“Alberta’s order is precisely about banning books, as its direct effect is to force school authorities across the province to remove from their libraries a host of books deemed inappropriate by the state. This approach is textbook censorship…” edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ForeverCanadian #Ableg #Cdnpoli

Deleted the first version of this post… The vote today authorizes a strike vote, it isn’t a strike vote in an of itself. Nonetheless it make it clear teachers are standing up for students and classrooms! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Brace yourselves Alberta! While Danielle Smith is trying to distract everyone from… (Looks around) All the things, Alberta teachers just overwhelmingly voted to REJECT the mediator’s recommendations for a new provincial contract t! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

Tomorrow at noon, the premier is hosting a press conference on the "Alberta Accord" and "Alberta Next" ultimatums. If I made better life choices and had the chance to be a journalist in the room, here's what I'd be asking. 🧵

Movie you've watched more than six times using gifs. ("Hard Mode": No Star Wars, Star Trek, or LotR.) Side note... 'Hard Mode' wasn't too difficult. ;)

Watch: The premier is under fire after seeking help from the Trump administration, which she now denies, while insisting she was doing the right thing for Alberta. Tyler Barrow has more. #yyc #calgary www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...

Elbows up, Canada.

Too true...

A great idea! Pass it on. 🇨🇦

The premier should not attend this event, let alone speak at it. 🔴Prager is a well-known disinformation outlet. 🔴Shapiro is a well-known bigot. 🔴Florida is at the heart of our trade war with the United States. This is a bad idea.

With some additional time now freed up in the schedule, I want to dig into soke recent work on AI in education. I enjoyed #TheAIClassroom and I'm looking forward to some new insights.

For the past few months, I've had the distinct privilege of being part of a local production of 'The Play that Goes Wrong'. It was a huge time commitment but also one of the most rewarding things I've ever done.

Maybe they should even label it a Trump Surcharge.

This is good. Real good eh www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...

US has followed thru on raising tariffs on Canadian product by 25% Canada's counter tariffs are now in effect to counter the US tariffs. The most ridiculous, ignorant idiot elected as president has started a trade war with Canada. 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

I lived in California for a few years after high school, and I arrived in the days after 9/11. What I saw then was a country and people who were deeply wounded, but pulled together in ways I wasn't always used to seeing in Canada. It was inspiring and remained a key part of how I viewed the USA.

Canada faces revolutionary change. It may sound staid, but we urgently need something on the scale of a Royal Commission to *finally* figure out our options and choices. Right now we’re not so much acting as reacting, casting about, not fully understanding where we are and what we’re doing. 🧵

Hey folks! Looks like when we had to deactivate our youtube channel it also purged our subscriptions... So... Like and subscribe? #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Albertans: Have you written your MLA recently? Maybe consider writing an email to your MLA. Let them know how you feel about healthcare in Alberta. Also let them know if they are heading in the right direction with regard to investigating alleged corruption in healthcare contracts. #ableg

~The Alberta Scandal That Keeps Growing Steve Boots www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnXl...

It's been really easy to feel frustrated and overwhelmed by all the crap news coming from this absolute clown. This won't change much, but it makes me feel a little better. #cdnpoli

Mark Carney 🇨🇦 Great to see this show of unity and leadership from our former Prime Ministers. Canada is so much bigger than our politics. #cdnpoli #peipoli

Four days it took her to say anything. And then she says … she will do nothing.  Not good enough. Her own office is implicated. The investigation can’t be delivered to the people being investigated. How dumb does she think Albertans are? /1

Smith's statement... - Denies all wrongdoing (despite appearing the skybox photo's & her claims she directed the childrens med purchase) - Demands the Auditor General to rush the investigation - Demands the results of the AHS investigation delivered "directly" to her. /1 #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

This needs more attention.

Today was interesting. Welcomed a student-teacher who will be in my classroom for 10 weeks, dove a little deeper into the dystopia world of #TheHungerGames with my grade 9s, and broke up a fight at lunch. Not bad for a Tuesday.

If you wanted to decrease the cost of homes, one thing you wouldn’t do is put a flat tariff on your main source of timber.

Haven't posted in a while as I've been very busy with play rehearsals and a rapidly approaching report card deadline. I am still here! #teacherlife

Stephen Harper thinks we should stand up to Trump. Jason Kenney feels the same way. Danielle Smith? She'll surrender anyone and anything to prevent the oil and gas industry from having to stand up for Canada. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/15/o...

True.

Had it in the oven a bit longer than I would have liked because the cut was so big, but we're excited to dig into this!

I decided to get up early and get to the gym before a day filled with eating. Had to stop on the way.

Oh boy!! The puff pastry is all made and the Beef Wellington is heading into the fridge to firm up!

Foggy night at home. Always love how this looks. #medhat

Here is the Liberals In Crisis Liveblog; on Fallout from Freeland, rumours of more resignations, coverage of the Fall Economic Statement and anything else, this is your one stop shop for all my coverage open.substack.com/pub/scrimsha...

Seconded.

There have been many reasons to be critical of this government, and Trudeau particularly, over his tenure as PM. However, I absolutely cannot stand Poilievre. I don't like this feeling that we are hurtling towards some kind of inevitable conclusion with him in charge.

Some interesting developments in #cdnpoli today. No matter how everything shakes out over the next little while, I would really love to see some more grown ups start to have some influence in the process.

That's a few geese. #medhat

Important read.

Came into school and saw that the whole network is down. No phones. No internet. Going to be interesting.

Funniest quote of the week: a longtime UCP cabinet minister referred to herself as "a small-government conservative." By almost any measure, her party maintains the largest and most intrusive government in Alberta history. She's kidding herself, but who else is she fooling?

We had a "Black on Black" and "Anything but a Cup" day for teachers earlier this week. I work with some amazing people! @juniper00.bsky.social

Stop number 4 in the #MedicineHat Hot Chocolate Fest... the Campfire Craver from Nosh. The toasted marshmallow topping was particularly yummy.

Good read.

I see this... All. The. Time.

This Alberta government is run by amateurs...