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Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Alberta stopped tracking class sizes. Then it changed its funding formula. Now, it's a teachers' strike issue
Analysis by @robsonfletcher.com
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ANALYSIS | Alberta stopped tracking class sizes. Then it changed its funding formula. Now, it's a teachers' strike issue | CBC News

Get a rough idea of how much Alberta’s teaching staff has grown compared to how much student enrolment has grown since the funding formula for school boards was changed.

www.cbc.ca

October 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Reposted by Kathleen Petty

David Cochrane

@davidwcochrane.bsky.social

Save this link. Power & Politics is free and live every day for the duration of the election starting Monday April 7 at 5 pm eastern

www.youtube.com/live/M8X0JZa...

Power & Politics | April 7, 2025

YouTube video by CBC News

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April 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM

Reposted by Kathleen Petty

Robson Fletcher

@robsonfletcher.com

Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen was asked recently if he still supports Trump or regrets attending Trump events in the U.S.

He had campaigned for Trump in 2016 and went to DC for the 2025 inauguration as a "private citizen." (He was first elected as an MLA in 2018.)

His response:

March 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Reposted by Kathleen Petty

Duane Bratt

@duanebratt.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta doctors push back on provincial COVID-19 task force report | CBC News

A task force created by the UCP government to review the province’s pandemic response has issued its final report and, while it is currently being reviewed by the province, Alberta doctors are pushing...

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January 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

With Adam Legge Deborah Yedlin Gitane De Silva
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West of Centre: Their sticks are so much bigger than ours | CBC News

Political and business leaders are expressing caution about Canada’s potential use of retaliatory tariffs in response to Donald Trump’s renewed trade threats. Critics warn that Canada’s economic lever...

www.cbc.ca

January 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Reposted by Kathleen Petty

Real Mike - Fake Ezzie 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌻

@fakeezzie.bsky.social

Great episode. Search Youtube for the video!

Kathleen Petty @kathleenpetty.bsky.social · Jan 17

Zain Velji Gary Mar Heather Exner-Pirot
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Castaway island | West of Centre | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Danielle Smith charts her own path through choppy waters. Ahead of the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa, the Alberta premier heads to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump, then refuses to back a united C...

www.cbc.ca

January 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

This was our first time with video!
@faliceemo.bsky.social idea to try.

Real Mike - Fake Ezzie 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌻 @fakeezzie.bsky.social · Jan 18

I was delighted to recently discover "West of Centre" with @kathleenpetty.bsky.social is available in video format. It's the only way I'm going to watch from now on. I was also disappointed in Gary Mar's very partisan take on Smith's bluder on the tariff war #ableg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENa-...

Danielle Smith charts her own path through choppy waters | West of Centre

YouTube video by CBC News Alberta

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January 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Reposted by Kathleen Petty

Real Mike - Fake Ezzie 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🌻

@fakeezzie.bsky.social

I was delighted to recently discover "West of Centre" with @kathleenpetty.bsky.social is available in video format. It's the only way I'm going to watch from now on. I was also disappointed in Gary Mar's very partisan take on Smith's bluder on the tariff war #ableg

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENa-...

Danielle Smith charts her own path through choppy waters | West of Centre

YouTube video by CBC News Alberta

www.youtube.com

January 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Zain Velji Gary Mar Heather Exner-Pirot
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

Castaway island | West of Centre | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Danielle Smith charts her own path through choppy waters. Ahead of the first ministers' meeting in Ottawa, the Alberta premier heads to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump, then refuses to back a united C...

www.cbc.ca

January 17, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Reposted by Kathleen Petty

The Strategists

@thestrategists.ca

NEW EP: Episode 1848B - Zain knows Mark

@carterab.bsky.social, Zain Velji and @coreyhogan.bsky.social talk about Mark Carney's launch and the strategy of launching/what to look for in a leadership campaign.

Download, subscribe wherever podcasts are found.

The Strategists

Politics Podcast · 132 Episodes · Updated Weekly

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January 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

'We have to be prepared' for tariffs, Alberta premier says after Trump meeting
By @joeldryden.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'We have to be prepared' for tariffs, Alberta premier says after Trump meeting | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says while she doesn't want to assume anything after her meeting with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago residence over the weekend, Canada needs "to be...

www.cbc.ca

January 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Jets, tanks and bears: The last time the G7 came to Alberta, it was in the shadow of 9/11
By @joeldryden.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Jets, tanks and bears: The last time the G7 came to Alberta, it was in the shadow of 9/11 | CBC News

Canada’s top security officials are ramping up planning in Kananaskis, just west of Calgary, for the 51st G7 leaders' summit in five months, more than two decades after the region last held the high-p...

www.cbc.ca

January 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Liberals aren't popular in the West. But 3 likely leadership contenders can play up regional roots
By @faliceemo.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ANALYSIS | Liberals aren't popular in the West. But 3 likely leadership contenders can play up regional roots | CBC News

Whoever emerges from the upcoming Liberal leadership race will face a formidable Conservative challenger with a populist message and deep connections to Alberta. And this battle for the nation’s top p...

www.cbc.ca

January 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Great pod with Ian Brodie, Martha Hall Findlay and @coreyhogan.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

We're in a lot of trouble here | West of Centre | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

The Liberal Party of Canada is under immense pressure to select a new leader in record time — two months. Parliament is prorogued while Trump’s threats over tariffs and Canadian sovereignty ramp up. W...

www.cbc.ca

January 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Trudeau made last-ditch effort to buy time for his government: sources
By @icilouisblouin.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Trudeau made last-ditch effort to buy time for his government: sources | CBC News

After announcing his departure, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tried to reach an agreement with opposition leaders so that his government would survive a few more weeks in Parliament, Radio-Canada has ...

www.cbc.ca

January 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Equalization in focus as federal election nears and Alberta, Sask. premiers push for change
Analysis by @joeldryden.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Equalization in focus as federal election nears and Alberta, Sask. premiers push for change | CBC News

With a federal election on the horizon, Alberta and Saskatchewan’s premiers are again making noise about the country’s contentious equalization program. While the Liberal government has locked in the ...

www.cbc.ca

January 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Trudeau's tumultuous relationship with the Canadian oilpatch
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ANALYSIS | Trudeau's tumultuous relationship with the Canadian oilpatch | CBC News

In 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a standing ovation from a crowd of energy executives. Today, the oilpatch is applauding his political demise. What happened?

www.cbc.ca

January 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Danielle Smith reworking Alberta's everything, everywhere all at once
Analysis by @markusoff.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith reworking Alberta's everything, everywhere all at once | CBC News

The premier makes no apologies for an ambitious reform agenda. But the more a government dismantles and rebuilds, the more risk there is for road bumps, growing pains and outright mistakes.

www.cbc.ca

January 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Reposted by Kathleen Petty

Matthew Black

@matthewblack.ca

"The province has withheld survey results on an Alberta pension plan and renewable energy while appearing to ignore the results of engagements on municipal political parties and expanding alcohol sales to grocery and convenience stores"

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

#ableg #abpoli

Smith defends Alberta government's consultations after some results withheld or ignored

The Alberta government has kept some survey results secret following requests from Postmedia while ignoring the results of other public engagements.

edmontonjournal.com

December 29, 2024 at 6:28 PM

Kathleen Petty

@kathleenpetty.bsky.social

Shopping on Sundays was illegal in Canada until this Calgary drug mart fought a $40 fine to the Supreme Court.
By @joeldryden.bsky.social @acdempster.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Shopping on Sundays was illegal until this Calgary drug mart fought a $40 fine to the Supreme Court | CBC News

Nearly 40 years ago, Calgary’s Big M Drug Mart challenged the Lord’s Day Act, sparking a Supreme Court case that redefined religious freedom and paved the way for Sunday shopping in Canada.

www.cbc.ca

December 29, 2024 at 4:10 PM

Reposted by Kathleen Petty

Paul Fairie

@paulisci.bsky.social

The big surprise to me in the 'where are votes coming from' sub-contest isn't that Bluesky is easily dominating X -- it's that X might actually place *fourth* out of four.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · Dec 23

STANDINGS UPDATE

Strong performance by the top contender, with a close battle between Alarming Poetry Sales and Pole Vaulter Penis Drama for the second spot.

The Orca Salmon Hats are making a strong push for the critical #8 spot.

Bluesky providing 54% of votes, with Mastodon now in 2nd with 17%.