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MsBatsngoths 🦇🎃👻 @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 8h

I am working on building an interactive map of every county's SNAP data but several states are currently dark, so if anyone can get me clean county-level data with the FIPS IDs that would be amazing.

You can see the MVP I just published here: not-our-president.org

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 13h

Measles outbreak expected to continue indefinitely in northeast B.C. with 5 or more new cases a day — despite uptick in vaccinations

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Measles outbreak expected to continue in northeast B.C. with 5 or more new cases a day, health officials say | CBC News

Despite a surge in summer vaccinations, health officials say the measles outbreak in northeastern British Columbia shows no sign of slowing down.

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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 13h

Education experts say tackling classroom complexity isn’t just about adding more humans to schools but looking at their training and skill sets to handle increasingly varied student needs - by Jessica Wong ##AbEd #AbLeg

Large class sizes remain unresolved in Alberta — and that's just where the issue begins | CBC News

Ballooning class sizes aren’t just a top concern for Alberta’s striking teachers, who are being legislated back to work. It's also an issue raised by Ontario elementary teachers preparing to start new...

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 11h

Canada has a tiny fraction of the cold weather related deaths of much warmer nations, like the UK. Why? Because of legislation that requires people be kept warm in winter.

Now we need the same for staying cool in summer. It's as simple as that. Do it.

In N.L., there is no rule to keep seniors cool, even as temperatures continue to rise | CBC News

How hot is too hot? Newfoundland and Labrador lacks legislation to keep seniors in congregate living facilities cool.

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Elizabeth Beacom @lizsec.ca · 12h

I really can't stress enough to everyone I talk to how authoritative this is.

I really hope Alberta labour can come together and make things extremely uncomfortable for the UCP government.

This ongoing abuse of the NWC to strip individuals rights needs to be cut quick. #cdnpoli

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2d

An important note…

Smith isn’t just overriding the federal Charter…

She’s also overriding the Alberta Human Rights Act AND the Alberta Bill of Rights she just rewrote.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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My IRL friends call me Chris @christyceeck.bsky.social · 11h

Executives from a number of SDF recipient organizations quickly donated money back to the PC Party.

“The fact that this government is operating a circular economy of donations for taxpayer dollars – our dollars – that are then donated back again to the government is frankly gobsmacking."

#OnPoli

Critics claim skills development fund is ‘circular economy’ of tax dollars, donations | Globalnews.ca

Ontario Liberal MPP John Fraser claimed the process appears to be a 'scheme.'

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Frank Domenic @frankdomenic.bsky.social · 11h

Doug Ford is giving your tax dollars to wealthy Conservative business owners who immediately donate it back to Doug Fords party. The official government response was "Who cares?" #ontario #onpoli #dougford

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NewJukeboxCafe 🇨🇦 📎 @newjukeboxcafe.bsky.social · 23h

Canada·Breaking
Guerrero outshines Ohtani, giving Blue Jays a 6-2 win to even World Series

Toronto evens Fall Classic at 2-2, guaranteeing a return to Rogers Centre

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Guerrero outshines Ohtani in Game 4, giving Blue Jays a 6-2 win to even World Series | CBC News

The Hollywood stage was set for a meeting of the stars. And it was Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who delivered the goods as the Jays evened this World Series to 2-2, guaranteeing it will come back to Toronto...

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 15h

The Ford government has been picking away at Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights, which enshrines the public’s power to know and influence decisions that affect the environment. Here’s what’s left of it: thenarwhal.ca/environmenta...

Does Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights have teeth? | The Narwhal

The Doug Ford government has picked away at the law that enshrines the public’s power in decision-making that affects Ontario’s environment. Here’s what’s left

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Alexander Quon @alexanderquon.bsky.social · 9h

“If they really did everything they could to help us in the north, why wouldn’t you want a public inquiry? Why wouldn’t you want to prove us wrong?”
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NDP calls for public inquiry into wildfire response as public safety minister faces calls to resign | CBC News

The Opposition NDP's effort to establish an independent public inquiry into the government's response to a wildfire that ravaged a northern Saskatchewan village this summer has been blocked.

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 10h

I have met with landowners across rural Alberta who are dealing with this same (or similar) issue. - "Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells." grist.org/accountabili... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.

Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.

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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 12h

Parkland research manager Rebecca Graff-McRae exposes how Alberta’s new COVID-19 vaccine policy undermines the very idea of public health. #AxeTheVaxTax #Ableg #Abpoli

www.parklandinstitute.ca/sabotaging_p...

Sabotaging Prevention: Alberta’s ‘Preventative Health’ Ministry Is Anything But

The Alberta government has justified its new protocols for distribution of COVID-19 vaccines by claiming they will minimize wastage, save money, and prioritize the most vulnerable. In this blog, Parkl...

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 7h

The government has $14B to give to a private car company but just cut domestic abuse shelters at 50% be so for real right now Liberals. #cdnpoli

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Hazel B. | Meme Resister | Forever Canadian @hab3261.bsky.social · 11h

#DanielleSmith has a personality problem because it's a lack of core values, honesty, and integrity. Her constant swerving with the political wind shows that principle is secondary to power. #abpoli

www.tiktok.com/@anyonebutda...

Danielle Smith is constantly contradicting herself, fortunately the Internet is forever. Anybody who can look at this individual and say that she is a good representation of the people of Alberta, rea...

TikTok video by Timeforchangeinalberta🇨🇦

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Rhiannon Hoyle @rhihoyleyeg.bsky.social · 12h

Abhorrent behaviour from this UCP government. Supposedly the most "freedom-loving" Premier in Canada, but Danielle Smith is abusing power like an authoritarian by forcing teachers back to work.

Alberta students deserve better.
Families deserve better.
Teachers deserve better.

#ableg #abpoli

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 11h

🚨Attention Albertans🚨 At the same time as Premier Smith has outlawed teachers' right to strike for more resources, her government is also planning to use $60 BILLION+ of public/taxpayer money to let oil & gas companies walk away from paying their cleanup bills. #ABLeg #ABPoli www.cleanupyourmess.ca

CleanUpYourMess.ca — Exposing Alberta's $60 billion aging well cleanup crisis

Rural Albertans are being left to pay for oil companies' $60 billion cleanup bill. Share your story and help stop the Mature Asset Strategy.

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 9h

#NovaScotia
Bible Hill developer readies plan that could see thousands of new units built
First phase of construction could start as soon as 2026, says Five Corners Properties

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Bible Hill developer readies plan that could see thousands of new units built | CBC News

Jim Lorraine, president of Five Corners Properties, says the company will soon request a development agreement with the Municipality of Colchester.

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Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · 13h

The billionaire loophole: While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services.

New from @readtheorchard.org:

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#cdnpoli #taxtherich #budget2025

The billionaire loophole: How Canada’s tax system fuels inequality

While ordinary Canadians struggle, the top one per cent hide billions in offshore tax havens — a colonial system engineered to protect wealth and starve public services

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Cult MTL @cultmtl.com · 12h

“Montreal’s political class isn’t really interested in solving the housing affordability crisis — high rents benefit them directly.”

Montreal can’t afford landlords for mayors

An editorial by @taylornoakes.com.

#polmtl

Montreal can't afford landlords for mayors

Montreal can't afford landlords for mayors.

cultmtl.com

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 13h

These doctors helped eliminate measles in ’98. Here’s how they did it #VaccinateYourChildren #Canada

www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

These doctors helped eliminate measles in ’98. Here’s how they did it

Dr. Arlene King got measles more than 60 years ago, but she still remembers feeling so weak that getting her shoes on was a challenge.

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Chaos Coordinator @vacationwishing13.bsky.social · 12h

Watching Nicholaides get DESTROYED by Vassy Kapelos is the highlight of my day. "Who would want to work for your now after you have done this?"

#ableg #abpoli #abed

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaqG...

'Prolonged outages affect students academically': Alta. minister on ending teachers strike

YouTube video by CTV News

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 10h

The problem with the Ontario government’s ad wasn’t that it doctored or “cherry-picked” Reagan’s remarks on tariffs and free trade or that it angered Trump to this degree. The main issue is that the ad was targeted at Reagan Republicans — a group that no longer exists, @supriya.bsky.social writes.

Ford’s anti-tariff ad was dumb, but not for the reasons you think

The problem with the Ontario government’s ad wasn’t that it doctored or “cherry-picked” Reagan’s remarks on tariffs and free trade or that it angered Trump to this degree. The main issue is that — by ...

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 15h

My oldest works with special needs kids in the public school system

When you have over 30 kids in a kindergarten class, 10 with special needs, kids are going to fall through the cracks

Those kids grow up to be adults who can't read

The teachers were trying to save their future

#ableg #abpoli

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disordered @disorderedyyc.bsky.social · 9h

I see the problem, Alberta teachers didn't have a "DONT TREAD ON ME" Gadsden flag in their classrooms like Premier Danielle Smith does. /s

Hypocrite.

#ableg #abpoli

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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 10h

There's a lot of news out there right now, but the Alberta government's use of the notwithstanding clause of the Charter to break up the teachers' strike is a big deal, and much hangs on the kind of opposition that shows up in response to the move.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'Mixed feelings' among Alberta students, parents amid return to school after 3-week strike | CBC

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