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Sonya 🇨🇦

@icedsnowberry.bsky.social
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Mom to 2 ● Wife ● HCW Guardian of Kali the Samoyed 🐾 Powered by Coffee ☕️ Often found on hiking trails 🥾 🌲 (she/her) 📍Calgary, AB

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Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦 @snarkysteff.bsky.social · 7h
And what you probably don’t know about Sandra Oh is she keeps returning to make small Canadian independent movies every couple years. She loves working in Canadian independent cinema. This one’s an important record of East Vancouver Chinese-Canadian experience. It’s lovely.
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Meditation Park (2017)
A devoted wife and mother is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s thong in his laundry.
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Jeff Gilchrist @jeffgilchrist.bsky.social · 8h
What is Nuvaxovid? This is part 1 of 7 from @paulseaman.bsky.social and my document compiling available information setting out some of the main differences between #Nuvaxovid and the more common mRNA based #COVID vaccines.🧪🧵1/ (formerly #Novavax)
Image showing COVID-19 virus with spike protein and Novavax Spike protein trimer attached to a nanoparticle core to mimic the structure of the virus. Image from:  https://www.novavax.com
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Alberta Community Bat Program/Western Bat Program 🦇 @albertabats.bsky.social · 7h
Happy Baturday! 🦇 Silver-haired Bats are widespread across Alberta, but we still know surprisingly little about where they spend the winter. Do they stay in BC? Head to Montana? Somewhere else entirely? Some bat mysteries are still waiting to be solved. #Baturday
Close-up photo of a Silver-haired Bat roosting against reddish tree bark. The bat has dark fur heavily frosted with silver and large, slightly rounded, dark ears. A label reads “COSEWIC endangered.” Below, text identifies the species as Silver-haired Bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans, and reads: “Widespread, especially near riparian habitats. Where do they hibernate? BC? Montana?” WCS Canada Western Bat Program and Alberta Community Bat Program logos appear at the bottom. Photo: Charles Francis.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some stores are unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h, and recommending rider ages younger than provincial regulations allow, a CBC Marketplace shows. www.cbc.ca/news/marketp... via @cbcnews.ca
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Hidden cameras show some stores unlocking speed limits on e-bikes, selling e-scooters that go up to 120 km/h | CBC News
A new hidden camera investigation by Marketplace shows how some stores are selling e-scooters and e-bikes with top speeds much higher than provincial speed limits and with recommended rider ages young...
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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Let’s workshop that headline, eh? Orange Shitgibbon’s Threats to Canadian Sovereignty Force the Sale of California Winery Legendary Douchelord’s Unjust Trade War Harms California Winery Let’s place the blame properly. It’s not Canada’s fault. Trump flicked that first domino & the winery fell
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 22h
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social linked Wilson to Rise of Alberta on Jan. 18 because the website at one point listed a St. Albert address that is the same as Wilson's law office. They also disclosed that Wilson's law office address is actually a UPS store. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8er...
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Episode 8.04 - January 18, 2026 Alberta Politics Update!
YouTube video by The Breakdown AB
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 11h
I’ll be on CBC Radio this morning talking about the fake AI-generated journalist who was published by several Canadian media outlets and somehow even became a recurring columnist for the Western Standard Check out Day 6 on CBC Radio with Brent Bambury at 10 AM (or, 10:30 AM in Newfoundland)
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 22h
If you don't get your mail-in special ballot after ordering or its not received back you can still vote. Check out elections Alberta. #abpoli #ableg www.elections.ab.ca/current-elec...
Stop check these dates
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
UK: COVID Cases and Hospitalisations Rising in England 🔸Test positivity increasing from 5.9% to 7.0% and hospital admissions up nearly 50% 🔸London recorded the largest rise in COVID hospital admissions, up 79% 🔸More than half of positive tests were the XFG “Stratus” variant
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The photograph shows a close-up, high-angle view of a person wearing bright blue disposable medical gloves holding an injection syringe or vial, while their other hand, also gloved, is placed on a person’s upper arm, preparing to administer a vaccine. The person receiving the injection is wearing a textured grey shirt.
Below the image, a news card includes the following text:
•	Headline: 'American Covid' strain sees resurgence in England as hospitalisations rise
•	Subheadline: Experts have said the rise in Covid-19 levels is not unusual, but have urged vulnerable people to get vaccinated
•	Source: www.independent.co.uk
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 8h
I joined @charlieangus104.bsky.social earlier this year to talk about these Michigan Republican operatives and how Alberta separatists were using their app I’m left wondering who chartered their private jet? youtu.be/2dJ3-qlFf3M
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PETE HOEKSTRA AND THE STOLEN VOTER DATA ?!!
YouTube video by Charlie Angus
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 9h
The two guys at this secret meeting: Drew Born: Son of an RFK Jr appointed HHS advisor, step son of an old Hoekstra donor Drew Weirda: Introduces himself as the nephew of Blackwater CEO Erik Prince, also related to former Trump education secretary Betsy DeVos pressprogress.ca/alberta-sepa...
Born is also directly connected to Ambassador Hoekstra: Born and Hoekstra are both listed as directors of the Mecosta Environmental and Security Alliance, a group opposing the construction of an EV battery manufacturing plant in west Michigan.
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I think Montana needs to annex Alberta and Saskatchewan @petehoekstra @realDonaldTrump
It is weird to think that half of Canada's population is south of US northern border.
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Notably, Born is also the step-son of Michigan businessman JC Huizenga, the owner of a chain of religious charter schools and an influential figure in local GOP politics.
His mother, Tammy Born Huizenga, is a supporter of Trump Health Secretary REK Jr's
"Make America Healthy Again" agenda who was recently appointed as a senior advisor to the US Department of Health and Human Services.10xVotes' Drew Born and Drew Wierda pose with Trump FBI director Kash Patel (Photo: Drew Born, Facebook)
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 9h
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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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 02/10/2026
Here's another perspective on how quickly the melt season has started for #Antarctic sea ice this year... More views at zacklabe.com/antarctic-se...
Line graph time series of 2026's daily Antarctic sea ice extent compared to 1981-2010 climatological statistics. The graph shows the seasonal cycle, and ice-free conditions are indicated at 1 million square kilometers. Sea ice is currently below average for early October.
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Sonya 🇨🇦 @icedsnowberry.bsky.social · 8h
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. Behind the cross-border effort to sway Alberta’s secession vote. Archive link for Globe & Mail article.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 10h
Make Alberta America again? The fantastic Globe crew unearths even deeper ties between Alberta separatists and Republican officials, including a pledge to give the U.S. some of our resources in exchange for backing sovereignty www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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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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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 02/10/2026
Breaking News! y-Axis Alert! With yesterday's preliminary Niño 3.4 sea-surface temperature spiking to a new record at 29.975°C, the y-axis was raised to 30.5°C. Meanwhile, the Niño 3.4 anomaly now sits at 3.33°C above the 1991-2020 baseline. Until tomorrow ...
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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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Jorj, Interim DEITY🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏽 @just-jorj.bsky.social · 21h
Florida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades apnews.com/article/deng...
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Florida's dengue outbreak is now the largest in the continental US in decades
Florida is experiencing its largest dengue outbreak in decades, with over 250 locally acquired cases reported this year.
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Maritime Tartan Co @maritimetartanns.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We looked at our shipping this morning. We looked at the costs and everything else and have decided We can offer FREE SHIPPING till mid Oct. It seems to be working out for us and we have creative ways of shipping Have a great day! Maritime Tartan Co www.maritimetartancompany.ca
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Today, Alberta NDP leader Nenshi called out the flyer sent by the UCP telling Albertans how to vote on the upcoming referendum (except the separatist question) as "propaganda" and "garbage". #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
McDonald's is now reportedly pressuring franchisees to use AI to price food. Its CEO raked in $20.6M last year, over 1,000x the median McDonald's worker pay of $19,020. And they remain one of the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients. I'm not lovin' it.
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 02/10/2026
Every quarter, Jocelyn and I donate a portion of all merch sales to the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund — helping reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Our full transparency report is at transparency.todmaffin.com and you can check out the merch at shop.todmaffin.com
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Zachary Weeks | Disability Advocate ♿️ @zacharyweeks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
How broken does a system have to be that a family has to share the hardest parts of their life on camera to prove their son is "disabled enough" for AISH? In case you missed it… here's the Global News story. Please share so more people see Ben's story. 💚 @marierenaud.bsky.social #AISH #ADAP #abpoli
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Mad_as_hell (Maddie) @maddie-says.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
MAHA will kill us all. Apparently, “make America healthy again” now means forgetting centuries of food-safety science and hoping the bacteria cooperate. #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It has been over 11 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its 93 calls to action. Since then, 14 of them have been completed. That is just 15%. In over a decade. www.indigenouswatchdog.org/2026/09/01/t...
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TRC Calls To Action Status: September 1, 2026 - Indigenous Watchdog
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Paris has embarked on a grand transformation, planting 155k trees, adding hundreds of kms of bike lanes, pedestrianising 300 school streets and banning cars from the banks of the Seine. Parking has been turned into green space…Fewer parents fear their child being run over when they walk to school.”
theguardian.com
How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets
Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Everything about this referendum on separation and the other nine questions on the ballot – among other things they attempt to scapegoat immigrants for many of the province’s problems – is contemptible. It’s a phony, illegitimate exercise Ms. Smith has lent credibility to in order to save her job."
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle Smith
The referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible
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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Got this steaming pile of propakkkanda, too. How much money is this pathetic excuse of a government squandering on this street theatre referendum? It all amounts to “we are listening to you and understand your racism and hate. Please vote for us next year.”
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mail those ballots back asap. No later than Oct 9th. #abpoli
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Debbie Benson YEG @dbenson77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Severely disabled 18-year-old denied AISH benefits — until media made aware — Global News
Despite her son being unable to walk, talk and requiring 24/7 care, including an overnight nurse, Kristi Hall-Busque was dumbfounded when told by AISH that he was employable.
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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 30/09/2026
The Alberta chapter of the Canadian Bar Association has published an analysis of Premier Smith's nine referendum questions. They find that most of these proposals would invite immediate court challenges, and several of them are not legally clear at all.
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CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis
CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Out today is @patricklennox.bsky.social's book "On Treason," about the Alberta referendum. Highly recommended reading.
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On Treason: Alberta Separatism, Foreign Interference, and Canada's Survival in a Revolutionary Age - Biblioasis
“What is happening here in Alberta is an aberration. It does not resemble, in any fashion, democratic politics as normal in Canada. . . . For the last ten years […]
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Pseudo-psarah 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The party that holds a vile white supremacist referendum is a vile white supremacist party.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Ms. Smith’s United Conservative Party has been hijacked by separatists, and as a sop to them she has construed a separation referendum that she did not campaign on. It really has zero, and I mean zero, credibility.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle Smith
The referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible
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jptigerclaw @jptigerclaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
damn... clear, accurate, and compassionate. I'll paraphrase a bit here but this message cuts right through the noise: Disinformation is a cancer that is tearing apart our society and opens us up to an invasion of our values in Canada. #cdnpoli #abpoli #alberta youtube.com/shorts/o3dyd...
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Alberta soldier fighting in Ukraine heartbroken over separation debate
YouTube video by CBC News Alberta
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Take profit out of healthcare. Start here Marjorie Michel. Then move to elder & long-term care, prove you’re serious about improving healthcare standards, & delivery in Canada. Protect our rights. #ProtectCanadians #plasma #blood
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Health Canada suspends plasma collection at Grifols Taylor Avenue clinic
Health Canada has suspended all plasma collection at Grifols’ Taylor Avenue facility while the private company continues to face scrutiny after two people died following donations at its Winnipeg clin...
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Smith & the UCP have worked since the day they were elected to destroy Alberta's healthcare & education, and replace it with private healthcare Now, a year before an election, Smith is using the referendum to spread the idea that immigrants are to blame for that destruction Just my opinion #ableg
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a vulnerable group of workers. The result was a large-scale, tragic outbreak, the scope of which was preventable,” reads a new Parkland Institute report. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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Alberta ‘failed’ Cargill workers amid COVID-19 outbreak with inaction, overconfidence: report | CBC News
A new report says a number of factors converged to produce a “preventable tragedy” in which two workers and four close contacts died after a massive COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill’s beef processing plan...
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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Quote-posting so that the #GiftLink 🎁 that Ann shared doesn't get lost. #abpoli #ableg
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Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says
More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community
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Give Voice AB - Resistance, rooted in community. @givevoiceab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Day of Protest Oct 3rd, Alberta Leg 10AM to 1 PM #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Poster advertising a “North American Day of Protest Against Data Centres” on Saturday, October 3, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Alberta Provincial Legislature in Edmonton. The poster uses bold black, red and cream typography and an illustration of a large data centre rising above a rural landscape, with its foundations depicted as red, tree-like roots spreading across the land. Text emphasizes land, water, people and communities, and says “Big Tech takes more than power. It takes our tomorrow.” The event promises music, speakers and solidarity.
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pass this explainer along if needed. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli Why I am Voting No to the Nine duanebratt.substack.com/p/why-i-am-v...
Graphic with a chalkboard background and a professor-like figure holding a pointer and looking toward the viewer. Text reads: “AN EXPLAINER. WHY VOTE NO TO THE NINE? by Duane Bratt.”
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This pandemic of disinformation and dishonesty, through the conduit of the Alberta separatist movement, is testing not our hospitals but our political institutions and our belief that Canada is worth fighting for.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
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Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 27/09/2026
First poll in the wake of Pierre Poilievre's AI rap video shows NDP within 4 pts of displacing Conservatives as 2nd party
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New poll finds support for Conservatives and NDP just 4 points apart
According to a new EKOS study, the Conservatives and the NDP are now polling at just four points apart, at 22% and 18%, respectively.
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This is the political right in a nutshell. Whether Trump, Farage, Alice Weidel, #CPC #GOP #AfD. They all share a playbook: lying-as-policy. #PierrePoilievre has been repeatedly corrected on the facts re 🇨🇦’s EU talks. It means nothing. He is purposely spreading disinformation. #CdnDisinfo #cdnpoli
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How does it save money for Canadians to force waitresses and welders to pay taxes to the EU?
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Ambassador-designate to the European Union Jonathan
Wilkinson takes questions from journalists at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
As Prime Minister Mark Carney presses toward creating a "unique alliance" with the European Union, Canada's ambassador is ruling out paying directly into the 27-nation bloc's budget.Parliament
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No, Canada isn't joining the EU.
But it may be pioneering a new kind of partnership
Deals on defense, minerals, energy and mobility are bringing Canada closer to Europe without membership. Could it point to a new model of integration?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Rome, May 17, 2025. (The Canadian
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"COVID rises in Spain: the estimated incidence increases by 69% in a week" 🔹 85 cases per 100,000, up from 50.4 the previous week — a nearly 69% increase 🔹 SARS-CoV-2 test positivity also climbed sharply, rising from 19% to 25.8%
A screenshot of an online news article from Demócrata, dated September 27, 2026. The headline reads, "COVID rises in Spain: the estimated incidence increases by 69% in a week," with the subheadline, "The latest surveillance report detects more circulation of the virus in Primary Care, while the estimated hospitalization rate decreases."
The article includes a photograph of two healthcare workers clad in full personal protective equipment (PPE)—including blue gowns, gloves, masks, and hair coverings—tending to a patient in a hospital bed behind a glass partition. The article byline attributes the piece to Dolores Sánchez, published and last updated on September 26, 2026, at 07:37.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Deregulation doesn’t just effect Americans…. Driscoll berries were shipped to Canada despite containing excess levels of chemicals. Why? “Driscoll’s removed the food safety and compliance tracking system it had for Canada in order to sell more” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News
A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...
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Gander Social @gandersocial.ca · 25/09/2026
Groups are coming to Gander. (Once we are done testing them). Open and invite-only communities + cozier spaces for your closest people. They'll even be able to share into the main Gander feed. We’re following the ATProto Spaces alpha design, interop groups are the goal.
Mock-up of the Gander Groups interface showing the “Buy Nothing Canmore” public group. The page lists 3.2K members and 43.7K posts, with a description inviting Canmore neighbours to give away and find free items. Below, a group post offers a solid wood coffee table for free pickup.
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Quebec — where more than 800 doctors have opted out of the public system to operate privately — has the worst track record out of the four largest provinces on wait times for elective surgeries, according to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Will Alberta's dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? | CBC News
As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod...
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ok. Can we now also stop pretending that Alberta is being overrun by international students? Or that the children of international students are overwhelming our public schools? #abpoli #cdnpoli #notothenine
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