SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

For three straight years now, Alberta has been the most popular destination, on net, for Canadian residents moving within the country. And for nearly four straight years, Ontario has seen the most Canadian residents leave.

We’re starting to see the beginnings of an NDP answer to the question: how can they make life more affordable for working-class Alberta families? If Nenshi’s NDP can figure it out, then they need to stick the landing on this message and repeat, repeat, repeat.

I would have so much more respect for this movie if they just called it "The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda", as God intended.

edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n... #yeg #ableg

It's (almost) larch time!!! gooutside.substack.com/p/larch-watc... #GoOutside

It looks like Jean Chretien’s cousin Jean Boisvert is not running for re-election to the Elk Island Catholic School Board after 10 terms as a trustee. Boisvert was the Liberal Party candidate in Elk Island in the 1993 federal election.

Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland has been acclaimed for an 8th term as mayor of the mountain park town. Before the mayor role was created in 2001, he served as chair of the Jasper town committee since 1989, likely making him one of Alberta’s current longest serving municipal politician.

Final number of candidates by party in the Edmonton municipal election, which will be held on October 20. Mayor: Independent - 12 Better Edmonton - 1 Councillor: Independent - 61 Better Edmonton - 12 PACE - 8 #cdnpoli #abpoli

Here's our latest mayoral poll for Edmonton! 🔵 Walters: 15% 🟣 Knack: 13% 🟡 Cartmell: 13% 🟢 Jaffer: 5% 🔴 Mohammad: 4% ⚪️ Others: 2% ⚫️ Undecided: 48% You can find the full poll here: cardinalresearch.ca?research=car...

The United Steelworkers have just announced the passing of their president emeritus, Leo Gerard Gerard, who was born in Creighton Mine, Ontario near Sudbury, was the second Canadian to head the international steelworkers union

The myth of Lemming suicide has its origins in #Alberta & Disney to thank for it! The '58 film "White Wilderness" has a scene of lemmings running off a cliff into the sea. This was actually shot in #Alberta where, no sea, no arctic, no lemmings. But that's not all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMZl...

🎤🙋 I’m moderating a city council candidate forum in Ward Métis next week. The municipal elections are on October 20. Remember to vote. 🗳️☑️

Just the Alberta government casually threatening to use a constitutional sledgehammer to block a handful of transgender kids from doing normal kids stuff like playing on school sports teams. nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/18/a...

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

Elbows up, buttercup.

If the budget does not pass this fall, it could set us up for the shortest interval between federal elections — ever. I ran the numbers, plus a lot more this week! www.thewrit.ca/p/weekly-wri...

Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

The UCP government is so desperate to get into a big nasty fight with the Alberta Teachers Association that it will eagerly spend money on an ad campaign attacking teachers before it spends money improving classroom conditions for kids. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

All about Alberta politics in Fall 2025. Danielle Smith and Naheed Nenshi will spar in the Legislature but the most interesting politics will be on the road 🤠 Read all about it: daveberta.substack.com/p/all-about-...

Nenshi’s NDP still needs a straight forward and convincing answer to how can they make life more affordable for working-class Alberta families. Once they figure that out they need to repeat it and then repeat it again and again. That means getting out and hustling.

All about Alberta politics in Fall 2025. Danielle Smith and Naheed Nenshi will spar in the Legislature but the most interesting politics will be on the road 🤠 Read all about it: daveberta.substack.com/p/all-about-...

Here's what the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod said today in response to Premier Danielle Smith's announcement yesterday that she's making citizenship markers mandatory for driver's licenses. Statement from McLeod in full: #ableg

The passing of Paul Newman (2008), Sean Connery (2020), Sidney Poitier (2022), and now Robert Redford (2025) signals the slow disappearance of a certain type of 20th century figure: men who embodied classic style in a way that reflected their taste, rather than a professional stylist.

🗳️✅ I’m happy to support my friend Michael Janz in his campaign for re-election to Edmonton City Council. I don’t live in his ward so I can’t vote for him but I’m happy to deliver some lawn signs this weekend. If you do live in Ward Papastew, consider voting for Janz on October 20.

I’d like to toot my own horn here, as well as that of my friends, by acknowledging that this month marks the 20th anniversary of the Oilogosphere. For those who don’t know, that’s the name given to the group of Edmonton Oilers bloggers who appeared after the 2005 NHL lockout. 🧵/1

The Alberta Legislature will reconvene on Thursday, October 23 for a Speech from the Throne. This is the province’s first throne speech since October 2023 (the last session of the Legislature lasted for 2 years).

BREAKING: Alberta teachers will go on strike Monday, Oct. 6 if they can't get a better deal through negotiations.

We don't store any identifiable health data on American servers (this is basic human research ethics), surprised to see the provincial government doesn't take the same precautions for people seeking treatment for substance use disorder. #ableg drugdatadecoded.ca/my-recovery-...

Speaking at a Liberal caucus retreat in Edmonton, Mark Carney says the first tranche of major projects will be announced tomorrow. These are projects the government will aim to speed through regulatory approvals within 2 years.

So much of the current version of Alberta’s separatist movement is deeply rooted in Christian nationalism and conspiracy theories about COVID, the UN, WHO, WEF, 15 minute cities, and LGBTQ people. This Maclean’s article platforms its advocates without a mention of this. Wildly bad journalism.

40% of Albertans surveyed strongly disapprove of Premier Danielle Smith’s performance. 24% strongly approve. angusreid.org/premiers-app...

I first saw Nigel Farage speak at a Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa in the early 2010s and my key memory is how cartoonishly ghoulish and rude he acted while on stage. It was a shocking contrast to the other Conservative luminaries at that conference but it was a sad sign of things to come.

I can’t be there in person, but there is an Eric comic in Alberta Comics Love! Congrats to the team at @renegadeartsent.bsky.social!

By Alberta's own definition of "visual depiction of a sexual act," I fail to see how these images highlighted in UCP government's own slide show of explicit material. From Alison Bechdel's Fun Home. many of the other scenes in province's shock-intended examples don't qualify, either

“Edmonton is so far north it would appear that even a Kansan’s desire to be a member of the legislature might be frosted,” wrote the Kansas City Star in April 1916. Kansas Governor John Leedy tried, tried and tried again to get elected in Alberta. daveberta.substack.com/p/kansas-gov...

New episode! We sat down with @BradLafortune from @PIAlberta to learn more about what they do! Also! Changes to disability supports like AISH as well as a deep dive on how to build community and fight back against govt dysregulation! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

"It’s a poorly thought-out policy to fix a problem the government has not demonstrated exists, which appears to be the modus operandi of the Alberta government under Premier Danielle Smith." #ableg

VIA Rail’s regular dayliner passenger train service between Calgary and Edmonton ended 40 years ago today. (Source: Edmonton Journal, September 6, 1985)

Just the United States continuing its casual descent into becoming an authoritarian police state.

This is now one of Daveberta’s most read columns. 👀

“Edmonton is so far north it would appear that even a Kansan’s desire to be a member of the legislature might be frosted,” wrote the Kansas City Star in April 1916. Kansas Governor John Leedy tried, tried and tried again to get elected in Alberta. daveberta.substack.com/p/kansas-gov...

Purely in the name of fun, here's a chart of all countries that were at 3-4% EV share in 2019 in IEA's database: www.iea.org/data-and-sta...

Here's a fun chart. Maybe Canada can't be Norway (where sales are running near 100%). But is there any good reason why we couldn't be the UK?

Kansas Governor John Whitnah Leedy tried, tried and tried again to get elected in Alberta. He was a "fighting man” and “the kind that fights at the drop of the hat and drops the hat himself.” daveberta.substack.com/p/kansas-gov...

Highly reccommended and enjoyable reading

“Julie King-Yerex, co-owner of Magpie Books in Edmonton, said people have come into the shop ‘asking for our vicious compliance section.’ “ (By CP’s Aaron Souza) #Ableg #AbEd

Kansas Governor John Whitnah Leedy tried, tried and tried again to get elected in Alberta. He was a "fighting man” and “the kind that fights at the drop of the hat and drops the hat himself.” daveberta.substack.com/p/kansas-gov...

"A U.N. group estimated countries will need to recruit more than 44 million primary and secondary educators by 2030 to keep pace with demand and replace exiting teachers. Worldwide, primary school teachers are leaving the classroom nearly twice as fast as they did a decade ago..." #AbEd #AbLeg