Tried a new recipe today to add something different to our holiday cookie selection. #EspressoMerengues

In The Dead of Winter... The canopy of winter elms in Edmonton's Pleasantview cemetery. #fotografia #outside #winter #photography #yeg #artyear #trees #nature

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n... Confirmed case of measles at Stollery Children's Hospital prompts public alert #abpoli #ableg #Alberta #UCPCorruption #Canada #RecallAllUCP #FireTheUCP #FireSmith #UCPFacists #measles #health #yeg #Edmonton #healthcare #Stollery #FreedomFreckles

"Robb says patients are seeing massive delays after they call 911. The wait times are having a big impact on not only those seeking care, but also the paramedics treating them." #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1158856...

Made these today. Such a simple but delicious treat!

Brexit was always doomed to fail because a modern economy relies on it's trading partnerships The last time the UK survived without international trade was the middle-ages That was a great time to be a rich lord But it wasn't such a good time for the rest of us Pay attention Alberta #ableg

Friendly reminder: Two years ago, my UCP rejected amendments to Bill 2 which would require us to respect the results of an Alberta Pension Plan referendum. So even if Albertans don't want an APP, we can push it through anyway! Read: calgaryherald.com/news/politic... #abpoli #ableg

Govt just WASTED $2M of taxpayer money on the "Alberta Next" panel. www.cbc.ca/news/cana... While our EDs and Hosps are struggling and Schools are overflowing, they're playing political games. Here is the single most insulting contradiction in that report:. 🧵 1/10

'Alberta Next' Report a Sign That Alberta Election is Coming in 2026 Interview w/@DuaneBratt about his Substack esssay, “Alberta Is Going to the Polls in 2026.” What do you think? Will Smith call it early? #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/r92KM8BrP6k

How the UCP rolls: “For a government that is engaged in a consultation exercise . . . and says it wants to listen to Albertans, this doesn’t look like they’re listening,” said an MRU political scientist. #ABPoli #ToneDeaf calgaryherald.com/news/alberta...

"Protect our water" sign came, thanks to the volunteers delivering signs in -25. Go to albertabeyondcoal.ca to get yours! #ableg #yeg #yyc #abpoli

Traitors! Every single one of them #ableg

2025 marked #Canada’s worst year for #measles infections in decades www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/1...

Potential measles exposure at the children's hospital in Edmonton. www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page195... #Edmonton #yeg #Alberta

Wishing you peace and hope on this Winter Solstice night. It’s still a beautiful old world if you look for wonder. #Canada #CanadaSky #cdnpoli #Alberta #yyc #yeg #abpoli #ForeverCanadian #Photography #Art #Nature #BlueSkyArtShow #Artist #Urban #ArtMatters #NotAI #ArtAdventCalendar

Look at that the operationtotalrecall.ca has 400,000 plus views operationtotalrecall.ca #ABleg #ABpoli #CdnPoli There are those of us that view with glee and some MLAs watch their reputation dissolve.

Signed up for @qobuz.bsky.social and am transitioning my playlists over. They are against AI-generated music, compensate the artists more generously, and have better sound quality. No ICE recruitment ads either! #CancelSpotify

Heartbreakingly, despite our best efforts, today the Government of Alberta was able to bring an end to the injunction against Bill 26 on the basis of its use of the notwithstanding clause. This is a cruel and dangerous move by a government that will harm vulnerable young people.

Anyone remember "Alberta's Calling" ? Always the feds to blame .. never a bit of accountability. Like planning for population growth. Edmonton's last hospital built was the Grey Nuns in 1988 (which Klein wanted to demolish). Since then Edmonton's population has doubled.

How does Danielle Smith sleep at night? #abpoli

This Fossil Friday features a dicot leaf from Calgary’s Paskapoo Formation (~50 million years old). This sandstone is common around the city and often contains plant and bivalve fossils, so keep your eye out! #fossilfriday #palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #alberta #plants #yyc

If you are in the market for some COVID/Flu A&B tests, this is a Canadian supplier and they are not terribly expensive.

“Replacing” safe consumption and overdose prevention sites with treatment, it’s like cardiologists throwing out CPR in favour of blood pressure-lowering medication. Dead people don’t recover !#ABpoli #DrugSky

Many NWT winter roads from the Sahtu to Dettah are on track to open by Christmas. "Worrisome" early warmth gave way to ideal ice conditions in some regions.

In #Iowa City, buses have been #fare-free since August 2023 and the results are impressive; ridership jumped, driving dropped by 1.8 million miles. 🚍🌍 The city council has now extended the pilot program after seeing faster boardings, fewer cars on the road. 🔄💨

Acute Care Alberta has extended an ortho surgery contract with Alberta Surgical Group - one of the entities tied to health procurement probes #AbHealth #AbLeg

I lived thru the end of public smoking. Early in my career I presented to city councils who were smoking, in front of audiences who were smoking. Smoking in restaurants, airplanes, hospitals… All of that seems insane now, but it was very controversial when we DID change it. We CAN change things.

Danielle Smith’s Superpower: Making Radical Policies Sound Sane and Safe A field guide to persuading smart people to believe utterly unhinged ideas. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/danielle-s...

Uhm.. There are no words.. AHS report is a mess.. 13 OBGYN Closures/Diversions, GROWING list of COVID/Influenza Outbreaks.. 6 Sites with Acute care bed closures...8 ER's closed.. 7 OR's closed.. @frazzleheadlc.bsky.social Sorry! open.substack.com/pub/frazzleh... #UCPCorruption #ABHealth #abpoli

Not sure how many Albertans want this plan... but I don't recall the UCP campaigning on "Let's Make Charities Great Again" Or stating they were going to privatize HC and Education to for-profits and abandon any govt social safety net... 10/10

Big Surge: This represents a 21.8% increase from 2024 = second-highest jump in the entire country (only behind the territories). Since 2019, food bank usage in Alberta has exploded by 134.4%. (Who's been governing since then?) 4/10

Anything over 100% means no beds in the hospitals, and the ED becomes a warehouse and no longer a rapid diagnosis, stabilization and emergency care place. South Health Campus averaged 112% all week. Red Deer sat at 111%. 2/7

We are told the system is "coping." Govt PR teams assure us that "fluctuations" are normal. Look at these graphs and tell me where the "normal" is. This is real time data from our 14 largest hospitals sites in AB. The red bars represent dangerous overcrowding. 1/7

With a third of Ontario’s population, Alberta has the most measles cases, after the province withheld hundreds of probable cases from public reporting www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... @alannasmith.bsky.social More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

www.friendsofmedicare.org/bill_11_brin... “It is no exaggeration to say that the passing of Bill 11 thru the #ABleg is the biggest threat to our single-payer, universal Medicare system that we’ve ever seen. Not just for Albertans, but for all Canadians,” Gallaway, ED, @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social

This is about as bad as it gets. The auditor general has revealed the UCP government is lying to the public about healthcare reform. A must read for Albertans of all political stripes.

Jenn Vanderlaan, senior communications advisor for Acute Care Alberta, said "there is no legal requirement for public reporting of acute-care outbreaks." United Nurses of Alberta President Heather Smith said health officials are “morally obligated as supposed trustees of our public health.”

Talk about inflation! youtu.be/wkXBF64jvWE?...

Essentially, citizen initiative referendums are dead in Alberta. Unless they have backers with deep pockets, but then, that isn't really "citizen initiative" is it? #ableg #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care: I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.  Your health care is still legal and protected.  I'll always fight for you.

This is such an important point; Smith's UCP are enablers of separatism; there is no other way to explain Bill 14. #abpoli #cdnpoli

'“This is autocratic,” he said. “They are playing mean games with us.”' “Our drinking water is so critical for our survival & for our farming community and for everybody. They are just completely disregarding that, and they are only looking at their own financial benefits. This is wrong.”' #AbPoli

I love this story about a guy willing to hold onto his views knowing there would be a back lash. Even Includes “Spanky” McAllister. #recallDanielleSmith #UCPcorruption #ABpoli www.thealbertan.com/politics/bit...

Influenza positivity went up again. 34.3% Dec 12: 28.5% Nov 30: 14.6% 157 people in the hospital from it, including 15 people in ICU. Covid and RSV numbers still very low. www.alberta.ca/stats/dashbo... #Alberta #Influenza #abpoli #AlbertaHealth

⚠️ The All-Seasons Resort Act exposes Alberta’s parks, protected areas, and public lands — places cherished by Albertans and vital for biodiversity — to the development of year-round, private resorts ⚠️ Learn more at cpaws-southernalberta.org/all-seasons-... 👈🏼 #DefendAlbertaParks #AlbertaParks

Alberta facing chronic drought due to climate change - and their top minds come up with a ponzi scheme to pay U.S. corps for AI slop while Albertans see more of their water resources used up with no benefit to them. #abpoli #bcpoli #cdnpoli #canada calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

It’s a business model in the US. It’s being used in Alberta too. #Abpoli @naheednenshi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/oil-...

Alberta’s United Conservative government has bumped the application fee for its citizen-led referendums from $500 to $25,000. #Alberta Alberta UCP govt under Smith is really trying to stifle dissent against them by making it more expensive. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Senior Alberta officials stalled release of coal mine pollution science 😱😱 #Alberta #AbPoli #Cdnpoli #Canada thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal...

"Alberta's government quietly eliminated its public reporting dashboard of COVID-19 outbreaks in acute care facilities, saying the province is under no legal obligation to continue publishing the data in a 'post-pandemic context.'" #Alberta #Canada #Healthcare