Jason Markusoff
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When you look at the totality of all the Alberta institutions and programs Danielle Smith has begun to reinvent or reshape… it’s a lot. And a lot of risk. By me:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith reworking Alberta's everything, everywhere all at once | CBC News
The premier makes no apologies for an ambitious reform agenda. But the more a government dismantles and rebuilds, the more risk there is for road bumps, growing pains and outright mistakes.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-ambition-analysis-1.7416708
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Brittany Trang
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/james-watson-remembrance-from-dna-pioneer-to-pariah/
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Hatsune Michael
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Screaming for all to hear: The Bechdel test is a joke! I don't mean that derisively, it is literally a joke from Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For.
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derek van vliet
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wait until you see what happens after the 3rd vote
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Tim Onion
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go folksy go brokesy
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Eric Koreen
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"The NBA is highlights league." *NBA then insists several games every year are played on courts that make television viewing painful.* (This one looked so much better in theory than on TV.)
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James McLeod
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It's a small graphic design detail, but the loitering guy on TTC signage is actually in front of the red slash, casually leaning against it, making him look *unbelievably* cool.
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Will you look at how many polls in Matt Jeneroux's Edmonton riding went Liberal in the last election. Closest Conservative win in the city; 5%. (narrower than Griesbach flipping from NDP, and South East, where mayor/ex-MP Sohi ran for Libs) map via X's @RealAlbanianPat
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𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕣 𝕘𝕝𝕠𝕨
4 days ago
mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
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And this, friends, is why you read Paul Wells' Substack.
paulwells.substack.com/p/the-2025-b...
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ceej
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dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
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“If we felt we were being meaningfully consulted with, you wouldn’t see members of our bar giving donations to a party trying to put the hundreds of Albertans we employ out of a job.” - injury lawyer on why so many made corp donations to UCP.
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UCP made corporate donations legal in Alberta again. Then, businesses gave them $471K in first period. | CBC Accessibility
Injury lawyers opened their wallets to support the United Conservative Party, while their fight against auto insurance reforms continues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-corporate-donors-injury-lawyers-ucp-ndp-fundraising-9.6966311
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A.G. Pasquella
4 days ago
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Janet French
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Corporate and union donations are back in Alberta politics. And as
@markusoff.bsky.social
found out, one party benefited from that change much more in the last quarter.
#AbLeg
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UCP made corporate donations legal in Alberta again. Then, businesses gave them $471K in first period. | CBC Accessibility
Injury lawyers opened their wallets to support the United Conservative Party, while their fight against auto insurance reforms continues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-corporate-donors-injury-lawyers-ucp-ndp-fundraising-9.6966311
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“If we felt we were being meaningfully consulted with, you wouldn’t see members of our bar giving donations to a party trying to put the hundreds of Albertans we employ out of a job.” - injury lawyer on why so many made corp donations to UCP.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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UCP made corporate donations legal in Alberta again. Then, businesses gave them $471K in first period. | CBC Accessibility
Injury lawyers opened their wallets to support the United Conservative Party, while their fight against auto insurance reforms continues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-corporate-donors-injury-lawyers-ucp-ndp-fundraising-9.6966311
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July: corporate donations become legal again for Alberta parties July-Sept: at least $471K in corp donations to UCP, which made the change. Injury lawyers and car dealers are so far biggest givers to Danielle Smith's party:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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UCP made corporate donations legal in Alberta again. Then, businesses gave them $471K in first period. | CBC Accessibility
Injury lawyers opened their wallets to support the United Conservative Party, while their fight against auto insurance reforms continues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-corporate-donors-injury-lawyers-ucp-ndp-fundraising-9.6966311
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The Alberta auditor general is in the middle of major probe into health contracting and ex-CEO's whistleblowing, and asked for time to finish work. Smith's United Conservatives just voted to seek AG's replacement.
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Alberta government ignores AG’s offer to stay on 2 more years, starts search for replacement | CBC News
UCP MLAs who make up the majority on an Alberta legislature committee passed a motion Monday to begin the search for a new auditor general even though the person currently occupying the role offered t...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/auditor-general-wylie-alberta-9.6965562
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Lex McMenamin (they/them)
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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Les Perreaux
6 days ago
Montreal has managed to go 12 years without a mayor resigning in disgrace. Thank you Valerie Plante and may new mayor Martinez Ferrada extend the streak to 16. (It’s a low bar I know but you should have seen the place before.)
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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦
7 days ago
Was one of the guests on West of Centre this week - the CBC’s Alberta Politics podcast - with
@jaredwesley.ca
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@colinaitchison.bsky.social
Check it out on Apple or Spotify…and subscribe. The gang at CBC Calgary are doing good work over there.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
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'A shock to the political system in Alberta'
Podcast Episode · West of Centre · 2025-10-31 · 44m
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/west-of-centre/id1496639620?i=1000734509376
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Blake Murphy
7 days ago
Lasting image from tonight is Ernie Clement at his locker, eyeblack and uniform still on except cleats, dirt on the pants with hole in the knee, long after most had showered and changed.
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Aaron Wherry
7 days ago
New from me. On the "sacrifice" discourse and the real choices that might be ahead.
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ANALYSIS | Carney's talk of 'sacrifices' suggests Canadians could soon face those tough choices | CBC News
It remains unclear exactly what those sacrifices will be or how they will be distributed. But the mere mention of sacrifices makes clear that Canadians are about to be faced with some real choices abo...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-polievre-budget-sacrifice-analysis-9.6962155
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Bruce Arthur
8 days ago
Perhaps the Jays should have considered this
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Matt Jelly
8 days ago
SkyDome Fan Club '89
#toronto
#skydome
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If Ottawa advised the Alberta premier about when she should quash legal rulings or Charter rights, we might hear something about lanes and staying in them.
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Days after she became first Alberta premier to invoke notwithstanding clause, Danielle Smith wants it used again. By the feds.
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Calgary's new mayor is one of the more intriguing political animals I've ever covered. He lost with one persona and won with a different one. Is the real Jeromy Farkas now standing up? My feature profile:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Jeromy Farkas took a long, strange trek to Calgary's mayoral chair | CBC News
He was a council 'disruptor' four years ago, and now he's council's leader. Has he learned lessons along the way?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/mayor-jeromy-farkas-profile-analysis-9.6956785
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Jimmy Thomson
9 days ago
My column today, on how police departments' car-first attitude makes them say the darnedest things. Like "leave your e-bike at home."
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The scariest part of Halloween is drivers — yet police departments blame bikes and kids
For pedestrians, the message is common-sense — wear bright and reflective clothing, don’t dart into traffic, watch where you’re going — but in its tunnel vision, the overall impression veers into vict...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/31/opinion/halloween-driving-police-ebikes
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Jack Farrell
10 days ago
"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.
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Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute
EDMONTON - Hundreds of students cut class Thursday to march and chant against Alberta's shutdown of a teachers strike in protests that saw Premier Danielle Smith compared to a cold-hearted,
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/alberta-students-cut-class-rally-at-legislature-for-teachers-in-strike-bill-dispute/article_e3ad54be-8a2e-5e77-b9a4-dd7d84e5c2b8.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
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CBC's At Issue videos
10 days ago
October 30, 2025: Canada-US trade talks halted, Ontario's tariff ad angers Trump, parties clash over budget election threat, Alberta uses notwithstanding clause on teachers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWsh...
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At Issue | Canada-U.S. trade negotiations go off the rails
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWshdebjSfc
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Jonny Wakefield
10 days ago
Vague but distressing news from Valleyview, Alta.: RCMP and animal welfare groups "have taken in hundreds of surrendered animals, including cats, dogs, horses and other livestock, in varying states of distress. Charges are currently pending approval."
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Robert Shields
10 days ago
Happy 50th to the GOAT of
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Blue Jays in Los Angeles: 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie game
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Craig Silverman
12 days ago
This is tomorrow night and tickets are free!
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Janet French
12 days ago
At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it.
#AbLeg
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Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-teachers-back-to-work-bill-9.6955558
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Robson Fletcher
13 days ago
Doug Ford: "My champion Wab Kinew, he's 100% behind it. Another champion, Premier Eby, as well ... total different political stripes than I am but we're all sticking together." Reporter:"Danielle Smith doesn't like the ads, though..." Ford: "Of course Danielle Smith doesn't like the ads..."
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Andy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com
14 days ago
Mr. Trump claims he’s not 'a king,' but on tariffs he is acting like one, and without a proper delegation from Congress as the Constitution requires."...
www.wsj.com/opinion/reag...
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Opinion | Reagan vs. Trump on Tariffs
The Gipper was a free trader, no matter what the current President says.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/reagan-vs-trump-on-tariffs-8295c8d5?mod=hp_opin_pos_1
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Jayson Stark
15 days ago
Addison Barger was the 1,642nd pinch hitter in World Series history. He did something none of the other 1,641 had ever done - and inspired this Game 1 edition of the World Series Weird and Wild column!
www.nytimes.com/athletic/674...
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Addison Barger’s pinch grand slam punctuates Blue Jays’ history-making Game 1
Let’s explain what made Barger's blast so special, and yet so hard to believe. Weird & Wild breaks down a Game 1 few could have imagined.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6748912/2025/10/25/addison-barger-world-series-grand-slam-bluejays/
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To save you all the ear pain, I checked out the original Queen song that Jays'
#WANTITALL
comes from. Some latter-day Freddie Mercury dross that goes straight downhill from the classically Queeny a capella bit. Avoid. Watch the Blow at High Dough hype video 1,993 times instead.
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Jen St. Denis
16 days ago
If you have 12 minutes today, this interview with B.C. MLA Amelia Boultbee on why she left the BC Conservatives is worth a watch
#bcpoli
One line that stood out to me: “John gets distracted by every culture war issue that crosses his desk”
#bcpoli
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'Misogyny is so deep': Departing B.C. Conservative MLA takes shots at party leader
YouTube video by CBC British Columbia
https://youtu.be/odUn7jdEVFg?si=xxQrB25Wk2RGnQAa
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David Reevely
16 days ago
It would be neat if the Blue Jays win the World Series, especially in this political moment. If they do, we're probably going to have some national anguish when the team (or parts of it) goes for the traditional congratulations from the president at what's left of the White House.
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Bruce Arthur
17 days ago
Terry Rozier? That's bad. Damon Jones? Worse. Chauncey Billups? Nightmare. The NBA, like every other league, chased easy sports gambling money. But this is the water pro sports swims in now, and it comes at a cost of trust, certainty, and the integrity of the game.
www.thestar.com/sports/nba/t...
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Bruce Arthur: The arrest of a high-profile coach is the NBA’s worst gambling nightmare
Betting is now the water in which sports swims. Now the NBA is facing a stiff test it should have seen coming.
https://www.thestar.com/sports/nba/the-arrest-of-a-high-profile-coach-is-the-nbas-worst-gambling-nightmare/article_cba9d374-1f0a-46bc-82a2-0dec9bd60923.html
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Streisand effect time for Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio address on the awfulness of tariffs (save in some exceptional circumstances)
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President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
https://youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?si=p5r6__RyGgHpaQV-
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Justin Baragona
17 days ago
I kid you not, this is currently what the White House's "Major Events Timeline" shows for the East Wing expansion.
www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
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New Alberta throne speech title: Moving Alberta forward with results
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bmq...
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With sexy results | Homer Simpson
YouTube video by Andy Latino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bmqr9Va7R8
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Jorge A. Caballero, MD
17 days ago
Perfect. No notes.
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
17 days ago
Post-election update: UCP President Rob Smith was defeated in Mountain View County’s Division 6. NDP President Bill Tonita was re-elected in Strathcona County’s Ward 4.
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Parmar was behind 6 votes before recount, and now wins by 600. And fifth-place Kotch lost more than 600 votes. Imma guess a poll clerk at one poll put Parmar’s votes in the wrong column.
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Take a bow,
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