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YES! Finally someone is saying what is obvious to anyone who doesn't butter their bread off of loving free trade.

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This was apparently blasting from the Team Canada dressing room post gsme, per TSN youtu.be/iSf_cs4-E-I?...

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SCOOP: AHS in December asked MHCare to prove it was working to fulfill its contract tied to importing medicine, accusing it of doing very little work after receiving millions of dollars. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w/ @alannasmith.bsky.social

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A day after the premier accused AHS of "footdragging"on privatization of surgical services, AHS fires back with proof that MHCare was the one delaying -- taking money for nothing. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

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"One of the largest for-profit continuing care home operators in Alberta received more than $8.85 million in wage subsidies from the provincial government while the company also paid out tens of millions to shareholders" #StopPrivatization #StopTheUCP #LTC #AbPoli www.thealbertan.com/local-news/c...

submitted 3 days ago • 9 comments

30 minute statement and press conference. And Smith and LaGrange never responded to allegations about political interference into surgical contracts. Just kept saying that AHS is responsible for all contracts and is stonewalling their reforms.

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

I watched the UCP press conference several times this afternoon (so you wouldn't have to). Here are my takeaways (but you should watch it for yourself).🧵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bjZ...

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Please Advise! How Big Is This Latest Alberta Scandal? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

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"working to swiftly rectify the situation..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

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Alberta political web series temporarily shut down by court order www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments

The ABCA rules that GoA must make former Minister Savage available for questioning by the coal companies wrt to Savage's decisions on the coal rescission policy & reinstatement. This may give us all transparency by the back door thro' the companies' constructive taking cases 2025 ABCA 53. #ableg 1/2

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Capital expenditures, operating expenditures. This almost sounds like . . Common Sense.

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1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC 1/31: Crash in Philly 2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle 2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska 2/10: Crash in Scottsdale 2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego 2/16: Crash in Covington, GA 7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”

submitted 7 days ago • 2240 comments

Canada’s new Rural Community Immigration Pilot offers permanent residence to skilled workers who want to work and settle in rural and more remote communities. 14 pilot communities will approve certain employers to hire for jobs that they can’t fill with local workers. More info here:

submitted 8 days ago • 217 comments

Our team reviewed the entire DOGE website. Nothing they have identified constitutes evidence of fraud or corruption—both of which are crimes. Feel free to audit us. The funds were allotted by Congress, and OIGs regularly reviewed expenditures for fraud.

submitted 7 days ago • 518 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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Within hours of the felons excessive tariff announcement, U.S. travel agencies, tour companies, airlines, & accommodations in the US experienced a mass exodus in the form of trip cancelations by thousands of Canadians, causing an estimated $2.1 billion in loss. www.thetravel.com/canadians-sa...

submitted 10 days ago • 139 comments

More industrial demands on southern AB agricultural land and water (but not the asphalt plant; it’s “sufficiently regulated “ by Alberta’s Ministry of Environment. Wink, wink).

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The main message is - don't get fooled again by this government on coal or by tiny, tiny steps in the right direction. Both the song and the hellscape album cover seem entirely appropriate.

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Julie’s webinars are empowering and terrific. I attended one last year. Highly recommend, you won’t regret it.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Last Thursday, recently retired Canadian Press reporter Bob Weber — who covered the environment beat for #ableg and much of #cdnpoli for ~3 decades — gave a talk at the UCalgary Faculty of Law. Link to the recording below — easily worth 30 min of your time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF57...

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Good job folks, keep up the pressure!

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

It’s even worse. Poilievre shows up in Iqaluit and doesn’t let anyone know, including the Premier of Nunavut. As Marc Miller puts it, “You can’t secure the Arctic without the Inuit.”

submitted 12 days ago • 42 comments

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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We provide 100% of US Midwest, Rocky Mountains regions' crude oil imports (3.3MM b/d), which is great leverage for pushing back on @realdonaldtrump's tariff threats. Let Chicago freeze! #ABleg youtu.be/177xS9T-mBg

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One of the symptoms of psychotic behaviour is Magical Thinking. Is psychotic behaviour a communicable disease? It seems to have infected everyone connected with the Trump Administration. #uspoli #cdnpoli

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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

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

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In the 1960s when Canadian-American tensions were simmering due to differences over the Vietnam War, the NHL had only one anthem play before games: the home team www.nytimes.com/athletic/513...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

The crowd at the #Sens game in Ottawa boo’s the U.S. National anthem. Then belts out the Canadian anthem. Tariffs related? #cdnpoli

submitted 21 days ago • 14 comments

Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell has signed the pledge for Canada. She joins thousands of leaders, artists, activists, Canadians who will resist the gangster in Washington. Have you signed the pledge to stand up for our values? True.North. Strong. Free. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...

submitted 21 days ago • 562 comments

Yeah. (Reposted with alt text)

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This is my post with @drewyewchuk.bsky.social on the GoA’s decision to lift the coal moratorium. It debunks the claim that there are adequate land use plans in place and asks why the government created the gap between lifting the moratorium and the promised new, world class, legislation. #abpoli

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The CBSA is discontinuing the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) permit program. Hikers from the U.S. who want to complete the Canadian portion of the Pacific Crest Trail must first travel to a designated Canadian port of entry. www.canada.ca/en/border-se... #Canada #usa #border

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Attention pet lovers-time fi check if your local veterinary clinic is owned by a corporation. The chances are very high that it is. Pushing costs up! 🪶😡🇨🇦🇺🇸🐾🐾 www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7438239

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If you have ever wanted to own a mansion, here's one for only $249K in Ponteix, Sask, which is south of Swift Current. www.kijiji.ca/v-house-for-...

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‘Buy Canadian’ social media trend gains traction amid tariffs talks www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...

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