Sonya 🇨🇦
@icedsnowberry.bsky.social
Mom to 2 teens ● Wife ● HCW
Guardian of Kali the Samoyed 🐾
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Often found on hiking trails 🥾 🌲
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📍Calgary, AB
Guardian of Kali the Samoyed 🐾
Powered by Coffee ☕️
Often found on hiking trails 🥾 🌲
(she/her)
📍Calgary, AB
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For anyone who missed her post
Elon Musk gets roasted on his own platform by Joyce Carol Oates.
Like an ancient cyborg culling through the ruins of a post-apocalyptic planet (twitter, derogatory), Joyce Carol Oates recently fired her full-power death ray at aspiring trillionaire Elon Musk, wh…
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For anyone who missed her post
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Anyone keeping a tally on the billions wasted by the UCP?
Pipeline gamble: 1.3B
Dynalife: 97M
Turkish Tylenol: 80M
Coal settlements: 238M
Cancelled rail: 1.3B
Superlab cancellation: 35M
War Room: $120M
Heck, just scratched the surface. One blunder can take down a government. Flood the zone.
Pipeline gamble: 1.3B
Dynalife: 97M
Turkish Tylenol: 80M
Coal settlements: 238M
Cancelled rail: 1.3B
Superlab cancellation: 35M
War Room: $120M
Heck, just scratched the surface. One blunder can take down a government. Flood the zone.
If the $238 million (and possibly more) lawsuit payout of taxpayers money over the idiotic coal mining policy flip flop of this government isn’t enough
Jason Kenney works for the law firm involved…
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#Alberta #ABLeg #ABPoli #FireTheUCP #YEG #YYC #RedForED #CDNPoli
Jason Kenney works for the law firm involved…
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
#Alberta #ABLeg #ABPoli #FireTheUCP #YEG #YYC #RedForED #CDNPoli
Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners | The Tyee
Two firms that invested far less are getting $238 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.
thetyee.ca
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Anyone keeping a tally on the billions wasted by the UCP?
Pipeline gamble: 1.3B
Dynalife: 97M
Turkish Tylenol: 80M
Coal settlements: 238M
Cancelled rail: 1.3B
Superlab cancellation: 35M
War Room: $120M
Heck, just scratched the surface. One blunder can take down a government. Flood the zone.
Pipeline gamble: 1.3B
Dynalife: 97M
Turkish Tylenol: 80M
Coal settlements: 238M
Cancelled rail: 1.3B
Superlab cancellation: 35M
War Room: $120M
Heck, just scratched the surface. One blunder can take down a government. Flood the zone.
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Now that I saw the UCP AGM agenda about no more mRNA vaccines item I encourage more people to sign this. There are now over 10,231 who have signed and that means #DanielleSmith 's inbox is exploding. Great work everyone. #AxeTheVaxTax #ABpoli #ABleg
axethevaxtax.ca
axethevaxtax.ca
Axe the Vax Tax: Health Shouldn’t Come With a Price Tag
Charging for vaccines means fewer people get protected. Families living paycheck to paycheck will skip vaccines. Workers will get sick, especially health care and education workers.
axethevaxtax.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Now that I saw the UCP AGM agenda about no more mRNA vaccines item I encourage more people to sign this. There are now over 10,231 who have signed and that means #DanielleSmith 's inbox is exploding. Great work everyone. #AxeTheVaxTax #ABpoli #ABleg
axethevaxtax.ca
axethevaxtax.ca
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Alberta - Support for a general strike in response to the government's actions during the teachers strike:
Support: 51%
Oppose: 31%
Neutral: 13%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
Support: 51%
Oppose: 31%
Neutral: 13%
Leger / Nov 2, 2025 / n=1002 / Online
November 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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UCP party platform out.
Just like that last one, BELIEVE THEM.
Privatizing healthcare and education to enrich donors, and giving handouts to O&G and coal, all features. All of the anti-science, propaganda fueled, authoritarian garbage they are spewing WILL come to pass.
#abpoil #ableg
Just like that last one, BELIEVE THEM.
Privatizing healthcare and education to enrich donors, and giving handouts to O&G and coal, all features. All of the anti-science, propaganda fueled, authoritarian garbage they are spewing WILL come to pass.
#abpoil #ableg
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate #abpoli #cdnpoli
Defend Canadian Journalism – Donate Form
Support Our Journalism Defence Fund PressProgress is at the centre of what could be one of the biggest, longest and most expensive media trials in recent Canadian history. A former star candidate for ...
pressprogress.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I chipped in to the @PressProgress.ca legal defence so journalists can keep holding the powerful to account. This case could set a chilling precedent across Canada. If you can, please donate and share. pressprogress.ca/journalism-defence/donate #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Administrators are teaching on a daily basis so there's that. Also, administrators need to be available to deal with major discipline issues.
If we make subs full-time teachers, who's gonna fill in for the subs and how are absences going to be filled?
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #abed #yeg #yyc #ucp
If we make subs full-time teachers, who's gonna fill in for the subs and how are absences going to be filled?
#ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #abed #yeg #yyc #ucp
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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- A full 52% of Albertans say that the UCP’s handling of the strike has worsened their opinion of the government.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
- A full 52% of Albertans say that the UCP’s handling of the strike has worsened their opinion of the government.
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Let’s look at some more UnCanadian Party policies being proposed.
This is the banning of 2SLGBTQ+ flags during pride week or any other times.
#abpoli
This is the banning of 2SLGBTQ+ flags during pride week or any other times.
#abpoli
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Let’s look at some more UnCanadian Party policies being proposed.
This is the banning of 2SLGBTQ+ flags during pride week or any other times.
#abpoli
This is the banning of 2SLGBTQ+ flags during pride week or any other times.
#abpoli
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“Obstetrical services are "temporarily" unavailable in Cold Lake, due to a OB/GYN shortage at the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre. This shortage will be ongoing until Jan. 5, 2026.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.lakelandtoday.ca/cold-lake-ne...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.lakelandtoday.ca/cold-lake-ne...
No obstetrical services at Cold Lake hospital until January
COLD LAKE - Obstetrical services are "temporarily" unavailable in Cold Lake, due to a OB/GYN shortage at the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre. This shortage will be ongoing until Jan. 5, 2026.
www.lakelandtoday.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Obstetrical services are "temporarily" unavailable in Cold Lake, due to a OB/GYN shortage at the Cold Lake Healthcare Centre. This shortage will be ongoing until Jan. 5, 2026.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.lakelandtoday.ca/cold-lake-ne...
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
www.lakelandtoday.ca/cold-lake-ne...
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Have you signed the Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition yet?
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Have you signed the Alberta Funds Public Schools Petition yet?
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
More signing locations up all the time at abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
#ableg #abpoli
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Y'know, I've been in roles of leadership and had enough managers to know what leadership isn't.
It certainly isn't revoking the charter rights of 51,000 people and then HOURS LATER fucking off on a vacation to Saudi Arabia to work on your retirement plan.
#ableg #abpoli #notwithstandingclause […]
It certainly isn't revoking the charter rights of 51,000 people and then HOURS LATER fucking off on a vacation to Saudi Arabia to work on your retirement plan.
#ableg #abpoli #notwithstandingclause […]
Original post on mstdn.ca
mstdn.ca
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Y'know, I've been in roles of leadership and had enough managers to know what leadership isn't.
It certainly isn't revoking the charter rights of 51,000 people and then HOURS LATER fucking off on a vacation to Saudi Arabia to work on your retirement plan.
#ableg #abpoli #notwithstandingclause […]
It certainly isn't revoking the charter rights of 51,000 people and then HOURS LATER fucking off on a vacation to Saudi Arabia to work on your retirement plan.
#ableg #abpoli #notwithstandingclause […]
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Residents of Calgary-Cross are organizing to recall Mickey Amery, the MLA and Minister of Justice who voted to take away rights from Alberta's teachers.
Spread the word!
recallmickey.ca
#YYC #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #OperationTotalRecall #RecallMickey
Spread the word!
recallmickey.ca
#YYC #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #OperationTotalRecall #RecallMickey
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Residents of Calgary-Cross are organizing to recall Mickey Amery, the MLA and Minister of Justice who voted to take away rights from Alberta's teachers.
Spread the word!
recallmickey.ca
#YYC #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #OperationTotalRecall #RecallMickey
Spread the word!
recallmickey.ca
#YYC #Alberta #abpoli #ableg #OperationTotalRecall #RecallMickey
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Ridiculous. So maddening.
Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ridiculous. So maddening.
Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Yes, complex. But there is NO doubt that antivaxx misinformation big part of problem.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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🇨🇦 Chrysler Is recalling 20,000 Jeep vehicles in Canada due to a faulty battery that can catch on fire🔥
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadianRecall❗
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadianRecall❗
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Chrysler recalling 20,000 Jeep vehicles in Canada due to faulty battery that can catch fire | CBC News
Owners of the vehicles — which include Jeep Wranglers with model years between 2020-2025 and Jeep Grand Cherokees with model years from 2022-2026 — are being advised to park the vehicles outside and a...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🇨🇦 Chrysler Is recalling 20,000 Jeep vehicles in Canada due to a faulty battery that can catch on fire🔥
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadianRecall❗
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
#Cdnpoli🍁
#CanadianRecall❗
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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Young Canadians, don't even try to visit your grandparents in Floriduh. (Consider yourself lucky if stopped while still in #Canada🇨🇦) 😃 #boycottUS
‘Felt like a bit of abuse of power’: Canadian denied entry into U.S.
A 20-year-old Canadian booked to fly south to visit her grandparents was recently refused entry into the United States by American customs officers, at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
www.cp24.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Young Canadians, don't even try to visit your grandparents in Floriduh. (Consider yourself lucky if stopped while still in #Canada🇨🇦) 😃 #boycottUS
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Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection.
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection.
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
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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/...
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A failed UCP candidate is suing @pressprogress.ca for reporting and quoting things she said.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
@pressprogress.ca needs your solidarity and support right now more than ever
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
We’re raising money to pay our legal bills – and to be blunt, we’re going to need a lot of help
If you’re able, please help us out and support our Journalism Defence Fund:
pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...
PressProgress: Defend Canadian Journalism
pressprogress.ca
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A failed UCP candidate is suing @pressprogress.ca for reporting and quoting things she said.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
With no anti-SLAPP protection in Alberta, they've been drawn into a long, costly legal battle.
If you believe in accountability and a free press, and can spare it, give them your support.
Finished this heartbreaking and disturbing memoir last night. It's hard to fathom how monstrous some humans are.
Release the damn files!
Release the damn files!
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Finished this heartbreaking and disturbing memoir last night. It's hard to fathom how monstrous some humans are.
Release the damn files!
Release the damn files!
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If there was even the slightest possibility that Prince Andrew might potentially not be a pedophile, the royal family would be defending him to the death.
This is basically them saying that he is absolutely, 100%, without a doubt guilty as fuck, and everyone knows it.
This is basically them saying that he is absolutely, 100%, without a doubt guilty as fuck, and everyone knows it.
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If there was even the slightest possibility that Prince Andrew might potentially not be a pedophile, the royal family would be defending him to the death.
This is basically them saying that he is absolutely, 100%, without a doubt guilty as fuck, and everyone knows it.
This is basically them saying that he is absolutely, 100%, without a doubt guilty as fuck, and everyone knows it.
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Does everyone remember Adriana Smith, the Georgia nurse who was declared brain dead while nine weeks pregnant?
The black woman who was kept alive without the consent of her family because of the fetus?
Baby “Chance” was born in June. He’s still in the NICU.
The black woman who was kept alive without the consent of her family because of the fetus?
Baby “Chance” was born in June. He’s still in the NICU.
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Does everyone remember Adriana Smith, the Georgia nurse who was declared brain dead while nine weeks pregnant?
The black woman who was kept alive without the consent of her family because of the fetus?
Baby “Chance” was born in June. He’s still in the NICU.
The black woman who was kept alive without the consent of her family because of the fetus?
Baby “Chance” was born in June. He’s still in the NICU.
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I think folks should be making a bigger fucking deal about how our Premier is saying out loud that the judicial branch shouldn’t be a check and balance against the legislative and executive branches. That notion is one of the pillars of modern democracy itself. calgaryherald.com/news/premier...
Premier Danielle Smith says courts should be more 'constrained' in making decisions
Alberta premier Danielle Smith commented on the justice systems involvement in deciding matters like the use of the not withstanding clause.
calgaryherald.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I think folks should be making a bigger fucking deal about how our Premier is saying out loud that the judicial branch shouldn’t be a check and balance against the legislative and executive branches. That notion is one of the pillars of modern democracy itself. calgaryherald.com/news/premier...