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Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 4h

That’s what the group at my family Thanksgiving dinner is wondering. Why Little? Let Gausman get out of it.

Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 5h

Schneider strikes again! Should have left Gausman in. #WEWANTITALL Let’s Go Jays 🇨🇦

Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 14h

albertabeyondcoal.ca/events/

Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 14h

Go Blue Jays 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 16h

Even though it is a Thanksgiving weekend, our #ForeverCanadian volunteers are hard at work collecting signatures.

We are getting close to 300,000 signatures and there are only 16 days left.

You can sign the petition at 50 locations across Alberta:

www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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Keegan Matheson @keeganmatheson.bsky.social · 1d

The #BlueJays get The Canada Question over… and over… and over…

But there’s really something to it.

My story on Nova Scotia’s (and Canada’s) team:

www.mlb.com/news/what-it...

Blue Jays feel the love -- and pressure -- of being Canada's team

TORONTO -- There’s a question Blue Jays players and coaches get over and over again. It comes each Spring Training in the glow of a new season. It comes on Opening Day, over and over again. It comes e...

www.mlb.com

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Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 1d

@edmontonoilers.bsky.social win!!!

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @mitchellab.bsky.social · 1d

"I think it's wrong to have the highest rate of funding for private schools in a province where we have the lowest rate of funding for public schools," the Calgary teacher said in an interview on Tuesday.
I agree.
#ableg #abpoli

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

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News

If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

www.cbc.ca

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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 1d

Danielle Smith provoked this strike.

The UCP wants to break public education.
We won't let them. #WeStandWithTeachers

youtu.be/ONBRO8psamw

Danielle Smith provoked this strike. The UCP wants to break public education.

YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 2d

How long has this been going on you ask?

February 10, 2020

"The cuts come at a time when school boards are also dealing with 13,000 additional students. The ATA said it breaks down to $441 less per student."

globalnews.ca/news/6533781...

Documents prove United Conservative Party cut education funding, Alberta teachers say | Globalnews.ca

"Every school board in this province, except for four, have seen a cut to their funding," said ATA president Jason Schilling.

globalnews.ca

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 2d

Exactly this! This is the road to social disaster the #UCP would have us follow.

Don't abandon our kids to the nightmare this anti-public education dreck brought on in the US! #NoMAGAinCanada #ElbowsUp #cndpoli #abpoli #ableg #abed

The Voice of Reason @calvindragon.bsky.social · 2d

This is what the Alberta Teachers Association is on strike to prevent.

Carl Ott, Author @bubba687.bsky.social · 3d

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Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting that he would jump to that conclusion.

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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 2d

Listen to this interview with Tim Cartmell. He supported party politics and big money in municipal politics. He gets big corporate money, far more than any other candidate. Then he interprets obvious questions about whether he will be influenced by big money as an accusation that he is corrupt.

Lauren Boothby @laurby.bsky.social · 4d

Watch the story here edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2025/1...

Big money in Edmonton mayor's race? Donations scrutinized and defended

Interim financial disclosures for Edmonton mayor's race show one candidate received significantly more money than others, including from corporate donors. Candidates defend and scrutinize the role of ...

edmonton.citynews.ca

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RichardJR @electricbluesfan.bsky.social · 2d

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🇨🇦 EDMONTON ELECTION: MUNICIPAL PARTIES, EXPLAINED 🇨🇦

As Edmontonians head to the polls, they're encountering something new on the municipal scene: political parties. Let's break down what they are, why they exist, and what it means for voters.

Hannah Kavanagh, CTV News.
#YegVote #YegCC #AbPoli

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2d

“A pipeline rupture that sparked a 2024 wildfire in west-central Alberta was caused by a crack, says a report released Thursday.”

If we’re debating what can cause a wildfire still…

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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

TSB releases findings on Alberta pipeline rupture that caused explosion, wildfire | CBC News

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada published its findings on the causes of the rupture of a natural gas pipeline near Edson, Alta.

www.cbc.ca

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M A Shane @mindfultalk.bsky.social · 2d

#abed #albertateachers

Sebastian Salazar @hangarcat.bsky.social · 2d

Classy move by the local FC!

𝙎𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖'𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 🍎🍏

We have made a limited number of tickets available for Alberta educators to join us for our Friday, October 10 home match vs. Forge Football Club.

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 2d

This isn’t about Right or Left Politics, this is about the RIGHT CARE at the right place at the right time.

Come out and discuss HC Access in your community.

You Deserve Safe and Timely Health Care.

Friends of Medicare @friendsofmedicare.bsky.social · 2d

We're coming to a town near YOU!

1st stop: Lethbridge! Join FOM & @pfparks.bsky.social Nov. 2 for an urgent townhall conversation about issues Albertans are experiencing in our health care system & solutions to make our lives & health better.

➕Info & RSVP: www.friendsofmedicare.org/healthcarele...

Red text graphic: "An urgent conversation: Public Health Care in Lethbridge. Join Friends of Medicare & Emergency Physician, Dr. Paul Parks: Sunday, November 2. Doors 2:30 pm, Townhall 3:00 pm. Southminster United Church (1011 4th Ave S). friendsofmedicare.org/HealthCareLethbridge"

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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 2d

You haven't already signed the #foreverCanadian petition you can find a signing location at the link below
This would be a great thing to do on Thanksgiving weekend
www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...

Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

www.forever-canadian.ca

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 2d

"Because of the letters and complaints sent by Albertans across the province, Elections Alberta has officially opened a file — No. 2025-0213 — to review the potential partisan use of public resources connected to the Alberta Next Panel."

www.facebook.com/groups/43624...

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Erin 🇨🇦 @spicyerin.bsky.social · 2d

Just a friendly reminder; Alberta Teachers are fighting for your kids.

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 3d

Exactly. They caused the problem by underfunding, and siphoning billions to private/charter schools. 4 billion since 2019.

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Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 2d

This Week in AB: October 8, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/womenofa... "...budget 2025 included a 10.3 per cent increase in funding for private and charter schools that can refuse students, while public schools that are required to accept every Alberta student received less than half at 4.5 per cent.

This Week in AB: October 8, 2025

Strikes, slams, and sighs.

open.substack.com

Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 2d

"...this attack on the striking workers is coming from the same old places: an ugly axis of fundamentalists who oppose secular society and wealthy businessmen who oppose workers’ rights." www.theprogressreport.ca/private-scho...

Who's backing up the UCP in their fight against education support workers?

While the UCP is tied up with their procurement scandal, their extraparliamentary allies on the right are picking up the slack in the fight against Alberta's education workers

www.theprogressreport.ca

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Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 2d

Teachers on strike in Alberta, UCP digging in for a long fight open.substack.com/pub/davebert... "...some of the private institutions receiving generous public funding include elite schools tailored to Calgary’s wealthiest families and charge more than $20,000 in annual tuition."

Teachers on strike in Alberta!

Breaking the ATA is in the official UCP policy book

open.substack.com

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Karen Klassen @kklassen.bsky.social · 3d

Keep it going!

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