Today we’re asked to make some big decisions. #yeg #yegvote Chief among them: Do I go to Kind or Made by Marcus for election ice cream?

IT’S SNOWING #yeg #yegwx

I have just returned from watching the latest Edmonton mayoral debate, this one at University of Alberta in front of about 200 people. Michael Walters, Tim Cartmell, Andrew Knack and Rahim Jaffer were the participants. I have a thread on what happened. #yeg #yegelxn 1/13

“‘It's early days, but I already have people ready to apply to collect signatures, and just people with a little more spare time than normal that are really interested in helping out,’ she said.” 👀👀👀 #yeg #yyc #abed #ableg #abpoli

Since Jan, I've been part of a team inc EJ colleagues, @lillebuen.bsky.social & his MacEwan U j-students working on a series re: how food service venues are inspected in AB We uncovered shocking findings re: the state of the system, inspection frequency, & recurring violations. Part 1 out today #yeg

ICYMI - Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Sept. 27, 2025 @ 1:45 p.m. - Both the funicular and elevator are online. This was my first trip. #yegfunicularstatus

SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

NEW: The Alberta Teachers' Association and employers are returning to the bargaining table Friday. See short decision from the LRB, to resolve the complaint the government filed earlier this week. Note the outstanding issues: two pay items and coverage of COVID vaccines. #AbLeg #AbEd

My latest. "This plan looks less like streamlining and more like risk stacking: more data on more cards shown to more people, with unclear guardrails and unfunded administrative burdens. "...The citizenship marker project will likely be scuttled on the shores of logic, logistics or law."

ICYMI: 'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban From me today: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/... via @cdnpress.bsky.social

Big scoop from @jack-farrell.bsky.social and @reportrix.bsky.social at The Canadian Press www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

What could possibly go wrong? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Thibaut Bruttin, director general of Reporters Without Borders, said press freedom advocates had never seen such a severe step backward for reporters’ safety. “They are doing everything they can to silence independent voices that are trying to report on Gaza." www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...

SCOOP: How Alberta's measles outbreak spiraled out of control. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @alannasmith.bsky.social

AISH recipients despair over province’s changes to disability programs. “It's been made very clear that I'm a burden on this government, that they view disabled people as burdens, that we don't have any worth or value unless we're working. It’s gut-wrenching.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In a reversal of previous plans, the Alberta government now says it will cover the cost of COVID vaccinations for health-care workers this fall. Most Albertans who are not health-care workers will still have to pay.

New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Realizing now that my problem isn’t with pedal pubs per se so much as the WOOOOOOOOOing.

“.. DOGE increasingly looks like a giant joke as the initiative winds up saving essentially zero dollars for US taxpayers .” - Vital Knowledge @politico.com 🇺🇸 www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

"An Alberta Conservative MP is blaming the Liberal government for a pair of contentious provincial bans on outdoor activities, saying federal officials didn’t do enough to stave off tinder dry conditions in Atlantic Canada." She "wouldn’t say whether she objected to the provincial bans themselves."

“Israel’s military has claimed responsibility for the assassination in a statement, falsely claiming al-Sharif led a unit of Hamas’s armed wing.”

“The new policy, published Aug. 1, removes a requirement that the premier, ministers, deputy ministers and senior staff must publicly disclose receipts for expenses over $100.” #ableg #abpoli

“The find also sheds light on a long-suspected connection between sea star disease and 🚨climate change🚨. 
“Because vibrio bacteria tend to be more active in warmer water, rising ocean temperatures along the Pacific coast may account for why the disease has become so rampant.” (I added the emojis)

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...

Just bought the coolest shirt I’ll ever own.

This morning Alberta's justice minister said "we encourage" Elections Alberta to stop seeking guidance from the courts on a proposed referendum on separation. This afternoon Elections Alberta issued a public statement reminding everyone it is "an independent, non-partisan office."

Oh wow. Under an "unprecedented" new visa program, 280 Tuvaluans selected by ballot will be allowed to resettle in Australia every year before the whole country is submerged by rising water levels caused by climate change. www.wired.com/story/the-fi...

When Allyson Felix got pregnant, Nike threatened to cut her pay by 70%. They told her: “Know your place… just run. Because of the stress of training while pregnant, she had to undergo an emergency C-section at 7 months, and her premature baby spent over a month in the NICU.

“The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run out under Israel’s blockade. The alternatives were ineffective. One after another, the babies and toddlers died over four days.” #Gaza #MiddleEast

“I haven’t stopped covering for a moment in 21 months, and today, I say it outright … And with indescribable pain. I am drowning in hunger, trembling in exhaustion, and resisting the fainting that follows me every moment … Gaza is dying. And we die with it.”

“At least 10 Palestinians have died of starvation in the past 24 hours in Gaza, bringing the death toll from hunger to 111, including at least 80 children, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.”

“…a lawyer for the two women who appear in the photographs alongside Ms. Tait said her clients have also received threatening text messages, which she believes are part of a ‘stalking’ effort to prevent people with links to government from speaking with journalists.” #ableg #abpoli Gift article:

“…a lawyer for the two women who appear in the photographs alongside Ms. Tait said her clients have also received threatening text messages, which she believes are part of a ‘stalking’ effort to prevent people with links to government from speaking with journalists.” #ableg #abpoli Gift article:

Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government. www.wired.com/story/next-s...

Changes coming for AISH recipients who live in community housing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It took 21 months but, this morning I received the results of the Alberta government's pension plan engagement survey: *63% opposed to Alberta Pension Plan (APP) *10% pro-APP *12% undecided/unsure *15% other responses edmontonjournal.com/news/politic... #ableg #abpoli

A reminder that only 1 in 5 Albertans support this. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

The Alberta government decision to limit who qualifies for free COVID-19 vaccination makes the province an outlier in Canada, @jenleecbc.bsky.social found: #AbHealth #AbLeg

"Gaza doesn't interest anyone anymore...It's become a place with its own set of rules. The loss of human life means nothing. It's not even an 'unfortunate incident,' like they used to say." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

“How dare you justify a genocide on the Palestinians?” This is the moment Belgian politician and member of the Flemish Parliament, Jos D'Haese, slammed Israel’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, Idit Rosenzweig-Abu, over the war on Gaza.

"Qatar intervened on behalf of the Trump administration and persuaded Iran to agree to a cease-fire with Israel, according to three diplomats briefed on the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy." #Iran #MiddleEast

Measles cases in Alberta on 2025-06-23: • Total cases: 1050 (+30) • South cases: 699 (+18) • North cases: 217 (+10) • Edmonton cases: 9 (+2)

"Reuters is the first to report the change, which the regulator quietly published in a bulletin on its website. On Monday, the regulator confirmed the removal of the limit and said it was responding to direction from the provincial government." #abpoli #ableg #climatechange #environment

"The review detailed allegations by the (ICJ) and agencies of the (UN) that Israel had likely broken international humanitarian law in Gaza... by cutting off life-saving food and supplies, targeting journalists, and attacking densely-populated areas with 'weapons with wide area effects.'"

Toronto high school yearbook covers up photos of students wearing keffiyehs. Principal claims it was a “misprint.” TDSB then admits it was an effort to “keep political bias out of schools.” Students walk out in protest. www.thestar.com/news/gta/stu...

“‘We are also clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom,’ (Netanyahu) said, urging the Iranian people to rise up. But how can Iranians rise up while they are under attack? Bombs don’t bring freedom. They bring death and destruction, no matter the purported intentions behind them.”