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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 1h

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Sold your car? You could still be on the hook for the new owner’s bills | CBC News

A retired truck driver in B.C. is on the hook for a bill connected to a vehicle he no longer owns after the buyer failed to register the sale. A legal expert says the case exposes a gap in vehicle tra...

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7d

"Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul."

Bob Dylan

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 6d

'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee

Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicate the system faces being overwhelmed.

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 8d

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 9d

#ACanadianLivingInAlberta does't have the same health benefits enjoyed across Canada. The #AlbertaDisadvantage is the UCP government. Book at an AHS facility to avoid the injection and uplift on the vaccine. The AHS facility fee is $100
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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 9d

Sadly there are way too many rats feasting at the table prepared by the UCP of Alberta. Canadians living in Alberta can't wait for the next election to clean house of the UCP rat infestation. #ACanadianLivingInAlberta

taber @kvetch.gay · 12d

TIL that the Canadian province of Alberta claims to be totally free of rats. They say they do not have any wild rats at all in Alberta. It is their position that Alberta is "rat-free."

Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 9d

This is what free speech is all about! Unfortunately the Alberta government is working to mute Canadians living in Alberta in effort to create the "Kingdom of Alberta". #noAlbertaRoyalty

Paula Kirman @apaulagetics.bsky.social · 11d

Meanwhile, at the Alberta Legislature thousands of teachers and supporters from across the province have shown up on the first day of the fall session….hope that Speech from the Throne goes well! #yeg #ableg #education #alberta #abeducation #teachers #photojournalism #edmobton #teachersstrike

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 9d

The government of Alberta Canada is leveraging "strong" arm tactics and not free speech and open negotiations. They are not interested in listening to parents, students or teachers. They are only interested in lining the pockets of privatization.
New motto should be "Alberta dumb and dumber"

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 9d

“Teachers have spoken. Thousands of Albertans have spoken. Yet the same government that boasts of a "strong and free" province is now using its power to try to silence them.”

- Alberta Teachers Association

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 9d

The Alberta advantage will be an advantage to the AI world if they can raise the capital, address carbon sequestering problems to make these "almost green" data centres. They to be heavily regulated to prevent Canadians living in Alberta from being gouged.
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Alberta needs more juice to become data centre leader

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 14d

Will the move to have cars only made in America bankrupt the industry instead? Economics 101, blanket tariffs are really dumb. readthepeak.com/stories/10-2...

Tariffs take a bite out of U.S. auto sector

The U.S. wants to turn the North American au...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16d

What do you think made America great?

I’ve traveled the world, and every time I come home, I’m reminded of what makes this place special: the culture, the mix of people, the constant diversity. I love this country.

And I also know who truly hates America:

• The KKK
• 3 Percenters
• Proud Boys
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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · 16d

Locking people up for being poor, sick, or in crisis doesn’t solve the problem and in fact makes it worse. When people are detained instead of supported, they often lose housing, jobs, and vital connections. That instability drives desperation, which fuels crime and social harm. (1/6)

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 15d

Do you think that breaking the boycott will make you welcome in the United States? Think again.
Finger printed, photographed and vehicles thoroughly searched. You better hope you don't have a conviction for smoking marijuana when you were 18.

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Canadian snowbirds fingerprinted and photographed at U.S. border as part of new requirement | CBC News

Several Canadian snowbirds reported they were fingerprinted and photographed at the U.S. border this month when registering for their winter stay, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told C...

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 15d

Pierre Poilievre is at it again. Trashing the strategies that are building up industries. He has never shown any interest in the northern economy. He just uses our region as a platform for rage ranting.
Slogans don't build economies Pierre.
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Worthless? Sudbury MP counters Poilievre’s Critical Minerals Strategy dismissal

In Val Caron on Thursday, Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre told Sudbury.com that the federal Critical Minerals Strategy is ‘worthless’

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 19d

Disgusting display by Young Republicans youtu.be/EDtPJYciGHk?...

Lawrence: Trump admin. staffer reportedly in an 'I love Hitler' chat hasn't been fired by Trump yet

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · 21d

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Inside the Right-Wing Attack on Alberta's Public Education | The Tyee

MAGA’s Project 2025 has become a blueprint for undermining Canada’s schools in the name of profit and privilege.

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · Sep 21

My interview with former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah. She was fired for speaking out. And as she tells me, some in the media are afraid to report on her side of the story. youtu.be/9hTB0CcuDDw?si…

EXCLUSIVE: FIRED FOR SPEAKING UP! Former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah LIVE

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Sep 17

Don’t let this make you quieter.

Get louder.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 17

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Sep 17

A recent StatCan study shows nearly 60% of temporary foreign workers in health care transitioned to permanent residency.

More than half of those workers stayed in the sector five years after obtaining permanent status. #canlab

Temporary Foreign Worker Program Benefiting Health Care, Study Shows | The Tyee

Nearly 60 per cent of temporary foreign workers in health care transition to permanent residency.

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carolmac80💙🌈☮️🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🇺🇦🧿🌊 @carolmac80.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · Sep 18

Stop this authoritarian now!

Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · Sep 18

Danielle Smith wants an us and them Alberta. This is a sick attempt to further divide us. There is NO meaningful value to identifying citizen or not citizens on a licence to drive. The Nazi and Soviets and occupiers demand "papers!" First to get services then to vote then to leave your city....

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · Sep 17

Premier Smith touts new citizenship markers on driver’s licenses and provincial IDs as means of preserving “election integrity” and “streamlining services.”

Those justifications aren't borne out by evidence, leading critics to conclude there's an ulterior motive. @jaredwesley.ca writes. #abpoli

Seven Big Concerns about Premier Smith’s New Citizenship Markers | The Tyee

Plans to alter what Alberta driver’s licences and ID cards tell authorities need a rethink.

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Derek Small @smallderek.bsky.social · Sep 18

Silencing Kimmel won't silence the truth he spoke.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Sep 17

Breaking news: ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air after backlash over remarks on Charlie Kirk’s death.

A network spokesperson did not comment beyond saying that the show will be preempted “indefinitely.”

ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air over remarks on Charlie Kirk’s killing

The decision to indefinitely pre-empt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” follows backlash to comments he made about Charlie Kirk.

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