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Calgary: Municipal election ballots expected to balloon in size as Kenney to reveal referendum details
CALGARY — Premier Jason Kenney is scheduled to unveil details regarding referendum questions that will add to already large ballots when Albertans head to the polls for municipal elections on Oct. 18. The province has previously announced there will be a question on the fairness of equalization payments that the premier believes unfairly compensates other […]
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Calgary letter: Fluoride debate rages on
Re: High gains but very low risks for reintroducing fluoride in Calgary’s water, Opinion, April 3 You do not have to be a health expert to realize that artificial water fluoridation is dangerous and harmful to a significant number of citizens. Administrating a medication into our water, and with one of the most toxic substances […]
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Opinion: High gains but very low risks for reintroducing fluoride in Calgary’s water
You don’t have to be in the health field to appreciate the overwhelming evidence that supports the benefits of adding fluoride into public drinking water. In 2011, Calgary’s city council decided to discontinue fluoridating Calgary’s drinking water. This act came in direct opposition to all prominent health bodies’ recommendations. There are over 70 years of […]
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Fluoride proponents urge AHS to put teeth into plebiscite effort
A decade ago, city council — without a plebiscite — chose to remove fluoride, but since then studies have shown the move has led to dramatically higher levels of tooth decay, particularly among children A water tap in Calgary was photographed on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Calgary city council voted in favour of a fluoride […]
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An X-ray Like a Christmas Tree: One Refugee’s Mysterious Case
See The Lancet (Jan 19, 2019), Skeletal fluorosis in a resettled refugee from Kakuma refugee camp, which was the first to report on the story below. Mohammed Hassan arrived in Canada from a Kenyan refugee camp in September 2015, 46 years old and crippled by such pain that he walked like a man decades older. […]
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Wednesday, Feb 17: Video Interview with Dr. Bob Dickson of Calgary
What: Video Interview with Dr. Bob Dickson of Calgary, Alberta, Canada When: Wednesday, February 17 Time: 12 noon (West Coast time), 9 am (East Coast time) Use this online link that will be active later tomorrow morning: https://www.awaketvnetwork.live/the-bridge-show-with-kumara-llanera-michael-kraus/season:3/videos/the-bridge-with-kumara-llanera-michael-kraus-s3e6 Print PDF
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Breakenridge: There must have been something in the water over council’s fluoride cop-out
Calgary city councillors possessed the leadership to lower the speed limit on residential streets without going to a plebiscite. But when it came to reintroducing fluoride in the city’s water supply, it was time to pass the buck, says columnist Rob Breakenridge. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia There were indeed compelling arguments to be made […]
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A brief history of Calgary’s long relationship with fluoride votes
With a grand total of six fluoride plebiscites behind us, the question will be on municipal ballots for a seventh time in 2021 A time-honoured tradition of Calgary municipal politics is back again: the fluoride plebiscite. City council voted this week to ask Calgarians whether they support reintroducing fluoride to the city’s water supply, opening […]
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Calgary health professionals concerned with misinformation around fluoride
Calgarians are heading to the polls for the seventh time in the city’s history to let policy-makers know whether or not fluoride should be added to the water supply. City council voted 10-4 in favour of a referendum on the issue as part of the upcoming municipal election. “What I’m hoping we’ll get is a […]
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Potential plebiscite? Council explores process of reintroducing fluoride into drinking water
CALGARY — Calgary city councillors will be asked at a strategic meeting of council to explore the idea of reintroducing fluoride into the drinking water supply. City officials are weighing whether or not the fluoride discussion should be included as a plebiscite question in the upcoming October municipal election. According to a report from the […]
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