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Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦 @pamelabanting.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Crybaby #separatism works great!! Let’s start a separatist movement of our own. Maybe the Eastern Slopes including Cochrane, High River, Nanton, Diamond Valley, Okotoks, Lethbridge, Fort Macleod, Pincher Creek, Waterton, Crowsnest Pass, Canmore, Banff should join B.C.. I could live with that.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Corb Lund expresses ‘grave concerns’ about how Elections Alberta rejected his ‘Water Not Coal’ petition. albertapolitics.ca/2026/07/corb...
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Corb Lund expresses ‘grave concerns’ about how Elections Alberta rejected his ‘Water Not Coal’ petition - Alberta Politics
‘This has been an unreasonable and opaque process from the beginning,’ musician and reluctant environmentalist says After learning that 35,000 signatures on Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal citizen initiati...
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Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"The realization is yet to set in with the public that 90 per cent of the cost of this multibillion-dollar project — we don’t know how many multiples of billions yet — is going to be paid by Alberta and Canadian taxpayers, just as we were promised would never happen." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Inside Carney’s Pipeline Deal with Alberta and BC | The Tyee
Taxpayers will be on the hook for billions to bring oil through BC’s Lower Mainland.
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BC Wildfire Weekly - Wildfires + More @bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“A new First Nation-owned tree nursery near Oliver, B.C., is aiming to grow millions of tree seedlings every year in a bid to help restore forests ravaged by wildfires.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... - CBC British Columbia #BCWildfire #FirstNations #Indigenous #Forestry #OliverBC #Wildfires
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This First Nation-owned tree farm hopes to restore forests damaged by wildfires | CBC News
The Osoyoos Forest Nursery located near Oliver, B.C, is owned by the Osoyoos Indian Band. The operation is the band's first green project and it is expected to produce millions of tree seedlings every...
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Centrist", pro-oil provincial NDPers are the problem. The fact that Avi is scaring the old guard, performatively "progressive" NDP as well as the status quo conservative parties and pundits is great news. thewalrus.ca/avi-lewis-nd...
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Avi Lewis Wants to Save the Planet. It’s Tearing His Party Apart | The Walrus
His climate plan has provoked a furious response from NDP leaders in Alberta and Saskatchewan
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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Late in May, an ambitious master plan for the Confluence, or the 17-hectare park formerly known as Fort Calgary, was unveiled. An Indigenous-led gathering place, however, didn’t make the cut—why? In my latest for @thetyee.ca i write about the systemic inequalities shaping our city.
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Calgary’s ‘Confluence’ Gets Complicated | The Tyee
Plans are in place for a historic parkland near the Bow and Elbow Rivers, a significant space for Indigenous Peoples. Were they adequately involved in the process?
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Guilbeault: Canadian taxpayers are going to be on the hook for tens of billions of dollars for yet another fossil fuel infrastructure, which we don't know whether or not it will be profitable in the long term.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 04/07/2026
Despite some promising momentum in the early going, the Indigenous Gathering Place Society is not part of the official plan for the historic confluence site as it stands. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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Calgary’s ‘Confluence’ Gets Complicated | The Tyee
Plans are in place for a historic parkland near the Bow and Elbow Rivers, a significant space for Indigenous Peoples. Were they adequately involved in the process?
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 03/07/2026
LAST CALL: if you’d like to support Canadian reporting on our biggest asset — the environment — for any recurring amount (even just $5/month!), now’s the time to do it. The next 44 people to sign up get special Narwhal socks in the mail! 🧦 Offer expires midnight: thenarwhal.ca/socks-for-me...
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Join the readers who power The Narwhal’s ad-free, non-profit journalism about Canada’s natural world.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The PM tried to find a"win-win" scenario with Canada's oil giants. This is why he rolled back the modest regulations that would have lowered emissions. But big Oil doesn't do "win-win". They win. End of story. My latest on the politics of a petro state. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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In the Summer of Heat, the Oil Giants Play for Keeps
Do you remember the summers we grew up with? Before the Super El Niño, a destabilized ocean and the multitude of urban deaths in heat-stressed cities all over the world?
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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This reminds me of a wry observation from the late Roger Gibbins: Alberta’s formula is to import people from Saskatchewan after they’re educated, and export them to B.C. when their health care needs get more expensive. thehub.ca/2026/07/02/t...
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The biggest financial transfer in Canada that nobody talks about
There's a massive financial transfer happening in Canada that barely gets mentioned. Trevor Tombe breaks down what it is, who pays, and who benefits.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Pragmatically killing the Southern Resident Killer Whale population so we can export more oil and gas in a decade to an economy that no longer wants it because everyone else is transitioning to renewables 🤗🤗🤗
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Alberta Wilderness Association @albertawilderness.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
During our Grassy Mountain and the Threat of Coal Adventure, we climbed up to view the proposed mine site and see some of the water systems, landscapes, and species at risk which would be damaged if the proposal is approved. See more: www.albertawilderness.ca/grassy-mount... #abcoal #grassy
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Grassy Mountain and the Threat of Coal - Adventure for Wilderness, June 27, 2026 - Alberta Wilderness Association
Text by Lindsey Wallis Photos by Lindsey Wallis and Nicole Olivier We met Nicole from...
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
You promised a private pipeline. You lied & are wasting tens of billions of taxpayer dollars. Albertans didn't want this pipeline to be publicly funded: www.theenergymix.com/polling-show... Now you want to put the risk onto First Nations communities too, as with LNG: www.desmog.com/2025/11/24/a...
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Unable to find a private company to back pipeline, governments resort to 90% taxpayer ownership | Pembina Institute
CALGARY — Chris Severson-Baker, executive director of the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the announcement by the Government of Alberta and Government of Canada on a new...
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Gary McFarlane @garym6942.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
For centuries, humans have relied on the medicinal properties of plants. Now, growing evidence suggests we may not be the only species that knows how to use nature’s pharmacy. scitechdaily.com/scientists-d... #ecology #primatology #zoology #science #SciChat
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Scientists Discover Wild Orangutans May Be Treating Themselves With Medicinal Plants
Orangutans may use specific plants for benefits beyond ordinary nutrition.
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
West Coast Pipeline Deal Is a Massive Gift to the Oil Industry, Alberta Remind me again why Canadian taxpayers should risk perhaps $100 billion to $200 billion to subsidize separatists and American shareholders. @MarkJCarney. care to weigh in? #cdnpoli youtu.be/YBHdCSAn0Nc
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West Coast Pipeline Deal Is a Massive Gift to the Oil Industry, Alberta
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Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦 @pamelabanting.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Don't worry, residents of Mafeking, Bellsite, Novra, Birch River, Wuskwi Sipihk, Bowsman, Lenswood, Minitonas, Swan River, Benito, Gilbert Plains, and Dauphin in your second major flood in a month. The Prime Minister just took yr taxes to buy another oil and gas pipeline. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Back with vengeance': Manitoba's Parkland area faces heavy flooding again | CBC News
Flooding in Manitoba's Parkland area has swamped already-waterlogged communities, washed out roads and forced the closure of a provincial park — stranding campers, cottagers, lodge guests and staff.
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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'm a shop steward with PSAC-UNE (Parks Canada). We've dealt with so many cutbacks, even though we can generate revenue (when the PM doesn't make it free to enter the Parks). To see money for pipelines but cut backs for National Parks, this is disillusioning
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 03/07/2026
Today’s announcement shows what this federal government will protect above all else: the profits of Big Oil. Read my full statement on the oil pipeline proposal from the Prime Minister and Premier Smith: www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-rea...
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NDP Reaction to West Coast Pipeline Announcement
NDP Leader Avi Lewis shared the following statement in response to the oil pipeline proposal from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith:
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Wow. @markjcarney, @ABDanielleSmith just announced the worst giveaway to the oil industry in Canadian history. Canada/Alberta will heavily SUBSIDIZE: 1. 1MM b/d pipeline 2. Pathway's CCS project 3. Growing oil sands production. Hang on to your wallet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbM...
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Update on west coast oil pipeline submission - July 2 at 6 p.m.
YouTube video by YourAlberta (Government of Alberta)
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Alex Goatcher @alexgoatcher.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Wait.....is this pipeline being paid with tax dollars??? I'll lose my shit if my colleagues with Parks Canada are losing their jobs due to cut backs but there's tax money to appease Alberta and build another pipeline. #cdnpoli
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Fact check. Northern Gateway was not "cancelled" by any government. Its "approvals" failed to fulfill constitutional obligations to consult and accommodate. Government equity support does not change that one iota. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The pipeline announcement begins with Carney acknowledging, without a hint of irony, the “biblical weather” in Ottawa yesterday. Extreme weather huh? Like the kind exacerbated by climate change? You don’t say! Hm!!!!
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Lowa Beebe @lowabeebe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Calgary Stampede 2026! Be sure to stop by the Calgary Stampede Elbow River Camp to visit the Treaty 7 First Nations! We look forward to your visit! #Stampede2026 #Treaty7 #CSElbowRiverCamp 🤠🪶 🧡🦬
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Seán Sabraw @seansabraw.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So depending on the substance you're addicted to, the Alberta govt will force you into recovery or give you an app to gamble on. No one wins but the UCP and their donors. They love it this way. #UCPcorruption #AbLeg #abpoli #FiretheUCP
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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What Eby, Smith, and Carney Are REALLY Up To My Nov 25 take turned out to be bang on. 1. Eby gets LNG 2. Smith gets a pipeline 3. irst Nations get equity in LNG, pipelines 4. Carney buys agreement with bags of cash, regulatory concessions #cdnpoli youtu.be/50L6Z7FqTJQ
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What Eby, Smith, and Carney Are REALLY Up To
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Randeep Sarai is delivering the "cleanest energy in the world" talking points, and it always goes unchallenged, every single time. In no way is Alberta oil the "cleanest." Stop regurgitating propaganda. #PnPCBC
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 02/07/2026
And yes, it's more than 100% human-caused. Read this so you can stop asking ;) bsky.app/profile/kath...
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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
What the fuck is this
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Important note: regardless of route, a pipeline is still a bad investment & bad for climate. "four southern First Nations remain opposed to TMX, there’s no sign they would support a pipeline expansion, & a route to Delta would engage a different set of Nations." www.theenergymix.com/alarm-bells-...
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Possibility of Pipeline Through Southern B.C. Raises Alarm Bells
The federal government is reportedly considering a new pipeline, possibly along the route of the existing Trans Mountain line.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
UCP "believe" in a "free market" for HC but not Oil! Soon to be announced: BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars spent de-risking a pipeline for oil corporations making record profits, while actively cutting funding for ABs with severe disabilities living below the poverty line.
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T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
As you watch this, a reminder that Carney is cutting: * Canadian Space Agency * Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Resources Canada, DFO, Ag Canada * CBC * VIA rail * Canadian Heritage * Health Canada and PHAC * Indigenous and Northern Affairs * Indigenous Services
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’m curious what Mr Carney thinks “sustainable” and “long term” mean.
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Paige Madison @fossilhistory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
#OnThisDay in 1858, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace's theory of evolution through natural selection was read aloud at a meeting of the Linnean Society. It was the first time the idea was ever presented to an audience.
Black-and-white photograph of an elderly Charles Darwin in profile, bald with a long white beard, wearing a dark coatBlack-and-white photographic portrait of an elderly Alfred Russel Wallace, seated, with a long white beard and round wire-frame glasses, wearing a dark velvet jacket and waistcoatScan of a 19th-century printed page headed 'On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties,' the joint 1858 paper by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace read to the Linnean Society, with introductory text signed by Charles Lyell and J.D. Hooker
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"In my judgment, that plan was not sustainable over the long term..." As a Canadian environmental scientist focused on climate impacts, I have a very different opinion on what is sustainable over the long term, @mark-carney.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Carney says Trudeau-era climate plan was 'too expensive' and 'divisive' | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney echoed critics of the previous Liberal government's climate plan in a video posted on Tuesday, saying the plan he inherited was too expensive and divisive.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides’ Calgary-Bow riding received three times more contributions in 2025 compared to the previous year. And most of that money can be traced back to private school operators and childcare companies." theijf.org/brief/privat...
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Private school, childcare companies top donors to Alberta education minister’s constituency association
The Calgary-Bow constituency association got three times more contributions in 2025 versus 2024
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Raincoast Conservation Foundation @raincoast.org · 01/07/2026
Recently, Canada’s federal government proposed sweeping changes to overhaul the laws that protect our lakes and streams, our wildlife, our oceans and the landscapes that are part of our Canadian identity. What Canada are you for? www.raincoast.org/2026/07/what...
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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
@raincoast.org is asking a very important question: What Canada are you for? We’re for a Canada that follows its own environmental laws. A Canada where healthy oceans and Southern Resident Killer Whales are part of our shared future—not just our past. 💙
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Today I held a press conference calling for an investigation into the role of Kristi Noem in NovaRed Mining Company's venture in Canada. Her toxic attitude to Canada is well-established. She isTrump's envoy on the shield of the Americans. Canadians deserve answers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct4H...
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Mining company faces questions over hiring Kristi Noem | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Or maybe asking private companies to commit to fronting the cost of a new oil pipeline months before you hold a referendum on Alberta’s separation from Canada was never going to work. 🤷‍♂️
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Windspeaker.com @windspeaker.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
“The company’s own estimate is six billion litres of #water each year… Alberta waived the environmental impact assessment. Human beings need water. Data centres should not be taking it from our own mouths.” #Indigenous #FirstNations #BillC37 #cdnpoli #abpoli #ISC
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Can Bill C-37 deliver real authority to First Nations over water?
As First Nations leaders challenge one of Canada’s largest proposed artificial intelligence data centres over its potential impact on fresh water, many say Ottawa’s newly introduced clean water legisl...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
And here we have UCP MLA Angela Pitt actively doing a sales pitch for Northback and their "tours". Pitt of course comes from a marketing background. Seems like a good person to task with selling Albertans a coal mine they overwhelmingly don't want. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Native Calgarian Podcast 🪶🧡>🇨🇦 @nativecalgarian.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
From Turtle Island to Palestine Resisting Empire From Gaza to Alberta Sunday July 5 1:30pm - 4:30pm Calgary Unitarian Church 1703 1 St NW Calgary, AB
From Turtle Island to Palestine Resisting Empire From Gaza to Alberta
Sunday July 5
1:30pm - 4:30pm
Calgary Unitarian
Church
1703 1 St NW
Calgary, AB
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Gary McFarlane @garym6942.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Ancient human DNA discovered on cave walls suggests it can survive thousands of years, according to a new study. “This study fundamentally changes how we think about where ancient DNA can be found.” www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art... #archaeology #anthropology #genomics #science #SciChat
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Scientists extract 2,000-year-old human DNA from cave walls, study finds
Human DNA can last for thousands of years on cave walls, a new study has found.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 29/06/2026
Climate change -> warmer winters -> more ticks spreading across Canada … and research shows the ones that carry Lyme disease tend to be healthier than the ones that don’t! 🤯
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‘You’re going to be naked’: Thorough tick checks the new norm as parasitic pests spread | CBC News
Once upon a time, no one believed Dr. Vett Lloyd when she said there were ticks in New Brunswick. Now, her lab is filled with the dead bodies of the tiny, parasitic arachnids.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I also donated to @albertasvoice.ca so we could have signs like this one all over Calgary to start, and hopefully across the province. You can help out, too: Albertasvoice.ca/donate Important to remind ABs to reject the whole separatist agenda on the ballot in Oct.
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Donate Now | Alberta's Voice
Support the campaign to keep Alberta in Canada with a secure contribution.
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Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
What, exactly, is happening with coal mining in Alberta?: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-coal... "We were literally discussing the wording of my question as it should appear on the ballot, face-to-face. And at no point was any June 1 deadline mentioned,” Lund said in a statement emailed to media."
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What’s happening with Alberta’s coal mining, explained | The Narwhal
After a dizzying slew of back-tracked policies, here’s what you need to know about coal mining right now
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The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · 28/06/2026
Literary life after death: How authors are remembered across Canada
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Literary life after death: How authors are remembered across Canada
By celebrating our authors — especially on Canada Day — we honour their role in shaping, illuminating, and preserving our unique Canadian culture.
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
And it’s nothing new. From 2021. Blaming Ottawa, immigrants and environmentalists has not helped these disappearing towns & villages.
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Small villages in Alberta quietly disappearing as revenues dry up, costs rise | CBC News
After 92 years, the Village of Hythe in northern Alberta is no more.
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Forward Canada @forwardcanada.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
In a piece that harkens back to her days as the Edmonton Journal’s star columnist, Senator Paula Simons has penned a complicated love letter that wrestles with how Alberta’s best instincts have been swallowed up by grievance politics forwardweekly.ca/alberta-i-kn... #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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The Alberta I Know, the Canada We Need | By Paula Simons | Forward Weekly
Forward Weekly feature for June 28, 2026.
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