UCP’s ‘constitutional’ referendum questions push a grab-bag of right-wing policy goals intended to divide and weaken Canada. albertapolitics.ca/2026/07/ucps...

It's the same reason per capita GDP comparisons between Canada and the US are so bogus. Super-profits of US tech oligopolies certainly lift US GDP & apparent productivity. Yet the median Canadian has more income & wealth, better health, and lives longer. centreforfuturework.ca/2025/05/06/p...

A thoughtful and important article. “Alberta does not have to choose between recovery and harm reduction. A serious recovery-oriented system would protect both.” healthydebate.ca/2026/07/topi...

PIGEON LAKE, STRATHMORE, WAINWRIGHT and FORT McMURRAY and CANMORE, it’s time to get your free #ForeverCanadian lawn signs. Show your Canadian pride!

How I loved ths song and Bonnie Tyler’s voice. Cool to learn that a Canadian provided the amazing back-up vocals. RIP Bonnie. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

1 gigawatt! For reference, 1.4 gigawatts powers the city of Edmonton. 1.21 gigawatts can fire up the flux capacitor and take us back to 1955! www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Hey Alberta... what happened to the Auditor General Report on Corrupt Care? Does AB have ANY independent bodies monitoring govt anymore? Do we even care anymore???

I like how every far right party has realizes all they need to do is weaponize the mid life crisis bsky.app/profile/core...

1/ If a #COVID infection leaves someone's sense of taste or smell altered, this is a neurological symptom, & there is no certainty that the person is "otherwise healthy" - @daniellebeckman.bsky.social @thewhn.bsky.social

www.canada.ca/en/natural-r... $26M in funding for 17 projects across AB & SK that accelerate deployment of clean technology; modernize energy systems/infrastructure; reduce emissions; build the regulatory, industrial /workforce capacity needed for 🇨🇦 long-term economic growth and energy security.

A cavalcade of human womp-womps

Why should New Jerseyan renters have all the fun? This could be you, Canada renters. Time push for plug-in solar in your province. www.cnn.com/climate/new-...

Tidy piece of work from @liamnewbigging.bsky.social, who found an eight-plex in Edmonton that was built with CMHC affordable housing financing that's being used exclusively as an AirBnB. edmontonjournal.com/news/hotel-e...

Really worth your time and thought #Canada

Heads up. Alberta's Privacy Commissioner has shared new guidance for anyone getting a new provincial ID/health care card. Diane McLeod says the cards will create new risks for Albertans and their private information. oipc.ab.ca/guidance-pub...

Absolute 🔥 from @canmnt's coach, US citizen Jesse Marsch slamming the “51st state” nonsense. For the sane Americans who think like this: we still respect you and you’re welcome in our country anytime ♥️! ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️ ❤️🍁🇨🇦VIVE LE CANADA🇨🇦🍁❤️

This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.

#Alberta #ableg #abpoli As a society, unless we support the disabled and other minorities, we have failed. Please sign and share.

I have SUCH exciting news. Usually, CBC’s premiere radio show IDEAS broadcasts the University of Alberta’s annual Kreisel Lecture. But for some reason, they didn’t take this year’s. So the U of A offered it to me, since I was this year’s host. Here is Part 1! @ualberta.bsky.social #yeg #ualberta

Today, Alberta Court of Appeal ruled that Elections Alberta should be allowed to verify and count separatists’ petition signatures. I agree with that decision. Let’s find out what the results are. #ableg

I believe that when we suppress one emotion, we dull them all. We cannot selectively mute sadness and keep joy at full volume. The heart does not work that way. gurdeeppandher.substack.com/p/on-an-air-...

updated numbers: Edmonton sets June rainfall record & moves in second spot for wettest month on record. We've had about 80% of ANNUAL total rainfall just in this month. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... #yegwx

FIFA and the U.S. thought that by humiliating  Iran in the World Cup and making their logistics difficult, would turn the world against them. Instead, the amount of support they received throughout this tournament is unprecedented. They represented their country with dignity and humility. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Celebrate with fans www.youtube.com/live/_uEy0-j...

It’s been 59 days and counting since separatists doxxed our personal info. Danielle Smith and the UCP care more about noise bylaws than the welfare of Albertans. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #VoterDataBreach

Senator Simons nails it, as usual. “Canada needs Alberta’s brand of courage. Sadly, the hostile, xenophobic discourse emanating from this place has turned many Canadians against us. They see only the worst shadow side of Alberta, the public performance of its ugliest stereotypes.”

An important and concerning report on privatization in the Alberta continuing care sector. No surprise that for-profit=poorer care. Big real estate play. www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Messy, messy, messy. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/896db2c...

Please take a read. Smith and Lagrange are actively dismantling the Canadian Health Act… gambling Canadians won’t notice and the Feds won’t act.

Yep Premier Smith cancelled the Edmonton South hospital that would been open by now…. No profit on it I guess. Don’t get sick AB, your govt has abandoned you.

Future of 24 Sussex should be 'last thing on our minds,' - Poilievre I disagree, the official residence is a symbol of Canada and has been an important aspect of our PMs' duties. The dilapidated 24 Sussex estate is a national embarrassment. The last thing on our minds should be doing nothing.

For years we've been told families 'need' cars. A UK e-cargo bike trial found over half of participant e-bike trips replaced car trips, mostly school runs, shopping & commuting. 1 in 5 went on to buy an e-cargo bike. Give people practical alternatives & a surprising number reduce their car use 🧵 1/

Captured. Canada. Alberta. Us. "The addition of the Canadian Natural Resources Limited director expands fossil fuel representation on the board overseeing nearly $800 billion in retirement savings, as CPPIB faces scrutiny over its climate strategy."

It sure would be nice if the Canada Health Act was actually ENFORCED!

An interesting press release from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. #abpoli #ableg #yyc #Calgary

A huge generational shift in how kids in Bonnie Doon get to school that took the extra work and commitment of Kellen Westman with Bike Bus. Bravo. Inspiring.

Sobering reflections on Brexit thatt Albertans should pay attention to. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

During the election, Danielle Smith called the NDP liars and assured Albertans that: "no one can jump the queue" "no one can pay out of pocket" "no one will ever pay out of pocket" Premier Smith's election campaign was all lies. #ableg #abpoli

“Gov’t officials have framed the new cards as a response to fraud. In practice, changes will prevent far more Albertans from accessing government programs and services than from cheating them. …significant administrative interventions to address problems grounded in feelings, not fact.” #abpoli

Terrific article. “…if you are committed to giving your enemies what they want, they learn pretty quickly to just keep asking for stuff. In an age where neo-fascism is on the rise, this is a very dangerous operating software to have running on a politician's brain.” Hello Premier Smith.

www.edmontonexaminer... In the last 2 wks I have had three different people text/call me from one of our Edmononton ED WRs describing them as "worse than war zones"  Stating they do NOT feel safe in them... 1/3

The Luddites are having a moment (again): they're being discussed and rehabbed everywhere from NPR to US Catholics Magazine to Psychology Today. So, adapted from my book on the subject, here's a short-ish rundown of what you need to know to understand the Luddites in the age of AI.

"Your understanding of the word guarantee is very different than that of most Albertans" "Most people are deeply deeply troubled at the prospect of you reforming Health Care based on your 15 year record of advocating to make people pay out of pocket" Rachel Notley called it. #ableg #abpoli

Before you believe the meme, here’s what’s actually going on.

This week, Alberta released new migration numbers. And far from being overwhelmed by immigrants - we are actually losing international newcomers. In Q1 2026, there were -648 net migrants to Alberta of international origins, a drop of -105.8% from Q1 2025. Check out these graphs. #ableg #abpoli

Happy National Indigenous Peoples Day. Today's a day for celebrating but also to remember our responsibility and obligations to each other and to Treaty. This is a chance for all of us, Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous peoples, to come together and recommit to building a better future together.

June 17, 2026 is the 10th anniversary of legal Medical Assistance in Dying in most of Canada. (Quebec started in December 2025.) To mark the occasion, here is a thread of stories I've written about MAID and the right-to-die over the past 40 years. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... /1

Gift subscription. Picard on MAID. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/896db2c...