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Lori Knutson

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A writer living in rural Alberta, Canada Website: loriknutson.com TPT: www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/l… LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/loriknutsonwrit… Facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=615…

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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 2h
Here's my haiku about stepping out and trying something new -- while we still can!
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Nothing to Lose (Haiku Poetry)
Here's a motivating haiku. It's true! 😂 We don't need to dwell on it, but we all know the road ends. Scared to try something? Me too! But, honestly, we've got nothing to lose. I'm a huge Stampeders fan. I did not know that this song is theirs. I like it, nice 'n' folky. Take care and enjoy your day wherever you are. ☺️ Lori
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 20h
Here's my haiku about caring scarlet runner beans. Have a great evening!
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Scarlet Runner Beans (Haiku Poetry)
As I extricated the scarlet runner bean vines from their trellis today I thought how they are like the best kind of friends. Also, I thought about how vines are conscious, but I didn't want to go too far down that rabbit hole. The idea of conscious plants is intriguing and it's also slightly creepy. And here's a great Canadian song by the prog rock group Rush. Enjoy! Thanks for dropping by. I hope you're doing well, wherever you may be. 😊 Lori
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 22h
Prairie Watchdog shows how the leaders of the Alberta separation movement are in it for themselves: youtu.be/xREFOaTDYG4?... #abpoli #alberta
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Alberta Separation's Leaders Have a Money Problem
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Danielle Smith is unaware of what the Alberta separatists are up to: albertapolitics.ca/2026/10/dani... @djclimenhaga.bsky.social #abpoli
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Danielle Smith knows nothing about those separatist ‘negotiations’ in D.C.? So what good is her ‘Top Secret’ security clearance?  - Alberta Politics
Early last May, news media reported that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith had been granted “Top Secret” security clearance. Really? A report in The Globe and Mail Saturday with new details about what a ...
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent investigative reporting from The Globe and Mail: "For Mr. Parker, the software was the path to victory – one that ultimately resulted in a massive privacy breach involving the sensitive personal data of nearly three million Albertans." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #Alberta
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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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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Danielle Smith is a weak leader for the province and within her own separatist party. A proud Canadian would never allow a separatist to remain in their party.
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Own property in Alberta? Here's something to consider: youtu.be/5zzyWKBVb-g?... #abpoli
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Alberta Referendum Question 10: Voting To Leave Could Cost You Your Home
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wenjack by Joseph Boyden opened my eyes to the harms inflicted by Canadian residential schools on our First Nations people. I read the novella not knowing the story or how it ends. I'm glad that's how I experienced the book or its impact would not have been as meaningful. #everychildmatters
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
youtu.be/RjytyWTX4gg?... #abpoli #UCP #Alberta
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What Happens After The Referendum? The Separatist Say They're Not Stopping
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Making Moccasins Allen Sapp ~ Cree 1974
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 24/09/2026
Manitoba has far fewer orphan oil and gas wells than other western provinces. That's partly because Manitoba's oil and gas industry is smaller, but it could also be the result of policy differences between the provinces.
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Orphan wells are an issue across Western Canada. But one province has far fewer than the others — why?
Manitoba has far fewer orphan wells than other western provinces: 31 compared to more than 7,000 in Alberta
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rounding the Horn Terry Watkinson 2020
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Reilly Fitzgerald @reillyfitzgerald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Paintings for this time of year, inspired by Newfoundland-and-Labrador. Original paintings available (email fitzartnl@gmail.com for details) All painted by Canadian artist and lifetime resident of Newfoundland and Labrador, Reilly Fitzgerald. (b. 1967)
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 26/09/2026
The popularity of Alberta’s United Conservative Party has fallen just weeks before the referendum on separation, according to a new poll.
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Support for Alberta’s UCP weakens ahead of October referendum
Support for the UCP has dropped to 41 per cent — the same as the NDP — as the party wrestles with its increasingly unpopular separatist stance.
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Say no to her discriminatory referendum. Join me and sign up here: ouralbertaadvantage.ca #UCP #Alberta #abpoli
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Stop Premier Smith’s Scapegoating of Immigrants
Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Vote NO on her racist referendum.
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When the hard-right tried to take over the B.C. Conservatives, the conservatives rejected those MAGA-style politics. Many conservatives in Alberta so far have made a different choice, but it's not too late to resist. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbzU... #abpoli #Alberta #UCP
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Inside the BC Conservative Party Collapse and the Alberta Connection
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The breaking of this Alberta news story is the reason I made a one-time donation to The Narwhal. Thanks for your work, @thenarwhal.ca and @drewanderson.bsky.social. #UCP #abpoli #Alberta
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 19/09/2026
Lake Ontario totes, for a limited time Just 250 left; these bags are flying off our shelves. Support Canadian journalism about Canada — no corporate overlords in sight thenarwhal.ca/lake-ontario-limited-…
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Lake Ontario totes, for a limited time
Just 250 left; these bags are flying off our shelves. Support Canadian journalism about Canada — no corporate overlords in sight
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 12/09/2026
The Alberta government is planning to take over the province's natural gas pipeline system to ensure tech companies and oil majors will have enough natural gas for their operations — even if it makes gas more expensive for Albertans, a leaked document reveals.
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Alberta could spend billions on public gas pipelines to fuel data centre boom, leaked document suggests
The document was presented at a Sept. 10 cabinet meeting by Energy Minister Brian Jean. It lays out an expansive plan to expand the province's natural gas network by bringing it under public ownership...
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Reilly Fitzgerald @reillyfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"You Can't Cut Wood when there's Clothes on the Line" (2019) acrylic on watercolour paper painting by Reilly Fitzgerald. Newfoundland and Labrador
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🇨🇦 Bernice Hillier 🇨🇦 @bernicecb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hey parents & grandparents looking for Canadian children's books! Here's one not to miss. It's about Gander's role on 9/11. It has gorgeous illustrations from @reillyfitzgerald.bsky.social. Here's my interview with Reilly & author @nikkibergstresser.bsky.social: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-....
The cover for a children's book called "Gander The Town That Welcomed the World." The picture shows a child sitting on a rocky beach near a harbour with sheds and dories alongside the water's edge, with forested hills in the background. There's a plane in the sky.
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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No no no no no no no no no and 1 #daniellesmith #referendum #alberta #politics #canada
YouTube video by Lisab0923
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well-researched and informative. Prairie Watchdog on YouTube. youtu.be/6hrPY4rg9U4?... #alberta #abpoli
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45 Experts Wrote Alberta's Separation Plan. 43 Won't Put Their Names On It.
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The NDP's surprise win in Calgary-Shaw shows that the UCP can be beat. Now the NDP has to do the real work required to win the next election: tell a compelling economic story. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/16/o...
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The Alberta NDP still needs an economic story
The Alberta NDP shocked almost everyone by winning a byelection in a traditionally safe conservative seat. Now it has to do something even harder: tell its own economic story for the province.
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Lisa @lisab0923.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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One less seat for Danny #daniellesmith #rederendum #separation #alberta #politics #canada
YouTube video by Lisab0923
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Jonny Skedge @skedgehammer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do your patriotic duty as a canadian and support The Narwhal.
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Even with no realistic scenario, ‘independent advisory panel’ couldn’t make Alberta separation look good - Alberta Politics
At the end of their exertions, even the reliable team of neoliberal apparatchiks assembled by Premier Danielle Smith’s favourite economist last June couldn’t come up with a “scenario” in which Alberta...
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An excellent breakdown of the ten expensive Alberta referendum questions: youtu.be/HunwOf6jRC0?... #alberta
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All 10 Alberta Referendum Questions: The Facts on Every One Before You Vote
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thanks for responding here. Don't know how you had the time! Thanks for the work you do. You fill a critical niche with your Canadian perspective and the information you provide. Take care.
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Despite UCP scheme to fuel AI data centres, there’s nothing wrong with Crown corporations. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/desp...
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Despite UCP scheme to fuel AI data centres, there’s nothing wrong with Crown corporations - Alberta Politics
Admittedly, the revelation by The Narwhal yesterday that Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government is seriously pondering a scheme to create public corporations to build and operate pipelines to ...
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I did not know that. Thank you for telling me about it. Yes, very intertwined.
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a really heartfelt video by @guardtheleaf.bsky.social about how Canadians helped out during 9/11: youtu.be/Mi1EVhZoweY?... @reillyfitzgerald.bsky.social
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Americans Forgot Who Showed up For Them On 9/11, but Canada Remembers
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Breathtakingly beautiful! 😍
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Reilly Fitzgerald @reillyfitzgerald.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Six Boats" (2023) 20" X 20" acrylic on canvas by Reilly Fitzgerald. Newfoundland and Labrador Original painting in private collection
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The lies Alberta separatists tell: A Top Ten List. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/the-...
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The lies Alberta separatists tell: A Top Ten List - Alberta Politics
There’s a substantial and growing body of economic research that separation would be a catastrophe for Alberta and Albertans, especially working people. As economist Jim Stanford observed in his Aug. ...
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This video by Prairie Watchdog asks a good question. It's worth watching: youtu.be/10oukeTYIOQ?... #abpoli #UCP #alberta
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Alberta Just Announced a $2 Billion Surplus. So Why Are Food Bank Lines at a Record High?
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you for sharing this gift link.
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Blue Rodeo - Hasn't Hit Me Yet (Official Lyric Video)
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Lisa @lisab0923.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Alberta voters - spread the word #referendum #ballots #alberta #politics #canada
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here's the latest from Prairie Watchdog on YouTube. This one is about proven foreign influence on Alberta's separation question in the upcoming October referendum. As always, informative and balanced Worth a watch no matter where you stand: youtu.be/H39LC61YC7Q?... #abpoli #UCP #Alberta
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Russia Is Pouring Gas on Alberta's Separation Debate — and Our Premier Just Admitted It
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 04/09/2026
A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots, @rorywh.bsky.social reports www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The greatest favor Mr. Trump has done for Alberta separatists has not been to promote an independent Alberta, but to undermine a sovereign Canada,” Curtis Gillespie writes.
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Opinion | MAGA Is Feeding a Separatist Surge in Canada
Drawing inspiration from MAGA, separatists in Alberta are pushing for a break away from Canada.
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Another informative video from Prairie Watchdog about Danielle Smith's reluctance to retaliate against US tariffs: youtu.be/5fvv_bi9vWo?... #abpoli #Alberta #UCP
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The Trade War's Biggest Weapon Is Alberta's Oil. Our Premier Won't Use It
YouTube video by Prairie Watchdog
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I will always love you, pretty lady. 💔 #dolly
Dolly Parton in the 1960s, red shirt tied up in front.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 21/08/2026
NEW: I covered yesterday’s Alberta government AI data centre town hall in Sturgeon County, where provincial and municipal governments have already approved a Meta data centre. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/21/news/testy-town-hall-albertans-decry-data-centre-rush
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At a testy town hall, Albertans decry data centre rush
Minister of Technology and Innovation Nate Glubish attended a town hall in Redwater, northeast of Edmonton, to hear out residents' concerns. There were many.
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Lisa @lisab0923.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Who’s messing with the separatist agenda. #separation #alberta #daniellesmith #politics #canada
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Who are these AI data centres for really? thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026... #abpoli
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Alberta’s Propaganda Push to Sell the Public on Data Centres | The Tyee
Don’t worry, folks. Just think of them as ‘digital refineries.’
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Lori Knutson @loriknutson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Here's my haiku about the stories we tell ourselves: loriknutson.com/2026/06/01/n... #haiku
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