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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 5h

Ralph Klein's former chief of staff Rod Love was lobbying for an American company.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tory insider Rod Love hired to lobby for new licence plates | CBC News

The American multi-national 3M hired heavyweight Progressive Conservative insider Rod Love to lobby the government for new provincial licence plates.

www.cbc.ca

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davidakin @davidakin.bsky.social · 9h

Statement from the President of the Parliamentary Press Gallery:

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 9h

Very thoroughly reported and well written story about workplace deaths in Canada and what some say is a lack of criminal prosecution. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Liam Johnston died on the job at 27. His loved ones want to see change and accountability | CBC News

The family of a 27-year-old who died on a plumbing job in Calgary say they want to see the company he worked for charged criminally. Advocates have been asking for more prosecutions in workplace death...

www.cbc.ca

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 9h

None of the stories I have read have explored which international body, if any, can stop this extrajudicial slaughter in international waters.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 13h

If you haven't voted in the municipal election yet, read this first. The UCP injected party politics and big money into these elections to appease Take Back Alberta. No one wanted it. Danielle Smith herself said she was against party politics in municipal elections. albertaviews.ca/parties-over...

Municipal Parties Over People - Alberta Views

Danielle Smith was being lobbied to legislate municipal parties. Third-party advertiser Take Back Alberta (TBA) was in fact behind the push.

albertaviews.ca

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 14h

New Angus Reid polling on Alberta teachers' strike, private school funding, etc.:

"Teachers make enough money as it is":
15% strongly agree
24% agree
31% disagree
25% strongly disagree
5% not sure / can't say

Do you think private schools should...
10% receive more public funding than they do now
23% receive about the same
25% receive less public funding than they do now
35% receive no public funding at all
8% not sure / can't say

"Do you think the provincial government under Danielle Smith has done a good job or a poor job handling public education?"
10% very good job
22% good job
14% poor job
48% very poor job
7% not sure / can't say

(Among those aware of the teachers strike): In this dispute between the Alberta government and the teachers, would you say your sympathies are more with ...
58% the teachers
21% the government
18% neither
3% not sure / can't say

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 14h

Chilling, awful story about the next generation of Republican leaders.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 15h

theijf.org/canadian-met...

Canadian ‘beer’ kills 21-year-old in Auckland, New Zealand

Canada leading source of intercepted meth shipments to New Zealand, with deadly consequences

theijf.org

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

www.propublica.org

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

This is a jaw-dropping story

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

www.theprogressreport.ca/brett_wilson...

The definitive guide to W. Brett Wilson's orphan wells

www.theprogressreport.ca

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

What does this say about W Brett Wilson? And the political culture in Alberta?

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

Notice the Don't Tread On Me sign?

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1d

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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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 1d

Must read here for all Albertans via @ximenaka.bsky.social.
Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

thetyee.ca

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🇨🇦 Shani Komulainen 🍁 @shanikom.bsky.social · 1d

#StreetPhotography #Photography www.boredpanda.com/winners-pure...

Pure Street Photography Awards 2025: 50 Photos Capturing Life’s Most Honest Moments

The Pure Street Photography Awards 2025 celebrate the beauty of everyday life captured in its most authentic moments.

www.boredpanda.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

Never change Portland. Protestor in a Darth Vader helmet, and a kilt, playing the bagpipes while riding a unicycle.

Photo of ICE protestor in Portland wearing a Darth Vader helmet, and a kilt, playing the bagpipes while riding a unicycle.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

I'm for media outlets that pay journalists to produce journalism. I'm against outlets that are leeches who undermine those media outlets. And you?

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

Don't repost stories ripped off by news aggregators.

Mike Vlasic @mikevlasic.bsky.social · 2d

So Carney is flying over to Egypt for the hostage handover.
What happens if Israel reneges on handing over Palestinian abductees, or if Israel gets their hostages back & then continues with their genocide?
Not a smart move. It just to suck up to Drumpf?
nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/12/p...

PM Carney makes last-minute trip to Egypt summit for Trump's Gaza…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

This is really good. A must read. And FYI, I don't know Ian Brown.

Andrew Longhurst 🇨🇦 🍉 @alonghurst.bsky.social · 2d

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Trump’s presidency lays bare that we’re living in a society of sycophants

Sucking up is nothing new. But with Trump back in the White House, sycophancy is having its moment as world leaders try to stay on the President’s better side

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's chief of staff, who, as a Wildrose MLA, gave numerous interviews to these same media outlets, and CBC, when Alison Redford was embroiled in scandal.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 3d

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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Fierce Canadian 🇨🇦 @dartee.bsky.social · 3d

Great article that tells it like it is.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 4d

The video has been fact checked and it's not as described. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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