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Rights group Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) says Israel’s use of “reckless and indiscriminate fire” in the occupied West Bank is “robbing children of their safety even inside their own homes”.

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Alberta’s health authority demanded medical supplier prove it was fulfilling contract, documents show MHCare Medical Corp. is a key figure in allegations from a former chief executive officer of Alberta Health Services that government officials interfered in contract negotiations

SCOOP: AHS in December asked MHCare to prove it was working to fulfill its contract tied to importing medicine, accusing it of doing very little work after receiving millions of dollars.
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Mraiche Profited from Quick Sale of Property to UCP Government | The Tyee The multimillionaire under scrutiny for lucrative Alberta Health Services dealings made $300,000 on land he owned just three months.

The minister who called for LaGrange's removal may now be implicated in a separate swindle involving the same players, government documents show.

@charlesrusnell.bsky.social broke the latest story in this evolving scandal.

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Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship BOSTON, MA – The Canadian men’s hockey team has successfully seized the Four Nations hockey championship from their American opponents, completing their annexation of the trophy nearly halfway through...

Canada annexes 4 Nations Championship

How many times do Albertans need to be shown that private surgeries cost more before they finally stop letting their governments sign blank cheques to rich friends?! #FireThemAll
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Danielle Smith enters in her official calendar that she’s on private vacation. Without informing Global Affairs Canada, shows up at Mar-A-Lago. Kevin O’Leary, who promotes US takeover of Canada, arranges a photo-op with Trump for her.

She’s doing private business with O’Leary and Trump.

#ableg

Message to the convicted felon in Mar-A-Lago:
Unlike you, Canadians don't need to boast or brag.
They are fair and they are steadfast.
They won't lose sleep when a slob like you hurls insults.
That's because Canadians know who they are.
And when push comes to shove, Canadians are as strong as fuck.

Documents show Alberta’s Catholic healthcare body paying private staffing agencies nearly $110 an hour per nurse

SCOOP: Covenant Care is paying almost $110 an hour for registered nurses through private staffing agencies, more than double the wages of its most experienced unionized nurses.

But Covenant says it doesn't know how much the agency nurses actually make.

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Vulnerable children suffer because government axes vital jobs Thousands of Alberta families waiting to be assessed

Alberta's children and most vulnerable deserve better - workers deserve better !!!!

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WHO chief calls for end to hospital attacks in Gaza after deadly Israeli strike | CBC News The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days.

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Screenshot of tweet at top of Twitter thread with text: Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 23-Dec 6, 2024 SEVERE: all provinces, regions About 1 in 43 people in Canada are currently infected. Below the tweet is a dashboard showing dials with the Forecast score and rating for all provinces (SEVERE for all). Forecast scores range from 16.1 in British Columbia to 30.0 in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. A score of 15 or more means that COVID infections this week are expected to cause at least 830 untimely (excess) weekly deaths in Canada.

Canadian COVID Forecast
Nov 24-Dec 6, 2024

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Posties on Strike! On the Picket Line with CUPW The 55,000 members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been on a nationwide strike since November 15th after negotiations at the bargaining table stalled with their employer Canada Post. W…

I talked to some striking posties this week in Calgary 📨📬💌 solidarity ✊🏼
Listen here:
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Danielle Smith responds to Trump…

Her argument is effectively that illegal immigrants and fentanyl aren’t coming through oil pipelines, so those are still cool, right?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Opinion: Scurvy is back – and telling people to eat more oranges isn’t the answer While a vitamin C deficiency is the surface-level diagnosis for this affliction of yore, the root causes go far deeper

“People don’t have scurvy in the 21st century because they need to eat more oranges, but because they need decent paying jobs, affordable housing, reasonably priced food and better income redistribution.”

Well put, @picardonhealth.bsky.social

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Government should never be run like a business because: the business of Business is to create profit for the few. the business of Government is to create opportunities for the many.

If you're unfamiliar with the writing of Rebecca Solnit, and if you cherish good writing, you're missing out. She writes beautifully.

ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu and Gallant, Hamas’s Deif ICC issues arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas military commander.

A new ICC pre-trial judge issues arrest warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu, ex-defence minister Gallant, and Hamas leader Mohammad Deif for crimes against humanity and war crimes.

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Israeli PM Netanyahu and ex-Defence Minister Gallant face ICC arrest warrants for "war crimes committed from at least 8 Oct 2023 until at least 20 May 2024.” aje.io/mse8rr

Harper Now Runs Alberta's $170-Billion Pension Fund. What Could Go Wrong? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Great night to show solidarity to union siblings on their picket line !!!solidarity with CUPW !!!

A Reeling Left Must Face the Great Divide | The Tyee Liberals doze while right-wing revolutionaries appeal to dread and drift in society.

Must read for those who wonder why Trump won.
A Reeling Left Must Face the Great Divide via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024...

UCP members push to adopt more dangerous anti-trans policies What’s so dangerous about the anti-trans policy resolutions the party endorsed isn’t that they will become legislation any time soon, but their effect of bolstering Smith’s claim that she’s pursuing a...

NEW: I wrote about Alberta’s assault on trans rights for @canadiandimension.bsky.social

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Alberta Patients’ Lives at Risk Due to Vendetta, Claims Doctor | The Tyee The highly rated Edmonton cancer surgeon is suing his boss for allegedly cutting his operating hours.

My latest for @TheTyee Alberta Patients' Lives at Risk Due to Vendetta, Claims Doctor thetyee.ca/News/2024/11...

The rise of private surgery clinics in Alberta | Edmonton AM with Mark Connolly, Tara McCarthy | Live Radio | CBC Listen In 2019, the UCP government launched an initiative to allow private clinics to offer publicly funded surgeries and procedures. The goal was to tackle long wait times for things like hip and knee replacements and cataract surgeries. But one researcher questions if outsourcing surgeries is working. Andrew Longhurst is a health policy researcher at Simon Fraser University in B.C.

The rise of private survery clinics in Alberta

My conversation with Tara McCarthy on CBC Radio Edmonton AM

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0.55% of Albertans identify as Transgender.

37% of Albertans feel the cost of living is a challenge.

Guess which issue the UCP is introducing legislation to address?

#abpoli #ableg

Parkland Institute Conference - Food for thought - combined wage increases/lack of since 2018-2019 till 2023-2024 - vs inflation !! Labour will need to stand together in solidarity if we want to see us move forward in a context of austerity + wage erosion + union busting