Good sign. #iStandWithTeachers

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

We’re kicking off day 1 of our Closure Liabilities in the Energy Sector Conference. And in about 1&1/2 hrs, @drewyewchuk.bsky.social and I will be posting our latest @ablawg.bsky.social re: Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program (MFSP). It’s sort of a big deal. #ableg #cdnpoli

🤠 Calgary’s first town council meeting, in 1884, was in a saloon. They soon upgraded to a town hall—“a very cheerless, cold and inconvenient place,” councillors lamented. 🥶 Each day until Oct 20, The Sprawl is publishing a new Sam Hester comic on Calgary’s political history. Stay tuned! #yyccc

With @rinrat86.bsky.social for sunset on Botanical Beach. Camping somewhere in the woods halfway to Lake Cowichan tomorrow. #yycbike

Definitely ready for a roof to dry out and de-stink after the first few days of biking on Vancouver Island, but wow. #yycbike

Check it out! We made a series of Calgary election zines. One for each of the city's 14 wards, containing all the councillor candidates for each. Plus a mayoral one—so 15 in all. They'll be going into libraries but let us know if you also want copies to share! www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-2025...

The UCP government is criminally corrupt, plain and simple. They should be targeted as organized white collar crime.

This is amazing.

Today is @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social's 8th birthday!! Hard to believe. We've come a long way since 2017... www.sprawlcalgary.com/sprawl-birth...

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel. This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli

My latest. "This plan looks less like streamlining and more like risk stacking: more data on more cards shown to more people, with unclear guardrails and unfunded administrative burdens. "...The citizenship marker project will likely be scuttled on the shores of logic, logistics or law."

You know it is a movement when there are 97 #ForeverCanadian petition signing locations on Sunday evening. Former Reform Party MP, Ian McLelland on his driveway, a gentleman at a shopping center and volunteers at an Asian festival, all collecting signatures. #cdnpoli

Great article. A key point to consider - industry experts (yes, I am counting myself after 30+ years) laugh/cringe at the pathetic efforts the UCP are making to try to bury this issue. Like the worthless Site Remediation Program, this UCP strategy might reduce liability by 10 cents per dollar spent.

This is pathetic, but it really doesn't matter. An action plan needs to be understandable and actionable, not 400 pages long with 8 appendices. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Invest Alberta is a crown corporation created by the UCP. It reports directly to Danielle Smith and is funded by taxpayers. At their retreat last year, they spent $1371.52 of taxpayers money for dinner for 17 people. Including a $18 Nutella bar. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

This isn't a plan to address liability; it is a scam constructed by sketchy oilpatch cleanup contractors. 100% intended to funnel public cash into UCP pockets, presumably in return for donations (and kickbacks).

“Did you read the books, Demetrios?” “I tried, but some of them didn’t have pictures.” “You have to read them to point out the bits that make your pants feel tingly.” “Ohhhh. I’m going to need a lot more time, then. I’ll assign UCP MLAs.” The MLAs: www.delta-optimist.com/books-news/a...

Alberta is three moral panics in a barrel of oil.

Oh man… this is hysterical. Canada is giving Gavin Newsom a free plane? 😂😅🤣

This strikes me as the tip of the iceberg. As boomers age, a common issue , especially with dementia, is aggression and inappropriate behavior. Our systems are not prepared to keep our aging loved ones safe and secure. Nursing home resident in Ontar... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

The UCP is bought and paid for by coal. 100% payback for previous and future $$$$.

This is a deeply terrible idea. Shrinking domestic (Japanese) refined products demand, old inefficient refineries that will cost as much as a new one to upgrade, actual enforced enviro regulations. Lots of great jobs for UCP donors, lots of kickbacks to be had. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

New! Danielle Smith's former Chief of Staff personally oversaw the hiring of two family members of embattled healthcare MHCare CEO Sam Mraiche to government policy advisor roles while multiple contract scandals were unfolding. Part 1 of 3! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli open.substack.com/pub/thebreak...

Anybody else find it absurdly fun to bike under Chinook mall? It'd be better without the speed bumps. Also the video makes it look much brighter than it is down there. #yycbikel

Hey #yycbike, there's a #forevercanadian petition sign up at Glennfield in Fish Creek Park.

Target salad (1966)

ICE detain 2 year old Canadian toddler for 51 days—more than double legal time allowed. Another 3 year old child was locked up for 4 days—in holding room meant for detention under 12 hours. "I don’t want to die here," 13 year old said in written testimony—held for weeks. #cdnpoli

Such a wonderful camp site, and the mosquitoes were not bad. The north half of the trail is definitely not great. Perfectly rideable but lots of dried up cattle prints and some short stretches of reeking mud/cow shit. The Gorge Creek end is fine. #yycbike

Why the rise in this native rabbit in recent years? No one really knows. Maybe: 1) Introduced domestic rabbit population wiped out by Hemorrhagic Disease 2) Pet Bylaw that forbids pets (house cats) from leaving owners yards 3) milder winters 4) Continuous habitat to wild pop's 5) Urban tolerance

Anyone been through the Gorge Creek Trail lately (between Sheep River road and Ware Creek rec site)? We are planning a two night bikepack, but mosquitos and flooded trail may interfere. #yycbike

Watch Out!

"If Alberta secedes, we would see artificial borders cut across our Nation, our kin divided, and our Treaty protections stripped away. We will not stand by while others try to erase our rights in secret." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Thomas Lukaszuk’s ‘Forever Canadian’ campaign signing up 1,000s of petition signature collectors @LukaszukAB has 3,000+ but needs 7,500 to meet the Oct 31 deadline. If you love Canada, sign up: www.forever-canadian.ca Tell them Markham sent you. #ABleg youtu.be/q4aHAuMuKvw

Another plant rescue from the former Ricardo Ranch site...soon to be houses and neighborhoods. I still struggle to reconcile the fact that a strip of lawn with a dozen trees by Glenmore Landing was deemed "green space" worthy of preservation but not these acres of grassland.

"The public deserves infrastructure decisions guided by technical expertise, not profit motives. Grassy Mountain isn’t the end — it’s a beginning." #ABLeg calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Youth En Route helps students with the wheel deal: a free bike to help them get to school come the fall, and this summer, open the doors to the city.

Motherfucking wind farms…

This is delightful.

Headline could easily read "rich white folk don't want neighbours in their part of the city" livewirecalgary.com/2025/07/23/s...

🐟 Some folks might think it’s not a big deal to destroy just 1 small bull trout population like this. Unfortunately, it’s NOT just 1. These small populations keep being destroyed, keep disappearing, & when you zoom out and look at the cumulative impact, it’s a huge deal for this threatened species.

Hi, yes, g'morning. This is awkward. But targeting a reporter - hi! - with surreptitiously obtained photos and details of her tooling around town is an attack on the public's right to know. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

We were too busy teaching kids to ride bikes to take many photos. but trust us when we say our 5th Annual Kids Bike Trade-Up was a huge success! 🚲 We gave away 30+ bikes 😁 We saw countless smiles 🙌 We measured our success in high fives #yyc

Hey #yycbike #yyc! This happens tomorrow. Don’t miss it! 😃👍🏻

Hey bikecamping fans! We're receiving lots of entries this month and we're oh so very stoked to see all these beautiful places you're exploring by bike. Go #bikepacking. Submit your adventure. Be entered to win sweet prizes! Details -> www.bikebike.ca/blog/bikebik...

Hey #yycbike #yyc! Two Wheel View is having a bikes & parts rummage sale!! If you need some parts or a new(ish) bike come take a look here. All $$ raised from the sales help support programs for underserved/at-risk kids. It’s the best 2-for-1 deal ever; buy something of use & help support kids!

alien graffiti can be pretty hurtful 😔