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Brian Wilde @bwildemtl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I am extremely pleased to announce that Global Television has renewed Call Of The Wilde for another season. There will be the usual column after every single game, and a TV segment with the very talented Laura Casella once per week. My huge thanks to Julie Turcotte who makes it fly. Go Habs Go!
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23/08/2026
“The quality of this manifesto is sad for a movement that is trying to convince the rest of Alberta that they have the political maturity and capacity to put together the foundations of a constitutional democracy." calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...
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Alberta separatists' blueprint for independent nation draws scrutiny
Separatist blueprint for independent nation draws scrutiny
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
They're exactly who we thought they were. To those considering voting with these goons to "send a message to Ottawa" -- consider the message you're sending about your own values.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 14/08/2026
My latest on why racism is on the referendum ballots this fall. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/dont-look-...
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Don't look away
The racism on display at some separatist town halls is an important part of our provincial discussion.
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Jon @cottysweet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The stink from garbage island is getting a bit much from up here.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 08/07/2026
Perhaps no man in the history of our nation has ever spent as much money on making himself appear likeable than Pierre Poilievre
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 25/04/2026
Trump-appointed US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra will be one of the headliners for this year’s “Canada Strong and Free Network” conference (Hoekstra previously suggested Trump’s talk of annexing Canada was meant as a compliment) (CSFN is the right-wing think tank formerly known as the Manning Centre)
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OTTAWA CANADA
Westin Hotel Ottawa
May 6-9, 2026

Event Agenda & Registration
Conversations that Shape the Future

CSFN Ottawa 2026 is bringing together some of the most important voices on the issues
Canadians are grappling with right now-not just to speak, but to engage in real, substantive conversation.
Register today for a timely discussion with Pete Hoekstra, US Ambassador to Canada, moderated by President and CEO of The Canada Strong and Free Network, Adam Bolek.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 20/04/2026
Your reminder that right-wing populists don't actually care what 'the people' think. They only care about pushing their own agendas through, and riling up 'anti-elite' (read: anti-evidence, anti-expert) sentiment to aid and abet their schemes.
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Brian Wilde @bwildemtl.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
It’s all about Ivan Demidov levelling up as the Canadiens dominate the Predators in this Call Of The Wilde for Global Montreal. Injury issues in the Wilde Cards. globalnews.ca/news/1175013...
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Call Of The Wilde: The Canadiens dominate the Predators for their fourth straight win - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
Ivan Demidov raised his game — and his comfort level — on Saturday as the Montreal Canadiens took the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 loss on their home ice.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Alberta immigration trends and Danielle Smith's rhetoric: a visual timeline.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Recently, UCP government advertised that “Alberta is open for business”, wanting to grow Alberta’s population to 10 million by 2030. Now, influx on new Canadians is blamed for overcrowded hospitals, schools, and deficit. In reality, mismanagement is the culprit, not immigrants.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 18/02/2026
One of the frustrating things about “mainstream” reporting on these right-wing alt-media outlets is they describe them as “partisan” or assume they’re trying to get Poilievre elected If you actually listen to them, they tell you exactly what they’re trying to do – namely normalize extremist ideas:
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Jon @cottysweet.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
To all the Americans dunking on your VP for getting booed - look in the mirror. He represents YOU!
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 06/02/2026
It’s incredible how many headlines that focus on Jamil Jivani are prompted by Jivani personally feeding self-serving information to media outlets about himself or Jivani releasing misleading statements implying he’s assumed some kind of national leadership role
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 04/02/2026
This is a monumentally irresponsible move. Whoever advised the premier should resign or be fired. Smith shouldn't just withdraw the threat. She should apologize for threatening to cut off Albertans' access to their own justice system. Tomorrow. edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/02/03/a...
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Alberta seeks more input on picking judges
Premier Danielle Smith says her government will withhold funding for new judicial appointments in Alberta until Ottawa allows the province to provide input on who is picked. In a letter to Prime Minis...
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Just tuned into QP and, uh, this is actually what the contrast between Pierre Poilievre’s face and hand looks like
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Jon @cottysweet.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Fuck Wayne Gretzky!
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Denise Balkissoon @balkissoon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Canada’s biggest grocery giants — including Loblaws, Sobeys and Metro — are using property law to control how other grocery stores, dollar stores, pharmacies and gas stations can compete with them, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/01/2026
NEW POST: Is the Supreme Court's Secession Reference Still Relevant? emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/is-the-sup...
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Is the Supreme Court's Secession Reference Still Relevant?
The media has been talking a lot about secession lately, with an organized separatist movement in Alberta (albeit with support that looks increasingly weak), and the spectre of a third Quebec vote pos...
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Just so we're all clear: the folks using direct democracy to push for Alberta separatism have a problem with....democracy.
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
And, as I keep repeating, the link between opposition to COVID public health restrictions and support for Alberta separatism becomes more and more clear.
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Alberta separatists promoting Ezra Levant talking to Alex Jones tells you everything about Alberta separatism, and for that matter, Ezra Levant
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Annie Kelly @annieknk.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I'm back on QAA this week, talking about the YouTubers who travel to London to tell their audience that western civilization is collapsing, and that England's supposedly lawless, multi-ethnic capital city is at the heart of it. The episode is called London Has Fallen.
Picture comparing YouTuber Kurt Caz's use of AI in his video thumbnail compared to the actual shot in the video
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Canadians who support Trump at this point are edging pretty close to betraying their country, is my considered opinion
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 20/01/2026
Expel Pete Hoekstra
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 20/01/2026
If you are a Canadian, and you travel to or support the United States in any way, you are a traitor.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 19/01/2026
Andrew Nikiforuk: If Trump succeeds in dropping oil prices to $50 a barrel (and who knows what the orange monarch will do next) the Alberta government stands to lose tens of billions. That means even bigger deficits and a political crisis of enormous proportions. #abpoli #uspoli
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Alberta’s Fiscal Crisis Is Self-Inflicted | The Tyee
The petrostate’s fortunes ride on the oil price roller-coaster. That could derail the UCP.
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This is what the world thinks of us. "America isn't the way it is because he's president, he's president because America is the way it is." -Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2026.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 12/01/2026
Do Canadian MPs actually connect with the public on X? I looked at RTs and views for every tweet* sent by Liberal MPs yesterday Out of 46 tweets, 21 Liberal MPs racked up a combined 475 retweets 34% had zero RTs. Only 17% got more than 10 RTs 3 tweets accounted for over half of all engagement
Name	Retweets	Views
Iqra Khalid	0	88
Maggie Chi	1	33
Hedy Fry	0	246
Maninder Sidhu	8	906
Maninder Sidhu	2	269
Shafqat Ali	1	72
Shafqat Ali	0	53
Rob Oliphant	1	216
Aslam Rana	0	48
Rob Oliphant	3	215
Taleeb Noormohamed	3	645
Rob Oliphant	2	188
Rob Oliphant	0	119
Eleanor Olzewski	3	221Eleanor Olzewski	1	124
Randeep Sarai	0	167
Randeep Sarai	0	105
Anita Anand	8	2000
Sima Acan	0	120
Anita Anand	5	1400
Ali Ehasassi	13	2000
Ali Ehasassi	33	15000
Anita Anand	21	8200
Anita Anand	3	963
Maninder Sidhu	131	19000
Maninder Sidhu	2	450
Yasir Naqvi	1	233
Sameer Zuberi	0	141
Randeep Sarai	0	141Randeep Sarai	0	124
Terry Duguid	0	359
Sameer Zuberi	0	124
Marjorie Michel	0	58
Marjorie Michel	3	93
Sima Acan	0	78
John Zerucelli	2	132
Anita Anand	5	1200
Anita Anand	25	2800
Francois-Philippe Champagne	60	6300
Francois-Philippe Champagne	9	1500
Anita Anand	37	4400
Anita Anand	7	2400
Marianne Dandurand	0	25
Anita Anand	78	10000
Anita Anand	5	1800
Ben Carr	2	205
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Brian Wilde @bwildemtl.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
One team wanted to win it in the alley; the other wanted to win it on the ice. And without a good goalie early, braun may have won it. Also, what each player, the coach, the GM wants for Christmas as I have a bit of fun in this Call Of The Wilde for Global Montreal. globalnews.ca/news/1158961...
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Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens withstand barrage to take 6-2 win Boston - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
The Canadiens tried to win this one with talent, while the Bruins tried to win it with brawn. Brian Wilde has more on Tuesday night's Montreal-Boston matchup.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
And we're now at the consequences stage of things... Skate Canada to stop hosting events in Alberta due to sports gender law lethbridgenewsnow.com/2025/12/16/c...
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Skate Canada to stop hosting events in Alberta due to sports gender law
Skate Canada says it won't host national and international-level events in Alberta, citing provincial law that restricts transgender athletes from participating in female-only sports. The organization...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
So the UCP knew that the sole sourced contract to a company with multiple previous government employees was sketchy and questionable… And they went ahead with it anyway. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.stalbertgazette.com/beyond-local...
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Beyond Local: Government communications department worried public may question sole-source contract
The Communications and Public Engagement department hired Mash Strategy to run the campaign for the Alberta Next Panel.
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Today, on International Human Rights Day, Albertans woke up in a province where the rights of one of our most vulnerable minorities have been overridden by a government whose only concern is its own ideological base. 1/2 nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/10/a...
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Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
With Bill 14, Danielle Smith joined the separatists and is now clearing all legal obstacles to Alberta separating from Canada. #ForeverCanadian movement won’t sit idle and watch Canada being torn apart! Albertans, register as supporters at Forever-Canadian.ca All Canadians can donate.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
TODAY, Court of King’s Bench, after hearing submissions from First Nations, ruled that the separatists’ (Alberta Prosperity Project) proposed referendum question is unconstitutional. It violates all Albertans Charter and First Nations’ treaty rights. Premier, what now? #ableg
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
BREAKING!!! The day after the UCP attempted to stop the courts from issuing a ruling... The courts have ruled. And they not only rule the question is unconstitutional, but that separation requires the consent of First Nations period! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
WOW!!! Not only have the courts ruled that the separatists referendum is unconstitutional and that separatism would require the consent of First Nations... A SCATHING epilogue directly called out Alberta trying to legislate away the courts ability to issue a decision! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Brian Wilde @bwildemtl.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
A crucial win and the best 5-on-5 game of Demidov’s career. Also, top marks for Nick Bobrov so far as Canadiens head scout. All in this Call Of The Wilde for Global Montreal. globalnews.ca/news/1155854...
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Call of the Wilde: Ivan Demidov on verge of breakout as Habs down Jets - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
Two losses. That's the point at which an NHL team must recover to stop the bleeding. Teams with a lot of three-game losing skids often don't make the playoffs.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
BREAKING: Matt Jones, one of Alberta's health ministers, just said the private surgical facilities for Red Deer and Lethbridge have been cancelled. Those two projects are owned in part by Sam Mraiche.
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Brian Wilde @bwildemtl.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Despite the loss, two major positive developments for the Canadiens recently. Also, you asked a lot who on the blue line is going to get traded now. I answer that in this Call Of The Wilde for Global Montreal. globalnews.ca/news/1154944...
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Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens trounced by the Colorado Avalanche - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
The Montreal Canadiens went down 7-2 to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. But fans shouldn't dwell on the score. Recent developments point to real opbriportunities for the team.
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Brian Wilde @bwildemtl.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
One of the best performances of the season for the Canadiens. They’re 6 games over NHL 500 and in a playoff spot after a win in Vegas. Here’s the uplifting Call Of The Wilde for Global Montreal. globalnews.ca/news/1154942...
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Call of the Wilde: Montembeault finds his form as Montreal Canadiens best Vegas 4-1 - Montreal | Globalnews.ca
It's a marvellous day to be a fan of the Montreal Canadiens. Brian Wilde explains why.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
UCP convention-goers voted to ban permanent residents and other non-citizens from being party members or voting to nominate candidates. Saskatchewan Party grassroots did something similar; it could have a large effect on party base makeup in some ridings.
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
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Stephen Mag-GH-GH... @stephenmag.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Ostrich Waco is going according to plan
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
When the idiots think you're idiots
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
So Dani’s right hand man just publicly admitted that he doesn’t actually know how puberty blockers work. But with his full chest he’s braying as if he does. This is the perfect encapsulation of the problem. (Braying wasn’t a typo BTW) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
TL;DR The AG finds that the Dynalife fiasco was yet another fiscal disaster for taxpayers courtesy the UCP, and that Adriana LaGrange meddled in matters that should have been exclusively AHS' domain.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
European media closely follow Alberta’s separatist chatter. This has negative impact on investment confidence and it compromises Canada’s geopolitical standing. Separatism only serves foreign interests. #ForeverCanadian #Cdnpoli #ableg
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Let’s this sink in. Bill 2 overrides: • The Labour Relations Code; • The Public Education Collective Bargaining Act; • The Alberta Bill of Rights; • The Alberta Human Rights Act; • The Education Act. All without vigorous debate or consultation with Albertans. calgaryherald.com/news/braid-a...
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Braid: An appalling, unjust law drives Alberta teachers back to work
Alberta teachers are going back to work, but the law that drives them lingers as a dangerous attack on rights, writes columnist Don Braid.
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