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Not interested in cowards and fools. Anti-fascist. Environment, climbing, skiing, renewable energy, rescue, photography.
There’s no reason to believe that economics would be a factor with the amount of public money Smith is willing to waste.
Max Fawcett@maxfawcett.bsky.social · 6h agoYou should expect the pipeline to get fast-tracked. That's the whole point here -- it removes excuses about federal approvals and reveals the real, and longstanding, impediment to Danielle Smith's dreams of doubling oil production: economics. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/04/n...
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
I got to meet Mike once at SARScene, having started a small friendship through the small SAR twitter community at the time (2014?). The superlatives aimed at Mike are well deserved and his loss is a shock.
North Shore News@northshorenews.bsky.social · last wk.Legacy of service remembered following the death of Squamish's Michael Coyle
Hit the age where a fanny pack is making more and more sense, and I've discovered they've been rebranded as "belt bags".
I endorse the letter from dozens of civil society and human rights groups, voicing support for the Canadian Museum of Human Rights. Political interference in the Museum’s operations is wrong. Denying the Nakba, and the Palestinian experience of displacement and dispossession, is also wrong. (1/2)
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Really good reporting by my colleague @rorywh.bsky.social here. #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/21/n...
Former Smith advisers awarded $300,000 referendum contract by Alberta government
The contract was for the creation of a website, albertareferendum2026.ca, which belongs to the Government of Alberta and provides information on the province's upcoming referendum.
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Great post on "Corridor Zoning" with examples from Van and Tor, highlighting that density should follow stations not corridors, and that the corridor is about "quarantining" density and pollution away from sfh. pedestrianobservations.com/2026/07/14/c...
Corridor Zoning is not Transit-Oriented Development
Corridor zoning is a style of development, in which major arterial streets are zoned for high residential and commercial density, while side streets remain zoned for low density, sometimes even for…
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My mom’s final weeks dying from lung cancer should be enough to bury this shit in the dust bin of history.
Olivia Hill@machineiv.bsky.social · 3w agoI genuinely hate the push to make smoking a thing again. I have watched so many drawn out, ugly, painful deaths from smoking. It makes everything disgusting. It enslaves us to the worst kinds of corporations. There’s ZERO positive here.
Alberta’s Pathways carbon capture and storage complex could cost more than twice the original estimate and sequester only a fraction of the carbon pollution initially promised — even as it appears the federal government is open to providing it with additional subsidies.
Feds lower carbon capture project targets and offer new subsidies as costs double
Deal between Ottawa, province and oilsands heavyweights trades “expanded access” to global markets via West Coast pipeline for megaproject that will sequester a fraction of the carbon originally envis...
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"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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A crushing blow that this was this close to being confirmed. But it should call into question whether it would be reasonable for the Separtists to have hit 300,000 signatures at all. WNC was a focused campaign with support accross the spectrum, and a celebrity leading it www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Elections Alberta rejects Corb Lund's 'Water Not Coal' petition | CBC News
Elections Alberta has rejected musician Corb Lund's 'Water Not Coal' petition, saying it failed to meet the requirements for a citizen initiative petition.
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This is why I think the 4-D chess Carney apologists need to update their priors. There was no reason to commit the Crown Corporation to do this.
Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · last mo.BREAKING: The Crown corporation Trans Mountain will lead the proposed new pipeline to the West Coast, Carney and Smith confirm.
Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"
Following the existing TransMountain right-of-way is an obvious win, to the point it should call into question (again) all the previous attempts to go to a North Coast route.
It's +46C today in Ottawa because our governments sold this country to the oil and gas industry! Even though O&G represents only 5% of our GDP! Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦
The incompetence of this minister: more than 2,000 children will be impacted by this and he is only now just looking at numbers and flexibility. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Hundreds of undocumented Alberta students at risk of losing free access to school | CBC News
Hundreds of children and teenagers already attending Alberta schools could be ineligible to enrol in September as their families’ immigration status hangs in limbo.
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A few folks have asked me about *home* insurance inflation in Alberta, too. It's also ... just ... wow. 😲
Robson Fletcher@robsonfletcher.com · last mo.New inflation data out today and wow what can you say about these Alberta car insurance rates other than ... wow. 😳
Opinion: You might have thought the world’s richest man had enough on his plate teeing up history’s biggest IPO. Yet he has been devoting many of his waking hours to stoking up racial hatred in Britain on his social media site. ft.trib.al/B4elnzv
When we ask AI to write for us, we diminish our capacity to think for ourselves and connect with one another. We're set to leave ourselves stupid, disconnected, and hopelessly dominated by companies and governments. No thanks. www.davidmoscrop.com/p/what-ai-ca...
What AI Can't Do And What It Shouldn't Do
We're losing our capacity to think and connect. We can choose a different future.
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A beautiful essay, in and of itself.
JP@jpbrammer.bsky.social · 2mo agoI went from reading a few books a year to around one a week. I wanted to write down how I got there, how it involved rethinking my relationship to attention, and why I believe reading books can heal your brain. I hope this gives you something useful! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/how-i-lear...
#yeg needs Safe Mobility funding — but not a blank cheque. 10 years into #visionzero, deaths and serious injuries are rising much faster than traffic volumes. Council should fund safety, but demand data, better standards, stronger enforcement, and accountability. buff.ly/94omAna #yegbike
It’s hard to hear solutions if you don’t want to listen to what the problem is.
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 2mo ago"'He yells,' said one MP (...). 'He punches down at caucus all the time.'" This is pretty unsurprising based on various reports on some of Carney's behind-the-scenes behaviour since day one, but it's still really off-putting to read. Great reporting from @althiaraj.bsky.social. She's killing it.
It’s frankly offensive that food can get stuck your sinuses.
Alberta separatists are living in a defence fantasy world. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/blackclo...
The Defence Fantasy of Alberta Separatism
Before we start, I should make something perfectly clear.
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Man accused of doxxing nearly 3 million people would like you to know that it feels weird knowing so many strangers are mad at him
The only advantage of this is that we'll have 2 years to sell our house and get out of this province if Seppies pull this one out their ass.
Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦@daveberta.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe’re having a referendum on a referendum, folks.
BREAKING: Alberta voter data has appeared on the website of a US company named repeatedly by separatist David Parker. After @rorywh.bsky.social discovered the breach, the website was taken down amid questions from Elections Alberta.
Alberta voter data found on website of US company linked to Centurion Project
Elections Alberta is already investigating a breach of voter data obtained by separatist David Parker. The US company, 10XVotes, has been repeatedly mentioned by Parker as having been involved in the ...
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