Cheryl Mack MD MA FRCPC
@ebmyeg.bsky.social
Evidence-based medicine, ethics of uncertainty, medical ethics, professional ethics, drug policy ethics, and the ethics of advocacy. Anesthesiologist. Pediatric palliative care. Being kind is an act of defiance.
Hundreds of homes were just destroyed by climate change fueled wildfires in BC. Looks like something out of a war movie. No mention from any politicians in Alberta or the federal government. Maybe they should give the victims a I ❤️ AB Oil sticker. 🤬
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
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The closure of consumption sites in ON contributes to these spikes. Using in a safe environment reduces risk (people can go low and slow) and many overdoses are managed without a trip to the ER. Closures in Red Deer AB led to spikes in ambulance calls. Politicians don’t seem to care.
André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 2d agoOpioid deaths are down but emergency calls are spiking. Inside the mystery leaving Ontario paramedics ‘flying blind.’ A street drug that defies traditional overdose responses is adding to the strain on hospitals, by @omarmosleh.bsky.social www.thestar.com/news/gta/opi... via @thestar.com
Story is deeply moving. Makes me think of my son Danny, who died alone before Naloxone became available. 💔 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
FIRST PERSON | As a paramedic, I responded to countless overdoses. Then my best friend died from one | CBC News
When Cam Fenton's best friend died, it made him question how someone who was a support worker at a supervised injection site ended up as one of thousands of people who die of opioid overdoses every ye...
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The UCP and their reduction of red tape only serves corporations...not everyday Albertans. This license fiasco is a great example. My son is still waiting for his license and health card replacement to be mailed to him ....3 weeks and waiting....
I truly believe that Universal Health Care, and having the Canada Health Act enforced is worth fighting for. I don't care about Danielle Smith having a conniption. Are we so weak that we're just going to lose our fight for climate justice and Universal Health Care because of Dani and the Seppos?
american-owned and controlled Postmedia endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2025 federal election
Cult MTL@cultmtl.com · 2w ago“The National Post and Toronto Sun endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2025 federal election, and at least 11 of Canada’s legacy news outlets endorsed the Conservatives in the six previous elections. “There’s an obvious media bias towards the CPC, despite Poilievre’s claims that the opposite is true.”
If your face didn’t look like this in 2020, I don’t really care what you think about Dr Fauci. That man saved millions of lives. We did what we could with the information we had. Florida opened back up too soon, and nearly 100,000 people died, one of highest death rates per capita in the nation
At the beginning of the pandemic I felt safer working the frontlines knowing that Dr. Theresa Tham and Dr. Anthony Fauci were our public health leaders here in N. America.
I remember the day I had to run to the ICU to do a slash tracheostomy at 1 am on a COVID positive patient with multi-organ failure and airway obstruction. I remember the fear and confusion. I remember the helpers and the teamwork.
This is exactly the type of coal mine expansion that the @waternotcoalab.bsky.social petition aimed to prohibit. This government doesn't govern for the people or the land, only the corporations. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Plans for sprawling coal mine expansion forge ahead in Alberta despite opposition | CBC News
A sprawling expansion of a massive thermal coal mine near Hinton, Alta., has been approved by Alberta’s provincial regulator, clearing the way for the operator to extend the life of the project well i...
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“Alberta should stop claiming this policy mirrors Germany, Switzerland, Japan, or South Korea. It does not. Alberta is not following an established international model. It is conducting a policy experiment with well-documented harms and unproven benefits.” edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: Alberta's preventive health testing isn't like Japan or Europe: It's a risky experiment
Alberta is introducing a fundamentally different approach from the systems it invokes.
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“B.C.'s system wrongly assumes all involuntary patients lack capacity to make treatment decisions and "obliterates completely an individual’s liberty and ability to choose" resulting in trauma and mistrust. Council of Canadians with Disabilities www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'Blanket' forced treatment of involuntary psychiatric patients unconstitutional, B.C. court rules | CBC News
Provisions in British Columbia's involuntary care regime that allow forced psychiatric treatment, regardless of a person's capacity to make health care decisions, are unconstitutional, the B.C. Suprem...
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AB - this is how we treat our seniors! Pt in late 60s, confused/delirious from an infection. Needs admission. INT med says admit to Fam Med bed, except no beds in hosp. Pt waiting >48hrs in a recliner CHAIR in the ED for transfer - no dignity, privacy, very little care. 1/2
When a book gets banned I like to buy several copies and share them into the local book exchanges. A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta by Ximena Gonzalez via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026... #Canada #books #Booksky
A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
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“We know what prevents deaths of people cycling, it’s the same thing that will shift people from ‘interested but concerned’ to choose cycling: high-quality cycling infrastructure like protected bike lanes. The only thing standing in the way of us having that is political will…” Via @cyclehalifax.ca
Cycling infrastructure saves lives - The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia
When I opened Instagram on Monday night and saw the screenshot saying that a person cycling had been killed in Halifax, I felt deeply sad, but I was also angry. Many people I know and care about have ...
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Edmonton is a pretty good place to live but for the love of whiskey soaked fuck muffins, I need people to stop whining about parking and bike lanes.
This reads more like a government press release than balanced journalism. Where are the independent addiction medicine experts, researchers, and human rights advocates to add a voice? We deserve evidence, context, and scrutiny, not just government talking points. edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta...
Alberta pledges $30 million and 400 beds for addiction recovery — involuntary detention still to come
“Edmonton's facing serious pressures related to addiction, mental health, and housing instability."
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But hey! Those new driver licenses and bike lane distractions are supposed to make it look like this government is working!!!
Parksy@pfparks.bsky.social · 2w agoHere's what these INSANE EIP (sick pts stranded in the ED) mean and why you should care: 4625 = the Equivalent of the UAH + RAH + Stollery EDs being permanently CLOSED to new emerg pts the ENTIRE MONTH Please share widely. Talk about this. It's a crisis and govt is MIA threadreaderapp.com/...
Here's what these INSANE EIP (sick pts stranded in the ED) mean and why you should care: 4625 = the Equivalent of the UAH + RAH + Stollery EDs being permanently CLOSED to new emerg pts the ENTIRE MONTH Please share widely. Talk about this. It's a crisis and govt is MIA threadreaderapp.com/...
To climate deniers: You said it was a hoax when 18M hectares burned in Canada in 2023. You ignored it when 2025 became Norway's hottest year ever. Now forests above the Arctic are burning while Canada's smoke reaches Europe. At what point will you reflect?
The problem with digital books is that you can always find what you are looking for but you need to go to a bookstore to find what you weren't looking for. ~ Paul Krugman
