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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 11h

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

‘A big mess’: Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike

#abpoli #ableg #teachers #strike
#FireTheUCP #FireSmith #Alberta

‘A big mess’: Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike

An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as “incoherent.”

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 4d

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Canada updates U.S. travel advisory with warning to those with gender-neutral passports

The actual advisory is located here
travel.gc.ca/destinations...

#trans #transgender #Canada #passport #USA #Trump #FuckTrump #nonbinary #X #gender #identifier #LGBTQIA+

Canada updates U.S. travel advisory with warning to those with gender-neutral passports

The federal government has updated its travel advisory for the United States, offering guidance for Canadians with gender-neutral passports.

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 4d

www.castanet.net/news/Alberta...

Classes suspended in Alberta as provincewide teachers strike set to begin today

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #strike
#teachers #ATA #FireTheUCP
#FireSmith
#StandWithABTeachers
#Canada

Classes suspended in Alberta as provincewide teachers strike set to begin today - Alberta News

Some 51,000 members of the Alberta Teachers Association are poised to begin a strike today.

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 4d

In case you were wondering this is what teachers want:

#abpoli #abed #ableg #Canada #teachers #ATA #Strike
#StandWithABTeachers

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 8d

LoL 🤣🤣

#canada #Carney #cdnpoli
#canpoli #canleg #cdnleg
#FireTheUCP #FireSmith
#abpoli #ableg #Smith
#cartoon #politics #humor
#comic

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 8d

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First Nations on B.C.'s North Coast won't support Alberta's pipeline proposal 'now or ever,' says chief

First Nations on B.C.'s North Coast won't support Alberta's pipeline proposal 'now or ever,' says chief | CBC News

The president of an organization representing First Nations along British Columbia's North Coast says it won't support a new bitumen pipeline proposal from Alberta's premier "now or ever."

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 8d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

First Nations on B.C.'s North Coast won't support Alberta's pipeline proposal 'now or ever,' says chief

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #BC
#BritishColumbia #Pipeline
#indigenous #chief #FireTheUCP
#FireSmith

First Nations on B.C.'s North Coast won't support Alberta's pipeline proposal 'now or ever,' says chief | CBC News

The president of an organization representing First Nations along British Columbia's North Coast says it won't support a new bitumen pipeline proposal from Alberta's premier "now or ever."

www.cbc.ca

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 8d

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Trump’s 51st state jibe ‘not funny anymore,’ MPs say

It never was funny!

#cdnpoli #canpoli #canleg #cdnleg
#canada #USA #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #FireTrump
#Never51stState #FuckTheUSA

Trump’s 51st state jibe ‘not funny anymore,’ MPs say | Globalnews.ca

'It’s offensive,' said Sault St. Marie MP Terry Sheehan when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest comment about making Canada the 51st state.

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 9d

First Nations are already opposing Alberta’s coastal pipeline pitch…

#ableg #abpoli #canpoli #cdnpoli #canleg #cdnleg
#Pipeline #indigenous #oppose #BC #BritishColumbia
#Alberta

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 9d

Yep that is his new name Spanky McAllister

I am wondering if that is what Bruce and Marlaina do on a boring Saturday night and take turns.

I think his fetish showed that night.

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #Spanky #Bruce #McAllister
#Spank #FireMcAllister #FireTheUCP #Canada

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 9d

This guy is a loon Alberta is staying in Canada and If he doesn't like that Jeffery Rath can move to the USA and stay there he is a traitor.

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#NoSeparation #Rath #Traitor
#Never51stState #FuckTheUSA

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 9d

Alberta general strike October 6 2025. Stand with Alberta Teachers!

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#StandWithABTeachers
#GeneralStrike #Oct62025
#FireTheUCP #FireSmith

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 9d

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Alberta premier defends decision not to increase province’s minimum wage, set to be lowest in Canada

Smith doesn't care about Albertans!

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #lowest
#MiniumWage #FireTheUCP
#FireSmith

Alberta premier defends decision not to increase province’s minimum wage, set to be lowest in Canada | Globalnews.ca

Starting Wednesday, Alberta will have the lowest minimum wage in Canada. The $15 per hour wage hasn't been increased since Rachel Notley's NDP government hiked it in 2018.

globalnews.ca

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 9d

Danielle Smith’s Alberta is a place where it’s okay to:

- encourage parental abuse on kids
- attack Alberta teachers
- blow $461,000,000 on bougie private schools
- make sure Alberta students are the lowest funded in Canada

FYI: this isn’t okay

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#UCPCorruption

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 9d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta to pay families of younger children should teachers strike Oct. 6, government says
Parents with children 12 and under can apply for $150 a week from province

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #ATA
#teachers #strike #canada #parents #children

Alberta to pay families of younger children should teachers strike Oct. 6, government says | CBC News

The Alberta government will redirect money saved during a potential teachers' strike to payments for parents with younger children in public, Catholic and francophone schools.

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 9d

www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Trump returns to ’51st state’ rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials

#cdnpoli #canpoli #Canada
#Never51stState
#TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#FireTrump #No51stState
#FuckTrump #rhetoric #military

Trump returns to ’51st state’ rhetoric in speech to U.S. military officials

U.S. President Donald Trump returned to his talk of annexing Canada during an unprecedented speech to top military leaders on Tuesday.

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 10d

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Imperial Oil to cut workforce 20% by end of 2027

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta
#FireTheUCP #FireSmith
#ImperialOil #layoff
#workforce #SmithIsAFailure #layoffs

Imperial Oil to cut workforce 20% by end of 2027 | Globalnews.ca

Calgary-based Imperial Oil had about 5,100 employees as of the end of 2024, according to a regulatory filing.

globalnews.ca

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 10d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta municipalities make election plan adjustments because of postal strike

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #municipalities #CanadaPost #strike
#mail #Canada #election #municipal #election2025

Alberta municipalities make election plan adjustments because of postal strike | CBC News

Some municipalities in Alberta are implementing contingency plans like using courier services or posting additional information online as a Canada Post strike continues.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11d

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 11d

#abpoli #ableg #StandWithABTeachers
#FireTheUCP #FireSmith #Teachers #Alberta
#contract #strike #UCPCorruption

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 11d

www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Alberta teachers vote against province’s tentative agreement

The teachers turned down the agreement

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #teachers #contract #strike #ATA #TurnedDown

Alberta teachers vote against province’s tentative agreement

Alberta teachers have overwhelmingly denied the province’s tentative agreement with 89.5 per cent of voters against the deal.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 11d

Statement from Nate Horner the UCP Government refuses to address the teachers concerns it is no wonder they voted to not accept the contract.

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #ATA #Teachers #strike #FireTheUCP #SupportABTeachers

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 11d

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Imperial Oil to cut 900 jobs, will mostly leave Calgary
Company says changes to come by end of 2027

#abpoli #ableg #alberta #imperial #oil #OAG #gas #ImperialOil #YYC #Calgary #FireTheUCP

Imperial Oil to cut 900 jobs, will mostly leave Calgary | CBC News

In a release Monday afternoon, the company announces workforce cuts to come by the end of 2027.

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 11d

A teachers' strike is much closer to reality in Alberta, as ATA membership rejected the province's latest proposal with 89.5% against with a week to go until strike day. The Strike will start
Oct 6 2025.

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #teachers #strike #ATA #reject
#contract #offer #FireTheUCP

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Jamie @jamieb1000.bsky.social · 11d

globalnews.ca/news/4067888...

In 2018, Danielle Smith wrote that Alberta should “phase out every government-run, union-controlled public school

Now she is trying to do it.

#abpoli #ableg #Alberta #FireSmith #SmithIsATraitor
#FireTheUCP

Danielle Smith: Maybe we need to defund public schools | Globalnews.ca

Maybe every independent school needs to be fully funded and we need to phase out every government run, union-controlled public school more interested in indoctrinating students than teaching them crit...

globalnews.ca

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