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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 3h
“her most horrible memory is what a nun did at her school after a young girl gave birth to a baby. “There was this nun walking with this little pink bundle,” Favel told the hearings. “Right into the furnace, they burnt that little baby’s body.” globalnews.ca/news/200201/...
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Regina hearings hear from elders who lived through residential school system | Globalnews.ca
REGINA - The dark legacy of the residential school system is being explored at Regina hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 3h
“The senior boys had to participate in the disposal of some of these newborn bodies when the girls would get pregnant,” he said. Some of the bodies were thrown into the two furnaces that were on school grounds” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.timescolonist.com/local-news/s...
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Students were forced to dispose of newborns at Kuper Island residential school, says survivor
“They stripped us of our dignity. They raped us. They whipped us, and they did everything possible to … defeat us mentally, physically,” survivor says
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 3h
“It should not be controversial to say: it is not okay that 3,200 children died in their schools. Without their families. It is not okay to bury children at school. Regardless off how they died.” ### orlaghokelly.substack.com/p/reclaiming...
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Reclaiming Truth before Reconciliation
Truth means zero tolerance for Residential School Denialism
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18h
This is fantastic news for Ben and his family! But it's also another example of how badly the UCP have screwed up AISH. Ben was forced onto ADAP, a social media outcry caused a re-evaluation and then Ben was approved AISH after they found out about a press conference. /1
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 20h
“Ms. 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.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle Smith
The referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23h
“faster care for one patient isn’t a system-wide reduction in waiting if someone else simply waits longer. Choice is not the same as capacity. And activity is not the same as progress.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...
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Opinion: Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?
When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it?
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Calgary could lose between 44,000 and 69,000 jobs if Alberta separates and trade costs rise, according to a new report commissioned by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
ctvnews.ca
Alberta separation could mean tens of thousands fewer Calgary jobs: chamber report
Calgary could lose between 44,000 and 69,000 jobs if Alberta separates and trade costs rise, according to a new report commissioned by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Top analysts expect a flood of online propaganda and misinformation to begin even as the votes are counted. The purpose is to convince people the referendum was crooked.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Braid: A social media bombardment will tell the world the referendum is rigged
The referendum will hand an easy victory to the federalists, but bad social media actors will try to convince the world it was rigged.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We stand with Kúkwpi7 Rosanne Casimir and k'emlúps te Sewépem in condemning these actions and calling for meaningful action against racism, white supremacy, hate-motivated conduct and Indian Residential School denialism.” Confederacy of Treaty 6 calls out the racism in BC.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Danielle Smith announced today that while she has sold her train restaurant... She's looking to get a new set of trains to play with. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The UCP, who as conservatives don’t believe in picking winners and losers, apparently want to put their entire foot on the scales of tuition costs in Alberta… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thegauntlet.ca/documents-sh...
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Documents show proposed new tuition framework for Alberta’s students
Proposed tuition framework presented to student leaders in late August, may have considerable impact on arts education here in Alberta.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New episode! Healthcare! Referendum confusion! And we take a look at the divisive atmosphere that Danielle Smith & the UCP have cultivated & how that’s allowed separatist leaders who are more than a little problematic to bubble to the top! youtube.com/live/BGit7aE...
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Episode 8.54 - September 27th, 2026 Alberta Politics Roundup!
YouTube video by The Breakdown AB
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“by putting these questions to Albertans, the UCP is just looking for another scapegoat. The Premier will absolutely shrug off accountability and say “Albertans wanted us to target temporary workers and businesses who hire them.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.womenofabpoli.ca/p/albertas-r...
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Alberta’s referendum is an affront to our values; as Canadians, and Albertans
The ask is insulting, the cost is offensive, and there’s no logic to be found.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Even nature has had it with Danielle Smith's attempts at misleading Albertans through spin.... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New episode! Healthcare! Referendum confusion! And we take a look at the divisive atmosphere that Danielle Smith and the UCP have cultivated and how that’s allowed separatist leaders who are more than a little problematic to bubble to the top! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Alberta separatism is provocative, divisive, disloyal to Canada, and a threat to our democracy. It is nothing less than a radicalized movement that undermines our capacity to protect ourselves against the threat of domination by the United States.” thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
thetyee.ca
The Uncomfortable Roots of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
It’s a home-grown movement sparked by the Freedom Convoy protests. An excerpt from ‘Divided We Fall.’
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This pandemic of disinformation and dishonesty, through the conduit of the Alberta separatist movement, is testing not our hospitals but our political institutions and our belief that Canada is worth fighting for.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thewalrus.ca/alberta-sepa...
thewalrus.ca
Alberta Separatism Is Built on a Big Lie | The Walrus
Danielle Smith has turned western grievance into a national unity crisis
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"We believe there is an important conversation to be had about ensuring that investments in addiction and recovery reach the front lines, particularly culturally grounded services serving urban Indigenous populations." Alberta loses another recovery program. #abpoli #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the DM's... Meanwhile, in education... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It takes a special kind of bigotry... To read the definition of hate speech and follow it up by saying "I'm going to take it to another level"... Before launching into an appalling attack on an entire religion. But Alberta Separatists are apparently up to that task. #abpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
NDP MLA Nagwan Al-Guneid has announced she will not be running for re-election #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Brian Jean - The AER is an arms length regulator! Also Brian Jean - I had the AER over for dinner! Also also Brian Jean - Here’s a roughly $20,000 raise for the board chair of the AER! Nothing to see here folks. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“A court-appointed receiver says Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm moved $11.5 million from a First Nation trust it controlled to help cover a court-ordered payment it owed to another First Nation client” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1207056...
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$11.5M from Sturgeon Lake trust helped fund Rath firm’s Tallcree payment: receiver | Globalnews.ca
Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath’s firm took $11.5 million from one First Nation trust to help him make a court-ordered refund to another First Nation, court documents show.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“A subsequent investigation into the incident determined that the two men involved are believed to have made comments about the victim’s gender and ethnicity prior to the assault.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
ctvnews.ca
Woman trapped in port-a-potty was a hate crime, Calgary police say
Two men, one from Calgary and another from B.C., are facing charges after an attack on a woman this summer that police say was motivated by hate.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“The Calgary Firefighters Association says it's seen a 143-per-cent increase in overdose calls in the first seven months of 2026, compared to the same period last year” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Calgary firefighters union raises alarm over ‘shocking’ spike in overdose calls
The Calgary Firefighters Association says it's seen a 143-per-cent increase in overdose calls in the first seven months of 2026, compared to the same period last year. As the CBC's Terri Trembath repo...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We’re at the halfway mark! Tickets are over 50% gone for our live show in Red Deer where we’re teaming up with The Harmonious Gentlemen! If you live in Central Alberta, get yours now! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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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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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Smith - There are 246,000 temporary workers with 48,000 kids in the education system & they visited hospitals 300,000 times. That math doesn't math. So every single temporary workers and every single kid visited a hospital at least once? She's' right. That math doesn't math.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Newly released data show severe storms — not ballooning injury costs — were behind the spike in claims Alberta’s United Conservative government is using to justify the switch to no-fault auto insurance” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta...
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Data shows severe weather, not injuries, behind spike used to justify Alberta's no-fault auto insurance move: lawyers group
Newly released data show severe storms — not ballooning injury costs — were behind the spike in claims Alberta's United Conservative government is using to justify the switch to no-fault auto insuranc...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wait… Albertans had to do the whole ridiculous bank by etransfer nonsense because there was no way to suspend the fuel tax and it was completely impractical… But now we’re suspending the fuel tax? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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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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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is impressive fence sitting, even by Danielle Smith's standards... First she says that the UCP's presidents claims that she isn't spending money campaigning against separatism are false... But then she confirms the advertising spend only is going towards her 9 questions?
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When you just desperately need a good news story but have absolutely no costs or investment numbers to provide... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Premier is not spending $4 million on promoting " sovereign Alberta within a united Canada!!! She's promoting: VOTE YES TO THE (!!!" - UCP President Rob Smith
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New episode! The final segment of our August 29 live show in Calgary has dropped and it’s a conversation with NDP leader Naheed Nenshi! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
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Episode 8.53 - Live In Calgary (Part 5) - NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi!
Podcast Episode · The Breakdown With Nate Pike · September 21 · 1h 11m
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New episode! The final segment of our August 29 live show in Calgary has dropped and it’s a conversation with NDP leader Naheed Nenshi! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli youtu.be/QTtz9pmTAKo
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Episode 8.53 - Live In Calgary (Part 5) - NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi!
YouTube video by The Breakdown AB
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“a close look at her career in media and politics reveals that she is little more than a political opportunist whose primary ambition is wielding state power to reward her allies and discipline her enemies.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Danielle Smith is no separatist – she’s something even more dangerous
Smith isn’t the ideologue her opponents portray her as, but she is a power-seeking opportunist
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICYMI! Recent alllegations raise serious questions about the involvement of not only Danielle Smith's Executive Director Rob Andersons competence & integrity... It calls into serious question the competence & integrity of Alberta's Justice Minister! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wherein Danielle Smith admits that at least one of the questions in her incredibly costly, incredibly divisive referendum… Won’t accomplish anything and she never expected it to. She just wanted to make a point. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Uh oh. Looks like Preston forgot to press pause on his Spotify playlist before going live today... (Audio for sure on for this one folks) #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
STUNNING! Recent alllegations raise serious questions about the involvement of not only Danielle Smith's Executive Director Rob Andersons competence & integrity... It calls into serious question the competence & integrity of Alberta's Justice Minister! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huh. Lookit that. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you watch one clip this week, this should be it. According to Peter Guthrie, Danielle Smith's Executive DIrector Rob Anderson & her Justice Minister Mickey Amery weren't just bystanders on the "CorruptCare" Scandal. They were active participants at the heart of it. #abpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tonight at 7! You’re not going to want to miss this! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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The Chief Electoral Officer Must Postpone the Alberta Referendum
Elections Alberta is in over its head
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They... They think they'll have results 3 hours after the polls close. Someone help us write a caption to this... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BREAKING!!! "The Assembly of Treaty Chiefs (AOTC) of Treaty 6, 7, and 8, alongside the Blackfoot Confederacy, passed an emergency resolution supporting Saddle Lake Cree Nation’s exercise of its inherent & Treaty health jurisdiction, invoking the medicine chest clause." #abpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Just a couple of UCP provincial board members attending a separatist event while Danielle Smith swears she and the UCP are campaigning for Canada… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Part 3 of our live show in Calgary is now live! Dr Duane Bratt (@duanebratt.bsky.social) goes through the state of the institutions that protect Alberta’s democracy… And answers the question… “How authoritarian is Alberta under Danielle Smith’s UCP?” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“CBC News' request for comment from the premier's office was directed to the Ministry of Justice. A spokesperson for the justice minister directed questions about Elections Alberta to the agency.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Former Elections Alberta staff raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns about 'Water Not Coal' petition verification | CBC News
Five former Elections Alberta employees are raising “mismanagement” concerns about how Corb Lund's citizen initiative petition was validated, alleging procedures changed and that there was a lack of t...
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