Sunnyside Scott
@sunnysidescott.bsky.social
Corporate welfare watcher, common good advocate & inner-city cyclist
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13 years ago: sleeping in a doorway near Rogers Arena, lost to addiction and homelessness.
Today: sober, inside the arena, beside my 5-year-old son.
Recovery changes everything!!
Today: sober, inside the arena, beside my 5-year-old son.
Recovery changes everything!!
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 AM
13 years ago: sleeping in a doorway near Rogers Arena, lost to addiction and homelessness.
Today: sober, inside the arena, beside my 5-year-old son.
Recovery changes everything!!
Today: sober, inside the arena, beside my 5-year-old son.
Recovery changes everything!!
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“She says she waited several hours to be seen by a physician, during which time she could feel a puddle of blood extending up her back and down her legs while she was strapped to the ambulance stretcher.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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'Please don't let me die': Calgary patients recount long waits in emergency rooms | CBC News
Two stories from Calgary women who say they endured lengthy ER waits while facing life-threatening emergencies are "the tip of the iceberg," according to one physician.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:10 AM
“She says she waited several hours to be seen by a physician, during which time she could feel a puddle of blood extending up her back and down her legs while she was strapped to the ambulance stretcher.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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List describes two weeks of needless deaths and near misses in Alberta ER hallway and waiting room ‘death zones’ albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/list... #ableg #abpoli #abhealth
List describes two weeks of needless deaths and near misses in Alberta ER hallway and waiting room ‘death zones’ - Alberta Politics
A well-known emergency medicine physician has compiled a list of six patients who died waiting for a doctor to attend to them in Alberta’s packed and chaotic Emergency Rooms over the two weeks at the ...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:08 PM
List describes two weeks of needless deaths and near misses in Alberta ER hallway and waiting room ‘death zones’ albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/list... #ableg #abpoli #abhealth
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Earlier today, the Prime Minister spoke in Davos of the need to avoid “the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination" in international affairs.
This week I wrote about how I feel we need to strengthen sovereignty at home, too.
This week I wrote about how I feel we need to strengthen sovereignty at home, too.
January 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Earlier today, the Prime Minister spoke in Davos of the need to avoid “the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination" in international affairs.
This week I wrote about how I feel we need to strengthen sovereignty at home, too.
This week I wrote about how I feel we need to strengthen sovereignty at home, too.
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Alberta Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services Jason Nixon says rising frostbite amputations on his watch are a sign of the system working as intended.
Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca
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December 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Alberta Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services Jason Nixon says rising frostbite amputations on his watch are a sign of the system working as intended.
Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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New episode!
In a giant sized #abpoli Roundup, we take a look at Danielle Smith’s complicated admiration for Jordan Peterson, the father of she’s finally saying her vision for healthcare out loud…
(It’s privatization)
And a lot more!
#ableg #cdnpoli
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
In a giant sized #abpoli Roundup, we take a look at Danielle Smith’s complicated admiration for Jordan Peterson, the father of she’s finally saying her vision for healthcare out loud…
(It’s privatization)
And a lot more!
#ableg #cdnpoli
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
Episode 7.45 - Eating The Elephant! (Dec 14, 2025 Alberta Politics Roundup!)
Podcast Episode · The Breakdown With Nate Pike · 2025-12-15 · 2h 18m
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December 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New episode!
In a giant sized #abpoli Roundup, we take a look at Danielle Smith’s complicated admiration for Jordan Peterson, the father of she’s finally saying her vision for healthcare out loud…
(It’s privatization)
And a lot more!
#ableg #cdnpoli
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
In a giant sized #abpoli Roundup, we take a look at Danielle Smith’s complicated admiration for Jordan Peterson, the father of she’s finally saying her vision for healthcare out loud…
(It’s privatization)
And a lot more!
#ableg #cdnpoli
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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UCP trots out woke-gun-grab hysteria in hopes of keeping its MAGAfied far-right critics on a leash. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/ucp-...
UCP trots out woke-gun-grab hysteria in hopes of keeping its MAGAfied far-right critics on a leash - Alberta Politics
WHITEHORSE, Yukon – After that putative pipeline deal with the feds riled up the substantial posse of Alberta separatists at the United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting last weekend far mor...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
UCP trots out woke-gun-grab hysteria in hopes of keeping its MAGAfied far-right critics on a leash. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/ucp-...
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Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert – she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dani...
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert – she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one - Alberta Politics
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert, she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one, with sketchy details to follow. Then, just like that, Alberta’s premier could call an ...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert – she just needs Mark Carney to promise she can have one. albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/dani...
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One thing I learned about working in some of the most corrupt places in the world (Niger Delta, Azerbaijan, South Sudan), shame always matters. Especially when it’s coming from your own community.
A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
One thing I learned about working in some of the most corrupt places in the world (Niger Delta, Azerbaijan, South Sudan), shame always matters. Especially when it’s coming from your own community.
@coreyhogan.ca except we have pivot away from clear cutting
Thank you to the Forest Product Association of Canada for a great conference this week.
It was an important opportunity for us to get together to talk about how we sustain and grow a sector so core to Canada’s economy and identity.
It was an important opportunity for us to get together to talk about how we sustain and grow a sector so core to Canada’s economy and identity.
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
@coreyhogan.ca except we have pivot away from clear cutting
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If size really matters, defending public education definitely gets out a bigger crowd than Alberta separation. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/if-s... #ableg #abpoli
If size really matters, defending public education definitely gets out a bigger crowd than Alberta separation - Alberta Politics
If the Alberta Prosperity Project hoped to hold the largest public protest in Alberta history yesterday, as some organizers of the “independence rally” that took place in front of the Legislative Buil...
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October 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
If size really matters, defending public education definitely gets out a bigger crowd than Alberta separation. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/if-s... #ableg #abpoli
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The Iraq WMD lie is being recycled for Iran because our national warmaking institutions have successfully dehumanized Iranians.
@jameswsthomson.com wrote a heartbreaking story in 2020 that helps counter the state narrative. 1/
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@jameswsthomson.com wrote a heartbreaking story in 2020 that helps counter the state narrative. 1/
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What We Lost When Ghanimat Azhdari Was Killed in the Iran Plane Crash | The Walrus
The University of Guelph PhD student was one of 175 who died on Flight 752. Friends remember a conservationist who fought to put Indigenous needs first
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June 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Iraq WMD lie is being recycled for Iran because our national warmaking institutions have successfully dehumanized Iranians.
@jameswsthomson.com wrote a heartbreaking story in 2020 that helps counter the state narrative. 1/
thewalrus.ca/what-we-lost...
@jameswsthomson.com wrote a heartbreaking story in 2020 that helps counter the state narrative. 1/
thewalrus.ca/what-we-lost...
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Guest post by Bradley Lafortune: I went to Danielle Smith’s Coal Town Hall in Fort Macleod and here’s why it went off the rails. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/gues...
Guest post by Bradley Lafortune: I went to Danielle Smith’s Coal Town Hall in Fort Macleod and here’s why it went off the rails - Alberta Politics
On June 11, more than 500 people showed up in Fort Macleod, near the site of the historic North West Mounted Police post about 170 kilometres south of Calgary, for a “Coal Town Hall” with Alberta Prem...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Guest post by Bradley Lafortune: I went to Danielle Smith’s Coal Town Hall in Fort Macleod and here’s why it went off the rails. albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/gues...
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88 million to a team with a curse to its name from displacing unhoused, largely Indigenous people in an urban Clearing-the-Plains land theft? Beside which can’t even win a cup with the best lineup in modern history? Nope.
City council can put ballot questions forward during the next municipal election. I think we should give this serious thought and let all taxpayers and voters have a say on providing the oilers owners $88.5m for their business.
www.michaeljanz.ca/referendum2025
www.michaeljanz.ca/referendum2025
Edmontonians should have a referendum this municipal election: Should taxpayers provide $88.5 million to the Oilers Entertainment Group for a new Event Park?
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June 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
88 million to a team with a curse to its name from displacing unhoused, largely Indigenous people in an urban Clearing-the-Plains land theft? Beside which can’t even win a cup with the best lineup in modern history? Nope.
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Must-read by @molszyns.bsky.social on Bill C-5
"A blank check for the Executive branch...effectively immune from legal challenges, the only exception being those that have a constitutional dimension, such as failure to adequately consult and accommodate Indigenous ppls..."
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"A blank check for the Executive branch...effectively immune from legal challenges, the only exception being those that have a constitutional dimension, such as failure to adequately consult and accommodate Indigenous ppls..."
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A Radical Departure: Remarks on Part II of Bill C-5 (the Building Canada Act) - ABLawg
By: Martin Olszynski Matter Commented On: Part II of Bill C-5 (the Building Canada Act) PDF Version: A Radical Departure: Remarks on Part II of Bill C-5 (the Building Canada Act) On Tuesday, June 17th...
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June 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Must-read by @molszyns.bsky.social on Bill C-5
"A blank check for the Executive branch...effectively immune from legal challenges, the only exception being those that have a constitutional dimension, such as failure to adequately consult and accommodate Indigenous ppls..."
ablawg.ca/2025/06/19/a...
"A blank check for the Executive branch...effectively immune from legal challenges, the only exception being those that have a constitutional dimension, such as failure to adequately consult and accommodate Indigenous ppls..."
ablawg.ca/2025/06/19/a...
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Weekend thought: Why do people get so twisted up over unhoused people smoking drugs as they step over them but seem unable to point a finger when oil companies blow forest fire smoke straight into their kids' lungs for weeks on end?
June 7, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Weekend thought: Why do people get so twisted up over unhoused people smoking drugs as they step over them but seem unable to point a finger when oil companies blow forest fire smoke straight into their kids' lungs for weeks on end?
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85% of Canadians agree that corruption has played a role in the rising costs of groceries, housing".
Does everyone remember the bread price-fixing scheme and the massive settlement? Absolutely egregious!
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Does everyone remember the bread price-fixing scheme and the massive settlement? Absolutely egregious!
cultmtl.com/2025/02/85-o...
85% of Canadians agree that corruption has played a role in the rising costs of groceries, housing
85% of Canadians agree that corruption has played a role in the rising costs of groceries and housing.
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June 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
85% of Canadians agree that corruption has played a role in the rising costs of groceries, housing".
Does everyone remember the bread price-fixing scheme and the massive settlement? Absolutely egregious!
cultmtl.com/2025/02/85-o...
Does everyone remember the bread price-fixing scheme and the massive settlement? Absolutely egregious!
cultmtl.com/2025/02/85-o...
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Have you seen two terrible people fighting online? You have?
I've got a song for you.
I've got a song for you.
June 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Have you seen two terrible people fighting online? You have?
I've got a song for you.
I've got a song for you.
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Worth a watch as the aid ship suffers death threats from the Nazis running the US while being shadowed by military helicopters and drones.
Fifteen years ago, 10 activists were murdered by Israeli forces storming their ship, for attempting to deliver aid into Gaza.
youtu.be/jkKRxD8D2kU
Fifteen years ago, 10 activists were murdered by Israeli forces storming their ship, for attempting to deliver aid into Gaza.
youtu.be/jkKRxD8D2kU
Greta Thunberg Speaks from Aid Ship Heading to Gaza Despite Israeli Threats
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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June 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Worth a watch as the aid ship suffers death threats from the Nazis running the US while being shadowed by military helicopters and drones.
Fifteen years ago, 10 activists were murdered by Israeli forces storming their ship, for attempting to deliver aid into Gaza.
youtu.be/jkKRxD8D2kU
Fifteen years ago, 10 activists were murdered by Israeli forces storming their ship, for attempting to deliver aid into Gaza.
youtu.be/jkKRxD8D2kU
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This is a very damning and worrying study by provincial scientists. It demands a response from Minister Schulz. If we already have unsafe levels of selenium in Crowsnest Lake from legacy coal mines why are we looking at additional mines? @cpawssab.bsky.social #abpoli
News Release: Alberta silent on government science showing selenium makes Crowsnest fish unsafe to eat
“Any new development of coal mining along the eastern slopes may well push the Crowsnest fishery beyond recovery.”
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June 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is a very damning and worrying study by provincial scientists. It demands a response from Minister Schulz. If we already have unsafe levels of selenium in Crowsnest Lake from legacy coal mines why are we looking at additional mines? @cpawssab.bsky.social #abpoli
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Excellent rundown of the Alberta government's dodgy FOIP practices by @drewyewchuk.bsky.social.
After a 20-month investigation, the government's practices were ruled unlawful by the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
ablawg.ca/2025/05/30/t...
After a 20-month investigation, the government's practices were ruled unlawful by the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
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The Information Commissioner’s Report on the Government of Alberta’s War on the Public’s Right to Access Information - ABLawg
By: Drew Yewchuk Matter Commented On: OIPC Investigation Report F2025-IR-01, Investigation into the Government of Alberta’s practices respecting access to information PDF Version: The Information Comm...
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June 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Excellent rundown of the Alberta government's dodgy FOIP practices by @drewyewchuk.bsky.social.
After a 20-month investigation, the government's practices were ruled unlawful by the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
ablawg.ca/2025/05/30/t...
After a 20-month investigation, the government's practices were ruled unlawful by the Information and Privacy Commissioner.
ablawg.ca/2025/05/30/t...
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“What is now speculated is the symptoms of selenium poisoning are so similar to those of Whirling disease, that the impacts from legacy mining have not been recognized throughout the watershed.”
Scientists from the government of Alberta have confirmed that “Fish in Crowsnest Lake (in SW Alberta) contain tissue selenium concentrations that exceed guidelines and rival fish selenium levels downstream of active MTR [Mountaintop removal] operations.”
June 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“What is now speculated is the symptoms of selenium poisoning are so similar to those of Whirling disease, that the impacts from legacy mining have not been recognized throughout the watershed.”