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Premier Danielle Smith repeats that AHS management is against chartered surgical facilities. A letter obtained by CBC News dated Oct. 1 from ex-CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos says the opposite. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 15 hours ago • 7 comments

“I think this highlights, now more than ever, why we need transparency, accountability and the depoliticization of all institutions, be it post-secondary institutions or police forces, that are attached to the UCP,” @michaeljanz.bsky.social

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“It is essential that the public has confidence in its government and its processes. We were elected to be open, transparent, fiscally responsible and--above all--honest with Albertans.” Gosh, hard agree.

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NEW: At Alberta Health Services, the one-man board (Andre Tremblay) changes bylaws so that only the health deputy minister (Tremblay) can be interim CEO (currently Tremblay). Then Min LaGrange ordered rule changed again when Smith moved him (Tremblay) out as health DM... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

submitted 2 days ago • 34 comments

Health care should be focused on patients… not shareholders and UCP insiders. It’s clear that Adriana LaGrange and Danielle Smith care more about Corrupt Care than Public Health Care. Albertans deserve ethical competent government.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

The aftermath of a fire at Avenue Trading Post at 118th Avenue and 95a Street. Photos taken on February 17th, 2025. -- #yeg #yegdt #fire #building #AlbertaAvenue #photojournalism #yegphotographer #ColdWeather

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Sold out in #YEG. Don't let anyone tell you people aren't interested in woman's hockey

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Fantastic blog post by @michaeljanz.bsky.social. "as the city we still have a choice whether new homes should be built in a way that improves or damages our financial position as a community." And #yegcc has been making the right choice, time after time. www.michaeljanz.ca/since_2015_b...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Saturday.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

What an international embarrassment our government of frauds and grifters is.

submitted 12 days ago • 1056 comments

Why does annual maintenance on our sole family car cost as much as an Rad Power ebike? Car dependancy is not financially responsible on the family pocketbook or the city balance sheet. #yeg #yegbike

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Millions of dollars in contracts. High-level corruption. Political interference and coverups. If the latest allegations are true, this is a scandal of epic proportions. Danielle Smith, it’s time to fire Adriana LaGrange. Alberta, it’s time to fire Danielle Smith and the UCP. Enough is enough.

submitted 13 days ago • 10 comments

Quite something to watch Danielle Smith spin answers about this scandal earlier today. Albertans deserve a full, independent inquiry into the serious allegations, not spin. #Alberta #UCPscandal #health

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

"We never agreed that Canada would not be the 51st state." This is abusive ex behaviour.

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

No more sweeping this under the rug. Smith’s surgery scandal is too big to be left without answers. The legislature must reconvene. t.co/PAgNZdhAK1

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Success. A superb owl

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

The gap between First Nations and non-First Nations life expectancy in Alberta is 19 years, and wider now than any other point on record. This is a provincial and national emergency. #ableg www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/f...

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

1/ NIMBYs got together to try to reduce housing affordability and increase urban sprawl in Edmonton last night. These guys held a webinar to talk about why homes in central Edmonton should stay expensive and exclusive. Do any of them look like renters who don't own their own homes? 🤔

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

UPDATED: Allegations of corruption in Alberta health contracts has NDP demanding investigation as provincial Auditor General confirms examination of claims globalnews.ca/news/1100757...

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

Just jaw dropping claims in @CarrieTait scoop Alberta ousted health services CEO amid probe into medical contracts, document alleges #yeg #yyc #ableg www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

As part of Edmonton’s Housing Accelerator Fund Action Plan, we’re leveraging close to $100M in federal funding to turn portions of 11 surplus school sites, into affordable homes for people who need them. This will deliver close to 1,800 new homes.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

SCOOP: Danielle Smith's government fired the head of Alberta Health Services two days before she was to meet with the Auditor-General to discuss her internal investigation into procurement contracts and deals for private surgical facilities. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #abpoli #ableg

submitted 21 days ago • 69 comments

This is an absolute bombshell read. My jaw is on the floor. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

submitted 21 days ago • 5 comments

This is shocking. Stop everything and read this: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

submitted 21 days ago • 67 comments

There's sentence after sentence of wow in the latest @carrietait.bsky.social scoop on Danielle Smith and AHS. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

submitted 21 days ago • 10 comments

If only this talk about fentanyl was going to translate into meaningful progress on reducing morbidity and mortality in Canada and the US. If only.

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Congestion Pricing is creating tremendous benefits. Subway Ridership: ⬆️ 13% Bus Ridership: ⬆️ 6% (⬆️ 21% weekends) Transit Crime: 🔻36% Fatal Car Crashes: 🔻44% Trip Times: 🔻10-30%

submitted 21 days ago • 46 comments

1/ Eliminating parking minimums in Edmonton is the gift that keeps on giving. Check out this new development coming up near my place. (a thread, with citations at the end). The alley that it backs on to is a dead sea of surface parking lots. This place, on the other hand...

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

Permitting political parties in municipal elections is only part of the provincial government’s attempt to get those elections to turn out more the way they like. They also changed the financial rules in ways that benefit party-affiliated candidates. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Join me this Thursday for the the Speaker's 9th celebration of #BlackHistoryMonth at the Alberta Legislature! Featuring performances by Danielle George on steel pan, blues artist Gary Martin and spoken word artist, Medgine Mathurin. Plus community speaker, Funke Olokude! #abpoli

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

-30 but dozens of warm hearts showed up in large numbers in #stalbert. It’s never too cold to stand up against hate. Love always wins. ❤️ #abpoli

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Childcare subsidy: cut. Funding for disability support groups: cut. Eye exam coverage: cut. That’s just what the UCP have cut this month. Meanwhile, the Alberta NDP? We cut child poverty in half. Governing is about choices. The UCP aren’t choosing you.

submitted 26 days ago • 6 comments

It's not doomscrolling if you're posting your own thoughts and responding with words of care and encouragement to others. You can contribute to whatever this is.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Meanwhile, the City of St. Albert has had to shut down comments on its Facebook page. Buckle up Alberta. The scum are looking at what’s going on south of the border and they’re feeling their oats.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Edmonton’s first municipal political party emerges from folks mad about zoning reform and bike lanes. Now we wait to see whether the fact that the more urbanist councillors (and potential councillors) are also anti-partisan will cost us a decade of progress in becoming a more sustainable city.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

It’s alarming and disturbing to see extremism and hate showing up in our communities. When people feel emboldened to parade hateful symbols and messages, we must call it out. Every time. We have a responsibility to condemn and reject any attempts to normalize this divisive and dangerous behaviour.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

1000% this. I am increasingly exasperated and frustrated that so many people do not seem to realize what this is. Trump is not a rational actor looking for a fair deal. He's a thug who believes every activity is zero sum and every compromise is weakness. Plan accordingly.

submitted 31 days ago • 9 comments

“Deport them all”, “White lives matter”: messages on signs in St. Albert this weekend held by losers making N*zi salutes. Don’t minimize this, Alberta. Call this shit out. Every time you see it. That means our political leaders too. I’m looking at you, Danielle Smith.

submitted 31 days ago • 61 comments

signage indistinguishable from a yegwave comment thread

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Sam Richardson deserved to play a better Star Trek character.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Mood of the week: born to honk, forced to work in corporate and state that honks do not reflect the views of your employer.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

A visual reminder of the difference between enforcement VS infrastructure. #yegbike

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

I never think about having ice cream till like at least 9:14pm. The issue is that Kind Ice Cream closes at 9pm in the winter. 🥲

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

I don’t think I’ve ever picked the correct exit at government center station. 🫠 #yegtranist

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

It seems the UCP think they should get to choose Edmonton’s next Chief of Police. I explain how Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis is interfering in the independent process to select public reps who oversee the EPS. It’s disturbing, unprecedented, & unacceptable. youtu.be/TZVAFv7vheA?... #abpoli

submitted 39 days ago • 8 comments

Follow the bouncing ball of the UCP trying to control Edmonton’s Police Commission and Chief of Police. Another shockingly corrupt move by our UCP government.

submitted 39 days ago • 7 comments

We recently met with Opposition MLAs and the Ministry of Seniors, Community and Social Services about funding low-income transit in this year's budget Help maintain funding for low-income transit passes in Alberta by visiting: edmontontransitriders.org/protect-affo... #yegcc #ableg #yegtransit

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment