"The total private school grant was increased by 10.3 per cent in the 2025 budget. The hike was just 4.5 per cent for public schools, well short of inflation plus population growth. Per-student spending on private schools is expected to grow to $544 million by 2027-28." #ableg #abpoli #ata

The reviews are coming in on the UCP's American lesson plans they're offering parents while teachers are on strike... From this Grade 1 teacher, not only do they not align with the UCP's curriculum... They aren't even based in what most Grade 1 kids can do. #abpoli #cdnpoli

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes" We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

PACE is a social conservative Trojan Horse. PACE is backed by the people who make up the most extreme wing of conservatives in Alberta. They're using messaging about infill an taxation as bait to trick voters into electing their alt-right slate. Don't be tricked.

Lessons from a municipal forum: 1) you can never fail to get applause telling middle class homeowners that they have not been consulted enough.

Another Pedestrian death in south west Edmonton. This time along a MUP with no safe crossing infrastructure, not even a painted crosswalk. #yegbike #yeg

Some non-unionized AHS staff are now required to take unpaid days off to save money, staff told in memo By @jenleecbc.bsky.social #AbLeg

#BREAKING: Alberta resident dies from measles, marking the second Canadian death from the disease in 2025

Please tell us to fuck all the way off.

Hey Edmonton, get your vote in early! Advance voting starts from October 7 to October 11. Find your closest voting station through the link below: https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/municipal_elections/for-voters

"If we are serious about reducing police violence, contact with armed officers must fall. That means defunding: reallocating money from police budgets to services that prevent harm and resolve conflict without guns." Excellent editorial from The Link. thelinknewspaper.ca/article/edit...

The first block of 113 st MUP south from Kingsway to slopitch parking lot is complete and beautifully smooth. Kingsway crossing will be next year. Also concrete at 113 st/111 ave north side, and progressing along 111 ave west to 119 st and east towards 109 st.

My suggestion? Parents can educate their kids about democratic participation by visiting their nearest UCP MLA's office to get help with their homework. Ideally, in large groups.

Unmasked random on a city bus pointedly telling me and child that kids in the countryside were healthier "because they played outside and caught diseases and that made their immune systems stronger". Gee, thanks. Who on earth would want to be unmasked on a crowded bus anyway?

Imagine taking 40-years of establish market share built with a stable and reliable program for work that requires stability and reliability and LIGHTING IT ON FIRE by shoehorning in faulty AI that no one wants and no one asked for. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Alberta friends, the list of medical conditions that exempt you from the ridiculous $100 "administrative fee" for this year's COVID vaccine includes ASD, ADHD and depression. I do not know if they ask for proof, but get those free shots!! Source: www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...

Alberta Teachers’ Association members have voted 89.5 per cent to reject the latest contract offer. Turnout for the vote was 94 per cent. 51,000 teachers will go on strike across the province on Oct. 6. Here’s ATA president Jason Schilling announcing the vote result in Edmonton #AbEd #AbLeg

Fucking Alberta and their fucking vaccine-restricting idiocy. Called 811 to book covid shots - the menu option to book them connects to a recorded message that says "call volumes are extremely high" and then hangs up on you. Calling a health center directly worked fine.

SCOOP: Two senior Alberta Health Services procurement officials were also briefly directors in a numbered company linked to MHCare, a supplier that has been awarded $$$ in business, The Globe and Mail has found By @tomcardoso.bsky.social, @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social and friend

Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.

We’re excited to launch our tool that helps you find out how the candidates running for mayor and city council in Edmonton align with you on the issues that matter most. blog.taprootpublishing.ca/2025/09/26/t... #yegvote #yegcc #yeg

I’ve tried to pack a lot in here: TL;DR - Many AB teachers intend to vote against a contract offer - among them is a teacher who chaired the bargaining committee until last week - ATA internal comms says if they strike, the scale will be unprecedented; public pressure will affect outcome #AbEd

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

Canada Post doesn't need to be financially viable. It's the goddamn federal postal service. Stop calling it 'bailouts' and just... fund the damn thing.

Today's a real good day for aspiring NDP leadership candidates to present an alternate vision for our publicly run postal system. Also a reasonable time for CUPW to significantly escalate job action.

Minister Lightbound says it’s time for tough choices, but his choices are not about bolster the service, but cutting it back. Other choices could be made: allowing and building out postal banking or recognizing a public service does not need to be profitable, as an example.

When a shooter opened fire in City Hall, Michael Elliott cracked jokes about it on Twitter. Now, he's running to be a councillor in Tim Cartmell's party. This defender of the Thin Blue Line wants to bring that ideology to city hall this October #yegvote

I get the feeling the AI task force will all be AI boosters whose own brains have been thoroughly cooked by using it rather than people who say things like "the best current use case of this technology is scams, maybe we should do something about that."

Bonus points for: we want bold, new, innovative ideas from a handpicked group, and you have four weeks to deliver them. A surefire recipe for thoughtful policymaking.

"I have not heard one thing of real substance about breaking down systemic barriers for the more equitable economic advancement the prime minister is pursuing. Instead, Carney is laying the foundation for the rise in fascism and white supremacy."

Running candidates supported by the YEG Bike Coalition: yegbike.substack.com/p/who-were-s... Incumbent report cards: yegbike.substack.com/p/edmonton-c... #yegbike #yeg #abpoli #urbanism

This is fucking insane and I am astonished at how irresponsible Global News upper management is being with this. They’re risking the credibility of all their journalists and for…what? Canada’s worst nepo baby?

One of the judges, Gordon Hatch, is facing a complaint for briefly jailing a 36-week pregnant woman who showed up a few minutes late for court

EPS is absolute GARBAGE, period. And yes, they completely fuck up DV cases. Yet another example of "the cops keep no one safe (except abusers)."

Tim Cartmell and Better Edmonton are cheating. They're intentionally breaking election signage rules, and they're happy to use their large corporate donations to make any fines go away. They believe in a city where rules do not apply to the rich and powerful #yegvote

Danielle Smith is obsessed with children's genitals, and it's fucking weird and obscene and creepy, and more people need to call it weird and obscene and creepy. It's not normal for any adult to obsess over the genitals of children, let alone to make policing those genitals part of her job.

The first time an Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause, public outrage forced a reversal in less than 24 hours. I wish to God Albertans would show the same moral fury now, when school children are outed & bullied by the government that is supposed to protect them. #ableg #abpoli

You may remember Driechel's name from an Edmonton Police Service scandal reported in 2016—Driechel, along with other members of the Edmonton Drug and Gang Enforcement Unit (EDGE), was buying illegal steroids from a drug trafficker within EPS.

AI is the wrong tool to tackle complex societal & systemic problems. AI4SG is more about PR victories, boosting AI adoption (regardless of merit/usefulness) & laundering accountability for harmful tech, extractive practices, abetting atrocities. yours truly www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/ai-...

Progress on the 113 St wide sidewalk. It's got a long way still to go.

I just went to the NDP website because I knew they recently took a stand I agreed with, but I couldn't remember what (it's getting rid of the loophole that lets Liberals stop strikes without legislation). You wouldn't know that from the landing page, though. It's entirely about fundraising.

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NEW: Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo lethbridgeherald.com/news/nationa...

We are getting screwed. Continue to create good job essential to a working democracy? Na use garbage AI. Transition to electricity? Na use technology & increase pollution, er I mean production that is uh, carbon neutral. #Broligarchs ruin everything! The GoC is off the mark.

Mark Carney should pursue renewable energy as a national project #canpoli @lindamcquaig.bsky.social rabble.ca/columnists/m...

A bonus for taking the funicular is the view of this gorgeous new mural across the street from the top entrance. Elevator still down, but the funicular is running fine at 7:32 am. (Sept 18) #YEGFunicularStatus

The bike lane construction ban was just voted down. Cartmell makes it very clear today that he is against all safe infrastructure. He used his closing arguments to rail against bike lanes to schools and say lack of policing is why people don’t bike. #yegbike

So, parroting the UCP line. Way to sell Edmonton out, Cartmell. @troypavlek.ca I'm looking forward to the requisite spanking that our local ambitious UCP boot licker so richly deserves.

This headline is fucking awful. A driver struck a child with their vehicle and left them with serious, life-altering injuries. Twisting that into “youth cyclist hurt in crash” and not even mentioning the fact that a driver was involved at all is 🤬🤬🤬

Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally says marking Canadian citizenship status on Alberta licenses won't lead to discrimination against non-citizens, because this is Canada. Legal and immigration experts are skeptical. #AbLeg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...