Kind of important to read beyond the headlines!! "A new study by KPMG found that 40% or (sic) manufacturers in Canada have moved production south of the border or are considering the idea as they adapt to trade uncertainty and competitive pressure." (And correct spelling errors).

Misogyny baked into the new Alberta driver licence is just icing. The real purpose of this new level of hell for us is so the UCP can create a provincial database of Canadian citizens, PRs, and visa holders. Something it doesn't have now, but they need for separatism. #ableg #cdnpoli

On July 16, there is the Premier’s breakfast at the legislature. I encourage everyone to go and ask her all your questions. Because she rarely makes appearances in public in #yeg #ableg

BEYOND LOCAL: Human rights group Amnesty International calls out Meta data centre project in Sturgeon County

How much endless fuckery, long after he left office, has #StephenHarper inflicted on 🇨🇦?? Harper signed a ridiculous sweetheart deal on the construction of the #GordieHoweBridge, which gave leverage to Trump over a decade later. #NeverVoteConservative #cdnpoli

I know I know…I lost you at “FACT” check #abpoli

The americans have too much control over the movement of money around the world.

Nova Scotia is so lucky to have the Examiner. Most cities 5X Halifax pop’n don’t have anything remotely approaching the analytical and investigative firepower of this newsroom. So grateful for this kind of work ⬇️ look what Tim squeezed from the NS govt here. They don’t have a choice but to answer.

So what is this 95% random sampling Elections Alberta applies to petitions? Chatted with Jeffski.bsky.social who explained the concept. He also crunched the numbers for Corb Lund’s petition and argues it should have been successful. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

"When asked for clarification on whether to expect a cost increase, AESO confirmed in an email to The Energy Mix that “the bridging load is anticipated to increase pool prices while reducing transmission costs,” adding that this is “expected to attract new generation.” ' 🙄

First blurb is in for Dark Phoenix. You can pre-order the book @lindamcquaig.bsky.social calls “first-rate,” “powerful and highly engaging” to your local bookstore by hitting the “shop local” tab at the link below. www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...

Another month & another upward shift in predicted #ElNiño peak intensity (between Oct & Dec) in the multi-model ensemble median. The single most likely outcome is now a very strong ("Super") El Niño event; a record-breaking event is possible, but not guaranteed. Full steam ahead.

We don’t talk enough about how many US senators (and SCOTUS justices and presidents) got their entry into politics via fraternities. And many of the fraternities best represented in political leadership are the ones women warned each other about in college.

“Smith’s UCP did not campaign on the Free Alberta Strategy’s tenets... Smith’s UCP doesn’t, therefore, have a democratic mandate to pursue these ideas, by any standard. Yet they have implemented the components of the strategy at a ferocious pace.” #abpoli thewalrus.ca/the-blueprin...

Premier Smith's energy rebate wants all your private info, meanwhile PEI's benefit is automatic. "No one needs to apply for this benefit" "No one will be asking for your banking details or anything else" "You don't need to do anything other than meet the eligibility req's" #ableg #abpoli

Sorry that your Mad King keeps threatening to invade my country, I also find this all terribly distressing but between the two of us you're the US Senator with actual powers of office.

Oregon raises electricity rates by 29.7% for data centers and cuts residential electricity rates by 1.3%. www.opb.org/article/2026... #energysky

Oracle teeters above junk status. #finsky

Albertans are seeing the worst of it. In that province, extreme weather contributed to driving up home and mortgage insurance by a whopping 392% between 2005-2025. Full report: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/pub/11...

🤭 In today’s @theglobeandmail.com

"Rather than form their own political party to contest elections & build popular support for their cause, they hold leadership hostage with wild threats. They’d rather deem all efforts hopeless than come up with constructive ideas to build a stronger province & a better country."

One of the advantages of filing an application for judicial review is that the decision-maker, Elections Alberta, will have to file what is known as "the record". That will give us all a better idea of just why EA rejected the petition. And then we can have at it. #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"Jeffrey Rosenthal, a professor of statistics at the University of Toronto, ran an analysis for CBC News using figures provided by Elections Alberta. He said his findings suggest to him that the petition exceeded the signature number threshold. "

Meta is building a data centre in Sturgeon County that will draw almost as much power as the entire city of Edmonton. To be powered by its own natural gas plant apple.news/AV4-NlP80QhG...

Corb Lund needs to take immediate legal action. This does not inspire confidence in Elections Alberta, which already has a history of questionable decisions. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

NEW: After announcing plans to send election monitors to six states for the primaries, the DOJ shared new details on where exactly the deployments will occur. The list includes Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and more. The catch? Their targets happen to be Democratic strongholds.

Here's the thing: The reason that NATO leaders don't say this is because Americans will not, in fact, come and get their stupid boy. Americans elected Trump. American elites continue to enable Trump. If the president of France or the chancellor of Germany said this, it wouldn't do anything.

In the 2024 presidential elections, the price of eggs was the most prominent theme in a campaign designed by Trump to attack Biden's economic stewardship and persuade Americans that it was disastrous. Now a series of studies of the egg industry have established conclusively that America's

Love every time there's some article about the end of literacy or the educational crisis or the epidemic of conspiracy theories and it's always presented as if these are things that *just happened* and never really get into the fact that these are the consequences of a deliberate agenda.

The Canadian gov has been quietly keeping things under wraps, but they know the threat is existential. 👀 "The Canadian Who Steered Europe Away From the U.S. Facing threats from Trump, Mark Carney emerged as a central figure in a project to reshape the Western alliance." www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Calgary university investigating cyberattack affecting students, employees #Calgary

Smith says that this is going to protect Albertans' electricity affordability. Cough. Albertans pay the highest electricity rates in Canada. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

New from the revolving door files: Spokesperson for Alberta health ministry now lobbying for Big Tobacco, Pharma theijf.org/brief/press-...

Jason Kenney hopefully amplifying reports that Carney might be open to privatizing our healthcare. If this ends up having even a lick of truth — which there is no reason to believe right now — it would be horrifying for our country. Don’t even think about it, Carney. Please.

The Premier says she's happy to work with Corb Lund to address "some of the concerns" petitioners have raised. Good to hear. Happy to provide draft text for a bill to prohibit coal mining on the eastern slopes. In my back pocket. #ableg #abpoli www.westernstandard.news/news/smith-s...

Another week, another new website. Do you remember the "Alberta is Calling" campaign? Turns out, we published the wrong number. Enjoy this little jab at our Premier's efforts to attract/repel new talent to Alberta. (you will want your sound on). wrongnumber.ca

7 OPEC+ countries agreed to increase their outputs next month, which would bring more oil on the market after fuel prices have fallen to levels not seen since before the US & Israel’s war with Iran. Participating countries: Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Oman. Bravo, DJT

Almost 60% of Tech Stocks are now in a bear market 🐻 📉 😱

Correct your priors: Private money is going after clean energy, governments are using public money to prop up fossil fuels "About 59% of all money spent on the fossil fuel system came from taxpayers in 2015. By 2025, that climbed to 68% and spiked at 78% in 2022." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Hey Edmonton! Are you going to be at Art Walk this weekend? Take a short walk south and come say hi at my first Open Studio in 2 years. 50% off paper prints. 25% off all originals. Live painting! Friday to Sunday 10am-5pm Please share and tell your friends! #yeg

Cruz to Trump: On behalf of all Americans, thank you for getting rid of that ridiculous red card. Trump: That was interesting. Cruz: It was spectacular. There was a reason the FIFA trophy sat here for as long as it did (Via Acyn) Meanwhile ⬇️

Good summary of what’s important that’s going on with climate change. My favorite graphic:

The most corrupt President in U.S. history calling in a favor from the most corrupt President of the most corrupt sports organization in the world. Surprising the whole planet wasn't sucked into this singularity of corruption.

Politico reports that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who still has a job despite lying about his friendship with child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein, was involved in talks with famously corrupt FIFA to let a red-carded U.S. soccer star play on Monday.

Everything you need to know about the American owned media in Canada. The senior editor of the National Post whining that we aren't American.

"...the second promise — that a pipeline would only move ahead if the Pathways project was also built — has also been broken. There is nothing in today’s MOU that actually compels [Pathways] companies to move forward with this project." www.pembina.org/media-releas... #CDNpoli #BCpoli #ABpoli

@mark-carney.bsky.social what are you doing? Exactly no one voted for this

Kylian Mbappé scored his 19th career World Cup goal, and France survived stifling heat to beat Paraguay 1-0, sending Les Bleus into the quarterfinals for the fourth straight time.

Has the UCP managed to collect the $1.4B that Jason Kenney lost on the KXL pipeline gamble?