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True Oak

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🇨🇦 🇺🇦 Proud Canadian that happens to live in Alberta. Truth.Science.Rule of Law. 1984 is a cautionary tale not a user guide. Have lovingly tend a pair of oak trees for 30 years. Gardening soothes the soul as does our laddie. Elks.Spurs(FB not BB)

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Donna Burke @momstheword.bsky.social · 3h
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4 people hit in 'collision' that led Tsawwassen First Nation to end Truth and Reconciliation event | CBC
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mark Carney is going to declare the West Coast Oil Pipeline in the national interest this week. Then the real work to get it built will have to begin -- and the oil and gas companies keep telling us they aren't prepared to do it. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/28/o...
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Carney, Smith and the oil companies all have their own plans — but they can’t all be right
The politicking around a new west coast oil pipeline is almost done. Now the real work begins — and the real challenge reveals itself.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 18h
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Google Maps alone cannot show you the full scale of the destruction in Gaza. Recent video from Gaza City. #cdnpoli
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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 21h
The Alberta chapter of the Canadian Bar Association has published an analysis of Premier Smith's nine referendum questions. They find that most of these proposals would invite immediate court challenges, and several of them are not legally clear at all.
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CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis
CBA Alberta Referendum Analysis
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Australia has issued a decision stating that "any Australian citizen holding dual nationality who served in the Israeli military during the genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, must be investigated as a war criminal and prosecuted." #cdnpoli
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Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FACT: BC, Sask, & ON don’t receive equalization either, but we don’t hear them complaining. FACT: Alberta gov’t equalization payment to Ottawa annually is: $0. FACT: The only way conservatives can win is when ABs are angry and misinformed! #abpoli #UCPCorruption #abreferendum
A line graph Illustrating Canada's Equalization Payments for 2026/27
Displays the per capita fiscal capacity of each province, including 100% of resource revenues and equalization.Each province’s fiscal capacity in shown in red and their equalization payment in blue. Alberta, B.C, Saskatchewan, and Ontario do not receive equalization payments. Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, receives equalization payments. The graph is released by Finances of the Nation.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“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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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For anyone in Edmonton driving on Anthony Henday Drive near 111 St wondering what this structure is, it’s the first of two arches being built for the LRT bridge across AHD. They are being constructed beside the road & will be lifted into place once completed. #YEG
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚨 Got this Alberta UPC propaganda in the mail yesterday. It is mostly anti-immigrant hate-mongering noise. Deeply misleading. Our tax dollars paid for this rage farming? Sum: WTF⁉️ ⚠️ VOTE NO TO THE NINE ⚠️
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 29/09/2026
TODAY IN CANADA: In 1962, the Alouette 1 was launched to study the ionosphere; it was Canada's first satellite and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States. 🛰️ YOUR SAY: If Canada launched a new satellite tomorrow, what should we name it?
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Out today is @patricklennox.bsky.social's book "On Treason," about the Alberta referendum. Highly recommended reading.
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On Treason: Alberta Separatism, Foreign Interference, and Canada's Survival in a Revolutionary Age - Biblioasis
“What is happening here in Alberta is an aberration. It does not resemble, in any fashion, democratic politics as normal in Canada. . . . For the last ten years […]
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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You can watch me talking to Patrick about it on my channel here:
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"On Treason" and Alberta Separatism
YouTube video by Dale Smith
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What will Alberta be like in 10 years if we continue down the path laid out by the UCP? What happens once the price of oil drops? Will there be public healthcare & education? Where will people be working? Will there be trust in the judiciary? How are people coping with the hot weather? #ABpoli
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Morgan Wilson @morganificent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So, you know you can send mail to your MLA postage free. You could send it (or many) to your MLA and the postage comes out of the MLA service allowance. You could put a little f*ck, sorry, thank you card in there with a little personal note. I'd commit a few of my tax dollars to that.
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Got my tax payer funded government propaganda in the mail today. I filed it appropriately. #ABpoli #NoToTheNine
UCP government referendum propaganda pamphlet shown being feed into a paper shredder.
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🇨🇦 Calgary City Council, Innisfail Town Council, Strathcona County Council have become the latest municipalities to endorse Alberta remaining in Canada ahead of the October 19 referendum, and Jasper Mayor Richard Irelandpublished a video endorsing Alberta remaining in Canada.
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Alberta referendum 2026: Tracking who's who in the separation debate
A list of pro-Canada and Alberta independence supporters in the October 19, 2026 referendum
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“She is not that popular in Alberta anymore.” Chatted with Poli Sci prof Keith Brownsey about whether other provinces would support Danielle Smith's constitutional referendum asks He argues most wouldn't and that the questions are about breaking up confederation podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
10%. That's how likely @maxfawcett.bsky.social believes a west coast pipeline is to come to fruition despite it soon to be named a major project of national interest. He says Mark Carney has removed excuses for oil companies to invest - but that they won't bite. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
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Carney, Smith and the oil companies all have their own plans — but they can’t all be right
Podcast Episode · The Courtney Theriault Show · September 28 · 13m
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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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Alberta Referendum Countdown @count2abreferendum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‼️Only 2️⃣2️⃣ days left in the Alberta Referendum‼️ ⏰No time for complacency. Inform friends, family, neighbours, co-workers, everyone about the referendum, what the questions really mean & to VOTE‼️ ✊WE have power to send a message! 🗳️VOTE to remain in 🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇦 & 🙅NO🙅to the other nine. #ABpoli #ABleg
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𝒩𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓎 𝒞𝒶𝓃𝒶𝒹𝒾𝒶𝓃 🇨🇦 @lancetay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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HEAD ON TRAIN WRECK!!!! Staged Wreck from 1930's.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News headline "Young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death after HPV jab"
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Donna Burke @momstheword.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...
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CBC/Radio-Canada announces return of Hockey Night in Canada in PWHL partnership | CBC Sports
CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is returning for a 90th season this fall after all. But instead of six-plus months of NHL action, the longest-running sports program in the world will air eight prime time...
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Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The tragedy occurred in a political environment that openly and enthusiastically prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a largely invisible and vulnerable group of workers” Now imagine how much worse this would have been if workers had been denied health care.
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Alberta’s response to COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill plant was ‘catastrophic failure,’ report says
More than 950 workers at High River plant were infected in 2020, leaving two workers dead and spreading to the community
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters.
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glenda_aus🍁🦘 @glendaaus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I call, the way I say “christian”, is the hardest pain ever, like it offends me to my core. They push people too far. #Lethbridge #Alberta
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Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The data I’ve been waiting to see: lots of undecided voters for the other 9 questions, NDP voters better informed. Talk to your networks about “No to the Nine” and hand Danielle her ass in October. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Bar chart of polling results for Alberta’s referendum questions.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dear Alberta, VOTE! 🗳️ NO to the 9. 👎 YES to Canada. 🇨🇦
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The biggest challenge to overcome is complacency & unawareness. Looks like the more people are aware the more they plan to vote No. Spread the word. Get the message out. #NoToTheNine #ABpoli
People not feeling 'connected' to the 9, yet

While 49 per cent of respondents say they don't know how they will vote on the non-separation questions, 75 per cent say they will definitely cast a ballot for all nine questions, with 11 per cent suggesting they may possibly skip some questions.
Forty-four per cent of those polled said they feel either not at all familiar or not very familiar with the nine questions.
"When we look at some of these responses together, what we're seeing is that people have the intention of figuring out these questions and answering them when they go to vote, but they haven't yet done that," Young explained.

Familiarity

Besides the question on separation, the October 19 referendum will include nine other questions on various topics.
How familiar are you with the nine other questions that will be included on the ballot? Are you...
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Very Familiar 22%
Somewhat Familiar 32%
Not Very Familiar 17%
Not At All Familiar 27%
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Truth 💥
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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This, all of this. ✊🏾👏🏾💥 Why aren't senior business leaders across AB industry sectors dropping these statistics on immigration & the absolute dependency that Alberta's workforce has on immigration? Why aren't all the business & political leaders who aren't Canadian-born standing up & speaking out?
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Things I never thought I’d be doing: #ForeverCanadian
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Alberta separatists respond to Janet Brown's poll. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta separatists remain motivated in face of poll suggesting dip in support | CBC News
While some separatists on Friday were downplaying a new poll suggesting support for Alberta independence is softening, others in the movement say it’s giving them motivation to keep working hard as th...
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Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The big lie, treasonous acts, and the “Donbas of the prairies.” Every word is true, and Danielle Smith is at the centre of this divisive, dangerous storm. Will we forego a nation for one woman’s personal ambition?
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Bill Comeau 🇨🇦 @bill-comeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I hope Canadians understand that there are now and will be more foreign-based attempts to virally influence the Alberta separatism vote. Part of this effort will be to sow division within Canada. Non-Albertans attacking "Alberta(ns)" or Albertans attacking "Ottawa/Canada" is exactly what they want.
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The UCP has been working with tech company to bring data centres to Alberta for years. They only started to consult with citizens in 2026 once it was too late. Classic UCP. O&G & tech companies matter. People don’t.
Significant momentum built over the past 24 months.

Alberta Technology Minister Nate Glubish said his conversations with the U.S. tech giant Meta began after the province assembled a working group of ministers and departments in 2024 to develop a road map to bring data centres to Alberta.

"It was the summer of 2024, that was when I first met with the global data centre team at Meta's offices in San Francisco in the Bay area, and made the initial pitch for how Alberta has all of the building blocks of what they need in order to be successful," Glubish said in an interview earlier this week.

"That was the beginning of our conversations... and we've been working with them ever since."

Source: https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-the-years-long-quest-and-future-road-map-to-bringing-data-centres-to-alberta
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Rugged Broad @ruggedbroad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AB’s huge problem: we have a party running the province who didn’t campaign on separation but is largely controlled by separatists. No referendum . Call a f*cking election and put your current party on the ballot.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To put 23% support for a Leave referendum in perspective… The separatist movement is now statistically closer to Zero than it is to a 50% popular majority. The referendum is 24 days from now. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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With time running out, new poll suggests Alberta separatism support is slipping | CBC News
With a little more than three weeks to go until the Oct. 19 referendum, a new poll done for CBC News suggests support for separation has softened since spring.
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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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Hazel B. 🇨🇦 @hab3261.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The provincial UCP government has ruined healthcare, underfunded public education, shamelessly promoted rapid population growth without building the hospitals or classrooms to handle it." Now they want to scapegoat immigrants for all of it. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli
Graphic titled “IMMIGRANTS ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION” with the subtitle “THE FACTS.” Four factual statements appear above an illustration of a row of sharpened wooden pencils. The first states that immigrants make up 23% of Canada’s construction workforce, including 20% of roofers and 16% of electricians. The second states that immigrants make up 25% of registered nurses and 37% of physicians across Canada, while Alberta ranks last among the 10 provinces in per-student education funding. The third states that 90% of immigrants file income taxes in their first year and contribute to provincial revenues from day one. The fourth states that recent immigrants contribute more than $5 billion every year in Alberta taxes, noting that they already contribute to the services they use.
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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The Senate will never be abolished." Chatted with @naheednenshi.bsky.social about his summer campaign to get a million-plus people out to vote for Canada He also calls the other 9 questions an "evil plot" & a waste of time on things that won't happen dcs-spotify.megaphone.fm/CORU67376582...
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ok. Can we now also stop pretending that Alberta is being overrun by international students? Or that the children of international students are overwhelming our public schools? #abpoli #cdnpoli #notothenine
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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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Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Local woman considers crossing floor of provincial legislature to join NDP.
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Danielle Smith’s popularity dips as her party now tied with NDP in support: poll | CBC News
The Janet Brown Opinion Research Poll for CBC News suggests 41 per cent of respondents would vote for the UCP if an election were held today, while 41 per cent would vote for the NDP.
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Holly Hoye 🇨🇦 @hollyhoye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What was said: “We have to figure out what are the trade-offs between providing more density, versus being sensitive and respectful to existing homeowners.” What was meant: “We have to insulate every long-term homeowner from change forever.” One window and a fireplace. Sheesh. Grow up.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After all the promises, why are boil water advisories still a reality for First Nations communities in Canada? APTN News: Answers breaks down the challenges and impacts behind the ongoing issue. Watch: youtu.be/YSrVlP0G8CI
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Why are dozens of First Nations still under drinking water advisories? | APTN News: Answers
Canada has an abundance of freshwater, yet dozens of First Nations communities continue to face long-term drinking water advisories. Why isn’t clean drinking water readily accessible to all…
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True Oak @trueoak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Polls are not votes. We can not become complacent! We need high turnout out voting REMAIN & NO to the Nine to send an overwhelming message to Smith & the UCP. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 #NoToTheNine #ABpoli
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UCP members are currently voting to rank policy proposals to be debated at the party’s AGM in November. This policy supporting Alberta’s independence from Canada is one of the proposals currently in the ranking process and could be debated at the AGM regardless of the Oct 19 referendum results.
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