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💜 Still thinking about what to bring to this party. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 6h
This is extremely troubling. The UCP are becoming increasingly authoritarian. They are dumping Doug Wylie, likely because he intervened, in the public interest, in the AHS CEO lawsuit. edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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Clare Gibson @cgcreative.bsky.social · 6h
Year 14:day 82: after my vacation was over both me and Trudy dog were very happy to see each other. Trudy expresses her happiness as movement 😂
Selfie of Clare and Trudy (smooth collie) dog in car. Trudy is very blurry
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 6h
Not even hiding the blatant entitlement anymore.

The Premier's Office continues to remove all checks and balances on its power.

The courts, the legislature, the Auditor General, independent agencies, the federal government, voters and candidates they don't like...

This is getting ridiculous.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 5h
Don't be fooled by the UCP's Bill 6.

Screening ia already happening. It's the psycho-ed testing that schools, boards, and the government refuse to fund.
A screener can tell you there's a deficiency. It can't tell you what that deficiency is or what to do about it.

www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Prioritizing math and reading skills
Alberta’s government is introducing legislation to help schools identify and support students with complex learning needs.
www.alberta.ca
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JP @perrinjan.bsky.social · 5h
Let the city know how you feel about the old BMO site on 101 & 101 ave! The survey is open until November 11. #YEG

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Vacant Downtown Lot Survey - October 2025
The City is currently addressing the conditions at a vacant lot at the former site of the Bank of Montreal building located at 101 Street and 101 Avenue NW. We want to hear from you about your experie...
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 9h
Part of a general UCP policy of gutting or defunding (or in some cases both) accountability mechanisms. We see the same thing in access to information where inadequate funding leads to delays & dysfunction as demonstrated by @drewyewchuk.bsky.social in many @ablawg.bsky.social posts.
#abpoli #ableg
thebreakdownab.bsky.social The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 10h
Today Elections Alberta requested $13.5 million to be able to administer recalls and referendum.

The UCP committee in charge revised their request to just over $1 million.

And then voted it through.

The UCP just defunded recall/referendum.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Tim Querengesser @timquerengesser.bsky.social · 10h
Crazy idea here but there’s no obligation to buy stuff from these companies

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Amazon's Robot Takeover
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 2025-11-03 · 26m
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Jackie Seidel @jackieseidel.bsky.social · 9h
Sigh. Teen Vogue politics has been a bright light in the darkness. And not just for teens.
leximcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 11h
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 13h
Wednesday in YYC!
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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 12h
I am sure that this is for cause... And the cause is that Wylie is investigating the AHS procurement scandal.
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Michelle Bellefontaine @mbellefontaine.bsky.social · 12h
UCP MLA Scott Cyr says Wylie could always reapply for his job.

The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic.

The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.
mbellefontaine.bsky.social Michelle Bellefontaine @mbellefontaine.bsky.social · 12h
This morning at the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices...UCP majority introduces a motion starting a search committee for a new auditor general.

NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.
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dash @phunphunphun.bsky.social · 12h
All together now...

#FullPublicInquiryAB
#CorruptCare
#Alberta
#AbLeg
simonplittle.ca Simon Little 🍁 @simonplittle.ca · 12h
Incredible - the UCP are sacking the auditor general investigating the UCP government on allegations of corruption in private surgical contracting
mbellefontaine.bsky.social Michelle Bellefontaine @mbellefontaine.bsky.social · 12h
This morning at the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices...UCP majority introduces a motion starting a search committee for a new auditor general.

NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 1d
“Lukaszuk is hoping the government chooses to adopt it as policy and avoids a province-wide vote.

Going straight to a referendum would be the nuclear option. He wants the government to save the province from a “divisive, prolonged referendum campaign.”
www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
One man’s fight to keep Alberta in Canada
This week, Thomas Lukaszuk turned in a petitions with more than 456,000 signatures, all them urging the province to remain.
www.thestar.com
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Sara Campos-Silvius 🏳️‍🌈 @sarasupernova.bsky.social · 1d
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED...

To my upcoming poetry reading celebrating the mysterious, the macabre, and the morbidly marvellous!

Thank you to the Olive Reading Series for inviting me to perform!

See you there!

Wed Nov 12 at 7 PM
Olive Reading Series
Rooster on Whyte

#Edmonton
#yeg #yegarts
White text on a shaded red and black background. Poster reads: YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED... SARA CAMPOS-SILVIUS POETRY OF THE MACABRE Wed Nov 12 at 7 PM Olive Reading Series Rooster on Whyte www.saracs.art Photo of Sara Campos-Silvius. She wears an all-black outfit, lace dress, feather boa, and satin gloves. She perches on a red velvet couch and is illuminated by a soft glow of lamp light. She looks directly at the camera and gives the audience a mysterious smile.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 1d
This is truly on the money… not sure if we’re supposed to laugh or cry?
Maybe laugh to keep ourselves from crying?!
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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 2d
For those looking for a Coles Notes version on the Supreme Court’s decision, they actually published a brief on it.

It explains their rationale and links to the full decision, if you have the time to read that, too.

www.scc-csc.ca/judgments-ju...
Supreme Court of Canada | Attorney General of Quebec v. Senneville
www.scc-csc.ca
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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 1d
📢 the Premier announces her plan to double oil production in Alberta ahead of forced back-to-work legislation against teachers….😤

Meanwhile, the 🌎 oil market is already flooded, “Ample supply, subdued demand to curb oil prices despite geopolitical risks” 🤪
#OOTT
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“Fund us like you fund oil” held up at a public school rally
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social · 1d
Spoiler for an upcoming piece. I often hear people dismissing Canada's housing crisis by saying, "Mike, home prices skyrocketed everywhere, it's not just a Canada thing".

Turns out... nope. It really is a Canada thing.
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dash @phunphunphun.bsky.social · 2d
REESE!
Happy Happy Birthday
#AndManyMore

Happy day to your fam
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 2d
Making addiction, homelessness a crime when it’s really the result of abandoning provincial responsibility, collapsing mental healthcare, housing, jobs, & human rights. Don’t be surprised by privatized jails, hospitals & police—it’s for wealthy oligarchs & required when ignoring citizens #PetroState
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dash @phunphunphun.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, he did. @jaredwesley.ca
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chris - sᴉɹɥɔ @newfangl3d.bsky.social · 2d
#yegbike
yegwxnerdery.bsky.social chris - sᴉɹɥɔ @yegwxnerdery.bsky.social · 2d
...sometimes we get early snow in October of September, but that melts off.
Once we hit November 1st, that's the point where snow starts to hang around.
Although in 2024 the airport made it to November 22nd without lasting snow, and 2023 got to December 3rd.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2d
NEW POST: No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/no-the-sup...
No, the Supreme Court is not an obstacle to tougher laws against child porn
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down mandatory minimum sentences in the context of possessing or accessing child pornography.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d
Reporters should be asking Dr. Diamond (ACA CEO) and Minister Jones to answer for these increasing cases of worsening access to care...

They'll both try to defer back to "AHS"... but the solutions are in workforce/capacity/and integrated load levelling... which AHS can't do
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d
“Really, really disheartening, really frustrating and really stressful,” said Erica Thomas about their experience this week at the Stollery Children’s Hospital
We honestly need more pts/families to tell their stories... sadly these are not rare events
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Boy with cancer’s chemo appointment cancelled amid Stollery space shortage | Globalnews.ca
An Edmonton mom said the Stollery Children's Hospital urgently needs to grow after a shortage of beds meant her son Ben was turned away from his scheduled chemotherapy treatment.
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