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Dennis Kendel

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Physician with deep interest in public policy strategies for optimizing population health and Primary Healthcare

Joined July 2023

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Dec 8, 2025
For Poilievre, 'Surviving' as Leader Won't Be Enough via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
For Poilievre, ‘Surviving’ as Leader Won’t Be Enough | The Tyee

He needs big support from convention delegates to keep control. Can Stephen Harper quiet the questions?

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Dec 2, 2025
What's at Stake During DULF's Constitutional Challenge via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee

The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Nov 29, 2025
The method to Mark Carney’s madness www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness

The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Nov 24, 2025
Alberta officially tables bill to allow doctors to toggle between public and private pay for surgeries canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/alberta-offi...
Alberta officially tables bill to allow doctors to toggle between public and private pay for surgeries

Premier Danielle Smith’s government previously suggested family doctors would be eligible, but they’re not included in the proposed legislation.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Nov 19, 2025
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I'm Not Mad via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
My MLA Called Me a Crude Swear Word. I’m Not Mad | The Tyee

How I went from anger to understanding after a voicemail mishap.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Nov 17, 2025
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee

The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Nov 17, 2025
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta's For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee

The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Nov 11, 2025
An Unheeded Lesson from the First World War via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
An Unheeded Lesson from the First World War | The Tyee

Post-traumatic stress disorder has been misunderstood. But we can’t ignore its impacts.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Nov 5, 2025
The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney's Budget via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Military Wins and Public Programs Lose in Carney’s Budget | The Tyee

But will the Liberals find enough support to survive a non-confidence vote?

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Nov 1, 2025
Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Impact of excessive social media use on adolescent depression and its consequences in France: An individual-based microsimulation model

Based on a individual-based microsimulation model of 18.6 million French adolescents, Nicolas Hoertel and colleagues examine whether excessive social media use contributes to rising adolescent depress...

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Oct 31, 2025
Giving Birth in the Bush via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Giving Birth in the Bush | The Tyee

Deanna Barnhardt Kawatski is very pregnant and very far away from the nearest hospital. An excerpt from ‘Wilderness Mother.’

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Oct 31, 2025
Kinew’s hand-picked senior adviser on strategy to end homelessness resigns www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Kinew’s hand-picked senior adviser on strategy to end homelessness resigns

Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud, who was appointed to lead the province’s high-profile strategy to end chronic homelessness, has resigned only 10 months into the job. Blaikie Whitecloud confirmed Thursday th...

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Oct 27, 2025
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee

Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicates the system faces being overwhelmed.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Oct 21, 2025
I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us. truthout.org/articles/i-a...
I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.

RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Oct 15, 2025
Seven obstetrician gynecologists resign from hospital in B.C. Interior canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/seven-obstet...
Seven obstetrician gynecologists resign from hospital in B.C. Interior

Interior Health vice-president of medicine Dr. Mark Masterson says the doctors make up the whole department, but he assured the public there will be no change to obstetric or gynecology services at th...

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Oct 14, 2025
B.C. set to open Western Canada’s first new medical school in decades canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/bc-set-open-...
B.C. set to open Western Canada’s first new medical school in decades

The initial class of 48 students will start at Simon Fraser University’s existing campus in Surrey, while construction of the permanent facility begins late next year and is expected to be ready for c...

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Oct 2, 2025
How Alberta threw away $1.5 billion on Keystone XL (www.sprawlcalgary.com/how-alberta-...)
How Alberta threw away $1.5 billion on Keystone XL | The Sprawl

Investors are wary of risky pipelines—so Kenney stepped in.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Sep 9, 2025
The Right-Wing Plan to Take Over Alberta Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Right-Wing Plan to Take Over Alberta Education | The Tyee

A new report zeroes in on the forces aiming to win control of school boards in next month’s elections.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Sep 5, 2025
Kazoo counterprotestors drown out anti-LGBTQ+ preacher’s hate rally www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/kazo...
Kazoo counterprotestors drown out anti-LGBTQ+ preacher's hate rally - LGBTQ Nation

The joyful counterprotest brought out around 200 people — there's even video!

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Sep 4, 2025
Alberta's War on Kids and Classrooms via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Alberta’s War on Kids and Classrooms | The Tyee

The UCP’s policies read like dystopian fiction. And are a warning for BC.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Aug 29, 2025
This long weekend, famous B.C. park Joffre Lakes is open. At what cost?: thenarwhal.ca/joffre-lakes...
This long weekend, famous B.C. park Joffre Lakes is open. At what cost? | The Narwhal

Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will open over Labour Day weekend against the wishes of First Nations, despite a co-management agreement with BC Parks

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Aug 11, 2025
Now We Know the Payout for the Fired Fraser Health CEO via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
Now We Know the Payout for the Fired Fraser Health CEO | The Tyee

Dr. Victoria Lee’s severance is listed at $609,335, clearing up a mystery BC Conservatives raised in April.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Aug 6, 2025
The Theocratic Politics Behind a MAGA Preacher's Tour of Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
The Theocratic Politics Behind a MAGA Preacher’s Tour of Canada | The Tyee

Sean Feucht has called the government ‘tyrannical’ and warned of a ‘demon stronghold.’

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Aug 6, 2025
Alberta's Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Alberta’s Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines | The Tyee

The virus hits the old and poor hardest. The province is erecting hurdles for granting them protection.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Aug 5, 2025
Alberta's Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Alberta’s Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines | The Tyee

The virus hits the old and poor hardest. The province is erecting hurdles for granting them protection.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jul 30, 2025
BC Faces a Crisis in Long-Term Senior Care, Says Advocate via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
BC Faces a Crisis in Long-Term Senior Care, Says Advocate | The Tyee

The province is short 2,000 long-term care beds. Without action, the number will be 16,000 in 10 years, a new report warns.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jul 28, 2025
The Military Vet Who Could End Poilievre's Political Career via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Military Vet Who Could End Poilievre’s Political Career | The Tyee

Her fight is daunting, but indie candidate Bonnie Critchley isn’t one to back down.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jul 26, 2025
Alberta Youth Have the Right to Books That Reflect Their Lives via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Alberta Youth Have the Right to Books That Reflect Their Lives | The Tyee

Including their sexuality.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jul 26, 2025
Regulator imposes restrictions on city surgeon following patient injuries www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
Regulator imposes restrictions on obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Al-Moumen following patient injuries

A Winnipeg doctor specializing in obstetrics and gynecology has been reprimanded after he injured two women during surgical procedures, but he is being allowed to continue to work in the operating roo...

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jul 11, 2025
What Really Happened to Katica? A Tyee Investigation via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
What Really Happened to Katica? A Tyee Investigation | The Tyee

Did the police and coroner dismiss a homicide as an overdose?

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jul 8, 2025
The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Ugly Underside of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee

How Danielle Smith is helping to make anti-immigrant racism mainstream.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jul 4, 2025
Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/many-forget-...
Many forget the damage done by diseases like whooping cough, measles and rubella. Not these families

Devastating infectious diseases ran rampant in America, killing millions of children and leaving others with lifelong health problems. These illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five child...

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jul 1, 2025
The Backlash Against 'Tip-flation' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...
The Backlash Against ‘Tip-flation’ | The Tyee

Electronic prompts to pay set amounts irk some customers. But why make workers dependent on gratuities?

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jun 25, 2025
‘The Press Has Sanewashed Trump’s Dementia and Mental Illness’: Dr. John Gartner mindsitenews.org/2025/04/01/s...
‘The Press Has Sanewashed Trump’s Dementia and Mental Illness’: Dr. John Gartner

The psychologist and founder of Duty to Warn says the aging Trump has dementia and is severely mentally ill.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jun 18, 2025
Poilievre's Clunky Comeback Campaign via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Poilievre’s Clunky Comeback Campaign | The Tyee

Fighting to remain Conservative leader, he faces a party with a right to be skeptical.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jun 16, 2025
Flop or Force? BC's New Right-Wing Party via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...
Flop or Force? BC’s New Right-Wing Party | The Tyee

Formed by two BC Conservative defectors, OneBC takes aim at unions and ‘globalists’ and vows private health care.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jun 13, 2025
The Stink of BS at Premier Smith's Coal Town Hall via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Stink of BS at Premier Smith’s Coal Town Hall | The Tyee

The rowdy meeting’s air reeked of government deception. Locals were having none of it.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jun 9, 2025
The Election Was a Warning. Canada Needs Dramatic Change via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Election Was a Warning. Canada Needs Dramatic Change | The Tyee

Three ways to ensure a better political future after division and destruction almost won.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jun 2, 2025
CMA vows to address member drain canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/cma-vows-add...
CMA vows to address member drain

With membership cut in half can the Canadian Medical Association still claim to speak for Canada’s doctors?

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · Jun 1, 2025
How Alberta Gave Measles the Advantage via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
How Alberta Gave Measles the Advantage | The Tyee

Danielle Smith promotes and thrives on post-pandemic chaos. It’s putting children at too much risk.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 31, 2025
Is Social Media Dead? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Is Social Media Dead? | The Tyee

As the rot intensifies, I keep searching for what’s rare and fleeting.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 29, 2025
Docnote aims to fix the unpaid work problem in primary care canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/docnote-aims...
Docnote aims to fix the unpaid work problem in primary care

Platform automates uninsured service requests, payment and communication—helping doctors get paid without awkward conversations.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 29, 2025
Why Canada's Vaccine Leadership Matters More than Ever via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Why Canada’s Vaccine Leadership Matters More than Ever | The Tyee

We’re uniquely positioned to lead a revolution in vaccine technology. Here’s how.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 28, 2025
What's Behind Alberta's School Book Ban Plan? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
What’s Behind Alberta’s School Book Ban Plan? | The Tyee

Facing scandal and a measles outbreak, the UCP manufactures a distracting crisis.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 28, 2025
Kinew attends throne speech read by King Charles www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/2025/...
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew attends the throne speech by King Charles

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew witnessed first-hand the pomp and ceremony of the opening of Parliament Tuesday, an occasion made historic by the presence of King Charles, who read the speech from the thro...

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 22, 2025
10,000 primary care providers to get free AI scribes for a year from Infoway canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/10000-primar...
10,000 primary care providers to get free AI scribes for a year from Infoway

Nine Canadian AI scribes selected and vetted by Canada Health Infoway for secure data sharing and other criteria.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 22, 2025
The LifeLabs Strike Is Over. But the Union Isn't Happy via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
The LifeLabs Strike Is Over. But the Union Isn’t Happy | The Tyee

Blood tests and other lab work should be part of the public health-care system, says the BCGEU.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 20, 2025
Marshall Smith and the Recovery Success That Wasn't via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023...
Marshall Smith and the Recovery Success That Wasn’t | The Tyee

The top aide to Alberta’s premier ran a BC treatment centre blasted by a newly revealed 2011 internal government report.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 19, 2025
Why Smith's Giant Cabinet Is a Sign of Desperation via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Why Smith’s Giant Cabinet Is a Sign of Desperation | The Tyee

Handing out jobs is one way to keep dissident MLAs loyal.

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Dennis Kendel handle.invalid · May 19, 2025
Busting the Myth That Ottawa Has Hurt Alberta's Oil Industry via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Busting the Myth That Ottawa Has Hurt Alberta’s Oil Industry | The Tyee

In fact, federal governments have promoted and protected it. Especially the oilsands.

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