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Former oil and gas executive. Now an adventurer.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Take 10 minutes to listen to Alberta Senator Paula Simons' denunciation of the UCP's racist anti-immigrant referendum questions. It's a tour de force. www.youtube.com/watch?v=to7o...
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Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions
YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here's that Leger referendum poll modelled out
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Conrad Nobert @conradnobert.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Casually throwing away a decade of work, probably 10s of millions of dollars worth, and making Edmonton start from scratch. Stopping a building boom in its tracks too. Red tape reduction my ass.
Edmonton will be required to adopt rules for high-density infill development that revert to the parameters in place before its 2024 zoning changes for housing types, density and height, and to restore minimum on-site parking requirements in place before 2020. Edmonton will have three months from Oct. 8 to amend its bylaw.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Most furnace breakdowns happen on the first real heating day in Alberta. So too bad this does not start until 2027.
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Alberta Views Magazine @albertaviews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The ethics commissioner is compelled to investigate public concerns. But since 2024 the office hasn’t published even one report. #ABpoli #ABleg #alberta albertaviews.ca/a-violation-...
The Alberta flag on a Jenga tower. Danielle Smith is at the bottom taking out blocks that say "Ethics commissioner" and "Election Commissioner" and loading them into the back of a truck
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 07/10/2026
Pro-Canada voters: we have identified more than 1.15 million of us across Alberta. Let's make sure every vote counts by getting everyone we know out to the polls. Make your plan to vote today at savecanada.albertandp.ca 🇨🇦
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤠 Chris Henderson: How to Talk to the Temporary Strategic Alberta Separatist in Your Life. Five practical messages to explain this isn’t a game worth the risk of playing.
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Chris Henderson: How to Talk to the Temporary Strategic Separatist in Your Life
Five practical messages to explain this isn’t a game worth the risk of playing.
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Nothing says “easy democratic process” quite like crawling through an obstacle course to cast your vote. Welcome to the Alberta Referendum Games. 🗳️ #abpoli
image humorously illustrates the caption, “Navigating Alberta’s referendum process like…”
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Remember the days when you could request your ballot until October 9th?
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
How was it? How were the two of them received?
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The number of separatists in Alberta is very small, but every single one of them will vote in the separation referendum. It’s critical that everyone who doesn’t want separation votes as well, or else this could easily be Canada’s own Brexit moment. Don’t assume anything. Vote. 
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Where are they though? Have you seen any in community since Stampede?
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At some point, it needs to be uncomfortable to support this regime.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don’t know why Yedlin continues to go soft with Smith. Every. Single. Time.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Theoretically they are in it, but these things take forever. See the UCP leadership contest in 2017.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Trading “inefficiency” for “profit motive”.
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Emerence 🍁 @damemyniah.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The single most predictive factor in determining support for Alberta independence is not working in the energy industry, but the salience of religion in a person’s life” - pollster Janet Brown
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ok. This is his training as council attack dog put to good work.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Fear of retribution.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Smith knew about the vulnerabilities to the integrity of the electoral process (data breach) and overall Canadian sovereignty (US interest). Not only did she not address the issues, she called the separation referendum anyways. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4f78c6d...
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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
Have you received Danielle Smith and the UCP’s $4 million propaganda brochure? It’s full of lies, and taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for it, never mind the $200 million referendum.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
and keep your confirmation code to check to see if it is CAST. If not, you can vote in ADVANCE or REGULAR.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There is still a few opportunities to off-ramp if demand risk remains.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“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.” [gift link] www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/4f78c6d...
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The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle Smith
The referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible
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Elections Alberta @elections.ab.ca · 30/09/2026
2026 REFERENDUM - Register to Vote Save time at the voting place by registering to vote! Confirm, update, or add your voter information on ow.ly/WVKF50ZutER so you are ready to vote on an Advance Voting day or on October 19!
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Danielle Smith’s referendum is an evil plot to keep the separatist fire burning. On referendum day: Vote Option 1 on Question 10. Vote NO on Questions 1–9. It’s the only way to save Canada.  To find referendum information and get involved with the campaign, visit savecanada.albertandp.ca.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Oh no! Did not know it closed. There is a free veg lunch at the temple up on centre street. That’s worth checking out.
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Did you try the veg restaurant there?
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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Guest post by former Alberta chief electoral officer Lorne Gibson: The voters list, scrutineers and the question of trust. albertapolitics.ca/2026/09/gues...
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Guest post by Lorne Gibson: The voters list, scrutineers and the question of trust - Alberta Politics
Lorne Gibson has served both as Alberta’s chief electoral officer and its election commissioner. The latter position was created by the NDP Government of premier Rachel Notley in the spring of 2018 to...
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Alex Middleton @alexyyc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Smith is in big trouble. Seppies might hold their nose and vote for her if they think she's going to win. They won't if they think she will lose. Edmonton: NDP 44 UCP 37 Calgary: NDP 46 UCP 38 Watch for UCP MLAs announcing they won't be running for reelection next. 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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bumblewisp.bsky.social @bumblewisp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Anything but a clear and decisive victory will be dragging us down for years. For this, we need everyone engaged and voting. Remember, everyone who disagrees with you will be voting. turnoutsimulator.ca
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The smaller side can win a referendum — or at least make it close
A side that's behind in the polls can still win if the other side stays home. Try it with the Alberta separation vote.
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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
alberta politics too - in a single image. high wealth = insulation from issues with a near zero chance your vote choice will impact you directly. until it does.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I am told all the time by folks affiliated with the fossil fuel industry that Asian demand for LNG will grow "for decades". Yeah, about that:
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Had no idea that Elections Alberta was going to track it in this much detail. The ONE high tech part of this election!
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ballots have been cast. Voted Remain and NO to the rest. See more at savecanada.albertaNDP.ca and request your Special Ballot by Friday. #abpoli @albertandp.ca @naheednenshi.bsky.social
ballot confirmation from Elections Alberta
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
False. This is not limited to national projects anywhere. They removed section 30 which was the only federal trigger for impact assessments for data centres powered by fossil fuel. No federal assessment: and in Alberta no provincial assessment. Full steam ahead. gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/202...
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Robert Zaichkowski @rzaichkowski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Per Eleanor McMahon's great article in @spacing.bsky.social, "Cyclists want to go to the same places motorists do — because they are the same people, simply choosing a different mode of travel." Something Doug Ford doesn't understand. #BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli #VisionZero spacing.ca/toronto/2026...
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Election 2026: Culture wars are warping cycling policy - Spacing Toronto
In 2014, I did something I never imagined I would do — especially after years spent as a political staffer watching campaigns from the inside. I put my name on a ballot. The invitation came from Kathl...
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Vote Option 1 to remain in Canada and then NO to the other 9 questions. Here is a QR code than can be printed. #abpoli knowthenine.ca
https://knowthenine.ca/
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 11/09/2026
SCOOP: A leaked document indicates Alberta is considering rewriting laws, creating new Crown corporations to take over the natural gas system and build new gas pipelines and taking on costly legal battles — in large part so AI data centres can have access to power, @drewanderson.bsky.social reports.
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Leaked doc suggests Alberta has sprawling plans to pave the way for AI data centres, more oil production
Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... @theglobeandmail.com It’s not removing duplication when you’re removing the only federal assessment process for fossil fuel, data centres and the province doesn’t order any assessment. It’s not one process it’s none
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Ottawa moves to reduce duplication in approval process for some large energy projects
The changes would clear hurdles to oil sands extraction, some pipelines and transmission lines
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hello Canada and Alberta, this is how I voted in the October referendum. I voted by special ballot (mail-in). specialballot.elections.ab.ca/index/8400 Must apply before Sept 25th #abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg
A yellow suitcase against a pink background displays the message “I VOTED FOR OPTION 1 TO REMAIN IN CANADA. NO TO THE OTHER NINE QUESTIONS.” The graphic adds the tagline “LET’S SEND HER PACKING. NOW.”
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Spudislander45 🇨🇦❤️🌎💪🫡 @spudislander45.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Voters in #Alberta #Referendum! Let’s share this for #ALBERTANS wanting to be Forever Canadians.⬇️⬇️⬇️ OPTION 1 to remain in #Canada And “NO” to all 9 questions #cdnpoli #abpoli
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is already happening in Alberta. (See Bill 25) And not a single one of us voted for it. Wake up fellow Canadians! The AfD is the UCP and the @liberalca.bsky.social are appeasing it . Shake down federalism. @patricklennox.bsky.social @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/the-blueprin...
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The Blueprint Behind Danielle Smith’s Plan to Break Up with Canada | The Walrus
A little-read separatist manifesto is shaping her government’s most controversial moves
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Another image from the account of the US President:
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the party supported by JD Vance and Elon Musk, are now looking to ICE in the US for inspiration and saying Germany needs an ICE of its own.” www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Get on it. Pledge here, do it and remind your friends and family. foralbertaforcanada.ca/vote-4-canad...
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For Alberta, For Canada
Join thousands of Albertans standing up for Canada. Take action, volunteer, and make your voice heard.
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Laurence Thompson @thompsonlg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The consumption site was funded by donations. Now Saskatoon Fire - with a $70M budget - spends more time on medical calls than firefighting. But city taxpayers are paying that bill, not the province. The SaskatoonGoct has washed its hands of the drug problem and handed to our cities. 2/2
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/09/2026
Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck theonion.com/google-maps-introduces…
Google Maps Introduces Crawling Directions For Cyclists Hit By Truck
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What’s the opposite of extended?
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Quinton @qu1nton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Get your request in asap
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