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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Tuesday evening, I appeared on CTV’s Alberta Prime Time, to talk about the referendum, separatism, and the ugly immigration questions. Here’s my conversation with host Michael Higgins. #ableg #abpoli #notothenine #cdnpoli #Alberta
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Separatists will 'not be placated by anything': senator | Alberta Primetime
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Let's talk about what is actually CURRENTLY happening in AB for surgical care: We are sending kids home with painful broken arms, to await surgery because we no longer have the staff to do it same day! Elderly pts are waiting days in hospital, in pain, with a broken hip. 1/2
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Very grateful to @thetyee.ca for reprinting my recent Senate speech on Alberta’s racist referendum questions. #senca #cdnpoli #Alberta #abpoli
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Let's talk PROFITIZATION of healthcare Dual Billing is Step Three of the 3 step plan by govt 1 - Help pay to build private facilities 2 - Force more care in these private facilities 3 - Allow Dual Billing without any discussion - drives workforce to private facilities
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hey AB, get your vaccines... our HC system is already struggling. The waits in our EDs are astronomical, and only going to get worse. Do your part to protect yourself, your loved ones, and our overburdened HC system. I got Influenza + Covid vaccines same day...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Naomi Klein Is Spot On.......
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.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. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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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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Corey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 25/09/2026
𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗔 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗟 in the Alberta referendum. Avoid lines and the chance something comes up. Lock in your vote for Canada. Encourage others to do the same. Share this info. www.elections.ab.ca/request-a-speci…
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 19/09/2026
Putting a human face on the Smith government's xenophobic referendum questions is important. These are not about the immigration system. They are about immigrants - humans, workers, taxpayers, neighbours, family members. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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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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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 14/09/2026
My latest on why I'm voting No to the Nine and Lead Not Leave. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/ten-questi...
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Ten Questions, One Real Decision
Albertans must choose between grievance or governing
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 11/09/2026
The Smith government's claim that immigrants are a drain on public coffers? Bullshit. Debunked. Vote No to the Nine to stop the scapegoating. Hold the government to account. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Does Alberta Provide $10 in Services for Every $1 of ‘Guest Worker’ Taxes? | The Tyee
Ahead of a divisive referendum question, we fact checked Danielle Smith’s claims.
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This post is ten years old and still accurate. #climatechange
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A life of many colours by @deAdder Substack: deadder.substack.com/p/a-life-of-...
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A life of many colours
RIP Dolly Parton
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a Page in your life 🍁📎 @sailorgirl2017.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hey Canada...would you follow @yukon.ca This account posts daily and gets little traction; meanwhile, the Premier just wrote a wonderful statement supporting PM Carney and all of Canada in this trade war. We need to SEE each other and support each other!
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Help this family out, buy some of their honey. 'Effectively, we're out of business': U.S. tariffs cut #Manitoba honey farm off from vast majority of customers Podolski Honey Farms sells 90% of its honey to buyers in the United States: general manager /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Effectively, we're out of business': U.S. tariffs cut Manitoba honey farm off from vast majority of customers | CBC News
Osee Podolsky, general manager at Podolski Honey Farms, says the vast majority of honey produced at the family-run business in Ethelbert, Man., is shipped to customers across the United States.
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 23/08/2026
Wise. This was like getting off the ship right before someone says “is that an iceberg?” ✌️❤️🇨🇦
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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 23/08/2026
A Message From The Government of Canada Regarding the US Trade War
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🇨🇦 NanaGale in Alberta @nanagale.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Hey Canadians, if you're out looking for a new car, search for those with Vin numbers that start with the No. 2. Those cars are made in Canada!
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TinkieGurl 🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian @tinkiegurl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
And so it begins 🤮
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Mark Gerretsen @markgerretsen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Don’t fall for their immigration misinformation.
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Airdrie City View @airdriecityview.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
NEWS: Airdrie RCMP search for missing 84-year-old Crossfield man
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Airdrie RCMP search for missing 84-year-old Crossfield man
Police are searching for a missing 84-year-old man from Crossfield who was last seen driving a silver GMC Sierra toward Calgary on Wednesday.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bill Nye breaks down the Science of Skin Color and shows why Racism is Ridiculous.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Canadian cheese brands made with 100%Canadian dairy Black Diamond Cheese ON Balderson Cheese ON Golden Ears Cheese crafters BC Armadale Farm Dairy PEI Fromagerie L’Ancêtre QC Fox Hill Cheese House NS The Dutchman’s Cheese Farm NS List in this link ⬇️ truecanadianfinds.com/canadian-che...
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Made in Canada Cheese Brands: Ultimate List - TCF
Looking for Canadian cheese brands? Our ultimate source list features the best Canadian cheesemakers, organized by province. Find your new favorite cheese today!"
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cm 🍁 @cmcalgary.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"I have cerebral palsy. I am not on AISH. I am not on ADAP. But I have sat across kitchen tables from people who are, watched what this summer has done to their faces, and I have never in all my years writing this column felt as let down by this province as I do right now." #Alberta #abpoli
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TAIT: Albertans with disabilities betrayed by Smith government
Please don't call the most vulnerable among us freeloaders from a podium and walk away without proof.
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Luke Foley @lukefoley.me · 30/07/2026
Great to see that Michael J. Fox will receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys in September in recognition of his contributions to Parkinson’s disease research and advocacy. His scenes in the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode “Larry vs. Michael J. Fox” is comedy gold.
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Stephen Carter @carterab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Today is the day! Sign pick up! 2807 10th street NW From 4:00 - 7:30! Just show up and pick up your sign!
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“The Premier ran last election on a ‘Public Health Guarantee,’ repeatedly promising that her government would not delist any medical procedures from public funding and that no Albertans would have to pay out of pocket to access care. Yet here we are." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Court Ellingson @courtellingson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
UCP TAKES ANOTHER STEP IN DISMANTLING HEALTH CARE #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
“This could end Canadian medicare as we know it.” “That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...
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‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare ⋆ The Breach
Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Get you mail in ballot here for the referendum. Seriously. Do it. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.elections.ab.ca/resources/me...
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Special Ballot Requests Now Open for October 19 Referendum - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON, AB – Online applications to Vote by Mail are now open for the October 19, 2026, Referendum.  Vote by Mail, also known as a Special Ballot, is available to all eligible Alberta electors. Elec...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 17/07/2026
This is a very useful resource for understanding the racist and useless referendum questions on offer to Albertans this fall. knowthenine.ca
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Stay in Canada. No to the Nine.
Use Alberta's Voice's interactive ballot guide to review all 10 referendum ballots before you vote.
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flinterr.bsky.social @flinterr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day Eve! I will be leaving maple cookies and Canadian milk out for Bryan Adams. We’re better off together. We’re better hand in hand. #CanadaDay
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Bryan Adams - '51st State' (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bryan Adams
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Danielle Smith - “Well everyone, Stampede was almost toast this year, but I saved it! You’re welcome”. (Stampede was never threatened, music tents completely off of the Stampede Grounds had some slightly more stringent early morning noise restrictions) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Corb Lund: “I requested to have editorial control over the framing of my question and she looked me in the eye and said well, we have a particular outcome we want for these questions so we frame them a certain way.” WOW there it is
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 19/06/2026
Remember: just like the referendum questions on immigration, the UCP's anti-Indigenous rhetoric is calculated to divide and distract through rage baiting. Don't bite. Call it out, but stay focused on what they don't want the public to notice. And check-in on your neighbours who are being targeted.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 18/06/2026
It's hard to accept Premier Smith's call on chiefs to "check themselves" for asking for an RCMP investigation into treason... ...when her most trusted advisors admit that their plan is "treasonous" and "illegal." Her own team has introduced those words into the discussion.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
An Alberta man… appears to have died by suicide after sending a lengthy message to government officials, media and advocates criticizing the transition from AISH to a new disability program.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Man dies after expressing fears over Alberta disability transition
An Alberta man who had been outspoken about changes to the province’s disability support system appears to have died by suicide after sending a lengthy message to government officials, media outlets a...
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 13/06/2026
Danielle Smith appointed Jack Mintz to a panel making the economic case to remain in Canada. The same Jack Mintz who said Alberta has more reason to Albexit than Britain did for Brexit. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government commissions $1.5M economic analysis and panel on cost of separation | CBC News
Alberta's government said Friday it has picked the University of Calgary to study the potential costs if the province were to leave Canada.
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
So here's the thing, Premier Danielle Smith doesn't believe in ethics, expertise, or the rule of law. ⚖️🗳 That's why we have referendum question 6: 6. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution... 1/
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 05/06/2026
Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
It's Pride Month Retweet to scare a homophobe/transphobe ❤️
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Tomorrow, Saturday, starting at 11 am, join us at the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus at Edmonton’s Borden Park at the Ukrainian Festival and claim your lawn sign. See you there! #Yeg
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
RED DEER and area, join the #ForeverCanadian Unity Bus and pick up your lawn sign a Sunday, May 31, from 12 to 4 pm, at the Pines Community Hall. See you there! #ableg #cdnpoli
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Donn @bluewa1961.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Everyone should subscribe to Stephen Colbert’s new YouTube channel. Get him millions of subscribers as a big FUCK YOU to the Ellison’s and CBS!! youtube.com/watch?v=jJTX...
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Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
It’s time to stand up for the country we love - and the province we love. Time to stand up for authentic Alberta values. Whatever happens today, I’m saying yes to Canada, and no to politics of hate and division. #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
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Devin Heroux @devinheroux.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
CANADIENS FOR THE WIN Alex Newhook, from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, wins it in OT against Buffalo and sends Montreal into the Eastern Conference Final against Carolina. The Montreal Canadiens are moving on. Oh baby for sure.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Canada Strong Pass #Canada #ParksCanada The federal government’s renewed Canada Strong Pass program will also offer free admission to Parks Canada-administered national parks and historic sites from June 19 to Sept. 7, on top of a 25 per cent discount on camping fees. www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...
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Canada Strong Pass
This summer, we choose Canada! From June 19 to September 7, 2026, discover a wide range of experiences - from majestic parks and captivating museums, to inspiring historic sites and unforgettable trai...
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Tim Powers reacts to Danielle Smith calling Alberta judge's decision 'antidemocratic': "Let's not forget the obvious fact we all learned in our civics classes: there's nothing undemocratic about the judiciary — they exist in our system to provide a check and a balance in circumstances like this."
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