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IceColonel @icecolonel.bsky.social · 19h

If only we could apply the "get blamed for everything, get fired, never work in AB again" part of the cycle to certain destructive AB politicians...

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 20h

AB is radioactive toxic wasteland for good HC recruitment
So many view working in AB HC would be a CAREER KILLER...

Current AB Job Environment: "Come, endless political interferrance, quickly get blamed for all that is wrong, get fired, and never work in AB again!"
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IceColonel @icecolonel.bsky.social · 19h

Release it to the public instead of a separatist license place distraction!

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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 19h

Pierre Poilievre lecturing Canadians about “merit” is peak irony from a man whose whole career has been political patronage.

CBC cuts through the spin so Canadians can see the difference between slogans and substance.

#SaveTheCBC #cdnpoli

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · 2d

"Restore the merit principle," I scream, having apparently developed selective amnesia about losing my job based on a complete and total lack of merit

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 1d

“It is not too much to ask that the premier of Alberta demonstrate the same level of respect for the mayor of Calgary and Calgary city council that she demands from the prime minister.”

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Braid: Upstart Calgary Party aims to boot the province out of city hall business

The Calgary Party and mayoral candidate Brian Thiessen say the big issue is provincial intrusion into city hall by Premier Danielle Smith.

calgaryherald.com

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

“The words on the plate have been decided.

Strong and Free.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Bell: Danielle Smith set to roll out a new Strong and Free Alberta licence plate

Alberta gets a new licence plate with the Strong and Free brand, Premier Danielle Smith will roll out eight designs and Albertans will vote

calgaryherald.com

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IceColonel @icecolonel.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, what an unserious government. Public education is in crisis. Measles is running rampant. Healthcare is in shambles. Their answer? "Let's make new separatist license plates!" Sad.

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Hockey Out of Context Loves Canada @nhloutofcontext.bsky.social · 1d

9.25mil AAV

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 1d

This is yet another reminder that the "you can just walk around with your papers and be fine!" is a lie: the cops routinely claim whatever documentation you provide is invalid

It's racism all the way down

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

"During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she 'doesn’t look like' a Greeley."

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Chicago Tribune: Greeley, who was born at Illinois Masonic hospital and is adopted, carries a copy of her passport just in case she runs into federal agents.

“I am Latina and I am a service worker,” Greeley said. “I fit the description of what they’re looking for now.”

During the encounter, Greeley said they told her she “doesn’t look like” a Greeley.

“They said this isn’t real, they kept telling me I’m lying, I’m a liar,” Greeley recalled. “I told them to look in the rest of my wallet, I have my credit cards, my insurance.”

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

“a new report shows teachers in Alberta are the most stressed in the world, and their workload is among the most demanding.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

Alberta teachers among the world's most stressed, new report shows

ATA president Jason Schilling said the report shows his agency’s findings that teachers feel stressed out, overworked and underappreciated.

edmontonjournal.com

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Mark Cherrington @markcherrington.bsky.social · 1d

"I think it's wrong to have the highest rate of funding for private schools in a province where we have the lowest rate of funding for public schools."

I agree.

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding

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

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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Jim Douglas 🇨🇦 @jimsdouglas.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US news outlets refuse to sign new Pentagon rules to report only official information

Defense department policy requires outlets to vow not to obtain unauthorized files and restricts access to some areas

www.theguardian.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3d

Remember when Pierre Poilievre said bitcoin was better than Bank of Canada monetary governance?

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IceColonel @icecolonel.bsky.social · 3d

It really isn't hyperbole to say that the Alberta government's choices are killing people. Timely treatment can be a life or death difference. If the nearest EDs are closed, or there's a 7+ hour wait time at an urban hospital because rural folks have to go there, it's the same. ⬇️ Access, ⬆️ fatality%

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 4d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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Brent Wittmeier @wittmeier.bsky.social · 4d

Alberta used to have the best services in Canada. On health and education, arguably the two main roles for a provincial government, the UCP is failing Albertans.

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 4d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦 @pamelabanting.bsky.social · 4d

This thread needs to be front-page news all across #Alberta.

Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 4d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 4d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 4d

Think of the impact this would have on the pt's family, wondering if an open local ED could have made a difference?

We understand that we cannot have an ED in every town, but closures are regularly occurring in places like: Hinton, Edson, Lac La Biche, Oyen... and many more
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 3d

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 4d

Brilliant is an overused descriptor but it applies to this CBC The Fifth Estate investigative documentary into an ignored data breach at Interior Health in B.C. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh_X...

How fraudsters are stealing from Canadian health-care workers | Full episode | the fifth estate

YouTube video by the fifth estate

www.youtube.com

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 6d

“The new research also ‘calls into question the idea that younger individuals and those without risk factors don’t need the vaccine,’ Viswanathan says.”
#AbLeg #AbHealth

Geoffrey P Johnston😎🇨🇦🇺🇦 @geoffypjohnston.bsky.social · 6d

www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
“COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows

A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

www.scientificamerican.com

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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 6d

With grocery giants ripping off Canadians, it’s time for a bold alternative: public grocery stores.

Food analyst Aaron Vansintjan explains how a publicly-run grocery option could solve the crisis of skyrocketing food costs.

youtu.be/RPuEhQl8Cxo

Why Canada needs public grocery stores

YouTube video by The Breach

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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 6d

Danielle Smith keeps saying she wants a new pipeline. But her actions suggest what she's really after is a renewed fight with Canada -- even if it ends up costing her the pipeline she claims to care so much about.

#cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/o...

Danielle Smith wants a fight with Canada, not a new pipeline

Alberta's premier has opened the door in her party and province to separatists. Now, she's claiming that other people are the ones threatening Canada's future.

www.nationalobserver.com

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