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March 18, 1909 and it's Strathcona, The Industrial Centre Of Central Alberta at Vintage Edmonton:
One thing I totally don't get about the anti-vaccination "logic"... so the measles vaccine is the old-fashioned kind which introduces a bit of weakened virus into the system so your body can identify it to build up a natural immunity.
So how can anti-vaxxers argue that you should just let yourself get sick with measles, suffer through the whole thing, then as long as you survive you will have immunity and be stronger for it?
That's exactly what the vaccine does, except safely, without the consequences.
You are introducing your body to the disease, to build a natural immunity. You can do it safely, or you can do it with great pain and suffering and even the potential of death. So yeah... uh, let's go with Option B to achieve the same result?
Is that really what's best for your children, and mine?
Forget about safely learning swordplay with practice wooden or bamboo swords so that you know how to handle it before the time comes when you need it, let's just give everyone real swords and send them off into battle with no training.
"Don't live in fear," live in chaos.
So anyways, on to the public health alert for Alberta and Edmonton specifically, even more specifically, people who were at the Stollery Children's Hospital's emergency department between March 14 at 10 p.m. and March 15 at 12:30 a.m. and anyone who was at the Belle Rive Medicentres Family Health Care Clinic in northeast Edmonton on March 12 between 2:15 p.m. and about 5:15 p.m.:
'Health officials say anyone who was exposed to a possible confirmed case may be at risk of getting sick and is strongly encouraged to review their vaccination records, AHS said.
Anyone who was potentially exposed and was born in or after 1970, and has less than two documented doses of vaccine, is at risk for developing measles and should monitor themselves for symptoms, AHS said.
Symptoms include a fever of 38.3° C or higher, a cough, runny nose and red eyes, and a red blotchy rash that appears three to seven days after a fever starts, beginning behind the ears and on the face.
People who are pregnant, young children and those with weakened immune systems are among those most at risk for complications from the disease which can include infections of the middle ear and the lung and swelling of the brain.
According to data from AHS, one to three out of every 1,000 measles cases is fatal. More than 90 per cent of people who are not immune and come into contact with the virus will become infected.
If symptoms develop, individuals are advised to stay home and call Health Link at 811 before visiting any health-care facility.
In Alberta, measles vaccine doses are offered, free of charge, through the province's immunization program. People exposed to the disease may also be eligible for vaccine or immune globulin to reduce the risk of developing measles.
Albertans uncertain of their immunization history are encouraged to call Health Link at 811 or contact their public health office.'
And finally, a statement by Dr. Mark Joffe, Alberta's chief medical officer of health:
"Measles is not just a mild childhood illness — it is a serious, highly infectious disease that can have devastating consequences.
Thankfully, we have a highly effective vaccine with a long-proven track record of safety. Everyone should take the time to check their immunization record to ensure they are fully immunized. No one should have to endure the consequences of a disease we can prevent."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-measles-exposures-1.7485363
March 17, 1989 and Wrestlemania V Is Being Broadcast To Northlands Coliseum at Vintage Edmonton:
I'm getting deja vu...
Two cases of measles in Edmonton spurs health alert | CTV Edmonton
#yeg #alberta #measles #pandemic
https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/two-cases-of-measles-in-edmonton-spurs-health-alert/
Edmonton Oilers 3 @ New York Rangers 1, 2025-03-16
Nice game boys! Draisaitl now at 18 game point streak. Big night for RNH. Great game by Stuart Skinner. Oiler nation heaves a sigh of relief as the team finishes this road trip with two wins.
ps. Great PK too
#Oilers #pk #nhl #hockey #hnom #yeg #edmonton @hnom @hockey
https://www.naturalstattrick.com/game.php?season=20242025&game=21069&view=limited
EPL Rainbow Read-In
March 16, 2025
Churchill Square and Stanley Milner Library
A protest against Edmonton Public Library officials issuing a directive aimed at creating "neutrality" by asking staff to remove items intended to demonstrate inclusion such as pride flags, pronoun pins, and items showing union affiliation.
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#yeg #inclusion #library #edmonton #pride #2slgbtqia #lgbtqia #photojournalism #yegphotographer
Absolutely amazing news! After Friday's bargaining was held over into Saturday, a settlement was reached for about 4,000 Education Workers in Edmonton and Fort McMurray! About 1,000 workers in Fort McMurray have been on strike for 5 months, and about 3,000 workers in Edmonton for over 2 months, holding the line in the worst freezing cold Alberta can offer.
CUPE president Rory Gil reflects my feelings for our education workers the best:
“I’m in awe of the workers in Edmonton and Fort McMurray who stood their ground, in weather as cold as minus 51 degrees, to win a fair contract,” said Gill. “Their fortitude, their determination, and their solidarity won the day.”
“Education support workers are critical to our school system, and today they finally won the respect they deserve,” said Gill.
Education workers in Edmonton are expected to return to work on Wednesday or Thursday, after the settlement is ratified by CUPE members on Monday or Tuesday. No details will be shared until the members have had a chance to see them, but I'm sure if the bargaining team is satiated then the members will be too!
This fight should never have been needed, as having enough respect for our most important educational workers, who support all of our children, to give them a living wage should never be in question.
Yet here we are, in a fight against Capitalist interests who see human beings as a worthless commodity, and the government who seeks to cut and slash public services to defund and privatize them, handing them over to these same profiteering interests.
These job actions have not ended. About 2,000 Education workers in Calgary and Parkland county have more recently joined the strike lines and have not yet reached a settlement. Strikes and labour actions are striking up all across the country, as we have reached the point of end-stage capitalism and they have taken far too much from us for far too long. This profiteering and hoarding of wealth by the few is not sustainable for the many who are struggling and unable to live. This exploitation must come to an end, and it will not end without COLLECTIVE ACTION!
Pubic sector workers across Canada have been organizing, from postal workers to education workers to health workers. Private sector union workers in the United States, home to the world's most powerful monopolies, have been organizing and striking back! If your workplace is not organized, it's time to start. A non-unionized job is an UNSUSTAINABLE job. No matter how much you love your job, it will not love you back. Protect your future.
In solidarity.
https://alberta.cupe.ca/2025/03/15/deals-reached-in-three-education-strikes/
Playlist for March 16 2025; Fuse 'n Flow jazz on bigeradio.com; 11am Alberta, 1pm ET, 6pm UK, 8pm Ukraine
01 Emmet Cohen - Lion Song (Vibe Provider 2024)
02 Cleo Laine - All Members
03 Thad Jones - April In Paris
04 Jazzmeia Horn - Tight
05 Alex Bird - Papaya
06 Oscar Lopez - The Flavor
07 Ekathé - Niños Galaxy (1686, 2024)
08 Laila Biali Station ID
09 48th St. Collective - With Or Without You
10 Nils Lindberg - Curbits (Sweden 1979)
11 James Clarke - Chris Walks
12 KINVA - Dashava
13 Grant Green - Green Street
14 Marie Lambert Quartet- On Green Dolphin Street
15 Cheryl F'nF ID
16 Joanna Majoko - Where You Are
17 Herbie Hancock - Cantaloupe Island
18 Pee Wee Ellis - Chicken Soup
19 Ella Fitzgerald & Nelson Riddle - I Hear Music
20 Nubya Garcia - The Message Continues
Fuse 'n Flow jazz radio on bigeradio.com
11am Alberta, 1pm ET, 6pm UK, 8pm Ukraine
Today's eclectic jazz journey is light on talk and heavy on sophisticated tracks, the most I've fit into a 90-min hour, featuring Ukraine (now YEG's) KINVA, YYC's Oscar Lopez, James Clarke, Alex Bird, Cleo Laine, Nubya Garcia, Herbie Hancock, Jazzmeia Horn and many more. The jazz starts at 10:30 am Alberta and continues through 1:30 pm
March 16, 1929 and the Ritz Hotel Opens at Vintage Edmonton:
Saw Rapid Fire Theater’s “The Trial tonight.
It was excellently hilarious!
True, but I would expect our latitudes are better for hibernating over summer, unless they've got *exceptionally* strong and long-lasting sunscreen.
(Given #Edmonton's love of #garlic I'm not sure this is even a particularly desireable site for vampire nests, but as that is outside the scope of my studies I am not up on the latest vampire research. 
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March 15, 1962 and the Use Of The Lash Is Urged at Vintage Edmonton:
Earlier this week, I had a honour of joining two of Edmonton, and Canada’s, most extraordinary queer rights advocates, Doug Stollery KC and Justice Julie Lloyd, onstage at the #ualberta Timms Theatre to discuss the impact of the historic Vriend decision, which established equal rights protections for #LGBQT Canadians. Our conversation, moderated by Fiona Kelly, the new Dean of Law, was inspired by a screening of the terrific Vriend documentary Pride vs Prejudice. #yeg #Edmonton #Vriend
