Regan
@mighty580am.bsky.social
Retired journalist/public radio CEO. Political & religious agnostic but I believe in & support good people & ideas. Affordable public education is the greatest single investment a community or country can make toward its own survival & prosperity.
Re-announced plans to plan won't fix our health care! "$39 million might buy a vague plan & maybe even some land, but it won’t get anything started, let alone built; & it will be at least 6 years, & possibly a lot more than that, before any of these places open their doors"
David J. Climenhaga@djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 18h agoUCP says it has a plan to build 9 new ‘urgent care centres,’ just like the ones it announced last year, and in the last budget. albertapolitics.ca/2026/11/ucp-...
#DanielleSmith's government didn't like the electoral map recommended by an independent commission. So it scrapped the recommendations and started over. Now there's a new map designed to give the UCP government an electoral advantage. We need to stop this! stopthecheat.ca #abpoli
StopTheCheat.ca: Stop Danielle Smith from Gerrymandering Alberta’s Next Election
Danielle Smith's government didn't like the electoral map recommended by an independent commission. So it scrapped the recommendations and started over.
stopthecheat.ca
"You cannot spend years promising to fix a system and then ask voters to ignore the results." #ableg #abpoli Danielle Smith’s Health-Care Disaster: Alberta Doctors Are Speaking Out — And the UCP Can No Longer Blame Everyone Else prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/danielle-s...
Danielle Smith’s Health-Care Disaster: Alberta Doctors Are Speaking Out — And the UCP Can No Longer Blame Everyone Else
For years, Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party have had a remarkably reliable political strategy whenever criticism comes their way: blame someone else.
prairiesexposed.substack.com
Albertans expect government to use their tax dollars wisely. Our plan makes every tax dollar count by keeping corporate tax rates unchanged, investing where it unlocks growth, and protecting the public services Albertans rely on. 🔗 Read the details here: albertandp.ca/economy
If anyone in #Lethbridge wants to hear #Nenshi tonight about the gerrymandering, 6.30 at the Multicultural Centre downtown, tonight Nov 12. #Alberta
Grateful to Tom Coxworth for playing my song Don’t Think You Are Forgotten in the context of his #RemembranceDay segment on CKUA Radio’s Folk Routes this past weekend. Here’s the song: mariadunn.bandcamp.com/track/don-t-...
United Airlines said on Wednesday that it is banning artificial intelligence agents from making flight reservations on behalf of travelers, *citing security risks and the possibility that such actions could violate federal rules. CBS News
United Airlines bans AI agents from booking flights on behalf of travelers
Using an artificial intelligence agent to make flight reservations poses security risks and could violate federal rules, according to United.
cbsnews.com
🚨 UNITED CEO CALLS FOR A WEALTH TAX: “It’s about fairness”
This may soon be the case in Alberta and more of Canada if other provincial governments follow American style conservatism too. Book bans will lead to libraries buying fewer books, which will affect book suppliers, publishers, writers, artists and readers. bookriot.com/book-bans-an...
Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children's Publishing Right Now: Book Censorship News, April 10, 2026
Publishing imprints for young readers are shuttering thanks to a softening school and library market. That's the result of book censorship.
bookriot.com
Nov 13 - Tune in to CBC Edmonton AM at 7:50 am! I’m excited to visit CBC’s Edmonton AM to talk with host Tara McCarthy about our upcoming Packingtown concert (Sunday, Nov 15 at 7 pm at Ukrainian Centre, 11018 97 St NW, Edmonton, AB)
Albertans should be able to count on hard work creating opportunity, and trust government to do the same. Our plan creates good jobs now and in the future by attracting investment, helping businesses grow, building rural Alberta, and creating more value here at home. 🔗 albertandp.ca/economy
I’m beyond excited to support local artisans at markets all over Banff-Kananaskis this festive season. Would love to see you there! For all the event timings and details, head over to my Linktree or visit the link in my bio: https://linktr.ee/elmeligisarah🎄
prairiesexposed.substack.com/p/nine-more-... It’s easy to make promises, and then make the same promise again and again without actually producing something. The UCP would improve patient care by getting voted out of government. #StopElectingSociopaths #StopVotingUCP
Nine More Urgent Care Centres? Another UCP Health-Care Announcement, Another Round of Promises, But When Will Albertans Actually See Anything?
The UCP government has announced another $39 million for nine proposed urgent care centres, but Albertans have every reason to ask whether this is another exercise in political publicity rather than t...
prairiesexposed.substack.com
Conservative MP helps raise $77,000 for group campaigning to ‘criminalize abortion’ Leslyn Lewis, one of Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative MPs, delivered a fundraising gala keynote for a campaign group that credits itself with electing hundreds of anti-abortion politicians across Canada
Conservative MP Helps Raise $77,000 for Group Campaigning to ‘Criminalize Abortion’
Leslyn Lewis delivers fundraising gala keynote for group that credits itself with electing hundreds of anti-abortion politicians across Canada
thewatchdog.ca
They turn up on your property and put stakes in the ground, then tell you to leave your city home or farm. People are fighting back.
Tripling our power bills is what we're getting from the UCP #ableg #abpoli thewalrusca.substack.com/p/albertas-d...
Alberta’s Data Centre Boom Could Triple Power Bills, Utilities Warn
The government says the risk is all private. Its own documents disagree
thewalrusca.substack.com
UCP says it has a plan to build 9 new ‘urgent care centres,’ just like the ones it announced last year, and in the last budget. albertapolitics.ca/2026/11/ucp-...
UCP says it has a plan to build 9 new ‘urgent care centres,’ just like the ones it announced last year, and in the last budget - Alberta Politics
Judging from the announcement earlier this week about nine new “urgent care centres” the Alberta Government is starting to think about planning to prepare to build sometime in the indeterminate future...
albertapolitics.ca
On this day in 1971, Mon oncle Antoine premiered. Set in Quebec it follows 15-year-old Benoît amid the Asbestos Strike of 1949. One of the greatest Canadian films ever made, it won eight Canadian Film Awards. Watch it here: www.nfb.ca/film/mon-onc... 📸 NFB
Does anyone happen to know the name of the smallest bar in Mississippi?
Steve Lafleur@stevelafleur.bsky.social · 3w agoIf Mississippi elects a Democratic Senator, I am going to fly down there, walk into a bar, and buy everyone a beer.
"And there will still have been no new hospital built in Edmonton since 1988!" Is anyone buying this smoke and mirrors? #LaCringe is so useless. #abpoli
David J. Climenhaga@djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 18h agoUCP says it has a plan to build 9 new ‘urgent care centres,’ just like the ones it announced last year, and in the last budget. albertapolitics.ca/2026/11/ucp-...
On Veterans Day, reflect on what military service is: a surrender of personal liberty in service of the nation. Even if someone fulfills an entire career without deploying to combat, they nonetheless place themselves under the broad authority of civilian leaders and a chain of command. 🧵
The CAJ wasn't mature enough as an organization to offer mentorships back in my journo days. Would have loved to participate in a program like this. Good on them!
Jason Markusoff@markusoff.bsky.social · 2d agoIt's CAJ mentorship program time, and lordy do we havea lineup for you, O early-to-mid-career journalism keener: Carrie Tait! NYT bureau chief Matina Stevis-Gridneff! TorStar investigative journo Emma McIntosh! Inori Roy! Paul Wells! David Pugliese! And more! Apply here: caj.ca/programs/men...
Keep passing this site on. You can let PIA know how you are affected. So happy they have this site. #abpoli fairmaps.ca#have-your-say
No Fair Maps. No Fair Elections.
Alberta’s new riding map was drawn by a panel that politicians appointed, not by an electoral boundaries commission. Find your riding and compare the maps.
fairmaps.ca
Hazel B. 🇨🇦@hab3261.bsky.social · 2d agoAmazing work by PIA (Public Interest Alberta) Great civic education tool. #abpoli fairmaps.ca
A reminder that Canadian valour is not simply a 20th century thing. This battlefield is about 50 minutes from where I live. Thanks to diverse peoples, victory that day is one reason why we have this country to call home. #RememberThem
Craig Baird-Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2d agoOn this day in 1813, the Battle of Crysler's Farm was fought near present-day Morrisburg, ON. A larger American force was defeated by 800 Upper Canadian and British troops and Indigenous warriors. 📸 Adam Sherriff Scott
Wainwright, on Remembrance Day: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @alannasmith.bsky.social
In Wainwright, Remembrance Day takes a new meaning in the wake of tragedy
Weeks after four soldiers were killed in the CFB Wainwright fire, the community gathered to honour Canada’s veterans and fallen troops
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