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Jeri
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Lover of reading, playing in my yard, wasting time, and Canadian politics. Proud to be Canadian, currently ashamed to be Albertan.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Alberta leads again!

Since getting elected, the UCP has been working hard to make sure the healthcare system in Alberta is pushed to the breaking point so Albertans will beg for privatization.

Thanks to our anti-vaccine and anti-science policies, we’re on our way!

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Alberta has the highest number of confirmed flu cases in a week since winter of 2009-10
The province continues to see a high number of flu cases.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 29, 2025 at 3:53 AM
UCP opens door to removing parental rights over their children's health
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UCP opens door to removing parental rights over their children's health
Removing parental rights is the opposite of what the UCP campaigned on.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Here's what the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod said today in response to Premier Danielle Smith's announcement yesterday that she's making citizenship markers mandatory for driver's licenses. Statement from McLeod in full: #ableg
September 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Film Society is back this month!

Stop by the Library and grab your ticket in adventure, or get it at the door the night (cash only at the door).

www.sylvanlakelibrary.ca/events-1/fil...
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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This is worth a read. There's a strong tendency to dismiss all anti-vaxxers as thoughtless or dumb, and having interviewed Lydia I can attest she is neither. What she does do is speak to fear, finding community and the psychological discomfort of abandoning a core truth she thought she knew.
September 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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WARNING!!!

It’s been brought to our attention that a fake website exists, misleading that the #ForeverCanadian petition can be signed online. With a laptop, they’re visiting senior homes.

Official @ElectionsAB petition must be signed on paper and this badge must be presented.
August 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Sylvan Lake Municipal Library continues to need donations to the Little Free Pantry.
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Sylvan Lake Municipal Library continues to need donations to Little Free Pantry
YouTube video by Rogers tv
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August 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Danielle Smith was elected to a Calgary school board. It had to be dissolved.

Smith became the leader of the WRP. It imploded.

Smith joined the PC party. It no longer exists.

What do you think she's going to do Alberta?
August 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Bonnie Critchley aiming to knock Pierre Poilievre off his high horse in BRC
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Bonnie Critchley aiming to knock Pierre Poilievre off his high horse in BRC
Battle River-Crowfoot should have been a cakewalk for Pierre Poilievre; it appears to be anything but.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Alberta Next Panels are a separatist circus
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Alberta Next Panels are a separatist circus
It's a traveling show with only one audience in mind -- and they're showing up.
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Teach them at home," say proponents of Alberta Education's book ban
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"Teach them at home," say proponents of Alberta Education's book ban
I don't want other parents deciding what my kids can read and I certainly don't need the government's input.
open.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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This is excellent journalism, told with some warmth, wit, and humanity, with a special sense of irony.
July 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Provided Thomas's group is able to meet a few administrative requirements over the next month, theirs will be the only allowable petition on the question of Alberta's place in Confederation.

This effectively blocks Alberta Prosperity Project's bid to launch their petition on separation.

Some 💭s🧵
July 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Watch the John Oliver episode on AI slop before you share those cutesy photos and bullshit headlines, okay thanks bye.
June 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.
June 25, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Nothing compares to Alberta
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Nothing compares to Alberta
In an incredible workaround to avoid accountability, Alberta is moving to "hospital-based leadership".
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Revenge of the anti-vax continues in Alberta
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Revenge of the anti-vax continues in Alberta
Malice: the intention or desire to do ill-will.
open.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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“Political bullshit, by the way, is defined as “persuasive communication that has no regard for truth, knowledge or evidence.” And that’s what Smith and her deferential companions delivered shamelessly.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
The Stink of BS at Premier Smith’s Coal Town Hall | The Tyee
The rowdy meeting’s air reeked of government deception. Locals were having none of it.
thetyee.ca
June 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Most Albertans, including healthcare workers, will now have to pay to get a COVID vaccine.

Danielle Smith promised Albertans would never have to pay out of pocket for the medical treatment they need. She lied.

Such a cruel, dangerous, anti-science, anti-public health decision.

Make it make sense.
June 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Flamer was awarded the respected Lambda Literary award.
Time magazine cited Blankets as #1 Best Comics in 2003.
Gender Queer won the Alex Award in 2020 from American Library Association
Fun Home won National Book Critics Circle Award and more.

All of them help young people understand our world.
May 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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May 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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When someone asks you why you choose Canada, tell them, this is why:

#csnpoli #ableg #CanadianForever

player.vimeo.com/video/105661...
Dear Canada... on Vimeo
player.vimeo.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM