Michael Janz
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Love your neighbour(hood).
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Welcome to Edmonton Bluesky! Here is a thread of great ways to connect to your community, meet friends, and know whatās happening around town! Here is your āEdmonton 101ā starter pack! Receipts! 1. Do you receiveĀ my newsletter? Even if you donāt live in my ward, sign up!
michaeljanz.ca/updates
about 1 year ago
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Andrew Kurjata
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Iām not sure how much notice this has received but the Assembly of First Nations in Canada has issued a travel advisory for the United States after reports that Indigenous people are being increasingly questioned and detained by ICE.
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Bruce Springsteen
5 days ago
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itās dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si=7ciYwNLv34RrdD1p
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Daniel Knowles
5 days ago
My story, written this morning from Minneapolis, is part of The Economist's cover package this week Inside the movement challengingāand disruptingāICE
www.economist.com/united-state...
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Inside the movement challengingāand disruptingāICE
A non-violent network of activists is forming across America
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/01/29/inside-the-movement-challenging-and-disrupting-ice?giftId=OThiNzUxOWItNDA5ZS00ZTdjLWI3YzAtYmQzZjFiYzA3YmVmdGVnX3VzZXI%3D&utm_campaign=gifted_article
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Max Fawcett
6 days ago
Alberta's economy-first government strikes again.
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First to cold plunge at 0530 this morning to celebrate the reopening of Peter Hemmingway Pool! This is such a special place for me and the new Reno is fantastic!
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Edmonton Transit Riders
13 days ago
Last night, a room of passionate transit advocates got together with
@denisagar.bsky.social
from
@movementyvr.bsky.social
to learn about transit advocacy. Thank you everyone who came out, and thank you
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
for organizing this great event
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Tom Flood
19 days ago
perspective.
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Markham Hislop
27 days ago
The Alberta Healthcare Disaster, with Dr. Paul Parks Parks' unfiltered description of AB's health system catastrophe is unsettling. Who's responsible? @abdaniellesmith. Share this interview. Every Albertan should watch it.
#ableg
#abpoli
#yyc
#yeg
youtu.be/nZIUpRIY-c4
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The Alberta Healthcare Disaster, with Dr. Paul Parks
YouTube video by Energi Media
https://youtu.be/nZIUpRIY-c4
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Senator Paula Simons šØš¦
28 days ago
Why should Alberta stay in Canada? The reasons arenāt 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 youāll respond.
#cdnpoli
#Alberta
#ableg
#abpoli
#Canada
#SenateofCanada
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The Case for Sticking Around - Alberta Views
Letās not quit Canada. Letās make it better for everyoneāincluding Albertans
https://albertaviews.ca/the-case-for-sticking-around/
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Luke LeBrun
27 days ago
Former Crier Media contributor / Dean Blundell associate James Di Fiore told a bailiff and two OPP officers that he objected to a court-ordered search of his electronic devices because āthose devices were provided to him by CSISā (???)
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Carrie Tait
27 days ago
NEW: A podcaster accused of harassing a former AHS director said he was hired by an Edmonton lawyer, court docs show. That lawyer has ties to Sam Mraiche, who owns companies at the centre of Alberta's procurement controversy.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Podcaster accused of harassing former AHS board member says he was hired by Edmonton lawyer, court records show
Legal documents identify Bryan Ward, who has acted for Sam Mraiche on multiple occasions, as the lawyer
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ahs-harassment-allegations-david-wallace-bryan-ward/
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Charles Rusnell
27 days ago
Bryan Ward acted for Mraiche in a property flipped to the Alberta government for a $300,000 profit.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...
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Mraiche Profited from Quick Sale of Property to UCP Government | The Tyee
The multimillionaire under scrutiny for lucrative Alberta Health Services dealings made $300,000 on land he owned just three months.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/21/Mraiche-Profited-Quick-Sale-Property-UCP-Government/
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M. Nolan Gray š„
27 days ago
A heck of a chart: in every single one of the 10 major US cities that built the most housing between 2017 and 2023, rents for older, existing units fellāoften by quite a bit.
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Jacob Loo Dawang
28 days ago
NEW POST While cities across North America struggle with housing shortages, Edmonton is proving that zoning reform works. In 2025, for the first time in history, the number of homes permitted in 5-8 unit rowhomes surpassed detached homes. š§µ
#yeg
#yegcc
#yimby
www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/zb...
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2025: The year Edmonton built the missing middle ā Jacob Dawang
Edmontonās zoning reform is working. In 2025, newly legalized eight-home rowhomes drove a record increase in homebuilding, achieved by redeveloping only 0.39% of properties in mature neighbourhoods.
https://www.jacobdawang.com/blog/2026/zbr-two-year-review/
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Dr. Mike P. Moffatt
about 1 month ago
This is exactly what I mean. Every single day Canada picks and chooses when international law applies and when we can safely ignore it. Pretending otherwise is willful ignorance.
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Troy Pavlek
about 2 months ago
"Should I chain myself to a tree over this?" A resident in Dovercourt is threatening to because an infill development is being built in her cul-de-sac. But when we look at the numbers, the area's population has halved in the last 50 years, plenty of parking. So, probably not
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Tim Querengesser
about 2 months ago
Donāt like rising property taxes? Consider: - driving less/using transit more (to save our infrastructure) - welcoming development in your mature neighbourhood (to add rate payers without building new infra) - buying less from Amazon (they donāt pay taxes to us but use infra) - going downtown
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Oh The Urbanity!
about 1 month ago
I *love* this street transformation in Edmonton, Alberta. I visited it under construction almost two years ago but more progress is visible in Google Street View.
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Durrell
about 1 month ago
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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Brent Toderian
about 1 month ago
Perfect.
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The Associated Press
about 1 month ago
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
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At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Departmentās webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
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MeidasTouch
about 1 month ago
šØ The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trumpās name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files. Trumpās name was in the original release. Now, itās blacked out. See for yourself.
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Brent Toderian
about 1 month ago
What does it take to move 1000 people? Smart infrastructure supporting choices that donāt take up so much space (or produce so much emissions/pollution, cost so much public money etc). Mobility in cities is about space. Graphic via
@seattlesubway.org
based on a Sydney graphic I spread years ago.
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Preach, @andrewknack. Edmontonians deserve a fair voice in our provincial legislature. One Albertan, one vote. Your vote shouldnāt count less because you live in Terwillegar than Two Hills.
about 1 month ago
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Carter Lavin
about 2 months ago
Edmonton Transit Service has joined the chat! Thanks Councilmember
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
for the pic & I hope you're enjoying the book Have now seen pics of the book on AC Transit, LA Metro, BART and ETS Get your copy 20% off w/ code FIGHT here
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Hank Green
about 2 months ago
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.
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Raw deal in the Region part 2: how much of your Edmonton tax bill is subsidizing the region?
www.michaeljanz.ca/raw_deal_in_...
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Raw Deal in the Region Part 2: How much of your tax bill is a subsidy to the region?
Join our campaign to build a safer, more affordable, welcoming city for everyone.
https://www.michaeljanz.ca/raw_deal_in_the_region_part_2_how_much_of_your_tax_bill_is_a_subsidy_to_the_region
2 months ago
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Conrad Nobert
3 months ago
If you're not on the
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
email list you're missing out. In the meantime, check out his latest killer post
www.michaeljanz.ca/freeriderpro...
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Raw Deal in the Region: Edmonton's Free Rider Problem
More than 30% of people who drive on Edmonton roads donāt live in the city: report
https://www.michaeljanz.ca/freeriderproblem
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Always a humbling day to be sworn in. Iām so excited to get back to work and will be sharing more updates via my enewsletter at
michaeljanz.ca/updates
Housing. Parking. Safety. Affordability. Parks. Pathways. You name it. Sign up and be the smartest shopper in your local checkout line!
3 months ago
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Jared Wesley
3 months ago
I'm the next few days, it would be a mistake to: āļø limit the resistance to the teachers' demands or saving public education āļø make labour/workers/unions the only faces of opposition The UCP's pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause is much broader than one strike or one set of rights.
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Ned
3 months ago
Alberta Union leaders, now is the time. You all signed a solidarity pact, and one of our unions is in the midst of our province's most historic job action, with a government planning an UNPRECEDENTED abuse of power to strip away charter rights. There is no more time.
#abpoli
#Solidarity
#union
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Public dollars for public schools. True 8 years ago. More true now:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/public-private-education-funding-alberta-1.3996900
3 months ago
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Conrad Nobert
3 months ago
Clr
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
cooking with gas in this one! "We heard for instance, there was this whole neighbourhood of Delton (upset about bike lanes) but ... Ashley Salvador, a bike-lane advocate, won that neighbourhood with more than half of the vote.ā
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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'Manufactured rage-baiting': Doorstep concerns contrast to online vitriol, say some returning incumbents
"I think we have a real problem with misinformation being spread through social media posts," said Ward papastew candidate Michael Janz
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/doorstep-concerns-contrast-to-online-vitriol-say-some-returning-incumbents?itm_source=index&tbref=hp
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Andy Grabia
3 months ago
They will blame the cities and Canada Post workers, but this is entirely because Danielle Smith is MAGA and more gullible than a three-year-old.
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Considering the UCP made a big fuss about cutting red tape, theyāve sure added a lot of costs, red tape and lineups to the democratic process!
3 months ago
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Andy Grabia
4 months ago
Iāve had a few people ask me who Iām voting for tomorrow. Here is my list: Mayor:
@andrewknack.bsky.social
Ward Papastew:
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
EPSB Ward G: Saadiq Sumar Also, for those living in EPSB Ward C,
@hollyfortrustee.bsky.social
is the way to go. Happy voting!
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Developers used networks of companies to funnel money to Edmonton council candidates
Analysis of corporate records shows connections between several companies funding local political campaigns
https://theijf.org/developers-used-networks-of-companies-to-funnel-money-to-edmonton-council-candidates
4 months ago
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Ryan Batty
4 months ago
Receiving campaign donations from people who have also donated to the UCP isnāt inherently a bad thing. But issuing a statement about transparency while sharing misleading information absolutely is.
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Andy Grabia
4 months ago
Thread. š§µ Iāve known
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
for about 15 years now. Heās a good person and a good friend, and for that reason alone I will be voting for him on October 20th as councillor for Ward papestew.
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via
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
- every communauto car in edmonton replaces 7 personal vehicles distributed, affordable car share is something that is drastically needed in seattle.
alberta.communauto.com/edmonton/
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Here. There. Everywhere. - Communauto Edmonton
Welcome to Communauto! When you join Communauto, you gain access to a fleet of over a hundred vehicles that can be rented at low cost for...
https://alberta.communauto.com/edmonton/
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SeanonymousD šØš¦
4 months ago
While out on a car-free errand, I passed my Councillor
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
on a bike path in our riding. Michael walks the talk and shows his commitment to active transportation - even on a seasonably cool fall day in Edmonton.ššš
#yegbike
#yegcc
#yeg
#SeenOnABikeRide
#AutumnRide
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Vijamsonic
4 months ago
Got my voting done.
@andrewknack.bsky.social
@michaeljanz.bsky.social
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Conrad Nobert
4 months ago
I proudly cast votes for Andrew Knack and Michael Janz today in ward papastew. I so appreciate their leadership towards a sustainable Edmonton that supports and welcomes people from ALL walks of life. cc:
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@michaeljanz.bsky.social
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š Advance polls are open for municipal voting š³ļø (Seems like
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āEffectively youāre asking me if Iām corrupt and Iām not corrupt.ā
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Big money in Edmonton mayor's race? Donations scrutinized and defended
Interim financial disclosures for Edmonton mayor's race show one candidate received significantly more money than others, including from corporate donors. Candidates defend and scrutinize the role of ...
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/10/08/big-money-in-edmonton-mayors-race-donations-scrutinized-and-defended/
4 months ago
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Janet French
4 months ago
Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools. Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools.
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Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News
If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-teacher-petition-private-school-1.7653896
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Elaine Hyshka
4 months ago
Alberta adding insult to injury for people on AISH. The provincial government may save some money with these changes, but it will be the cities that absorb the costs of more people ending up on the street.
#ableg
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Rent increases coming for AISH recipients living in community housing starting Oct. 1
Alberta's new rent formula for AISH recipients take effect Oct. 1 and now benefit payments will no longer be exempt.
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/rent-increases-coming-for-aish-recipients-living-in-community-housing-starting-oct-1
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The Breakdown AB
4 months ago
WOW! Alberta just got another approved referendum petition! And this one calls for the practice of funding private schools with public money to be put to an end! During the teachers strike! Strap in Alberta, weāre going on a ride!
#abpoli
#ableg
#cdnpoli
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