Via @zoeyunker.bsky.social Is Trans Mountain's Profitability an Accounting Illusion? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Via U of A professor emeritus Stan Houston. A Year of Health Science Under Siege via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵

There are so many investigative stories that need to be done in Alberta. And supporting this work is now tax deductible. Final Day! Join The Tyee's Year-End Builder Drive via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

One of the writers for South Park had the foresight to claim the domain names, and is already posting to "Ring in the New Year with the Epstein Dancers" What could be better than that? www.trumpkennedycenter.org

A few months ago, former NDP MP @charlieangus104.bsky.social was planning a quiet retirement and to write a book. Then U.S. President Donald Trump was elected and it all changed. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnpoli #politics

A story devoid of facts. Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/u...

I challenge you to read this without teering up. And if you don't, enough said. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The UCP govt was warned months ago this would happen. They refused to listen or to act. Now Albertans will needlessly suffer and some will die. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

‘Undermines free speech’: Labour MP hits back at US government over visa ban on UK campaigners www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A little message from me that might help anybody who finds this time of year a little tough. niallharbison.substack.com/p/to-those-w...

This sponsored content is being promoted on an Edmonton Journal story. If you click on it, up comes this story in the Western Standard. It's not labelled as sponsored content, unless I missed it. Turns out the company sponsoring the content is the tobacco company Rothmans Benson & Hedges.

Internet Archive has it archive.org/details/3mam...

Cautionary tale for rural Alberta.

Via @bethanylindsay.bsky.social - This story epitomizes investigative accountability journalism. B.C. mayor’s foundation reported just $8,117 in donations over 5 years: theijf.org/article/eric...

Fascinating story, very well written. A big bold plan to suck carbon dioxide out of the air — and the rural community at the centre of it: thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-dee...

And here’s a free link to the NYT piece on the 60 Minutes disaster. Bari Weiss thinks CBS reporters can’t get Stephen Miller to talk to them because they don’t have his phone number. And she doesn’t know how to use a dictionary. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

Dreichel should explain why Patricia Misutka refused to tell the truth when asked if McFee had attended hockey games. Edmonton Police Commission also refused to answer. thetyee.ca/News/2025/02... 1

Here we go.

Also, UCP government passed a law to derail Corb Lund's Citizen Initiative Coal Mining petition.

Brian Jean at the Fort Macleod town hall in June 2025.

ICYMI - Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

This is, by far, the best, most accurate and extremely well argued analysis of the power of Danielle Smith's communications style that I have read. This deserves to be widely distributed and as Markham notes, the Alberta NDP should take note.

Excellent reporting and writing here via @annieburnspieper.bsky.social. A fascinating read. Are environmental risks making Canada’s doctor shortage more acute?: thenarwhal.ca/canada-docto...

This is so good.

Several independent media outlets that produce political accountability journalism in Alberta now have charity status and can issue tax receipts. That includes @thetyee.ca.

@jaredwesley provides info on how to counter the Alberta UCP government's growing authoritarianism. What Can We Do? open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

This is about as bad as it gets. The auditor general has revealed the UCP government is lying to the public about healthcare reform. A must read for Albertans of all political stripes.

The Constitution left us a safeguard for moments when premiers push too far. The question is: Does the federal government have the courage to use it? youtube.com/shorts/VwNFp...

Yet more evidence that the Alberta Energy Regulator is farcical, and doesn't serve the public interest. ‘Direct violation’: Alberta ignored its own rules by transferring wells to delinquent oil company, data suggests: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ener...

Troubling story.

ICYMI - Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... #cdnpoli

Smith says she supports accreditation for Jordan Peterson's online school to correct what she says is a lack of freedom of speech in Alberta's universities. Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson's School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Nenshi Grills Smith in Legislature over Jordan Peterson's School via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Story by @geoffdembicki.bsky.social that I somehow missed during my research for this story. It helps explain why Danielle Smith, a former oil industry lobbyist, is keen to grant accreditation to the Peterson Academy www.desmog.com/2024/02/05/j...

ICYMI - Premier Danielle Smith is keen to grant post-secondary accreditation in Alberta to the Peterson Academy, an online school with no presence in Canada. Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Smith says "universities are not giving us the support we need in the conservative and libertarian movement."

As @pamelabanting.bsky.social pointed out, the same UCP govt that gutted @athabascau.bsky.social, the online university, in an attempt to force people to move to Athabasca attempted to expedite the Peterson Academy, which has no presence in Canada let alone Alberta. thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

When they were Wildrose MLAs, Danielle Smith and Rob Anderson condemned cronyism. Now they won't acknowledge an interview request about their own cronyism. Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Exclusive - Danielle Smith and Rob Anderson intervened on behalf of Jordan Peterson's online school in a concerted attempt to grant it accreditation in Alberta. Jordan Peterson's School Isn't Accredited. Smith Offered Alberta's Help via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Via @jaredwesley.ca Danielle Smith's Dangerous Attack on the Courts via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

In addition to donating to, or subscribing to, news organizations that are investigating the backsliding, if you're a subject expert, respond to interview requests from journalists who work for news organizations, however small, that are producing political accountability journalism.

Years ago, I warned that Danielle Smith would run out of enemies in political realm and turn her sights on the courts. Her latest attacks aren't some high-minded philosophical critique of judicial supremacy. They're pure populist pablum, specially crafted to remove yet another check on her power.

Via @jaredwesley.ca - A well-reasoned evisceration of Danielle Smith's "radical populism" attack on the judiciary. Real conservatives respect and defend courts open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

Must read here for Albertans.

Will be interesting to see how the Alberta NDP responds to this in the remaining sitting days of the legislature.