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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On the last Friday of every month, my son and I get to come together in community, be jovial and sometimes a little boisterous, and experience an inner-city road network that feels uniquely human-centric: social, safe, calm, and under our management. Thank you, @criticalmassyyc.bsky.social.🚲🌙✨

Sam and I pose from the bikes selfie-style with some members of the critical mass filling the road way behind us. The surroundings are urban, and we are on and controlling a one-way arterial roadway.

Sam and I are visible on a bikes in frame. Photo taken by Alyssa Q. We are in an urban scene and nearly under a building span the extends over the roadway.

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A chilly, dreary day was made brighter and warmer by attending @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social's printing pop-up to spend time with @klaszus.bsky.social and @calgaryhester.bsky.social along with others, serendipitously, from The Sprawl's readership community. 🇨🇦 Let community lift you, friends.💗

Beatrice, Sam, and I ride our bicycles down a quiet residential street with Calgary's downtown cityscape prominent in the background. Fall foliage dots the road surface, and a tree with a yellowing canopy is prominent at the top of the frame.

Sam operates a 1960-era mobile printing press to make a special two-colour print that briefly tells the story of George Stanley's design for Canada's new flag, adopted in 1965. The press is mounted in the cargo hold of a tricycle cargo bicycle.

The resulting print, with artwork done by Sam Hester. It contains the illustration of a George Stanley and the new Flag of Canada. The print reads, "George Stanley, a born-and-raised Albertan, designed Canada's Flag in 1964. Recalling his Calgary childhood, he made this sketch -- a flag that kids could easily draw! He sent it off to Ottawa ... and his design ended Canada's great flag debate! 'To me the new flag was a glorious thing, bold and proud, asserting Canada's nationhood for all to see.'" The card bears the signature of Sam Hester, who illustrated it.

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Keeping house with my neighbours. #ForeverCanadian

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

BREAKING! "Saddle Lake Cree Nation is asserting its Treaty rights and jurisdiction to provide safe refuge for those seeking and providing gender-affirming care. Any Albertan will be able to access gender-affirming care on Saddle Lake Cree Nation reserved lands and territories"

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I am proud to present on behalf of the #ForeverCanadian movement this lineup of amazing and proud Canadian artists in Calgary on September 20. Free admission! #Yyc #CdnPoli #AbLeg

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sam, @brettbergie.bsky.social, and I were in The City of Calgary’s group for today’s Pride Parade. Happy Pride, #yyc! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“We have your backs.” Mayor Farkas to the City’s Rainbow Employee Network readying for Calgary Pride Parade.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sam and my adventures took us here today. Being here brought together two of Sam’s favourite things: celebrating his Indigenous heritage and trains. Sam found the rock in trans flag colours with the word happy on it. He repatriated it to where it belonged at the nearby Medicine Wheel garden.

Four photo collage with title infinity sign emoji, happy, and steam engine emoji.

First photo: Sam outside in front of a gorgeous
tipi.

Second photo: a rock with trans colours and the word happy.

Third photo: selfie of Sam and me in the tipi. Sam has his VIA Rail pin and Métis flag pin on his CP hat.

Fourth photo: Sam at the train play section in the Alberta Children’s Hospital cafeteria.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sam and I finished the last book for our summer reading club today: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. We specifically chose eir book because it delves into topics relevant for 2SLGBTQIA+ people and is also on the UCP’s banned book list. The Internet Archive has it here: archive.org/details/gend...

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Gender Queer: A Memoir

Gender Queer: A Memoir is a 2019 graphic memoir written and illustrated by Maia Kobabe. It recounts Kobabe's journey from adolescence to adulthood and the author's exploration of gender identity and s...

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

"[Between 2023 and 2025] anti-trans sentiment & discourse became louder, more visible. This includes discourse by political leaders as well as online dehumanization and mis- and disinformation [...] Public messaging is a significant influence on public attitudes." theconversation.com/canada-is-be...

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Canada is becoming less accepting of gender diversity, new Statistics Canada data shows

Public support for trans and gender-diverse people is declining, and that decline is being driven by political and media discourse.

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Convo at the grocery store: “Do you ride your bike every day?” “Most days.” “I see you with it. In my country, I wasn’t allowed to ride bikes. Because woman. I’m going to learn to ride. When I do, I’m going to tell you.” — Thanks for telling me your story, Bahar. (I live for these moments.)

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s Top Gun day at Sam, @brettbergie.bsky.social, and my home. We have a standing yearly event in our family calendar in memoriam Goose.

Goose in a still from Top Gun in his F-14 seat.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Tom has been letting Sam and me know he approves of our latest summer book club selection, a graphic novel anthology called Indiginerds: Tales From Indigenous Life. #yycreads

Tom, a short-haired tabby with brown and black stripes and white patches, is facing forward while having a lie down on the Indiginerds graphic novel on a bed. The cover features an illustration of a diverse group of Indigenous youth posing for a selfie one of the youth is taking. Behind the group is a city. The cover image is partially obstructed by Tom’s chest and paws.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Mon fils—fier Métis, Albertain, et Canadien—avec sa nouvelle pancarte « Canadiens Pour Toujours ». My son—proud Métis, Albertan, and Canadian—with his new “Forever Canadian”sign.

A smiling Sam—with his hat with two buttons reading “Vote Remain” and “La Séparation Non Merci”—stands in the middle of two large Forever Canadian/Canadiens Pour Toujours that have cartoon images of yellow grasses, green hills and mountains, and blue skies with white clouds. There are QR codes and stylized red and white maple leaves on both the signs as well as the smaller sign Sam is holding. Those take the you to http://Forever-Canadian.ca. Sam’s sign also has the words:
CHOOSE UNITY
JOIN THE MOVEMENT FOREVER-CANADIAN.CA

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Home in YYC again! We rode the High Level streetcar before stopping for some beverages at Kaffa beside Red Bike. The cats had excellent cat sitter care this weekend, but they are happy we are home.

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Had a vastly lovely weekend in Edmonton. We go for many reasons — okay, we go for LRT & streetcar — but our trip is particularly inviting because of extensive, networked bike infrastructure. The bike lanes are so vibrant in Edmonton and relied on by a wide demographic. Bravo, YEGCC & advocates!

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Had to check out Edmonton’s new downtown Park, O-Day’Min. It’s carved into the downtown grid and extends over 107 St., providing connections to LRT and flow-through for active modes. Lots of flexible and dedicated programming space, public washrooms — and it’s spurring mixed-use development.👍

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Saturday’s YEG adventures involved showing Sam the coffee shop that now exists where @brettbergie.bsky.social used to work in student government, Brett fixing a flat tire on her bike, and our family exploring the 1846 fur trade era fort at Fort Edmonton and me nerding out on genealogy.

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Flix moved our pickup from downtown to the airport (due to the Stampede Parade route disruptions), so my resilient family and I rode our bikes and luggage to the airport (18kms!)to catch our bus and had a lovely time. Of course, we also concluded our trip by bike (five more kms).

My family and I pose on Travelling Light, AKA Giant Blue Ring. The public art installation stands next to a pathway. Our bikes are parked to the side of the pathway.

A Flix Bus is parked in its stall at the airport.

My family and I are on our bikes again in Edmonton on a protected unidirectional bike lane

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

From Sam, @brettbergie.bsky.social, and my #yycbike #canadaday adventures this afternoon as we paused here for a coffee shop break when some heavy rain started.

Three folding bikes sit on the left foreground. Behind the bike is a window-roofed pedestrian walkway with different dining establishments on the buildings’ sides.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Alban Hefin/Midsummer/Summer Solstice annual Alberta OBOD camp’s photos from this past weekend. /|\

Four-photo collage: 1) moon over tents on woodsy path 2) same two tents during the day; mine has the greenish cover 3) two of the cats in the catio 4) fire in the longhouse

Four-collage: 1) heart-shaped altar rock with ritual items 2) squirrel nattering at a bunch of OBODies 3) one of my friends rescued a frog that was stuck on a tipi 4) tree that was part of a meditation I led

Five-photo collage: 1) labyrinth walk in a grove 2) selfie of me in front of labrinyth 3) bluebells nearby 4) sky above grove and labrinyth 5) memorial red dress building featuring two red dresses on an old wooden builfing

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I love the reaction of cat lovers upon seeing a cat. Every single time the level of excitement is like they've read about cats for decades but never actually seen one in real life and they're SO EXCITED. Every. Single Time. Even if it's the hundredth cat they've seen that day.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Sam carried one of the walking sticks honouring Indigenous children sent to residential schools during the Annual Walk for Reconciliation. 🧡♾️

Sam pauses with other participants on the Annual Walk for Reconciliation. He holds a walking stick in his left hand as he stands along the flyover bridge in East Village. Sam is wearing an Every Child Matters shirt under a grey coat. On his grey coat is a Métis flag pin.

Sam walks along the river pathway with other participants during the Annual Walk for Reconciliation.

Sam gives the walking stick he carried during the Annual Walk for Reconciliation to a volunteer during a ceremony in the old barracks at The Confluence.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Tom is announcing our family’s 2026 summer family book club first selection. #ultimatesummerchallenge #yycreads

Tom, a short-hair tabby, is on his left side on a wooden tray on top of a striped ottoman. Tom’s front paws are around a library copy of Animal Farm.

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Ten years ago today, I came home with a funky little bike. I bought it for niche reasons, but this bike has been anything but niche in practice. While I grew up on bikes, this @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social enriched my life beyond my wildest expectations. Helmet tip, @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social.

A folded bicycle set in an entryway. Next to the bike is a folded human, me.

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Sam and I in the mass riding in tight formation, like a couple of teammates who have some serious saddle time logged together. 🥰 Video stills courtesy of @seumasb.bsky.social.

Many people on bikes fill the roadway while rounding a corner. Sam and I are centred in the frame, riding in a tight two-by-two formation in the turn.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Yesterday’s celebrations for my and @brettbergie.bsky.social’s 20th wedding anniversary: a trip to Deville for some fancy beverages followed by a wonderful dinner at Sky 360 in Calgary Tower. My little family is so amazing every day in every way, and it was a perfect day with them. 🥰

Five-photo collage:

Top left: Sam, me, and Brett with Brett taking a selfie. We are at Deville in downtown Calgary with our respective drinks in front of us at a table as we pose for the photo. Behind us, the words “The drink of reason” are painted in black handwriting on the white wall.

Bottom left: Sam at the bottom of Calgary Tower posing with a beaver stuffie statue. Sam is wearing a blue polo shirt with a Métis flag. The pic with the beaver is a nod to his and Brett’s Métis ancestors with their historic involvement in the fur trade in what’s now Alberta.

Top right: Sam poses with a bear and bear cub stuffie statues.

Centre and bottom right: some of our scenic views from Calgary Tower’s Sky 360 restaurant.

Brett takes a selfie of the three of us at our table at Sky 360 restaurant last night. You can see some tall buildings and scenery in the area.

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

My coffee companion today -- my beloved. @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social and I are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversary (May 2) this week. ❤️

Beatrice sits at a table grasping a mug of tea. Some plants are behind her, and beside our table is a painted brick wall -- white. The table and bench have wood tone surfaces.

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Calgary Brompton League @bromptonleague.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Pre-Alberta Bike Show Group Ride. When: Friday, March 20. Meet at 6:15 p.m. Wheels roll at 6:30 p.m. Where: South side of George C. King Bridge in East Village Why: Bikes are great; come ride with us. All types of bikes and their riders welcome. Destination: Carburn Park. Bring a snack!

A troupe of bicycle riders ride in a single-file formation on folding bikes over a gentle rise. The sun hangs overhead in the background.

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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

As @brettbergie.bsky.social’s wife, I can attest to how amazing of a woman she is. I am so proud of her today and every day. #IWD2026

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Reminder: every road clearing plough in the city’s fleet is operating at max, so if you see a plough or sweeper clearing snow in a bike lane or on a sidewalk, then know it takes nothing away from the effort on our roadways. People on bikes, people walking have places to go still. Be kind.✨

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

“Some pundits, politicians and right-wing news outlets began posting about what they called an epidemic of violence by trans ppl. But experts say there's no evidence to support [this,] and trans advocates worry claims will do [harm to] an already marginalized community.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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After Tumbler Ridge shooting, false claims about trans people have spread online | CBC News

Anger and false claims are being directed at transgender people after Tuesday's mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that left nine people dead, including the suspected shooter, who RCMP identified a...

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Are you anxious or are you simply correctly assessing the numerous threats

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Cailynn Klingbeil @cailynn.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

For a magazine piece, I'm looking to talk with #yyc families who live in newer communities about the amenities (or lack thereof) in their neighbourhoods. (Playgrounds, grocery stores, childcare, etc.) If this is you or someone you know, please send a DM or email cailynn.klingbeil@gmail.com. Thanks!!

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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

“The current data do not justify blanket bans [of trans girls/women from girls and women’s sports].” “In fact, transgender women remain under-represented in elite athletics, highlighting the lack of dominance by transgender athletes […].” www.advocate.com/news/transge...

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No, trans women don't have inherent advantage over cis women in sports: new study

The report affirms what advocates of inclusion have said for years.

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Calgary Brompton League @bromptonleague.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

How about a February Group Ride? We’re riding to Chestermere ⛱️, approximately 60 kms return on uninterrupted pathways. Fuel up and meet at the Apprentice Café in Ramsay on Sunday, February 8. Wheels roll at 10:30 a.m.🚲🚲🚲🚲