So this is part of public health. It's not just about vaccines. There are real consequences when you have a skeleton crew and no CMOH. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…

Impressive, stomach turning investigation Matthew Black and MacEwan U into Edmonton/Alberta’s archaic food safety inspection regime (including more details on the Tres Carnales debacle). 250 YEG restaurants went at least two years between inspections edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…

The rising harvest moon from ferry stern. Looking back towards Vancouver.

The Premier sent new mandate letters today to all 4 Ministers responsible for our health care. But instead of addressing the urgent crises facing the system & Albertans' access to the care we need, it was just more of the same: chaos & privatization. friendsofmedicare.org/mandate_letters

“In a Netflix interview aired posthumously, Jane Goodall, who died last week at 91, said she’d gladly send Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Benjamin Netanyahu off the planet in a SpaceX rocket.”🚀

“The work is vital…prevalence of radon gas at or above Canadian tolerance standards in one of five Canadian homes” “with the Prairies having among the highest rates” “Canadians are among the most radon-exposed people” “developing a screening tool for lung cancer”

“Albertans elected us to deliver results” - premier smith says. Ummm, I haven’t seen results. It’s nEver about performance - it’s about perception. Pls release regular reports on ER wait times, access in primary care, wait times for cancer care and more edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new…

Autumn by the Greenhouse. By Norwegian artist Edvard Munch,(Norwegian, 1863-1944) #Norway #art 🎨

Among individuals with psychosis, cannabis use increased by 9.53 percentage points after recreational cannabis legalization, a sharper rise than in the general population. ja.ma/4o98DXl

AMA statement on Health Minister Mandate letters: While we appreciate the government’s focus on improving access, innovation and accountability, we are concerned that the mandate letters do not adequately address the need for integration across ministries. albertadoctors.org/news/news/ama-…

I spent over a yr trying to work directly with this govt: raised the alarm about disintegration and chaos Dr. Duggan spent over a yr trying to work w this govt: "and can only describe it as chaos" HCWs and pts alike cannot navigate this chaos buff.ly/rLxCOdC

NEW: The #MentalHealth of Nurses and Doctors survey reveals a sobering reality: 1 in 3 doctors and nurses in Europe report symptoms consistent with anxiety or depressive disorders. Behind these numbers are exhausted professionals facing long hours, workplace violence, and job

Grim but important statistics shared in the article below.

Unfortunately, all efforts have focused on dismantling AHS So now we are left with a siloed system and no work force plan

Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. We celebrate by gathering family and loved ones to give thanks for hockey, drinking maple syrup straight out of the bottle, sharpening our snow shovels and complaining about traffic circles.

Still searching for chanterelles

The poorly reorganized #AISH are so understaffed that they cannot return calls. It feels like a tactic to defer, delay, dump, and destruct our persons with additional needs. What if our daughter with Down syndrome didn’t have an advocate? We should be ashamed! #YYC #ABLeg

Allegedly big layoffs today at AHS. Numerous people posting about it in an AHS employees subreddit today. Nothing in the media as of yet, that I've seen. Can anyone confirm? old.reddit.com/r/AHSEmployees… #Alberta #abpoli

How many AHS employees got laid off today? I’d ask the Health Minister but I don’t know which of the four MLAs making $180,000+ each to ask. #abhealth #abpoli #yyc #yeg

And the firings will continue until morale improves...