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Dr. Bast 🇨🇦
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Dedicated to saving Alberta's pristine mountains.
#CanadaSky. #YYC-based, for now...
Dejected historian, wannabe political pundit, enduring feminist who is pressing on...
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Registration link (especially for any teachers or nurses out there...): www.eventbrite.ca/e/aeg-recept...
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Time: 2:45 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Location: Calgary Petroleum Club, Calgary Register here AGENDA 2:30 – 2:45 MEMBERS-ONLY SESSION: Registration Opens (see note below) Due to a prior event at the Petroleum Club, please do not arrive earlier than 2:30 p.m. to check-in. The AEG team will check in guests as quickly as possible to allow the event to begin at 2:45 p.m. 2:45 – 3:30 AEG Members-Only Program with Premier Smith 3:00 – 3:30 Doors Open for Future Member Ticket Holders 3:35 – 4:00 AEG Members, Guests and Future Members: Holiday Event with Premier Smith 4:00 – 6:30 AEG Holiday Reception & Networking All guests are invited to mingle, make new connections, and celebrate the holiday season while enjoying a selection of hors d’oeuvres. A cash bar will also be available.
November 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Hmmmm....details to follow in a thread...
Join AEG for a holiday event with Premier Danielle Smith. The evening begins with an exclusive Members-Only session, including remarks from the Premier and a fireside chat. Following this, Premier Smith will deliver a Keynote Address open to all attendees. After the keynote, the Premier will depart, and everyone is invited to stay for a holiday reception and networking, connecting with AEG members and the broader community. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with Alberta’s leadership, hear insights from the Premier, and celebrate the season with industry peers.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I'm guessing the CPC lose the by-election:
2025 election results for Jeneroux's Edmonton riding, showing the Liberal candidate losing by just over 3,000 votes.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Hey Calgary! Looking for a private COVID vaccination? Glenmore Family Pharmasave has got you covered!!!

Get going!
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Interesting chart (as of Feb 2023)
Age group chart of the House and Senate, showing a small amount of legislators (under 5%) are over 80. Most are in their 50s-70s, with a lot (22%) of House reps in the 40s and 8% in their 30s.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Never gets old...
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Doooh! I meant this one, but with a gold eagle on top.

So innovative. So American. Another American iconic monument inspired/gifted by the French...
The Arc de triomphe in France.
October 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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You mean like this one, but sadder and more Lego-like...
The Brandenburg Gate at twilight.
October 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Why do we do this as humans?
Shoe size chart showing different shoe sizes from the US, UK and Europe - all different.
October 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Just sitting here, thinking of Star Trek OS' Patterns of Force episode, for no good reason...
Captain Kirk, dressed as a Nazi officer, tries to wake the Federation official who had been acting as the Fuhrer for an alien world.
September 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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He has a "collection." Here he is proudly showing off to Macron and Zelenskyy.

I mean, you can't make this up.
August 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Never forget....Reek.
Trump bows his head in submission as Putin strides confidently ahead at their Helsinki meeting.
August 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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It may be time to share this again...

Do what you can. Try and let go of what you can't influence or control.
Three overlapping circles - with Circle of Control (what we can directly control through our thoughts, words or actions) the smallest; then Circle of Influence (what we can do something about, but have no control over the outcome, but can influence it with what we can control); then Circle of Concern (we have no concern over the outcome).
August 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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These are great questions from former mayor of Lethbridge, Chris Spearman:
from Chris Spearman. “Clearly, the Alberta government was highly motivated to settle the lawsuits from coal companies as stated by Lawyer Gavin Fitch in Lethbridge at the SACPA event earlier this year. The motivation likely being avoiding testimony by elected officials under oath in a court of law. Now that settlements are being achieved, and Premier Danielle Smith is publicly announcing them ( Okotoks, July 2, 2024 ), there are a number of questions still to be answered. 1. Is the Alberta government still supporting and encouraging coal mining in the Alberta Rockies and Eastern Slopes? Or will these initiatives now cease? 2. Will the Alberta government continue developing a new coal policy? Energy Minister Brian Jean stated the new coal policy would be developed exclusively with the coal companies ( Dec 20, 2024 ). 3. Is the Alberta government pursuing a similar settlement agreement with Northback about Grassy Mountain? 4. When will Alberta taxpayers know how much they paid to settle lawsuits arising from Alberta government policy initiatives and reversals? Neither the UCP government of Jason Kenney nor the UCP government of Danielle Smith ever sought or obtained a mandate from Albertans to encourage coal mining in the Rockies and Eastern Slopes.”
July 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Have I broken ChatGPT?

If so, HUZZAH for me.

And, you're welcome.
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July 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Guess who's back, Calgary??

Hint: it's COVID. COVID is back..
Graph line of COVID wastewater in Calgary. It's slowly climbing in June.
June 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Relevant blast from the past from Edd Uluschak, former political cartoonist at the Edmonton Journal.

1978. Nothing really changes.
Cartoon of woman next to an old TV with rabbit ears and her husband hiding behind the couch. She is saying, "Here goes --- I'm turning on the news!"
June 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Happy Caturday! (Yes, I flail wildly between politics and cats...breaking up the doomscrolling...)
Happy Caturday from a snoozy grey and white tuxy-tabby, with three feet and no toofies...
June 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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@youralberta.bsky.social --- working hard on the important issues to Albertans:
Health Quality Council of Alberta rebranded as Health Quality Alberta.
June 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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A cute magpie on a balcony rail.
June 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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There you go, Calgary...
Corey Hogan appointed as Parliamentary Secreatary to Minister of Energy and Natural Resources.
June 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I have one too. He has an awesome life.
Super cute three-legged, toothless grey and white tabby tuxedo cat lying on a disheveled bed, happy as a clam.
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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WTAF, Shoppers? This chocolate bar was $12.49 in one of your stores - I bought it for $8.49 at Superstore. You're the same damn company!!!!!
Photo of a President's Choice large dark chocolate bar.
May 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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O Canada! Let's goooooo!!!!!

Vote, vote, vote!

Votez, votez, votez!
Poster saying "Keep Calm and Carney ON!"
April 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Looks like when they got to know him, Canadians didn't like him after all...
Photo of Pierre Poilivre with the a former Conservative staffer's comment on him: ..."Poilievre's demeanour is so petulant and repellent as to cross the line into anti-charisma. His unlikeability is so reliable as to actually constitute a talent of its own, if one could monetize irritation."
April 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM