Holly Mathias

Great work by @cssdpedmonton.bsky.social to highlight the views of #yeg mayoral candidates on key substance use and housing issues 👏🏽

Toxic - Metro Cinema Canada 2025, 61min, Dir: Robert Colbourne 14A    A toxic drug supply is fuelling an overdose crisis that has claimed over 52,500 Canadian lives since 2016 and nearly 55,000 U.S. deaths in 2024 alone. ...

If you are in #yeg and interested in the toxic drug crisis, check out this film screening happening at Metro cinema next week! #ableg metrocinema.org/production/t...

Huge thanks to @hollymathias.bsky.social for shining a spotlight on why Canada must invest in women’s health research. Your voice reminds us: when women’s health thrives, so does society.
 
Read her powerful guest blog here:🔗 bit.ly/pwhr-op-ed-holly-mathias

#WomensHealth #PWHR

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⚠️Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency is responding to a fire in the woods near Susie Lake.

As a precaution, evacuation of Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre has begun. All remaining appointments are cancelled today and patients and the public should avoid the area.

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Tuesday, Aug. 12 | 3:40 p.m. - Police are assisting Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency with the response to a fire in the area of Susie Lake in Halifax.

Police are asking the public to avoid the Bayers Lake area. Evacuations and street closures are underway.

Travel, Activities in Woods Restricted to Prevent Wildfires

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Millennials Are Becoming Caregivers Whether They’re Ready or Not | The Walrus Still under 40, many are responsible for aging parents while raising kids and managing debt

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🍿 Red Deer, AB residents, make sure to get your FREE tickets for Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy screening at Carnival Cinemas on August 7.

Get your tickets here: www.storymoneyimpact.com/kmoereddeer

Join us on August 9 for a special virtual event dedicated to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren due to substance use-related harms.

Register for this Zoom event using this link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Not just an urban issue: Alberta small town forms task force to address encampment | CBC News A sprawling forest encampment has brought jurisdictional concerns, community tensions, and discussions surrounding potential solutions to the forefront in the rural community of Drayton Valley, Alta.

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Just published online first @cjphrcsp.bsky.social Expanding supervised consumption services in rural Canada: Bridging gaps (@hollymathias.bsky.social‬, @ehyshka.bsky.social‬ et al.) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Episode 54: Get Sober or Get Dead — Crackdown Podcast Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. Since 2006, the province has encouraged parents to waive their children's rights and force them into detox as part of the Protection of Children...

Alberta is the involuntary treatment capital of Canada. On episode 54, we meet Angie & her son Brandon. When Brandon got wired as a teen, Angie had a difficult choice to make: should she force him to sober up? If she did, what would happen to their relationship? www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...

Very excited to see the first paper from my dissertation work in print!

We hope our experiences from the past 4 years provide insight and inspiration for others embarking on rural community-based research with families of PWUD 🌾

When women’s health loses, we all lose The disturbing cuts to women’s health research in the U.S. will threaten global innovation and care for decades. Canada has a chance to lead.

🚨 New today in @policyoptions.irpp.org: I share some thoughts on the global ripple effect of defunding #womenshealth research in the US, and Canada’s opportunity to lead in this moment.

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Opinion: What is happening to higher education in the U.S. right now is not reform. It is destruction Universities have faced varying crises over the decades, but the recent showdown initiated by the Trump administration is an unprecedented inflection point

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Two young children missing in Pictou County Police are searching for two children aged 6 and 4 believed to have wandered away

Nova Scotia RCMP are searching for two young kids who were last seen in Lansdown Station, Pictou County, this morning. More info 👇 www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Harm Reduction Credited for Reducing Indigenous Fatalities | The Tyee First Nations people are still dying at 6.7 times the rate of non-Indigenous people in BC, the FNHA says.

Toxic drug deaths for First Nations peoples decreased by 6.8% in British Columbia between 2023 and 2024.

“[This] shows us what we are doing, particularly in the area of harm reduction, is helping."

I had the pleasure of chatting with Shaye Ganam @globalnews.ca this morning about the CYSP cancellation and potential impacts for young Albertans.

Check it out here:
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Strength in Numbers 2024 - Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters

New report from ACWS finds nearly 32,000 people were turned away from Alberta shelter's due to a lack of space last year, with 40% of them being children.

That's a new provincial record.

#yeg #yyc #ableg

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Out today from @kokumsarah.bsky.social and I.

Last week’s sudden cancellation of the CYSP will have ramifications on many Albertan children and families. There is a moral imperative for the province to be scaling up supports for families - not rolling them back.

Read more here:

U.S. border officials have caught more people with eggs than fentanyl this year U.S. President Donald Trump has made stopping fentanyl at both the northern and southern borders one of his administration's top priorities, but American law enforcement data shows that another commod...

134 seizures of fentanyl vs 3254 seizures of eggs in Jan and Feb 2025, to be exact

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Saskatoon's only supervised consumption site closing for 11 days to give exhausted staff a break

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Looking forward to speaking at this event with @reclaimcollective.bsky.social!

Join us for a free screening of Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy on Monday March 24th at 6:30 pm in Wetaskiwin.

More info in the link: bit.ly/kmoedoc

French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticizing Trump France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched France’s research minister said a French scientist was denied entry to the US this month after immigration officers at an airport searched…

French scientist denied US entry after officers find phone messages criticizing Trump

In one of his final moves as prime minister, Trudeau argues for bold RCMP reform | CBC News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is using some of his final hours in office to call for a drastic and controversial shakeup to one of the country’s most emblematic institutions: the RCMP.

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Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

Hear, hear! 👇

"The global research community must take a stand against these attacks." 💪

Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere www.nature.com/articles/d41... via @nature.com

A shadow war on libraries Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.

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N.S. will make universal mental health and addictions care available in the spring Nova Scotia will begin covering the costs of certain mental health and addictions care for patients seeking private services.

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Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’ The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.

Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”

Researcher says violence against women 'most significant criminal problem' in Nova Scotia - Halifax Examiner “Violence against women is the most significant criminal problem in this province because it takes on so many forms,” Dr. Stephen Schneider said. “Domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual ...

Researcher says violence against women ‘most significant criminal problem’ in Nova Scotia
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