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vone1979.bsky.social
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Coaching minor hockey and administering local government in Calgary, Alberta.
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markusoff.bsky.social
That petition drive for a non-binding referendum for Alberta to STAY in Canada is now verified.
One in 7 Alberta voters signed it.
Wow, did Lukaszuk's bid worked. Lessee how Danielle Smith gov handles it.
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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djclimenhaga.bsky.social
Desperate to hide what they’ve become, UCP goes to court to stop MLAs from calling themselves ‘progressive conservatives’ albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/desp...
Desperate to hide what they’ve become, UCP goes to court to stop MLAs from calling themselves ‘progressive conservatives’ - Alberta Politics
All the words of our magnificent English language have meanings, and those words and their meanings belong to all of us who speak and write in English. Which is to say I can declare myself to be a pro...
albertapolitics.ca
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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duanebratt.bsky.social
Whether you currently have school-aged children is largely irrelevant. What matters most is partisanship.
robsonfletcher.com Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Oct 14
New Angus Reid polling on Alberta teachers' strike, private school funding, etc.:
"Teachers make enough money as it is": 15% strongly agree 24% agree 31% disagree 25% strongly disagree 5% not sure / can't say Do you think private schools should... 10% receive more public funding than they do now 23% receive about the same 25% receive less public funding than they do now 35% receive no public funding at all 8% not sure / can't say "Do you think the provincial government under Danielle Smith has done a good job or a poor job handling public education?" 10% very good job 22% good job 14% poor job 48% very poor job 7% not sure / can't say (Among those aware of the teachers strike): In this dispute between the Alberta government and the teachers, would you say your sympathies are more with ... 58% the teachers 21% the government 18% neither 3% not sure / can't say
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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thewalrus.ca
A generation ago, measles was declared eradicated from Canada. Today, Alberta reports more confirmed cases than the entire United States. How did it become the epicentre of Canada’s outbreak? Physician and journalist @monicakidd.bsky.social explores: thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-beca...
October 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
vone1979.bsky.social
lethbridgeherald.com/commentary/o...
‘Alberta pension’ based on faulty premise
David Carpenter For the Herald There was no dog, nor was there a pony, there might have been a bearded lady but they didn’t let me close enough to tell
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September 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The Smith government's AISH upheaval, combined with cash clawback, is deeply traumatic to Alberta's most vulnerable people. Column.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abgov #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg
Braid: UCP government's cash clawback and AISH upheaval seem heartless
Danielle Smith's UCP government is imposing draconian change on benefits for disabled, at the same time they claw back cash.
calgaryherald.com
September 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social
Share this, please:
Active shooter: Police advise residents to shelter in place, others to stay away
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Active shooter: Police advise residents to shelter in place, others to stay away
Police say there is an ongoing active shooter situation in northwest Calgary.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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robsonfletcher.com
The latest inflation data for car & home insurance, by province.

Alberta absolutely in a league of its own here.
Two line charts showing Alberta well ahead of every other province in terms of price inflation for auto insurance premiums (which have more than tripled since 2002) and home insurance premiums (which have increased more than sixfold).
August 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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theturner.bsky.social
In virtually the same moment Alberta's UCP government is strangling the last signs of life out of its renewable energy industry, it is showing up in force to bully southern Alberta communities into accepting new coal mining projects that the public and the regulator have repeatedly rejected
robsonfletcher.com Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Jun 12
June 1976: Alberta 'Coal Development Policy' adopted

June 2020: UCP government rescinds it

Feb. 2021: UCP reinstates it

June 2021: AER rejects Grassy Mountain project

March 2022: UCP orders "no new applications" for coal

Sept. 2023: AER accepts new applications for Grassy Mtn

June 2025:
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith faces raucous, angry town hall on province's coal policy | CBC News
About 500 people, dressed in cowboy hats, belt buckles, and jeans, packed a community hall in Fort Macleod, Alta., for an event marked by heckling, competing applause and placards.
www.cbc.ca
June 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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klaszus.bsky.social
In all the craziness everywhere, little attention has been given to Bill 51 and the UCP's new powers to take over new K-12 school sites. I dug into it in my latest @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social dispatch. #ableg #yyccc
The UCP’s takeover of new school land | The Sprawl
Calgary city hall has numerous concerns.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
May 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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markusoff.bsky.social
Jeremy Nixon’s election record in Calgary:
2010, council: L
2012, provincial: L
2015, provincial: L
2019, provincial: W
2023, provincial: L
2024: federal CPC nomination: L
2025, federal: L
April 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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paulisci.bsky.social
On the one hand, no. On the other hand, also no.
governor.ca.gov Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Apr 15
The Golden State and Canada have always shared so much in common.

Sure, you-know-who is trying to stir things up back in DC, but don't let that ruin your vacation plans.

We’re launching a new international campaign to welcome and encourage Canadians to visit the Golden State.
April 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM