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it's not delivery; it's digiornalist. harm reduction, justice, housing, etc *they/them* 🏳️⚧️ opinions are my cat's. http://thebind.ca
Keeping someone in a mental health crisis (who poses no threat to themselves or others) in a locked isolated room in emergency ward for now almost 48 hours with no access to phone, tv, books...bc there are no beds, is torture not treatment.
What comes next for me? I'm also leaving b/c of an opportunity I couldn't turn down. I'll be writing & editing at The Tyee where I hope to have more time to spend on big stories while helping with the publication's news and politics coverage. I'll be based full-time in Lillooet.
I just want to know when and why mental illness and SUD became a single treatment category in BC? There seem to be rules, programs, treatment protocols etc that were clearly set up for people with mental illness & SUD that are being applied to people w mental illness w/out SUD.
VIA Rail needs more funding, not less. What a ghoulish time to be alive.
absolutely no rational reason, unless you consider the entire point of taxes
There is absolutely no rational reason for a 65 year old who owns their home to still be paying property taxes. It's absurd.
Impending legislation could gut tribal media funding: ictnews.org/news/impending…
i feel like the NDP has an easier time getting away with this kind of thing because their brand — however true or untrue — as the ~non-free market capitalist party~ launders the idea of spending cuts
.@JHallinPeel and I collaborated to co-write this post. We felt the need to respond to the editorial endorsing govt and attacking supporters of Charleigh Pollock in today's Times Columnist. Appreciate if you would read and share. open.substack.com/pub/mssinenomi…
BREAKING: 111 BBC staff have written to Tim Davie and Deborah Furness warning that the corporation is "often performing PR for the Israeli government and military". >300 other journalists have also signed the open letter, including me.
“These are deep service cuts. I mean, this is you calling CRA and nobody picks up the phone, you’re trying to get a passport and there’s no one there to renew it.”
'Worst cuts to the public service in modern history' could be on the horizon, says report. Report says if Carney follows through with his campaign promises, cuts could amount to around 24 per cent across the federal public service. ottawacitizen.com/public-service… via @ottawacitizen
'Worst cuts to the public service in modern history' could be on the horizon, says report. Report says if Carney follows through with his campaign promises, cuts could amount to around 24 per cent across the federal public service. ottawacitizen.com/public-service… via @ottawacitizen
NEW: Israel has killed photojournalist Ismail Abu Hatab and injured @BayanPalestine in a massacre that killed at least 22 people. Enough is enough. We call on our fellow Canadian journalists to stand in solidarity with our peers in Gaza.