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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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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Abdul El-Sayed, "I'd rather have an economy that makes 1,000 millionaires than one billionaire."
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Court Ellingson @courtellingson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alberta stands alone with the lowest min-wage in #Canada. AB is the only province that hasn't raised min-wage in the past 8 years. In 2018, the Alberta NDP government increased the min-wage. The UCP has refused to keep pace You deserve better: albertandp.ca/savemoney #abpoli
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Former deans of medicine call on Ottawa to intervene in Alberta’s dual-practice health care model. In a letter to Carney, they assert the private-public model violates tge Canada Health Act, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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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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Ritz 🍁 @ritzmotu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At what point does DS admit that nobody wanted this & cancel this joke of a "direct democracy" referendum? For crying out loud, it's egregious ginning up this divisive boondoggle simply to try to save her political skin. #ableg #abpoli
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NPR @npr.org · 30/09/2026
Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face. n.pr/4z9hP3K
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Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them
Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage them. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman illuminates the wrenching decisions families and guardians face.
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Rowicz (Row-vitch) @rowicz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If ur a #Progressive #Canadian 😊 2 follow u‼️ ANYwhere in the 🌎 we must organize/collaborate & #SpeakOUT to #RESISTDictators #OCanada #ElbowsUP 🏒 #NeverConservative #NoConTrumpAlliance #NeverVoteConservative #NeverUCP #NeverPoilievre #BoycottMusk #BoycottTesla #NeverVoteCPC #NeverVotePPC 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇦
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The Canadian 🇨🇦 Companion @gallifreynorth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Canada 🇨🇦
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trudl.bsky.social @trudl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Frightened Cowards Hide Their Faces! Show us who you are.
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The Unrepentables @theunrepentables.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Got Balls? Don't Hide Behind A Mask" #Tk'emlups
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Celtic Charm🇨🇦 @celticcharm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I watched it again and started laughing. What a bunch of "broken tools". Look at them lining up like a cartoon force of toddlers. OMG what an embarrassment they are manhood. What a disgrace and stain on humanity they are.
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Qtain P. Faulkes @qtainpfaulkes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They must be rooted out, exposed and shown in no uncertain terms their ideology is not welcome in Canada.
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Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦 @ogcanada.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There are more people who choose Canada than don't in Alberta. I am hoping every one of them votes. #cdnpoli
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jerrymacgp @jerrymacgp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Still gotta get out & vote. We can’t afford to let low turnout give the seppies oxygen. #ABPoli #ABLeg #ForeverCanadian
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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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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Her ballot questions aren't genuine, they are poison pills meant to trap us. #abpoli.
A dark, dramatic referendum graphic shows a hand with long red-and-black pointed nails holding a red apple, evoking the poison apple from a fairy tale. Text reads “I VOTED FOR OPTION 1 TO REMAIN IN CANADA,” followed by “NO TO THE NINE OTHER QUESTIONS.” On the right, white and red text reads “DON’T FALL FOR HER POISON APPLE QUESTIONS.” The black, white, and red design uses the apple as a metaphor for deceptive or misleading referendum questions.
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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the funny thing is even if you decide to be generous and give obama's position here credence, the core problem remains that a ton of the most visible democrats - himself included! - will not take actually strong moral stances, even/especially against deeply unpopular policies, people, corps, etc
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Magic Man @magicman247.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every Canadian, especially every Albertan, needs to see this. Danielle Smith is a MAGA operative, not a loyal Canadian. Not even a loyal Albertan. This is bordering on treason. #cdnpoli #ableg
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The provincial UCP government has ruined healthcare, underfunded public education, shamelessly promoted rapid population growth without building the hospitals or classrooms to handle it." Now they want to scapegoat immigrants for all of it. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Graphic titled “IMMIGRANTS ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION” with the subtitle “THE FACTS.” Four factual statements appear above an illustration of a row of sharpened wooden pencils. The first states that immigrants make up 23% of Canada’s construction workforce, including 20% of roofers and 16% of electricians. The second states that immigrants make up 25% of registered nurses and 37% of physicians across Canada, while Alberta ranks last among the 10 provinces in per-student education funding. The third states that 90% of immigrants file income taxes in their first year and contribute to provincial revenues from day one. The fourth states that recent immigrants contribute more than $5 billion every year in Alberta taxes, noting that they already contribute to the services they use.
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consbegone.bsky.social @consbegone.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finally! People have had enough of this smooth-talking Maple MAGA queen’s loyalty to foreign oil & AI companies over the people of Alberta. She has destroyed Alberta’s excellent healthcare and education systems & green tech industry, as she promotes racism & transphobia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Danielle Smith’s popularity dips as her party now tied with NDP in support: poll | CBC News
The Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggests 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the UCP if an election were held today, while 41 per cent would vote for the NDP.
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M31🍁 @m31author.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The donation will establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology, a new research position at the London, Ont., school focused on understanding how birds move, behave and adapt to changing environmental conditions www.ctvnews.ca/london/artic...
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Margaret Atwood donates $1M to Western University for avian research chair
The legacy of celebrated Canadian author and bird conservation advocate Graeme Gibson will continue through a $1-million gift to Western University from his longtime partner, acclaimed author Margaret...
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DeniseSF5 🇨🇦*🇺🇦*🇩🇪 @denisesf5.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/CSyZX... THAT'S how you handle journalistic hecklers. ❤️🇨🇦 #canada #cdnpoli #markcarney
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Carney REFUSES to Fall for Reporter's Trick Question
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The UCP's referendum questions are scapegoating immigrants and manipulating us. Vote NO to The Nine. Vote to Remain in Canada. notoscapegoating.ca #abpoli
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The UCP government is scapegoating immigrants and manipulating us.
Vote NO on Questions 1 through 9 (The Noxious Nine). Vote to Stay in Canada
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As a woman, I’m furious at the fake emotional performance. This is where Smith’s true character shines through: tough when attacking, victim when challenged, crocodile tears when the heat is on. Fake as a Rolex bought from a guy in a trench coat. #ABPoli womenofabpoli.substack.com/p/in-politic...
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In politics, image is everything
Danielle Smith has miscalculated the moment she created for herself.
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LaurenSJ @laurenshirleyj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
She should go into acting when she’s done admitting she failed to diversify Alberta’s economy. She manufactured anger by playing the Ottawa-vs.-Alberta card.. she’s been divisive and confrontational. She can’t put the genie back in the bottle now that she’s lost control of her politics. #cdnpoli
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'Albertans are angry': tearful Danielle Smith reflects on referendum
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith became emotional while speaking Saturday during a virtual conference about the upcoming referendum. The event, put on by former federal Conservative leader Preston Manni...
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Claire Guibord 🇨🇦 @cguibordauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Support Canadian companies. #ElbowsUp #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
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Homebrew593🇨🇦 @homebrew593.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#KeepCalmAndCarneyOn #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦🦫🍁
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🇨🇦 JimbobCajun @jimbobcajun.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Canadians 🇨🇦, esp. in Alberta & Saskatchewan: please write your Premieres & MLA's. Tell them you demand they agree to an export tax on #potash exports to the #US. Potash is in high demand. We will find new customers. Don't worry about "backlash". Trump already burned the bridge w/t #Canada.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The entire presidential television press pool — Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN — has agreed to suspend coverage in the wake of Trump’s decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House
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Major TV Networks Band Together in Boycott After Trump’s Ban on CNN
The five major TV networks are joining forces after Trump’s press ban.
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5X for Canada @5xforcanada.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's easy to use the Alberta referendum to send a clear message to Danielle Smith. You can reject her entire separatist agenda in just two simple steps: 1. Vote to 'Remain' in Canada and 'No' on all of her 9 questions. 2. Get 5 or more friends to do the same. Join us: 5x.ca #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#ForeverCanadian Unity concert Calgary. #abpoli
Forever Canadian Unity Concert
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For me this is like when Smith claimed the anti-vaxxers were the most discriminated-against group 🤦🏼‍♂️ If Smith is capable of real emotion (And I suspect she's not) then the only thing she cares about is her own power She cares nothing for Albertans #ableg #abpoli
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I would die for you… @jannarden and 10,000 proud Canadians Shari f a special moment of unity. Canada, we stand on guard for thee. 🇨🇦 #ForeverCanadian
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is good news! Seems the process is slow though and people waiting a couple weeks to get the ballot. They can be picked up in person also. #abpoli www.elections.ab.ca/voters/how-t...
Graphic of a wooden mousetrap set with a block of cheese. Text on the left reads: "I VOTED OPTION 1 TO REMAIN IN CANADA. THEN NO TO THE OTHER NINE QUESTIONS." Text on the bottom right reads: "DON’T TAKE THE BAIT. HER QUESTIONS STINK."
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Dave Beninger @davebeninger.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wow @naheednenshi.bsky.social - Amazing victory for the @albertandp.ca and huge congratulations to Mr. @kylecampbellyyc.bsky.social - the new Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Shaw. Let’s go AB NDP! 🍊 #ableg #abpoli www.facebook.com/share/p/1DAA...
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David Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’ve heard from so many who are frustrated & felt they were losing hope in the face of the damage being done by Danielle Smith & the UCP. Well, last night, hope happened. Kyle Campbell showed that Albertans who’ve had enough of Smith’s arrogance & disregard can make their voices heard. #abpoli
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‘Nobody goes hungry’: First Nation grows 1,000 pounds of food to reduce grocery costs #Saskatchewan #Canada www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
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‘Nobody goes hungry’: First Nation grows 1,000 pounds of food to reduce grocery costs
Onion Lake Cree Nation grew more than 1,000 pounds of vegetables, including cauliflower, tomatoes, potatoes and cabbage, in a small, no-till garden plot that the community decided to trial this year.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 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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Miss Elle 🇨🇦 @misselle1212.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Maybe there is hope for Alberta after all. Voting matters! #abpoli #Canada🇨🇦 #NeverVoteConservative www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta NDP win in Calgary-Shaw byelection | CBC News
Unofficial results from Elections Alberta show NDP candidate Kyle Campbell has won Calgary-Shaw by a margin of 582 votes over the UCP's Mike Derry.
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Chris McClure 🇨🇦 @chrisjmcclure.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wow! Miracle in Calgary-Shaw! NDP pull off a come-from-behind in the advance polls! #ableg #abpoli
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
About time; spineless until now. #cdnpoli
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Well said! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Unapologetic Lee 🇨🇦 @ogcanada.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Jamil Jivani substack.com/@brandingnin... #snakeinthegrass #cdnpoli
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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Proud Albertan and prouder Canadian! Alberta is staying in Canada!! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #UCPCorruption #Canada #RecallAllUCP #FireTheUCP #FireSmith #UCPFacists #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead
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eljay @ljswannie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Christmas 2026🌲🎁 BOYCOTT AMAZON all day long & all night long. Make a concerted effort to shop CANADIAN! BOYCOTT WALMART day & night! Buy from local retailers & small businesses. ON-LINE: type in your gift search, add "+ Canada." (You'll still get amazon; just ignore it & tap on the .ca sites).💚
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168... #abpoli
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First Nation plans to flout Alberta law that restricts gender-affirming care for transgender youth
Asserting treaty rights, Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it will establish safe haven for the treatment on reserved lands
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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The First Nation has invoked the “medicine chest clause” provision from the treaty signed in 1876, which Indigenous Peoples interpret as a promise to provide comprehensive health care.“ 💗💗💗💗🏳️‍⚧️🪶 globalnews.ca/news/1205333...
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Alberta First Nation invokes treaty clause to set up gender-affirming care safe haven | Globalnews.ca
Saddle Lake Cree Nation says it aims to defy Premier Danielle Smith’s government by establishing a safe haven for gender-affirming medical care — contrary to provincial law.
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Laura Babcock 🇨🇦 @laura-babcock.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is a great moment for Canadian UNITY 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦! I can’t wait to talk to @lukaszukab.bsky.social about PM Mark Carney’s visit to the famous bus on Monday’s The OShow Canada’s Pro Democracy Pod! Here’s our most recent chat with Thomas youtu.be/l1dXRANspQc?si… #ForeverCanadian #Cndpoli #Canada
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Laura CC,Proud Canadian 🇨🇦 @laura-cc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So very very proud to be Canadian when you hear a legend like PM Chretien speak 🇨🇦
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Angela Stanfield Co-owner of 🇨🇦, on territory of Anishinabek FN @angel-ajs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🇨🇦 TIFF is off and running. A wonderful message from Jay Baruchel for all of 🇨🇦 & the 🌏 to hear. Thanks Jay. 💪🏻❤️🇨🇦 #TIFF #Canada #CanadaSky #CanadaStrong #Never51 youtu.be/KQEJDICMqBw?...
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Jay Baruchel bursts with Canadian pride at TIFF
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