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Check out the ATA's new campaign. Alberta spends THE LEAST on public education per student in all of Canada. #abed #ableg #StopTheExcuses #TheLeast #PublicEducation

Before and after Dutch Elm Disease Edmonton, we are not ready for this. Source: alberta.ca/society-to-pre…

Commissioner Richard Branson on overdose prevention centres: The UK's first will open in Glasgow this October - a crucial step in reducing harm, saving lives, and setting an example for compassionate drug policy. It's time to prioritize health over criminalization.

Wasps are everywhere this summer. Extreme heat and dry conditions are to blame. “We are seeing 3 generations in 3 weeks’ time. Usually it’s 1. They’re completing their whole life cycle from egg to adult in 7 to 10 days now.” Via ⁦Alanna Smith⁩ theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

130 Ontario faith leaders are mobilizing to support expansion- not defunding - of supervised consumption services. #SCS #CTS Read, sign, share: faithsupport4scs.ca

This vacccine-preventable death of a child under 5 in Ontario is possibly Canada's first measles death in 25 years.

Most Americans consume at least some local crime news — but TV news watchers probably see the most niemanlab.org/2024/09/most-a… via Nieman Lab Pop culture & news coverage a big driver of the fear of crime & belief that it is increasing. Fear exploited (and heightened) by

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 A provincial government in Canada has announced it will legalize and regulate a harmful illicit activity, which the Minister in charge says “inherently will never be safe. But the question is, is there a safer way to do it? Is there a more responsible way?”

"we are letting people die who don’t need to, and we’re losing the idea that these are human beings. More and more, they’re turning into statistics, and nobody seems to care.” Read more: paherald.sk.ca/too-many-to-co…

As a rural specialist who has been in Northern Alberta for the past 12 years, I can compare the state of healthcare today with rural healthcare when I first arrived here. Capacity just wasn’t an issue in 2011. If an emergency came in, we handled it. There was no triaging of

#Nursing is harm reduction: Providing care in the midst of our #overdose crisis By Leigh Chapman RN PhD healthydebate.ca/2024/09/topic/…

And the tear down is in full flight. This change should be studied closely, but sadly I’m not confident we’ll learn much. Provincial Governments aren’t too keen to put a microscope on this kind of reorganization edmontonjournal.com/news/recovery-…

🧵In 2021 Oregon became the first state to decriminalize drugs. It recriminalized last week, after three years. There were many reasons; one was because overdoses rose sharply. Our new study finds, critically, this was *not* a result of decriminalization. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

"...what makes the Skid Row Action Plan unique is that it was designed to address the complex needs of the neighborhood..." In 1 year: ➡️ 2k people moved into interim housing ➡️ 1k people moved into permanent homes Housing + services ends homelessness. latimes.com/california/sto…

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Multiple overdoses and prolonged sedation events happening in #Nanaimo right now. Drug testing results from the local overdose prevention site highlight: Sample 1: -White chunks, suspected fentanyl -Contains 50-60% xylazine and 15-20% fentanyl #bcpoli

Youth #vaping continues its tumble from a Juul-fueled high. The number of kids using e-cigs has dropped to a third of its 2019 peak, by Lizzy Lawrence statnews.com/2024/09/05/you… via STAT Samir Gupta

I've been an #ER physician in #Canada for fifteen years and I can count on one hand the number of patients I have seen who have come in wounded by gunshots. I had to go to the US as a trainee to learn how to manage them. School shootings are a power & policy problem.

Why is the Premier of Alberta commenting on a 2019 decision based on a 2017 event in BC?

👀""Ontario's first domestic case of human #rabies since 1967 confirmed in Brant County" 🇨🇦#NTDs kitchener.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s-firs…