Rhys
@rhyscourtman.bsky.social
There be no shelter, here - the front line is everywhere. #Airdrie muckraker. Groucho-Marxist. Runs @airdronian.bsky.social
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NEWS: BREAKING: Spearman elected mayor of Airdrie
BREAKING: Spearman elected mayor of Airdrie
According to the unofficial results released by the City just after midnight, Heather Spearman won 5,291 votes
dlvr.it
October 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
NEWS: BREAKING: Spearman elected mayor of Airdrie
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.
Always remember, the riding that elected Pierre Poilievre last night is the same one that sent Jack Ramsay to Parliament for years. 😬
They sure know how to pick ‘em, out there. #ableg #cdnpoli
They sure know how to pick ‘em, out there. #ableg #cdnpoli
Jack Ramsay (politician) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Scoop!
As the UCP uses the RCMP's "hard" vacancy rate (7%) as justification for an Alberta Provincial Police Force...
We took a look at the Alberta Sherrifs.
And not only are their hard vacancy rates higher, the highway patrol is at 22.5%!
#abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
As the UCP uses the RCMP's "hard" vacancy rate (7%) as justification for an Alberta Provincial Police Force...
We took a look at the Alberta Sherrifs.
And not only are their hard vacancy rates higher, the highway patrol is at 22.5%!
#abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
About Danielle Smith's Provincial Police Force...
One of the biggest justifications that Danielle Smith, Mike Ellis and the UCP have consistently used to justify the need for a provincial police force is the number of vacancies that exist within the ...
open.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Scoop!
As the UCP uses the RCMP's "hard" vacancy rate (7%) as justification for an Alberta Provincial Police Force...
We took a look at the Alberta Sherrifs.
And not only are their hard vacancy rates higher, the highway patrol is at 22.5%!
#abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
As the UCP uses the RCMP's "hard" vacancy rate (7%) as justification for an Alberta Provincial Police Force...
We took a look at the Alberta Sherrifs.
And not only are their hard vacancy rates higher, the highway patrol is at 22.5%!
#abpoli
open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...
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"Alberta has never paid for Quebec daycare. This is a lie deliberately spread by politicians who’d rather demonize Quebecers than ask tough questions of an American-owned fossil fuel sector that’s ruthlessly exploited Canadians and sucked nearly all the value out of the oil fields.”
The Quebec referendum, Alberta separation and the politics of Big Oil in Canada
45 years after the first Quebec referendum, Canada's still searching for a path to economic sovereignty and Alberta wants to separate.
cultmtl.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"Alberta has never paid for Quebec daycare. This is a lie deliberately spread by politicians who’d rather demonize Quebecers than ask tough questions of an American-owned fossil fuel sector that’s ruthlessly exploited Canadians and sucked nearly all the value out of the oil fields.”
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By staying at Stornoway on the taxpayers' dime, Pierre Poilievre disqualified himself from ever speaking about fiscal responsibility. The smartest voters in #BattleRiver-Crowfoot will recognize him for the leach he is, and will elect another candidate.
#NeverPoilievre
#StornowaySquatter
#NeverPoilievre
#StornowaySquatter
July 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
By staying at Stornoway on the taxpayers' dime, Pierre Poilievre disqualified himself from ever speaking about fiscal responsibility. The smartest voters in #BattleRiver-Crowfoot will recognize him for the leach he is, and will elect another candidate.
#NeverPoilievre
#StornowaySquatter
#NeverPoilievre
#StornowaySquatter
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“Brown had significant qualms with… a paragraph that named a city employee as being involved in sharing a draft ministerial briefing note. During his livestream, he said that City staff “bleed blue” for the City of Airdrie.”
Telling.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.thealbertan.com/beyond-local...
Telling.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.thealbertan.com/beyond-local...
Beyond Local: Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown defends actions, criticizes investigative report
Read the full story and comment on TheAlbertan.com
www.thealbertan.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Brown had significant qualms with… a paragraph that named a city employee as being involved in sharing a draft ministerial briefing note. During his livestream, he said that City staff “bleed blue” for the City of Airdrie.”
Telling.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.thealbertan.com/beyond-local...
Telling.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
www.thealbertan.com/beyond-local...
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“63 per cent of respondents were opposed to an Alberta pension plan (APP), 10 per cent were in favour of an APP, and 12 per cent were undecided or unsure.”
Huge props to Matthew Black for not letting go of this!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Huge props to Matthew Black for not letting go of this!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta releases its pension survey results, 63% opposed to leaving CPP
After a more than 21-month wait, the Alberta government has released to Postmedia the results of its 2023 provincial pension plan survey.
edmontonjournal.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“63 per cent of respondents were opposed to an Alberta pension plan (APP), 10 per cent were in favour of an APP, and 12 per cent were undecided or unsure.”
Huge props to Matthew Black for not letting go of this!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Huge props to Matthew Black for not letting go of this!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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“The initial One Health proposal included asking the province to reallocate funds previously set aside for upgrades to the community health centre, documents reveal.”
For profit healthcare over public in Alberta yet again…
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
theijf.org/controversia...
For profit healthcare over public in Alberta yet again…
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
theijf.org/controversia...
Controversial Alberta private health centre helped behind the scenes by Airdrie mayor, documents reveal
Internal emails show how the mayor and city staff helped draft and pitch a proposal for a publicly funded, privately delivered urgent care centre in Airdrie, Alta.
theijf.org
June 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“The initial One Health proposal included asking the province to reallocate funds previously set aside for upgrades to the community health centre, documents reveal.”
For profit healthcare over public in Alberta yet again…
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
theijf.org/controversia...
For profit healthcare over public in Alberta yet again…
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
theijf.org/controversia...
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The mayor of Airdrie, Alberta and a group of city staff secretly provided help with developing a proposal for a controversial private health care centre despite the city’s public claim that it did not, the IJF has discovered. Read our exclusive story to find out more.
#abpoli
#abpoli
Controversial Alberta private health centre helped behind the scenes by Airdrie mayor, documents reveal
Internal emails show how the mayor and city staff helped draft and pitch a proposal for a publicly funded, privately delivered urgent care centre in Airdrie, Alta.
buff.ly
June 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The mayor of Airdrie, Alberta and a group of city staff secretly provided help with developing a proposal for a controversial private health care centre despite the city’s public claim that it did not, the IJF has discovered. Read our exclusive story to find out more.
#abpoli
#abpoli
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Bombshell story via @brettmckay.bsky.social about how Airdrie mayor Peter Brown and staff worked in secret with a developer and the premier's office to get a private hospital using money earmarked for upgrading a public hospital.
theijf.org/controversia...
theijf.org/controversia...
Controversial Alberta private health centre helped behind the scenes by Airdrie mayor, documents reveal
Internal emails show how the mayor and city staff helped draft and pitch a proposal for a publicly funded, privately delivered urgent care centre in Airdrie, Alta.
theijf.org
June 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Bombshell story via @brettmckay.bsky.social about how Airdrie mayor Peter Brown and staff worked in secret with a developer and the premier's office to get a private hospital using money earmarked for upgrading a public hospital.
theijf.org/controversia...
theijf.org/controversia...
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Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown, without council's knowledge, and without the knowledge or consent of Airdrie citizens, pursued a private hospital using city resources in concert with a big developer, Qualico, and with the premier's advisor Rob Anderson, who is unelected. There should be a public inquiry.
Bombshell story via @brettmckay.bsky.social about how Airdrie mayor Peter Brown and staff worked in secret with a developer and the premier's office to get a private hospital using money earmarked for upgrading a public hospital.
theijf.org/controversia...
theijf.org/controversia...
Controversial Alberta private health centre helped behind the scenes by Airdrie mayor, documents reveal
Internal emails show how the mayor and city staff helped draft and pitch a proposal for a publicly funded, privately delivered urgent care centre in Airdrie, Alta.
theijf.org
June 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Airdrie Mayor Peter Brown, without council's knowledge, and without the knowledge or consent of Airdrie citizens, pursued a private hospital using city resources in concert with a big developer, Qualico, and with the premier's advisor Rob Anderson, who is unelected. There should be a public inquiry.
It’s going to blow Brandon’s mind when he finds out how political parties often do things. #cdnpoli
In his own words...Grant Jackson, MP for Brandon Souris, spearheading the first ever anti-long ballot campaign 🙄
#Crowfoot #byelection #recordbreaking
#Crowfoot #byelection #recordbreaking
June 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It’s going to blow Brandon’s mind when he finds out how political parties often do things. #cdnpoli
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There's something surreal about watching this Conservative MP speak in the House about how "words matter" knowing the son he raised (Keean Bexte) called me a filthy whore last week lmao
May 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There's something surreal about watching this Conservative MP speak in the House about how "words matter" knowing the son he raised (Keean Bexte) called me a filthy whore last week lmao
Kinda telling that #Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt still doesn't have a cabinet post, despite being one of the longest-serving MLAs in the UCP caucus.
She was recently passed over for the post of Speaker, too, despite serving as Deputy Speaker for years. Ouch. #ableg
She was recently passed over for the post of Speaker, too, despite serving as Deputy Speaker for years. Ouch. #ableg
When the dust settles from Danielle Smith’s cabinet shuffle, 60% of her caucus will be ministers! albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/when...
When the dust settles from Danielle Smith’s cabinet shuffle, 60% of her caucus will be ministers! - Alberta Politics
Thanks to Friday’s cabinet reshuffle, more than half of the entire United Conservative Party caucus in the Alberta Legislature is now a member of Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet! To be precise, 57.4...
albertapolitics.ca
May 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Kinda telling that #Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt still doesn't have a cabinet post, despite being one of the longest-serving MLAs in the UCP caucus.
She was recently passed over for the post of Speaker, too, despite serving as Deputy Speaker for years. Ouch. #ableg
She was recently passed over for the post of Speaker, too, despite serving as Deputy Speaker for years. Ouch. #ableg
How to know that “Alberta separatism” is really just a bunch of bullshit and Conservative sour grapes?
Because these supposed “Alberta first patriots” are totally unbothered by a parachute Conservative leader dropping into an Albertan riding after losing his own in Ontario. 🤷♂️ #ableg
Because these supposed “Alberta first patriots” are totally unbothered by a parachute Conservative leader dropping into an Albertan riding after losing his own in Ontario. 🤷♂️ #ableg
May 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
How to know that “Alberta separatism” is really just a bunch of bullshit and Conservative sour grapes?
Because these supposed “Alberta first patriots” are totally unbothered by a parachute Conservative leader dropping into an Albertan riding after losing his own in Ontario. 🤷♂️ #ableg
Because these supposed “Alberta first patriots” are totally unbothered by a parachute Conservative leader dropping into an Albertan riding after losing his own in Ontario. 🤷♂️ #ableg
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“Tory lickspittles at the National Post are coming up with every explanation imaginable to excuse the Conservatives’ election loss, all while the man himself, Pierre Poilievre, refuses to do the honourable thing and step down.”
The Sore Loser Party of Canada
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
The Sore Loser Party of Canada
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
The Sore Loser Party of Canada
Post-election accusations and actions (or lack thereof) on the part of the Conservatives makes them look like the Sore Loser Party of Canada.
cultmtl.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Tory lickspittles at the National Post are coming up with every explanation imaginable to excuse the Conservatives’ election loss, all while the man himself, Pierre Poilievre, refuses to do the honourable thing and step down.”
The Sore Loser Party of Canada
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
The Sore Loser Party of Canada
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
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“For Conservatives, politics isn’t about helping people — it’s about seeing what they can get away with. Crooked candidates like Pierre Poilievre should never even have a chance of being elected. It’s up to decent people to call out their disinformation, and remain united against them.”
Voting Conservative in Canada's next election puts you on the wrong side of history
Voting Conservative in Canada's next election puts you on the wrong side of history.
cultmtl.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“For Conservatives, politics isn’t about helping people — it’s about seeing what they can get away with. Crooked candidates like Pierre Poilievre should never even have a chance of being elected. It’s up to decent people to call out their disinformation, and remain united against them.”
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“An analysis of 350,000 Twitter posts reveals a coordinated campaign to support Pierre Poilievre and attack Mark Carney’s reputation. This election isn’t about choosing a prime minister, or resisting Trump — it’s about fighting for democracy itself.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
Beware: Canada is having its first disinformation election
Beware: Canada is having its first disinformation election.
cultmtl.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“An analysis of 350,000 Twitter posts reveals a coordinated campaign to support Pierre Poilievre and attack Mark Carney’s reputation. This election isn’t about choosing a prime minister, or resisting Trump — it’s about fighting for democracy itself.”
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.
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In the states, having to vote whenever money needed to be raised for infrastructure - like new schools for example - is why things never get built. That's the point of these nonsense ideas. Nothing gets done and the rich get richer.
Poilievre would require a referendum for every federal tax increase???
First, a referendum would be incredibly expensive (electoral reform would have cost $300 million, for example)
Second, good luck ever raising taxes again (including on the rich!)
First, a referendum would be incredibly expensive (electoral reform would have cost $300 million, for example)
Second, good luck ever raising taxes again (including on the rich!)
April 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In the states, having to vote whenever money needed to be raised for infrastructure - like new schools for example - is why things never get built. That's the point of these nonsense ideas. Nothing gets done and the rich get richer.
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.