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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 7m
In overruling Edmonton's elected council, Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams actually said that those who supported the bylaw were "unAlbertan and UnCanadian." The hypocrisy of Danielle Smith complaining about federal overreach at the news conference was next level.
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 20h
Reading Andre Pratte's book on Wilfrid Laurier, as one does.
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RexLibris @rexlibris.bsky.social · 22h
Voters in Three Hills demand that Edmonton city council be brought to heel on the subject of public parking and infill development!
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 22h
All lanes are Alberta provincial government lanes
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Party of small government…
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Elmo's Long Exasperated Sigh
ALT: Elmo's Long Exasperated Sigh
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Keith Gerein @keithgerein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Guess we'll see what the details are tomorrow, but it appears the UCP gov't has found another way to gut the autonomy of city councils. There's not much left for them to conquer. The disrespect to local voters is real. #yeg #ableg
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I didn't mince my words. Alberta's anti-immigration referendum questions are racist. They are also a potential disaster for Alberta's economy. Last night, I rose in the Senate to denounce them - and to thank all the thousands of Albertans fighting against them. Please share. #notothenine #cdnpoli
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Watch: Senator Paula Simons denounces Alberta's anti-immigrant referendum questions
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 06/10/2026
Congratulations to Quebec Premier-elect Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on becoming Canada’s second sitting separatist premier. Danielle Smith must be thrilled to finally have some company.
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Poor Péquistes, now that they’re officially a minority, they’ll have to discriminate against themselves
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 05/10/2026
The New Democrats have requested an emergency debate in Parliament about whether work by Republican party-affiliated operatives to help mobilize Alberta separatist votes amounts to foreign interference.
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Report linking Alberta separatists to Americans sparks call for emergency debate
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 04/10/2026
What a fascinating view into the Russians’ opinions and impressions of the world ecfr.eu/publication/...
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Bewitched sleep: Russians’ views on Ukraine and the world – European Council on Foreign Relations
New research shows Russians see little prospect of influencing the war in Ukraine, but expect relations with Europe to improve in the future.
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 04/10/2026
Heartbreaking to watch. "Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted to Russia, subjected to heavy indoctrination and even military training to turn them into soldiers." www.cbc.ca/player/play/... #JusticeAndAccountability #BringThemHome #ProtectUkrainianChildren #HumanRights
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The children abducted by Putin’s war machine
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted to Russia, subjected to heavy indoctrination and even military training to turn them into soldiers. CBC’s Terence McKenna explains what’s hap...
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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If a neighbouring country is sending political operatives from the ruling party into Canada to advise and assist separatists on how to promote and campaign for secession from Canada and providing them with technological and logistical support for their campaign, that country is no longer an ally.
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stephen Harper has, as we've long awaited, weighed in against Alberta separatism. But man oh man, do I have to strongly quibble with him claiming sentiment was zero when he was PM. Here's a 2014 poll putting belief in separation at 23%, which is where it sits now. nationalpost.com/opinion/step...
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 02/10/2026
Jason Stephan and Danielle Smith didn’t have the courage to campaign as separatists in the last election. But as long as she keeps him in the party, the whole UCP will have to next time. Good luck!
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Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For the last time: the UCP is NOT a separatist party! We just happen to have a lot of separatists who have taken over Constituency Associations, been elected MLAs, and have a leader who enjoys lowering the bar and changing laws to enable separatists. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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UCP MLA says he’s voted in favour of Alberta holding binding referendum on independence | CBC News
Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan says he has voted in favour of Alberta’s government proceeding with a legally binding referendum on separation, but adds he hopes to see Canada united if Alberta is “t...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The mind that boggles at this phenomenon—the inevitable result of putting violent xenophobic assholes in power and letting them run amok—is probably reeling at all sorts of basic cause and effect situations.
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 30/09/2026
In 1973, Phyllis Webstad, age 6, arrived at residential school in a new orange shirt her grandmother had bought her. To her, the shirt stood for belonging. It was taken away on her first day. Today, in part, is about what was taken from children. 🪶 READ: orangeshirtday.org/about/phylli...
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Nicholas Keung @nicholaskeung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It’s on immigration Smith’s talent for taking the most feverish fantasies of the far-right and translating them into terms that sound reasonable to the broader public is displayed most prominently, writes @readtheorchard.org www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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The most worrying part of the Alberta referendum isn’t separatism
Five questions are about immigration and immigrants.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 29/09/2026
My new book, “Dark Phoenix: The Rise, Fall, and Re-emergence of Danielle Smith,” is out two weeks from today! If you like my work on Alberta politics, please consider preordering it. Preorders are important in signalling demand to booksellers and media. Link below 👇👇👇
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BYCTOM @byctom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SENATOR: I have these text messages that put you in Saskatchewan watching the Roughriders. The very city that you claim to have never been in. You are under arrest for perjury. You are dead meat. WITNESS: (ruffling papers) actually I was seeing the Ottawa Rough Riders.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This grim, gripping report on Canada’s biggest Covid-19 outbreak from the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute should be required reading for all Albertans - and all Canadians. Especially those who’ve decided to forget how deadly and terrifying the early months of Covid truly were.
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Parkland Institute
Parkland Institute is an Alberta-wide, non-partisan research centre situated within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In which Conrad Black simultaneously a) surrenders in advance, and b) gives up the game behind US interference in Alberta's referendum. #cdnpoli
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Chris McClure 🇨🇦 @chrisjmcclure.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli
An excerpt from the article discussing the political corruption that is perhaps the greatest in Canadian history but is being overshadowed by Smith's misdirection against Ottawa.
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Calgary Herald @calgaryherald.com · 26/09/2026
Opinion: Alberta’s referendum turns immigrants into scapegoats for government inaction calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new trailer for Alex Gibney's documentary about Elon Musk was just released. gizmodo.com/elon-musk-do...
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 23/09/2026
CRITICAL : You only have until Friday to request your mail-in ballots for the October referendum! Make sure your friends, family, coworkers and acquaintances all have a plan to cast their vote in the October 19 referendum.
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Elections Alberta @elections.ab.ca · 23/09/2026
2026 REFERENDUM - Where to Vote Not sure where to vote during Advance Voting or on October 19? Refer to your Where to Vote card to find your voting location or visit map.elections.ab.ca!
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Systemic racism is an economic issue and its basis is depriving others of the opportunity to prosper and thrive. If Premier Smith and her office are wondering why Albertans think her referendum questions are racist (or unconstitutional) this is why. This entire referendum is undignified & ugly.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A special provincial health fee jist for non-provincial workers in Alberta, atop the taxes they pay. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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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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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
As a woman, I’m furious at the fake emotional performance. This is where Smith’s true character shines through: tough when attacking, victim when challenged, crocodile tears when the heat is on. Fake as a Rolex bought from a guy in a trench coat. #ABPoli womenofabpoli.substack.com/p/in-politic...
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In politics, image is everything
Danielle Smith has miscalculated the moment she created for herself.
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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 21/09/2026
There’s no time for tears when the fate of our country is at stake. www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/sm...
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SMITH MUST DRY HER SEPARATIST TEARS AND COME CLEAN WITH ALBERTANS
Engaging Albertans to build an economy for the future.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 21/09/2026
What's happening in Alberta is even more batshit than I ever thought. Danielle Smith is a dangerous psychopath, and the AB separatist movement largely exists because COVID broke far-right brains, and is led by Christo-fascist religious white nationalists, relying on dark money. 2/n
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"No, that's not true." Premier Danielle Smith appears to be saying UCP party president Rob Smith lied about a conversation between the two. She says she never told him that the government's referendum campaign would take a mostly neutral position on separation.
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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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Heather McPherson MP @heathermcpherson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Let’s be clear: Question 10 is separation. The other nine are a slow walk toward it. These racist questions divide Albertans and scapegoats immigrants. It’s shameful. That’s not the Alberta we should be building. No to the nine. Yes to Canada. 🇨🇦 www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Alberta’s shameless attempt to scapegoat immigrants
Opponents of secession have been vocal, but where are the people standing up for newcomers to the province?
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance. Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke. The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"In past conflicts, preparing lists of proposed targets — work that includes assessing how they align with an operation’s objectives — had taken hours for staffers to complete. Ahead of the US attack on Iran, much of that work was condensed into several minutes via Maven," a Palantir AI system.
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 18/09/2026
An hour of me talking about polling data on separation sentiment with CBC Alberta at Noon host Andrew Brown, trimmed down to 3 minutes:
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Nathan Bulmer @natemorebikes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Elections Alberta says over 500K mail-in referendum ballots requested so far. For context, that would represent 29% of the total votes cast in the 2023 provincial election. ca.news.yahoo.com/elections-al...
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Elections Alberta says over 500K mail-in referendum ballots requested so far
EDMONTON — Elections Alberta says it has now seen more than 500,000 requests for mail-in ballots for the Oct. 19 referendum.
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David Coletto @davidcoletto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Donald Trump is enormously unpopular in Alberta. 14% positive. 72% negative. The exception? Those who want to begin the independence process. Among them, Trump is net positive: 44% positive, 35% negative. abacusdata.ca/alberta-at-...
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Daniel Kay Hertz @danielkayhertz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your 20s are for believing everything is structural and your 30s are for learning that actually it's often just some guy or small group of guys (gender neutral)
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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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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Alberta - Kyle Campbell, the NDP candidate in Calgary-Shaw, has won the by-election. 🟠NDP FLIP
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NDP wins Calgary-Shaw. Advanced votes swung hard for the NDP. Final total NDP 7461 UCP 6879 Tory 978 Liberal 602.
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Stuart Chambers, PhD @progstu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Free speech in America--that is, until wealthy, powerful Americans feel uncomfortable. Then the offensiveness veto is applied with a vengeance: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after ‘free Palestine’ speech
The American rapper will no longer support Sheeran’s US leg of Loop tour after comments at MetLife Stadium show
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