Lianne
@prairies.bsky.social
Teacher, traveller, gardener. Protecting my peace while girding my loins
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Lianne
@prairies.bsky.social
· Nov 15
16 years. So many memories and connections. Let’s hope Elonia is too busy to buy this too
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“The Alberta gov’t released a report on aggression and complexity in schools on Friday that echo what the teachers’ union and others have spent years calling for, prompting critics to accuse the gov’t of dragging its heels.”
It’s almost as if they should have been listening all along. 🎁
It’s almost as if they should have been listening all along. 🎁
Alberta’s new report on classroom complexity echoes teachers’ union recommendations
Critics say the province’s solutions have long been called for, government needs to show greater urgency in tackling issues in schools
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“The Alberta gov’t released a report on aggression and complexity in schools on Friday that echo what the teachers’ union and others have spent years calling for, prompting critics to accuse the gov’t of dragging its heels.”
It’s almost as if they should have been listening all along. 🎁
It’s almost as if they should have been listening all along. 🎁
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Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Green Party of Canada 🇨🇦 -
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
Fact check: No, U.S. oil tankers do not pass through the Hecate Strait. Elizabeth May shows exactly why the tanker ban exists, and why protecting it matters. #cdnpoli
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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The Alberta Teachers' Association has issued a response to the newly released report from the Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team.
Read the full news release and watch the press conference: abteach.cc/AggressionAc...
Read the full news release and watch the press conference: abteach.cc/AggressionAc...
Addressing classroom complexity
The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) supports many of the recommendations made by the Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team in their report because we've been advocating for these supports for years. These include hiring more teachers to lower student-teacher ratios, hiring more educational assistants and allowing greater flexibility in scheduling mandated literacy and numeracy assessments for Grades 1 to 3.
abteach.cc
November 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Alberta Teachers' Association has issued a response to the newly released report from the Aggression and Complexity in Schools Action Team.
Read the full news release and watch the press conference: abteach.cc/AggressionAc...
Read the full news release and watch the press conference: abteach.cc/AggressionAc...
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So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So apparently this is fine but Canadian governments using advertising to share views with Americans about trade is completely inappropriate.
Got it.
Got it.
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⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
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When governments create the conditions for a class of people (especially children) to suffer or die, the evidence of that should be the central premise of the reporting and the rest of us should be melting their phones before we have to gather the pitchforks.
This is so fu*cking dark, Canada.
This is so fu*cking dark, Canada.
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
When governments create the conditions for a class of people (especially children) to suffer or die, the evidence of that should be the central premise of the reporting and the rest of us should be melting their phones before we have to gather the pitchforks.
This is so fu*cking dark, Canada.
This is so fu*cking dark, Canada.
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Proud to see my Chief of Staff, Rob Anderson, helping propagate conservative lies about children being sterilized without a shred of proof.
By invoking the notwithstanding clause my UCP continues to ensure we never have to provide evidence when punching down on minorities!
By invoking the notwithstanding clause my UCP continues to ensure we never have to provide evidence when punching down on minorities!
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Proud to see my Chief of Staff, Rob Anderson, helping propagate conservative lies about children being sterilized without a shred of proof.
By invoking the notwithstanding clause my UCP continues to ensure we never have to provide evidence when punching down on minorities!
By invoking the notwithstanding clause my UCP continues to ensure we never have to provide evidence when punching down on minorities!
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"How dare you accuse this murderer of murdering someone he murdered."
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"How dare you accuse this murderer of murdering someone he murdered."
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IDEA: A Hallmark Christmas movie about an Alberta premier who refuses to be photographed with Santa unless he's seated, titled 'Notwithstanding Claus'.
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
IDEA: A Hallmark Christmas movie about an Alberta premier who refuses to be photographed with Santa unless he's seated, titled 'Notwithstanding Claus'.
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I agree. Of all the policy measures on the table, Albertans are warmest to the notion of securing more federal jobs out West. Way more popular than a provincial pension plan or police force.
Albertans want bridges not firewalls.
macleans.ca/politics/how...
Albertans want bridges not firewalls.
macleans.ca/politics/how...
How to Fix Western Alienation - Macleans.ca
Ottawa feels out of touch. Spreading the federal government across the country would rebuild trust.
macleans.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I agree. Of all the policy measures on the table, Albertans are warmest to the notion of securing more federal jobs out West. Way more popular than a provincial pension plan or police force.
Albertans want bridges not firewalls.
macleans.ca/politics/how...
Albertans want bridges not firewalls.
macleans.ca/politics/how...
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Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
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NEW: Alberta's government has opted to use the notwithstanding clause to strip the Charter rights in sections 7 through 15 of transgender children, doctors, teachers, and sporting organizations as part of Bill 9.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW: Alberta's government has opted to use the notwithstanding clause to strip the Charter rights in sections 7 through 15 of transgender children, doctors, teachers, and sporting organizations as part of Bill 9.
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Halifax doctor shocked by success of using heat to force cancer cell death halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/13/h...
Some doctors have noted that when treating cancer patients, those who get sick with an infection, their cancer can go away.
Some doctors have noted that when treating cancer patients, those who get sick with an infection, their cancer can go away.
Halifax doctor shocked by success of using heat to force cancer cell death
There could be another option to treat cancer in the future, after a human trial proved to be extremely successful by raising the temperature of a tumour to kill it off. Dr. Camen Giacomantonio, the c...
halifax.citynews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Halifax doctor shocked by success of using heat to force cancer cell death halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/13/h...
Some doctors have noted that when treating cancer patients, those who get sick with an infection, their cancer can go away.
Some doctors have noted that when treating cancer patients, those who get sick with an infection, their cancer can go away.
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My UCP is all about making life more affordable for everyday Albertans.
That's why we're voting against Bill 201, the Protect Workers’ Pay Act, which would raise minimum wage in Alberta.
This bill does nothing to help enrich us or our wealthy donors.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/11/14/a...
#abpoli
That's why we're voting against Bill 201, the Protect Workers’ Pay Act, which would raise minimum wage in Alberta.
This bill does nothing to help enrich us or our wealthy donors.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/11/14/a...
#abpoli
Alberta NDP calls on gov't to support increases to minimum wage
Alberta MLAs on Monday will vote on an NDP-sponsored bill that would legislate an increase to the province's minimum wage.
edmonton.citynews.ca
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My UCP is all about making life more affordable for everyday Albertans.
That's why we're voting against Bill 201, the Protect Workers’ Pay Act, which would raise minimum wage in Alberta.
This bill does nothing to help enrich us or our wealthy donors.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/11/14/a...
#abpoli
That's why we're voting against Bill 201, the Protect Workers’ Pay Act, which would raise minimum wage in Alberta.
This bill does nothing to help enrich us or our wealthy donors.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/11/14/a...
#abpoli
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LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining giant BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse 10 years ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream.
London judge finds global mining giant BHP Group liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster
LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining giant BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse 10 years ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining giant BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse 10 years ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream.
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This is the relationship Canada and the United States had, and in some ways still has. This is the relationship Trump has tried his absolute best to deliberately destroy.
boston sent vital assistance following the 1917 halifax harbor explosion (so awful it killed 1700 people), and as thanks, nova scotia has sent us a christmas tree every year. it’s a nice little tradition. this is the first time the boston mayor visited to retrieve it in person
In Canada, Wu helps chop down Boston's Christmas tree
Mayor Michelle Wu spent three days in Nova Scotia, saying she wanted to affirm Boston's relationship with Canada amid antagonism from the Trump administration.
www.boston.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is the relationship Canada and the United States had, and in some ways still has. This is the relationship Trump has tried his absolute best to deliberately destroy.
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The AHS website keeps a list of temporary service disruptions, sorted by town/city. There are currently 26 disruptions due to clinical personnel shortage (all of them).
www.albertahealthservices.ca/br/page17594...
#Alberta #AlbertaHealth #abpoli
www.albertahealthservices.ca/br/page17594...
#Alberta #AlbertaHealth #abpoli
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The AHS website keeps a list of temporary service disruptions, sorted by town/city. There are currently 26 disruptions due to clinical personnel shortage (all of them).
www.albertahealthservices.ca/br/page17594...
#Alberta #AlbertaHealth #abpoli
www.albertahealthservices.ca/br/page17594...
#Alberta #AlbertaHealth #abpoli
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Calgary's living wage rises $2 to $26.50 for 2025. See where that stacks up against other Alberta municipalities in our latest on the increase.
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Calgary's living wage rises to $26.50 per hour - LiveWire Calgary
The latest living wage calculations by Vibrant Communities Calgary (VCC) have seen the required hourly wage rise to $26.50 for 2025, up $2 from 2024. That calculation, which is done annually by VCC,…
livewirecalgary.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Calgary's living wage rises $2 to $26.50 for 2025. See where that stacks up against other Alberta municipalities in our latest on the increase.
buff.ly/AmQXBpA
buff.ly/AmQXBpA
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Teachers and unions were first (Bill 2).
Trans Albertans are next (Bill 9).
The UCP's 2025 AGM Resolutions reveal a much longer list of folks whose rights are at risk from the party's use of the notwithstanding clause.
Trans Albertans are next (Bill 9).
The UCP's 2025 AGM Resolutions reveal a much longer list of folks whose rights are at risk from the party's use of the notwithstanding clause.
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Teachers and unions were first (Bill 2).
Trans Albertans are next (Bill 9).
The UCP's 2025 AGM Resolutions reveal a much longer list of folks whose rights are at risk from the party's use of the notwithstanding clause.
Trans Albertans are next (Bill 9).
The UCP's 2025 AGM Resolutions reveal a much longer list of folks whose rights are at risk from the party's use of the notwithstanding clause.
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#Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
#Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Alarm bells abroad, spread of a new form of H3N2 provide warnings as influenza cases start ticking up
/1 thread
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...