Reposted by Janice McDougallCarol Off @caroloff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Launch day! Always the most angst ridden moment in the life of a book writer. But here it is. My take on where Canada has been and where it’s going. 65612
Reposted by Janice McDougallRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 09/10/2026Halloween costumes for birders. This is from last year and someone actually did the sexy owl pellet one. 15735184
Reposted by Janice McDougallSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity. 34396191
Reposted by Janice McDougallBrittlestar @brittlestar.com · 01/09/2026It’s Nice To Be Disliked By One Of Those 401551700
Reposted by Janice McDougallSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #nototheninealbertaviews.caAlberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta ViewsNine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country. 15549325
Reposted by Janice McDougallCourt Ellingson @courtellingson.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The Legislative Assembly of AB is recruiting for the page program. This is a great chance for students to get experience at the legislature & work experience. Send this to Highschoolers you know who have an interest in AB politics! Learn more: www.assembly.ab.ca/about/career... #ableg #abpoliassembly.ab.ca Page Program 042
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 24/04/2026My latest on how we need to stop treating the public square like a political science seminar. We need to return to the basics -- three cardinal rules -- if we are to stall the decline of liberal democracy. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...edmontonjournal.comOpinion: Are the 3 basic rules of democracy being broken in Alberta?If we stop asking these questions, democracy may further erode to the point that it's too late to do anything about it. 38149
Reposted by Janice McDougallChris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Aproposal to open a 🇨🇦 hunting season on Tundra Swans-they look, mingle with look-alike Trumpeter Swans (special concern). Swans are very difficult to ID in flight & trumpeters will be killed -reversing conservation successes. Send yr thoughts to MbregsReports-Rapports-Omregs@ec.gc.ca by Feb 15 22719
Reposted by Janice McDougalldavidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Poilievre just told #CP26 "There's never been a referendum crisis or a national unity crisis when Conservatives have been in power It's an interesting coincidence isn't it" False. BQ was the product of Mulroney's time in office. Borden - WWI conscription crisis. Sir John - Louis Riel. C'mon man. 26462159
Reposted by Janice McDougallHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 25/01/2026This is what Alberta separatists stand for. If you want to put an end to this treason, please sign up as #ForeverCanadian supporter at: Forever-Canadian.ca This will allow us to organize and communicate with you. #ableg #cdnpoli 4420098
Reposted by Janice McDougallPembina Institute @pembina.org · 21/01/2026Want your early career to support Canada’s #CleanEnergy transition — not just talk about it? We’re hiring 4 students for four-month summer internships in policy, comms, partnerships & HR. 📍 Hybrid | Across Canada 📅 Deadline | Feb 1 Apply today 👇 buff.ly/Vnlos7G 021
Reposted by Janice McDougallSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Last night, so many people tried to read this article that it crashed the website! Let’s try again this morning - for the love of Canada, and Alberta. 79041
Reposted by Janice McDougallEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Controlling our immune system like a rheostat is not only helping to treat cancer (dialing it up) but now leading to cures of autoimmune diseases (dialing it down). Mirror images. Shared technologies. erictopol.substack.com/p/the-exhili... 114431
Reposted by Janice McDougallChris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 02/12/2025The Do’s — and Definite Don’t’s — of Snowy Owl Photography www.projectsnowstorm.org/posts/the-do...projectsnowstorm.orgThe Do's - and Definite Don't's - of Snowy Owl Photography - Project SNOWstormEvery year, it seems that birders and photographers – whether intentionally or not – put more and more pressure on snowy owls in winter. So we we’re grateful that Melissa Groo, one of the most respect... 1204
Reposted by Janice McDougallThe Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 13/06/2025Joffre Lakes Park, or Pipi7íyekw in the Lil’wat language, is closed to public access today through June 27. Should you be mad? Senior editor @michellecyca.com gets into it in this opinion piece, published last month: thenarwhal.ca/bc-parks-fir...thenarwhal.caWhy are First Nations closing B.C. parks? | The NarwhalTwo popular parks have been closed in B.C. and the public backlash is missing the point: Indigenous Rights 4318
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 06/06/2025"In reality, a Yes vote would kickstart an arduous process of negotiation — one in which Alberta would need to make considerable concessions in order to maintain the strong connections with Canada necessary to secure a stable future." 083
Reposted by Janice McDougallRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/05/2025Found a baby songbird? Here's a newly updated chart! 4431851496
Reposted by Janice McDougallBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/05/2025“Vehicles with higher, more vertical front ends pose greater risk to pedestrians. Vehicles with especially tall front ends are most dangerous to pedestrians, but a blunt profile makes medium-height vehicles deadly too.” Deadly by design. And they know it. www.iihs.org/news/detail/... 271075442
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15/05/2025Jen Gerson sends the bat signal to all knife-and-fork conservatives in Alberta. Will they heed the call? A very incisive piece of writing. open.substack.com/pub/theline/...open.substack.comJen Gerson: A few thoughts on leadershipTrigger Warning: This one's gonna be preachy. 66619
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15/05/2025In the dead of night, the UCP passed the most comprehensive set of anti democratic reforms in Alberta history. No public consultation. No meaningful debate. How bad is Bill 54? Not horrible if you like Trump-style democracy. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...open.substack.comDanielle Smith's Electoral Reforms Are Straight from the Trump PlaybookAnd it's no accident they were released today. 17243160
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15/05/2025@jlisayoung.bsky.social gets it right again: "The government’s eleventh hour amendment demonstrates the truly remarkable extent to which no one has thought this through clearly." open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...open.substack.comSeriously?Seriously, Alberta. 24217
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 15/05/2025A better question: What if Ottawa sent freshly formed provincial governments a list of demands they'd need to meet to avoid federal interference? That would be an infringement on their sovereignty, I reckon. See how that works? 🤔 611843
Reposted by Janice McDougallThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 13/05/2025@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: According to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who describes herself as a Canadian patriot, she’s enabling a separation referendum out here in Wild Rose Country only to keep a separatist party from becoming as successful as the Bloc Québécois.thetyee.caIs This Really Why Danielle Smith Wants a Separation Referendum? | The TyeeThe Alberta premier says her goal is to prevent a Quebec-style independence party. 196222
Reposted by Janice McDougallThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 12/05/2025“But Ms. Smith has added something new. Instead of merely predicting disaster if the winner doesn’t immediately adopt the policies of the loser, she vows to ensure it happens!” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/some...albertapolitics.caSome thoughts on that shocking 36% of Albertans we’re told by a pollster would like the province to separate from Canada - Alberta PoliticsWhere there’s smoke, the martyred American president John F. Kennedy famously and accurately observed, there’s often a smoke-making machine. Whatever can be said about the accuracy of the notorious A... 1610144
Reposted by Janice McDougallCorey Hogan 🇨🇦 @coreyhogan.ca · 12/05/2025I've been hesitant to write something like this because I didn't want to give oxygen to Alberta separatists. The conversation alone is dangerous. But with the threshold to a separation referendum lowered so dramatically, we can't let myths out there go unchecked. www.coreyhogan.ca/p/three-albe...coreyhogan.caThree Alberta separatism mythsNo, we wouldn’t be able to force the rest of Canada to build pipelines. 19366171
Reposted by Janice McDougallShannon Proudfoot @sproudfoot.bsky.social · 07/05/2025New from me: Mark Carney is known as a guy who doesn't suffer fools. But yesterday at the White House, we learned he can find a way to quietly suffer one gigantic fool, because what choice does he have? #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/9bc9b25...theglobeandmail.comMark Carney goes to the Oval Office and learns a new skill from Donald TrumpAfter meeting at the Oval Office with Donald Trump, we know there is at least one colossal fool the Prime Minister will find a way to suffer quietly 5368
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 05/05/2025There is value in asking big questions about Alberta’s future and doing so in a way that brings people together. However, the “Alberta Accord” and “Alberta Next Panel” are likely to do the opposite. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...open.substack.comCharting Alberta’s FutureA Constructive Look at Premier Smith’s “Alberta Accord” 910951
Reposted by Janice McDougallShannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Ten years ago today, Alberta's NDP swept to power. But I've been thinking a little more about the future of the federal NDP lately. On Substack, I've published a behind-closed-doors speech I gave to the federal NDP caucus in April 2016. shannonphillips.substack.com/p/the-failur...shannonphillips.substack.comThe failure of the federal NDPA speech I gave behind closed doors to the federal NDP caucus in 2016 4304
Reposted by Janice McDougallThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 05/05/2025This is remarkable. In this clip Smith argues that we should enlist Quebec to ensure that Quebec doesn't get transfer payments, completely gets the history of taxation in Canada wrong & misrepresents the relationship between Australia and the EU. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 2919970
Reposted by Janice McDougallCarol Off @caroloff.bsky.social · 04/05/2025"We're so cute when we're angry" was a subtext to much of the international response to Canada's election. --Do not underestimate "nice" people. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...thestar.comCarol Off: In the election Canadians fought like hell against Donald Trump. But, even at our most aggressive, we reinforced an important truth about our countryIn the election Canadians fought like hell against Donald Trump. But, even at our most aggressive, we reinforced an important truth about our country 0248
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 30/04/2025"Whether Alberta follows the full arc of the Trump example remains to be seen. But today’s legislation makes clear that the risk is no longer hypothetical. It is real, present and growing. And the further it progresses, the harder it will be for concerned Albertans to stop it." My latest. 17852
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 30/04/2025Today, an avowed separatist leader from Quebec called for Canadian unity. Meanwhile, an avowed federalist from Alberta went out of her way to make it easier to launch a sovereignty referendum in her province. Power's a hell of a drug. 625892
Reposted by Janice McDougallJared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 29/04/2025Americans! Confused about how Canada's federal election is turning out? Wondering how it actually works up here? Grab your double-double, let's dive in.🧵 617567
Reposted by Janice McDougallNick Hune-Brown @nickhunebrown.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Lots written about Poilievre's restrictions on the press, but I'm not sure the public knows that local Conservative candidates across the board are refusing interviews. I wrote about why that's a problem. thelocal.to/conservative...thelocal.toConservative Candidates Aren’t Talking to the Press. That’s a Problem. | The LocalAcross ridings, and across media outlets, local candidates from one party are refusing to speak with the media. 8161111
Reposted by Janice McDougallCarol Off @caroloff.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Pierre Poilievre says he's dedicated to "free speech" while the pseudo "news" groups- his cheerleaders-- attempt to shut down legitimate media. My latest substack -- Part 2. You don't need to subscribe to read. Why we need more news reporting open.substack.com/pub/caroloff...open.substack.comWhy we need more news reportingPart 2 815268
Reposted by Janice McDougallSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Magazine deadlines being what they are, I wrote this in January. I was worried it might sound a bit hysterical. Now, I’m worried I didn’t go far enough. But I give myself points for prescience. #Alberta #ableg #Trump #tariffs #cdnpoli #quislingsalbertaviews.ca 34216
Reposted by Janice McDougallSenator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Stacy Schiff is a best-selling, award-winning American historian & biographer. In Edmonton, we also know her as the wife of property developer & philanthropist Marc de La Bruyère of Maclab Developments. Here’s her cross border take on the history of American aggression against Canada. 32916
Reposted by Janice McDougallMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Elbows up, Canada. 14725201013260
Reposted by Janice McDougallMarkham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Only 6.6% of countries are full democracies. Canada is one of them. That's something to be proud of. Something worth fighting for. *Data comes from a division of The Economist. The report is interesting reading if you're worried about the state of modern politics. 36781360
Reposted by Janice McDougallThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 13/03/2025UCP - “12 year olds don’t have the capacity to understand the risks of gender affirming care! We must protect them!” Also UCP - “Unsupervised guns for 12 year olds is totally reasonable” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/03/12/a...edmonton.citynews.caAlberta bill to permit 12-year-olds to use guns without adults around, among other Wildlife Act amendmentsNew legislation proposed by Alberta’s government would make hunting in a wheelchair legal and permit kids as young as 12 to use guns without adults around. Hunters would also not have to wear high-vis... 37344141
Reposted by Janice McDougallLisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 11/03/2025My explainer on the current state of the ‘Team Canada’ response open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...open.substack.com"Team" CanadaTo make sense of this week’s “Team Canada” response to Trump’s Tariffs, I carefully reviewed everything I know about federalism and game theory. 1144
Reposted by Janice McDougallMichael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 06/03/2025The Hill Times 6635431102
Reposted by Janice McDougallDr. Jen Gunter @drjengunter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Canada can not rely on Starlink. What is the status of the deal in Ontario? 1524552
Reposted by Janice McDougallThe Tyee @thetyee.ca · 05/02/2025Trump is following an old Chinese proverb: “Kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.” @crof.bsky.social on how Canada can push back hard against Trump. 🐓thetyee.ca‘We Are Now Being Extorted’ | The TyeeIt’s time for Canada to push back hard against Trump. Here’s how. 1216672
Reposted by Janice McDougallCharlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell has signed the pledge for Canada. She joins thousands of leaders, artists, activists, Canadians who will resist the gangster in Washington. Have you signed the pledge to stand up for our values? True.North. Strong. Free. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...actionnetwork.orgSign the Pledge for CanadaThis petition is intended as an invitation to Canadians to reflect on the current challenges Canada faces and what we can all do to respond to the risks and to contribute to building a more resilient ... 520111972392
Reposted by Janice McDougallHon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Let’s show our national spirit, fly our beloved flag and support Team Canada🇨🇦 Choose Canadian products and businesses when possible. Protect our economy. Like in any family, we can squabble among ourselves, but no outsider gets to mess with Canada! Agree? Re-post. #cdnpoli #ableg #TeamCanada 571546556
Reposted by Janice McDougallThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Not sure who needs to hear this but… If you want to be an American and renounce your Canadian citizenship. You uh… You can do that already. And you’re welcome to. (But it will still be pronounced “Zed”) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 1237577
