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@phunphunphun.bsky.social
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Still thinking about what to bring to this party.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Still thinking about what to bring to this party.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Flying Canoë Volant is just a week away, so the crew is hard at work behind the scenes, putting together all the magical elements we look forward to in this special event.
What’s your favourite part of Flying Canoë Volant? If you’ve never been, are you planning to go this year?
#YEGevents #YEG
What’s your favourite part of Flying Canoë Volant? If you’ve never been, are you planning to go this year?
#YEGevents #YEG
January 23, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Flying Canoë Volant is just a week away, so the crew is hard at work behind the scenes, putting together all the magical elements we look forward to in this special event.
What’s your favourite part of Flying Canoë Volant? If you’ve never been, are you planning to go this year?
#YEGevents #YEG
What’s your favourite part of Flying Canoë Volant? If you’ve never been, are you planning to go this year?
#YEGevents #YEG
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Nations that aren't the USA (and who aren't playing all their games in Mexico and Canada) should be considering this very seriously not only because of Trump's recent antics, but the aggressive behaviour of the border police who are already detaining professional athletes and tourists.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Nations that aren't the USA (and who aren't playing all their games in Mexico and Canada) should be considering this very seriously not only because of Trump's recent antics, but the aggressive behaviour of the border police who are already detaining professional athletes and tourists.
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If the separatists lose a referendum vote, do they accept the results or do they go scorched Earth on everyone until they get their way?
January 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM
If the separatists lose a referendum vote, do they accept the results or do they go scorched Earth on everyone until they get their way?
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Canadians: that's -23 and I think there's a wind chill too. It's currently colder in MSP than it is in Edmonton. My sister is somewhere in this crowd and I'm proud of her!
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Canadians: that's -23 and I think there's a wind chill too. It's currently colder in MSP than it is in Edmonton. My sister is somewhere in this crowd and I'm proud of her!
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Minneapolis, you are inspiring.
The New Republic: 'If Anyone Can Pull Off a General Strike, It’s Minnesotans'
'The massive outpouring of support for Friday’s day of action against ICE is something that just comes naturally to residents of the North Star State.'
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
'The massive outpouring of support for Friday’s day of action against ICE is something that just comes naturally to residents of the North Star State.'
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
If Anyone Can Pull Off a General Strike, It’s Minnesotans
The massive outpouring of support for Friday’s day of action against ICE builds on long-term organizing that residents of the North Star State have tended to for a long time.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Minneapolis, you are inspiring.
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Protest sign from Minneapolis with a blue bunny hat with pom pom drawstrings like the one little Liam was wearing when ICE abducted him.
Words under the hat say "Don't look away"
Words under the hat say "Don't look away"
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Protest sign from Minneapolis with a blue bunny hat with pom pom drawstrings like the one little Liam was wearing when ICE abducted him.
Words under the hat say "Don't look away"
Words under the hat say "Don't look away"
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Mark Carney’s off making big speeches to distract from how he’s gutting the public service and by extension the capacity of the federal government.
Alarming news for Canadians: www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Health Canada the latest federal department to issue layoff notices
More than 2,000 employees at Health Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have been notified their jobs may be affected as federal departments continue to issue notices about possible layoffs in...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Mark Carney’s off making big speeches to distract from how he’s gutting the public service and by extension the capacity of the federal government.
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APTN News producer Bruce Spence and journalist/host Karyn Pugliese talk with InFocus host Cierra Bettens about the influence Thaioronióhte Dan David had on their careers.
InFocus looks at how Thaioronióhte Dan David changed Indigenous journalism
Thaioronióhte Dan David made it his life’s mission to change how Indigenous stories are told in the media.
www.aptnnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
APTN News producer Bruce Spence and journalist/host Karyn Pugliese talk with InFocus host Cierra Bettens about the influence Thaioronióhte Dan David had on their careers.
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The Trump Administration Comes for Alberta
From @stewartprest.ca
Time to pay attention fellow Albertans
#abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
From @stewartprest.ca
Time to pay attention fellow Albertans
#abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
The Trump Administration Comes for Alberta
The country must respond to this flagrant violation of Canadian sovereignty
open.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The Trump Administration Comes for Alberta
From @stewartprest.ca
Time to pay attention fellow Albertans
#abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
From @stewartprest.ca
Time to pay attention fellow Albertans
#abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
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Running a province means making tough decisions.
New hospitals? No.
Funding for disabled Albertans? No.
Funding for public education? No.
$900 million taxpayer dollars to Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission? YES!!
Read: archive.is/orCUv#select...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #ableg
New hospitals? No.
Funding for disabled Albertans? No.
Funding for public education? No.
$900 million taxpayer dollars to Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission? YES!!
Read: archive.is/orCUv#select...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #ableg
January 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Running a province means making tough decisions.
New hospitals? No.
Funding for disabled Albertans? No.
Funding for public education? No.
$900 million taxpayer dollars to Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission? YES!!
Read: archive.is/orCUv#select...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #ableg
New hospitals? No.
Funding for disabled Albertans? No.
Funding for public education? No.
$900 million taxpayer dollars to Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission? YES!!
Read: archive.is/orCUv#select...
#abpoli #UCPCorruption #ableg
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Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.
Feds target hundreds of Environment and Climate Change Canada workers putting 'public safety and the environment at risk'
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are being at Environment and Climate Change Canada received workforce ad...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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i'm still pretty gobsmacked that public health officials, engineers, & building codes in the late 19-teens & 1920s took indoor air quality far more seriously than their 21st century counterparts in the COVID era (might as well start calling it an "era" now, ugh)
Yes, it is true! There's an episode of All Things Considered about it
How Spanish Flu Pandemic Changed Home Heat Radiators
NPR explores how the 1918 influenza outbreak changed the way home radiators were designed.
www.npr.org
January 23, 2026 at 9:56 AM
i'm still pretty gobsmacked that public health officials, engineers, & building codes in the late 19-teens & 1920s took indoor air quality far more seriously than their 21st century counterparts in the COVID era (might as well start calling it an "era" now, ugh)
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This is exactly what political scientist @duanebratt.bsky.social warned about in my interview with him yesterday.
youtu.be/9aX6Hl3Y28Q
MAGA is coming for Alberta. Canadians, especially patriotic Albertans, need to push back hard.
youtu.be/9aX6Hl3Y28Q
MAGA is coming for Alberta. Canadians, especially patriotic Albertans, need to push back hard.
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 PM
This is exactly what political scientist @duanebratt.bsky.social warned about in my interview with him yesterday.
youtu.be/9aX6Hl3Y28Q
MAGA is coming for Alberta. Canadians, especially patriotic Albertans, need to push back hard.
youtu.be/9aX6Hl3Y28Q
MAGA is coming for Alberta. Canadians, especially patriotic Albertans, need to push back hard.
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The state called a health department inspector to the stand.
When he was asked by Planned Parenthood attorneys if an increased focus on inspecting abortion facilities was unrelated to health and safety standards, he paused for several moments, then replied: “I would say that’s true, yes.”
When he was asked by Planned Parenthood attorneys if an increased focus on inspecting abortion facilities was unrelated to health and safety standards, he paused for several moments, then replied: “I would say that’s true, yes.”
Missouri regulator says abortion clinics faced heightened scrutiny unrelated to safety • Missouri Independent
A Missouri health regulator testified that Planned Parenthood clinics were subjected to heightened scrutiny and more frequent inspections.
missouriindependent.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Oh-my-god-he-admit-it.jpeg
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Alberta's public health care is in crisis. We're demanding solutions — Don't miss your chance to be part of the conversation!
SATURDAY: Calgary
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_calgary
SUNDAY: Airdrie & Cochrane
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_airdrie
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_cochrane
SATURDAY: Calgary
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_calgary
SUNDAY: Airdrie & Cochrane
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_airdrie
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_cochrane
January 23, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Alberta's public health care is in crisis. We're demanding solutions — Don't miss your chance to be part of the conversation!
SATURDAY: Calgary
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_calgary
SUNDAY: Airdrie & Cochrane
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_airdrie
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_cochrane
SATURDAY: Calgary
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_calgary
SUNDAY: Airdrie & Cochrane
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_airdrie
friendsofmedicare.org/health_care_cochrane
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Trump: "Canada is no longer invited to join my super awesome Board of Peace."
Canada: "That's too bad. We were totally going to give you the Maple Syrup and Poutine International Peace Prize."
Trump: "Really?"
Canada: "No, dumbass."
Canada: "That's too bad. We were totally going to give you the Maple Syrup and Poutine International Peace Prize."
Trump: "Really?"
Canada: "No, dumbass."
January 23, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Trump: "Canada is no longer invited to join my super awesome Board of Peace."
Canada: "That's too bad. We were totally going to give you the Maple Syrup and Poutine International Peace Prize."
Trump: "Really?"
Canada: "No, dumbass."
Canada: "That's too bad. We were totally going to give you the Maple Syrup and Poutine International Peace Prize."
Trump: "Really?"
Canada: "No, dumbass."
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Local woman approves of this SO HARD. Fucking fantastic good trouble.
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Local woman approves of this SO HARD. Fucking fantastic good trouble.
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“The operator of one of the province’s largest long-term care homes says it’s working to address serious concerns about an infestation of mice and mice droppings.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/01/23/m...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/01/23/m...
Massive Edmonton care home battling mice infestation, droppings
The operator of one of the province’s largest long-term care homes says it’s working to address serious concerns about an infestation of mice and mice droppings. But Alberta’s Opposition NDP says the ...
edmonton.citynews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 7:13 PM
“The operator of one of the province’s largest long-term care homes says it’s working to address serious concerns about an infestation of mice and mice droppings.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/01/23/m...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/01/23/m...
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Yesterday, I posted profiles of Canadian soldiers who died in Afghanistan.
I hope you will have the time to read each of them. However short and fragmentary, each bears witness to the families, from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, or Alberta, whose sons and daughters deployed to Kandahar.
I hope you will have the time to read each of them. However short and fragmentary, each bears witness to the families, from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, or Alberta, whose sons and daughters deployed to Kandahar.
In the years Canada was in Afghanistan, my colleagues and I repeatedly had to profile soldiers who died there.
Here are some that I wrote or co-wrote.
Cpl. Jason Warren, Black Watch, and Cpl. Francisco Gomez,
Lord Strathcona's Horse, attached to PPCLI.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa...
Here are some that I wrote or co-wrote.
Cpl. Jason Warren, Black Watch, and Cpl. Francisco Gomez,
Lord Strathcona's Horse, attached to PPCLI.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nationa...
'Me fine. Still alive,' Corporal Jason Warren wrote from Afghanistan this spring. Yesterday, funeral plans were made for him and Cpl. Francisco Gomez. Both died Saturday.
Though a reservist, Corporal Jason Warren had volunteered for a six-month tour in Kandahar. He died Saturday, just two weeks short of leaving the combat zone for a week of decompressing in Cyprus befo...
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Yesterday, I posted profiles of Canadian soldiers who died in Afghanistan.
I hope you will have the time to read each of them. However short and fragmentary, each bears witness to the families, from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, or Alberta, whose sons and daughters deployed to Kandahar.
I hope you will have the time to read each of them. However short and fragmentary, each bears witness to the families, from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Quebec, or Alberta, whose sons and daughters deployed to Kandahar.
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This is criminal and through inaction our governments are complicit:
How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood
Clauses in land titles and leases restrict competition, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood
Clauses in land titles and leases restrict competition, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood | CBC News
Canada’s biggest grocery giants — including Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro — are using property law to control how other grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies and gas stations can compete with them, an...
www.cbc.ca
January 23, 2026 at 12:50 PM
This is criminal and through inaction our governments are complicit:
How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood
Clauses in land titles and leases restrict competition, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
How grocery giants control who can sell food in your neighbourhood
Clauses in land titles and leases restrict competition, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta, we’re going to be in the Calgary area talking Health Care!
Please come out and let’s start a conversation that is critical for all Albertans.
Please come out and let’s start a conversation that is critical for all Albertans.
We've got THREE Calgary-area stops this weekend on our Alberta-wide townhall tour!
📍Calgary: Jan. 24 @ 2PM
📍Airdrie: Jan. 25 @ 2PM
📍Cochrane: Jan. 25 @ 7PM
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social for an urgent conversation about Alberta's public health care! RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
📍Calgary: Jan. 24 @ 2PM
📍Airdrie: Jan. 25 @ 2PM
📍Cochrane: Jan. 25 @ 7PM
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social for an urgent conversation about Alberta's public health care! RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
Friends of Medicare is coming to a town near YOU!
Friends of Medicare is coming to a town near YOU!
www.friendsofmedicare.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Alberta, we’re going to be in the Calgary area talking Health Care!
Please come out and let’s start a conversation that is critical for all Albertans.
Please come out and let’s start a conversation that is critical for all Albertans.
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The St. Albert Gazette interviewed Heather MacKenzie, Solar Alberta's Executive Director on our 2026 Solar Show (Jan 27-30) and solar's growth: "Alberta has gone from getting maybe 100 to about 1,000 new solar installations each month in just a few years." Read more: buff.ly/t0Ntbq5 #ABSolar
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The St. Albert Gazette interviewed Heather MacKenzie, Solar Alberta's Executive Director on our 2026 Solar Show (Jan 27-30) and solar's growth: "Alberta has gone from getting maybe 100 to about 1,000 new solar installations each month in just a few years." Read more: buff.ly/t0Ntbq5 #ABSolar
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Save our public health care system.
Alberta, we’re going to be in the Calgary area talking Health Care!
Please come out and let’s start a conversation that is critical for all Albertans.
Please come out and let’s start a conversation that is critical for all Albertans.
We've got THREE Calgary-area stops this weekend on our Alberta-wide townhall tour!
📍Calgary: Jan. 24 @ 2PM
📍Airdrie: Jan. 25 @ 2PM
📍Cochrane: Jan. 25 @ 7PM
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social for an urgent conversation about Alberta's public health care! RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
📍Calgary: Jan. 24 @ 2PM
📍Airdrie: Jan. 25 @ 2PM
📍Cochrane: Jan. 25 @ 7PM
Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social for an urgent conversation about Alberta's public health care! RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/urgentconver...
January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Save our public health care system.
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For every $1 spent protecting nature, $30 goes to destroying it
- @unep.org report calls for major shift towards solutions that help the natural world – and support the economy at the same time
news.un.org/en/story/202...
- @unep.org report calls for major shift towards solutions that help the natural world – and support the economy at the same time
news.un.org/en/story/202...
For every $1 spent protecting nature, $30 goes to destroying it
The world spends billions to protect nature, but trillions are being invested in business activities that harm the environment.
news.un.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
For every $1 spent protecting nature, $30 goes to destroying it
- @unep.org report calls for major shift towards solutions that help the natural world – and support the economy at the same time
news.un.org/en/story/202...
- @unep.org report calls for major shift towards solutions that help the natural world – and support the economy at the same time
news.un.org/en/story/202...