Laura Finnegan

And another 42 hours with no Dr on site in the Hinton ER again this week...

a woman is walking down a dirt road next to a car . Alt: a girl is running down a dirt road to a car. She jumps into the arms of a man and hugs him

Psa: The oscar nominated The Quiet Girl (An Cailín ciúin) is now on CBC gem.

Its in a mix of English and Irish (with subtitles for the Irish parts).

Its a nice, simple, but emotional film

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Alberta Health Services Temporary service advisory for Hinton Healthcare Centre Emergency Department December 1. 2025 HINTON - Due to a clinical personnel shortage and an inability to secure temporary coverage, the Hinton Healthcare Centre emergency department (ED) will be without onsite physician coverage from: • 1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1 to 7 a.m., Wednesday, Dec 3 • 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 to 7 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 4 • 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 4 to 7 a.m., Friday, Dec. 5 • 1 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5 to 7 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 6 During this time, nursing staff will remain on-site in the emergency department providing triage, assessments, and referrals for patients to alternate emergency departments in neighbouring communities, as needed Patients are asked to call 911 if they have a medical emergency during these times. EMS will remain available to the community and will be re-routed ta surrounding facilities.

This week Hintons ER has no on site Dr for 42 hours straight!!

In fact we only have a Dr on site a total of 24 hrs this week.

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Has it been 90 days yet?

@pfparks.bsky.social @thebreakdownab.bsky.social

Good luck!

Did you try sled dog booties? They're the only ones that stay on my dog as they use elastic velcro at the cuff. My dog despises her feet being touched and doesn't mind them.

Press Release: Irish Wildlife Trust welcomes good news for the Glen - Irish Wildlife Trust Press Release  26th November 2025  Irish Wildlife Trust welcomes good news for the Glen  The Irish Wildlife Trust has welcomed the news that the National Parks and Wildlife Service have purchased 100 ...

Excited to hear today the news from home today that this land has been secured from development by @npwsireland.bsky.social

The Glen of the Downs is a sliver of calm in an increasingly busy area. The has some beautiful native woodland.

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What are the ungulates planning 🤔

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And cheese and eggs?

New #mammal conservation #PhD: "Understanding and Addressing Rural Hedgehog Population Declines".

@srucnews.bsky.social EastBio CASE project in partnership with (and co-supervised by) @ptes-org.bsky.social.

Details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Act fast - applications close 15 December.
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I see that there are more TBA - do you think Hinton might be on the list?

This is good news from Ireland

Also, new SI unit just dropped

Parking themselves in front of the camera isn't unusual. Its the fact they've formed an equililateral triangle 🤔

(and yes, there were nearly 2000 images in this series. 2000 images of moose shenanigans. 4 males, 2 or 3 females. Lots of things happening)

A camera trap image of a snowy boreal forest during winter. There are four moose in the photo. 3 bulls with different sized antlers are facing each other with their heads down and antlers touching. A yellow and red striped pole (the snow stake) is in the middle of the photo. In the background a cow moose stands with her nose in the air. Are they casting a spell?

Not sure what sort of spell these moose are casting on our snow stake...but I have a bad feeling about it 🪄

@friresearch.bsky.social #cameratrapping

Camera trap image from a Reconyx camera. The photo shows a showy boreal forest in late November. There are aspen and spruce trees in the background. There are two yellow and red vertical poles in the centre of the photo. To the right of the photo is an 8-pointed white-tailed deer buck with longer darker hair on the top of this head that looks kind of like a toupe.

Is this deer still considered an unmarked individual if it has such a distinctive (and stylish) coiffure?
@friresearch.bsky.social

#cameratrapping

Knitted tea cosy on a teapot. The teacosy looks like Michael D Higgins

I suspect that the 10th president won't pull off tea cosy format as smoothly

This new paper led by the excellent Erin Tattersall is well worth a read

The wildlife society conference edmonton. Wednesday October 8 9:15 Hall D: Screen 2. Cameron McClelland, fRI Research Grizzly Bear Program. Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of non-invasive monitoring methods for grizzly bears

The Wildlife Society Conference Edmonton. Wednesday October 9 11:45am Salon 8. Caroline Lesage, fRI Research Caribou Program. Moose population size and trend relative to forest management activities and landscape conditions in alberta, canada.

The Wildlife society conference edmonton. Wednesday, October 9 2pm Salon 8. Arya Horon, fRI Research Caribou Program. Fine-scale moose habitat selection varies at seasonal and diel scales in Alberta, Canada

It's the last day at #TWS2025 but we've got a pretty good finale lined up.

✔️more efficient grizzly bear monitoring
✔️what's influencing moose population size and trends
✔️where are the moose and where are they going?

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55 The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

Sad to read this news. I enjoyed his posts and books. And his advocay for Gaeilge.

Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...

RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Manchán Mangan: Indigenous people, Ireland and guardians of old lore Canadian elders have many wise insights to share with the Irish about knowledge, mythology and cultural equivalence

He also wrote this beautiful article about the intersections between Indigenous peoples in Canada and Ireland

Manchán Mangan: Indigenous people, Ireland and guardians of old lore – The Irish Times share.google/8BIzSYjuaMrX...

Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55 The writer, broadcaster and documentary maker Manchán Magan has died at the age of 55, his family has confirmed.

Sad to read this news. I enjoyed his posts and books. And his advocay for Gaeilge.

Focail na mBan is beautiful. And I loved Tree Dogs...

RTE news : Broadcaster and scríbhneoir Manchán Magan dies aged 55

www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Can you bring me one please? None in Canadaland

I think so. Even when she's not listening to me I am calling her friend :D

Also technically the h after the c makes the ch sound like its coming from the back of your throat more. But its quite subtle, and still more similar to car than char

[mo chara = my friend]

no problem. I am invested. Also my dog is called Cara = friend :)

despite appearances the h doesn't make the first syllable of the word char like slightly burned, it's car like the vehicle

I am scoring the CBC news anchor a 3/10 for their Irish pronunciation of mo chara this morning

Sad to hear about the passing of Dr Markland - he was such a strong, compassionate, and honest voice from the front lines of healthcare in our province.

Thoughts are with his family and loved ones.

Do you ever do savory oatmeal? I've seen recipes. And heard it's good. But it just seems wrong 😱