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Seriously? We only have until Dec. 15 this year to order flu and COVID vaccines for next year?

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 7h

Fucking nutters.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Chip Roy: "The truth is the marxist, radicals, and Islamists the Democratic Party promoted this weekend, they cannot handle the truth. The truth is that there is a king and that king is Jesus. And the president has been willing to say it, & Charlie Kirk was willing to say it & he got killed for it."

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rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 4h

Seriously? We only have until Dec. 15 this year to order flu and COVID vaccines for next year?
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That’s what it says on an Alberta Government website – if you know where to look

How Alberta Teachers Are Winning the Public Opinion Battle | The Tyee

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 1d

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 4d

How Alberta Teachers Are Winning the Public Opinion Battle via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

The teachers’ main demands are finding support, while the government is being blamed for the school shutdown.

Albertans Still Deserve a Public Inquiry into Corruption Allegations

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 4d

Albertans Still Deserve a Public Inquiry into Corruption Allegations www.friendsofmedicare.org/ab_still_des...

Health Care Mandate Letters Continue Agenda of Chaos and Privatization

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 12d

Danielle Smith's new health care mandate letters to her Ministers continue their agenda of chaos and privatization @friendsmedicare www.friendsofmedicare.org/mandate_lett...

Danielle Smith's new health care mandate letters to her Ministers continue their agenda of chaos and privatization @friendsofmedicare

STATEMENT: AFL urges UCP to accept responsibility for the teachers’ NO vote and get back to the table with a better offer

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 13d

STATEMENT: AFL urges UCP to accept responsibility for the teachers’ NO vote and get back to the table with a better offer afl.org/statement-af...

EDMONTON — Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Alberta Teachers’ Association that its members have voted…

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rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 14d

Huge protest in support of Alberta teachers at the Alberta Legislature may have been the largest in the province’s history
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Huge protest in support of Alberta teachers at the Alberta Legislature may have been the largest in the province’s history

Something’s in the air when well over 20,000 people in Edmonton and Calgary protest the mess the UCP is making in education on a Sunday afternoon

Alberta’s Quiet Secession Play: Danielle Smith’s “negotiations,” Washington whispers, and her theocratic oil and gas colony fantasy

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rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 16d

Alberta’s Quiet Secession Play: Danielle Smith’s “negotiations,” Washington whispers, and her theocratic oil and gas colony fantasy
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Danielle Smith's separatist surrogates met with members of the Trump Regime (again) in an effort to leave Canada for the warm embrace of Trump's theocratic fascist police state dream.

As Smith Pushes New Pipeline Plan, Eby Says No Way | The Tyee

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rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 17d

As Smith Pushes New Pipeline Plan, Eby Says No Way via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

BC premier decries environmental risk of tanker traffic from proposed northern terminal.

If the goal of Danielle Smith’s ‘historic’ pipeline announcement was to distract, it appears to be working

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 18d

If the goal of Danielle Smith’s ‘historic’ pipeline announcement was to distract, it appears to be working
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There’s a reason no corporation wants to invest in this scheme, and it’s not because of what Alberta’s premier calls Ottawa’s ‘Nine Bad Laws’

Uninterrupted: YouTube Live with Evan Li and Naheed Nensh

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 18d

Uninterrupted: YouTube Live with Evan Li and Naheed Nensh youtube.com/live/VGmRBAL...
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YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

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rinania.bsky.social @rinania.bsky.social · 19d

We lost an exceptional human being, scientist and advocate today. May her legacy live on and her work be continued by those she mentored…

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rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 19d

Seniors, advocacy groups call for urgent action on Int’l Day of Older Persons www.friendsofmedicare.org/intl_day_of_...

Seniors, advocacy groups call for urgent action on Int’l Day of Older Persons

U.S. ambassador says Washington has to 'take a look' at airport pre-clearance, citing drop in Canadian tourism | CBC News

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 24d

This clown might be the worst 'diplomat' in the history of everything.

Brendan Dawe @dawe.bsky.social · 24d

lol, lmao even www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said Washington may need to reassess airport pre-clearance as part of an at-times animated exchange during a forum with Canadian business leaders in Banff, Alta...

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rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 24d

Can We Talk? Albertans Are Invited to Explore Common Ground via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

Can We Talk? Albertans Are Invited to Explore Common Ground | The Tyee

A survey team seeks volunteers to meet in Edmonton next week to share their political outlooks and priorities.

Albertans Deserve Real Pharmacare, Not a Secret Plan to Rollback Drug Coverage

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 25d

The UCP government would rather offload prescription drug costs onto Albertans than work with the Federal government to get us what we actually need: actual national Pharmacare! @friendsmedicare www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertans_de...

The UCP government would rather offload prescription drug costs onto Albertans than work with the Federal government to get us what we actually need: actual national Pharmacare! @friendsofmedicare

Albertans Deserve a Public Inquiry into Corruption Allegations

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 26d

The third-party interim report into health care corruption allegations is due, but Albertans have heard nothing from our provincial government. We deserve a fully empowered and independent public inquiry! @FriendsMedicare www.friendsofmedicare.org/albertans_de...

The third-party interim report into health care corruption allegations is due, but Albertans have heard nothing from our provincial government. We deserve a fully empowered and independent public inqu...

Exclusive: LNG Expansion Brings New Health Risks to Kitimat | The Tyee

rnretiree.bsky.social @rnretiree.bsky.social · 26d

Exclusive: LNG Expansion Brings New Health Risks to Kitimat via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...

The project’s fast-tracked second phase would push a key pollutant far above current limits, documents reveal.