Dan O'Brien
@DCO_Brien
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Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery at CHI/Creighton, formerly University of Alberta. PhD student at the University of Alberta (still)
Omaha, NE
Joined April 2009
And our family is thrilled to be here
We’ve brought 13 new physicians from the U.S. to Manitoba. So, give us your poor, give us your weary, give us your Americans yearning to be free. Here in Manitoba, we accept people as they are. We celebrate diversity. We keep our doors open to the world. And we stand for
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New documents show while the University of Alberta was under mass budget cuts that resulted in layoffs and a 100% cut to child care funding, the president was spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on travel Expenses have doubled since he took office https://t.co/SqeLFHd0yp
thegatewayonline.ca
President and Vice-chancellor Bill Flanagan spent $506,901.01 on travel and hospitality in his first term, higher than other presidents.
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So the $100 “Treasure Mystery Box”from the TTC store is definitely just items from the lost and found, right?
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The feds could soon end hybrid work for public sector employees, arguing it would boost productivity and collaboration in the office. But @AndieWinnipeg argues there's no room for workers, flu rates are way up and it will force women from the workforce. https://t.co/jTUURTLBwe
podcasts.apple.com
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · 12/08/2025 · 7m
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Katy Perry would have absolutely loved WE Day
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau go public with romance as they hold hands at singer’s birthday outing in Paris https://t.co/EtgF4C7Y9b
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At the end of the Alberta Health Scandal, wherever it lands, Albertans have two questions to ask themselves 1) To what extent are you okay with public money being used to fund private for-profit business? 2) Does the answer to question 1 change if the product is people's lives?
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Dr. Darren Markland was the best of us. Physician, cyclist, advocate, citizen, friend. We will never forget his powerful legacy of compassion, service, and love. All Albertans are holding his family and friends close and we all commit to living his values and making this
With the news now public, I’m able to say this was for Darren Markland - someone I was privileged to be able to call friend. I meant every word. Darren truly was one of the best humans I’ve ever known. A physician, poet & philosopher who squeezed every drop out of life. #ableg
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Wow. What a great tribute. @drdagly we miss you so much already.
Deeply saddened by news of the passing of Dr. Darren Markland earlier this week. Darren was a tireless advocate for patients and health care workers in Edmonton and across Canada. His compassion and dedication made our country stronger. I am keeping his family, and the entire
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Condolences are pouring in for Dr. Darren Markland, 54 — a well-known, beloved Edmonton doctor and enthusiastic cyclist who died doing what he loved. #yeg
https://t.co/o6oHlMDIr2
globalnews.ca
Outspoken Edmonton critical care physician Dr. Darren Markland passed away on Sunday, Sept. 21 at the age of 54, in a mountain biking accident near Nordegg, Alta.
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Thank you to the @UAlbertaArts for hosting the 2025 Celebration of Excellence. I’m thrilled to have been recognized for winning the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, a national award.
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I've lived in Winnipeg for about a month now and I believe much of the myths, assumptions and jokes about it (especially about the crime) is thinly veiled anti-Indigenous sentiment.
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🧵Doug Ford and major Canadian employers have been busy implementing blanket return-to-office policies that unions oppose @MarotoMichelle @AmyKaler and I show how these policies harm workers and contribute to our multiple ongoing public health crises. https://t.co/DN6hQzaypY
theconversation.com
Remote-work flexibility has supported workplace equity helped limit outbreaks of respiratory infections. Back-to-offices mandates could erase those gains, especially with lowered vaccination rates.
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Less coverage of inconvenienced travellers, more coverage of flight attendants who cannot pay their bills.
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🧵Why are seasonal childhood vaccination rates falling after the initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic despite a mass increase of viral illness? We add some new understanding to this in our new paper published in The Sociological Quarterly https://t.co/Zw8LOFbXbQ
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I have officially crossed the border and now live in Manitoba!
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I am featured in the @globeandmail this morning in an interview by Grant Roberston where I discuss online hockey content and how it shapes the broader culture surrounding the Hockey Canada trial. I have a few gift links. https://t.co/MPsHEz7yPd
theglobeandmail.com
Attitudes toward women and sex still need to be confronted and changed beyond the locker room, advocates say
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I have retired the iconic @AndieYEG and will now be @AndieWinnipeg on here. I will still do a majority of my research in Alberta while I am at the U of A finishing my PhD. We will also still be holding government officials accountable there. But now, I'm a Manitoban.
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Purchased. Coming soon to Winnipeg. Thank you @slav_metalurges for your incredible work.
I’ve been holding off but unfortunately someone couldn’t follow thru on their commitment to purchase a “Paddling Bear”. The good news is now one is available. Message me if you are interested.
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