's what I'm blinking in disbelief about today, locally at least. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC News
Five former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t...
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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At best, the Elections Alberta is an underfunded, over-employed shambles. At worst, it was responding to government pressure to ensure a desired outcome. If the latter, it’s a 5-alarm fire. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC News
Five former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t...
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"We had concerns whether the process was being completed in a fair, equitable and consistent manner with the many daily, and sometimes hourly, changes to the processes,” former Elections Alberta staff (resigned in protest)
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Corb Lund requests moratorium on coal, former Elections Alberta staff speak out
Corb Lund is seeking a moratorium on coal development until a judicial review of how his group's petition was handled has been completed.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Water Not Coal has released a copy of a letter with concerns about Elections Alberta, including... - 2 directors being fired without cause - Multiple changes to how their petition was being verified mid process - A service manager & 4 supervisors quitting with concerns the process was compromised.
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