Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
@daveberta.bsky.social
🤠 🇨🇦 Writing about Alberta politics, elections and history.
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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦
@daveberta.bsky.social
· Sep 29
👋 I just want to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who reads and subscribes to Daveberta. I’ve been writing about Alberta politics for 20 years now and it continues to be a huge honour share my thoughts and have so many of you read, share and send feedback about it. Thank you so much. 🤠
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Doctors working in Edmonton’s major hospitals are calling on the Alberta government to declare a state of emergency because there is no more room to safely accept patients. #ableg @theglobeandmail.com
Edmonton doctors call on Alberta government to declare state of emergency as hospitals overflow
Call follows deaths of three patients in Grey Nuns Community Hospital emergency on Dec. 22
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Doctors working in Edmonton’s major hospitals are calling on the Alberta government to declare a state of emergency because there is no more room to safely accept patients. #ableg @theglobeandmail.com
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
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The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Live: Mother identifies woman shot and killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis
Video of the shooting shows an agent firing at a vehicle as it drives toward him. The governor and Minneapolis mayor called for calm after the incident. ICE said the agent acted defensively.
www.startribune.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:29 PM
The victim of today's ICE shooting in Minneapolis has been identified by her mother as Renee Nicole Good, 37.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Colleague Jo Horwood and I tried to find out, how many books were pulled off Alberta school shelves as a result of the gov't order? And what books were they?
Turns out, the names of the books are a secret #AbLeg #AbEd
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Turns out, the names of the books are a secret #AbLeg #AbEd
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta school divisions remove handful of titles from shelves as new school library rules take effect | CBC News
A newly enacted provincial order on school literary materials prompted some divisions to remove a couple of dozen books from school shelves, but the names of those titles are secret.
www.cbc.ca
January 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Colleague Jo Horwood and I tried to find out, how many books were pulled off Alberta school shelves as a result of the gov't order? And what books were they?
Turns out, the names of the books are a secret #AbLeg #AbEd
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Turns out, the names of the books are a secret #AbLeg #AbEd
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canada cannot wait for cooler heads to prevail in the US, because they won't. The US is an imperialist power with territorial ambitions in its near abroad, and must be treated as such.
January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Canada cannot wait for cooler heads to prevail in the US, because they won't. The US is an imperialist power with territorial ambitions in its near abroad, and must be treated as such.
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NEW: A podcaster accused of harassing a former AHS director said he was hired by an Edmonton lawyer, court docs show. That lawyer has ties to Sam Mraiche, who owns companies at the centre of Alberta's procurement controversy.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tuthanhha.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tuthanhha.bsky.social
Podcaster accused of harassing former AHS board member says he was hired by Edmonton lawyer, court records show
Legal documents identify Bryan Ward, who has acted for Sam Mraiche on multiple occasions, as the lawyer
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
NEW: A podcaster accused of harassing a former AHS director said he was hired by an Edmonton lawyer, court docs show. That lawyer has ties to Sam Mraiche, who owns companies at the centre of Alberta's procurement controversy.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tuthanhha.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tuthanhha.bsky.social
50 million barrels of oil is around how much Canada exports in 2 weeks.
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“This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America…”
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
50 million barrels of oil is around how much Canada exports in 2 weeks.
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Petition 10K signatures short as first deadline looms in burst of Alberta recalls
From me today (after some well-treasured time off over the holidays):
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
From me today (after some well-treasured time off over the holidays):
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
Petition 10K signatures short as first deadline looms in burst of Alberta recalls
EDMONTON - A petitioner looking to oust an Alberta cabinet minister says she has a huge task ahead, as the campaign nears its deadline for signature collection.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
January 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Petition 10K signatures short as first deadline looms in burst of Alberta recalls
From me today (after some well-treasured time off over the holidays):
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
From me today (after some well-treasured time off over the holidays):
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
🤠 Working on my first Alberta politics column of 2026. I am hoping to publish it in the next few days.
January 7, 2026 at 12:44 AM
🤠 Working on my first Alberta politics column of 2026. I am hoping to publish it in the next few days.
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Why should Alberta stay in Canada? The reasons aren’t just economic or legal. I hope you will read and share my robust rebuttal to those trying to break up our country. And I hope you’ll respond. #cdnpoli #Alberta #ableg #abpoli #Canada #SenateofCanada
The Case for Sticking Around - Alberta Views
Let’s not quit Canada. Let’s make it better for everyone—including Albertans
albertaviews.ca
January 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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News: Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is suing the Alberta gov over steps taken to enable a separatist referendum, saying it did so despite knowing it would violate treaty.
Suit also contains a summary of statements from separatists re: seeking Trump admin support edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Suit also contains a summary of statements from separatists re: seeking Trump admin support edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation sues over independence referendum, claims government 'conspired' with separatists
A First Nation in northwest Alberta is suing the provincial government ahead of an anticipated separation referendum.
edmontonjournal.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
News: Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation is suing the Alberta gov over steps taken to enable a separatist referendum, saying it did so despite knowing it would violate treaty.
Suit also contains a summary of statements from separatists re: seeking Trump admin support edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Suit also contains a summary of statements from separatists re: seeking Trump admin support edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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This is indeed the object of the game, and G7 leaders are playing it remarkably well. Five stars for 2026 so far
It's the only game that matters. My SKETCH of British politicians playing the Trump Game.
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM
This is indeed the object of the game, and G7 leaders are playing it remarkably well. Five stars for 2026 so far
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EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with @michaelscherer.bsky.social, Donald Trump threatened Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, with a fate worse than Maduro’s; defended regime change in the country; and expressed renewed interest in the U.S. seizing Greenland.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump Threatens Venezuela’s New Leader With a Fate Worse Than Maduro’s
The president told The Atlantic that Delcy Rodríguez needs to comply with U.S. wishes—or else.
www.theatlantic.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
EXCLUSIVE: In an interview with @michaelscherer.bsky.social, Donald Trump threatened Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, with a fate worse than Maduro’s; defended regime change in the country; and expressed renewed interest in the U.S. seizing Greenland.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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Rubio: Venezuela military operation was simply implementing an arrest warrant.
Trump: Venezuela military operation was about oil, regime change, and Donroe doctrine to take Greenland, Cuba, and whoever else we want.
Trump: Venezuela military operation was about oil, regime change, and Donroe doctrine to take Greenland, Cuba, and whoever else we want.
January 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Rubio: Venezuela military operation was simply implementing an arrest warrant.
Trump: Venezuela military operation was about oil, regime change, and Donroe doctrine to take Greenland, Cuba, and whoever else we want.
Trump: Venezuela military operation was about oil, regime change, and Donroe doctrine to take Greenland, Cuba, and whoever else we want.
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It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
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Many people still think of poverty as something that happens when people don’t work. But the reality is different: majority of people who live in poverty in Canada are working or live in families who work. @gillianpetit.bsky.social and my 2026 chart to watch www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
January 4, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Many people still think of poverty as something that happens when people don’t work. But the reality is different: majority of people who live in poverty in Canada are working or live in families who work. @gillianpetit.bsky.social and my 2026 chart to watch www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
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For the Sunday readers, my look ahead at the year in Canadian defence:
open.substack.com/pub/philippe...
open.substack.com/pub/philippe...
January 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
For the Sunday readers, my look ahead at the year in Canadian defence:
open.substack.com/pub/philippe...
open.substack.com/pub/philippe...
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Robert’s Bank (south of Vancouver) now under consideration for a west coast oil pipeline terminus.
Also sounds like Kitimat is sensibly out of the running, even for Smith.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Also sounds like Kitimat is sensibly out of the running, even for Smith.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Varcoe: Alberta examining possible oil pipeline routes to B.C., including Roberts Bank, says Danielle Smith
Danielle Smith says a pipeline south of Vancouver is one possible route a new oil pipeline could take from Alberta to B.C.
calgaryherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Robert’s Bank (south of Vancouver) now under consideration for a west coast oil pipeline terminus.
Also sounds like Kitimat is sensibly out of the running, even for Smith.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Also sounds like Kitimat is sensibly out of the running, even for Smith.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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The Globe editorial board on Trump casting aside the international rules-based order and going for raw power grabs, and what it means for Canada:
[gift link] www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fe4f74c...
[gift link] www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fe4f74c...
The Sunday Editorial: Venezuela’s fate is a warning for Canada
U.S. military action to seize Nicolás Maduro marks the formal debut of an imperial America
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The Globe editorial board on Trump casting aside the international rules-based order and going for raw power grabs, and what it means for Canada:
[gift link] www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fe4f74c...
[gift link] www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/fe4f74c...
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With David Frum on Venezuela, spheres of influence, and the deeper implications of Trump's foreign policy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
Bonus Episode: How Is Trump Planning to ‘Run’ Venezuela? (With Anne Applebaum) | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM
With David Frum on Venezuela, spheres of influence, and the deeper implications of Trump's foreign policy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSR...
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This is a dangerous and irresponsible response.
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
January 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This is a dangerous and irresponsible response.
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone
Cheering the illegal abduction of a foreign head of state and celebrating U.S. control over another country is wrong.
Canada cannot pick & choose when international law applies. If the rules only matter when it’s convenient, they don’t protect anyone