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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Sep 10

Unsurprisingly, I have thoughts on this. While I'm sure the guy is well meaning, there are more than enough mountains named for europeans who haven't been within 1000km of the Rockies.

U.K. man's attempt to name mountain in Rockies faces uphill battle | CBC News

A seasonal worker in Jasper National Park is attempting to name a little-known mountain there after his parents, generating chatter among mountaineers about which renaming efforts should be taken seri...

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Sep 6

Having recently experienced Montréal-Trudeau airport, I take back 72.7% of the things i have said about Toronto-Pearson

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Alberta Medical Association @albertadoctors.bsky.social · Jul 14

Alberta's Measles cases now outnumber the United States' entire case count. This is a milestone we did not need to reach. Immediate action must be taken to reduce spread and ensure immunization and information is accessible to all Albertans.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Jul 14

Cowards.

EDITORIAL: Cameras not welcome at Okotoks town hall

Media members covering town hall with Premier Danielle Smith told to check cameras and audio recorders at the door.

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Jul 14

Alberta, a province with a population of 5 million, has more cases of measles than the United States, which has 340 million.

This is embarrassing. The AB gvt’s need to pick quixotic battles with Ottawa and beat up on trans kids has caused it to ignore the province’s real public heath needs.

Alberta's measles outbreaks surpass case counts reported for entire U.S. | CBC News

Alberta has now confirmed more measles cases than the entire United States has reported this year.

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · Jun 25

Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.

Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · Jun 25

Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants

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Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants

CALGARY — Whether Alberta should withhold social services from immigrants is among the issues Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is tabling for debate this summer when she travels the province to consult ...

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Jun 25

As a child of an immigrant, this xenophobic trash has no place in Alberta.

Smith is pandering to the worst elements of our society. Her absence from the national discourse would be a gift.

Alberta Next survey asks if province should withhold social services for immigrants | Globalnews.ca

'If Alberta isn't satisfied with the number or kind of newcomers moving to our province, we may have the option to withhold provincial social programs.'

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Jun 19

Tampa Bay used the LTIR loophole in 2021 and won the cup
Vegas used the LTIR loophole in 2023 and won the cup
Florida used the LTIR loophole in 2025 and won the cup

But somehow Edmonton is the problem.

Oilersnation.com @oilersnation.bsky.social · Jun 18

SERAVALLI:

"Sources NHL to continue examination of Oilers’ LTIR relief usage for Evander Kane." - Read more here: www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/edmonto...

Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Jun 17

I bet the real reason he left was because his opening drive at the Kananaskis course didn't make it out of the tee box.

Trump leaves G7 summit early to deal with Israel-Iran conflict; India PM lands in Alberta

World leaders are gathering today in the mountain-flanked pastures of Kananaskis, Alta. for this year’s G7 summit.

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Jun 16

Give the government’s approach to the COVID vaccine, this should surprise absolutely no one. They certainly seem more beholden to interest groups than evidence based policy.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Jun 16

"Expanded cougar hunting was 'based on direction from [the] minister last year and input from stakeholders,' according to an internal email...

Those stakeholders were limited to members of the Alberta Professional Outfitters Society and the Alberta Tree Hounds Association."

Alberta cougar hunting increases ‘not based on science’: docs | The Narwhal

A controversial decision to increase cougar hunting in Alberta was ‘based on direction from [the] minister last year and input from stakeholders’

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · May 31

A peek behind the curtain to see who's really running the province.

CTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · May 31

Conservative activists gave Alberta government list of ‘inappropriate’ books in school libraries
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Conservative activists gave Alberta government list of ‘inappropriate’ books in school libraries

Social conservative activist groups provided Alberta government officials with lists of books now facing prohibition under new provincial content guidelines for school libraries.

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Rocky Mountain Outlook @rockymtnoutlook.bsky.social · May 28

NEWS: New exhibit highlights impact of climate change on Columbia Icefield

New exhibit highlights impact of climate change on Columbia Icefield

"Meltdown: A Drop in Time" opened on May 15 and features 19 pieces from photographers Jim Elzinga and Roger Vernon at the Glacier Gallery.

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · May 24

Hard pass
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In Ottawa, U.S. senators push trade, Canadian tourism to their states

OTTAWA — Five United States senators were in Ottawa Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and underscore the long-standing relationship between the two countries. At a press conference at the...

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · May 4

Someone should remind these very fine people what a red lightsaber in Star Wars indicates.

Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Apr 25

Jesus Christ.

FBI arrests a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says the arrest of a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities is a “gravely serious and drastic move."

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Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @sphillipsab.bsky.social · Apr 23

I’m not sure a graph that starts a Y axis at 39 is one that can be understood as the work of a serious person.

Among the many problems with the CPC platform.

Math is hard in politics, as has been observed.

Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · Apr 23

Here, I think, is where we run into trouble with the parties using different methods for calculating their fiscal projections -- it's basically apples to oranges.

There might still be a gap here if we were comparing apples to apples, but I'm not sure it'd be this wide.

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Apr 12

I think it’s hilarious that American republicans don’t get that the best thing they could do for Poilievre’s electoral chances would be to shut up.

Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Apr 12

Next on Power and Politics: Will Pollievre’s acquisition of the all important accused pedophile vote change the landscape of conservative electoral fortunes.

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Apr 8

For my own wellbeing, I’m just not going to look at my RRSP investments for a good 6 months or so. What I don’t know can’t hurt me.

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Apr 6

To the woman walking around Altador and stealing LPC lawnsigns off of people's lawns. Don't you have anything better to do on a sunday? #CalgaryCentre

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Apr 5

The results of my super-scientific poll of lawn signs on private property on the road between my place and the local grocery store in #CalgaryCenter
LPC: 11
CPC: 8

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Apr 4

This should just be the start. Governments, companies, and universities should be looking for ways to poach talent from the US.

3 Ivy League scholars plan to leave US and teach in Canada amid Trump administration’s higher education battle | CNN

Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley plans to leave the prestigious Ivy League university for Toronto with colleagues Marci Shore and Timothy Snyder as the Trump administration’s battle with higher...

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · Apr 1

This is disappointing

PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · Apr 1

NEW: CTV cancelled a fact-checking segment in response to political pressure from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives

CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

Audio recording shows CTV cancelled an ‘election misinformation’ segment with journalist Rachel Gilmore after online backlash from conservatives

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Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Apr 2

The fact that “Real Genius” wasn’t the first film mentioned is criminal

Duncan Taylor @detaylor.bsky.social · Mar 30

Caught this yesterday, and if you're in Calgary in the next few weeks, I highly recommend checking it out - especially if you came of age in the late 90s-early aughts.

Lunchbox Theatre @lunchboxtheatre.bsky.social · Feb 21

Next up, we are travelling to 2003 for Please Return to Empire Video, a new play by James Odin Wade.

VHS is out and DVDs are in, and thousands of tapes have been unloaded on a small franchise location of Empire Video in southern Alberta.

Tickets here: www.lunchboxtheatre.com/please-retur...