Humans and bears have something BIG in common. Black Bear author @trinamoyles.bsky.social says we need to rethink our entire relationship with this magnificent animal. Do you have a bear story? 🐻 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/010626Trina 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/010626 #RealTalkRJ #bears youtu.be/QNsrG1oRRDg

Separatists allegedly "negotiating" Alberta's exit from Canada w/ U.S. State Department officials may be out of line...but they're not breaking the law. So says @nationalpost.com.web.brid.gy's @rmohamedyow.bsky.social on #RealTalkRJ. Thoughts? 👀 FULL: rtrj.info/010626Rahim 🎧: rtrj.info/010626

Venezuela now, Canada next? @supriya.bsky.social says the trend of Trump taking what he wants could be "really, really bad" for Canadians. She lays out exactly how on #RealTalkRJ... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/010526Supriya 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/010526 #cdnpoli #Trump #Venezuela

What's Santa bringing Premier Danielle Smith, PM Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre, and President Donald Trump this Christmas? We go straight to the source on a special edition of #RealTalkRJ... 🤣 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/122225Randy 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/122225 @supriya.bsky.social #cdnpoli

"The worst year of my life." Accused of using his connections as a federal minister to funnel cash to a company he co-owned, @rboissonnault.bsky.social's political career crashed in 2025. He tells #RealTalkRJ all about it. 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/122225Randy 🎧: rtrj.info/122225 youtu.be/SBkh3qFDtVA?...

Excellent article regarding #Healthcare and especially #Alberta, a logical explanation regarding the foundation of healthcare.. #abpoli #ableg

ICYMI: rtrj.info/121625DrRaj #abhealth #abpoli

If Pierre Poilievre can't pivot, could Jason Kenney lead Canada's Conservatives as early as 2026? Senator Charles Adler tells us he wouldn't be surprised. How about you? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121925Adler 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121925 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

Could the Liberals turn their minority government into a majority with another floor crossing over the holidays? We ask Minister @seanfraser.bsky.social to spill the beans... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121725Fraser 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121725 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ youtu.be/q4yWPafB_sc?...

"Just because you cite the Notwithstanding Clause, it doesn't mean you're not violating somebody's rights." So what's Ottawa prepared to do about it? We ask Minister of Justice @seanfraser.bsky.social... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121725Fraser 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121725 #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #RealTalkRJ

The frontlines of Alberta's healthcare system are in "chaos," says longtime ER Dr. Raj Sherman, warning plans for dual practice (public/private) delivery are premature. Not everybody agrees. How about you? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121625DrRaj 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121625 #abhealth #ableg #abpoli #RealTalkRJ

"If they can cancel our petition, they can cancel the coal contracts." Country star @corblund.bsky.social calls out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith after the #UCP's Bill 14 stymies his anti-coal petition... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121625Corb 🎧: rtrj.info/121625 #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/o8Z3cNOvchY?...

Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre says losing three Conservative MPs is "a problem with Mark Carney's leadership," not his own. @supriya.bsky.social doesn't buy it. Do you? 📺 FULL: lnkd.in/g6jerY3c 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121525 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

"Mark Carney's playing chess and everybody else is playing checkers." Cheryl Oates and Erika Barootes check in after another Conservative defection to the Liberals. What does this mean for Pierre Poilievre's leadership? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121225RTRT 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121225 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

"We'd win an election today." @albertandp.ca leader @naheednenshi.bsky.social tells #RealTalkRJ he's ready for an early election, and he's confident he'd beat Danielle Smith's #UCP. Thoughts? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121125Nenshi 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121125 #ableg #abpoli #yeg #yyc

Saskatchewan braces for pain as Trump threatens to tariff Canadian fertilizer imports. Farmer and YouTuber Quick Dick McDick says it's a global issue hurting #cdnag producers across the board... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121025QDM 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121025 #cdnpoli #skpoli #abpoli youtu.be/vX0zGrZiNNk?...

Separation. Tariffs. Harvest. Hunting. 🦌 We get into it all with Quick Dick McDick on a "holiday hangout" edition of #RealTalkRJ, live from his calving barn in Tuffnell, Saskatchewan... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/121025QDM 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/121025 #cdnpoli #skpoli #abpoli

Alberta's MOU with Ottawa is having "an immediate impact," says Premier Danielle Smith, who's expecting "a lot of activity very soon." Watch the full #RealTalkRJ exclusive here: rtrj.info/120925PDS Listen to the podcast: rtrj.info/120925 #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/-FVw7IDIAwc?...

Does Danielle Smith agree that Alberta should remain in Canada? We ask Alberta's premier about a referendum on the province's future in Canada. Your thoughts on her answer? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120925PDS 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120925 #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yeg #yyc #RealTalkRJ

Does Canada need "feminist" foreign policy? @supriya.bsky.social and Sharan Kaur debate PM Mark Carney's message shift on feminism... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120825RTRT 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120825 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

I'm so honoured to return as host of Festival of Trees' Silver Bell Soiree every December. The vision of Laura Kinghorn, Sarah Knopp & Kelly Scott-Gray has translated into hundreds of thousands of dollars raised for the University Hospital Foundation through this MUST-attend holiday event! #yeg 🥂

"What on earth is going on in Alberta?'' How can a province sign a pipeline agreement with Ottawa and posture toward a separation referendum AT THE SAME TIME? @alexmarland.bsky.social and @jaredwesley.ca discuss... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120525RTRT 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120525 #abpoli #ableg #RealTalkRJ

"We're used to voters getting to pick their governments. Increasingly, we're seeing this government wanting to pick its voters..." Dr. @jaredwesley.ca digs into the #UCP's Bill 14 on #RealTalkRJ. 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120525RTRT 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120525 #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/V-yPVhnZf6k?...

"Albertans are saying 'We've had enough.'" @albertandp.ca deputy leader @pancholirakhi.bsky.social says there's a big shift happening in Alberta politics right now. Do you see it? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120425BestOf... 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120425 #ableg #abpoli #yeg #RealTalkRJ youtu.be/CrIF-qHuqsU?...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has a choice to make: put Alberta's future in Canada to a free vote in the Legislature or roll out a referendum. #ForeverCanadian founder @lukaszukab.bsky.social lays out what's at stake... 📺 FULL: lnkd.in/gmx5u5vg 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120425 #ableg #abpoli #RealTalkRJ

"There is going to be an independence referendum. There is no question." Former UCP MLAs Scott Sinclair and Peter Guthrie say separatist party supporters are "looking for their pound of flesh". What do you think is going to happen? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120325PC 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120325 #ableg #abpoli

Finally, someone mentions Alberta's devastating environmental record. Of course Coastal First Nations can't trust Alberta. Albertans can't trust Alberta! Why didn't Carney make cleanup a condition along w/ lifting the renewables ban? Or should we leave that up to the next generation to solve too?

As the #UCP abruptly ends talks with two firms tied to the CEO at the centre of a healthcare procurement controversy, Min. Adriana LaGrange and former Min. Peter Guthrie give us two very different sides of the story... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120325LaGrange 🎧: rtrj.info/120325 youtu.be/VAeHrbjBFwE?...

Now that the #ForeverCanadian petition has been verified by Elections Alberta, the ball's in Premier Danielle Smith's court. (I say put it to a free vote in #ableg.) Pleased to discuss different options (and implications) with CBC News' Andrew Nichols: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

"Why should Coastal First Nations trust Alberta?" @maxfawcett.bsky.social says Alberta hasn't done enough on home soil to earn support for a new pipeline through B.C. Agree or disagree? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120225Max 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120225 #cdnpoli #bcpoli #abpoli #RealTalkRJ

Alberta separatists boo Premier Danielle Smith at #UCPAGM2025. Is the "United" Conservative Party starting to split? Erika Barootes, @supriya.bsky.social I break it down... What do YOU think? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/120125Supriy... 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120125 #abpoli #ableg #RealTalkRJ

Is his cameo at the Parliamentary Press Gallery Dinner the beginning of Pierre Poilievre's (newest) public makeover? @supriya.bsky.social and I discuss... 📺 FULL: lnkd.in/gufrJ2ZX 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/120125 youtu.be/pwu477zkqUw?... #cdnpoli #cdnmedia #RealTalkRJ

The Ottawa-Alberta pipeline agreement is "a really important moment" for Canada, says Sharan Kaur alongside Dr. Tom Gunton and Dr. Heather @exnerpirot.bsky.social on our #RealTalkRoundTable. Do you agree? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/112825Deal 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/112825 #cdnpoli #abpoli #RealTalkRJ

Did you know there's an Alberta Advantage when it comes to charitable giving? Ahead of #GivingTuesday, North Road Investment Counsel's Marshall McAlister explains how Albertans can make donated dollars go further than anywhere else in 🇨🇦. FULL SEGMENT: rtrj.info/112625NRIC youtu.be/qkJ5_kU4rLw?...

"Different levels of govt with different worldviews working together. Environmental responsibility isn't optional. Same goes for innovation, transparency & Indigenous participation." Real Talker Sorin breaks down the pipeline MOU in Alberta Wins presented by Play Alberta. youtu.be/328R_SSRZUo?...

"We're really bad at long-term thinking in Ottawa." @politico.com's Nick Taylor-Vaisey says despite a signed agreement between Alberta and Ottawa, Canadians shouldn't expect to see a pipeline built anytime soon. 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/112725Politico 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/112725 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

Alberta separatists hate Danielle Smith's pipeline deal. Thoughts? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/112625pipe 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/112625 #ableg #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

"I didn't hear any #UCP MLAs getting upset about how the (recall) law was being used against Jyoti Gondek..." Dr. @duanebratt.bsky.social and Janet Brown chime in as recall efforts ramp up in Alberta... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/112525RTRT 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/112525 #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

Has hell frozen over? Alberta and Ottawa are WORKING TOGETHER? Dr. @duanebratt.bsky.social and pollster Janet Brown lay out why Smith and Carney's pipeline announcement is such a big deal for Alberta's premier... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/112525RTRT 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/112525 youtu.be/Q4MSmd2m78I?...

Looks like Mark Carney's granting Danielle Smith's wish for a new pipeline. @supriya.bsky.social lays out how it came together (despite risk for the PM), and whether or not it'll actually get built. What do you think? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/112425Supriya 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/112425 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

"I don't know if Mark Carney and Danielle Smith appreciate the scale of opposition here. Carney's threading a really crazy tightrope." @arnokopecky.bsky.social says a new pipeline is far from guaranteed. Thoughts? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111925BILL9 🎧: rtrj.info/111925 #cdnpoli youtu.be/dasiIXFpLTE?...

"We have politicians making medical decisions with no medical training. It's horrifying." Dr. Glynnis Lieb and @theannamurphy.bsky.social sound the alarm as the Alberta government invokes the notwithstanding clause to protect its transgender bills. 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111925BILL9 🎧: rtrj.info/111925

Nobody (including Pierre Poilievre) wants an election. @maxfawcett.bsky.social explains why Monday's budget vote wasn't exactly a "nailbiter". Were you hoping for another election this winter? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111825Max 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111825 #cdnpoli #RealTalkRJ

"(Gretzky) still doesn't get it. If he and Trump are friends, just say that. Stop giving these weaselly answers. Just own it." Do you agree with @supriya.bsky.social? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111725Supriya 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111725 #RealTalkRJ #Trump youtu.be/m-wuODzt0mU?...

Donald Trump is sewering his biggest (former) fan - Marjorie "Traitor" Greene - as she continues to push for the release of the Epstein files. @supriya.bsky.social says MTG's evolution is a good thing. Do you buy it? 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111725Supriya 🎧 FULL: rtrj.info/111725 #RealTalkRJ #Trump #MTG

Albertans are getting screwed. A quarter-billion in unpaid property taxes. Countless billions more in environmental liabilities. And an energy regulator that can't be trusted. @thenarwhal.ca's @drewanderson.bsky.social tells us what he's dug up... 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111425Drew 🎧: rtrj.info/111425

Great coverage of Alberta's unpaid oil & gas liability problem and the Mature Asset Strategy on today's Real Talk episode - “Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s... @ryanjespersen.bsky.social @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG

Chatting oil and gas issues in Alberta on Real Talk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social today — regulatory failings, unpaid taxes and leases, and more. A long one, but not nearly long enough to do it all justice. #ableg #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s...

Highly informed @drewanderson.bsky.social of the @narwhal.bsky.social was on RealTalk hosted by @ryanjespersen.bsky.social this morning. Discussed are news stories by Drew on the current sad state of conventional oil and gas in Alberta Must watch interview! www.youtube.com/live/2u2sR4K...

[email protected] says Premier Danielle Smith is "failing" & "up for a coup". The @albertandp.ca leader tells #RealTalkRJ why his party is gearing up for an election that's not yet been announced. 📺 FULL: rtrj.info/111325Nenshi 🎧: rtrj.info/111325 #abpoli #ableg youtu.be/BW73lECK_m8?...