They painted over a memorial to a genocide that is ongoing at this very moment.

Edmonton has had a disturbingly high number of frostbite amputations the last two winters. With freezing temps on the way, both the City and the Government of Alberta must do more to prevent people from freezing in the cold. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #yegcc

"Between July and September, New Democrats raised $7,100 from six corporations—and nothing from trade unions—compared to nearly a half-million dollars from 244 corporations cutting cheques to the UCP, according to a CBC News analysis of financing returns."

The owner of this cursed pit should eat the loss and stop sitting on this land. Thumbs up to the city for cheekily releasing these survey results about it.

That’s a lot of people. The Calgary Herald should really make clear why that piece was pulled.

A 98% strike mandate for the nurses is historic on its own. Now consider that they voted this way even after seeing the government clobber the teachers with Bill 2.

No punches pulled in this analysis of the presently-disappointing response to the strike-breaking Bill 2.

Winter shelter in this city for the many unhoused is a real, non-theatrical issue, Knack moved on it immediately, the funding commitment is enough to be impactful, and even though the UCP disapprove the conservative councilors did not obstruct it. This mayor and council are off to a good start.

In many respects, this is the most harmful budget from a climate perspective since the Harper era, writes Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood

The AFL sends word in a campaign alert today that there will be a student rally in support of the ATA, and against the strike-breaking UCP, at the Quad on the University of Alberta campus tomorrow at noon.

This morning at the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices...UCP majority introduces a motion starting a search committee for a new auditor general. NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.

Tonight at 9 PM! We've got a special emergency episode with Petra Schulz on Media Integrity with Petra and what Albertans can do to show that they want more from their media! You're not going to want to miss this one! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Operation Total Recall is a website with information on how to start and track the recall process for every MLA that voted in favour of Bill 2. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

NEW: The UCP government has cut funding for a program that provides support for Indigenous single mothers who have experienced domestic violence. www.albertanativenews.com/alberta-cuts...

1/ 🧵 Contrary to the UCP, Alberta didn’t have to use the notwithstanding clause to legislate the teachers back to work. The “no choice” take doesn’t hold up. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Our parent organization Progress Alberta did petition work for years and we're very familiar with what they are and do. Forever Canadian may just be Forever Canadian, but it's also exactly what you'd want to do to launch a new party or a new political non-profit.

An Australian vulture company that funds lawsuits made a massive profit off the UCP government via Andrew Nikiforuk. Alberta's Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

"Earlier this month, the OIPC mediator issued a decision that rejected the government’s arguments and asked it to release the records by Oct. 23" Alberta government says it won't abide by ruling to share Alberta Next Panel survey results. edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

"This is a milestone which should have never been crossed, and today we fight so that it won't be crossed again.” A dispatch from me and @reportrix.bsky.social on Alberta’s student walkout in response to the government’s back to work order for teachers and the use of the notwithstanding clause.

Organizing a general strike is a serious and difficult undertaking, but this raises an obvious question—wasn't the time to begin the process a year ago?

The Alberta Government introduces new bill to protect students from predatory private career colleges buff.ly/GNzp5TF

In Calgary, the (formerly?) Kenney-aligned Farkas locks in his win against the Smith-aligned Sharp by about 600 votes. The big question remains: is 2025 Jeromy Farkas the same guy as 2020 Jeromy Farkas or not?

ATA president Jason Schilling at today's press conference: “Teachers will comply with the law, but make no mistake—compliance is not consent. The Association will fight this abuse of power with every tool the law provides and every ounce of conviction we possess.”

I’ve shown data before that link ambulance shortages to spikes in overdose deaths. This isn’t a system in collapse, it’s a system being intentionally collapsed by the government.

Alberta's identity crisis trundles forward. Elections Alberta has 21 days to verify the results of the pro-Canadian petition, after which the legislature has to either table a report or recommend a referendum. The big question: will this head the pro-separatist question off at the pass?

All legal alternatives will get you nothing. The post-Rand consensus is broken. Nothing short of a concerted, province-wide, and yes *illegal* general strike will have the necessary effect.

In a media release sent out shortly after midnight, the Alberta Teachers' Association says "this fight has just begun." They are committing to pursue "all legal alternatives to challenge Bill 2’s egregious assault on the collective bargaining rights of teachers and, by extension, all workers."

Alberta uses Charter's notwithstanding clause to order striking teachers back to work From @reportrix.bsky.social and me today, with updates to come as government sits into the night to pass the bill. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

In the latest Progress Report newsletter: the UCP go nuclear on teachers with the notwithstanding clause; municipal and union elections shake up Alberta's political scene; and our usual round-up of Alberta political news and commentary.

The first draft of the UCP's strike-breaking legislation is now up. Legislative process resumes again at 7:30 tonight. The UCP majority, restricting all debate through 'time allocation,' is expected to ram all three readings of this through tonight. It does invoke the notwithstanding clause.

The UCP have introduced their legislation to break the teachers' strike, Bill 2. It does invoke the notwithstanding clause. With aggressive use of 'time allocation' to restrict debate, the government is expected to push the bill through all three readings this evening.

🛩️ 🇸🇦🇦🇪 Premier Danielle Smith is jetting off to Saudi Arabia and Dubai just as her UCP government is expected to invoke the constitutional sledgehammer known as the Notwithstanding Clause in its legislation to force striking teachers back to work. www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...

As expected, the UCP are invoking time allocation in the legislature right now—only one hour of debate on Bill 2, which will force striking teachers back to work, will be allowed.

Health policy experts say the UCP government's ill-informed and ill-timed policies have created a "perfect storm" for a crisis during this year's inevitable flu and Covid season. 'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

The first bill of the fall session isn't the legislation to break the teachers' strike, but the "International Agreements Act," which the UCP claims is an assertion of Albertan sovereignty.

The hospital situation in this province is still grim, and with winter nearly here it's only going to get worse.

Alberta government pays out $95 million to end another coal policy lawsuit Another company, Valory Resources, told me it also settled, but an official didn’t respond to questions about how much (if any) it’s receiving. From me today: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/alb...

This week I learned a lot about recounts. 📖 read some legislation 🗣️ called some people 🤔found out stuff I didn’t need — like how to deal with a tie Here’s the story: What to expect in Calgary as a recount request is underway: youtu.be/cL5F4nY73V0?...

Labour relations prof Jason Foster on Markham Hislop's show today speculates on how things will go down if the teachers refuse to comply with back-to-work legislation:

As expected—the Alberta government has announced it will break the teachers' strike by forcing them back to work with legislation.

Another petition campaign has launched: a recall petition targeting UCP Minister of Advanced Education Demetrios Nicolaides. To succeed, it will need to collect just over 16,000 signatures from residents of Calgary-Bow.

Can read the op-ed in full here and judge for yourself: thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/opinion-cr...

Remember that there was no evidence of fraud or hacking that justified all this mess—the province forced cities to count everything by hand on the basis of a thoroughly-debunked conspiracy theory about ballot counting machines from Fox News.

News: a report into the "governance crisis" in Edmonton policing recommends increasing pay for police commissioners and removing councillors from the civilian oversight body. AB gov ordered the report after EPS complained to have two city appointees removed from the commission over alleged bias.

That’s a 13% drop since 2021. Lots going on in the world that made these elections feel kind of irrelevant, but the changes by the UCP had to have had a negative effect on voter turnout.

In a classic display of their ability to identify the province's most pressing issues, the UCP have announced legislation to stop the Rhinoceros-Party-affiliated Longest Ballot Committee

According to the Ministry of Primary and Preventative Health Services, who we spoke with today, it is not the case that you can't get a vaccine next year if you don't apply by the 15th. They will be updating the vaccine booking website to remove the text that misled Dr. Keegan and others.

The federal NDP leadership race this time around is likely to be an Albertan affair. Former environment minister Shannon Phillips joins us on the pod this week to talk about a conflict from 2019 that might define the race—the convention battle over LEAP:

Two hours until the Calgary mayoral debate on CBC. Starts at 7 p.m. MT Election is Monday. You can watch the debate live here: