Barb G
@barbisreading.bsky.social
Life long learner. 🇨🇦 Canadian. ❤️Public Education. ❤️Canada’s Universal Healthcare System. Avid reader. Science is real! Music makes life better. “Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity.” Samuel Ullman
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feeling a need to reread this in advance of tomorrow, for some reason.
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Financial risks of carbon capture and storage in Canada: Concerns about the Pathways Project and Public Energy Policy
A plan to capture CO2 from 13 oil sand processing facilities and store it in Alberta is threatened by cost challenges.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
feeling a need to reread this in advance of tomorrow, for some reason.
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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...
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Two-tier American-style healthcare is not the solution.
Wait times, understaffing, and access issues won't be fixed by forcing people to pay to see a doctor.
youtube.com/shorts/G5u74...
Wait times, understaffing, and access issues won't be fixed by forcing people to pay to see a doctor.
youtube.com/shorts/G5u74...
Two-tier American-style healthcare is not the solution.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Two-tier American-style healthcare is not the solution.
Wait times, understaffing, and access issues won't be fixed by forcing people to pay to see a doctor.
youtube.com/shorts/G5u74...
Wait times, understaffing, and access issues won't be fixed by forcing people to pay to see a doctor.
youtube.com/shorts/G5u74...
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"This is not what Albertans asked for, and it’s certainly not what Danielle Smith promised when she was running for Premier."
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls out Bill 11, arguing it's steering Alberta towards for-profit American-style health care to the province.
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls out Bill 11, arguing it's steering Alberta towards for-profit American-style health care to the province.
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"This is not what Albertans asked for, and it’s certainly not what Danielle Smith promised when she was running for Premier."
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls out Bill 11, arguing it's steering Alberta towards for-profit American-style health care to the province.
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls out Bill 11, arguing it's steering Alberta towards for-profit American-style health care to the province.
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POLLING: Physicians say Bill 26 and Bill 2 are undermining healthcare in Canada https://abacusdata.ca/canadian-physicians-say-bill-26-and-bill-2-are-undermining-healthcare-in-canada/
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 AM
POLLING: Physicians say Bill 26 and Bill 2 are undermining healthcare in Canada https://abacusdata.ca/canadian-physicians-say-bill-26-and-bill-2-are-undermining-healthcare-in-canada/
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
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No transparency, no accountability from the UCP for their failed efforts to privatize lab testing - costing Albertans at least $125M
November 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
No transparency, no accountability from the UCP for their failed efforts to privatize lab testing - costing Albertans at least $125M
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But we know the rot goes to the roots.
An investigation by the Info & Privacy Commissioner found the UCP had created system-wide policies designed to deny public record requests.
And it seems they’re still at it.
A gov’t so drunk on power they don’t think they have to answer to anyone. #abpoli
An investigation by the Info & Privacy Commissioner found the UCP had created system-wide policies designed to deny public record requests.
And it seems they’re still at it.
A gov’t so drunk on power they don’t think they have to answer to anyone. #abpoli
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
But we know the rot goes to the roots.
An investigation by the Info & Privacy Commissioner found the UCP had created system-wide policies designed to deny public record requests.
And it seems they’re still at it.
A gov’t so drunk on power they don’t think they have to answer to anyone. #abpoli
An investigation by the Info & Privacy Commissioner found the UCP had created system-wide policies designed to deny public record requests.
And it seems they’re still at it.
A gov’t so drunk on power they don’t think they have to answer to anyone. #abpoli
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The UCP is STILL coming for your CPP. They will do ANYTHING to get your money.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The UCP is STILL coming for your CPP. They will do ANYTHING to get your money.
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AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-... via @qutdmrc.bsky.social et al.
"Every chatbot engaged in 'bothsidesing' rhetoric – that is, each presented false conspiratorial claims side by side with legitimate information..."
"Every chatbot engaged in 'bothsidesing' rhetoric – that is, each presented false conspiratorial claims side by side with legitimate information..."
AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research
If you interact with chatbots about conspiracy theories, research shows you can can easily fall down the rabbit hole.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-... via @qutdmrc.bsky.social et al.
"Every chatbot engaged in 'bothsidesing' rhetoric – that is, each presented false conspiratorial claims side by side with legitimate information..."
"Every chatbot engaged in 'bothsidesing' rhetoric – that is, each presented false conspiratorial claims side by side with legitimate information..."
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8/8 European officials warn the U.S. draft sets a dangerous precedent.
With a counter-proposal on the table, Zelenskyy sees a lifeline between betraying national interests and losing a major ally.
Luke Harding, The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
With a counter-proposal on the table, Zelenskyy sees a lifeline between betraying national interests and losing a major ally.
Luke Harding, The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
European countries propose radically different Ukraine peace plan to US
Document omits some of Washington’s pro-Russia points and calls for Kyiv’s sovereignty to be respected
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
8/8 European officials warn the U.S. draft sets a dangerous precedent.
With a counter-proposal on the table, Zelenskyy sees a lifeline between betraying national interests and losing a major ally.
Luke Harding, The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
With a counter-proposal on the table, Zelenskyy sees a lifeline between betraying national interests and losing a major ally.
Luke Harding, The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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40 Canadian senators are asking the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting sites
Please? 🥺🙏
Please? 🥺🙏
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
40 Canadian senators are asking the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting sites
Please? 🥺🙏
Please? 🥺🙏
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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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🕯🇺🇦 Today we honor the memory of millions of Ukrainians whose lives were taken by one of the most terrible tragedies in human history - Holodomor.
It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🕯🇺🇦 Today we honor the memory of millions of Ukrainians whose lives were taken by one of the most terrible tragedies in human history - Holodomor.
It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
It was a crime carried out by Moscow totalitarian state. A crime whose purpose was not only to take away bread, but also to break spirit of Ukrainians.
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As we've seen in the states, this abortion issue is really about controlling women, denying healthcare to women and subjugating women
#ableg #abpoli
#ableg #abpoli
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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“I’m telling you that, unless those of us who believe in Medicare raise our voices in no uncertain terms, unless we arouse our neighbours and our friends and our communities, we are sounding the death knell of Medicare in this country..."
Tommy Douglas 1982
Applies even more now!
Tommy Douglas 1982
Applies even more now!
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“I’m telling you that, unless those of us who believe in Medicare raise our voices in no uncertain terms, unless we arouse our neighbours and our friends and our communities, we are sounding the death knell of Medicare in this country..."
Tommy Douglas 1982
Applies even more now!
Tommy Douglas 1982
Applies even more now!
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Alberta moves to make quackery great again while protecting egregiously unprofessional behaviour. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albe...
Alberta moves to make quackery great again while protecting egregiously unprofessional behaviour - Alberta Politics
Rest assured, Alberta’s Bill 13, the so-called Regulated Professions Neutrality Act, has little to do with protecting freedom of expression. Despite Premier Danielle Smith’s claim during a news confe...
albertapolitics.ca
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Alberta moves to make quackery great again while protecting egregiously unprofessional behaviour. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albe...
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Vaccines do NOT cause autism.
"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.
The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.
The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
CDC website altered to suggest possible link between vaccines and autism
New guidance published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting vaccines may cause autism has been slammed by medical and autism advocacy groups.
A CDC webpage which prev...
www.bmj.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Vaccines do NOT cause autism.
"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.
The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"....independent researchers across seven countries have conducted more than 40 high quality studies involving over 5.6 million people.
The conclusion is clear & unambiguous: there’s no link between vaccines and autism."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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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...
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Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @jantafrench.bsky.social
Me: plays on MYTH that many "brave voices" were "silenced by the overreach of regulators."
"...health misinformation does grave, grave harm..."
Me: plays on MYTH that many "brave voices" were "silenced by the overreach of regulators."
"...health misinformation does grave, grave harm..."
Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities | CBC News
Many Alberta workers could no longer be investigated by their licensing bodies for what they say outside of work hours, should the legislature pass a new bill.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Alberta aims to curtail regulatory bodies from sanctioning workers for after-hours activities www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @jantafrench.bsky.social
Me: plays on MYTH that many "brave voices" were "silenced by the overreach of regulators."
"...health misinformation does grave, grave harm..."
Me: plays on MYTH that many "brave voices" were "silenced by the overreach of regulators."
"...health misinformation does grave, grave harm..."
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Peter Lougheed was one of the key drivers behind the inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in our Charter. He'd be horrified by how — and how often — Conservative premiers like Danielle Smith are using it today. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
The use of the Notwithstanding Clause is out of control. It’s up to voters to stop it
The architects of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms thought the Notwithstanding Clause would only be used in exceptional circumstances. Conservative premiers seem determined to prove them wrong.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Peter Lougheed was one of the key drivers behind the inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in our Charter. He'd be horrified by how — and how often — Conservative premiers like Danielle Smith are using it today. #cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/o...
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“We have speed limits of 110 km/h. People will always travel 130 now. If we give them 120, will they travel 140 or 150? Yes, they probably will, so I’d say it will be a concern.”
- Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward with the Calgary Police Service.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward with the Calgary Police Service.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta already has sky-high car insurance rates. Will 120 km/h speed limits send premiums higher? | CBC News
Vehicle insurance companies are going to keep a close watch on whether the Alberta government keeps driving forward with a proposal to increase some highway speed limits to 120km/h.
www.cbc.ca
November 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“We have speed limits of 110 km/h. People will always travel 130 now. If we give them 120, will they travel 140 or 150? Yes, they probably will, so I’d say it will be a concern.”
- Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward with the Calgary Police Service.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- Staff Sgt. Andy Woodward with the Calgary Police Service.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Hey Alberta... if you want access to peditricians for your kids get ready to pay.
Govt will keep the substantial taxes you are paying, plus you will have to pay out of pocket THOUSANDS simply for access..
Govt will keep the substantial taxes you are paying, plus you will have to pay out of pocket THOUSANDS simply for access..
Public or Private? A conversation with your future doctor
Two-tier healthcare has officially arrived.
canadahealthwatch.ca
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Hey Alberta... if you want access to peditricians for your kids get ready to pay.
Govt will keep the substantial taxes you are paying, plus you will have to pay out of pocket THOUSANDS simply for access..
Govt will keep the substantial taxes you are paying, plus you will have to pay out of pocket THOUSANDS simply for access..
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Danielle Smith's Secret Plan to Destroy Public Health Care thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... @djclimenhaga.bsky.social @thetyee.ca
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Danielle Smith's Secret Plan to Destroy Public Health Care thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... @djclimenhaga.bsky.social @thetyee.ca
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁