Separatist rally in Calgary tonight. The Big Four is full.

"A Calgary woman accused of sending five emails that threatened former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis, his mother and several of his friends has seen those charges dropped after evidence was revealed in court that one of the emails was sent through an email-spoofing website..."

I tallied the number of court cases or legal challenges Alberta’s government has recently stepped in to block or pre-empt. Was surprised how long the exercise took - they’re at like a one-per-week clip: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Political scientists like to talk about dialogue between legislatures and courts. This is more of a shouting match. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Danielle Smith: "I hope people today feel a lot more confident that Canada works than they did a couple of days ago." UCP convention crowd: LOUD BOOS

Oldie but a goodie

The Alberta Energy Regulator touts its rules for preventing financially strained companies from acquiring new licences. So why did MAGA Energy get approval to take over hundreds of sites when it was "in survival mode"? thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-... #ableg #cdnpoli

The Alberta government is facing fierce and mounting opposition to plans that will reduce access to publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines in the province Latest from me👇 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

With 868 measles cases so far this year, Alberta has now exceeded its previous high mark set in 1986. 2025 now has the most cases since 1979. So I've had to expand this chart to include years prior to the modern-vaccine-program era:

Athabasca Valley, Jasper Lawren Harris 1926

Danielle Smith has just smoothed the road toward an Alberta separation referendum. Even the UCP party president is saying so. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... New by me:

As the spread of measles shows no sign of slowing in Alberta, some health experts are calling for stronger public health messaging and are questioning why the province's top doctor isn't front and centre. Latest from me👇 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Adding to the rotation…