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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 1h

She makes it up as she goes

Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 1h

On this, Day 7 of the Alberta teachers' strike, Premier Danielle Smith also just said (at an unrelated press conference) that maybe the province's schools need "complexity caps" with more educational assistants, rather than class-size caps or pupil-teacher ratios that other provinces have. #AbLeg

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1h

Quite a day.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 5h

Smith in 2014: The plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate is a politically motivated distraction.

Smith in 2025: Here's a plan to change the motto on Alberta's licence plate.

Smith Not Impressed With New Plates "Political Agenda"

Written by Brent Manke Monday, Jul 14 2014, 12:00 AM

The three choices for Alberta's new license plate, plus what we have now. The Opposition Wildrose party is up in arms over the removal of the "Wild Rose Country" slogan from the bottom of the plates, calling it politically motivated.

Highwood MLA Danielle Smith is no fan of Alberta's proposed new license plates.

She supports the new reflective paint job, but not changing the slogan at the bottom from "Wild Rose Country."

She says it's more PC political nonsense.

"All of a sudden this comes out in the middle of the summer, in the middle of a leadership race, taking off the Wild Rose slogan. It's clearly political. People have seen through it. They are outraged and responding in massive numbers. We have a poll going with six thousand respondents so far, most of which, about 70-percent who say keep the Wild Rose slogan."

She says the province would have been better off asking us if we wanted to change the plates in the first place, as well as if we wanted to change the slogan, before moving ahead on their own.

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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 8h

Justice Wyant, a retired judge, is to give Danielle Smith his final report into the Corrupt Care scandal today.

The scandal has kickbacks, bloated contracts and corruption at the heart of this government.

Will the Premier release it to Albertans so they too can read of it?

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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 18h

I ❤️ AB teachers! #ableg

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

New poll suggests bulk of public back Alberta teachers in contract dispute | CBC News

A new Angus Reid Institute poll suggests locked-out teachers have more public support than the Alberta government as a contract dispute cancels classes for a second week.

www.cbc.ca

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 20h

▶️ WE’RE LIVE!

TUNE IN NOW for Parent-Teacher Interviews with Naheed Nenshi, Amanda Chapman, and parents, teachers, and students from across the province:
youtube.com/live/HGBYTSn...

Parent-Teacher Interview with Naheed Nenshi

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 2d

Incredible, heartbreaking interviews by @reportrix.bsky.social.

Quote: "“You show your love really weird," the girl says of [Premier] Smith." 💔

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/sports/well-...

The kids, they know what's going down. They're fighting for their actual lives. No bluster. No exaggeration.

'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes

EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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ashley ray @theashleyray.bsky.social · 2d

i’m not here to tell the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social what to do, but they must know if they put out a coffee table book of all the read posters, people would buy that

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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 2d

The new rules dictate that athletes who wish to participate in “female-only leagues, classes or divisions be limited to athletes whose sex recorded at birth is female.”

Alberta’s new policy is forcing girls—cis and trans—out of school sports | Xtra Magazine

Gender forms mandated by Bill 29 are forcing families into tough decisions around whether to put their daughters in sports

xtramagazine.com

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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 2d

What even is this timeline.

Mark MacKinnon @markmackinnon.bsky.social · 2d

After suggesting that Israel should pardon PM Netanyahu of the corruption and abuse of power charges against him, Trump - now in Egypt - praises President Sisi, who took power in a military coup, for "bringing his country together"...

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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 2d

No Apple music, no. I do not want AI generated music. Holy smokes it's all bad! "Piano" with zero melody.

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Leo Herrera @herreraimages.bsky.social · 3d

Matthew Shepard, on his death anniversary.

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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 3d

It's horrendous

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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 3d

Happy thanksgiving.

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David Shepherd @dshepyeg.bsky.social · 4d

Some have been asking what we did for education while we were in government.

See the facts below:

⛪️ Built & modernized 244 schools
💰 Funded education per student above the national average
🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Fully funded for enrollment & inflation every year

Alberta deserves better.

Better is possible. #abpoli

Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 4d

Scared for strike talk at the dinner table? Don't worry, we have you covered with the facts on education. ⬇️

Line chart showing Alberta’s real dollars per student dropping under the UCP. Text highlights: Alberta is last in per-student funding, class sizes of 40+, and that the UCP could have acted months ago.

Students walking toward a school. Text says Alberta’s NDP built and modernized 244 schools in four years, while the UCP has only built or modernized 78 in five years.

Student standing in a library aisle. Text says Alberta’s NDP funded education per student above the national average and that past NDP funding remains higher than the UCP’s, even with inflation.

Classroom scene with raised hands. Text says Alberta's NDP introduced a 2023 bill to bring back class size reporting, and the UCP defeated it.

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Alberta NDP @albertandp.ca · 4d

Scared for strike talk at the dinner table? Don't worry, we have you covered with the facts on education. ⬇️

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 4d

People are surely upset about the war against thanksgiving

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 4d

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Doug Saunders @dougsaunders.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah you don’t say

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 4d

"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”

Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

wapo.st

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 6d

When I lived in Toronto I could make it home in half the time on the bike share e-bike as I could on transit. Safely.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 7d

Proudly double vaxxed for COVID and influenza.

Get vaccinated.

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kyall glennie @kyall.com · 8d

12 hours in government... this seems fine

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 9d

🚨 BREAKING: French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his government have resigned.

Read the developing story: ow.ly/6uzZ50X6TAz

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 9d

Teachers show up for Alberta's kids every single day.
Today, on World Teacher's Day, we showed up for them. ❤️

#WeStandWithTeachers

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 9d

Well, Hell’s Bells. Don’t mess with teachers AND parents united for their kids. The voting public is on our side. #Ableg #abed

#UCP do you get the picture?

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