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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 13h
G'morning. If you spent the weekend soaking up bonus summer, here's what you missed --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Grant Robertson, Nathan VanderKlippe, and friend
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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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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We're in Edmonton this weekend. Sam is here for and fully engaged in a conference, so @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social and I are occupied by exploring on our own. But reconnecting with the city as a couple ... It's been rather intoxicating.
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"I never want to speak for, speak over the trans community, but I do want to stand up for them and back them in every way. And they shouldn't always have to fight all their own battles. We want to be there fighting with them and for them.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A transgender musician was denied washroom access. P.E.I.'s music scene is taking a stand | CBC News
Prince Edward Island's music scene is pushing back after a Charlottetown venue denied washroom access to a transgender musician.
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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 01/10/2026
Overwhelmed by huge world events over which you have literally no control? We get it. That's why on this month's show we bring you our good pal #GeraldWheatley who has been one of Calgary's biggest champions on building LOCAL resilience, community & justice www.podcastics.com/episode/4338... #yyc
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Global Chaos, Local Solutions
featuring Gerald Wheatley
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Calgary Brompton League @bromptonleague.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reservoir After Dark Social Ride🌙✨🚲 Meet on Thursday, October 15 at the south side of the George C. King Bridge in East Village at 6:15 pm. Wheels roll at 6:30 pm. Lights mandatory. Brompton League rides draw folding bike enthusiasts, but any bike type and their rider are welcome.
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Updated information from Elections Alberta. EA has approved 652,000 applications for special ballots; but to date has received and processed only 131,000. If you have yet to do so, EA recommends that you put your ballot in the mail no later than October 9. #abpoli #ableg
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Referendum Information Updates - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON – Elections Alberta issues important referendum information updates to Albertans, including updates on special ballots, referendum voting information, and election worker recruitment. Special...
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Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Four former deans of medicine in Alberta have joined a growing chorus of critics asking Ottawa to intervene in the province’s dual-practice health care model, which allows eligible doctors to toggle between the public and private systems. #ableg #abpoli @theglobeandmail.com
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Former deans of medicine call on Ottawa to intervene in Alberta’s dual-practice health care model
In a letter to Carney, deans from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta assert public-private model violates the Canada Health Act
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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alberta teachers - especially in social studies - are grappling with how, and even if, to talk and teach about the October referendum. Here’s why: #AbLeg #AbEd
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In the face of a new neutrality law, Alberta educators grapple with referendum lessons | CBC News
In Brett Dibble’s Grade 12-level social studies classes, lessons about Alberta’s 10 fall referendum questions are among the first issues students dived into this school year.
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at the Confluence. Thank you, Indigenous Elders, knowledge keepers and ceremonialists, drummers, performers and dancers, and dignitaries for the program, remarks and reflections, and opportunity be together in solemn remembrance, truth telling, and action.
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Everything about this referendum on separation and the other nine questions on the ballot – among other things they attempt to scapegoat immigrants for many of the province’s problems – is contemptible. It’s a phony, illegitimate exercise Ms. Smith has lent credibility to in order to save her job."
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle Smith
The referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“A recent assessment by the United Nations Satellite Centre found that the number of destroyed structures across Gaza has increased by 9% since a ‘ceasefire’ took effect nearly a year ago. Overall, about 82% of structures in Gaza […] have been damaged, and about two-thirds of those […] destroyed.”
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Satellite images show Gaza in ruins three years into Israel’s genocidal war
Google Maps images show scale of Israel's destruction of Gaza, where more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed.
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When we allow governments to erroneously and irresponsibly strip Charter protected rights away from vulnerable communities [we allow] politicians to use lies and stigma […] to impose their ideology and power on those different from them.” Full statements here: www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
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Transgender Advocates Call for Inquiry into Alta., Sask. Laws
Trans and gender-diverse advocates from Alberta and Saskatchewan hold a news conference on Parliament Hill to call for a House of Commons inquiry into the suspension of Charter rights for transgender ...
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quote: "“... We strongly believe that a different approach would have been taken by Alberta Health Services and Occupational Health and Safety had Cargill’s hourly workers been predominantly white, English- speaking, Canadian citizens.”" They have blood on their racist hands.
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David Keegan @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is important but difficult reading. “We cannot fully explain why Alberta OHS abdicated its important responsibilities in response to the largest outbreak of COVID-19 in Canada. We can say that political pressure, deference to public …. 1/3 assets.nationbuilder.com/parklandinst...
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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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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This, all of this. ✊🏾👏🏾💥 Why aren't senior business leaders across AB industry sectors dropping these statistics on immigration & the absolute dependency that Alberta's workforce has on immigration? Why aren't all the business & political leaders who aren't Canadian-born standing up & speaking out?
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Holding my mail-in ballot for Alberta’s 2026 referendum, I was struck by a sensation I had never felt in three decades in Canada: I felt singled out […] “[Five referenda questions] reduce human beings to drains on public resources.” calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Alberta’s referendum turns immigrants into scapegoats for government inaction
Alberta’s infrastructure deficits, overcrowded classrooms, and delayed emergency rooms are the result of political mismanagement.
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Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today at Two Pillars Brewery! Sprawl meetup from 2 - 4pm. Drop by anytime. @calgaryhester.bsky.social will be there signing prints!
sprawlcalgary.com
Print Canada’s flag by hand on the Pop-Up Press | The Sprawl
A piece of local—and national—history.
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Yvette d’Entremont @dentremy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Yet another reason to avoid buying from the U.S. “Whistleblower lawsuit in California alleges the finest berries were not sent to Canada: instead, millions of pounds of fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border, and the company tried to cover it up.”
cbc.ca
Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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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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Dr. Tanya Lentz, R.Psych. @pednpsy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Liberal MP says he was demoted for supporting NDP bill targeting arms export controls | CBC News
Charlottetown MP Sean Casey says he was removed from his position as parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs because he voted against the government and supported an NDP private me...
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
👀 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Danielle Smith’s popularity dips as her party now tied with NDP in support: poll | CBC News
The Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggests 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the UCP if an election were held today, while 41 per cent would vote for the NDP.
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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The politics around bike lanes may be heated. But the broader public view on road safety is not. 86% of Ontarians say roads should be designed to be safe for everyone. And 72% say proper cycling infrastructure makes roads safer for all road users. sharetheroad.ca/news/64-of-...
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64% of Ontarians Say Municipalities, Not Queen’s Park, Should Decide on Local Bike Lanes - Share the Road Cycling Coalition
64% of Ontarians Say Municipalities, Not Queen's Park, Should Decide on Local Bike Lanes New provincial poll finds support for local decision-making in every region of Ontario,while support for safer road infrastructure for everyone who uses them remains strong TORONTO, September 23, 2026 – A new Abacus Data survey commissioned by the Share the RoadCycling
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Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tomorrow (Thurs Sept 24) I'm moderating a panel at the Central Library on the history of western alienation in Alberta. Killer panel with political scientists Lisa Young @jlisayoung.bsky.social, Lori Williams & Anthony Sayers. You should come!
calgarylibrary.ca
History of Referendums and Western Alienation Sentiment in Alberta | Calgary Public Library
Have we been here before? As we head towards a much-discussed provincial referendum in October, let’s take a look in the rearview mirror and see how our histories can help inform the present moment. J...
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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Contrasts “guest workers” and their families to permanent residents, whose children will be raised fully Canadian, yet most permanent residents held temporary status at some point. centre.irpp.org/research-stu...
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From Temporary to Permanent Residency: Recent Trends in Canada’s Two-Step Immigration Selection - Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation
Canada’s Changing Immigration Landscape Immigration policy is central to the future of the federation. This series explores recent challenges and opportunities, turning complex issues into clear, acti...
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Nagwan Al-Guneid @nagwanyyc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1/ Thank you, Nicole and Butch Smith, for sharing what these past years have cost you. The Smith family raised bison and made a living near Rimbey, Alberta. I have been to their peaceful ranch and beautiful land. I saw firsthand the impact of industrial development on their stressed animals.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This column by @althiaraj.bsky.social is a good summation of the red flags around this bill. And I say that as someone who has been raising alarms about our particular moment in history for a while. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
thestar.com
Althia Raj: Whatever good is in Mark Carney’s Building Canada Strong Act is poisoned by the toxic rest
The Mark Carney government frames this law as part of its “Canada Strong” plan — and frankly, some parts are good — but toxic with good is still bad.
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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"You gave my soul a beam to travel on." -musician Leonard Cohen in chapter 19 of Book of Mercy, dedicated to Esther, his sister Leonard Cohen on a tricycle with his sister Esther Westmount, Canada ca. late 1930s #BicycleBirthday Leonard Cohen September 21 (1934-2016)
Photo of a young boy riding a tricycle with an older girl on a bicycle next to him in a cul-de-sac.
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David V. Wright @davevwright.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a significant early win for anyone interested in transparency and accountability toward achieving (or missing) international climate change commitments. While the youth may not be ultimately successful, this will still get important evidence on the record. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney government dealt an early blow in climate litigation | CBC News
A federal court refused to strike down a climate lawsuit brought against the Carney government by Canadian youth.
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Ben Holt @beanjammin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As little as possible it seems, despite a separate ongoing US sanctioning of a Canadian ICC judge. www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“[…] the Netherlands have been notified that sanctions are imminent and looking at ways to help the tribunal keep operating, incl. paying staff, protecting witnesses and maintaining the detention facility […]” And Canada is doing what to defend the court? www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/world/the-ne...
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The Netherlands is bracing for potentially devastating US sanctions against the ICC
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch officials are preparing for the United States to impose a tough new round of sanctions on the International Criminal Court as it seeks to
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Beatrice @beatriceaucoin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#ForeverCanadian #Canadienspourtoujours performance by Cree Métis artist Celeigh Cardinal.
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Remembering Leonard Cohen, born on this day in 1934. “The reason my writing is so slow is that I have to finish the verse before I discard it.”
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Leonard Cohen Smoking Cigarette
ALT: Leonard Cohen Smoking Cigarette
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Keeping house with my neighbours. #ForeverCanadian
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Happy to support and participate in MLA @nagwanyyc.bsky.social and her Calgary-Glenmore team's presentation of Cyclepalooza. A unique, fun constituency event to engage and mix with neighbours, it puts the very best of the community on display, as a reservoir adjacent event. Good to see you! #ABleg
With a clear blue sky overhead, parked bicycles fill the foreground in various state of idleness -- standing upright, laying on their sides, and leaning kickstands. People mix and mingle on the green space as well as visit various tents and tables setup for local community-building, advocacy organizations.
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If successful, [anti-immigration referenda] have potential to transform Alberta into a dangerous and hostile place for newcomers [...] Politicians of all stripes have loudly stated their opposition to independence [...] Yet [are] silent regarding immigration. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Alberta’s shameless attempt to scapegoat immigrants
Opponents of secession have been vocal, but where are the people standing up for newcomers to the province?
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“The old way is gone. We haven’t properly mourned it. We haven’t recognized it. We’re all still trying to make the past happen. "There’s no point in saying, we’re resilient, we’ll rebuild. But into what?” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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After a summer of fire, ‘Smokanagan’ mourns for a paradise lost
B.C.’s Okanagan Valley has long been Western Canada’s symbol of the sweet life. Now, locals are rethinking their way of life – or choosing to leave
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The Sprawl @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The Sprawl is now 9! 🎂 And on Thursday night we were named Alberta Magazine of the Year. To celebrate we are aiming to get 90 new members by the end of Sept!
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The Sprawl wins 5 Alberta Magazine Awards | The Sprawl
Celebrating our 9th anniversary with gratitude.
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Malgorzata (Gosia) Gasperowicz @gosiagasperophd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Outdated health policies surrounding COVID still pose a danger today. Important interview with @mark-ungrin.bsky.social , @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social and Kerri Bowser 🙏 #AerosolTransmission #PrecautionaryPrinciple #LongCovid www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher
University of Calgary professor Mark Ungrin has dedicated years of research highlighting what he believes is of significant concern to all Canadians’ health.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 18/09/2026
NEW: I argue in the Globe that there’s less to Danielle Smith than meets the eye www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Danielle Smith is no separatist – she’s something even more dangerous
Smith isn’t the ideologue her opponents portray her as, but she is a power-seeking opportunist
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 18/09/2026
NEW: For @macleans.bsky.social, I wrote about how Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is fusing corporate and state power to help build what I call the New Authoritarianism. macleans.ca/politics/dan...
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Danielle Smith Is Putting Alberta Up for Sale - Macleans.ca
The corporate lobbyist-turned-premier is letting the private sector run the government
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING!!! "The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs (AOTC) of Treaty 6, 7, and 8, alongside the Blackfoot Confederacy, passed an emergency resolution supporting Saddle Lake Cree Nation’s exercise of its inherent & Treaty health jurisdiction, invoking the medicine chest clause." #abpoli
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Even with no realistic scenario, ‘independent advisory panel’ couldn’t make Alberta separation look good. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/even...
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Even with no realistic scenario, ‘independent advisory panel’ couldn’t make Alberta separation look good - Alberta Politics
At the end of their exertions, even the reliable team of neoliberal apparatchiks assembled by Premier Danielle Smith’s favourite economist last June couldn’t come up with a “scenario” in which Alberta...
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"We had concerns whether the process was being completed in a fair, equitable and consistent manner with the many daily, and sometimes hourly, changes to the processes,” former Elections Alberta staff (resigned in protest)
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Corb Lund requests moratorium on coal, former Elections Alberta staff speak out
Corb Lund is seeking a moratorium on coal development until a judicial review of how his group's petition was handled has been completed.
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
While the UCalgary SPP report released today is principally concerned with the economics of separatism it also delves into the law and politics of separation insofar as it examines two scenarios – smooth and difficult. 1/ #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A couple of recent bike rides with cats. (Both were vet trips; cats are okay.)
A cat glances through a window bubble affixed to the rear of a backpack. The pack is on my back, and I am on my bike waiting at a signalized intersection. Sterling, who is hard to see, is in a cat carrier secured to a bike trailer. His head is visible in a bubble window. It’s dark. We are at a signalized intersection.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 15/09/2026
We’re:
— Redesigning our most dangerous streets. 
— Regulating delivery apps. 
— Lowering speed limits where children play.
— Upgrading 1,000 intersections every year. 
— Cracking down on dangerous drivers and super speeders. 
— Improving our street lights.
— Building safe, beautiful public spaces.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pleased to speak with John Hudson about the Trump administration's planned sale of 2000-pound bombs to Israel. "Given the way Israel conducted its air war in Gaza and, to some extent, in southern Lebanon, there are real concerns about how such weapons would be used in densely populated areas."
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Brett Bergie 🏳️‍⚧️ @brettbergie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is an engaging, well-explained overview of new standardized approaches driving Canmore's transportation modal shift. The mountain town deserves every acknowledgement of its work and the patterns of behaviour that shape how people interact with the street, their surroundings, and each other.
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