Quinton
@qu1nton.bsky.social
Former oil and gas executive. Now an adventurer.
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Not surprising - unlike other big cities, Calgary and Edmonton get basically 0 operational transit funding from the province, which now takes nearly 40% of Calgarians’ property tax bill. Where’s the money? #yyccc should apply pressure loudly.
Hey, where’s my bus?! Calgary Transit regularly cancels scheduled trips | The Sprawl
Riders on 33 routes affected by budget crunch.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Not surprising - unlike other big cities, Calgary and Edmonton get basically 0 operational transit funding from the province, which now takes nearly 40% of Calgarians’ property tax bill. Where’s the money? #yyccc should apply pressure loudly.
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Paint is not infrastructure.
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Paint is not infrastructure.
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
"Vancouver’s painted lanes were associated with higher cyclist KSI; Calgary’s cycle tracks with fewer KSI."
KSI = Killed or seriously injured
doi.org/10.1016/j.aa...
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Blanket upzoning has been in effect in Calgary for 15 months… barely time to build an infill home.
Why do people expect housing affordability to have been solved that fast by this upzoning that clearly requires more time?
Did they expect 40,000 housing units to suddenly appear?🤷♂️
#Calgary
Why do people expect housing affordability to have been solved that fast by this upzoning that clearly requires more time?
Did they expect 40,000 housing units to suddenly appear?🤷♂️
#Calgary
Opinion: Blanket upzoning didn’t deliver affordability calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Blanket upzoning has been in effect in Calgary for 15 months… barely time to build an infill home.
Why do people expect housing affordability to have been solved that fast by this upzoning that clearly requires more time?
Did they expect 40,000 housing units to suddenly appear?🤷♂️
#Calgary
Why do people expect housing affordability to have been solved that fast by this upzoning that clearly requires more time?
Did they expect 40,000 housing units to suddenly appear?🤷♂️
#Calgary
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Time Magazine quoting a @thebeaverton.com article about the US shooting a "patriot missile" at Parliament Hill like it's something Pete Hoekstra actually said might be my favourite moment of the week. Congrats, @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social, you very serious reporter! www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Time Magazine quoting a @thebeaverton.com article about the US shooting a "patriot missile" at Parliament Hill like it's something Pete Hoekstra actually said might be my favourite moment of the week. Congrats, @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social, you very serious reporter! www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
Is Mraiche Danielle Smith's Epstein? When will this scandal finally catch up to her and her inner circle?
"I know how the Alberta government works," he said.
"I know how the Alberta government works," he said.
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Is Mraiche Danielle Smith's Epstein? When will this scandal finally catch up to her and her inner circle?
"I know how the Alberta government works," he said.
"I know how the Alberta government works," he said.
I bet there will be at least two UCP caucus members defect by the end of the weekend. The separatist agenda is going to be the turning point for some, even though it’s well past reason to part ways with this party.
Danielle Smith tried to sell her federal-Alberta energy deal to the UCP convention crowd: tepid applause.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
She told them that this proved Canada can work well for Alberta’s interests: loud boos.
This ain’t a base that wants Smith to work with a Liberal PM on a better industrial carbon tax.
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I bet there will be at least two UCP caucus members defect by the end of the weekend. The separatist agenda is going to be the turning point for some, even though it’s well past reason to part ways with this party.
What’s going on with people?!? Get into a big steel box and forget there are humans out there (and apparently forgetting they are humans themselves).
November 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
What’s going on with people?!? Get into a big steel box and forget there are humans out there (and apparently forgetting they are humans themselves).
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If you're looking for a sincere, nicely written and improv'd holiday movie, The Baltimorons is a great, sweet and surprisingly deep movie. A nice antidote to the hyper-commercial holiday film.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you're looking for a sincere, nicely written and improv'd holiday movie, The Baltimorons is a great, sweet and surprisingly deep movie. A nice antidote to the hyper-commercial holiday film.
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The esteemed @robsonfletcher.com has done some great work on this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The hidden costs of poor snow clearing in Alberta | CBC News
It's hard to put a precise dollar figure on the toll from injuries, insurance premiums and productivity loss — but there are some ballpark estimates, and they're not small.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The esteemed @robsonfletcher.com has done some great work on this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Just reminding myself that that the approval of Transmountain expansion (oh, and Line 3 replacement!) was tied to carbon pricing and a moratorium (with an eventual ban) of tanker traffic on the North Coast. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Trudeau cabinet approves Trans Mountain, Line 3 pipelines, rejects Northern Gateway | CBC News
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet colleagues have signed off on two major pipelines, projects that will pump nearly a million more barrels of oil a day from Alberta's oilsands to global ma...
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Just reminding myself that that the approval of Transmountain expansion (oh, and Line 3 replacement!) was tied to carbon pricing and a moratorium (with an eventual ban) of tanker traffic on the North Coast. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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"With $6 of every $10 in profits crossing the border, never to return, Canadian oil sands majors produced $12.3 billion worth of capital flight per year."
#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
/more
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
/more
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
www.theenergymix.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"With $6 of every $10 in profits crossing the border, never to return, Canadian oil sands majors produced $12.3 billion worth of capital flight per year."
#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
/more
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
#cdnpoli #ableg #ElbowsUp
/more
www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi...
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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If enforcement of 12 years of age is really such a big deal (age where nobody caries ID), simply by raising it to an age that does. Go with 18.
Livewire:
Chabot said he’s also not fond of the free transit for children under 12 because it’s forcing drivers to become enforcement officers.
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/24/c...
Chabot said he’s also not fond of the free transit for children under 12 because it’s forcing drivers to become enforcement officers.
livewirecalgary.com/2025/11/24/c...
Calgary 2026 budget deliberations begin with new city council - LiveWire Calgary
A new set of Calgary city councillors will take their crack at the final year of Calgary’s current four-year budget, with some planning big changes and others standing mostly pat. Calgary’s 2026 budge...
livewirecalgary.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
If enforcement of 12 years of age is really such a big deal (age where nobody caries ID), simply by raising it to an age that does. Go with 18.
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Alberta’s emissions performance credits, which can be used to comply with the industrial carbon pricing system, are now trading at just C$17 per tonne.
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Alberta’s emissions performance credits, which can be used to comply with the industrial carbon pricing system, are now trading at just C$17 per tonne.
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
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Parents brought their crying babies to protest it, following a marathon public speakers’ session that saw more than 600 people sign up to give council a piece of their mind.
@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
Despite Strident Opposition, Vancouver’s ‘Zero Means Zero’ Budget Passes | The Tyee
Mayor Ken Sim’s tax break for homeowners will come at an unknown cost, opposition councillors warn.
thetyee.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Parents brought their crying babies to protest it, following a marathon public speakers’ session that saw more than 600 people sign up to give council a piece of their mind.
@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
@kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
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NEW: Global News has learned the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has paused $129M in federal Housing Accelerator Fund money to the City of Calgary pending further clarity on citywide rezoning.
globalnews.ca/news/1154274...
globalnews.ca/news/1154274...
Calgary’s $129M in federal housing funds ‘paused’ pending citywide rezoning status - Calgary | Globalnews.ca
Calgary city council is preparing to debate a motion that calls for the repeal of the citywide rezoning policy in December, which would require a public hearing in the spring.
globalnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
NEW: Global News has learned the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has paused $129M in federal Housing Accelerator Fund money to the City of Calgary pending further clarity on citywide rezoning.
globalnews.ca/news/1154274...
globalnews.ca/news/1154274...
This an epic level of political intrusion.
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This an epic level of political intrusion.
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The OAG’s report on the failed DynaLIFE lab contract should alarm every Albertan.
www.oag.ab.ca/report...
But this isn’t just about labs.
It exposes political interference, broken governance, and decisions that directly worsen access to care for all ABs.
1/12
www.oag.ab.ca/report...
But this isn’t just about labs.
It exposes political interference, broken governance, and decisions that directly worsen access to care for all ABs.
1/12
An Examination of Community Laboratory Services (Contract with DynaLIFE) - Office of the Auditor General, Alberta
Examination Overview In late 2019, Alberta Health Services (AHS) began the process to outsource community laboratory services for the provincial healthcare system. This led to a $4.8 billion contract signed with DynaLIFE Dx (DynaLIFE) in May 2022, with service delivery scheduled to begin in December 2022. Eight months later, in August 2023, AHS terminated the agreement at the request of DynaLIFE’s owners. Given the significance … Continued
www.oag.ab.ca
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The OAG’s report on the failed DynaLIFE lab contract should alarm every Albertan.
www.oag.ab.ca/report...
But this isn’t just about labs.
It exposes political interference, broken governance, and decisions that directly worsen access to care for all ABs.
1/12
www.oag.ab.ca/report...
But this isn’t just about labs.
It exposes political interference, broken governance, and decisions that directly worsen access to care for all ABs.
1/12
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I hope Albertans will remember that trans kids and teens are living breathing humans who just want to be themselves, without fear of hate and discrimination. Demonizing kids merely to score political points in some weird culture war is craven and cruel.
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“Police said traffic fatalities have reached a 10-year high, with 40 per cent of cases so far this year involving speed.”
The intent of this 👆Police statement is that “excessive” speed was a factor in 40%…
but the reality is speed is 100% a factor.
Slower is safer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The intent of this 👆Police statement is that “excessive” speed was a factor in 40%…
but the reality is speed is 100% a factor.
Slower is safer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Calgary working on traffic safety measures as fatalities climb | CBC News
As the number of traffic fatalities continues to rise — reaching 32 as of Sunday — Calgary police say various road safety initiatives are underway, including AI modelling of high-risk areas and review...
www.cbc.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“Police said traffic fatalities have reached a 10-year high, with 40 per cent of cases so far this year involving speed.”
The intent of this 👆Police statement is that “excessive” speed was a factor in 40%…
but the reality is speed is 100% a factor.
Slower is safer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The intent of this 👆Police statement is that “excessive” speed was a factor in 40%…
but the reality is speed is 100% a factor.
Slower is safer.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...