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Oh my. An anti-vaxxer is asking the Toronto Board of Health to get rid of measles vaccinations in favour of "naturally strengthened immune systems" and "both sides of the vaccine issue".

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My home of Missoula just voted to establish the pride flag as an official government flag of the city, thereby circumventing the state's asinine pride flag ban. 🏳️‍🌈 Missoula is once again showing how to fight back against policies that seek to erase the LGBTQ community.

submitted 20 hours ago • 331 comments

This is a very damning and worrying study by provincial scientists. It demands a response from Minister Schulz. If we already have unsafe levels of selenium in Crowsnest Lake from legacy coal mines why are we looking at additional mines? @cpawssab.bsky.social #abpoli

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To hate another human being for their gender identity or sexual orientation is the marker of someone whose humanity is fundamentally broken.

submitted 1 day ago • 147 comments

Please read this. It's not long at all. But it will stay with you. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/10/23/c...

submitted 20 hours ago • 5 comments

A bill before the Alberta Legislature will, if passed, allow for the operation and funding of hospitals by private, for-profit entities cupe.ca/ucp-introduc...

submitted 15 days ago • 9 comments

Danielle Smith is not on #TeamCanada. She’s not even on Team Alberta. She’s only out for herself, her rich donors, and her extremist Maple MAGA base. Canadians see that. #Canada #CanadaSky #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli

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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

submitted 23 hours ago • 232 comments

This is Alberta. A young couple I know took their one-year-old daughter with a 41C fever to Red Deer Hospital emergency last week. They spent nine hours - all night - waiting to see a doctor before they gave up and left. They waited a few more hours until their family doctor's clinic opened.

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Mountain top removal coal mines in the historic Crowsnest Pass present a clear and present danger to downstream fish populations even decades after their closure, according to a new scientific paper funded by the government of Alberta. Andrew Nikiforuk writes.

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While RFK Jr. is fighting against fluoride in drinking water, the city of Calgary in Canada already made that mistake and is bringing it back this month. Back in 2011, Calgary voted to remove flouride, but childhood cavities rose and 10 years later in 2021, 62% of voters asked to bring it back.

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Hard to think of a clear depiction of climate politics in Canada than provincial premiers calling for more pipelines and deregulation of oil and gas development as climate-amplified wildfires rage in their own provinces. #cdnpoli

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

UCP staffers and candidates are using fringe issues to make people angry and afraid. What's worse? They're blatantly misrepresenting what's actually happening. This isn't leadership, it bad faith gamesmanship at its worst. And vulnerable youth will pay for it. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Why do nation-building projects always have to be about hewing wood and drawing water? Why can't nation-building plans be about knowledge or science?

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

Hear us out: with all the research cuts happening in the US, instead of doubling down on resource extraction, why not take a bold step, invest in our universities & research sector, & attract some of that top talent to Canada? Let’s turn this moment into a true #braingain for our country. 🇨🇦 #cdnpoli

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Canada isn’t perfect. But if your solution is to abandon it for the deregulated fantasy of America, you might want to watch this first. #cdnpoli youtu.be/xmYI7qdFw-0

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

Danielle Smith is not on #TeamCanada. She’s not even on Team Alberta. She’s only out for herself, her rich donors, and her extremist Maple MAGA base. Canadians see that. #Canada #CanadaSky #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #cdnpoli

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Someone gets me. <giggle>

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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

submitted 2 days ago • 85 comments

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

submitted 354 days ago • 1338 comments

It's Sunday! You know what that means!.. Yes Tomorrow is Monday.... But the AHS Update V201 is now LIVE on substack! ED Closures, OBGYN & OR Closures, Measles Alerts & Much much more! Check out the ever growing dumpster fire here! 8+ Hr ED waits in Central AB! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... /1

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Watch Dani shift the blame to the feds, as per how Cons operate From May 2023: Alberta’s UCP Government Has Cut Tens of Millions of Dollars From Wildfire Preparedness Programs Danielle Smith is promising a ‘more nimble’ response to wildfires pressprogress.ca/albertas-ucp...

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

Not supporting the HomoBobo Depot. #IYKYK #Canada #CanadaSky #Appa #LoveIsLove #Pride 🇨🇦

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Tim Hortons - no longer Canadian owned - has pulled out of the Toronto annual PRIDE parade due to the United States' anti-woke movement.Disgraceful.Email headquarters and let them know this will not stand in Canada and BOYCOTT BTW: Blenz Coffee much better anyway and they are truly Canadian #canada

submitted 3 days ago • 73 comments

This is what happens when you give an interview while you're hungry. #TACO #BURRITO #CHURRO #SALSA #ENCHILADA (Also, #economics)

submitted 4 days ago • 90 comments

Cool beans in Strathmore #ABSolar www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon

submitted 10 days ago • 22 comments

“Parents for Choice in Education and Action4Canada are special interest groups who frequently target the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.” Action4Canada has already started this bullshit in Winnipeg and Manitoba. Pembina, Louis Riel and St James school divisions have all been targeted by Action4Canada.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Posting for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Underneath #Photography #CatsOfBlueSky #Cats #yyc 🇨🇦

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

Please read, this is important. Sorry it’s long. Trump’s move to have Elon Musk step aside wasn’t a retreat. It was a distraction. With Musk’s name out of the headlines, many assumed the controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) had quietly ended. It hasn’t. It’s just changed hands.

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Come down to the Tree Party at the Alexandria Centre in Inglewood this morning! Lots to see and do! 9am-1pm #yyc #Calgary #Alberta #Trees #TreeSky @calgaryclimatehub.ca

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Come down to the Tree Party at the Alexandria Centre in Inglewood this morning! Lots to see and do! 9am-1pm #yyc #Calgary #Alberta #Trees #TreeSky @calgaryclimatehub.ca

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Alberta is experiencing a dangerous wildfire season, with multiple fires currently burning out of control. Stay informed and be prepared. 📍 Check the Alberta Wildfire Status Map for the latest updates. 🔗 alberta.ca/wildfire-status 📲 Alberta Wildfire app #wildfires #Alberta #fires #abpoli #ableg

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The thing I really want people to understand is that this doesn't stop at the U.S. border. 📎 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t... We're watching the public emergence of a global surveillance dragnet. And if you have a data fingerprint, you're in it. (See follow-up skeet)

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"I convened the Incident Response Group today to address the escalating wildfire situation across the country. We’ve mobilised Canadian Armed Forces personnel to support air evacuations in Manitoba — including in the community of the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation." @mark-carney.bsky.social

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"treaty rights place limits on governments’ discretionary authority, even over ceded lands, as Indigenous signatories retain legal interests that must be respected." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli ablawg.ca/2025/05/30/g...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

David Parker and TBA have been referred to Crown Debt Collections because of their failure to pay $120k+ in fines. They're also being prosecuted for failure to re-file their 3rd party election advertising report for the 2023 election. www.elections.ab.ca/investigatio... #ableg #abpoli #Alberta

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Alberta separatism isn't getting more popular, but those who support it are getting louder. If separatist voices dominate the conversation, the damage to investor confidence, attracting talent, and civic life will be enormous. Love Canada? Say it loudly. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

Of course they did. Extremist ideology masquerading as “parental concern.” #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #yyc #yeg #Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli 🇨🇦

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

We wouldn’t want a pesky investigative report coming out during a by-election period now, would we?

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

What’s for dinner? Patio season—everything tastes better outside. #yyc #FoodSky #WhatsForDinner

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