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Karen Lord 🇨🇦 (Jochumsen)
@karenjlord.bsky.social
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born and raised Gen X YYC - Treaty 7 Territory - stay-at-home mom and stormchaser; Canadian 1st, Albertan 2nd #StrongAF #ElbowsUp #Never51 #ForeverCanadian 🍁 she/her 🇨🇦🇩🇰 blueskying since 01/24 #CovidIsAirborne 😷
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#Rally on Thursday, the 20th - Trans Day of Remembrance - at McDougall Centre in #Calgary 🏳️‍⚧️ Get LOUD and say #NoToBill9! No to the use of the #Notwithstanding Clause and No to the UCP❕#ABpoli #ABleg #ProtectTransKids #TransRightsAreHumanRights #YYC #FireTheUCP #Alberta #StandUp #ProtectTransYouth
a poster with a faded Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms background covered w/ trans coloured (pale blue & pink) stars that reads: Trans Day of Remembrance No To Bill 9! No to Notwithstanding! Save Trans Rights! Rally with Us!!! Thursday, November 20th, 5-7p McDougall Centre, Calgary with the Queer Citizens United logo.
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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oh, I’m late but anyhow;
our #YYCkidCount was 35 in Thorncliffe. We’re tucked away in a quiet cul de sac, and I’m pretty sure the game had something to do with it (we got this, tomorrow ⚾️) #HappyHalloween #YYC #boo
an orange glowing jack-o’-lantern on a step in front of a smaller, white pumpkin glowing a bit green.
November 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Yep, what Jay said. Get it done #ffs #ABpoli #YYC #YEG #Alberta if you’re in line by 8, you get to vote. Be patient, be kind. #VOTE
Elections Calgary sticker that reads Vote with an X in a box, and a bright green ‘I voted!’ with the downtown skyline faintly shown.
October 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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So wonderful to see Jyoti Gondek & Thomas Lukaszuk at the #ForeverCanadian stop in #Calgary today. Tomorrow is EDay, get out and #vote! If you haven’t signed the petition yet, look for canvassers outside your voting station or check forever-canadian.ca for a location near you! 🇨🇦 #ABpoli #YYC #YYCcc
a photo of Jyoti Gondek and Thomas Lukaszuk in front of the Forever Canadian bus
October 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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#ForeverCanadian Bus location in #Calgary tomorrow, October 19th with @lukaszukab.bsky.social & friends 🇨🇦 12p-6p at 1705 Macleod Trail SE ❣️ If you haven’t signed the petition, here’s your chance! ☀️ #YYC #ABpoli #ABleg *can’t make it, find other signing opportunities at forever-canadian.ca 🍁 #Alberta
Forever Canadian tour bus stop with Thomas Lukaszuk, Calgary, Sunday, October 19 from 12-6p. 1705 Macleod Trail SE (driveway of Presto Pizza). Forever-Canadian.ca (the forever Canadian logo at the top, this message is over a blue sky with a few clouds, the bottom has a few green hills and some taller pale grass in the foreground).
October 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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What an awesome evening at @jyoti4mayor.bsky.social’s HQ! Folks, if you haven’t signed the #ForeverCanadian petition yet, find a signing location near you here: www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet... and then remember to get out and #VOTE on Monday! #YYC #Calgary #ABpoli #YYCcc #Election2025
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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❄️ #YYCwx #Calgary #YYC #snow #wind #October #ThanksgivingWeekend #ABstorm
October 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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#YYC #YYCcc #Jyoti4Mayor #VOTE #Calgary #Election2025 #AdvanceVoteOnNow #EDayIsOct20 @jyoti4mayor.bsky.social @karlamarx1917.bsky.social 🗳️
Message from Karla Marx: I’m voting for Jyoti Gondek for Mayor. She’s been a rock solid supporter of the queer community. I’m voting for Harrison Clark in my ward (9). A ruffly rainbow-dressed Karla Marx strolling away from the camera in Banff’s Central Park; there is a gazebo in the back left of the photo.
October 9, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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I missed this one yesterday ⭐️ #Alberta #ABed #ABpoli #ABleg #EducationRally #WorldTeachersDayRally #SupportPublicEducation #FundEducation #I❤️AlbertaEducators #Red4Ed #EducationPipeline
A poster from the World Teachers Day rally in Alberta - it reads ‘If we call it the “Education Pipeline” will you fund it properly?’ (there is a green pipe on either side of the poster and the middle has a heart image made out of school supplies.)
October 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Well, #Calgary - I do believe we rallied our asses off. Well done! #Red4Ed #StandUpForOurTeachers #SupportOurStudents #FundEducation #WorldTeachersDay #ABed #ABpoli #ABleg #YYC #Alberta #SupportPublicEducation #WeLoveOurTeachers #TeachersDeserveRespect
an assortment of signs at today’s rally for World Teachers Day in Calgary, AB an assortment of signs at today’s rally for World Teachers Day in Calgary, AB an assortment of signs at today’s rally for World Teachers Day in Calgary, AB
October 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon. #Calgary McDougall Centre at 3p. Get loud, bring signs, be respectful but give them hell! #StandUpForOurTeachers #SupportOurStudents #WorldTeachersDay #ABed #ABpoli #ABleg #YYC #SupportPublicEducation
World Teachers’ Day Rally in support of public education! Tomorrow, Sunday, October 5th 3-4:30p at McDougall Centre (455 6 St. SW). The image has a golden background and on the right, multiple colourful hand-shaped cutouts surround a cutout of a paper globe. The Calgary Public Teachers logo is at the top with the RockyView ATA local #35 logo as well as the Calgary Catholic teachers local 55 logo, the bottom right corner has the AB Teachers Association logo.
October 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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It’s distressing to me how quickly we forget. I, like others, can see the change in Jeromy. And I even feel it’s mostly genuine, I do; however, that does not mean I can forget the four years he was in council, or how he acted last election. 1/2
A sticker on a light post in Inglewood, Calgary. It reads: Fark That #NeverFarkas
October 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Rally for the teachers, this Sunday! Plan to arrive at 11 at the AB legislature, everyone is invited! In Calgary, there is a rally at McDougall Centre (455 6 St. SW) same day starting at 3p. Get loud, Albertans! #ABed #ABpoli #ABleg #SupportPublicEducation #SupportTeachers #SupportOurStudentsAB
Fight for Public Education Rally at the AB Legislature - Oct 5, 11:30am. Photo if the leg in red with a crowd on the grounds.
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Night Light, #YYC! #NightLightVicPark #Calgary #SeptemberNightLife #Fall #NightL!ght
5 images from Night Light event in Calgary; top left are lit up leaves, top right is a fire breathing dragon, middle left are three stain glass lights, bottom left is Central Memorial Park with the Tower and bottom right is an installation of hanging, lit buoys.
September 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️ #ProtectTransKids #ABpoli
bold white capital letters spell out TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, over a background of blue, pink and white flowers, with greens (by @transpainter)
September 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Yellow Slide Park at 480 Deerview Drive in the southeast, 5:30-7p this evening Sunday the 17th at Seton Sledding Hill (east lot of ymca) 4995 Market Street SE, 11a-3p
August 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Red Deer has a permanent signing location if that works for you :)
Red Deer – Forever Canadian Team We’ll be at the Red Deer Market every Saturday from 8:00AM to 12:30PM collecting petition signatures.
August 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Here’s one :)
Lethbridge August 18, 5-6:30p CASA 230 8th Street South
August 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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one more :) #YEG
Edmonton Forever Canadian petition signing - permanent location - Kingsway Legion 14939 50 Street, 12p-8p
August 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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There’ll be many more chances to sign as we have until late October to get our signatures but here’re some new dates.
Edmonton Forever Canadian petition signing, Callingwood Farmers Market - 69 Ave & 177 St. Sundays 10a-3p & Wednesdays 12p-4p
August 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Here’s a Stony Plain signing!
Stony Plain Forever Canadian petition signing, August 14, 6 Heartwood Lane, 5:30pm - 7pm
August 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Here’s a signing date for LA ☀️
August 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Here’s one for Chestermere :)
August 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Aug 12 at Rosemont Community Ctr, 4-6p as well as Aug 13-15 at City Hall Plaza steps, 11a-1p August 17, 11a-3p at Confluence Park (river walk by bison structure).
August 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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I wish I’d kept my kids tiny Smurf figures #CalgaryShrooms #YYC #RainyJuly #BangerCrop #SmurfMe
green grass with a white mushroom green grass with a larger white mushroom green grass with a chubby white mushroom
July 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM