“She now faces indefinite imprisonment, without charges or trial.”
Let that sink in.

We are deeply concerned about the situation in Gaza. We have lost contact with some of our Palestinian colleagues on the ground.

We are particularly worried for the patients, medical staff and thousands of families taking shelter at Al Shifa hospital and other health facilities.

We at Amnesty International International have lost contact with our colleagues in #Gaza , and other human rights organizations... Civilians in Gaza at unprecedented risk as Israel imposes communication black-out during bombardment and expanding ground attacks.
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

I don't post much on here anymore for so, so many reasons....but maybe I'll give it one last try.
My book launch is this Saturday. I'd be honoured if folks would come to hear more about my book on the history of the women's shelter movement in Alberta and Alberta Council of Women's Shelters

I have a piece in this weekend's The Globe and Mail on something climate hawks need to get much better at -- telling people they're winning. Yes, even during this burning summer theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca… Another solid piece by Jason Markusoff on the moratorium to approve new wind & solar projects in a province with skyrocketing electricity costs.

The 98 year old owner of the Marion County Record newspaper which was raided by police in what looks like blatantly illegal retaliation for reporting has died of shock

marionrecord.com/direct/updated…

And another!
Emphasis on the words that this could 'cause $25 billion of projects to be cancelled.'

Here's another:

Lots of interesting thoughts in this thread re: AB decision to pause new wind/solar developments for 6 months. Here's one:

We hold less than $1b in security for the entire oil sands mining sector (all on Crown land). If we wanted to hit the same coverage ratio for solar (all developed on private land), we'd need someone to make change for a button.

The people who study electricity grids and production and all things electricity-adjacent should be given the biggest platforms today in #abpoli

Well, Meta Went and Blocked The Tyee. That's a Big Deal via The Tyee thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/0…

Search. The. Landfill.

MSF works in world crisis and war zones, providing health care to those living in intolerable conditions.

James Chow was in the UWaterloo gender studies class, where a professor and two students were stabbed in a hate-related attack.

This is the most detailed explanation and recounting of events from any witness so far — it’s a must listen. The events are terrifying.

When the rest of the world is a dumpster fire, Reservation Dogs was pretty much perfection. We get one more season of it.

The sheer number of people likely drowned in last week's Mediterranean shipwreck is hard to fathom. Our story on who they were and why they boarded the boat that day.
By the time they understood the danger, it was too late to turn around. washingtonpost.com/world/2023/06/…

Whilst many excellent journalists were sacked Wednesday at Bell Media, it was a financially excellent year for the company’s CEO. 👇