If you, like me, think it's absolutely insane and unacceptable that a Canadian company is supplying the Gestapo with vehicles, find your MP here and send them an email and ask them what they plan to do about it. www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

Furious Trump demands to know why Minneapolis shooting hasn’t sparked civil war yet

It’s time to play, “Describe that Video!” This Hour Has 22 Minutes at its most blistering - and prescient. This was posted yesterday. But it couldn’t be more timely. Whether or not you can bear to watch “that” video today, you need to watch this one. #Minneapolis #CBC

The last 2 #ULeth Board of Governor chairs, both alumni, must be proud. One locked us out, leading to one of the most contentious PSE strikes in Canadian history. The latest hired a negotiator to exact more concessions from the faculty. It has collegial governance written all over it. #yql

Just as a reminder, as the words lockout, mediation, and good faith begin to circulate, it’s been 572 days since our collective agreement expired:👇👇👇

Good ol’ horse rasslin’ law-dawg Jeff Rath says that Felonious Crump embarrassed Carney. The “thinking” involved to stretch and reach that conclusion is Olympic gold level mental gymnastics.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

🧵 Today, #Lethbridge City Council hears an update on switching from Standing Policy Committees (SPCs) to a Community Issues Committee (CIC) model. Big governance change — but who asked for it? 🤔 1/5 #YQL dryalebelanger.substack.com/p/who-the-he...

Hey Lethbridge #YQL peeps, this is an important read here! City Council doing "Things"! Probably not good "Things!"

Dr. Jared Wesley presenting at McGill; Populism, Sovereignty, and Democracy in Alberta if anyone wants to watch. Starting soon, but it's on YouTube for later. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/live/eSSXUmM...

"Who The Hell Asked For Any Of This, Anyway? Lethbridge City Council is promoting a major governance overhaul no one campaigned on, demanded, or voted for." ttps://dryalebelanger.substack.com/p/who-the-hell-asked-for-any-of-this

For more information on being a professor at Yale College in the United States of America, do not reach out to @ydbelanger.bsky.social. Do follow Dr. Belanger for academic writing & articles about Canadian topics, such as this blog about homelessness: yalebelanger.wordpress.com/2025/07/22/a...

It’s not a distraction. If it seems like far-right govts are very busy dismantling the world around you, it’s because all of those things are the Main Event. They want to do it all. It’s all their priority, not a massive circular distraction. There’s no conspiracy or marionette strings.

Have you seen this? 🤔 Slovenian Magazine Ojektiv's latest cover. I think they NAILED it!! 😂 @meidastouch.com @bmeiselas.bsky.social @meiselasb.bsky.social @meidasjordy.bsky.social #USpoli #Venezuela #Trump #TrumpIsNotFitForOffice

Anyone who doubts an Alberta Police Force would be closer to ICE than the RCMP needs to pay closer attention to detail. And motive.

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/97434e9... Podcasters who were harassing Carrie Tait and former AHS board member Sandy Edmonstone were being paid by an Edmonton lawyer with close ties to Sam Mraiche. Probably just a coincidence.

Strange things are happening in Lethbridge East with a recall that was initiated and then completely stalled! Tonight at 8 we sit down with Alex noad, the local Lethbridge Journalist who has been trying to figure out what is going on! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Why should Alberta stay in Canada? The reasons aren’t just economic or legal. I hope you will read and share my robust rebuttal to those trying to break up our country. And I hope you’ll respond. #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #Canada #SenateofCanada

"Cranbrook, B.C., using drones to monitor former homeless encampment sites" Though we look to the US for examples of human rights violations, we need look no further than our own backyards. For the #Lethbridge folks aghast, we've used drone technology similarly. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

This is great news! Time to crack down on the propaganda! #Canada #ThankYouPMJT Ottawa proposes fines of up to $1M for violating foreign influence registry rules Feds expect about 1,767 registrants would submit information annually www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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. 🧵🧵🧵

Poilievre lights emergency flares to beg Trump to invade Canada

A note for Canadians: export of Venezuelan heavy crude (similar to WCS from Cnd oilsands) was down to 100-200kbpd to Gulf Coast refineries. In absence of pipeline constraints, today will have little effect on differential between WCS and WTI. Longer-term, it may depress price of WCS.

There will be no shortage of critical issues worth examining as we enter 2026 & I’ll do my best to explore what #Lethbridge local government is doing and why it matters.

Take the time for this important read. open.substack.com/pub/emmettma...

Lede correction: Doug Ford's friends sue Ontario taxpayers for broken promises Doug made his friends to enrich Doug's friends.

BREAKING: We just filed an amicus brief challenging a Florida school board's ban of "And Tango Makes Three," a children's book about gay penguins. School officials can't overrule the First Amendment.

BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…” Read that again.

I think this YouTube, The Great Recall Caper needs to be posted again. What is happening in Lethbridge East may have been legal but it definitely is not ethical or moral. Still crickets from MLA Neudorf, Ryan Tanner, Genny Steed,Sariah Seaborn, Mike Ritchie. Happy New Year to all!

Asshole National Post writers will spill endless ink about a mall protest against Israel but defend forever the violent occupation of the capital by a bunch of neo-nazi truckers.

Safety in Sport Act was allegedly about protecting girls from transgender girls in contact sports and so that girls could prosper in elite (or elite pathway) sports. None of that applies in this case. The purpose is hate against transgender people.

Hope everyone spent time with loved ones & had some time off. On Monday, I'll be publishing my final blog for 2025, "When Did Volunteers Become the Problem?" which explores a recent #Lethbridge City Council decision that could limit volunteer participation in local politics.👇 Keep an eye out!

If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career

There are too many variables affecting food prices to predict whether cancelling the carbon tax would bring down grocery prices but I am now certain my new talking points about the costly Liberals are definitely the only things affecting food prices. Also, Trudeau. That's Conservative common sense.

Nate Nefarious Neudorf’s recall gets even wilder. recallfan44.substack.com/p/867-53oh-my

"Charity" shouldn't be left to churches or NGOs. The rich should be taxed and the government should provide properly funded programs.

Selective/Conditional welfare is not welfare but a system of control.

Goddam this is getting spicy!!🌶️ Once again, great journalism coming from the #Lethbridge Herald!👍 “All I want for Christmas is Ryan Tanner’s phone number”

The province receives recommendations from panels all the time, and premier & gov't take or leave ideas as they please. But this is different. This panel was *chaired* by Premier Danielle Smith. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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When conservatives can't win, they cheat. Every time. Nothing has ever been more true than this. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

🤮 But also: 🤣

You don’t say. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

That little *plink* *plink, plink* *plinkplinkplink* sound you hear are the tiny brains of hateful bigots popping as they attempt to reconcile a Muslim heroically stopping a Muslim murderer.

Maybe Smithnwesson should stop going down to the States to boast about how much oil Berta has? Just a thought. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Danielle Smith surrendered to the SoCred's and their insistence ontheir version of Christianity being the basis for governing the province. They were not elected to overlord us with this anti-Charter bs. But merry fucking xmas, you heathens, is baked firmly into this fuck you from Demetrious. #ableg

This one's essential. Please take 5 minutes to read it, then memorize it & repeat it to the relatives sitting at the Christmas table. "She uses calmness not to govern, but to “ungovern,” normalizing the erosion of Alberta’s democratic institutions while making it sound like democratic restoration."

This bit of legislative manoeuvring by Amery: Elections Alberta warns that Justice Minister is usurping its discretion on vetting citizen's initiatives... so Amery amends Bill 14 so that NOBODY can vet a referendum question for fact, jurisdiction, constitutionality, etc www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...