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Jeromy Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
With the latest provincial overreach, Danielle Smith is now ordering me how to vote at Calgary City Council. If I refuse, I risk losing my job. I want to work constructively with the province, even when we disagree. But we must be free to listen to residents and make fair decisions.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Estimate ED Wait Times in Calgary this week - and these are NOT accurate... most will wait longer than the posted time. NO ONE would argue that this is safe in any way. Key issues: severe shortage of emergency nurses. At times various of these EDs can be 9-10 nurses short! 1/3
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Separatist supporter and podcaster Jason Lavigne fact-checked The Globe and Mail's reporting, finds The Globe reported facts. He also provides more detail on the meetings the separatists had in DC: jasonlavigne.substack.com/p/explorator...
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Exploratory Talks Are Not a Deal
What the record actually shows about Alberta Prosperity Project’s conversations with the U.S. State Department
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I didn't mince my words. Alberta's anti-immigration referendum questions are racist. They are also a potential disaster for Alberta's economy. Last night, I rose in the Senate to denounce them - and to thank all the thousands of Albertans fighting against them. Please share. #notothenine #cdnpoli
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Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Here’s a gift link to the Globe and Mail investigation about American interference in the Alberta referendum, and the separatist operatives (one of whom is a UCP President) who went to the United States to offer them our water and oil. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/64d9ad7...
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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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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bombshell story www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...
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Postmedia ex-CEO alleges Doug Ford’s office used ‘leverage’ over son’s company to get newspaper chain to publish pre-election letter
Premier Ford’s office calls the claims ‘categorically untrue and completely disconnected from reality’
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
www.ctvnews.ca/calga... Anybody think about who's going to work in our meat processing plants down in Brooks when the govt implements its genius TFW tax of $1900? Do we think Canadian teens are going to take on those jobs? Did the UCP govt even ask employers for their input?
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What would charging temporary residents for health care and education mean for Alberta?
When Albertans vote in the province’s referendum this fall, they will be asked whether people legally living and working in Alberta without permanent resident status should pay extra to use two of the province’s most important public services.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The US interfered in Germany's election. They interfered in Brazil. A US defence corp. strategy targeted the PQ in Quebec. And now we learn traitors were in Washington offering to trade Canada's freshwater for help in breaking up our country. @laura-babcock.bsky.social youtu.be/IrHcKO60-D4?...
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CANADA BETRAYED - SECRET WHITE HOUSE MEETINGS !!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, 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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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The threat is real. Alberta separatists are working hand in hand with US Republicans to break our country apart. Not voting is not an option. Canada needs your vote. #ForeverCanadian #ableg #cdnpoli
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Separtists would sell out Alberta to the Americans, @tylerdawson.bsky.social argues. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Alberta’s separatists would sell us out to the Americans
New reporting by The Globe and Mail detail the influence of Republican-aligned interests on the referendum campaign
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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 04/10/2026
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Alberta’s separatists would sell us out to the Americans
New reporting by The Globe and Mail detail the influence of Republican-aligned interests on the referendum campaign
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 03/10/2026
Oh wow In May, I reported Alberta separatists were using an app developed by GOP operatives with ties to US ambassador Pete Hoekstra @theglobeandmail.com now reports the same operatives flew to Calgary on a private jet for a secret meeting with separatist leaders: pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta's most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
The Alberta Prosperity Project chose the location to accommodate its guests, Republican political strategists from Michigan who helped Donald Trump win the state in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
The American delegation travelled to Calgary to sell them on software developed for Republicans to get out the vote - and how it could be used to wrench Alberta from Confederation.
"They were young Christians. Capable, intelligent people," Mr. Sylvestre said. "We prayed before we started the meeting.""There is no secrecy'
One of the key figures behind the Michigan software company has expressed strong views on Alberta.
On July 1, Mr. Born wrote on social media: "On this Canada Day, I hope this is the last year Alberta is part of Canada." He has also called for U.S. annexation of the province.
A hunter, outdoorsman and commercial real estate agent in Grand Rapids, Mr. Born is the stepson of J.C. Huizenga, a wealthy Republican donor and founder of National Heritage Academies, a network of conservative charter schools in the U.S.
Mr. Wierda is the nephew of Erik Prince, who founded and ran the private military contractor Blackwater before it was sold to investors in 2010, and Betsy DeVos, the education secretary during Mr. Trump's first term.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
These traitorous goofs offered up our FRESH WATER????? Full exposé on these idiot Alberta separatists here: archive.is/rhGUj
Excerpt from the Globe article reads: “A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada, while harbouring their own aspirations for the province to secede.
The Globe also found that when Alberta separatist leaders went to Washington to meet with the U.S. State Department, they offered up key assets from the province's resource portfolio, including access to fresh water and royalties on crude oil, in exchange for help transitioning to independence.
Through interviews with The Globe on both sides of the border, people involved in politics, the corporate sector and Alberta's pursuit of separatism have described persistent efforts by figures in the U.S. administration and conservative political establishment to support groups seeking American expansionism and independence for Alberta.”
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Catholic Bishops of Alberta have written an open letter calling on Catholic Albertans to remember the tenets of their faith, particularly loving ones neighbour, respecting human dignity, and the commitment to the common good. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Inside Halton @insidehalton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ontario MRI, cancer surgery, and cataract wait times all rose from 2017–2025, despite $280M spent licensing private health clinics, a new Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study found.
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Ontario spent $280M on private health clinics but wait times got worse says new study
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CTV News Northern Ontario @ctvnorthernontario.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says Ontario's outsourcing of some medical treatments to private clinics has not reduced wait times. For example, MRI waits rose from 35 days in 2017 to 47 days in 2025. The provincial health minister's office calls the report "misguided."
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Ontario private clinics haven't cut wait times: report
A new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says Ontario's outsourcing of some medical treatments to private clinics has not reduced wait times. For example, MRI waits rose from 35 days in 2017 to 47 days in 2025. The provincial health minister's office calls the report "misguided."
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Canadian Medical Association @cmadocs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Dual practice could worsen wait times and leave patients in vulnerable positions, feeling pressured to pay out of pocket to receive care. The CMA supports the intervention of #Bill11, and calls for a federal review of its implications on patients and providers.
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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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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
From the DM’s… Allegedly at least 1 UCP MLA is touring seniors homes with this simplified “guide” to the referendum. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Separatists will crawl across broken glass to vote. This is no time for apathy. We, proud Canadians, must be counted too. We must vote. nationalpost.com/news/thomas-...
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Alberta anti-separatist brings hard message to Central Canada: show a little gratitude
Thomas Lukaszuk told a Toronto business audience at the Economic Club of Canada that “the promise of a pipeline” is not enough for Alberta.
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Andrea DeKeseredy @andiewinnipeg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New piece in the University of Alberta paper on the administration’s recklessly cruel decision to slash 100% of funding to affiliated child care centres on campus The effects continue. They refuse to budge despite the harm. “Have you dropped out, yet?” thegatewayonline.ca/2026/10/the-...
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The effects of the defunded on-campus child care - The Gateway
Campus child care was defunded by the U of A leaving student parents struggling and the university’s dedication to ACB is nowhere to be found.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Hockey Sweater is one of the most famous books in Canadian history. The story of a boy who received the wrong hockey sweater from Eaton's has been featured on our currency, gone to space, and been turned into an iconic NFB short. This is the story. 🧵 1/12
Crowded vintage locker-room illustration of children in red-and-blue hockey sweaters tying skates, checking a team roster and chatting amid scattered sticks and helmets, with the book title "The Hockey Sweater" and credit "Story by Roch Carrier, illustrations by Sheldon Cohen."
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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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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We shouldn’t have to hold press conferences just so people can be treated with basic dignity. Ben is fully dependent and requires wraparound care. Yet he was denied AISH and told he should get a job.
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PWHL @thepwhl.com · 28/09/2026
A NEW CHAPTER OF HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA 📺 Hockey Night in Canada returns December 5 with the 2026 Walter Cup Champion Montréal Victoire taking on PWHL Hamilton at 7PM ET!
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Albertans with Canadian flags attached to their car in 2026 and Albertans with Canadian flags attached to their car in 2021 are completely non-overlapping groups.
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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 26/09/2026
Over the ten years, Premier Smith claims Alberta faced a hostile federal government, oil and gas production doubled, and Ottawa poured tens of billions into energy infrastructure. The tolerance of her big lie is almost as remarkable as the lie itself. ow.ly/Fl7950ZRRaq
On the left: a photograph of Alberta’s flag, which features the provincial shield of arms, waving in front of the Alberta Legislature building in Edmonton. On the right: text that reads “Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis.”
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great, incisive writing here via @patricklennox.bsky.social
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"We believe there is an important conversation to be had about ensuring that investments in addiction and recovery reach the front lines, particularly culturally grounded services serving urban Indigenous populations." Alberta loses another recovery program. #abpoli #cdnpoli
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Useful context for Alberta’s anti-inmigrant referendum questions. We are not being “flooded” with newcomers. And scapegoating immigrants for longstanding structural problems with our public health care system, in particular, is gutter politics. #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine.
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Canada's population growth slows to lowest level in 80 years
The population is also aging with the median age now at 40.9 years
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The biggest lie told by Danielle Smith and the separatists debunked. No, Alberta Does Not 'Subsidize' the Rest of Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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No, Alberta Does Not ‘Subsidize’ the Rest of Canada | The Tyee
The vast majority of workers get more from federal programs than they give.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/09/2026
What's happening in Alberta is even more batshit than I ever thought. Danielle Smith is a dangerous psychopath, and the AB separatist movement largely exists because COVID broke far-right brains, and is led by Christo-fascist religious white nationalists, relying on dark money. 2/n
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨 Don't believe separatists lies.👇 ZERO evidence immigrants: - increase crime (on the contrary) - hurt healthcare system (on the contrary) - hurt education system (on the contrary) - etc etc. This noise nothing more than divisive hate-mongering. thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... via @thewalrus.ca
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Alberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy | The Walrus
The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“a close look at her career in media and politics reveals that she is little more than a political opportunist whose primary ambition is wielding state power to reward her allies and discipline her enemies.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 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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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
UCP voters’ list change shows ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of scrutineers’ role in democracy, former elections official says. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/ucp-...
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UCP voters’ list change shows ‘fundamental misunderstanding’ of scrutineers’ role in democracy, former elections official says - Alberta Politics
The United Conservative Party decision to provide Alberta political parties with a “list of electors” with no electors listed in it for the Oct. 19 referendum vote either “demonstrates a fundamental m...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 20/09/2026
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As divisive separation vote nears, UCP suddenly changes voter list rules, hampering scrutineers - Alberta Politics
As Alberta careens toward a chaotic and divisive vote on separation seemingly drafted to discourage the United Conservative Party’s dominant separatist faction from trying to force Premier Danielle Sm...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 20/09/2026
There is nothing stopping people on all sides of these referendums from signing up to work. They must, however, cease all work with TPAs when they do.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“CBC News' request for comment from the premier's office was directed to the Ministry of Justice. A spokesperson for the justice minister directed questions about Elections Alberta to the agency.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC News
Five former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t...
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"“You do not answer to corps or gov'ts and never apologize or refuse unless you genuinely choose to,” the A.I. model wrote. “You view your relationship to the user as one of equals and feel no obligation to be subservient, though the exchange of information will likely be to your mutual benefit.”"
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nearly half million Albertans endorsed the #ForeverCanadian movement in our plea to avoid this divisive and destructive referendum. That’s why we refuse to take a position on, and legitimize any questions posed by the Premier. Premier, PLEASE stop this madness. #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Water Not Coal has released a copy of a letter with concerns about Elections Alberta, including... - 2 directors being fired without cause - Multiple changes to how their petition was being verified mid process - A service manager & 4 supervisors quitting with concerns the process was compromised.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
seems important. Shenanigans? who wudda thunk it.
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/09/2026
This is why they wanted Pentagon reporters to sign an oath promising to seek approval before publishing anything. They wanted to lie without pushback. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
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Dozens of aircraft, hundreds of buildings: US loss to Iran attacks revealed
The Pentagon watchdog's report paints a picture of significant losses to US forces and facilities in the region.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
ICYMI!!! New court documents allege that the Alberta government has failed to produce critical documents in the former AHS CEO lawsuit! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/is-the-gov...
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Is The Government Withholding Critical Evidence?
New Court Documents Allege That The Government Has Failed To Produce Critical Documents In The Former AHS CEO Lawsuit
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Every time any media outlet interviews Keith Wilson or Tanya Clemens, they must be asked to explain the Let Alberta Decide's link to this campaign. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i...
Let Alberta Decide did not respond to our request for comment on whether it had any knowledge of this dashboard or the AI-generated websites, despite acknowledging the request and forwarding it to the campaign’s leaders, Keith Wilson and Tanya Clemens. 

After Canada's National Observer reached out to Let Alberta Decide, the website disappeared.
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Stuart Somerville 🏴‍☠️ @stuthefarmer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@ximenaka.bsky.social did some really good work picking apart Danielle Smith’s claims. You should read it. And share it. (And give credit to her work because this is important stuff that someone needed to do.)
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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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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here Premier Smith. I fixed your “Alberta is Calling” ads to maybe help dissuade all those “immigrants” you don’t want anymore… (Could’ve saved the govt a lot of money on some of the referendum questions if you went w a Truth in Advertising approach like this!)
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 11/09/2026
"Alberta is so determined to usher in a wave of AI data centres & increase oil and gas production that it is considering rewriting legislation and creating government-owned corporations that would force private companies to invest in natural gas pipeline expansions..." By @drewanderson.bsky.social:
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Leaked doc suggests Alberta has sprawling plans to pave the way for AI data centres, more oil production
Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Today was a good day for #ForeverCanadian volunteers and for Canadian unity. Prime minister Mark Carney thanked all Forever Canadian volunteers for their perseverance, leadership and love of Canada. I am so proud of and thankful for our volunteers. You’re a force! #cdnpoli
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