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Rachel @slightlycaustic.bsky.social · 7h
If you’re interested in how billionaires not even in Canada want to pollute our waters with Selenium, or how the UCP in Alberta were consulting with mining companies long before they were consulting with the public, this is a good read. albertabeyondcoal.ca/resources/co...
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Coal Projects - Alberta Beyond Coal
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 6h
PM Carney calls out Canadian based Stelco steel company (owned by US company Cleveland Cliffs) for the layoffs due to Trumps tariffs, betraying Canadian workers. They were offered $$ by the Fed govt in Canada to keep it open and refused. Credit to soocanadian /1 thread
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Vanelle 🦋🇨🇦 🎹🎤 & Buy Canadian Warrior @vanellemusic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By the way, the petition to turf Hoekstra is officially over 274K! Go… sign… www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Petition e-7531 - Petitions
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 6h
Albertans are voting on October 19. Here's a "what you need to know guide", that's translated into several languages for Calgary. 🗳 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... With appreciation to @calgaryhester.bsky.social. 🎨
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Want a simple, visual guide to the 2026 Alberta referendum? Download it here | CBC News
CBC News created this simple guide in collaboration with several community media organizations. Feel free to share with anyone who needs it.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Read this in the context of the UCP's current scapegoating of immigrants. Alberta's Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 27/09/2026
SUPER excited for this, after a year of chasing the angle, 30 minutes of waddling around up and down a parking garage, and over 6 hours of editing: A murder of crows flies towards the camera, in front of the full Moon, set to Blind Guardian's "Nightfall" and the sound of the crows themselves. 🪶 🐦‍⬛
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Pseudo-psarah 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Get 'er done, Alberta. Take our province back from this insane bigotry and corruption.
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
At the link, the best of The Marginalian this week in one place – enlightened enchantment and how to fall in love better, how to speak forest, and a live celebration of 20 years of The Marginalian: mailchi.mp/themarginali...
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 28/09/2026
Finding reliable, non-partisan information about this fall's referendums in Alberta can be difficult. I tried my best at a townhall this afternoon. Here are my notes. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/making-sen...
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Making Sense of Alberta’s Referendums
A Voter’s Guide
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Want to see what climate “non-solutions” look like? Here’s a list of weak ideas and greenwashing tricks, with the science behind why they’re not such a good idea. “Not Recommended” by Project Drawdown…. drawdown.org/explorer?cla...
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Drawdown Explorer™
We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.
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ToeKnee amouronana 🌈 @tonymcpan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
worth a watch of someone who spent $44 billion to buy a social media platform $44 billion folks it’s chump change to him
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please don’t assume anything, Alberta. Vote against the Russian and American-fuelled separation self-sabotage. Send a strong message to the rest of Canada that we’re in this together. Foreign actors want you to vote for your own Brexit or Trump… or to help them win by just staying home.
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US and Russia fuelling separatist debate in Canada, new report says
Researchers warn that foreign actors are meddling in the Alberta separatist movement in ways that threaten Canada’s "democratic integrity".
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Jack Farrell @jack-farrell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NEWS: Remember those new voter list rules Alberta's gov rolled out last week? The Alberta NDP is challenging them in court, and hoping a judge will strike them down. They argue gov is abusing its power and violating its own law with the new regulation. ca.news.yahoo.com/alberta-ndp-...
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Alberta NDP files court challenge over province's new restricted voter list rules
EDMONTON — Alberta's Opposition NDP is challenging the legality of new government rules that severely restrict the amount of voter information elections officials can share with provincial political p...
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Joel Wood 🇨🇦 @joelwwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We are all lucky that the right person was in the right place at the right moment.
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Susan Quinn @qsusie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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 sign the petition. #abpoli #immigrants #discrimination
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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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Linda Fontaine @lindaf22.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Opinion: Alberta's immigration proposals breach basic human rights
If improvement to our immigration system is the goal, focus on rules for admission, not denial of basic services to those lawfully admitted.
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
mothman is just looking out for you
Mothman holding a sign that says “Be careful ❤️, Mothman”
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The intent was to look after one another. This is a peace treaty. This is something historical where our ancestors had the opportunity to look out for us today, but none of those treaty rights are being honoured, in my opinion" - Enoch Chief Cody Thomas
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Sarah Elmeligi @elmeligisarah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The UCP's caribou plans' top priority is doubling oil and gas production and adopting the 100-year recovery timeline industry pitched, one scientists called ineffective. No modelling to back it up. That's not efficiency, it's cutting corners. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/24/n...
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Oil and gas ambitions outshone caribou protection in Alberta land-use planning: experts
Scientists, conservationists and legal experts say the plans, which were first mandated by the federal government in 2012 to protect woodland caribou, lack the modelling, recovery goals and science-ba...
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Emerence 🍁 @damemyniah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The email alludes to the upcoming Alberta referendum… & states Muslims will be "deported or slaughtered" once "Alberta becomes its own nation."…this will happen "regardless of the election results," and "you won't be warned again." This is what has been unleashed. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Police investigating threatening email sent to Muslim schools across Canada | CBC News
Regional police forces in Ontario have launched an investigation into an email sent to Islamic schools across Canada over the course of this week, which threatened to kill Muslims unless they are depo...
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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Quebec — where more than 800 doctors have opted out of the public system to operate privately — has the worst track record out of the four largest provinces on wait times for elective surgeries, according to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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Will Alberta's dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? | CBC News
As provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a serious allegation, and it deserves more than a viral clip. Anne Applebaum is arguing that some people around the Trump administration are not merely watching Alberta separatism. She believes they are testing whether the United States can exploit it to weaken Canada. ====================
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A new poll finds that Canadians want the federal gov't to keep supporting access to abortion services and reproductive care around the world. 81% of those surveyed support the right to abortion and 65% agree that Canada should play a leading role globally to protect abortion rights. archive.is/PFKzi
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Canadians support access to abortion services at home and abroad, poll shows
Even as Ottawa focuses on trade and security, respondents overwhelmingly want the government to be a world leader in reproductive health and rights
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Useful context for Alberta’s anti-inmigrant referendum questions. We are not being “flooded” with newcomers. And scapegoating immigrants for longstanding structural problems with our public health care system, in particular, is gutter politics. #cdnpoli #abpoli #notothenine.
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Canada's population growth slows to lowest level in 80 years
The population is also aging with the median age now at 40.9 years
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New ads just dropped - There’s a poll out tomorrow via CBC that apparently shows the UCP down. That’s because Danielle Smith’s catering to separatists is unpopular, and the closer we get to Oct 19, the more people are (rightfully) blaming her for this debacle. No to the Nine.
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Poetic ecology and the biology of wonder www.themarginalian.org/2023/12/05/b...
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Poetic Ecology and the Biology of Wonder
“The real disconnect is not between our human nature and all the other beings; it is between our image of our nature and our real nature.”
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Jeremy Klaszus @klaszus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tomorrow (Thurs Sept 24) I'm moderating a panel at the Central Library on the history of western alienation in Alberta. Killer panel with political scientists Lisa Young @jlisayoung.bsky.social, Lori Williams & Anthony Sayers. You should come!
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History of Referendums and Western Alienation Sentiment in Alberta | Calgary Public Library
Have we been here before? As we head towards a much-discussed provincial referendum in October, let’s take a look in the rearview mirror and see how our histories can help inform the present moment. J...
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ConnieL 🟥🍁🟥🐝🌲 Living with COPD @connieskp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Unions must retain their right to strike. Without it, we all lose. That is their bargaining power and when they start losing their power, we start losing ours too. Support your unions. Our rights are on the line.
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Sarah Elmeligi @elmeligisarah.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Premier has NO IDEA how vital temporary foreign workers are to our community. The UCP wants to slap a $1,900 health fee on temporary foreign workers and make OUR businesses pay for it. (1/2)
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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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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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
John Coltrane, born 100 years ago today, on creativity, perseverance against rejection, and how hardship fuels art www.themarginalian.org/2021/07/06/j...
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Coltrane on Creativity, Perseverance Against Rejection, and How Hardship Fuels Art
“Innovators always seek to revitalize, extend and reconstruct the status quo in their given fields… Quite often they are the rejects, outcasts, sub-citizens, etc. of the very societies …
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Ximena González @ximenaka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So now we’re going to use temporary workers to subsidize health care, much like international students subsidize post-graduate education? Squeeze them out of cash, then kick them out. Seems like the Canadian way.
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Alberta premier floats charging temporary residents $1,900 to access public health care | CBC News
The figure comes as Albertans will vote in the Oct. 19 referendum on charging certain non-permanent residents a "reasonable fee or premium" for access to Alberta's health care and education systems.
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Absolutely shameful from @calgarychamber.bsky.social Xenophobia Misinformation Unconstitutional
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is false and misleading. There is nothing in the constitution that would require Ottawa to negotiate with Alberta if a majority of Albertans choose Option 2 on Question 10. Alberta Proud is a registered third-party advertiser. Daniel Kary, of Calgary, is the main contact/CFO.
There's a lot of confusion about what Question 10 on the October 19 ballot actually means, so let's be clear.
Question 10 gives voters two options: remain a province of Canada, or start the legal process toward a binding referendum. A binding referendum means a future province-wide vote whose result the government is legally required to act on, not just listen to and ignore. Choosing the second option doesn't take Alberta out of Canada.
Under Canada's constitution, if enough Albertans choose the second option, Ottawa would be required to come to the table for a real conversation about Alberta's place in Canada, how our resources are managed, and whether we're getting a fair return.
Are you voting on October 19?
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now is the time to make your voting plan, by mail, at an advance poll, or on election day. We are working hard to bring 1,000,000 Albertans to the polls to save Canada. Canada is strongest when we all show up. 🇨🇦
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Give Voice AB - Resistance, rooted in community. @givevoiceab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#StAlbert Wed Sept 23 12:30-1:30 PM
No to the Nine lawn signs Sept 23
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Pseudo-psarah 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is how you lose the progressives, Mr. Carney. Very quickly.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 17/09/2026
New research from Proton finds 87% of top Canadian companies depend on US tech companies. For governments, it’s even worse: 100% of federal, provincial, and territorial governments rely on US companies for email. As Canada turns away from the US, major institutions need to cut that reliance.
100% of Canadian governments and 87% of major Canadian companies depend on US companies for email services.
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 22/09/2026
As healthcare increasingly relies on artificial intelligence, systems trained on decades of male-centered data risk carrying medicine’s gender biases into the future.
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Decades of Male-Focused Medical Research Could Bias Healthcare AI
Many people will learn CPR using a flat-chested manikin. A 2024 study of 20 models of CPR manikins sold worldwide found that three-quarters were described as male or had no sex specified. Of the 20,…
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When the convoy came to town, a lot of people said Ottawa was a city of wimps. "In XYZ city, we'd never let people get away with that!" But Ottawa residents *value* freedom of assembly & we also know how biased people are when it comes to who they will & won't arrest.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just admit it, Premier: the UCP is a separatist party.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From our Calgary live show! “People need to know that this is the level of corruption we’re dealing with.” NDP leader Naheed Nenshi on the UCP, Mickey Amery and Corruptcare. (Now available on our YouTube) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Your vote is so valuable that the far-right have launched campaigns to discourage you from voting - see post below They don't need you to actually vote They just need you to stay home By staying home & not voting you're saying you're okay with separation, racism & giving Smith more power #ableg
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
new @albertasvoice.ca website just dropped. Check it out! whatcouldweget.ca
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What Could We Get for $134 Million?
What could Alberta get for $134.3 million instead of a referendum?
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Steve Ricketts @stevericketts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
this 👇 everyone, esp the separatists, are twisting the wording to suit their purpose. don't fall for it
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I keep meeting smart informed Albertans who tell me they do not intend to vote, because they don’t want to legitimize the process, or because they know the premier is not bound by the results. But what if making us give up on voting is the whole point? My argument to vote - no matter the absurdity.
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Jonathan Leggo @jjleggo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is exactly right — stop trying to buy votes in AB. It’s not going to work bc the people you are trying to buy have made hating the federal government their entire personality. (This also goes for the ABNDP, btw. You need to lean left — the more centre-right you become, the more you’re hated)
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Pseudo-psarah 🇨🇦 @smarvsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yup. Hard agree. The feds will not lose support by pushing back on behalf of all of us. The vast majority of Albertans would welcome it. We are exhausted from fighting this corruption and we need help. Not sure? Ask Ed Sheeran how staying neutral on obvious blatant fuckery worked out for him.
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Smith is doing everything she can to tilt the table in favour of the separatists, and the only way to deal with that is to make it completely undeniable that Albertans are voting to stay. Danielle Smith is a complete affront to democracy, and she needs to be embarrassed by the results.
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