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🇨🇦 Forever Canadian living in Alberta 🇨🇦

Shout out to our lovely library washroom attendant who helped translate my conversation with a teen library patron interested in student page jobs into Tigrinya, and we’ll also connect her with our library settlement worker for newcomers for more help.

UCP's plan to put citizenship markers on driver's licenses is an absolute disaster: 1) many seniors don't have a passport/birth certificate easily accessible 2) people are unable to renew their driver's license, risking their employment 3) ID changes put healthcare at risk too #ableg #abpoli

"new state laws and safety codes are reclassifying these plug-in kits as standard appliances — meaning renters can finally treat home solar like a simple toaster oven, plugging a personal power plant into any wall socket and cutting electricity bills by up to 25% with zero landlord approval."

Renters have been locked out of solar energy for years, and a tiny balcony device now "picking the lock" is spreading through 8 states

Renters have been locked out of solar energy for years, and a tiny balcony device now "picking the lock" is spreading through 8 states to make it available.

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SIGN UPDATE! 1. Large signs are going up in rural Alberta. If you would like to help set some up, let us know via info@albertasvoice.ca. 2. Lawn signs will be available throughout Southern Alberta in the next week. Details to follow. Stay in Canada. No to the Nine.

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"Smith then explained that banning coal mining in the eastern slopes would raise issues of property rights and the government would have to study that — implying that the property rights of a rich Australian coal baron matters more than those of ordinary Albertan water drinkers." 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Petzie (AMW) 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦@amwpetzie.bsky.social · 2d ago

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Referendum Day will be here before we know it & it's never been more important to make sure your voice is heard and get out to VOTE. Go to elections.ab.ca to order your special ballot if you're not able to vote in person on October 19 or are worried about waiting in line. #ableg #abpoli

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My fellow book lovers! The Libby app has saved me hundreds of pounds because I borrow ebooks and audiobooks instead of buying them. Just discovered how easy it is to use to get books onto a proper e-reader (Kobo Clara). Brilliant for anyone who wants to stop using Amazon Kindle / Audible.

Understandably. Nobody wants an electricity bill surging, water guzzling, planet boiling ai data centre AT ALL. But of course Danielle Smith and the Conservative Separatist Party are the only pushing these into our towns and cities. Protest hard and loud! #Alberta #Canada #ABpoli #Cdnpoli

CultureAlberta@culturealberta.bsky.social · 3d ago

Dozens Protest Meta's $13 Billion AI Data Centre North of Edmonton Over Water and Power Concerns #Edmonton #Alberta www.culturealberta.com/articles/doz...

Seeing lots of COVID minimizing / memory-holing in the U.S. lately. A reminder of what it was like at its worst here in Alberta: "The deadliest week came right around Christmas [2020]. From Dec. 21 to 27, the novel coronavirus was claiming 24 lives per day across the province. One death per hour."

What it’s like to die from COVID — and how it feels for those left behind

Marlene Ducommun realized she was going to die and was angry for about 15 minutes. She’s one of nearly 2,000 Albertans who lost their lives to the disease in the past year.

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