BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.” A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️‍⚧️

While Americans argue over rent hikes, groceries, and student loans, Israel has extracted $124 M per day from the U.S. Treasury for an entire year, much of it hidden behind opaque appropriations and congressional loopholes. According to Brown University’s Costs of War project,

🧵1/ Last year, I pushed for a better approach to West LRT construction. In February, Council approved my motion to fast-track road work along the route, with the goal of finishing by the end of 2025. #yeg #yegcc

Alberta Health Services has been notified of a person with confirmed measles in the Central Zone who has been in a public setting while infectious. Additional locations may be released if necessary. Learn more albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page19211…

Alberta government requires you to pre-order your COVID and flu vaccines for the fall. It starts today and ends September 30. Pre-order on this website or call 811. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/preo…

Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine booking system is open: bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/preo…. Recent changes in Alberta's vaccine policy have raised concerns about barriers to access protection. We share these concerns. Vaccination works best when it’s equitable, timely and accessible to all.

Albertans now must pre-order, book and pay for their COVID-19 vaccines. Public health protection should not be a privilege. User-pay models risk uptake and create cost and access barriers. This is not about politics, it’s about protecting Albertans’ health.albertadoctors.org/news/publicati…

This report from Public Interest AB is a gut punch. 1 in 5 kids in Alberta live in poverty. (Link in next post) /1

If you are upset about the strike because your flight was cancelled and Air Canada will not refund you the total cost, that is another example of their greed and you should actually be siding with the flight attendants.

Unions join health experts in panning the UCP’s COVID-19 vaccination strategy. The United Nurses of Alberta said the plan limits the freedom of Albertans to choose vaccination by intentionally limiting supply and penalizing those who can't afford it. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

“It’s not complicated — silence is a choice. And it’s the wrong one.” Ms Rachel has essentially dedicated her platform to Gaza.

MISINFORMATION ALERT: CBC Regrettably, CBC has been regurgitating Air Canada's press release. This is inaccurate. 1) Under the APPR, AC must rebook passengers on competitor airlines if it cannot rebook them on their own. 2) The Carriage by Air Act provides more protection.

1. In case you are in Alberta and missed the details, COVID fall vaccination eligibility in Alberta is restricted vs other provinces. One key difference is not covering based on age >65. Congregate care, medical and immunologic eligibility criteria. Medical: 1/6

3. COVID can be severe directly AND, like influenza, is associated with higher rates of major cardiovascular events (heart attack, stroke) in younger people too. Vaccines make a big difference in reducing risk of illness, death and community impact. share.google/pvqLKjfyljMvNB… 3/6

4. Millions of lives saved by vaccines…but a time of great societal stress also amplified outrageous disinformation from grifters and conspiracists, in spite of excellent safety data (there is no doubt vaccine is better than COVID infection.) pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC93… 4/6

Did you know about this loophole? While some candidates say they’ll disclose their donations by the September 30 deadline (as required), they don’t have to report any contributions received after July 31 until well after the election. That means there are 80 days in the

Leger has just released the first poll for Edmonton's mayoral race and... wow, I've never seen polling quite like this before. #yeg #yegcc

This long weekend I’ll be walking across Edmonton in a “Mayorthon” to meet residents, visit local businesses, and hear directly from Edmontonians along the way as part of his Listening Tour. I’ll also be trying to prove a point. That my blue sneakers aren’t as bad as my

“Yet again their own incompetence and inability to manage complex files has led to wasted time, wasted money, and unneeded stress." NDP leader Naheed Nenshi reacts to news the UCP has paused its government school library policy.

Pretty rough jobs report in Alberta. Unemployment leaps well past 8%, second only to Newfoundland