@berkieb.bsky.social
Family law lawyer for over 30 years. People are resilient. 🇨🇦💙🌃
Pinned
berkieb.bsky.social
@berkieb.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hope not perfection. Connection not discord. People not bots. Wish us all luck and progress.
Reposted
“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Sam Mraiche was investigated by Elections Alberta over alleged illegal political donations
Regulator says Mraiche was being investigated this year in connection to an alleged straw donor scheme
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“The authority disclosed its investigation into Mr. Mraiche this summer when it asked a provincial court to find him in contempt for failing to participate in an interview.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Reposted
We knew that recall petitions were rattling the UCP. But clearly they are also rattled by Corb's no-coal initiative. If Bill 14 gets the expedited treatment that the UCP accorded Bill 2, then the UCP can kill Corb's initiative and make him restart under new, more complex rules.
#ableg #abpoli
#ableg #abpoli
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reposted
Reposted
Never since 1905, when Alberta became a province, was a petition with nearly half a million signatures tabled in the Legislature.
Never was a Premier presented with such clear choice between right and wrong.
Premier, do the right thing. Avoid a divisive referendum. #ableg
Never was a Premier presented with such clear choice between right and wrong.
Premier, do the right thing. Avoid a divisive referendum. #ableg
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Never since 1905, when Alberta became a province, was a petition with nearly half a million signatures tabled in the Legislature.
Never was a Premier presented with such clear choice between right and wrong.
Premier, do the right thing. Avoid a divisive referendum. #ableg
Never was a Premier presented with such clear choice between right and wrong.
Premier, do the right thing. Avoid a divisive referendum. #ableg
Reposted
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
Reposted
We are heading your way, Calgary-Bow tmrw (north) & next Saturday (south).
Be home between 12:15 & 2:30 tmrw or head down to Bowglen Rd @ Bowness Center Rd.
Have your pen 🖊️ & your over 18 eligible voter, in Bow for 3 months at least family members ready. 🙏🏻
#yyc #yycevent #abpoli #CalgaryBow
Be home between 12:15 & 2:30 tmrw or head down to Bowglen Rd @ Bowness Center Rd.
Have your pen 🖊️ & your over 18 eligible voter, in Bow for 3 months at least family members ready. 🙏🏻
#yyc #yycevent #abpoli #CalgaryBow
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We are heading your way, Calgary-Bow tmrw (north) & next Saturday (south).
Be home between 12:15 & 2:30 tmrw or head down to Bowglen Rd @ Bowness Center Rd.
Have your pen 🖊️ & your over 18 eligible voter, in Bow for 3 months at least family members ready. 🙏🏻
#yyc #yycevent #abpoli #CalgaryBow
Be home between 12:15 & 2:30 tmrw or head down to Bowglen Rd @ Bowness Center Rd.
Have your pen 🖊️ & your over 18 eligible voter, in Bow for 3 months at least family members ready. 🙏🏻
#yyc #yycevent #abpoli #CalgaryBow
Reposted
#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon where snow is falling and a Merlin just glided by, silently, starting its day of hunting
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#GoodMorningFromSaskatoon where snow is falling and a Merlin just glided by, silently, starting its day of hunting
Reposted
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
Reposted
Danielle Smith is dismantling public healthcare piece by piece. If she isn’t stopped, universal care will be decimated.
Mark Carney must draw a line and that starts with standing up for healthcare.
Mark Carney must draw a line and that starts with standing up for healthcare.
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Danielle Smith is dismantling public healthcare piece by piece. If she isn’t stopped, universal care will be decimated.
Mark Carney must draw a line and that starts with standing up for healthcare.
Mark Carney must draw a line and that starts with standing up for healthcare.
Reposted
Albertans are rapidly warming up to the idea of a provincial election. The UCP is way out in the weeds beyond what people wanted and expected. If Smith wants to lead a fascist/libertarian regime, she needs to put that to a vote. #ableg
Interesting article by Breakenridge. And what is really interesting is the comments: usually Herald comments are so pro-UCP it feels like propaganda, but in this case they are significantly against the UCP stance. Maybe change is in the winds. #ableg #abpoli
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Breakenridge: If recalls, petitions too much for Smith, it can be simplified to an election
If recalls, petitions and referendums are too much for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, it can all be simplified down to a general election.
calgaryherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Albertans are rapidly warming up to the idea of a provincial election. The UCP is way out in the weeds beyond what people wanted and expected. If Smith wants to lead a fascist/libertarian regime, she needs to put that to a vote. #ableg
Reposted
And then there were... 14.
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Current Recall Petitions - Elections Alberta
Recall is a process to remove a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from office between elections by collecting sufficient signatures in the Member’s electoral division. The following recall peti...
www.elections.ab.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
And then there were... 14.
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Recall petitions have been approved against Glenn Van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan and Searle Turton.
That's 14 of the 47 UCP MLAs now facing potential recall.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Reposted
We caught the UCP red-handed.
We asked Public Safety & Emergency Services for any correspondence between Min. Ellis & the Edmonton Police Commission.
They told us - twice - there was none.
We asked the Commission & got 130 pages including 5 letters signed by Ellis. #abpoli
We asked Public Safety & Emergency Services for any correspondence between Min. Ellis & the Edmonton Police Commission.
They told us - twice - there was none.
We asked the Commission & got 130 pages including 5 letters signed by Ellis. #abpoli
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
We caught the UCP red-handed.
We asked Public Safety & Emergency Services for any correspondence between Min. Ellis & the Edmonton Police Commission.
They told us - twice - there was none.
We asked the Commission & got 130 pages including 5 letters signed by Ellis. #abpoli
We asked Public Safety & Emergency Services for any correspondence between Min. Ellis & the Edmonton Police Commission.
They told us - twice - there was none.
We asked the Commission & got 130 pages including 5 letters signed by Ellis. #abpoli
Reposted
You are welcome 🤗 in the RecallNicolaides.ca team anytime! 👏🏻
➡️volunteer (outside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/volunteer-re...
➡️canvass (inside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
➡️donate (inside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/donations/
Fun 🤩 is the key 🔑 to win 🏆❗️
#Reclaim #CalgaryBow #abpoli #ableg
➡️volunteer (outside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/volunteer-re...
➡️canvass (inside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
➡️donate (inside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/donations/
Fun 🤩 is the key 🔑 to win 🏆❗️
#Reclaim #CalgaryBow #abpoli #ableg
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
You are welcome 🤗 in the RecallNicolaides.ca team anytime! 👏🏻
➡️volunteer (outside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/volunteer-re...
➡️canvass (inside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
➡️donate (inside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/donations/
Fun 🤩 is the key 🔑 to win 🏆❗️
#Reclaim #CalgaryBow #abpoli #ableg
➡️volunteer (outside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/volunteer-re...
➡️canvass (inside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/canvasser-re...
➡️donate (inside Bow): recallnicolaides.ca/donations/
Fun 🤩 is the key 🔑 to win 🏆❗️
#Reclaim #CalgaryBow #abpoli #ableg
Reposted
A short poem I wrote has just been published in Burning House Press. Thanks to guest editor c.c. o'hanlon.
I watch the kettle while it boils
I open my notebook
on the kitchen table
by a window
with green curtains
and lo and behold I find a candle
meant for emergency
but at 23 who waits for that
you see a candle
you light it..."
A memoir/poem by @kellyjeanrebar.bsky.social
@thearsonista.bsky.social
I open my notebook
on the kitchen table
by a window
with green curtains
and lo and behold I find a candle
meant for emergency
but at 23 who waits for that
you see a candle
you light it..."
A memoir/poem by @kellyjeanrebar.bsky.social
@thearsonista.bsky.social
Late September 1978 by Kelly Rebar
Photo by Kelly Rebar Every year I’m taken therethe air the light the sightof leavesdrifting pastwithout a care I’m drivingin the Rockiesin my old Plymouth Valianta shade of bronzeyou don’t much see…
burninghousepress.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A short poem I wrote has just been published in Burning House Press. Thanks to guest editor c.c. o'hanlon.
Reposted
Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Ahahahaha 🤣 Elizabeth May explaining the tanker ban “especially to the attention of slow learners; Andrew Sheer, Danielle Smith, take note.”
Reposted
Some Codes of Conduct of professional associations have been politically weaponized. I think of the complaint against Tyler Shandro when he was Health Minister. But my strong preference is for these issues to be settled by professional associations not government regulation. 5/5
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Some Codes of Conduct of professional associations have been politically weaponized. I think of the complaint against Tyler Shandro when he was Health Minister. But my strong preference is for these issues to be settled by professional associations not government regulation. 5/5
Reposted
Albertans paid the price for the UCP’s $125 million dollar political experiment with public health care.
Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment.
youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...
Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment.
youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...
Auditor General: over $100M wasted because of UCP government
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Albertans paid the price for the UCP’s $125 million dollar political experiment with public health care.
Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment.
youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...
Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment.
youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...
Reposted
Thousands of bald eagles descend on B.C.’s Fraser Valley for winter migration #BritishColumbia
Between 35,000 and 50,000 eagles gather in the lower Fraser Valley between November and February
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Between 35,000 and 50,000 eagles gather in the lower Fraser Valley between November and February
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Thousands of bald eagles descend on B.C.’s Fraser Valley for winter migration | CBC News
Every winter, tens of thousands of bald eagles descend on the lower Fraser Valley — a migration biologists say forms the world’s largest congregation of eagles.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thousands of bald eagles descend on B.C.’s Fraser Valley for winter migration #BritishColumbia
Between 35,000 and 50,000 eagles gather in the lower Fraser Valley between November and February
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Between 35,000 and 50,000 eagles gather in the lower Fraser Valley between November and February
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reposted
I will say that some are, but they need to get louder.
The UCP has abandoned conservatism. Not just Lougheed's brand. Klein's brand, too.
The party lost its grip years ago.
It's time for conservatives in this province to speak up about it.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...
The party lost its grip years ago.
It's time for conservatives in this province to speak up about it.
www.readtheline.ca/p/jared-wesl...
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I will say that some are, but they need to get louder.
Reposted
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Reposted
Perhaps Mr Wylie successor as Auditor General can now look at how much public money the GoA coal settlements wasted.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Alberta's bid to privatize lab services wasted more than $100M: auditor general | CBC News
Alberta's auditor general has released a report detailing numerous failures in process and lack of due diligence by the province in its attempt to privatize community lab services.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Reposted
@theglobeandmail.com published my letter on Alberta’s proposed expansion of private healthcare.
Bottom line: it helps only a few, hurts the rest of us, and sickens our labour force.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
#abopoli
#ableg
Bottom line: it helps only a few, hurts the rest of us, and sickens our labour force.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
#abopoli
#ableg
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@theglobeandmail.com published my letter on Alberta’s proposed expansion of private healthcare.
Bottom line: it helps only a few, hurts the rest of us, and sickens our labour force.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
#abopoli
#ableg
Bottom line: it helps only a few, hurts the rest of us, and sickens our labour force.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/lett...
#abopoli
#ableg