Susan Quinn

Susan Quinn

@qsusie.bsky.social

#politics, art, food, family, #social justice, books. Never vote conservative. #leftie Life’s too short for bad coffee. #Canada

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Charles Rusnell
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social

Read this story. Danielle Smith's UCP scapegoated immigrants for the healthcare mess. Emergency room doctor Warren Thirsk tells the truth about what the UCP have done to our healthcare system.

Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield.bsky.social

New from me: A doctor testifying at an inquiry into the death of a man in an Edmonton emergency room says stories like Prashant Sreekumar’s are more common than the public is aware of amid a rolling “disaster” in emergency medicine. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

edmontonjournal.comEmergency doctor describes health care breakdown at fatality inquiry for man who died waiting in Edmonton ERA doctor testifying at an inquiry into the death of a man in an Edmonton emergency department says stories like Prashant Sreekumar's are more common than the public is aware of amid a rolling "disaste...

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Charles Rusnell
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social

Another must-read column by @keithgerein.bsky.social about how immigrants view their scapegoating by Danielle Smith and the UCP.

John MacKinnon 🇨🇦@bustersmart.bsky.social

To Danielle Smith and the UCP in Alberta, who is 'we' and who is 'they?' The Edmonton Journal's Keith Gerein examines Smith's immigration aversion in this piece. tinyurl.com/jn2xkefh

tinyurl.comKeith Gerein: Smith’s immigration distortions may have created a new adversary for the UCPOne evening last week, I attended what you might call a summit of sorts in which

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Charles Rusnell
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social

Must read here via @keithgerein.bsky.social.

Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield.bsky.social

From @keithgerein.bsky.social: "It takes some gall for Smith and her heavily rural cabinet to disregard all that and declare they know the issue better than Edmontonians after a few weeks of listening to the NIMBY crowd that lost the last election." edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

edmontonjournal.comKeith Gerein: Premier Smith's edict is in — Edmonton is not allowed to be EdmontonAlberta Premier Danielle’s Smith decision to force Edmonton to throw out its zoning bylaw is the latest move by her UCP government to rein in municipal autonomy

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Parksy
@pfparks.bsky.social

Let's talk PROFITIZATION of healthcare Dual Billing is Step Three of the 3 step plan by govt 1 - Help pay to build private facilities 2 - Force more care in these private facilities 3 - Allow Dual Billing without any discussion - drives workforce to private facilities

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PEN America
@penamerica.bsky.social

For #BannedBooksWeek, author Patricia McCormick — whose SOLD was the most-banned book of the 2025-26 school year — visited our office to talk to us about the consequences of repealing young readers’ access to stories about sexual violence.

Susan Quinn
@qsusie.bsky.social

#abpoli #oilandgas #cleanupyourwells

Clean Up Your Mess Alberta@cuym-alberta.bsky.social

We started the Clean Up Your Mess campaign last year to hold the #oilandgas industry accountable for their own cleanup. As a provincial election draws closer, the #Alberta government is STILL trying to download tens of billions of dollars in cleanup costs onto taxpayers.

Susan Quinn
@qsusie.bsky.social

Canadian Who Moved His Family Of 10 To Russia To “Get Away From The Gays” Now Being Refused Residency Unless He Joins Russian Military in Ukraine. deanblundell.substack.com/p/canadian-w... #Karma

deanblundell.substack.comCanadian Who Moved His Family Of 10 To Russia To “Get Away From The Gays” Now Being Refused Residency Unless He Joins Russian Military in Ukraine.Arend Feenstra, Like American Derek Huffman, is about to become worm food in Ukraine because he didn’t want his kids to be exposed to “woke” homosexuality in Canada. Oh, Well.
Susan Quinn
@qsusie.bsky.social

#abortionishealthcare #healthcare #abhealth

Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada@abortionrightscan.bsky.social

🚨The "Life Chain" anti-choice protest is for this Sunday (Oct 4th, 2026) and there is something YOU can do about it!🚨 Donate here: www.arcc-cdac.ca/donate/ Find our Safe Events Guide here: www.arcc-cdac.ca/media/arcc-s...

Susan Quinn
@qsusie.bsky.social

Walcott: A three-card Monty: Arresting is not connecting. livewirecalgary.com/2026/09/28/w... Excellent read. Shuffling people along, without social supports, accomplishes nothing. #Calgary #homelessness #police

livewirecalgary.comWalcott: A three-card Monty: Arresting is not connecting.A recent report to the Calgary Police Commission revealed the outcomes of two major police operations that have been ongoing since November 2025. We really must be more honest about what policing soci...

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JoJoFromJerz
@jojofromjerz.bsky.social

The farmers who voted for Trump didn’t care about what he was going to do to the rest of us, so long as it didn’t impact them. And here we are…

Susan Quinn
@qsusie.bsky.social

CFD sees 143 per cent increase in overdose first response calls over 2025 livewirecalgary.com/2026/09/23/c... Go figure. Direct result of closing safe consumption sites. #abpoli #harmreduction #abhealth

livewirecalgary.comCFD sees 143 per cent increase in overdose first response calls over 2025The Calgary Firefighters Association is urging the different levels of government to come together on a solution, as overdose call response has spiked compared to 2025. On Tuesday, the association sai...

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WTTW - Chicago PBS
@wttw.bsky.social

Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Wednesday designed to prevent firms profiting from President Donald Trump’s effort to implement the largest mass deportation effort in U.S. history from winning lucrative city contracts. https://to.wttw.com/4gnK5ZO

to.wttw.comMayor Johnson Signs Executive Order Targeting Firms Profiting From Immigration RaidsMayor Brandon Johnson’s order requires contractors to certify that they have not committed a “public integrity violation, antidiscrimination or wage theft violation” during the previous five years.

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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉
@pguist.bsky.social

President Donald Trump on Friday falsely claimed that U.S. hospitals are performing “reverse surgery” on transgender people because he ordered it. He made the claim while campaigning for Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina. *******What a stupid MF********

Susan Quinn
@qsusie.bsky.social

Saw 2 major accidents this morning in the 22 km stretch of Hwy 2 where the UCP has a "trial section" where speed limit is 120 km/hr. Way to go UCP. Bet you are going to announce this as a "win". #UCPfail #UCP #stupiddecisions #stupid

Susan Quinn
@qsusie.bsky.social

These evil-looking machines are now necessary at street festivals to keep vehicles from ramming into crowds milling about. I hadn't seen them before and was shocked to see these at the Edmonton Fringe Festival and so saddened to realize that this is what we've come to. #sad #safety #festivals