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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 5h

From the DM’s…

Hey #yyc!

Students are organizing their own rallies and protests!

Let’s make sure that they know they aren’t alone!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed

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Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 17h

Ugh, message CRA to stop funding genocide! 👇

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell the CRA to Stop Funding Israel’s Illegal Occupation Through UIAC’s Tax-Subsidized Funds

The United Israel Appeal of Canada, Ltd. (UIAC) is a Canadian registered charity that states its purpose is to ““conduct social welfare programs in Canada and Israel.” These programs include “resettle...

actionnetwork.org

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Kim Siever @kimsiever.bsky.social · 17h

Yesterday, a reader of The Alberta Worker sent in a $100 donation.

🥰

The Alberta Worker depends entirely on the generosity of its readers.

No billionaire backing
No government grants
No annoying ads
No persistent paywalls

albertaworker.ca/support

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RealTime99 @skyblue99.bsky.social · 17h

Trump got his Covid AND Flu inoculation shots TODAY... Get Yours TOO please... U and your family deserve to stay healthy.

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 10h

Our rally has change to Oct 26th! Please share with friends.
Edmonton Legislature
Oct 26th 1pm-3pm
bantheban.ca

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 12h

Can we please SVFA!

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Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 1d

Lazy Canadian Intellectuals Misread the Global Energy Transition

@maxfawcett and I discuss a prominent economist's view that there is no energy transition.

The evidence and data say otherwise.
#ableg #canpoli #bcpoli
youtu.be/xJiQumbYHng

Lazy Canadian Intellectuals Misread the Global Energy Transition

YouTube video by Energi Media

youtu.be

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 1d

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Alberduh is free to be dumb @alberduhfreedumb.bsky.social · 1d

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 1d

Good for you! (the job I mean 😅)

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Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎(Parody) @abdanielsmith.bsky.social · 1d

In Alberta, we're incentivizing construction of new homes, not rental units. Industry response has been remarkable!

These statistics reflect a framework that accelerates housing development while ignoring the rental market.

It’s clear: UCP policy is the cause, not rent control.

An Alberta government poster comparing Calgary's rental prices to Edmonton. Calgary has a +4.6% increase year over year from 2019 to 2025. Edmonton has a +3.9% increase. The headline reads: UCP Policy equals unaffordable rent.

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that Jason Nixon drives a $100,000+ fully taxpayer funded truck, while people on AISH decide each month whether or not to buy food, or medication? Please come out and support our disabled community, they are literally dying because of this government.

ADAP
A Deadly Ableist Plan
October 30, 2025
12pm-2pm
Alberta Legislature
The Alberta government's new ADAP program attacks disabled lives. Cutting $200 a month, forcing thousands into poverty, and redefining 'sever disability' without consent puts lives at risk. Fight back: show up, speak out, stop ADAP.

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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 1d

This essay lays bare the UCP’s calculated attack on public education.

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Opinion: Crisis capitalism comes for Alberta’s classrooms

When teachers are supported, students thrive, families prosper, and the province grows stronger.

edmontonjournal.com

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RealTime99 @skyblue99.bsky.social · 1d

substack.com/@livelysue/n...

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Ben Rowley🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @benjaminrowley78.bsky.social · 1d

If a private school like Webber Academy can afford to build a sports facility and a theatre, there is no need for the province to fund it. We need to fund public education #abpoli #ableg #yeg #yyc #yql

Jack Hill @jackhill.bsky.social · 1d

Petition regarding Private School funding in AB.

5% of total Ed. Budget goes to private schools plus student tuition

UCP/AB Govt pays a 70% funding rate per student the highest level of private school subsidization in the country.

Support Public Education

#abed #ableg

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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DasHeibz @dasheibz.bsky.social · 1d

dasheibz.substack.com/p/so-about-t...

So... About that Event, and what's Next?

We have a lot coming down the pipe, so stay tuned!

dasheibz.substack.com

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 1d

We're on!

DasHeibz @dasheibz.bsky.social · 1d

📢Event date has been changed to OCTOBER 26TH @ 1:00PM. Still at the Edmonton Legislature North Steps! Spread it! Thank-you! #bantheban #abpol #ableg #alberta

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 2d

Edmonton!
A great list of WHO NOT TO VOTE FOR

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 2d

Careful! There appears to be TBA rats at the voting stations.

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Spetrath.bsky.social 📎🇨🇦 Elbows up‼️ @spetrath.bsky.social · 2d

#Forever-Canadian signing location in NE Edmonton this afternoon at the McConachie Playground from 4:30-7 pm.

1221 McConachie Blvd.

Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 2d

Today!
Forever Canadian signing
Help us cross the finish line!
McConachie Playground
1221 McConachie Blvd
4:30pm - 7:00pm

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 2d

Good to know, thank you!

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 2d

Right?? Although, without any RNs now, I guess the people just die. What has happened to us?

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Laurie W 🇨🇦 @lauriedw.bsky.social · 2d

Bedsores!
Infections!
Have we lost our frickin collective minds! Do we care so little about vulnerable people in this province?

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

The Alberta Medicial Association is raising the alarm on the disintegration of healthcare into silos that will only create barriers for patients.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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