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Nancy Kirkpatrick @albertamom2.bsky.social · 14d

See you On Tuesday New locations and extra times ✊

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Andrew Knack @andrewknack.bsky.social · 21d

Advanced voting is October 7-11 from 12-8pm

Find information about where to vote and what you need here ⬇️

www.edmonton.ca/city_governm...

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27d

FWIW…

If anyone can let Evan know that we would love to have him on for a chat, we absolutely won’t cut his mic.

Our DM’s are open and our email is in our description.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Nancy Kirkpatrick @albertamom2.bsky.social · 27d

Tonight! The first 3 of 9 ward forums. Hope to see you there.

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@KatyET www.abresistance.ca @katyet.bsky.social · Sep 20

www.sprawlcalgary.com/cbe-election...

The push to ‘conservatize’ Calgary’s public school board | The Sprawl

Not a slate, candidates say.

www.sprawlcalgary.com

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The Alberta Teachers’ Association @albertateachers.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Alberta Teachers' Association has officially filed strike notice. Unless a negotiated settlement can be reached at the bargaining table, teachers will be on strike beginning October 6.

#abed #ableg #KidsCantWaitAB #WeAreATA

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Nancy Kirkpatrick @albertamom2.bsky.social · Sep 11

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Alberta teachers set Oct. 6 strike deadline amid ongoing contract dispute

Plus, health-care workers vote down a tentative agreement negotiated with the employer by a wide margin, but don't expect a strike anytime soon.

open.substack.com

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is bonkers!

A coal company resistant to public scrutiny complained to the minister of energy that scrutiny delayed their work…

And the AER CEO just cancelled the public hearing.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Joint News Release: AER CEO claims unprecedented power to cancel public hearing for coal mine - Alberta Wilderness Association

On August 21, 2025, the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) cancelled the public hearing for Mine 14, an underground metallurgical coal mine near Grande Cache, proposed by Summit Coal Inc.

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Catherine Griwkowsky @cgriwkowsky.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Alberta Medical Association is going to reconvene its expert panel this afternoon to talk to journalists about the surge in measles cases. #ABhealth

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · Jul 4

"By turning antipathy toward immigration into yet another grievance against Ottawa, they are creating space for Albertans to indulge in their worst inclinations.

To have a panel led by the premier indulging in these ideas is simply shameful.": Lisa Young

open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...

The Ugly Underbelly of Alberta Separatism

For the Smith government and the Alberta separatist movement, there’s no shortage of grievances against Ottawa to nurse—everything from environmental policy, to equalization, to the structure of natio...

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Claire Kraatz @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social · Jun 21

Schools are a public good that extreme market proliferation would eventually destroy. #abed @ctffce.bsky.social @sosalberta.bsky.social @pialberta.bsky.social @albertateachers.bsky.social

www.theatlantic.com/education/ar...

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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · Jun 21

👏 🎧 listen to @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social on Sarah Crosbie explain how Minister Nicolaides is not prioritizing the safety of our children

Listen to how Minister Nicolaides is ignoring the ASCA board while creating a fake book crisis. #abpoli
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Calgary mom says classrooms are too hot, too smoky for students

Podcast Episode · CONNECT with Sarah Crosbie · 2025-06-20 · 14m

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · Jun 20

Teachers don’t want to strike. They want to teach.

But the UCP has pushed them to the brink by refusing to invest in classrooms, ignoring basic needs, and treating bargaining like a political game.

Supporting public education means supporting the people who make it possible. #BetterisPossible

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · Jun 21

There is a vaccine. There is a plan that could work.

However, the UCP, or any one of their four health ministers, refuse to act.

globalnews.ca/news/1125212...

Alberta surpasses 1,000 measles cases, AHS warns of potential exposures in Edmonton | Globalnews.ca

"Measles is a virus that spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes," reads a post on the provincial government's website.

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Rakhi Pancholi @pancholirakhi.bsky.social · Jun 21

After years of advocacy, applications for the $200/month Canada Disability Benefit opened today.

But the only provincial govt in Canada that will keep its citizens with disabilities from actually benefiting from it is the UCP.

They are the only ones clawing it back.

It’s cruel & shameful.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · Jun 11

As of September, there will be more bureaucratic hurdles for guest presenters to speak to Alberta students about sexual health, and sexual orientation and gender identity. Alberta Education must also vet any resource teachers plan to use on these topics: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #AbEd #AbLeg

New rules see province screening sex education resources before they hit classrooms | CBC News

Alberta school leaders and groups that deliver school sex education presentations are preparing for new rules taking effect this fall that require the government to first vet all information.

www.cbc.ca

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Sean @seandunn.bsky.social · Jun 11

Announcing you're going to build 90 new schools isn't a flex.

It's an admission of failure.

It's writing-off a generation lost to overcrowded classrooms that you can never get back. You failed those kids and their future.

Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · Mar 4

Graph 2 here is the scenario with no new school construction - which isn't going to happen because the province has announced a plan to construct 90 new schools in the next seven years (across Alberta). #AbEd #yeg #AbLeg

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · Mar 4

Tl;DR, the pace of school construction and modernization/replacement is not keeping pace with enrolment growth in Edmonton public schools.

High schools projected to be full next school year, 2025-26

All EPSB schools projected to be out of space by 2028-29 #AbLeg #AbEd

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · Jun 10

"To accommodate these students, administration said the school’s library, music room and wellness centre will all be converted into classroom space."

This is why teachers voted to strike.

And why we should all support them.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Alberta elementary school ditches library and other rooms because of ‘significant growth’

Parents of a southern Alberta elementary school are being informed of some big changes that could affect their students’ learning in the fall.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Sean @seandunn.bsky.social · Jun 10

Something tells me the Alberta Government may be feeling a bit weak in its bargaining position with @albertateachers.bsky.social

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Dr. Fiona Mattatall @fionamattatall.bsky.social · Jun 5

40 years ago today, Ferris Bueller took the day off school

What was your favourite scene from the movie?

a man is laying on a bed with the words life moves pretty fast on the bottom

ALT: a man is laying on a bed with the words life moves pretty fast on the bottom

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Christina Gray @christinandp.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm excited for the #MillWoods Presidents Council's always fantastic Canada Day celebration!

Make your plan now to take in this amazing event on July 1st! ❤️🇨🇦

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · Jun 6

With Alberta staring down the barrel of a vote on separation, I've been revisiting research on the 1995 Quebec Referendum.

Here are 5 key lessons we ought to learn. And quickly.

drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/5-lessons-...

5 Lessons from 1995

What the Quebec referendum tells us about Alberta secession

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · Jun 5

ER wait times are up. Clinics are closing.
A million Albertans can't get a doctor.

Danielle Smith calls that success.
We call it failure. Alberta deserves better.

On June 23, #VoteforBetter

youtube.com/shorts/BecK9...

Emergency wait times have grown since the UCP took over.

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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Sarah Hoffman @shoffmanab.bsky.social · Jun 3

Alberta now has 710 measles cases — the worst outbreak since 1986. Most are unvaccinated. The UCP’s failure to act is putting lives at risk.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

With 710 measles cases now confirmed in Alberta, this marks the worst year since 1986 | CBC News

Alberta has now confirmed 710 measles cases so far this year, according to new data released Monday, surpassing the 690-case mark set in 1987.

www.cbc.ca

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