Brett Bergie (she/her)
@brettbergie.bsky.social
Treaty person, safe streets, sustainable mobility, people-centric spaces in cities, climate mitigation. 🌾Powered, 🚲👣 🚊🚍Mobility 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉
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Thanks to everyone for coming to tonight’s Brompton League ride. Best Monday evening ever!!
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Thanks to everyone for coming to tonight’s Brompton League ride. Best Monday evening ever!!
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I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
Intercepted communications link Indian government to B.C. Sikh leader’s assassination | Globalnews.ca
British intelligence provided Canada with initial tip tying India’s government to temple leader's 2023 killing.
globalnews.ca
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I’m honestly shocked that this story from @globalnews.ca has flown under the radar. Confirmation that Amit Shah, the second-most powerful man in the Indian government, was directly involved in the assassinations on Canadian soil. globalnews.ca/news/1151469...
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Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Canada has lost its measles elimination status today. Undoubtedly, part of this is because of misinformation.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
But it does not explain the whole story here, and simply attributing this public heath failure to misinformation absolves those in power of their contributing role.
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General bookings for COVID-19 vaccines opened — in theory — three weeks ago in Alberta.
I still haven't been able to book any for my children.
Just tried again this morning and got hung up on again by Alberta's 811 HealthLink, with an automated message blaming "higher than expected call volume."
I still haven't been able to book any for my children.
Just tried again this morning and got hung up on again by Alberta's 811 HealthLink, with an automated message blaming "higher than expected call volume."
The only way to book COVID vaccines for young children in Alberta is by calling 811 / HealthLink.
Bookings opened Monday.
It’s now Friday and the system is still saying call volumes are too high and auto-hanging-up on callers. 🙃
(They also cost $100 a pop, if you can ever get through.)
Bookings opened Monday.
It’s now Friday and the system is still saying call volumes are too high and auto-hanging-up on callers. 🙃
(They also cost $100 a pop, if you can ever get through.)
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
General bookings for COVID-19 vaccines opened — in theory — three weeks ago in Alberta.
I still haven't been able to book any for my children.
Just tried again this morning and got hung up on again by Alberta's 811 HealthLink, with an automated message blaming "higher than expected call volume."
I still haven't been able to book any for my children.
Just tried again this morning and got hung up on again by Alberta's 811 HealthLink, with an automated message blaming "higher than expected call volume."
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Extremely well put criticism of the latest publicity play by the CPS. There are so many better ways to improve things… criminalizing poverty is not one and pushes the problem into surrounding inner city communities away from what little supports exist
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/09/p...
#yyccc
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/09/p...
#yyccc
Perspectives: Calgary police must use their social capital to demand housing, not more officers - LiveWire Calgary
“Arresting is connecting.” When I read how CPS Chief McLellan was attempting to frame last week’s exercise, I couldn’t believe it. On November 5, the Calgary Police executed Operation ORDER, a milita...
livewirecalgary.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Extremely well put criticism of the latest publicity play by the CPS. There are so many better ways to improve things… criminalizing poverty is not one and pushes the problem into surrounding inner city communities away from what little supports exist
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/09/p...
#yyccc
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/09/p...
#yyccc
Salute to my pal, Agnès. As we have in recent years, we rode together to mark the finale of her season, and in a way that only Agnès can, she took me on a route with vicious climbs and killed my legs, but she’s all smiles so 🫡
November 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Salute to my pal, Agnès. As we have in recent years, we rode together to mark the finale of her season, and in a way that only Agnès can, she took me on a route with vicious climbs and killed my legs, but she’s all smiles so 🫡
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Monday evening Brompton ride🤔, why not?
Meet @ 6:30 pm, south side of George C. King Bridge in East Village.
Our route will see us over a mix of bike infrastructure & quieter residential roads.
Brompton League rides draw folding bike enthusiasts, but all types of bikes and their owners welcome.
Meet @ 6:30 pm, south side of George C. King Bridge in East Village.
Our route will see us over a mix of bike infrastructure & quieter residential roads.
Brompton League rides draw folding bike enthusiasts, but all types of bikes and their owners welcome.
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Monday evening Brompton ride🤔, why not?
Meet @ 6:30 pm, south side of George C. King Bridge in East Village.
Our route will see us over a mix of bike infrastructure & quieter residential roads.
Brompton League rides draw folding bike enthusiasts, but all types of bikes and their owners welcome.
Meet @ 6:30 pm, south side of George C. King Bridge in East Village.
Our route will see us over a mix of bike infrastructure & quieter residential roads.
Brompton League rides draw folding bike enthusiasts, but all types of bikes and their owners welcome.
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This starts out looking pretty bad for the Biden administration, but it just keeps getting worse with every sentence.
NEW: Inside the Biden administration debates in late 2024 that could have changed the course of the Gaza war
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
-top intel official sought to cut support for Israel but Brett McGurk pushed back
-talk of "very likely" US liability
-Blinken spoke of "ethnic cleansing"
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This starts out looking pretty bad for the Biden administration, but it just keeps getting worse with every sentence.
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Yes, a cargo bike is big, but it's designed to be a "guest" in the urban space, fitting neatly on a sidewalk. Cars and trucks demand that the entire space be re-engineered just for them.
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Yes, a cargo bike is big, but it's designed to be a "guest" in the urban space, fitting neatly on a sidewalk. Cars and trucks demand that the entire space be re-engineered just for them.
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“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
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“People should stop asking, Do you have faith in international law? […] International law is not God. International law is an instrument, it’s a tool.”
“A shifting global consensus can put these tools to use […] as never before — in courts large and small.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
“A shifting global consensus can put these tools to use […] as never before — in courts large and small.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Opinion | Her Optimism Has Won Her Some of the Most Powerful Enemies in the World
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
“People should stop asking, Do you have faith in international law? […] International law is not God. International law is an instrument, it’s a tool.”
“A shifting global consensus can put these tools to use […] as never before — in courts large and small.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
“A shifting global consensus can put these tools to use […] as never before — in courts large and small.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...
Recorded in September, this interview with @yipengge.bsky.social engages Israel’s illegal siege, occupation, and genocide in Gaza through a medical doctor and activist lens primarily. Discussion also engages settler colonialism and imperialism as foundational to understanding the path to genocide.
On the latest episode, Dr. @yipengge.bsky.social joins host @caradrianh.bsky.social to discuss the genocide in #Gaza and Canada’s complicity.
"The threshold is very high to attack a hospital. What Israel has done is essentially attack all the hospitals in Gaza."
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
"The threshold is very high to attack a hospital. What Israel has done is essentially attack all the hospitals in Gaza."
Listen wherever you get podcasts.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Recorded in September, this interview with @yipengge.bsky.social engages Israel’s illegal siege, occupation, and genocide in Gaza through a medical doctor and activist lens primarily. Discussion also engages settler colonialism and imperialism as foundational to understanding the path to genocide.
“For decades, our laws and road infrastructure have been designed primarily for cars.
“Adopting the Idaho stop […] would recognize [cyclists’] realities and legitimize cycling as a mode of transport, with traffic regulations adapted to its risks and benefits.”
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
“Adopting the Idaho stop […] would recognize [cyclists’] realities and legitimize cycling as a mode of transport, with traffic regulations adapted to its risks and benefits.”
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
Cyclists may be right to run stop signs and red lights. Here’s why
Should cyclists be allowed to treat stop signs as yield signs? This rule from Idaho is divisive, but the scientific data is surprising.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“For decades, our laws and road infrastructure have been designed primarily for cars.
“Adopting the Idaho stop […] would recognize [cyclists’] realities and legitimize cycling as a mode of transport, with traffic regulations adapted to its risks and benefits.”
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
“Adopting the Idaho stop […] would recognize [cyclists’] realities and legitimize cycling as a mode of transport, with traffic regulations adapted to its risks and benefits.”
theconversation.com/cyclists-may...
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Yet another pedestrian death on Calgary's streets. This article doesn't include the context that last month, three pedestrians were killed in 24 hours and #yyc surpassed last year’s 10-year high for fatal traffic collisions. We need to talk about this more. #yyccc
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Elderly pedestrian dies after being struck in downtown crosswalk | CBC News
Calgary police are investigating after an elderly woman was killed in a downtown crosswalk on the weekend.
www.cbc.ca
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Yet another pedestrian death on Calgary's streets. This article doesn't include the context that last month, three pedestrians were killed in 24 hours and #yyc surpassed last year’s 10-year high for fatal traffic collisions. We need to talk about this more. #yyccc
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I sent an email this morning to every #yyccc councilor demanding they take action against the rising tide of road violence sweeping across our city. There deaths are not crashes or accidents: They are RESULTS of not enough being done to protect people. calgaryherald.com/opinion/calg...
Leong: With Calgary pedestrian crashes and deaths mounting, everyone needs to smarten up — especially drivers
Abundant bad driver behaviour is all around us as Calgary police are forced to deal with a surge of crashes involving pedestrians.
calgaryherald.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I sent an email this morning to every #yyccc councilor demanding they take action against the rising tide of road violence sweeping across our city. There deaths are not crashes or accidents: They are RESULTS of not enough being done to protect people. calgaryherald.com/opinion/calg...
Calgary senior killed in *spate* (read six!) of weekend pedestrian collisions.
“We’ve been getting used to the idea that we have to accept the risk of violent death or injury as part of quotidian life, thanks to cars.”
~ From Life After Cars
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
“We’ve been getting used to the idea that we have to accept the risk of violent death or injury as part of quotidian life, thanks to cars.”
~ From Life After Cars
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
Calgary senior killed in spate of weekend pedestrian collisions
A Calgary senior has died after she was struck while walking in a marked crosswalk downtown Saturday afternoon.
calgaryherald.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Calgary senior killed in *spate* (read six!) of weekend pedestrian collisions.
“We’ve been getting used to the idea that we have to accept the risk of violent death or injury as part of quotidian life, thanks to cars.”
~ From Life After Cars
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
“We’ve been getting used to the idea that we have to accept the risk of violent death or injury as part of quotidian life, thanks to cars.”
~ From Life After Cars
calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reading Life After Cars. This culture shock of an US family relocating to Amsterdam will stick with me:
After signing an apartment lease, the landlord gave keys to each member but their 6-year-old. "I'm sorry, but I can have another made for you."
The parent replied, "A key for a 6-year-old?!?"
After signing an apartment lease, the landlord gave keys to each member but their 6-year-old. "I'm sorry, but I can have another made for you."
The parent replied, "A key for a 6-year-old?!?"
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Reading Life After Cars. This culture shock of an US family relocating to Amsterdam will stick with me:
After signing an apartment lease, the landlord gave keys to each member but their 6-year-old. "I'm sorry, but I can have another made for you."
The parent replied, "A key for a 6-year-old?!?"
After signing an apartment lease, the landlord gave keys to each member but their 6-year-old. "I'm sorry, but I can have another made for you."
The parent replied, "A key for a 6-year-old?!?"
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Halloween bike party! @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social #yycbike
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Halloween bike party! @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social #yycbike
“Overriding and disregarding fundamental rights shouldn't be normal.
“What we're seeing is an erosion of that very, very basic principle of human rights as a way to structure relations in society, and provide a check on government power.”
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
“What we're seeing is an erosion of that very, very basic principle of human rights as a way to structure relations in society, and provide a check on government power.”
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Althia Raj: It’s time to admit our Charter rights are under attack.
Too many of Canada's premiers are testing citizens’ willingness to accept gross power grabs by invoking the notwithstanding clause.
www.thestar.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“Overriding and disregarding fundamental rights shouldn't be normal.
“What we're seeing is an erosion of that very, very basic principle of human rights as a way to structure relations in society, and provide a check on government power.”
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
“What we're seeing is an erosion of that very, very basic principle of human rights as a way to structure relations in society, and provide a check on government power.”
www.thestar.com/politics/pol...
Congratulations to Alberta students, showing up for public education and teachers. I crossed paths with the protest yesterday — so loud with positive energy and honks in support.
Shout out to this student with the bike helmet linked to his backpack, showing up and being visible. He knows what’s up.
Shout out to this student with the bike helmet linked to his backpack, showing up and being visible. He knows what’s up.
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Congratulations to Alberta students, showing up for public education and teachers. I crossed paths with the protest yesterday — so loud with positive energy and honks in support.
Shout out to this student with the bike helmet linked to his backpack, showing up and being visible. He knows what’s up.
Shout out to this student with the bike helmet linked to his backpack, showing up and being visible. He knows what’s up.
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This. 💥 Bravo to Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew for stopping & to the Speaker for asking Premier Kinew to ensure the offensive remark was recorded in Hansard, in perpetuity. (The Opposition is so because they wouldn't search for the remains of murdered Indigenous women.)
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
October 31, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This. 💥 Bravo to Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew for stopping & to the Speaker for asking Premier Kinew to ensure the offensive remark was recorded in Hansard, in perpetuity. (The Opposition is so because they wouldn't search for the remains of murdered Indigenous women.)
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
www.aptnnews.ca/national-new...
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Smith Silencing Teachers with Notwithstanding Clause is a Dangerous Precedent
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Smith Silencing Teachers with Notwithstanding Clause is a Dangerous Precedent
YouTube video by Energi Media
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October 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Smith Silencing Teachers with Notwithstanding Clause is a Dangerous Precedent
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This sucks in all ways possible other than its a perfect example for my policy class about unintended barriers/how things get made illegal without the intention to make them illegal (pretty clear, right or wrong, the goal was keeping kids from operating ebikes, or unsafely riding on a scooter)
We have unfortunate news about passengers under 16 on e-bikes and e-cargo bikes in Ontario. It appears, they are not allowed. Read our blog for a deep dive on the law and what you can do in response:
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/e-cargo...
www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/e-cargo...
E-Cargo Bikes, E-Bikes & the Law: Passengers on Electric Bikes
E-Bikes and E-Cargo Bikes are a fantastic way to move people, but you may have to be 16 to ride as a passenger.
www.thebikinglawyer.ca
October 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This sucks in all ways possible other than its a perfect example for my policy class about unintended barriers/how things get made illegal without the intention to make them illegal (pretty clear, right or wrong, the goal was keeping kids from operating ebikes, or unsafely riding on a scooter)