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Barb Phillips

@barbphillips11.bsky.social
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I am Canadian, Albertan, Grandma, and Raging Grannie. I love dogs, gardening, nature, Park run & learning. Lethbridge is my home. I try to make a difference in my city with showing empathy and kindness. I can't do everything but I can do something.

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suzannemck.bsky.social @suzannemck.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Outstanding reporting!! #abpoli Gift 🎁 link www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/be4d765...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Measuringe the value of educacioun by returne on ynvestment onlye ys lyke measuringe the value of a garden by the weight of the floweres
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
open.spotify.com/epi... Every Albertan should listen to this. It's heartbreaking. Neither the Premier nor Minister LaGrange have even acknowledged it has happened. They have broken our EMS and Emergency system - safe and timely care is no longer guaranteed.
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Wife’s death after 1.5-hour wait for ambulance has Edmonton doctor demanding change
The Courtney Theriault Show · Episode
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Tyler Meredith @tylermeredith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🚀 Parliament is back and we are re-launching our weekly pod as free and ad free! THIS WEEK: we deep dive: ▶️ labour code changes ▶️ airport “asset recycling” and pension ownership ▶️ the BC election shit show. (Links below) #cdnpoli #bcpoli #canlab #cdnecon #pensions
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join the Raging Grannies in Lethbridge and Pincher Creek today from noon-1pm. It's STREET RALLY FRIDAY!
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New ads just dropped - There’s a poll out tomorrow via CBC that apparently shows the UCP down. That’s because Danielle Smith’s catering to separatists is unpopular, and the closer we get to Oct 19, the more people are (rightfully) blaming her for this debacle. No to the Nine.
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Please join us tomorrow Sept. 25 at the corner of 6 Ave.S and Stafford Drive the Civic Ice Arena. Noon-1pm!
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I cannot fathom why we wouldn’t want to preserve this piece of Canadian history.
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Maggie Priceless🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🇵🇸🇺🇦 @maggiepriceless.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The UCP/seppies are running ads on YouTube claiming we need to vote yes on the nine because somehow the feds are to blame for our population surge that Smith wanted, and the overwhelm of our infrastructure that she had no plan for. 10 million Albertans by 2050 was her plan. Fuck that bitch.
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He continues to baffle me with his bullish*t! Just saying.
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Canadian Loyalist 🇨🇦 @shakespearesgal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey Alberta … #abpoli #cdnpoli
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No no no no no no no no no and 1 #daniellesmith #referendum #alberta #politics #canada
YouTube video by Lisab0923
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Great Street Rally Friday gathering in Lethbridge today to inform citizens about the Oct. 19 Referendum questions. Focus today… Questions 1-5 on Immigration! Hundreds of honks , thumbs up and supporters! Thank you Lethbridge and we will be back again next Friday!
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
It’s a rally but maybe also a tally! lol
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friday, Sept 18 it’s Street Tally Friday for the Lethbridge and area Raging Grannies! Please join us in either of 2 locations…Theme is first 5 Referendum questions…Immigration! Bring signs, flags your voices! The Raging Grannies are loud and proud Canadians.
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hmmmm...I should come to U of L to audit another class as I love taking notes. That is the way I learned back in the day.... Lol. Funny thing is that when I audited a few years ago, I was so surprised that students did not use a pen and notepaper. Turns out it is an effective way to learn !
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Let's see if they even realize that we now have a King that they must visit! # Kudatah was such fun back in the day!
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I was remind of what hope we had in Alberta 11 years ago. #ABpoli #ABleg #Alberta
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
What a glorious day this was back in 2015! I remember it well as we had hope and optimism although we were heading into difficult times on the oil roller coaster.
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The question Albertans should be asking - Is Smith going to the US to enable them to purchase Alberta? Yeah, yeah, I know there are legal and constitutional hurdles to this but Trump doesn't care about any of that #ableg #abpoli
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
That damn public always gets in the way of our ideas! The public does research and science before they make a decision. The UCP...not so much because they prefer damage control after the announcements.
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Elections Alberta @elections.ab.ca · 13/08/2026
2026 REFERENDUM - Your vote, your way! Discover the voting options available to electors eligible to vote in the October provincial referendum by visiting ow.ly/3mr050ZwcIF.
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@CharlotteWolters @charlottewolters.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Smith & UCP can't be trusted when claiming Albertans' bills (already high electricity bills) won't go higher. It's a pattern seen where ever #AI data centers are. Costs aren't absorbed by the Billionaire & super rich investors pushing this. #ableg #abpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Braid: Smith bets that Alberta will soar on the wings of massive data centres
Premier Danielle Smith makes big promises that no Albertan will pay for data centres, bets that Alberta will soar on the economics.
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Excellent ad!
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta 👇🏼
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#ableg #abpoli #Alberta
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
People might think the cartoon below applies to the US but it could easily apply to the Alberta referendum Albertans might be tempted to vote for separation because they hate the Liberals And those Albertans, plus the ones who don't turn up to vote, will screw themselves too #ableg #abpoli #Alberta
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𝒩𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓎 𝒞𝒶𝓃𝒶𝒹𝒾𝒶𝓃 🇨🇦 @lancetay.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#Albertastan #Never51 #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #ElbowsUp 🇨🇦 youtu.be/w75jCWrBx6M?...
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Special ballot for questions nobody asked for. #daniellesmith #referendum #ballot #alberta #politics
YouTube video by Lisab0923
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The most detailed reporting that I have seen in relation to the mareva injunction granted against Mr Jeffrey Rath. #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg litigate.com/News#/albert...
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News & Media | Lenczner Slaght
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Bethankit Hums @tangibullah.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Dear Alberta, please don't let a one-sided complaint system ruin the progress we've made over the last 20 years: #abpoli #ableg
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Field guide to the hucksters and disinformation peddlers of the AB seppie movement
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I am Jane Doe 🟥🍁🟥🐝🌲 Living with COPD @connieskp.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... This is why it's important to STOP O'Leary's plans. Environmental assessments need to be done on Treaty land. Smith and Carney sold us out Please sign www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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No provincial environmental impact assessment required for Kevin O'Leary's proposed Wonder Valley data centre | CBC News
Kevin O’Leary's proposed Wonder Valley project in northwestern Alberta will not need to undergo an environmental impact assessment from the province due to existing water and power systems. However, t...
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Well done Strudelbrand! Keep speaking out for the water , land, air and plants and animals.
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pastry / appreciator 🧁🎉 @strudelbrand.com · 21/05/2026
Spoken word poetry pondering the big question: does #lethbridge want more coal mining in the Eastern Slopes? We're down to the final weeks to sign the citizen petition to protect our water. Do you care? www.youtube.com/shorts/6nKRY...
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Does Lethbridge want Coal Mining in the Eastern Slopes? Protecting Alberta Water
YouTube video by STRUDELBRAND!
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Those were my jobs back in the day!
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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I just listened to the first half hour of this. Not gonna lie: if @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social and @sphillipsab.bsky.social were to co-lead a political party, I’d quit my job to go help them any way I could. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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The Strategists
Politics Podcast · Updated Weekly · Professional unprofessional strategists Stephen Carter, Zain Velji, and Shannon Phillips break down the news of the day. Not just what’s happening, but how it’s bei...
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
We need more Albertans speaking out against our Premier Danielle Smith. You cannot be "sovereign" Alberta within a United Canada. It is a ridiculous oxymoron. You must be in or out! I am a Canadian; I am Forever Canadian. We have been contemplating what we would do if Alberta did separate...Leave!
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Inclusion Lethbridge and their provincial partners seek to help those impacted by recent AISH announcement lethbridgeherald.com/commentary/l...
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Inclusion Lethbridge and their provincial partners seek to help those impacted by recent AISH announcement
Dear editor, Inclusion Lethbridge Association has been working to support people with disabilities, and their families, to navigate and try to understand
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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
This is how she holds two antithetical views simultaneously. What the fuck does “a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada” even mean? She appears oblivious to the fact that words mean things.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
An extraordinary moment in Canadian federalism when one province sets the terms for climate policy for the entire country. We used to do this with all provinces. Now we just do it between the PMO and Danielle Smith. She’s in charge of Canada’s environmental policy now.
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
With this new branding of EMS in today's announcement, we get new decals on the ambulances and uniforms! But no talk about keeping integration...I can't believe the priorities of this government's health restructuring.
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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Well, that’s that!!
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Alta Paramedic Health rejects Lethbridge’s plea for more EMS contract talks
The City of Lethbridge’s plea for more EMS contract negotiations has been rejected by the province, putting the city’s integrated fire-EMS model in limbo.
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A creative Raging Grannie gave Dani a new hair style similar to …!
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Street Rally Friday in Lethbridge was great with lots of Raging Grannies, supporters, posters, honks, hollers and thumbs up until a Lethbridge wind and rain beared down on us!
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
TODAY is STREET RALLY FRIDAY in LETHBRIDGE and PINCHER CREEK. Please join the RAGING GRANNIES today. Canvassers for the Water Not Coal petition will be present to collect signatures.
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Susan Mitchell @susanfromontario.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#cdnpoli Gift link. Good piece from Andrew Coyne www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/cf1088b...
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Canada is one of history’s most successful countries. Here’s a look at who’s trying to destroy it, and how
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has no mandate to put the province, or the country, through this ordeal
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Barb Phillips @barbphillips11.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Hmmm..On Tuesday, Dodic's use of the term 'classless' in regards the fire fighters was indeed classless! Additionally the current Mayor in the 2025 campaign was all about "needs & wants." I believe we need an integrated EMS/Fire team. I did not want to bail out the Exhibition Hub but here we are.
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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
"Snowflakes in May? Just around the Horseshoe! When elected officials confuse deliberative democracy with being bullied" More thoughts on how #Lethbridge City Council handled the recent integrated Fire-EMS vote. #YQL
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Snowflakes in May? Just around the Horseshoe!
When elected officials confuse deliberative democracy with being bullied
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Melissa (she/her) @melibee44.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
#ableg #abpoli
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