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Bob Barnetson

@bobbarnetson.bsky.social
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Retired professor, #YEG gardener, kayaker, anti-fascist, reluctant Albertan.

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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 13m
Autumn colours in #yeg
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The next time someone tells you that business owners take on all the risk, send them this link: www.hrreporter.com/focus-areas/...
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'Catastrophic failure': Report finds Alberta regulators failed Cargill workers
Six years after more than 950 workers at High River meat plant tested positive, and 2 died, investigation says OHS regulator 'all but abdicated its mandate'
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a vulnerable group of workers. The result was a large-scale, tragic outbreak, the scope of which was preventable,” reads a new Parkland Institute report. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Little McLeod Lake, NW of #yeg
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Beaver Lake in Jasper, west of #yeg
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Moab Lake in Jasper, west of #yeg
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yankee-doodle Dani playing fast and loose with the facts again.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fungi at the Lou Carbyn Wildlands, north of #yeg.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Autumn flowers in #yeg
Bee on a sunflower.White flower with yellow centre.Yellow flower with brown centre.Water droplets on a sunflower.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Endless apple season in #yeg this year. 600 apples from this tree already and I’m still picking from the ground. Probably 800+ once I get the ladder out.
Apples on a branch.Two apples in a gloved hand above a crate of apples.Apples on a tree.Apples in a crate.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Backyard veggies in #yeg
A cluster of red cherry tomatoes hang off a tomato plant.A cucumber held in a gloved hand.A huge orange carrot observed closely by a black dog.Two ice cream pails filled with cured garlic heads.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
West and East Twin Lakes, SW of #yeg
A creek filled with lily pads meanders through a shallow valley.A creek meanders through a fir forest. A path through the woods leads to a second lake.A path through the woods opens to a blue-green lake.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
South Seba Creek of Wabamun Lake, west of #yeg
An orange kayak floats up a creek under threatening skies.An old tree stump at the edge of a creek Two kayakers paddle through reeds.A blue sky over a winding creek.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A fine morning on the North Saskatchewan river in #yeg
An orange kayak sits on the edge of the river below the Quesnel Bridge.A beaver paddles across the river in front of cliffs.The sun reflecting off the river.A hawk sits in a tree against a blue sky, moments before being harassed by a group of magpies.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Loon swimming underwater on Shunda Lake, west of #yeg
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is atrocious behaviour by @athabascau.bsky.social .
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Emerson Lake, west of #yeg
Two orange kayaks at a boat launch.Lady in an orange kayak on a green alpine lake with fir trees in behind.Lady in an orange kayak on a green alpine lake with fir trees in behind.Lady in an orange kayak on a green alpine lake with fir trees in behind.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Kettle Lake in the Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area, just west of #yeg
A rush-lined lake with aspen in behind.An orange kayak bulling through rushes at the edge of a lake under a blue sky.A sunken log in a clear lake with rushes and tress on the shore in the background.Two loons on a lake with rushes and trees on the shore in the background.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
What the hell Athabasca University? aufa.ca/blog/2026/7/...
aufa.ca
AU professor forced to choose between job and her child's legs — AUFA
Dr. Sabine Graf has been stripped of her faculty association membership and told she must abandon her family, relocate her child to Canada where his legs will be amputated, or lose her job.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Mayatan Lake, west of #yeg
Blue skies and clouds reflect on the water in front of a boat launch.Blue skies and clouds reflect on water.The sun and clouds reflecting off water.An orange kayak passes through a narrow channel with bullrushes on either side.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Flooded bike paths in St Albert, just NW of #yeg.
Flood bike path through the trees. Flood bike path under a trestle bridge.Flooded bike path.Flooded bike path; water is three feet deep here!
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Another rainy morning in #yeg
Rain drops on a white daisy.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Little Beaver Lake, 90 minutes SE of #yeg
A beaver lodge on the west shore beneath a big tree.Streaky clouds in a blue sky over a calm lake.Yellow-headed blackbird sits on a cattail in a swamp.Furry friend taking a nap in the brush on the shoreline.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Tide Creek, SE of #yeg.
Yellow-headed blackbird sits in a reed bed.A creek meanders through a birch and aspen forest. A broken beaver dam beneath a bridge blocks further upstream progress.A merganser paddled away down a forested creek.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Late spring blooms in #yeg.
Pink wild rose blossom.White high-bush cranberry blossoms.White rose blossom.Purple and yellow iris flower head.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Lots of birds at the Leduc Reservoir, just south of #yeg.
Flags and an old jet trainer on a post at the east end of the reservoir.Four pelicans floating in front of bull rushes and some trees.A cormorant flies low over the water with tress in the background.A grebe’s nest full of eggs floating in some bullrushes.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Pipestone Creek and Coal Lake, an hour SE of #yeg.
An orange kayak floats down a small creek amid the trees with the sun overhead.An orange kayak floating in front of a large beaver dam.Five pelicans float among the reeds on a lake.A calm creek under a blue sky.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Round Lake, 60 minutes west of #yeg
Orange kayak paddling down a canal under blue skies.Reed-choked passage from shore to lake.Orange kayak on a calm lake under a blue sky.Two water fowl take flight off a canal with a small bridge in the background.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Jackfish Lake, west of #yeg.
Lady in an orange kayak paddles past an island.Two loons floating on the water.A pelican fishing against a reedy shoreline.Lady in an orange kayak floats on calm water under blue skies in a bay.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
More #yeg spring flowers.
Apple blossoms.Ornamental plum (I think) blossoms.Last of the orange tulips.Cherry blossoms.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The pollening has begun in #yeg.
Two-toned orange tulip.White cherry blossom.Yellow tulip tarde blossoms.White saskatoon blossoms.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Big reflections on Johnny’s Lake, west of #yeg.
An orange kayak on a calm, blue lake.Clouds reflect on a still lake edged with brown bullrushes.A trumpeter swan on a lake.A Canada goose sits on a nest amid brown bullrushes on the side of a lake.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Sleepy bees in #yeg.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The Sun rises over the beams for the Wellington bridge replacement in #yeg.
The sun rises over 9 metal i-beams resting on concrete piers. The beams will support the deck of a new car, bike, and walking bridge over the Ramsay ravine in Edmonton along 102 Ave.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The North Saskatchewan begins to open up in #yeg.
Sun rises over a river under a blue sky.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
#yeg spring in Hawrelak Park.
User-prompted fire pits beside the skating pond.Hot and cold running geese on the roof of the main building.Icy shadows behind chairs on a boardwalk.Play structures shaped like chickadees in a small pine forest.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
A wander through the recently re-opened Hawrelak Park in #yeg.
Sun rises behind a skeletal tree.Promenade by the ice skating pond Pathway leads to renovated band shell beside ice skating pond.Two early-arriving geese wander across an icy pond against a backdrop of fir trees.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Forest lights from the Flying Canoe festival in #yeg.
Coloured lights reflecting off snow in a forest.Coloured lights reflecting off snow in a forest.Coloured lights reflecting off snow in a forest.Coloured lights reflecting off snow in a forest.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Removing black knot west of #yeg with the Edmonton and Area Land Trust.
Sun shines through bare trees onto snow.Fungus infected shrub.Volunteers walk up a snowy hill.Volunteers carrying bags of infected wood out across a snowy field.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Sunrise in #yeg.
Orange sun rises over a snow-covered street, turning the snow drifts tangerine and lilac.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Northeast River Valley Park in #yeg.
Late-afternoon sun shining on crusty snow.Woman and dog kneel in front of covered red foot bridge.Late-afternoon sun lights foot bridge and cross-country ski tracks.Vole tracks intersect an owl print in the snow shortly after lunch.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Tarts made from cherries grown in #yeg.
Four tarts with cherry filling.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Hawk eating a pigeon at the Victoria Oval in #yeg .
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Cross-country skiing in #yeg.
The sun rises over cross-country ski trails.The sun rises over snow-shoe tracks. The sun rises over cross-country ski trails. Wife for scale.
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The Alberta Worker @abworker.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Today’s news story from @kimsiever.bsky.social NAIT workers file for strike vote It has been 17 months since these workers began bargaining. Even mediation was not enough to get NAIT to make concessions. albertaworker.ca/news/nait-wo...
albertaworker.ca
NAIT workers file for strike vote
It has been 17 months since these workers began bargaining. Even mediation was not enough to get NAIT to make concessions.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Cross-country ski season opens in #yeg (pictures from Mayfair golf course).
The tips of two skis in a set track that disappears into the trees. Male mule deer in the trees.Male mule deer in the trees.Distance blue sky as set tracks cross a fairway.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Outdoor skating surfaces are opening in #yeg. The ice at the Victoria oval is lovely.
Sun shining through trees and reflecting off outdoor skating ice.
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Sunrise in #yeg, shot from just west of the old museum site.
And orange and mauve sunrise reflecting off an icy river.
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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
"According to the bill, any activities related to the launching of legal challenges over the constitutionality or validity of laws, the running of ad campaigns or a union's participation in social movements would all fall under the optional due model."
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Quebec union leaders slam proposed labour law ahead of parliamentary hearings | CBC News
Under Bill 3, any activities deemed to be outside of a union's primary mission wouldn't be eligible for financing via mandatory fees, but through optional ones only. Optional dues would also have to b...
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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Black-knot removal at Glory Hills Nature Reserve west of #yeg with the Edmonton and Area Land Trust.
Volunteers standing ass-deep in choke cherry and wild rose bushes removing and bagging black knot infected limbs. Volunteers walking past the stumps of beaver-felled trees beside a pond.Volunteers standing on a wooded slope removing black-knot infested tree limbs and bagging them.Carrying tools and bags of black-knot infected wood out of the woods at the end of the day.
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