Peter Oliver
@peterloliver.bsky.social
Director of Public Art | Beltline Neighbourhoods Association. Host of the Palgary Almanac on CJSW 90.9 FM.
Water Not Coal has released a copy of a letter with concerns about Elections Alberta, including... - 2 directors being fired without cause - Multiple changes to how their petition was being verified mid process - A service manager & 4 supervisors quitting with concerns the process was compromised.
So there is in fact a "magic money tree", but it's not for fighting climate change or for public services.
Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · yesterdayThe federal government’s Productivity Mega-Deduction will apply to assets including new oil and gas pipelines, mines, rail, bridges and more. It will cost $36 billion in its first five years.
NEW ANALYSIS: DeSmog looked at the companies behind 33 planned data centres in Alberta and found that less than one third could be data sovereign. buff.ly/SvjCnOH
Majority of Planned Alberta Data Centre Projects Could be Under Foreign Control
DeSmog analysis finds less than one third of planned projects could have full Canadian control over data.
desmog.com
Mark Carney is privatizing airports and allowing foreign investors (mainly American) to buy up the country. Slashing corporate tax rates and offering up vast amounts of resources for mining and extraction corporations. The country is for sale. Liberal voters were duped.
Tonight shows that Alberta's NDP is building huge momentum here in Calgary, and across the province. We know better is possible. The historic result in Calgary-Shaw proves it. Thank you to Kyle and to every single person who put in the work to get us here. /1
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
theguardian.com
"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’
She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...
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The Alberta government is planning to take over the province's natural gas pipeline system to ensure tech companies and oil majors will have enough natural gas for their operations — even if it makes gas more expensive for Albertans, a leaked document reveals.
Alberta could spend billions on public gas pipelines to fuel data centre boom, leaked document suggests
The document was presented at a Sept. 10 cabinet meeting by Energy Minister Brian Jean. It lays out an expansive plan to expand the province's natural gas network by bringing it under public ownership...
nationalobserver.com
Today's essential read for all Albertans. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ai-d...
Leaked doc suggests Alberta has an AI data centre masterplan | The Narwhal
Alberta mulls rewriting laws, creating new Crown corporations, taking over natural gas supply systems, higher prices for consumers for AI data centre and oil push: leaked doc
thenarwhal.ca
VIRTUAL OPTION: For those not in Toronto, you can join the event livestream linked below. I’ll be in conversation with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, moderated by Shiri Pasternak. And OMG Carsie Blanton is stopping by before her show to kick us off with some revolutionary music!
More government handouts to friends of conservatives. The UCP are corrupt to the core and shame on any of you who continue to vote conservative thinking they're 'fiscally' responsible. Shame shame shame. By @drugdatadecoded.ca drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove... #abpoli #Ableg #cdnpoli
Alberta government refuses to say why it gave millions to ROSC Solutions Group
ROSC Solutions Group incorporated in late 2022. By March 2023, it had $70 million in Alberta provincial funding. Now, the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is deflecting requests for information...
drugdatadecoded.ca
Reaction to our scoop this morning on potential government plans to take control over natural gas pipelines in Alberta. With acknowledgement from the Alberta government. #abpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oppo...
Alberta’s alleged push for more AI data centres, oil and gas, sparks outrage | The Narwhal
‘For her foreign billionaire friends’: Opposition leader accuses Danielle Smith of possibly raising energy bills for AI data centres. Here’s a peek at the leaked doc he’s talking about
thenarwhal.ca
SCOOP: A leaked document indicates Alberta is considering rewriting laws, creating new Crown corporations to take over the natural gas system and build new gas pipelines and taking on costly legal battles — in large part so AI data centres can have access to power, @drewanderson.bsky.social reports.
Leaked doc suggests Alberta has sprawling plans to pave the way for AI data centres, more oil production
Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push
thenarwhal.ca
According to a leaked document, the government of Alberta is considering a massive overhaul of natural gas pipelines in the province, and billions in spending, to help drive an AI data centre boom. #abpoli #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ai-d...
Leaked doc suggests Alberta has sprawling plans to pave the way for AI data centres, more oil production
Rewriting laws, creating Crown corporations that could rival TC Energy, building new natural gas pipelines and increasing prices for consumers: what a leaked document says about Alberta’s AI data centre and oil push
thenarwhal.ca
Last week, Smith posted on social media that “For every $1 of taxes a guest worker generates, taxpayers are covering $10 in services.” While this figure might ring true for many, it is far from accurate. I fact-checked Smith’s claims in my latest for @thetyee.ca
Does Alberta Provide $10 in Services for Every $1 of ‘Guest Worker’ Taxes? | The Tyee
Ahead of a divisive referendum question, we fact checked Danielle Smith’s claims.
thetyee.ca
"These really contentious plans will give free rein to large polluters, put nature and species at risk, limit public participation and keep Canadians in the dark about the impacts to their health and safety. It's a huge abdication of responsibility from the feds."
Feds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessments
The change comes as part of a suite of amendments to Canada's impact assessment laws passed by the Carney government early Wednesday morning.
nationalobserver.com
This is bullshit. #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/10/n...
Feds quietly exempt oilsands and gas power plants from environmental impact assessments
The change comes as part of a suite of amendments to Canada's impact assessment laws passed by the Carney government early Wednesday morning.
nationalobserver.com
This government is still sitting on parts of a buried report laying bare catastrophic risks facing us from ecosystems collapse. My message to @andyburnham.bsky.social: tell the truth. Release the report in full. And prepare the country for what's coming. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Polanski calls for report on ecosystem collapse to be published in full
Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis
theguardian.com
Former and current staff at Ontario’s Ministry of Environment tell @fatimabsyed.bsky.social and @leahbortskuperman.bsky.social that Bill 5, and the death of the Endangered Species Act, left them powerless in protecting at-risk species. “We were essentially silenced.”
Inside Ontario’s endangered species office after Bill 5 | The Narwhal
‘We were essentially silenced’: current and former Ministry of Environment officials say they were powerless after Doug Ford killed the Endangered Species Act
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Absolutely criminal www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n...
Alberta exempts Suncor's tailings pond dump from review, angering downstream communities
The oil giant won't need an environmental impact assessment before treating and dumping millions of litres of tar sand tailings into the Athabasca River.
nationalobserver.com
'An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm, Global News has learned.' globalnews.ca/news/1204911...
Alberta separatist leader Rath faces $109M debt claim from US investors | Globalnews.ca
An American litigation funder is threatening to call in more than $100 million in alleged debt from Alberta separatist leader and lawyer Jeffrey Rath and his firm
globalnews.ca
It was 20 years ago that I first heard of the devastating health impacts and cancer cluster in Fort Chipewyan, home of the Mikisew Cree First Nation downstream from oil sands tailings "ponds”. 🧵 www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/04/n...
Alberta exempts Suncor's tailings pond dump from review, angering downstream communities
The oil giant won't need an environmental impact assessment before treating and dumping millions of litres of oilsand tailings into the Athabasca River.
nationalobserver.com
This is the government of Canada’s scientific finding. It is true. It is also a terrible message. Here’s what’s also true: 🧵 www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...
Changes to Canada's climate now 'irreversible,' federal report says
The impacts of climate change in Canada are now largely irreversible and average temperatures are expected to rise by at least 3.5 C by the end of the century, a new government report warns.
ctvnews.ca
26,000,000 Canadians. 930 communities. Just as there are no atheists in foxholes, climate denial becomes impossible in a world on fire. There's still time to act. Phasing out fossil fuels needs to be humanity's primary mission www.theenergymix.com/26m-canadian...
26M Canadians in 930 Communities Faced Climate Impacts So Far This Year, New Map Shows
More than 26 million Canadians in more than 930 communities, more than 60% of the population, have personally faced the impacts of climate change so far this year, the #ElbowsUp for Climate campaign r...
theenergymix.com
nightmare fuel the only way this level of carnage happens is because of high speeds isn't 17th ave sw a 40kph zone? www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Pedestrian injured in 17 Avenue S.W. crash, prompting road closure
A female pedestrian was badly injured in a crash on 17 Avenue S.W. on Wednesday.
ctvnews.ca
NEW A months after incorporating, ROSC Solutions Group had over $70,000,000 in funding from Alberta's UCP government – despite senior officials knowing that the politically connected company was ineligible. Now, the UCP is stonewalling access to contract records. drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...
Alberta government refuses to disclose why it gave millions to ROSC Solutions Group
ROSC Solutions Group incorporated in late 2022. By March 2023, it had $70 million in Alberta provincial funding. Now, the Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is deflecting requests for information...
drugdatadecoded.ca
If cars can’t keep themselves off the sidewalk, maybe it’s time to accept that a 50 km/h speed limit is too fast for 17 Ave SW. 🤷♂️ #Yycwalk @natefor8.bsky.social
It's stuff like this that they are trying to distract everyone from by talking about bike lanes.
MondoAB@mondoab.bsky.social · 2w ago"..the ministry withheld the entire appendix detailing the deliverables of the contract. - The central activity under the FET grant appears to be the development and application of an audit tool for the mostly privatized rehab services that are publicly funded on nearly a billion dollars per year."
