Like flying geese, we take turns leading so others can rest. Barb and the Raging Grannies have been out there doing the work. Let’s show our appreciation by finding our own ways to participate. There are many ways to make a difference.

Barb Phillips@barbphillips11.bsky.social · yesterday

I am a Lethbridge Raging Grannie. I can’t explain how tired and frustrated I am we, the. Raging Grannies are. We did 16 Street Rally Fridays about the 10 Referendum questions at 2 locations simultaneously…Pincher Creek and Lethbridge. We sang at countless other rallies and protests this year.

MLA Dale Nally billed taxpayers over $5,000 for a “taxi ride.” One of the operators describes itself as offering a “premier private bourbon tour experience.” While Albertans are facing an affordability crisis, the UCP is pouring taxpayer money down the drain on expensive “research” trips.

I hope there's a court case over this gerrymandering I hope that after all the crap Smith has thrown at Albertans, she is shown the door I hope that she's investigated by the RCMP for corruption I hope that her assets are seized I have a lot of hope considering I live in Alberta #ableg #abpoli

The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · last wk.

BREAKING!!!! The NDP have released a letter sent today from Elections Alberta raising the alarm that because of Danielle Smith's gerrymandering, only two options exist! 1 - Use the current boundaries 2 - Push the election back even father than she already has! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Premier Danielle Smith rejects call for a public inquiry into alleged procurement irregularities in Alberta's healthcare system after The Globe reported the RCMP is investigating potential fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @tomcardoso.bsky.social

Smith rejects renewed demands for Alberta health care procurement public inquiry

Premier made her comments after The Globe reported RCMP are investigating potential fraud and money laundering in connection with the controversy

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No rest for weary democrats in Alberta this week. Next up: pushing back against gerrymandering. Here's my latest on what it is, why we should care, and what we can do about it. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/plain-chea...

Plain cheating, plainly explained

How the UCP’s new electoral map threatens to cross a red line in our democracy.

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Howdy! Alberta separatists + American Republicans. Read all about it. --> www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By Nathan VanderKlippe, Grant Robertson, and friend.

The elephant in the room

Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province

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“Public Interest Alberta is joining the federalist forces with the launch of a campaign to vote to remain in Canada, as well as say ‘no’ to the remaining nine referendum questions.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/news/politic...

Public Interest Alberta launches campaign against separation, says 'no to the nine'

Public Interest Alberta is launching a campaign to vote to remain in Canada, as well as say 'no' to the remaining nine referendum questions.

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Count on it, UCP red tape will make it easier to lose your health care. albertapolitics.ca/2026/08/coun...

Count on it, UCP red tape will make it easier to lose your health care - Alberta Politics

Where the hell is Dale Nally now that we actually need him?  For those of you who missed the memo, Mr. Nally is the “minister of red tape reduction” in Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party Gover...

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Jared Wesley@jaredwesley.ca · 3mo ago

My latest on why racism is on the referendum ballots this fall. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/dont-look-...

Power cannot abide a student activist, it seems.... It wasn't all that long ago the cops went undercover to fk with G20 protestors www.canadaland.com/podcast/the-... (I hate Canadaland & esp Jesse Brown but this was excellent coverage)

THE POLICE #7 - The G20: Conspiracy

In the first of a two-part series on the G20, two mysterious strangers start volunteering with activist networks in southern Ontario. It’s all part of one of the biggest undercover police operations i...

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Kim Siever@kimsiever.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...

MARK CARNEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...

Carney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: union

The Carney government cut about 50 positions from the federal nerve centre responsible for managing forest fires, the union says.

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whoopsie daisy

Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"In its latest earnings call, the company's CEO Avik Dey... couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" per megawatt hour of electricity by early 2028. By 2029, rival company TransAlta is predicting an average of $100 — more than 3X average price this year..." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/20/a...

W/o ‘decarbonize power grids, data centre emissions would more than double by 2030, leading to an estimated $154 billion in annual climate damages -- up from $68 billion today … Climate damage related to AI workloads could exceed $50 billion by 2030 … 1.3 to 1.8 trillion liters of water by 2030’

Data centers emitting more CO2 than thought: study

Data centers, whose expansion is being fueled dramatically by the artificial intelligence boom, have a far bigger carbon footprint than previously estimated, according to a new study. The sprawling, p...

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Janet 🇨🇦@jansplanet.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Please tell all the officials that represent you now #NoGasForAI It is unacceptable the government of #Canada would greenwash us as they plan to run data centres on fossil fuels & freshwater. No collective good comes from this plan. #SaySomething we must #DefendOurDemocracy & #StopCarney

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

It will never make sense. They don't pretend to make sense. They just hope the people voting for them are dumb (with a "b" at the end).

"Minister of Education and Childcare Demetrios Nicolaides’ Calgary-Bow riding received three times more contributions in 2025 compared to the previous year. And most of that money can be traced back to private school operators and childcare companies." theijf.org/brief/privat...

Private school, childcare companies top donors to Alberta education minister’s constituency association

The Calgary-Bow constituency association got three times more contributions in 2025 versus 2024

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“Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has been selected as the provincial winner of the 2025 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli caj.ca/a-blanket-sm...

A blanket smother-up: Alberta government wins secrecy award for opaque access-to-information process - Canadian Association of Journalists

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has been selected as the provincial winner of the 2025 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy after Alberta’s information a...

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Alberta’s forced treatment plan actually gets worse… Because their new prisons won’t be ready until 2030, the UCP is going to use voluntary beds, potentially taking away spaces from people who want them… To force treatment on people who don’t. #abpoli www.thealbertan.com/beyond-local...

Internal documents reveal where Alberta plans to host its new forced treatment program.

Read the full story and comment on TheAlbertan.com

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New inflation data out today and wow what can you say about these Alberta car insurance rates other than ... wow. 😳

BREAKING! Smith confirmed that the "Water Not Coal" Petition will not be on the October ballot. Confusingly, she said it could happen as early as Oct 2027, which would be a violation of the Citizen Initiative Act. So why not just pull the trigger now? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

"Lund said he personally met with Smith on May 11 about the coal mining question. 'We were literally discussing the wording of my question as it should appear on the ballot, face-to-face. And at no point was any June 1 deadline mentioned,' he said."

Corb Lund ‘deeply disappointed and shocked’ by Premier Smith’s answer on coal petition

After Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a question about coal mining would not be on this fall’s referendum ballot, the leader of the movement said he believes it can be if she wants it there.

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www.cbc.ca/news/busines... the land these things require, the water these things require is not sustainable - these data centres use all of our drinking water - we’re already having droughts-if this is the road we’re going down- this technology will backfire and it will be the end of life on earth.

As more data centres get built across Canada, frustration is building | CBC News

A new national AI strategy by the federal government this week comes at a time when the country is confronting a wave of new high-powered data centres, while public sentiment could be souring on the i...

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This was AGAIN TODAY Friday June 5 2026 He's got to be removed. The Leader of the Free World cannot Sleep through all the important meetings. ENOUGH. He's an absolute embarrassment to America. #TrumpIsInCognitiveDecline

I know a lot of people are talking about the economic implications of this Alberta separation debate. Here's one aspect that NO ONE is talking about: water rights. We have agreements with the U.S. that would need to be re-worked plus we'd have to negotiate a TON with Canada. #ABleg #cdnpoli

Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star

Hong Kong suspends Alberta egg and poultry shipments Has Poilievre spoke of the producers impacted by H5N1 avian influenza in his riding, out here in antiscience Alberta? Has he mentioned any advocacy or ideas about how we reopen the market to China? #AbPoli #CdnPoli m.farms.com/ag-industry-...

"UCP doubles payments for surgeries, says government 'must start somewhere' to lower healthcare costs." This is why we can't do satire anymore. #ableg #abpoli womenofabpoli.substack.com/p/surgical-c...

Surgical costs balloon under UCP cover up

As Danielle Smith and the UCP play politics with everything, it's okay to feel like we're being gaslit; because we are.

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Note: Kevin O'Leary is despised in Canada. He's a prick. He's also trying to push a data centre in Alberta. O'Leary was driving a boat in Ontario which struck a boat killing a woman. He had his wife take the fall. He's not Mr Wonderful, he's Mr Dispicable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Irresponsible’: backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

Facility would require more power than entire state uses and suck up vast amount of water in drought-stricken area

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