This story from yesterday got a lot of reads, and FYI the researchers have built a website that allows you to explore the offending YouTube videos without actually giving them clicks: www.cdmrn.ca/incident-slo...

Does Carney’s Gas Tax Cut Send the Wrong Signals? | The Tyee Experts warn that suspending Canada’s fuel tax offers limited, ill-targeted relief.

Great coverage by @zoeyunker.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca on the shortcomings of Ottawa's 10¢ gas tax holiday as a solution to the current oil price shock: thetyee.ca/News/2026/04.... My take: “The big problem not only hasn’t been solved; it hasn’t even been properly identified.” #cdnecon #canlab

C.D.C. Cancels Publication of Study Showing Benefits of Covid Vaccines

The acting head of the CDC has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter

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Smith’s Meddling in Electoral Boundaries Is Part of a Grim Pattern | The Tyee The goal is power for the UCP, not democracy.

Important read here via @jlisayoung.bsky.social.
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Duane Bratt: “going after the integrity of the electoral system is even worse. It opens the door for mistrust in elections, court challenges (and likely further attacks on judges), and strains on the capacity of Elections Alberta. All in the midst of referendums and a potential separation threat.”

Today I asked the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions if he was aware of the lack of transparency in the Centre of Recovery Excellence's first published report, including failing to disclose conflicts of interest. He didn't answer the question.

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism | The Tyee A research group raises red flags about foreign interference in the province’s independence referendum.

Danielle Smith decided to open Pandora's Box in order to keep her separatist supporters at bay. Now the rest of us have to contend with the forces that she unleashed. #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Inside a B.C. company’s effort to bring inhalable heroin therapy to market in Canada Veteran public health leaders push for new treatment option on 10th anniversary of province’s toxic drug crisis

Exclusive: A former public health professor and a former provincial health officer have started offering an inhalable form of pharmaceutical heroin for the treatment of opioid use disorder in British Columbia.
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'Not fixing anything': Blame game being played in decision to close northeast Edmonton women's shelter A women's shelter in northeast Edmonton run by the Elizabeth Fry Society was shut down after the city didn't renew the lease, cutting 100 beds.

"Whether it's the city's fault, or the the provincial government's fault, or it's the shelter's fault, someone needs to be held accountable. At the end of the day, it's the women who are affected by this." #yeg #abpoli #ableg

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Another voice raising concerns over Alberta's plan to redraw the electoral map, with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association saying the UCP's plan "casts a doubt over the equity and fairness of Alberta’s electoral process."

Loved ones rally across B.C. to mark 10 years since toxic drug crisis was declared an emergency | CBC

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Redraw of electoral boundaries would present challenging timeline: Elections Alberta EDMONTON — Alberta's elections agency says a government decision to revisit how provincial ridings are drawn up will be a challenge as the clock ticks toward an October 2027 vote.

Elections Alberta says it needs at least 1 1/2 years to iron out all the details for new ridings on any revised electoral map.

We are 18 months (and 1 day) away from the 2027 election *today*

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I know some health journals are tiring of COVID-related research but IMO we still have so much to reflect on re: the pandemic response and how it impacted/is still impacting people and systems.

Staff perspectives on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of emergency department care for patients who use opioids - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic and Canada’s drug poisoning crisis placed exceptional demands on emergency departments (ED). We aimed to explore the impact of these intersecting crises from the perspect...

Original paper is here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

In this issue: An example of the value of theory informed qualitative analysis to emergency medicine - Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine -

Thanks to the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine for singling out our team's (trainee-led!) paper on caring for patients with opioid use disorder in during COVID as a strong example of theory-guided qualitative research. 🧪

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Edmonton’s homelessness crisis is political violence Blaming homelessness on an apolitical “housing crisis” is irresponsible. Homelessness is a political choice, and the message is clear: if you can’t pay rent, you don’t deserve a home. The intentionali...

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BC Health Experts Say the Province Has Solutions to the Toxic Drug Crisis. 10 Years In, Policies Still Ignore The Evidence. “We have this bizarre dichotomy where everybody agrees that this is a health issue, but the majority of the resources…goes to law enforcement.”

Two events this week in Victoria marked the 10 year anniversary of the public health emergency of the #toxicdrugcrisis in BC — one inside the Legislature building and one outside.

I went to both, and found experts on either side of the wall saying the same things:

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Excellent speech on the nuances of effectively regulating a challenging but critical area of health and social risk. Warms my public health heart.

National libraries group urges Alberta to ditch 'political interference' in libraries An organization representing large public libraries across Canada warns Alberta’s proposed bill affecting libraries threatens “unprecedented” government overreach into organizations meant to be shield...

First, their health minister used confidential info to intimidate a critic. Then another accessed a recall proponent's voting records. Now another wants to know what Albertans are reading in public libraries.

When will UCP libertarians stand up?

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If the UCP goes forward with this plan to gerrymander Alberta's electoral boundaries, Albertans of all partisan persuasions will be called upon to push back. And hard.

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This is a major line being crossed by Alberta's UCP government. Throwing out the work of an independent boundaries committee is authoritarian and extremely anti-democratic.

Oh, for the love of sex! The climax of Bill S-209 YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons

Why yes. I did give a speech in the Senate about the joy of sex. A speech about sex and libraries, and the dangers of trying to censor what our teens can read and watch and do online. In a world full of digital risk, we need to teach our kids media literacy, and sexual literacy too. #cdnpoli #ableg

Ford government minister didn’t attend the prestigious U.S. university claimed in his official bios Michael Tibollo never went to the University of Southern California — it was the online-only ‘California Southern University'

Unfortunately not that uncommon to see people misrepresenting their credentials or academic affiliations in the addiction and mental health space in Canada.

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Nurses' union says Saskatoon hospitals dealing with more overdoses after PHR closure | CBC News "(Nurses) are having to adjust and focus more on this patient population, which also takes away patient care for many of the others experiencing emergencies," said Saskatchewan Union of Nurses preside...

Nurses' union says Saskatoon hospitals dealing with more overdoses after PHR closure
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Wednesday at 8!

Special Episode!

The UCP’s “Centre of Recovery Excellence” (CoRE) published a paper that’s being used to justify shuttering Supervised Consumption Sites in Alberta.

But the quality of the paper is dubious at best & we’ve got three expert professors to explain!

BC’s Toxic Drug Crisis Hits a Grim 10-Year Anniversary | The Tyee More than 18,000 British Columbians have been killed and there’s no end in sight.

"Bernie Pauly, a professor in the University of Victoria school of nursing and a scientist with CISUR, said B.C. is stuck in a cycle of “ongoing, tragic and preventable loss,” because it is still operating in a criminalized environment of prohibition."

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Reflecting on 10 Long Years of BC’s Toxic Drug Crisis | The Tyee I’ve spent my career working in the public health emergency. It’s time for a full embrace of evidence-based drug policies.

“We will emerge into a landscape of rational drug policy, even if it remains pretty dark until we get there.”

Victoria-based addiction medicine specialist Dr. Ryan Herriot writes. #ToxicDrugCrisis #bcpoli

UAlberta Charter Challenge - Statement of Claim CONTACT: Any questions or requests for comment can be addressed to the plaintiffs' co-council Mustafa Farooq at mustafa@nandalaw.ca.

Two students and a professor are suing the University of Alberta for violently dismantling the peaceful pro-Palestine encampment in May 2024.

Back when it happened, a number of law professors—including myself—signed an open letter objecting to police brutalizing our students over protected speech.

Meet the Horrified Grandparents Fighting for Vaccines They remember what diseases like measles are really like—and want the rest of America to know before it’s too late.

Grandparents remember what diseases like measles are really like—and want the rest of America to know before it’s too late

@gparents4vaccines.bsky.social

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2026

FNHOO Finds Systemic Failure in the Closure of Prairie Harm Reduction: The collapse of Saskatchewan's only supervised consumption site leaves hundreds without life-saving services.

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The First Nations Health Ombudsperson Office (FNHOO) is the first of its