Israeli air attacks have damaged a Rafah maternity hospital and caused injuries to people nearby. The hospital has been a primary location for Palestinian mothers to give birth in Gaza.

Murray Sinclair on his life’s new rhythm, same clear purpose

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Inadequate services for people in Calgary facing homelessness and addictions are driving social disorder on public transit, concludes a new report that touches on the devastating impact of the drug poisoning crisis in Alberta’s largest city. #yyc #abpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

WOW. Alberta's police watchdog recommended charges against Lethbridge officers who used police databases to improperly access personal information of 2 people, including NDP MLA Shannon Phillips, but the Crown won’t prosecute. Via Meghan Grant
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca… #ableg #cdnpoli

News: the Alberta human rights tribunal has ordered Edmonton police to pay more than $80k to two black men pepper sprayed & told they were lucky they hadn’t been shot after trying to report a crime in 2017. HRT found the men’s treatment was discriminatory. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/tri…

OH WOW. This is a wild development in the Saskatchewan legislature drama over the past few weeks. Sounds like the speaker's comments weren't 'unequivocally false' and nothing more than a case of 'sour grapes,' as Premier Moe said #skpoli #cdnpoli

Jeremy Harrison has resigned his position of gov't house leader for admitting to bringing a long gun into the Legislature Building 10 years ago.

He says it was properly cased. Harrison is still an MLA and in caucus.

Last week he told the Premier what he did was false. #skpoli

everyone wish my little squish a happy fourth birthday

NEW: Jeremy Harrison resigns as government house leader. Confirms he brought a 'properly cased long gun' to the provincial legislature.

Saskatchewan will argue that its top court wrongly interpreted federal legislation designed to legally protect people who seek emergency help for a drug overdose at a coming case in the Supreme Court of Canada. #skpoli #cdnpoli theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Alberta amends controversial Bill 20, repeals cabinet power to unilaterally oust councillors. From Matthew Black #abpoli #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…

“I just have one desire to find the truth, to get the truth, because if he was killed I would like to know.” The agonizing search for Ukraine’s missing soldiers /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/world/article-… #Ukraine

I wrote about the political cowardice and bad faith attacks resulting in both Oregon and BC backing down on drug decriminalization — it’s certainly not because of evidence. My first The Globe and Mail byline: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu, defence chief and three Hamas leaders theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

Firefighters and heavy equipment operators have been able to take advantage of the recent rain to make excellent progress on containing wildfire MWF017, south of Fort McMurray. We are happy to share that this wildfire is now being held. For more info: srd.web.alberta.ca/fort-mcmurray-…

Firefighters were surprised at how vigorous and volatile this year's Fort McMurray fire burned, given it was in the path of the 2016 inferno. The culprit: drought. theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta… #ymm #abfire24

Unvaccinated child under five has died after being hospitalized for #measles in Ontario – the first such death in the province in more than a decade. Ontario has recorded 22 measles cases this year, 13 in children. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail

Five months into 2024, we have updated drug poisoning data from the province. It shows that 164 Albertans died last December, bringing the 2023 death toll to 2,051 — the deadliest year on record since AB began collecting data in 2016. Most deaths opioid-related. #abpoli #ableg

A couple months ago my colleagues and I Calgary Herald set out to understand how rapidly Calgary's affordability narrative has weakened. My job was to find the data that backs that up.

In this story we have 7 charts on how life in #yyc has changed—

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As wildfire approaches Fort McMurray, Alberta officials hope cooler temps, winds could push the blaze away: theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta… w/ Carrie Tait Emma Graney 🇦🇺🤷🏻‍♀️🇨🇦 & Kelsea Arnett #abpoli