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Dean Dettloff @deandettloff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Catholic bishops of Alberta have released a pastoral letter related to the Alberta Independence referendum. The letter stops short of endorsing a yes or no (common in bishops' letters in the US and Canada) but the key considerations lean in a fairly obvious direction. caedm.ca/catholic-bis...

How will this decision affect others, particularly those who are most vulnerable?
Have I considered the good of others alongside my own interests?
To what extent might fear, anger, or resentment be influencing my judgement?
What kind of society or community are we building for future generations through this choice?

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Indigenous people, overrepresented in Canada's prisons, are far more overrepresented in a hidden form of solitary meant for suicidal and self-harming prisoners. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/hidden-...

Line chart shows Canada's use of observation cells for Indigenous and white prisoners.

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Angela Welz @heartforward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Updated 29Sep26 Albertans who have died from the #toxicdrugcrisis. 2016: 688 2017: 862 2018: 956 2019: 800 2020: 1413 2021: 1889 2022: 1778 2023: 2141 2024: 1508 2025: 1450 2026: 602 Total 14,087 DRUG DEATHS (ANY SUBSTANCE) SINCE 2016 A son. A daughter. A parent. A sibling. A friend. #endthedeaths

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tyson singh kelsall @tsk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

www.bccourts.ca/supreme_cour...

screenshot of orders 1,2,3 of ruling.

make the following orders:

1) Pursuant to s 52(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982, I declare that s 5(2) of the CDSA is of no force or effect because it unjustifiably infringes ss 7 and 15 of the Charter;

2) The declaration of invalidity is suspended for six months from the date of this Order; and

3) Pursuant to s 24(1) of the Charter, the convictions against Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx are hereby stayed.

“The Honourable Madam Justice Murray”

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Incredible story of how it appears Moroccan intelligence created a fake journalist who successfully duped numerous Canadian media outlets and in particular, The Western Standard and The Hub.

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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026

she's directing parliament to address these issues, and she won't give a 12-month pause on declaring it unconstitutional — opting, instead, for six months — because we are in a public health crisis.

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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026

and there was no real avenue for DULF to get approved to operate legally through s. 56 of the CDSA. she finds s. 7 of the charter was violated and that declaring s. 5(2) of the CDSA is unconstitutional.

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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026

"You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cause, and that's something most people wouldn't do. For that, I applaud you. You should be proud of yourselves," she says to Kalicum and Nyx. "You put your lives on hold for many valuable years, and I can see this process has is worn you down."

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This grim, gripping report on Canada’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak from the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute should be required reading for all Albertans - and all Canadians. Especially those who’ve decided to forget how deadly and terrifying the early months of Covid truly were.

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Parkland Institute

Parkland Institute is an Alberta-wide, non-partisan research centre situated within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 25/09/2026

Although Policy Options published an article from an author with an apparently AI-generated headshot and whose articles sound like they were also generated by AI, I appreciate their transparency here and also sharing additional details about the deceptive behaviour of this "Daniel Robson" character

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm teaching a brand new class @ualberta.bsky.social in Winter 2027. We'll take a cells to society perspective on legal + illegal substance use--meaning there will be something of interest for everyone, no matter your program or discipline. Registration is now open! apps.ualberta.ca/catalogue/co...

apps.ualberta.ca

SPH 320 - Substance Use and Health - Catalogue@UAlberta.ca

University of Alberta: Catalogue@UAlberta.ca

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Mark Follman @markfollman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

motherjones.com

ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Don Iveson @doniveson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📨 You too can skip the line & vote No to the Nine + Stay in Canada. 📬 You have until Friday to request a mail-in ballot here: www.elections.ab.ca/request-a-sp... 🚫 If you’d like more info on issues with the other separation-adjacent questions, see this @albertasvoice.ca resource: knowthenine.ca

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Alberta's Voice @albertasvoice.ca · 21/09/2026

What could Alberta get for $134.3 million instead of a referendum? We built a calculator to put the reported cost of the 2026 referendum in perspective — surgeries, teachers, nurses, schools, classrooms, infrastructure and more. See the comparisons: whatcouldweget.ca #abpoli #abreferendum #ableg

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What Could We Get for $134 Million?

What could Alberta get for $134.3 million instead of a referendum?

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Michael DeMoor @michaeldemoor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The @prairiepolisci.bsky.social : bringing scholars from the rest of Canada to the beauty of the Rocky Mountains in order to horrify them with a deep dive into prairie politics since 2014. Our work is good work.

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Edmonton Bike Coalition @yegbike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today marks one year since the tragic loss of Dr. Markland. We will honour his life & legacy at Critical Mass on Friday. Join us at 6pm at Ezio Farone park. www.instagram.com/stories/bike... #yegbike

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Ryan McNeil @ryanmcneil.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Come work with me in Canada (when I relocate next year): Tenure-track faculty opening at the University of Ottawa - focus on health equity. Part of Emerging Leader recruitment that comes with generous federal research support. uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttaw...

uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com

Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader in Epidemiology and/or Applied Health Research

Job Type: Academic Regular Faculty/Department: SEPH Professors The University of Ottawa (uOttawa) invites applications for a tenure-track Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader position in epidemiology and/or...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/09/2026

Supporters of a campaign to overturn Idaho's abortion ban aren't talking about abortion. Instead, proponents of the measure are talking about health care broadly, as the state weathers a steep decline in the number of doctors providing obstetrics care amid a population boom.

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Abortion Rights Activists in Idaho Find Their Pitch: Bring Back the Doctors

Organizers of a referendum to repeal an abortion ban in deep-red Idaho are far more focused on how the ban has broadly affected health care in the state.

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 18/09/2026

This is a major national scandal and whoever is calling these shots at Correctional Services Canada needs to be held to account. Prisoners deserve care – or else, what exactly are we doing in “corrections”? www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/globenewswir...

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Civil Society Organizations Call on Correctional Service Canada to Restore Access to Mental Health Medications

TORONTO, Sept. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Twenty civil society organizations, including Prisoners' Legal Services, have signed and released an open letter today expressing grave concern with a decis...

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5X for Canada @5xforcanada.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Alberta! Wanna crush the seppy vote and defeat Danielle Smith’s referendum questions? We got you with this…wait for it…pyramid scheme. Join us at: 5x.ca #ableg #canpoli #abpoli

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 16/09/2026

Did you know? Alberta receives federal funding to support health care, education, and social services for each person living in our province. These federal transfers are calculated on a per capita basis, and *include* both permanent and non-permanent residents.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New from 404 Media: humans are reading ChatGPT conversations. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users' chats. I've seen internal docs, the review system, and real user prompts. Sometimes they contain very personal and sensitive information www.404media.co/inside-proje...

404media.co

Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats

Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"This isn’t just about hockey, it’s about the message you are sending to the women and girls who wear your jersey, buy your tickets and have supported this team their entire lives." Hear, hear! Very frustrating move by #Oilers! 👎 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Intense backlash in Edmonton greets Oilers signing of Alex Formenton | CBC News

The Edmonton Oilers decision to sign a hockey player who was acquitted last year of sexual assault has sparked a wave of disappointment and calls to "do better" among hockey fans and non-fans alike.

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

NEW: The San Francisco City Attorney has hit Meta with a cease-and-desist telling it to stop publishing ads with AI-generated child sexual abuse. The letter asks Meta why the same ads keep running. Meta says the ads didn’t run in San Francisco and they are outside the city attorney's jurisdiction

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San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads

The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not under the city’s jurisdiction.

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The boom of betting apps is one of the most depressing things I’ve seen in this miserable timeline. These companies are parasitic. They peddle an activity designed to exploit your brain and your human desire to feel something good. When you see an ad for Draft Kings, just imagine a talking leech.

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Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Prison. That’s what we call locking people inside a correctional centre. They're proposing putting people with addiction and mental health challenges in an actual correctional centre and calling it “mandatory care.” That's not treatment, it's prison with a rebrand. globalnews.ca/news/1204859...

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Mayors push to turn Oliver correctional centre into mandatory care facility - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca

Mayors in the Okanagan are specifically pointing to unused capacity at the Oliver facility as a potential location for mandatory care.

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 04/09/2026

INVESTIGATION: Canada’s National Observer has discovered a network of deceptive, AI-generated websites promoting Albertan separatism. The websites, rather than targeting human readers, are targeting chatbots — trying to influence the answers they provide.

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A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots

The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.

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Kootenay Insurrection for Safe Supply @kootenaysafesupply.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Amazing how carfentanil has never even cracked 10% saturation into BC's unregulated opioid supply, yet it's apparently somehow showing up in 74% of deaths involving unregulated opioids right next door in Alberta - and a staggering 93% of deaths in the Edmonton region! All that carfent 1/2

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