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Emily Herring Mark Cherrington William Lewis The cruelty is the point with this government. The voices they are listening to are the minority with the most warped “Christian Values” I’ve ever heard of. Whether it’s pulling up bootstraps or forced drug treatment the folks who are the most vulnerable get the most punishment.

An 8.3 billion surplus by cutting and stealing from everything else #ableg

When Every Shelter Says No: This Government's Ideological War is Failing Women and Children in Crisis. markcherrington.substack.com/p/when-every-s…

Thank you for pointing this out. This is based on the 2021-22 ACWS (Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters) Domestic Violence Shelter Workforce Survey. acws.ca/workforcesurve… From April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022, the ACWS reports that 11,546 requests by women and seniors could

At the Edmonton Remand Centre, taking a vulnerable person whose charges are all nuisance related and breach of probation orders, primarily abstinence to a housing program this AM

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A young man calls me, halfway through treatment, and he is discharged and told to leave today, the same day the centre made a decision. This is due to his PAST conviction of Sexual Assault. The treatment centre is co-ed. So I understand the discharge, but a couple of points. He

Surely you can’t be this obtuse. She started wearing a hijab after surviving non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and months of chemo. You could’ve found that in 10 seconds with Google, but I guess curiosity dies where bigotry begins. Islamophobes don’t want answers, they want outrage.

Two sisters, their mother died tragically. I have helped set up supports for the older sister, now working on the younger sister. These two are joined at the hips, and both have been amazing supports for each other. I am hoping Children Services opens a file, as there is no

Tomorrow, I make a significant trip to northern Alberta to pick up a man, discharged halfway through his program, due to a prior sexual assault. I understand this. I respect this. I disagree with this, and it should have been vetted upon receiving his application, or communicated

Today is my birthday. I had an emergency pick up from a man discharged from treatment in northern Alberta. So I missed the day with my family, but took 20 minutes to take a walk and and reflect on my spiritual self, my values & God. So I parked the car and went for this walk.

Going forward, my podcast will only be on YouTube. If you have listened on your favorite app of choice, new episodes will not appear there. If donations increase, I will be happy to reconsider.

I found out very early in my career. Working with vulnerable persons should never be a courtroom, but a classroom. And they are the teacher, and I, the student.

There was some fighting at my house tonight.

I've seen some classic political maneuvering over the last 50 years. But Thomas is a class above the rest. He deserves the Order of Canada and Alberta Order of Excellence for the gut punch he delivered to these wacko zeolots and Danielle Smith #abpoli

Your life has been almost ruined by drugs or alcohol. Finally, you get into treatment. It is spiritual, you're supported, feel great, feel like you've been reborn. Then you graduate. Now what? Sober living houses are in short supply. Many get dumped back onto the streets-and of

Monday mornings usually begin with call-backs to folks who never had an emergency per se, but are still in crisis. "My children were taken away." or "My brother was shot." And of course, "I have no food and my children haven't eaten in two days." I hate Mondays.

Yesterday riding home from work on my bicycle, it's an E-bike, my front wheel popped off and I was doing 18km an hour. I was wearing a helmet. I am 61. The bike which weighs 65lbs folded on top of me. Pinned, bleeding A 9 yr old came to my rescue. He brushed my head and flagged

I apologize for the delays in releasing new podcast episodes. We haven't been able to record since March. We're planning to record on Friday.