Smith weakened Alberta’s ethics rules & now we’re seeing the result: a private, undisclosed flight from a foreign government that wouldn’t pass the federal standard. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/alberta-legislature/article/albertas-smith-says-she-took-private-flight-on-behalf-of-saudi-government/

Follow the money. www.readtheline.ca/p/jen-gerson-who-gave-the-alberta-prosperity

Danielle Smith is "risking the economic and psychological well-being of the province... on a gamble to keep her own fractious party together." www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-has-no-business-holding-a-referendum/article_77bfcc08-fd2e-4f47-8897-e26c245d19b0.html

The UCP was elected as a federalist conservative party. Its president has now outlined how it could officially become a separatist party and committed to let party members vote on it if the numbers line up. Normal stuff. #abpoli #cdnpoli calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."

Premier Danielle Smith is shirking responsibility for Alberta's health care woes, says Athana Mentzelopoulos. Link below to our full interview with the former Alberta Health Services CEO. 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/010826Athana 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/010826 #abhealth #ableg #RealTalkRJ youtu.be/PEfEdv4yXUU?...

Four months after senior government officials toured the building, Sam Mraiche bought it through a numbered company and now leases it to the Métis Nation of Alberta. Hard not to notice the timing. #ableg #abpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

This Numpty taking a victory lap on anything #yyccc does is hilarious. He didn't mention his stupid idea he proposed to the committee for eliminating all of the software licences that #YYC has with various software vendors. Reply to the idea: "um... that would effective shut down the city" #ableg

A banger of a Saturday morning read from @carrietait.bsky.social on the man central to the ongoing health care scandal plaguing the Smith government. I'm dying to know who in the premier's inner circle is leaking info (personal calendars!). #abpoli #ableg www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Remember when Danielle Smith condemned the "arrogance" of a government for passing laws in a matter of days? Now she's rammed through a law stripping teachers' charter rights in a single day. Seems the "democratic process" no longer matters to her now that she's in power. #ableg #abpoli

Alberta’s New Democrats urge Danielle Smith to call off this back-to-work legislation, denounce any potential use of the notwithstanding clause, and actually do the hard work to make classrooms better for teachers and students. Read my full statement here: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/ne...

Straight (progressive) talk about municipal parties:

June 1976: Alberta 'Coal Development Policy' adopted June 2020: UCP government rescinds it Feb. 2021: UCP reinstates it June 2021: AER rejects Grassy Mountain project March 2022: UCP orders "no new applications" for coal Sept. 2023: AER accepts new applications for Grassy Mtn June 2025:

On June 23rd, we can choose better for our province. I'm proud to run as your Alberta NDP candidate to fight for the strong, competent, and ethical leadership that we deserve. Together, let's build a province where #BetterIsPossible. For Edmonton-Strathcona. For Alberta. For all of us.

#alberta just passed bill 54 The Chiefs told the #UCP they needed to amend it to address risk to Treaty The UCP proposed an amendment; Chiefs advised the words were legally empty & offered a version that would stand up. Chiefs were ignored. Bill passed with words not legally binding. Neat

“...when confronted with legitimate questions about clear conflicts of interest, (the UCP) respond with hostility and threats," Independent MLA Peter Guthrie told the Tyee. #ableg #abpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/14/Ousted-UCP-MLA-Alleges-Secret-Rail-Lobbying-David-Moretta/

They suggested… residents of a breakaway Alberta republic would still keep their Canadian passports and Canada Pension Plan entitlements. Hahahaha. OK. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Hundreds” out of 5 million. 🙄 There’s just as many flat-earthers in Alberta too. In fact the Venn diagram of both groups is a perfect circle. Stop giving oxygen to this blaze of stupidity. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

WATCH LIVE: Leader Naheed Nenshi's speech from #ANDPCon2025 as he delivers his vision for building a strong Alberta economy with good jobs, great public services, and unifying our country: youtube.com/live/qmzAZBx... #BetterisPossible #BetterStartsNOW

Quote: "Spanish grid operator Red Eléctrica has said that it still does not know the exact cause of the outage. Chief executive Beatriz Corredor denied that renewables “made the system more vulnerable” in an interview with El País on Wednesday." Alberta Premier Smith should read the full article.1/

Meanwhile, dog bites man.

Alberta MLA Peter Guthrie, representing Airdrie-Cochrane, has been removed from the United Conservative Party caucus by those MLAs. This is days after he voted in favour of an NDP motion in the legislature supporting a public inquiry into procurement and contracting allegations. #AbLeg

Disappointingly, Alberta's municipal campaign finance laws, again, allow donors to hide their contributions behind numbered companies. Dan McLean's 2025 disclosures reveal he received $5K from 1144365 Alberta Ltd. A $20 registry search reveals... #yyccc #ableg

Hi @gregmcleanyyc.bsky.social, on September 25, 2024 you voted against a private member's bill to reduce food insecurity. (M-110 (National strategy to reduce food waste and combat food insecurity)). www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/a... The bill passed but would you please explain your disagreement?🗳

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Worst kept secret in Calgary municipal politics? #yyccc

Coun. Sonya Sharp, who chaired city council's event centre committee and is expected to announce her mayoral campaign today, says "the narrative could have been explained a little bit better." Patrons of new downtown arena will help pay CSEC's obligations, via CBC www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Interesting. Donations to Calgary municipal political party Communities First can be made to... the same address as local polling firm ThinkHQ. #yyccc #yyc

In other news, Postmedia scoops up former Alberta premier and budding media savior (drumroll) Jason Kenney. “He has a deep and genuine interest in seeing the (media) sector not just stabilize but also hopefully thrive in the future.” financialpost.com/news/jason-k...

Take note Canadian media.

So mainstream Alberta media: @calgaryherald.com @edmontonjournal.bsky.social and CBC (so far as I can see not yet on this site - really? but @joeldryden.bsky.social) @carrietait.bsky.social Have you covered this yet? If not why not? #ableg #abpoli

Remember the true reasons for the season (family day) today, cocaine arrests. #abpoli

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

Danielle Smith and the UCP have reversed the 1976 Coal Development Policy again, opening some of Alberta’s most beautiful lands to coal exploration and open-pit mining. While the UCP continues to ignore thousands of Albertans, we believe your voice matters: www.albertasfuture.ca/events/coal-...

Ottawa should enforce the law limiting foreign ownership of newspapers

SCOOP: John Conly, a Calgary physician, said he was not on the task force that advised govt to halt COVID vaccines, even though the report listed him as a contributor. Doctors across the country are calling the report bunk. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... W @alannasmith.bsky.social

How problematic is the Alberta report on COVID? Very. Recommendations embrace misinformation & run counter to a vast & diverse body of evidence. Policy analysis is nonsensical & displays a lack of knowledge about law or ethics. This is science in Alberta? Dark Age 2.0.

Justice Gord Wong concluded Councillor Sean Chu’s testimony couldn’t be believed due to its contradictions, defensiveness and evasions. “I did not find him to be a credible witness, in fact I find him the polar opposite,” said Wong. Hahaha. No shit. calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

Did you ask Murray Edwards this question, councillor?

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

The false equivalencies between left and right partisan rhetoric need to stop. There are actual culprits, and it's not both sides:

How much would it cost to plaster Mar-a-Lago area billboards with this image?

“The Alberta Energy Regulator’s (AER) claim that tailings spills haven’t caused any environmental damage. In an interview with the Orchard, Timoney called this claim a “red flag, because that's not physically possible in the real world.”” 💯 #abpoli #AERreform www.readtheorchard.org/p/new-report...

Rod Sykes, mayor of Calgary from 1969 to 1977, reported dead at 95. albertapolitics.ca/2025/01/rod-...

The top executives in Canada’s tarsands -- The CEOs of the Pathways Alliance -- made more than the median Canadian salary, just three days into the new year

It's cold, Calgary. The HELP team at Alpha House is a good number to save in your contacts (it's still in mine under DOAP team:)) in case you're out and about and see someone outside who looks like they might need a hand. 403.998.7388 #calgary #yyc

The offloading of environmental liabilities (wells, pipelines, and facility) onto the public while the fossil fuel companies take all the cash An image is really worth 1000 words. #uspoli #cdnpoli www.propublica.org/article/oil-...

Great thread on Alberta's ever-contentious on/off/on plans on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.

BREAKING: AECOM report into province’s proposed alignment for Green Line is now public. open.alberta.ca/publications...