Not a single death at Calgary's Safeworks site since opening in 2017. Thank you, Avnish Nanda for trying and for your future appeal.
The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 2mo agoMelanee Thomas
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Feminist, former farm kid, cat connoisseur. I do political science sometimes. she/they
The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · 2mo ago
Let’s remember that we also need to say NO to the nine noxious referendum questions. Proud to add my name to this open letter. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Alberta #saynotothenine
An Open Letter to Albertans on Division and Dignity | The Tyee
And why we need to reject Danielle Smith’s referendum questions.
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Alberta’s grievances with Ottawa are mostly manufactured, always exaggerated and, often, completely illusory. Now it's time for the people who spent the last decade amplifying and weaponizing them to put out the fire they helped create. #cdnpoli #abpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/26/o...
Albertans are addicted to their grievances. It’s time to break the cycle
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My kingdom for this kind of basic transparency Source: BBC share.google/sTHNtKsE59dS...
Scottish Parliament endorses SNP call for independence referendum
The demand was the Scottish government's first item of business in the new parliament.
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"Simply put, Premier Danielle Smith and her party are beholden to the separatists who put them in power. Everything they do is subservient to that debt" The Confederacy of Treaty No. 6 First Nations condemns the plan of Premier Smith’s UCP government to move ahead with a separation referendum.
I've got some more results to share with you from my latest survey of Albertans with Probe Research. This set of questions focused on electoral boundary changes. In short: This issue is NOT flying under the radar. 🧵
Albertans are paying attention to electoral boundary changes and uncomfortable with what they see — Robson Fletcher: Data & Storytelling Strategist
In a new poll with my partners at Probe Research, we find a high degree of awarness — and skepticism — about a democratic process that usually comes and goes without fanfare.
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Unprecedented, unauthorized use of Alberta's voter list demands accountability. Our call for a public inquiry here: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/07/o...
A call for an independent public inquiry into the management and use of Alberta’s voters list
An inquiry would establish a clear and authoritative account of what occurred, assess whether ongoing protections are adequate, and offer recommendations to restore confidence in Alberta’s electoral s...
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My biggest conspiracy theory is that telling working class people that engagement in the arts is a middle / upper class thing and to do so makes you a class traitor is a psyop to make them disengaged with themselves and the world and the beauty of being human, so that they accept worse treatment.
Paul Boldrin@paulboldrin.bsky.social · 3mo agoI read a history of early 20th century socialism and it's crazy how much of it is just clubs doing art or reading books and trying to get miners and factory workers to do art and read books.
If you're wondering why some people are very afraid after the posting of their personal information contained in the Elections Alberta voters list, check out the top of this story. 1 thetyee.ca/News/2023/05...
The Bully Who Haunts Alberta’s Election | The Tyee
Inside the Kenney team’s torment of political ‘enemies’ and where his troll brigade has landed. A Tyee investigation.
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Albertans should consider every legal option available in light of the release of YOUR personal Elections Alberta information. Up to and including MASSIVE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT(s). Make them pay for intentionally compromising your privacy. #ableg
So, how is it that the investigation into alleged voters list misuse just twisted in the wind for weeks? Elections Alberta says the UCP's Bill 54 basically tied their hands, raising the bar on what they can investigate.
SCOOP: RCMP execute search warrants tied to Alberta's health procurement controversy; at least a dozen officers were at MHCare Medical Corp.'s headquarters on Wednesday www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Police search Sam Mraiche firm’s HQ in Alberta procurement probe
MHCare Medical, a government supplier, is one of the companies under scrutiny for its ties to public servants at AHS and provincial politicians
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Images posted to Alpha Athletika’s Telegram channel show its members posing for propaganda pictures in the gym, with huge flags unfurled and Nazi imagery on at least one member’s workout clothes. @rachelgilmore.bsky.social reports.
How a White Nationalist Club Thought It Found Safe Haven in a Montreal Gym | The Tyee
The owners say they were unaware Frontenac Active Club met at their facility.
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The racist rhetoric and xenophobic scapegoating of refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers, and newcomers by the Alberta government and the federal opposition has brought harm, hate, and harassment to Canadians.
Melanee Thomas@melomas.bsky.social · 5mo agoAs a @ucalgary.bsky.social faculty member and a former member of the Board of Governors, I want to see our campus leadership publicly repudiate this racism, and support our Chancellor
As a @ucalgary.bsky.social faculty member and a former member of the Board of Governors, I want to see our campus leadership publicly repudiate this racism, and support our Chancellor
The Breakdown AB@thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 5mo agoIf you watch 2 minutes of video today… Make it this. A masterclass on oratory and personal responsibility is on full display. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Seven new AHS CEOs have been fired and replaced by seven others who have also been fired. Recall petitions have been issued against all MLAs, as well as several non-MLAs. The Notwithstanding Clause has been used to overturn Santa. Every MLA has crossed the floor twice. Welcome to #ableg.
Alberta records first measles death -- an infant -- since outbreak www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @alannasmith.bsky.social
Alberta records first measles death since outbreak
Premature baby who contracted disease in utero has died, first death associated with provincial outbreak of nearly 2,000 cases
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I was today days old when I learned that a major use of restrictive covenants in Calgary (and elsewhere) was maintaining “community character” by prohibiting specific races from buying in a neighborhood and I feel naive but also why is this not part of the news stories?
Clement@cheechlaw.bsky.social · last yr.Started seeing these signs pop up in some fancier neighbourhoods. Thoughts: 1. Restricting how your land can be used will hurt your land value down the line. 2. You want to fight homes for more people in a housing crisis? 3. Remember what restrictive covenants were originally for (racism). #yyc
"The evidence shows that singling out health care for gender diverse youth and making it subject to government control will cause irreparable harm to gender diverse youth by reinforcing the discrimination and prejudice that they are already subjected to.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 👏
Alberta judge grants temporary injunction blocking a transgender health-care bill | CBC News
Judgement puts on hold a provincial law that bans doctors from providing gender-affirming care to youth.
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This is an amazing moment. We will see how much the government wants to make trans kids suffer if they continue to fight this decision in any form or fashion. We will also have a metric for their cruelty. #ableg #abpoli #transrightsarehumanrights
Dr. Kristopher Wells@drkristopherwells.bsky.social · last yr.BREAKING NEWS. Alberta Court of King’s Bench grants injunction preventing Alberta Government from banning gender-affirmative care for minors citing “irreparable harm will be caused if the Ban comes into force.” A victory for human rights and trans youth! 🏳️⚧️
The authoritarian assault on higher education claims its second victim after Columbia - a coercive attack on academic freedom that deepens the threat to democracy and the rule of law www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration
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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.
Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · last yr.Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants www.rmoutlook.com/alberta-news...
"An enterprising opposition party (ahem!) might ... launch a parallel ... exercise, focused on what we here in Alberta might do to improve our economy, our standard of living, our health, our public services, our environment, and our sense of community." #abpoli open.substack.com/pub/lisayoun...
Less Ottawa, More Alberta
What Alberta needs next
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Okay Alberta. This is your moment. Each time something egregiously racist happens in this province y'all say, "oh, this isn't who we are...". Now is the time to prove it. Show up at every town hall. Answer every horrible survey question. Get up, stand up. Protest. Do not normalize this ugliness. ✊🏾
Jack Farrell@jack-farrell.bsky.social · last yr.Despite what the Premier said today, sure seems like the panel knows exactly what it plans to workshop this summer. From @mattscace.bsky.social today: Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 The June 2025 issue of P&G is out now! The issue features new research on pandemic leadership, the "anti-woke academy" and feminist institutionalism among others, as well as a Critical Perspectives collection on the 2024 🇺🇸 election. buff.ly/AlU5N7h
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🧵 This is a big story and I’m not seeing it get around so take a sec with me here. Clearview AI is a big deal if cops can use it. Basically lets them figure out who anyone anywhere is based on social media and internet facial recognition scraping. Protests, you name it. 1/
Jack Farrell@jack-farrell.bsky.social · last yr.News from me today: Alberta's personal information protection law ruled partly unconstitutional Even so, Alberta judge upholding an order from privacy commissioners to stop US company from scraping pics for facial recognition database www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
David Malakoff@davidmalakoff.bsky.social · last yr.Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3 www.science.org/content/arti...
Alberta isn’t culturally distinct, but we sure are cruelly distinct.