@oldmikey.bsky.social
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“The Globe identified more than 60 civil proceedings in which Mr. Mraiche or his companies were participants.”
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social
Who is Sam Mraiche? Inside Alberta’s health care controversy
A Globe investigation into the provincial health agency’s dealings with a company whose contracts have come under scrutiny
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“The Globe identified more than 60 civil proceedings in which Mr. Mraiche or his companies were participants.”
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
SIXTY civil cases, a gambling addiction, and cozy ties with government.
Gumshoe Carrie Tait reports on a very sticky web, in which the UCP seems irrevocably ensnared.
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Danielle Smith has been saying for months that an agreement on oil would "take the wind out of the sails" of a resurgent independence movement. What if that was not correct? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Danielle Smith’s oil deal with Mark Carney was supposed to quiet Alberta’s separatists. Too bad they didn’t get the message
Separatists swiftly criticized the lack of immediate action on a pipeline and the agreement from Alberta to increase its industrial price on carbon.
www.thestar.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Danielle Smith has been saying for months that an agreement on oil would "take the wind out of the sails" of a resurgent independence movement. What if that was not correct? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
@alexboyd.bsky.social That feeling when satire becomes "news" (disinformation, misinformation, fake news....or maybe something else?) 😳
Holy shit this is real 😂
(And by "real" I of course mean "fake, but really there in the Time magazine article")
time.com/7322035/us-t...
(And by "real" I of course mean "fake, but really there in the Time magazine article")
time.com/7322035/us-t...
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
@alexboyd.bsky.social That feeling when satire becomes "news" (disinformation, misinformation, fake news....or maybe something else?) 😳
November is over...or is it?
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
November is over...or is it?
Is AI an amazing break-through tool, or is it creating misinformation that reinforces unhealthy stereotypes?
Police use of AI to create photo of dead woman 'complicated': Ethicist edmonton.taproot.news/news/2025/11... #yeg
Police use of AI to create photo of dead woman 'complicated': Ethicist
An artificial intelligence and data ethicist said she feels the Edmonton Police Service's recent use of AI to create a photo of an unidentified deceased woman raises several questions.
edmonton.taproot.news
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Is AI an amazing break-through tool, or is it creating misinformation that reinforces unhealthy stereotypes?
"Are you dressing with respect?"
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants.
The U.S. Transportation Department is urging air passengers to be on good behavior
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Are you dressing with respect?"
"We live in an era where personal expression is saturated by digital filters, hivemind thinking is promoted through endless algorithms and academic freedom itself is under assault by the weakest minds among us. AI has only made this worse. It is a crisis."
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"We live in an era where personal expression is saturated by digital filters, hivemind thinking is promoted through endless algorithms and academic freedom itself is under assault by the weakest minds among us. AI has only made this worse. It is a crisis."
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Albertans overwhelmingly say oil and gas companies should pay their bills, says a new poll.
Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Albertans overwhelmingly say oil and gas companies should pay their bills, says a new poll.
Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
Read more at: reddeeradvocate.com/2025/11/20/a...
It's not quite a year but Jason Markusoff's interview still stands as the most comprehensive template of the UCP's plans for Alberta.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
When you look at the totality of all the Alberta institutions and programs Danielle Smith has begun to reinvent or reshape… it’s a lot. And a lot of risk.
By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
By me: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith reworking Alberta's everything, everywhere all at once | CBC News
The premier makes no apologies for an ambitious reform agenda. But the more a government dismantles and rebuilds, the more risk there is for road bumps, growing pains and outright mistakes.
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It's not quite a year but Jason Markusoff's interview still stands as the most comprehensive template of the UCP's plans for Alberta.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
"The premier said that too often, governments hide behind agencies and wipe their hands of policymaking and execution. She wants more of a hand in matters."
Timely.
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A quote from former Alberta premier Ralph Klein I hadn't come across before (in a column @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social wrote in 2024).
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A quote from former Alberta premier Ralph Klein I hadn't come across before (in a column @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social wrote in 2024).
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
albertaviews.ca/stripping-aw...
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⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
Albertans should demand resignations, recalls, and arrests.
"When procurement and governance and accountability breaks down, it's always Albertans who pay the price."
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
dynalifey
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Albertans should demand resignations, recalls, and arrests.
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If the UCP's priority is to address the health and well-being of kids, then why haven't they fixed wait times at the Stollery that result in things like chemo sessions being canceled or long-standing classroom complexity issues instead of infringing on the rights of 0.37% of Alberta's population
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If the UCP's priority is to address the health and well-being of kids, then why haven't they fixed wait times at the Stollery that result in things like chemo sessions being canceled or long-standing classroom complexity issues instead of infringing on the rights of 0.37% of Alberta's population
That sound from the motor....
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
That sound from the motor....
Edmonton may have missed the #greycup but the best Grey Cup fondue is in West Edmonton. @theelksherd.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Edmonton may have missed the #greycup but the best Grey Cup fondue is in West Edmonton. @theelksherd.bsky.social
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An errant voicemail from a UCP MLA shows just how much pressure they're facing from constituents over their use of the notwithstanding clause.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens when you call your MLA?
An errant voicemail gives us insight into how the UCP is handling the backlash against its use of the notwithstanding clause. They're not doing well.
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
An errant voicemail from a UCP MLA shows just how much pressure they're facing from constituents over their use of the notwithstanding clause.
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Looking for something to lighten up the news day and November? Check out the "39 Steps" by @teatrolive.bsky.social at the Varscona Theatre in Old Strathcona. John Buchan meets Alfred Hitchcock meets Bugs Bunny in a riotous and zany story of espionage and romance. Non-stop action and laughs! 5 stars
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Looking for something to lighten up the news day and November? Check out the "39 Steps" by @teatrolive.bsky.social at the Varscona Theatre in Old Strathcona. John Buchan meets Alfred Hitchcock meets Bugs Bunny in a riotous and zany story of espionage and romance. Non-stop action and laughs! 5 stars
@robsonfletcher.com This item seems to be in your wheelhouse.
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
@robsonfletcher.com This item seems to be in your wheelhouse.
"...the President and Prime Minister had 'agreed on the importance to the free world of healthy national national economies and of the expansion of world trade on a multilateral basis.'"
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"...the President and Prime Minister had 'agreed on the importance to the free world of healthy national national economies and of the expansion of world trade on a multilateral basis.'"
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November 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Timeline cleanse to feel good…
This Waitrose ad is better than the majority of movies I've seen this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sOy...
Keira Knightley stars in Waitrose’s Christmas ‘mini romcom’ ad
YouTube video by Daily Record
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Timeline cleanse to feel good…
A must watch!
Been thinking about the Alberta ucp government & this lately. youtu.be/dOhw17nHNd4?...
Canada Vignettes - Spence's Republic
YouTube video by NationalFilmBoardFan
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
A must watch!
Overheard in the kitchen....
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Overheard in the kitchen....
If you're hoppy and you know it....
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
If you're hoppy and you know it....