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Edmontonian, Cyclist, cat enthusiast

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David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com · 21/09/2026
I think it's ill-advised and anti-democratic to introduce an omnibus bill, cite a crisis, and rush major changes to labour and environmental law. It's going to provoke aggressive resistance and risks, ironically, slowing down the projects the government is so keen on. It's going to be a huge mess.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
With the greatest of respect, these people are morons.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's Monday! did you miss Dr. Roberta Lexier and I's op/ed published on Saturday? Now's your chance to read it, only a little bit late. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Cancel referendum in light of Elections Alberta controversy
We call on Premier Smith to do the right thing: Cancel the referendum until we fully understand the accusations surrounding EA.
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Alberta's Voice @albertasvoice.ca · 18/09/2026
10 referendum questions, one clear choice. Vote to Stay in Canada and say No to the Nine. On October 19, vote with Alberta’s Voice. 🇨🇦🔗 albertasvoice.ca #alberta #abpoli #ableg #referendum
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Estevan Miner's Strike On Sept. 7, 1931, coal miner's in the Estevan area went on strike for better working conditions and pay. Three weeks later, the RCMP opened fire on the strikers during a peaceful march through the town, killing three. youtube.com/shorts/j5oRu...
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The Estevan Miner's Strike
YouTube video by Canadian History Ehx
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"On Tuesday, the University of Alberta announced it has given away a $3M war memorial for $1 and a handshake." Please see our response to the U of A's recent announcement on the Memorial Organ in Convocation Hall. #yegheritage #UAlberta
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U of A sells $3M memorial for $1 and a handshake
The Arts Building (1915). Within lies Convocation Hall and the Memorial Organ. On Tuesday, the University of Alberta announced it has given away a $3M war memorial for $1 and a handshake. We take i…
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🅲🅸🆅🅸🅻 🅳🅴🅵🅴🅽🆂🅴🗽 @musiccomposer.com · 28/08/2026
hows this.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I love that Canadian’s idea of a good time on a Friday night is staying up and cheering “FUCK YEAH” with great resolve because our country just walked away from a bad trade deal with the one shitty guy on earth who thinks he’s god’s gift to negotiation. Eat a bag of dicks, donald. #PoliteButNasty
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rdcoulthard @rdcoulthard.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Views of #yeg and muddy #efmf site last Wednesday on Peace Ave bike club ride
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely HUGE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
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These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm just learning today that Carney's new consul general to New York City is the former President of Shell Canada, and y'all, if this were more on the nose it would be lodged up there like a toddler's crayon
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Bike Edmonton @bikeedmonton.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Here's a quick and easy way to let the Provincial government and your local representatives know that your city is better with bike lanes! Let's flood the bike lane complaint line with support for cycling infrastructure that encourages more people to ride. #yegbike #yycbike bikeedmonton.ca/bikelanes
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In Defense of Bike Lanes — Bike Edmonton
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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Email reportabikelane@gov.ab.ca you bike lanes concerns. #yycbike #yegbike
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💀 Clawdric Moanses 🧛 @audricmoses.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
JUST IN: Edmonton floods again: Minister Dreeshen asks, "Is it the bike lanes?" More at 11:00. #yegcc #yegbike #ableg
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Aaron @abud.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Me: Legally crossing the road in a marked crosswalk. Driver: "I will bury you." He slowed down to let me walk, waited until I was in front of him, then accelerated. Once I was out of the way, he stopped, rolled down his window, and proceeded to threaten my life. But cyclists are the problem.
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Wedge LIVE!™ @wedge.live · 16/07/2026
The fire and smoke making it unsafe to be outside is "a direct product of the greenhouse gases humans keep emitting. In Minnesota, transportation is the single largest source of those emissions, and personal automobiles are the biggest slice." www.bikemn.org/moving-under...
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Moving Under Smokey Skies - Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota
The smoke is back, here are some tips and recommendations for keeping active while also keeping your lungs healthy.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Alt headline: How the climate crisis makes life more expensive for Canadians
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How extreme weather makes life more expensive for Canadians — CBC News
Wildfires in B.C. and the Northwest Territories. Floods in Manitoba. Heat waves in Eastern Canada. And it’s only early July. Such events are devastating for the people and communities affected. They’r...
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It’s been a big week for the Alberta premier — and a terrifying one for the future of the human race. Hot on the heels of a proposal for a new oil pipeline, Smith unveiled yet another horrifying project that will send us careening towards climate dystopia: Meta’s HUGE new AI data centre. It's bad:
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rdcoulthard @rdcoulthard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Peace Avenue Bike Club ride last night
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/07/2026
People are always whining about the "system costs" you’re supposed to add to the price of solar, but, uh ...
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Why the true cost of new gas plants is much higher than the sticker price
When reviewing gas-fired power plant proposals, regulators often fail to consider pipeline, fuel and storage costs, which can add about 30% to a project’s total cost, GridLab’s Cassady Craighill write...
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rdcoulthard @rdcoulthard.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Yesterday and today @mark-carney.bsky.social showed himself to be a raging hypocrite on climate. He’s just another garden-variety capitalist cheerleader.
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rdcoulthard @rdcoulthard.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The Canadian government’s latest Pipeline MOU with Alberta is the final nail in the coffin for Canada’s climate policy. It’s time to rise up and stop Big Oil from winning everything on their wishlist. That's why we're calling for a People's MOU instead: share.nwmd.social/s/wpFu6SvF
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Tell your MP: Don't Fast-Track Destruction
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rdcoulthard @rdcoulthard.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Alberta’s grievances with Ottawa are mostly manufactured, always exaggerated and, often, completely illusory. Now it's time for the people who spent the last decade amplifying and weaponizing them to put out the fire they helped create. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/o...
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Albertans are addicted to their grievances. It’s time to break the cycle
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rdcoulthard @rdcoulthard.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I spoke to the Trudeau-era environment minister who resigned from cabinet under Carney. Steven Guilbeault has a warning about Carney’s latest environment-trampling proposals — ones he agrees would be worse than Harper’s. Here’s the latest on the plan that would “eviscerate” environmental laws:
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I have been warning about how Donbas Danielle and the MAGA machine are working to break up our nation. Russian and MAGA interference is rife. The election list of voters has been stolen by the far right. Canada needs to take this threat very seriously www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Russia and U.S. amplifying Alberta separatist narratives to stoke division, distrust: report | CBC News
Moscow has long tried to meddle in foreign elections. What's newer is Canada's neighbour overtly trying to influence and fan flames of referendum bid, warns a new report on foreign interference.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Did you know the Russians have been meddling in Alberta's sovereignty movement since 2019? And foreign interference has only increased since, intended to simply wreak havoc- they don't care who wins a potential vote. More with Marcus Kolga on his new research. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...
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Study finds foreign interference amplifying Alberta separatist tensions
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · May 6 · 9m
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Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The group who are trying to save the Memorial Organ at the University of Alberta have put together a website with links to a petition, information on the organ, and a list of people to contact. Please give it a look and share widely. #UAlberta #yegheritage
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Save the memorial organ at convocation hall
101 years. Don't let the music die.
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chris - sᴉɹɥɔ @newfangl3d.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I wish we hadn't elected an LLM as mayor. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“I worry we've been a bit complacent about just saying, ‘Oh, well, we've got this one group. We've solved all of the problems. We've engaged, we've checked that box because we have this one group,’” he said.

“Meanwhile, there's 10 other organizations that exist out in the city that are representing those voices as well.”

Knack clarified the city will not create a new formal mechanism to replace the committees, but a new way of engaging each group will be decided on a case-by-case basis.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This weekend’s MUST READ: #ableg #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/22/o...
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Danielle Smith is already turning Alberta into America’s 51st state
Albertans will spend the summer debating their province's relationship with Ottawa. So why does it seem like their premier is laying the groundwork for a different sort of relationship with Washington...
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This is a nightmare: the destruction of Florida's orange industry. Tariffs, drought, deep freezes and a bacteria that is destroying the trees. They have lost 95% of production since 2003. 3/4s of growers are out of business. This is the dangerous eco-future staring us. slate.com/business/202...
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It Was on Your Table Every Morning Growing Up. It’s Dying Before Our Eyes. No One Wants to Face It.
The powerhouse of American citrus is suffering a brutal decline. Everyone has a theory about why.
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NorCal Curmudgeon @shawnharder.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
From Natasha_Jay on Mastodon Seen in Hardcore Bikes (HCB), a bicycle shop in Edmonton Alberta 🚴‍♀️
Sign in the window of a bike shop 
“BIKE GAS PRICES 
REGULAR 0.00 
PREMIUM 0.00”
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The independent Boundaries Commission consulted with thousands of Albertans before publishing its report. Ignoring the report is cheating. Ignoring the report is gerrymandering.
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Ignoring the Boundaries Commission's report is gerrymandering.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“It is not an exaggeration to say that the minority report was gerrymandered to benefit the UCP by significantly diluting urban voters.” Duane Bratt: Gerrymandering electoral map will erode Alberta democracy #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Duane Bratt: Gerrymandering electoral map will erode Alberta democracy
Thursday was a bad day for democracy, and possibly setting up an even worse day for democracy.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Not said enough! 🙏 US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... The “$2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets…”
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US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87m lives, says UN
Head of UN’s humanitarian agency frustrated that $2bn weekly cost of conflict comes amid big cuts to aid budgets
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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Carney's public service cuts will have real impacts on Canadians' lives from the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat to Indigenous services for communities and access to services for all Canadians. @psac-afpc.bsky.social
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October. Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year. Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce. Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 20/04/2026
"... By inserting itself in a process in which it should have no part, one can’t help but wonder what ulterior motives lurk behind this subversion of the democratic process." calgaryherald.com/opinion/leong-alb…
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Leong: Alberta government should butt out of electoral boundaries redraw
By discarding an independent commission's electoral map, it's impossible to not question the province's sincerity.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 20/04/2026
Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online
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Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege
The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
"(Here in Canada) oil and gas, which is largely foreign-owned, largely U.S.-owned, aren’t doing their part. (Instead)...increasing our emissions and ...demanding that Canadian taxpayers pay the bill for cleaning up the pollution they cause and building pipelines they won’t risk their own money on.”
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Oil industry leaders are putting economy, environment at risk, says former minister Catherine McKenna
Oil and gas production only sector in Canada to increase greenhouse gas emissions in 2024, inventory shows
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
"the sensible thing would be for the country to use its windfall to help build its emergent renewable sector and not double down on a declining one. The world of the future will look very different from the present one."
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Opinion: When an oil shock is renewable energy’s best friend
Trump’s war on Iran has done more to cut oil use than any carbon tax
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I asked for a tour of Convocation Hall and the organ loft while I was there, in fact. I had a lot of questions about the whole plan.
The huge pipe organ at the back of the University of Alberta’s Beaux Arts Convocation Hall. We pipes reach up to tjr domed ceiling.
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JP @perrinjan.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Am I the only one who thinks that patio fees are perfectly acceptable? You’re using public space for your private business.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The three most remarkable papal tweets — ever?
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Curious Bystander @curious-bystander.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This is all the pick-up most pick-up owners need. The rest of that shit you see on the road is for the driver's insecurity.
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Brandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
EVs aren't here to save the world, they're here to save the auto industry.
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JP @perrinjan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Transport Canada survey on headlight brightness and glare ⬇️ #YEG tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...
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Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at night
Transport Canada wants to learn how headlight glare affects road users and what vehicle or lighting features may influence how people experience it at night.
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rdcoulthard @rdcoulthard.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Replaced these in my crawl space where they are a thermostatically controlled heating system using incandescent bulbs 💡. One socket was unreliable at lighting bulbs and both are cooked despite their 660W rating. Replaced with porcelain.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched. I dug into it. Could confidently write here: "It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith says court 'skewed' to Liberal donors, but UCP picks have political ties just as often | CBC News
CBC analysis suggests about one-fifth of federally named judges match with Liberal donor lists. About as many judges picked by the province likely gave to UCP.
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