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Sugar Sunshine

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3rd Stage Colon Cancer Survivor. My body clearly hates me and I am a bit cranky. Nothing I have is curable, so don't pester me with "Cures".

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 4h
In the wake of The Globe's investigation, a Calgary MP calls for Canada to consider overhauling laws to address the kind of freelance negotiating trips Alberta separatists made to DC: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Grant Robertson, Nathan VanderKlippe, and friend
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Alberta separatists’ talks with GOP spark outcry, call for legislative change
Calgary Liberal MP says Canada needs to consider overhauling its laws to address the kind of freelance negotiating trips that separatist leaders have made to D.C.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 10h
New research suggests vaccines could help prevent #autism www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... "...results underscore 'the importance of strengthening global vaccination programs and other preventive strategies.'" #VaccinesWork
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New research suggests vaccines could help prevent autism
A major new study of 3.7 million people suggests certain infections, including rubella, could be linked to the development of autism in babies born with the disease.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
They would sell themselves, and their province, to the Trump administration for pennies on the dollar. The question I keep asking: why has the business community been so willing to go along with this charade for so long?
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A professor at the University of Waterloo #Canada has developed a filter to filter out microplastics from drinking water
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This kind of math can only be best described as full on BS! Only way these numbers work for TFWs is simply dividing number of TFWs by the total budgets for HC and EDUC. No way govt has cross referenced actual costs to each worker… this is all averages and nonsense!
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Dr. Andy Holt @drandyholt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An article worth reading. “This separatist movement is a guerrilla faction of the global far right which is attacking open societies across the world.” I could not agree more.
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Dr Lindsay Tedds @lindsaytedds.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today in my public finance class, two days before the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: a treaty is a fiscal commitment. The 1850 Robinson Treaties promised annuities that rise if the land produces enough "without incurring loss." Frozen at $4 since 1875. Still being priced.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The UCP's hidden tax plan is becoming more apparent - despite their attempts to HIDE IT! It will massively impact the wealth of Alberta's business owners, employees, seniors, and those requiring medical care 1/5
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Her ballot questions aren't genuine, they are poison pills meant to trap us. #abpoli.
A dark, dramatic referendum graphic shows a hand with long red-and-black pointed nails holding a red apple, evoking the poison apple from a fairy tale. Text reads “I VOTED FOR OPTION 1 TO REMAIN IN CANADA,” followed by “NO TO THE NINE OTHER QUESTIONS.” On the right, white and red text reads “DON’T FALL FOR HER POISON APPLE QUESTIONS.” The black, white, and red design uses the apple as a metaphor for deceptive or misleading referendum questions.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I do hope the separatists come to realize that it was their hero Donald Trump that did this to them.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The real Alberta Advantage is that 100% of our podcasts are sponsored by online gambling companies.
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Elegant Sledgehammer FREE LINK @tinyteerex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"We have problems, but these changes are not going to fix them for the public system,” he said. "So the only ones benefiting are the chartered surgical facilities, investors and then the insurance industry.” The purpose of a system is what it does. - Stafford Beers
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Most breathtakingly cynical move? Kenney ran a kamikaze candidate and became UCP leader in an election that involved voter fraud. Then he was replaced by Danielle Smith who dumped the Wildrose and crossed the floor to join the Conservatives.
The guy who broke BC's economy is now breaking the law in a sneaky and cynical attack on democracy.

He's forcing an election two years ahead of the legislated date purely to exploit a pending leadership change in the main opposition party. It's the most breathtakingly cynical move I have ever seen in Canadian politics.

Hopefully BC voters will demonstrate that they refuse to be manipulated by punishing Eby and his incompetent, ideologically obsessed government.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 23/09/2026
I'm in Alberta. Our guy's on meth and season 8.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Q - Won't making businesses pay $1900 a year extra for their workers just cause them to have to increase costs & pass those on to consumers? Smith - Your business should be able to handle that. It's not that much. So Albertans will pay either way. Great referendum.
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ConnieL 🟥🍁🟥🐝🌲 Living with COPD @connieskp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What a heartless bitch.
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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sept 25th last day to order a mail-in special ballot. Going to vote in advance, make a plan. #abpoli specialballot.elections.ab.ca/index/8400
A political graphic showing a crocodile partially submerged in bright blue water, with only its eyes, snout and upper body visible above the surface. Large black text at the top reads, “ENOUGH WITH THE CROCODILE TEARS. GIVE HER SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT.” Large red text near the lower left reads, “VOTE.” The image uses the crocodile as a visual reference to the phrase “crocodile tears.” A small Adobe Free Image watermark appears in the upper right corner.A political graphic on a dark teal background showing a large translucent blue-green bubble on the right and a hand in a black suit holding a sharp pin toward the bubble from the upper left. Text at the top reads, “LET’S BURST HER BUBBLE.” with “BURST” highlighted in coral red. Text in the lower left reads, “I VOTED OPTION 1 TO REMAIN IN CANADA NO TO THE OTHER NINE QUESTIONS,” with “OPTION 1,” “NO,” and “NINE” highlighted in coral red. A small “FREE ADOBE IMAGE” watermark appears in the lower right.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
WATCH LIVE: The UCP has confirmed they are a separatist party... www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT8OeFLLz0E
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UCP Confirms They Are a Separatist Party
YouTube video by Alberta's New Democrat Caucus
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Dizzy ★ @tindizzy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yeah. Gee. Retroactively increasing Albertans’ EI benefits as PMJT’s first act as PM, buying us a pipeline, giving us universal dental and CT rebates to 80% of the population sure was ‘abusive’, boy. 🙄
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Im Calling Bullshit Bullshit Detector
Alt: Im Calling Bullshit Bullshit Detector
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NO evidence to support UCP & separatists (hateful) lies about immigrants. "The evidence on this point is consistent. Migrants in high-income countries are, on average, healthier than host populations and contribute more economically than they consume in services." healthydebate.ca/2026/04/topi...
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Alberta can’t rely on immigrant workers while denying them health care - Healthy Debate
Alberta cannot build a functioning health system by recruiting newcomers to sustain it while denying some the care they need to live, work and stay.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In an FB post, UCP party president Rob Smith writes "Premier (Smith) IS NOT spending $4 million on promoting “a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada”!!! He adds she told him any language on the separation question would be neutral and not as persuasive as Smith's other 9 questions.
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Kevin Kohle @kmkohle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Must watch ⬇️
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🚨 Don't believe separatists lies.👇 ZERO evidence immigrants: - increase crime (on the contrary) - hurt healthcare system (on the contrary) - hurt education system (on the contrary) - etc etc. This noise nothing more than divisive hate-mongering. thewalrus.ca/albertas-sep... via @thewalrus.ca
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Alberta’s Separatists Are Chasing a Total Cowboy Fantasy | The Walrus
The province they describe—rural, homogeneous, under siege—bears little resemblance to reality
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thinking about what the UCP have done to people on AISH compared to how they treated Sam Mraiche makes me flip tables.
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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Local woman sniffs onion before speech.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
by Myself and Dr. Roberta Lexier "We call on Premier Smith to do the right thing: Cancel the referendum until we fully understand the accusations surrounding EA. Start an investigation into what happened. And fully resource the organization entrusted with ensuring Alberta’s democracy."
edmontonjournal.com
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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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If the Alberta NDP had any jam they'd go after this *hard* and call out the premier's ongoing campaign to turn Albertans into victims and whiners. That's not the Alberta of Lougheed, Notley...not even Klein. Instead, they'll probably talk about how these grievances are "legitimate". #abpoli
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West Coast Lad in the Maritimes @dbhardy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yeah it's always the evil Feds. Apparently the Alberta government has no power whatsoever to do anything.
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Kathy J 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇺🇦 📎 @ladyscotia.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I am so fucking sick and tired of burta blaming the feds for THEIR OWN FUCKING PROBLEMS.
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Catelli @catelli.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A province without a Provincial Sales Tax should not be allowed to cry about financial suffering and being unable to meet the needs of the population. You're poor on purpose.
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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 19/09/2026
Traditionally, the list of electors serves as the foundation of both the common 'get-out-the-vote' electoral strategy and for fundraising efforts. Restricting access to have it may have big consequences—but it's hard to know, because very few jurisdictions in any western democracy withhold the list.
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is a great idea!
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BETTER IS POSSIBLE: CALGARY-SHAW PROVES IT WITH HISTORIC ALBERTA NDP WIN WATCH LIVE: youtube.com/live/ktSe_U9SDqo?featur…
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BETTER IS POSSIBLE: CALGARY-SHAW PROVES IT WITH HISTORIC ALBERTA NDP WIN
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I know this is obvious to most, but in Canada academics don’t personally get funds from grants. The money held by institution. Resources used to fund work, pay trainees, etc. These cranks try to create perception that we have been paid off when they know that is a lie. They are shameless…
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🚨 Increasingly, trust in science is about politics. On one side of political spectrum, the doubt mongers are winning. People trust scientists seen to be 'on their side', UK study find www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Ryan Jespersen @ryanjespersen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Please don't 'Albertasplain' to me..." @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social says Alberta's referendum questions on immigration fly in the face of the province's history and identity. Do you agree with her? 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/091126Simons 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/091126 #abpoli #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📣 Dear Separatists, Again, you are being manipulated‼️ A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/i... via @nationalobserver.com "...presenting fake images, names and quotes from over 100 invented Alberta voters..."
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A US-linked network of fake websites is promoting Alberta separatism to AI chatbots
The websites present crude, AI-generated slop disguised as the voice of real Albertans. But they're made in Florida — and they're not even targeting Albertans directly.
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Amanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Parents of girls over 12 all over Alberta are now receiving “permission forms” requiring their birth sex as female in order to participate in sports as a result of the Government of Alberta’s “Fairness and Safety in Sport Act”. The more parents who file a challenge in response, the better.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bruce McAllister is a senior advisor to Alberta's premier. He hosted the anti-immigrant Alberta Next Panels. He attacked Senator Paula Simons for calling out the racist referendum questions. Now he's openly supporting an extremist white nationalist party's racist anti-immigration policy.
Bruce McAllister: Finally someone on a major stage saying it out loud instead of hiding behind slogans. Shout it from the rooftops please Alice!
You can’t run a welfare state, bring in millions who need support, and keep energy prices this high without the books blowing up. It’s also tearing up the social fabric and native culture. People are waking up. Now watch the mainstream media ignore all of it - while twisting themselves into pretzels labelling her alt-right anyway.Shannon Phillips: The AfD is the far-right party in Germany that German intelligence services have classified as extremists, Bruce. 

Multiple intelligence services have documented AfD ties to the Kremlin. 

@ABDanielleSmith
 maybe come back from holidays to check in on Bruce. He’s unwell. 
#ableg
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 06/09/2026
Are you skeptical of the Smith government's claims that immigrants are to blame for their own mismanagement of our social, health, and education systems? You should be. Check out this website to educate and equip yourself to fight back in this fall's referendum. ouralbertaadvantage.ca
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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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The Albertan @thealbertan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
NEWS: Municipal Affairs minister suggests stock, bond sales to make up for lost revenue
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Municipal Affairs minister suggests stock, bond sales to make up for lost revenue
Mayor Dan Daley says Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams told mayors in mid-sized towns like Olds that they can cope with funding cuts and increase their income by selling stocks or bonds
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
With $130 million, we can buy 100 MRIs to cut wait time for 1000s of Alberans or buy 600 Ambulances prevent Albertans from dying while waiting 85 minutes for an Ambulance ride to hospital. I very sorry to say that our Premier has decided to spend that on a referendum that's dividing Albertans. 🖕
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judy 🇨🇦 @judy-bug.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Never forget that Premier Kenney totally dismantled the investigative arm of Elections Alberta when the Elections Alberta folks were investigating irregularities involving Kenney! #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #UCP #UCPCorruption #DanielleSmith #Project2025 #Never51 #NeverVoteConservative #CanadaSky
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Feel free to look out the window for flying pigs, because I'm sharing a column by Lorne Gunter. "If every UCP minister who had fumbled the ball this summer were punted from cabinet, there wouldn’t be many ministers left." edmontonsun.com/opinion/colu...
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Lorne Gunter: All-in-one licence rollout just the latest UCP red-tape disaster
If every UCP minister who had fumbled the ball this summer were punted from cabinet, there wouldn’t be many ministers left.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
AI billionaire-funded Super PACs will spend millions in the home stretch of the midterms to crush the anti-data center revolt in battleground states. And that's just a drop in the bucket compared to how much these oligarchs would rake in from the AI takeover.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/listen/li... Listening to Minister LaGrange, I'm astounded that she cannot even answer the basic questions put to her. She's leading the attack on publicly funded HC, and yet can't even answer simple questions. Let's break down her answers: 1/11
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 03/09/2026
Everyone's talking about how the Alberta referendum will be all about *turnout*. But how, exactly, would different turnout rates among separation supporters vs. stay-in-Canada supporters affect the outcome? I built a tool where you can play with the numbers and see for yourself:
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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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Jay Gamble @drjaydrno.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We’re changing the date to request a mail-in ballot! We’re changing the declaration that’s already on the ballots: actually, no, you can change it. Just cross it out. Your vote will still totally count. We also won’t jail you for two years. Honest! The UCP: our fuck-up, your government.
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Ghouly Hoye 👻🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Alberta independy spendy referendy update, chapter 14: “After consulting with service providers, Elections Alberta is moving the last day to apply for a special ballot forward to September 25, 2026.” Hard to keep up with all this.
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Deadline to Apply for Special Ballots Changed to September 25, 2026 - Elections Alberta
EDMONTON, AB – After consulting with service providers, Elections Alberta is moving the last day to apply for a special ballot forward to September 25, 2026. This step is being taken to ensure elector...
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