Tom Kostiuk

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[Dr. Lynora Saxinger MD FRCPC Infectious Diseases @AntibioticDoc]

As an infectious diseases physician just have to say that raw milk increases the risk of exposure to multiple infections, many much worse for immunocompromised people, kids and elderly people….

Think Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, E.coli - Brucella, Mycobacteria... and more! (….cow udders are basically covered with fecal bacteria)

Raw milk was responsible for up to 25% of all foodborne and waterborne disease outbreaks at the turn of the last century. It was found that gently heating the milk to a high enough temperature for long reduced bacteria counts. This reduced infant mortality by 50% in many cities over 100 years ago. (The death rate of infants was 30-50X higher, tragically.

Importantly- these bacteria have never gone away- we just manage the risk by food safety measures.

So, I strongly recommend the food safety measures. Like pasteurized (or shelf stable UHT) milk.

Nutritional value = same although people will try to greenwash / use the appeal to nature fallacy about it.
But it’s not more healthy, it’s just got more poop bacteria,

In public health, you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone.

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[Lars Callieou @ExtraLars]

A good friend is selling their AC/DC tickets for August 9 in Edmonton.

[Melanie 🇨🇦 @Mellyfax]

.@ABDanielleSmith " protecting kids from books healthcare and happiness"

[Sports 1440 @Sports1440]

T-minus 9 hours!

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[Tom Kostiuk @TomKostiuk]

@MeghanChayka

[zach @zjlaing]

i'm looking for your letters to the editor for the next article on @OilersNation! hit me up in my email [email protected].

[Mallory McMorrow @MalloryMcMorrow]

We have to open the Gordie Howe Bridge.

The failure to open the bridge is a stunning example of corruption under Donald Trump.

[VisuallyBetter @Isuckatpicking]

Conservatism under Danielle Smith

- Massive government
- Huge deficits
- Zero philanthropy
- Corporate welfare
- Fiscal mismanagement
- Zero transparency
- Scandals
- Separatism

She should probably go back to school and actually learn about what conservative values are.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

The death toll from the Russian strike on Kyiv has risen to 21‼️

A permanent member of the UN Security Council bombed a European capital overnight, collapsing an apartment building onto sleeping families.

[Jason Scott 🇨🇦 @JasonOnTheDrums]

#ableg

Today I watched fumbling UCP MLA Dale Nally pose for photo ops and give a crappy speech about Alberta….then WALK OUT while EVERYONE sang our national anthem..

There for the photo op.
Gone for O Canada.

That’s the UCP.
Cosplay Canadians.
Period.

[Tom Kostiuk @TomKostiuk]

@MeghanChayka @HockeyAnalytics Dukes of Hazzard.

[Tom Kostiuk @TomKostiuk]

@strombo @officialinnossb @JumbaDrc @WFPDRC @WFP @WFPUSA Thank you George @strombo , a very important story.

[George Stroumboulopoulos 🐺 @strombo]

His incredible living statue tributes have become a global sensation, channeling the spirit of Patrice Lumumba, the liberation leader whose legacy still resonates across the DRC and beyond. And one of the biggest Congolese musicians is a fan too. @officialinnossb on @JumbaDrc

[John George McCracken @BigJMcC]

@MoiraDonovan ANDREW NIKIFORUK: Danielle Smith’s govt. waived an environmental review for Kevin O’Leary’s $70B behemoth, claiming that data centres are not “a mandatory activity for the purposes of environmental assessment.”

#WonderValley #UCP #WaterNotCoal

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[Keith Gerein @keithgerein]

Bit by bit, the substructure of our democracy is being eroded. A delay to annual reports may seem minor, but add it to the list: FOIP dysfunction, gerrymandering and other elxn meddling, interfering with independent officers and cities, withholding and manipulating info... #ableg

[Jeremy Appel @JeremyAppel1025]

NEW: A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Alberta government, chief electoral officer, Centurion Project and Republican Party of Alberta for the breach of the province’s list of electors.

[Jeromy (Pathfinder) Farkas @JeromyYYC]

Property tax bills are due today. Imagine if Ottawa forced Alberta to collect a big federal tax hike on provincial letterhead. That's how municipalities are treated with the Province's 57% property tax increase over four years. It's time to keep property taxes local, with clear accountability and transparency.

Imagine if Justin Trudeau ordered Danielle Smith to collect a massive federal tax increase through Alberta's tax bill. She'd be furious.

That’s exactly what’s happening today to Alberta’s cities, with today’s deadline to pay your property tax bill. Not many of you may know, but now upwards of half of your property taxes go to the provincial government, and not the town, city, or municipality you live in.

The biggest increase on your property tax bill didn't come from City Hall. It came from the Provincial government.

The Province imposed a 21 percent increase on your property tax bill, the largest property tax increase in Calgary's history. Over the past four years, it has increased the education property tax by 57 percent.

By comparison, our Council held the municipal property tax increase to just 1.8 percent. That funds police, firefighters, roads, transit, parks, snow clearing, recreation centres, and the infrastructure that keeps Calgary moving.

Because of the Province's education property tax equalization formula, Calgary homeowners are paying about twice the increase faced by Edmonton homeowners.

Don't take my word for it. Here's how the Premier herself describes where a large share of your property tax goes.

"If we're going to rail against equalization at the federal level, then we can't keep doing the same thing to our municipalities..."

The Premier is right.

If we're going to oppose equalization at the federal level, we shouldn't be doing the same thing to Alberta's municipalities.

Property taxes are local taxes. They should stay local.

The Province should fund provincial priorities through its other revenue sources, and municipalities should collect property taxes for local services.

Thank you for supporting the City services that keep Calgary safe, moving, and growing.

[@RGBAtlantica @RGBAtlantica]

Two grifters from Alberta, sworn in June 2004
Both lost elections
One stole money from the party
The other lives in a mansion paid by taxpayers
Neither has written, passed nor endorsed a bill to help Canadian families.
But they both retire with golden pensions. @CPC_HQ

[Taking Alberta Forward, We Stand With #Canada! @sytsema_andy]

TAIT: Premier Smith apparently unbothered by fears of people with severe handicaps.
Edmonton Sun column by Cam Tait (June 28, 2026)

People on AISH were calling a radio show in fear about the upcoming switch to the new Alberta Disability Assistance Program. The host shut down their calls and handed the mic straight to Premier Smith — unchallenged.

Her response to critics raising alarms?
“They’re terrifying the people who are on the plan. They need to stop it.”

Tait, who has covered disability issues for years, calls it a failure to listen to the most vulnerable Albertans whose lives depend on these supports.

Nearly 80,000 people. Real fear. A closed phone line on “Your Province, Your Premier.”

Worth a read: https://t.co/gHzl52tgyp

#DisabilityRights #FightBackNOW

[Carrie Tait @CarrieTait]

Cam Tait, at his best.

"...disability is not a file. It is not a line item. It is not something to be modernized and rebranded and discussed ad nauseam and then closed off when the questions get uncomfortable.

"It is someone’s life."