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HCW in AB, quite exasperated. Trying not to believe everything I think.

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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 17h
"But the handicapped need cars!" No, what they need are options in mobility. The tech exists to enable their freedom of independent mobility, but almost always what is lacking is the enabling infrastructure. Bike lanes and quality sidewalks serve everyone.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12h
Holy shit.
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 23/01/2026
Make no mistake, America is coming for Alberta. This requires a response at the federal, provincial, and community level. Federally, the government must summon the ambassador for an explanation and, absent a complete retraction and apology, expel him. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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Bessent pans Carney, cheers on Albertan separatism amid growing US-Canada rift
“People are talking,” Bessent said. “People want sovereignty. They want what the U.S. has got.”
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
US Republican organizers are in Alberta to help separatists mobilize their vote. They’re not even hiding it. They are openly working for the national interest of the United States. Cast your vote for Canada. Reject these treasonous imposters. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stephen Harper has, as we've long awaited, weighed in against Alberta separatism. But man oh man, do I have to strongly quibble with him claiming sentiment was zero when he was PM. Here's a 2014 poll putting belief in separation at 23%, which is where it sits now. nationalpost.com/opinion/step...
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
edmontonjournal.com/... Excellent Op-Ed - All Albertans and Canadians should read it 👇 "When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it? That is a question worth our time."
edmontonjournal.com
Opinion: Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?
When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it?
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the DM's... Meanwhile, in education... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Newly released data show severe storms — not ballooning injury costs — were behind the spike in claims Alberta’s United Conservative government is using to justify the switch to no-fault auto insurance” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta...
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Data shows severe weather, not injuries, behind spike used to justify Alberta's no-fault auto insurance move: lawyers group
Newly released data show severe storms — not ballooning injury costs — were behind the spike in claims Alberta's United Conservative government is using to justify the switch to no-fault auto insuranc...
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you think that this billboard is paid for by separatists - you’re wrong. This billboard is paid for by you - Alberta taxpayers. This is how Danielle Smith supports Canadian unity. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Danielle Smith on education in Alberta: “We have the ability, I think, to undo a lot of the damage of wokeism and cancel culture...And so that's part of the reason why we've been able to take ideology out of the schools.”
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/09/2026
Perspective.
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Jeff Alexander @techiewonk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It’s the nature of privatized health care that makes healthcare economics so attractive for those who want to profit from providing care. The system is built on managing scarcity that we’ve imposed.
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Doug Aoki 青木定夫 @nantanreikan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Max Fawcett: "She consistently has told Albertans that 'you have a right to be angry...with British Columbians, you have a right to be angry with Ontarions, you have a right to be angry with anyone in *this* country, but you don't have a right to be angry at Trump or the Americans."
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Bethankit Hums @tangibullah.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Shannon Phillips nails it: (via @journodale.bsky.social) #abpoli #ableg
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
edmontonjournal.com/... Couldn't agree more with this excellent op-ed piece. Take the time to give it a read. There's a lot at stake here Alberta... this will have massive impacts your and your loved ones Access to safe and timely care across the entire specturm of HC.
edmontonjournal.com
Opinion: How long will Ottawa let Alberta test the limits of medicare?
This is about whether the surgery that you need gets scheduled based on medical urgency or on whether you can afford to pay that day.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A reminder that this is one of two American politicians that Danielle Smith said she admired. The other was Kristi Noem.
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Patrice Boivin 🇨🇦 @patboivin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The CBC doesn't mention that a significant portion of the owners of oil companies operating in Alberta are American not Canadian. She is protecting American-owned firms. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta premier doubles down on diplomacy with Americans to stave off U.S. tariffs | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canadians must double down on their diplomatic efforts to convince U.S. lawmakers and citizens that the escalating trade war is destructive for everyone on both sid...
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middleagedgirl.bsky.social @middleagedgirl.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just like Danielle Smith
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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Right now we’re not seeing any leadership on health care by our federal government, let alone enforcing their own legislation,” Gallaway said, adding that even Stephen Harper’s Conservative government spoke out against former AB Premier Ralph Klein’s Third Way. reddeeradvocate.com/2026/08/18/w...
reddeeradvocate.com
'We are listening' to Albertans' concerns about Bill 11, says federal health ministry - Red Deer Advocate
Public health care supporters are frustrated that federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel has failed to clearly denounce Alberta’s Bill 11 with only days left before the Sept. 1 launch of […]
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 21/08/2026
Under the current proposal, only gas-powered facilities would meet the requirements set out by the province's electricity systems operator.
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Alberta moves to stop data centres from using renewable energy
Data centre developers in the province likely won't be able to use renewable energy like solar or wind to power their facilities — even if they want to.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Paging Alberta
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Racism isn't "controversial," premier. It's wrong. Why isn't decency a foundational Alberta value?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.
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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Starting July 31, Albertans will be able to pay to skip the line for diagnostic testing. In other words, the poorer you are, the lower the chances you’ll get timely treatment—and survive.
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 25/07/2026
"Yet with traffic deaths climbing in both cities, the province didn’t build a portal for people to report dangerous intersections or reckless driving. It built one for bike lanes." Via @cailynn.bsky.social: www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Alberta’s bike lanes aren’t a problem to be solved – they’re how people get around
I bike most days in Calgary, often with my two children
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
We're financing the burning of gas... for a U.S. tech giant... to benefit U.S. owned/aligned oil and gas corporations... When we could be financing sovereign renewables. And the country is on fire. #CDNpoli #ABpoli #Wildfires #DataCentre #Carney
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We need to have an honest conversation about whether Nenshi can win. Our lives fucking depend on it. Privatization of healthcare, data centres, private schools, emissions, separatism, and frankly fascist legislation banning pride flags and books. #ableg Biden and Trudeau did what was right. Will he?
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 24/07/2026
Incredible details from @rwarnica.bsky.social about the treatment he received in Calgary after daring to ask Ontario Doug Ford about his past comments on Alberta separatism at a press conference during Stampede. 🔗: www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Afterward, in the Q&A, I asked what I thought was a fairly innocuous and obvious question. In October, thanks entirely to Smith, Albertans will be voting on their province’s future in this country. Ford had, quite rightly, denounced the referendum when it was announced in May, saying Smith was probably only doing it to appease her base.

I wanted to ask Ford about those comments and whether he had raised the issue with Smith in Calgary. But before I could finish my question, I was interrupted by a collective hiss from the meat-wall of political staffers and guests seated to my right.

“This is a pipeline announcement!” one angry voice howled.

“The Red Star!” another raged.At the press conference in Calgary, some of the Alberta politicians in the room seemed genuinely upset that I’d asked Ford about his own public comments about Smith and independence at a press conference with Smith three months from a referendum on independence. One of them even loomed over me as I walked out and warned me to make sure I included Ford’s full remarks about Justin Trudeau’s government treating Alberta “like garbage” in my story.

(When I asked who he was he replied: “don’t worry about it,” like an enforcer for the world’s saddest mob. It was Joseph Schow, the Alberta minister of jobs, economy, trade and immigration.)
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Audric Moses 🇨🇦 @audricmoses.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
ICYDK, governments save HUGE amounts of taxpayer 💰 when they invest in preventative health care. Then there's the small matter of people not getting, and suffering with deadly diseases to begin with. But this is Danielle Smith's 'Berta, and no one gets rich(er) with prevention 🤷. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
You don't say www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
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End of carbon tax rebates a financial hit for Canada’s poorest, research shows
Rebates were tax-free payments that compensated consumers for the cost of carbon taxes
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middleagedgirl.bsky.social @middleagedgirl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Holy cow!
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🪶deedles 🫘 @dyerfineart.com · 21/07/2026
Boycott Taylor Farms Products, they are the largest supplier of lettuce and other produce to retailers Walmart, Costco, Target and Whole Foods, and restaurant chains Taco Bell and McDonald's. The they also own the organic brand Earthbound Farms,and produce 40% of the salad kits sold in the U.S
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middleagedgirl.bsky.social @middleagedgirl.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Who will the UCP blame this on?
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
There are plenty of reasons to vote NO to the 9 referendum questions and YES to staying in Canada, but the more I think about it, this is a referendum on Danielle Smith’s leadership. MAKE SURE YOU VOTE. Send her a message. #AlbertaReferendum2026
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I was born and raised in Northern Ontario and I am absolutely boiling with rage at the ways in which people elsewhere are talking about the forest fires there as though this is a common occurrence. The air thick with smoke for kilometers, entire communities wiped out - this shit is not normal.
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 15/07/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans
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Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...
Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.
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middleagedgirl.bsky.social @middleagedgirl.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You can tell an infrastructure project is desperately needed by a private industry when the government has to pay for it and also pay that private industry to use it.
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Alberta will provide oilsands producers with incentives to fill proposed West Coast pipeline
Five major companies also agreed to build Pathways carbon capture and storage mega-project
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
A contractor building Meta's data center flushed its "closed-loop" cooling system straight into Cheyenne's sewer. It carried a bacterium and knocked the city's water-reuse system offline for months. They sell these as sealed systems that barely touch the water. This one poisoned a city's.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"The power demand they're asking for is equivalent to more than the power demand of the whole province." @albertawilderness.bsky.social says Meta's proposed AI data centers need far more due diligence over potential environmental and health impacts. Thoughts? podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The oilpatch cut 10,000 jobs while reaching record production levels. Those jobs are vanishing. What you're thinking of is pipelines. Pipelines create very temporary construction jobs. I'm sick of the obvious lie that clean energy means no jobs. It's bullshit. edmontonjournal.com/business/ene...
edmontonjournal.com
Alberta's oilpatch cut 10,000 jobs last year — even as production soared
The province produced about 122 million barrels of oil in 2011. Last year, Alberta produced nearly 1.4 billion barrels of oil by November.
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think Sam Mraiche does pipelines.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides’ Calgary-Bow riding received three times more contributions in 2025 compared to the previous year. And most of that money can be traced back to private school operators and childcare companies." theijf.org/brief/privat...
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Private school, childcare companies top donors to Alberta education minister’s constituency association
The Calgary-Bow constituency association got three times more contributions in 2025 versus 2024
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Chet Faliszek @chetsucks.com · 30/06/2026
Should file a lawsuit against the local high school. Was watching a baseball game and one of the kids was wearing glasses. Entirely unfair. Jesus wanted him to have blurry vision, but now he has an unfair advantage over the other kids without glasses… Sigh
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Socialism for the oil industry but capitalism for AISH recipients in Alberta.
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middleagedgirl.bsky.social @middleagedgirl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"At the end of the day, both parties know this decades-old strategy is a con on everyday people who have little say in where our tax dollars go. If we did have a say, I’m confident that more funding would be going to actual social services, not inaccessible stadiums" Ahem, Alberta
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Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“Surgeons and private facilities will be able to profit while faster access is available to those who can pay. There is no business model for private-pay surgeries if public wait times are short.” My latest with Dr Paul Parks @pfparks.bsky.social www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #abpoli
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With Bill 11, Alberta is creating a two-tier system that will kill public health care | CCPA
Why is the federal government allowing Alberta to flagrantly violate the Canada Health Act?
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
100% this. The cost of hiring these multinationals is $100m yearly. People that absolutely cannot work, have completed the arduous task of applying and being approved for AISH, and the UCP decides in fact, many of them can work. I have read that the fraud rate on AISH is 0.05%
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