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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 8h

The newest Justice (Malcolm Lavoie) cited and relied on Tom Flanagan for this argument Yup. That Tom Flanagan.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1h

Kharkiv’s thermal power plant is reportedly being bombed by Russia right now in response to Trump's 'Energy Ceasefire'. It has been hit by several missiles. Kyiv is also seeing blackouts. So, that's a Russian no on the energy truce, which Ukraine said they'd accept if real.

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Jeromy Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social · 2h

Should Danielle Smith be able to order your local council to vote to approve rezoning for a massive AI data centre? And threaten to fire your democratically elected mayor if they vote against it? This latest provincial overreach isn't about density. It's about your legal right to a fair hearing.

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CyKoore @cykoore.bsky.social · 1h

Russian bot traffic has plummeted after Yandex was hit. Right before midterms, Trump is panicking.

NetBlocks 🔵
@netblocks
⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a second collapse in the networks of Russian tech giant Yandex after a new Ukrainian drone attack on data centers in Vladimir this morning. The campaign comes not long after Russia's threat to give Ukraine a "digital detox."

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Dr. Michael MacKay @michaelmackay.bsky.social · 1h

The Ukrainian president spoke with his Canadian and Finnish allies, and with the NATO head who was present for form's sake. Ukraine is turning Trump's latest fumble into an advantage by agreeing to the energy ceasefire Trump made up in his head. Russia already rejected it.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 3h

This new mRNA vaccine could better protect against the flu www.collingwoodtoday.ca/local-news/t... via @be-giant.bsky.social Me: Alberta has put up “barriers in place to access" COVID vaccines. Hesitancy is complex, but there is NO DOUBT #misinformation has had a HUGE impact. #VaccinesWork

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This new mRNA vaccine could better protect against the flu

The U.S.-approved vaccine — faster to produce and more precise than traditional flu shots — is awaiting the green light in Canada

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 2h

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

🧵🧵🧵 I was going to write a simple sentence about the madness of the moment, but I got distracted by the U.S. president’s complaint that he was screwed out of the Nobel Peace Prize after bombing multiple countries, and then he bolstered his case with a plan to execute a guy in a wheelchair and ...

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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

As NDP health critic, I met with Health Minister Marjorie Michel to push for stronger public health care, expanded pharmacare, better dental coverage & my Mental Health Parity Act. Health care must be based on need, not income or postal code. Patients before profits. That's what we're fighting for.

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Mary Grace @emgeekay.bsky.social · 3h

I just got blocked by someone who thinks you don’t need to vote in school board elections if you don’t have children. I replied that you do, because it’s at that local level that decisions about curricula and book banning take place. He replied they don’t ban books for adults 🥴

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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 3h

Sounds like McClure got wind of shenanigans. Rogue scrutineers from 28 third-party groups could easily hijack a hand-counted vote and cause total chaos. But dropping this decision at 5:30 PM on a long weekend Friday is undeniably late in the game. #abpoli

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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 22h

Good interview if you want to understand Smith better. IMO, if you're soulless like Kenney, you won't last. Smith's biggest enemy is Smith—Kenney was done in by his own hubris, and she will be too. They both treat this like a game and forget the people they're toying with are human. #abpoli

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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 3h

Historian Timothy D. Snyder knows what is likely coming on the evening of Nov. 3 and it's allegations that the election was "rigged." He wants Americans ready and prepared to respond quickly, if not before he makes the claim. Speaking to former GOP strategist Steve Schmitt, Snyder said...

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 3h

It's deeply irresponsible to treat anything Trump says as credible. He's flailing and desperate to save face, and he knows he can lie because the corporate media will dutifully parrot his words and spread his propaganda. There's a good chance Zelenskyy has no idea what the hell he's talking about.

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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 3h

Hint: if they lose—in Smith’s CBC interview she says that means less than 50%—she’s out. Buckle up Alberta, there is NO EVIDENCE to suggest this assault against our sovereignty will stop on Oct 19. Get everyone you know to vote no & vote remain. Only a massive wave of decent will stop the crazy.

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Leonardo DiCaprio Says Absolutely F***ing Not

ALT: Leonardo DiCaprio Says Absolutely F***ing Not

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Zelenskyy: "Prices are rising because of the war in the Middle East, the blocking of Hormuz. Everyone understands it. If we want to speak with people fairly, if we want to be clear, if we want to speak with our nations openly, people have to hear reality. Don't play games with people."

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 4h

Danielle Smith, how did your yesterday’s secretive meeting with the separatists and convicted Tamara Lich go? Why weren’t media and Albertans allowed to hear what you said to them? When campaigning for unity, we don’t hide. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n... #ableg #cdnpoli

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Smith says she attended True North event to sway separatists, but critics aren't convinced

Premier Danielle Smith says she attended True North event to sway separatists, but critics aren't convinced

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 15h

No lies detected.

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Edmonton Journal @edmontonjournal.com · 15h

Alberta Energy Regulator brings back executive VP let go after ICORE scandal edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

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💀 Clawdric Moanses 🧛 @audricmoses.bsky.social · 16h

ALBERTA NEWS ALERT 🚨 Beleaguered, grifting lawyer believes that internet poll from local rage-bait account is a real poll. Thinks 70% pro-separation is "statistically robust." INDEPENDENCE NOT A VOTE TO HAVE A VOTE. This is AWESOME(ly hilarious) 🤦. #ableg #cdnpoli

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Alex Boyd @alexboyd.bsky.social · 16h

For the record, since this story says media was denied access, I also tried to attend and as I was waiting in the hallway for an organizer (who said go away) I saw a certain scribbler from this very paper leaving the main room and was told he had an arrangement with the premier to hear her speak.

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 17h

An organization barring media from covering “the most important free speech event of the year” is chef’s [redacted]

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Shannon Buchart 🇨🇦🍁 @sgbab.bsky.social · 17h

Wow, a whole bunch of rambling contradictions.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 18h

If those of you in other provinces ever wonder how Alberta ended up in the situation it now faces, this post is authored by one of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's most trusted advisors.

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This Thanksgiving weekend, I’m reminded how blessed we are to live here in Alberta. The freedom to debate the big stuff, the passion people bring to this province, the courage to speak up when something matters – those are things we have to hold onto tightly and never lose.
The referendum next week is emotional for a lot of good people. Some passionate folks have had it with Ottawa and see going it alone as the only path forward. Other passionate, smart, wonderful people have had it with Ottawa too but would never vote to leave Canada. That’s all ok. What isn’t ok is demonizing those you disagree with or lumping everybody into one category because of how they vote on this. There are die-hard conservatives voting to stay – option 1. They are not Ottawa liberals any more than someone voting option 2 is a crazy right-wing nut job with a fourth-grade education.
A couple of reminders as we approach this vote.
1. Be aware of wolves in sheep’s clothing. Anybody marginalizing and shaming somebody for their viewpoint is usually doing it with the hope of sowing division. It’s often for perceived political gain. The obvious example is
@nenshi
and the type who ridicule people for their beliefs. It’s done to spread the false idea that their group and only their group owns the moral high ground. It’s the “all about me” mentality shared by too many on the left. And yes, there are those on the other side guilty of the same. Not the political leaders though. People like
@ABDanielleSmith
have been steadfast and unwavering in their support of democracy and accepting all viewpoints while not necessarily sharing them.
2. The mainstream media and yes some of the alt media too. Divide, fight, promote the us-vs-them mentality. They are always more interested in pitting people against each other and hyping it up than they are in doing an in-depth piece on the issues that actually got us here. Think Covid. Think infills. Think immigration. Think…

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 18h

Just found this on my hard drive. What was Jason Lavigne on about the meetings in Washington being nothing burgers? Also, Jeff Rath can't keep his story straight.

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 19h

Huh? 🤔 “So I would say that the overreach happened when the federal government came in and and bribed city councils.”

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 21h

Seeing these UCP lie-filled and hatemongering propaganda ads? 😡 Absolutely enraging that our tax dollars paid for this BS? Scapegoating immigrants for UCP incompetence? Despicable. Shameful.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21h

Hurricane Simon strengthens to Category 4 off Mexico’s Pacific coast aje.news/58caf2

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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

How tf did Zelensky end up as the bad guy in this when putin was the one who INVADED his country for no damn reason???

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The first Russian diesel cargo heading for the US left St Petersburg on September 22, two weeks *before* Trump announced the deal with Putin, Windward reports. The Greek-flagged tanker Minerva Zen carrying 275,000 barrels of diesel/gasoil is due at the US East Coast around 11–12 October.

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Charles Smith @profsmithsask.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've been thinking about this column all morning. The politics behind it are bonkers. Conservatives in Alberta don't like Liberals in Ottawa. So you should vote (almost) for sovereignty to send Liberal Ottawa a message that Conservatives want the richest province in Confederation to be richer.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10/10/2026

1. Russia is not winning on the battlefield and had to reform the entire budget in favor of the continuous war against sovereign Ukraine. 2. Zelenskyy has reacted favorably to any suggestion of a peaceful deal that would stop Russian aggression. Each attempt of such was declined by Kremlin.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/10/2026

"Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." — Senate GOP, July 28 Ten weeks later, Trump is making oil deals with Putin. A brief history of Republicans being against this, until they weren't 👇

Collage of 12 Republican posts on X opposing Russian oil purchases, 2022–2026. Senate GOP, 7/28/26: "Targeting those who bankroll the Russian war machine through oil purchases will crush Putin's ability to fund his war." Senate GOP, 7/14/26: backing Graham's bill to hold "major purchasers of Russian oil and gas accountable." House GOP, 3/8/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil. Biden is fueling Putin's war on Ukraine." Rep. Garret Graves, 3/8/22: calling on the administration "to ban Russian oil." House GOP, 3/7/22: "America should NOT be buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/4/22: "Stop buying Russian oil." Senate GOP, 3/3/22: "sanction the oil and gas industry in Russia." House GOP, 3/2/22: "Instead of buying Russian oil..." Rep. Steve Scalise, 3/1/22: "stop financing Putin's war with Russian oil." Marco Rubio: "Stop importing Russian oil... That's the plan." Rubio, 3/9/22, on Russian oil imports. Peter Navarro, 6/24/23: India "buying up bargain-basement Russian oil."

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've studied the COVID & vaccines trends from the start. I TRY to listen in an open & empathetic manner, but so frustrating. Much (not all) of the rhetoric informed by lies, conspiracy theories, rage-farming, etc. > emotion + vibe < reality www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... by @markusoff.bsky.social

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ANALYSIS | How anti-COVID activism injected life into Alberta's separatist movement | CBC News

They fought vaccines and public health restrictions. Over time, their push for freedom shifted to independence.

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FranklyMyDear @frank-lee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

WHEN IS ONTARIO going to boot this Doug Ford crook out? Here's the Ford government's Mother of all Scandals. And OF COURSE sloppy lazy legacy media is under reporting it. We're talking literally BILLION$ tax dollars (OSAP) handed to a handful of PRIVATE colleges. ontarioliberal.ca/ontario-libe...

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Ontario Liberals Call for Minister Quinn’s Resignation Over OSAP Scandal and Mismanagement

The official site of the Ontario Liberal Party

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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Oh here we go again! @brodiefenlon.bsky.social @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social higher ups directing both sideism when we are in the fights of our lives against nefarious MaGA influence.

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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Let's see, what evil enemies have MAGA and Trump attacked? - The Pope - The UN - UNICEF - International Criminal Court - Federal judges - Sesame Street - Zelensky - Canada - Minnesota - CDC - The Fed - Vaccines - Museums - Cancer research - Wind turbines - Veterans - Women - Blacks - The disabled

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Trump's plan to betray Ukraine and align the US with Russia in their current war continues to unfold in predictable fashion. www.ft.com/content/7fd4...

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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing

Donald Trump’s administration delivered threat after Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised diesel deal with Moscow

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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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Shannon Buchart 🇨🇦🍁 @sgbab.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"The former B.C. Conservative candidate for Victoria-Beacon Hill who was dropped by the party Wednesday over online posts denigrating Pakistanis and encouraging a driver to reverse his car into a pro-Palestine march says he will continue to stand for election as an independent." 🤬

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Shannon Buchart 🇨🇦🍁 @sgbab.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Woah, that is a nice pie to people ratio 🥧

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Shannon Buchart 🇨🇦🍁 @sgbab.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just watching the 5th Estate feature, "The Alberta Question" being replayed on CBC tonight. Modry was definitely there at the beginning of it all and is as slimy as Rath and Sylvestre. www.cbc.ca/news/fifthes...

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the fifth estate: The Alberta Question | CBC News

The Alberta referendum is just around the corner and we set out to find out what brought us to this point. We meet the influencers behind the battle for independence and ask: How did we get here?

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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Remember these oldies from flip history. A couple of throwbacks from 2025. Some things never change. #ABPoli

Infographic titled “Guaranteed to Flip: The Danielle Smith Promise.” The design features a yellow-orange background with a raised interlocking brick border that transitions from green on the left to orange on the right. In the upper-right area, a LEGO-style female politician figure with brown hair, a worried expression, a blue shirt and a red apron labelled “QUEEN OF THE FLIP” flips golden pancakes onto a black griddle, with additional pancakes flying through the air. The image satirizes Danielle Smith’s broken political promises about healthcare coverage.

The infographic documents three examples. First, April 2023, the UCP Health Care Guarantee: Smith pledged that no Albertan would pay out of pocket to see a doctor or receive needed medical treatment, and promised not to delist medical services or prescriptions covered by Alberta Health Insurance. Second, February 1, 2025, seniors’ eye exams delisted: the infographic states that the UCP government removed public coverage for follow-up vision exams for seniors and children, requiring Albertans to pay for additional visits related to conditions such as glaucoma and cataracts. Third, June 2025, public COVID-19 vaccine coverage withdrawn: the infographic states that Alberta ended universal coverage for COVID-19 vaccines, with only high-risk groups receiving them at no cost while most Albertans, including seniors, must pay. A quoted statement attributed to Danielle Smith reads, “We believe in vaccine choice, but we don’t pay for everything.” The overall message is a political critique of changes to healthcare coverage under Smith’s leadership.

Political satire infographic titled “NO ONE’S TOUCHING YOUR PENSION… (just flipping it).” The design uses a yellow-orange background framed by a raised interlocking brick border transitioning from green on the left to orange on the right. A LEGO-style female politician figure with brown hair, a worried expression, a blue shirt and a red apron labelled “QUEEN OF THE FLIP” flips golden pancakes onto a black griddle, with several pancakes flying through the air. The pancake-flipping imagery symbolizes changing promises and is used to criticize Danielle Smith’s statements about Alberta’s pension plan.

The infographic presents two dated examples. First, May 2023, Election Campaign: Smith reassured Albertans, “Look, no one is touching anybody’s pension. Pensions belongs to pensioners,” with the quotation reproduced as shown in the graphic. Second, September 21, 2023, APP Campaign Launch: Smith characterized the Alberta Pension Plan launch as a once-in-a-generation opportunity, emphasizing intergenerational benefits and repeating the line, “It’s your pension, your choice.” Both statements are attributed to Danielle Smith. The overall message questions the consistency of Smith’s assurances about pensions and the proposed Alberta Pension Plan.

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