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Pensioners whose retirements were wrecked by dodgy investment schemes by political appointees at AIMCO will be denied the right to sue AIMCO for damages by a new piece of legislation, Bill 12.
Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3 billion claim against AIMCo
Alberta has tabled a new bill that would shield the province from a $1.3 billion claim launched against AIMCo.
edmontonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Pensioners whose retirements were wrecked by dodgy investment schemes by political appointees at AIMCO will be denied the right to sue AIMCO for damages by a new piece of legislation, Bill 12.
The new mayor and council's decision to backpedal on rezoning has delayed over $100 million in funding for affordable housing—and a $64 million grant next year is at risk, too.
City email indicates that CMHC said future installments of Housing Accelerator Fund proceeds are on pause until citywide rezoning issue is resolved. #yyc #calgary #yyccc
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Tens of millions in housing funding 'paused' with citywide rezoning repeal: Email - LiveWire Calgary
Roughly $129 million in federal housing cash is paused until Calgary clarifies the future of its citywide rezoning bylaw, according to an internal email obtained by LWC. The email, sent by Chief…
livewirecalgary.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The new mayor and council's decision to backpedal on rezoning has delayed over $100 million in funding for affordable housing—and a $64 million grant next year is at risk, too.
"If they don’t want the chaos of all these votes," argues Rob Breakenridge in a Herald op-ed today, "and if they want a true mandate to cut off these campaigns and hollow out their own law, we can whittle the referendums and byelections down to one simple process: a general election in 2026."
Breakenridge: If recalls, petitions too much for Smith, it can be simplified to an election
If recalls, petitions and referendums are too much for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, it can all be simplified down to a general election.
calgaryherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
"If they don’t want the chaos of all these votes," argues Rob Breakenridge in a Herald op-ed today, "and if they want a true mandate to cut off these campaigns and hollow out their own law, we can whittle the referendums and byelections down to one simple process: a general election in 2026."
Public Interest Alberta and an activist group called the Alberta Civic Integrity Project are hosting multiple protest rallies in Edmonton this weekend, coincident with the UCP annual general meeting at the Edmonton Expo.
Rally of Resistance at the UCP AGM
www.pialberta.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Public Interest Alberta and an activist group called the Alberta Civic Integrity Project are hosting multiple protest rallies in Edmonton this weekend, coincident with the UCP annual general meeting at the Edmonton Expo.
HSAA has voted yes to a new collective agreement with AHS. Doesn't look too different from what the province has been pressing other unions to accept—12% over four years, some market adjustments, and a handful of minor concessions.
Health-Care Professionals Vote 66% “YES” to Ratify New Agreement with AHS, Securing Improved Wages and Benefits
HSAA members have ratified a new collective agreement with Alberta Health Services and other provincial health agencies.
hsaa.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
HSAA has voted yes to a new collective agreement with AHS. Doesn't look too different from what the province has been pressing other unions to accept—12% over four years, some market adjustments, and a handful of minor concessions.
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Alberta has collected more than $1 billion in cannabis revenue.
That's the most, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
By far.
It's nearly quadruple what Quebec has collected, per person.
That's the most, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
By far.
It's nearly quadruple what Quebec has collected, per person.
Canada collected over $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue since legalization | CBC News
Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Alberta has collected more than $1 billion in cannabis revenue.
That's the most, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
By far.
It's nearly quadruple what Quebec has collected, per person.
That's the most, per capita, of all provinces and territories.
By far.
It's nearly quadruple what Quebec has collected, per person.
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Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
🤠Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs are now facing recall petitions in their ridings and MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert. 😬 Read all about it.
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Total Recall: Nine UCP MLAs now facing recall petitions in their ridings
MLA Dale Nally lashed out at constituent organizing recall effort in Morinville-St. Albert
daveberta.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Recall campaigns were approved this morning targeting UCP MLAs Glenn van Dijken, Jackie Lovely, Nathan Neudorf, Jason Stephan, and Searle Turton. That brings the total number of current MLA recall campaigns to 14.
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"Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act — which will allow for the involuntary admission of people who use substances, even when they have[..]capacity to make decisions about their care — lacks sufficient evidence of effectiveness + poses substantial ethical concerns"
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
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Involuntary treatment for substance use: application of Kass’ ethical framework to Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act
Key points
In Canada, more than 50 000 opioid-related deaths have occurred since September 2024, mostly in British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario, where governments are all in various stages of develo...
www.cmaj.ca
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Alberta’s Compassionate Intervention Act — which will allow for the involuntary admission of people who use substances, even when they have[..]capacity to make decisions about their care — lacks sufficient evidence of effectiveness + poses substantial ethical concerns"
www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...
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"We're kind of excited that you can actually use AI to write legislation right now,” Dale Nally told the CBC on Saturday.
Quite a week for this guy.
Quite a week for this guy.
Alberta government eyes AI to write legislation for 1st time | CBC News
The Alberta government is considering using AI technology to write a law for the first time, eyeing a forthcoming piece of whisky legislation as its test case.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"We're kind of excited that you can actually use AI to write legislation right now,” Dale Nally told the CBC on Saturday.
Quite a week for this guy.
Quite a week for this guy.
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Alberta’s growing list of MLA recall petitions is a grassroots phenomenon that’s turning into a grassfire! albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albe...
Alberta’s growing list of MLA recall petitions is a grassroots phenomenon that’s turning into a grassfire! - Alberta Politics
Knowing that he’s almost certainly destined for the long jump, metaphorically speaking, it must be mildly satisfying for Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure to have to keep approving those MLA reca...
albertapolitics.ca
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Alberta’s growing list of MLA recall petitions is a grassroots phenomenon that’s turning into a grassfire! albertapolitics.ca/2025/11/albe...
According to the Elections Act, voter registry information is to be used only for revising the voter register or for conducting elections. Trying to get a recall petition against yourself quashed is not one of these purposes. Did Dale Nally commit a crime?
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
According to the Elections Act, voter registry information is to be used only for revising the voter register or for conducting elections. Trying to get a recall petition against yourself quashed is not one of these purposes. Did Dale Nally commit a crime?
Raise your hand if you knew that MLAs had the ability to pull voter records to use to smear people like this. Even we did not know this was possible.
Dale Nally's recall petitioner says he doesn't listen to constituents and cites his concerns over the notwithstanding clause.
Nally responds by saying the petitioner doesn't vote and works as a proxy for a group weaponizing the recall act and the petition has no merit.
Nally responds by saying the petitioner doesn't vote and works as a proxy for a group weaponizing the recall act and the petition has no merit.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Raise your hand if you knew that MLAs had the ability to pull voter records to use to smear people like this. Even we did not know this was possible.
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Using the voters list as a political weapon against a constituent feels like perfectly reasonable grounds for a recall to me.
Dale Nally's recall petitioner says he doesn't listen to constituents and cites his concerns over the notwithstanding clause.
Nally responds by saying the petitioner doesn't vote and works as a proxy for a group weaponizing the recall act and the petition has no merit.
Nally responds by saying the petitioner doesn't vote and works as a proxy for a group weaponizing the recall act and the petition has no merit.
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Using the voters list as a political weapon against a constituent feels like perfectly reasonable grounds for a recall to me.
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Nearly one-fifth of United Conservative MLAs are now subject to recall drives. Including the speaker and six cabinet ministers.
And then there were 9.
6 new recall petitions have been approved against UCP MLAs, with the information now posted to the Elections Alberta website
Joining the mix are MLAs Myles McDougall, Ric McIver, Muhammad Yaseen, Rajan Sawhney, RJ Sigurdson +
Dale Nally.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
6 new recall petitions have been approved against UCP MLAs, with the information now posted to the Elections Alberta website
Joining the mix are MLAs Myles McDougall, Ric McIver, Muhammad Yaseen, Rajan Sawhney, RJ Sigurdson +
Dale Nally.
www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initi...
Current Recall Petitions - Elections Alberta
Recall is a process to remove a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from office between elections by collecting sufficient signatures in the Member’s electoral division. The following recall peti...
www.elections.ab.ca
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Nearly one-fifth of United Conservative MLAs are now subject to recall drives. Including the speaker and six cabinet ministers.
Picket lines for Alberta's nursing care staff strike go up tomorrow morning. Looks like nearly every major hospital across the province will be impacted. If you'd like to see if there will be a picket line in your area, AUPE's website is searchable by location:
Queue-it
www.aupe.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Picket lines for Alberta's nursing care staff strike go up tomorrow morning. Looks like nearly every major hospital across the province will be impacted. If you'd like to see if there will be a picket line in your area, AUPE's website is searchable by location:
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Great interview with my colleague Dr. Kathryn Dong about what the loss of the Royal Alex supervised consumption service means for patients and the hospital.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#ableg #yeg
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#ableg #yeg
Radio Active with Jessica Ng, Min Dhariwal | Live Radio | CBC Listen
Jessica Ng and Min Dhariwal will catch you up with everything that happened during the day --- we'll explore the city with fresh eyes and have fun doing it. If you want to be entertained and informed ...
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-52-radio-active#:~:text=Nov.%2021%2C%202025%3A%20What%20the%20closure%20of%20a%20hospital%2Dbased%20safe%20consumption%20site%20means%20for%20patients#ableg
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Great interview with my colleague Dr. Kathryn Dong about what the loss of the Royal Alex supervised consumption service means for patients and the hospital.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#ableg #yeg
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
#ableg #yeg
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🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ Huge crowds are out tonight at McDougall Centre in Calgary to rally against anti-trans Bill 9 and the Notwithstanding Clause.
#transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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#transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️ Huge crowds are out tonight at McDougall Centre in Calgary to rally against anti-trans Bill 9 and the Notwithstanding Clause.
#transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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#transrightsarehumanrights #ableg #abpoli #canpoli
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Another prominent political project in Alberta is giving the citizens' initiative petition process a try—the opposition to coal mining in the Eastern Slopes.
⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
This afternoon, country music artist @corblund.bsky.social headed to #Edmonton to submit his application to Elections Alberta for a petition to prohibit coal mining in the #EasternSlopes of the Rocky Mountains.
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #YYC #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Another prominent political project in Alberta is giving the citizens' initiative petition process a try—the opposition to coal mining in the Eastern Slopes.
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Yet another Alberta Supervised Consumption Site is being shuttered, this one at the Royal Alex.
“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...
➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...
“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...
➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Yet another Alberta Supervised Consumption Site is being shuttered, this one at the Royal Alex.
“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...
➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...
“Today’s announcement is yet another blow to evidence-based addictions care,” says FOM's Chris Gallaway: www.friendsofmedicare.org/closure_of_a...
➡️Take action: www.friendsofmedicare.org/isupportharm...
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Over the past decade, First Nations in Alberta have repeatedly declared states of emergency over mental health and drug use. When will their calls be heard and meaningfully addressed by the provincial and federal governments? #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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State of local emergency declared in Dene Tha' First Nation following mental health and addiction crisis | CBC News
Late last week, the Dene Tha’ First Nation declared a state of local emergency as a result of what Chief Wilfred Hooka-Nooza calls an escalating mental health and addictions crisis.
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Over the past decade, First Nations in Alberta have repeatedly declared states of emergency over mental health and drug use. When will their calls be heard and meaningfully addressed by the provincial and federal governments? #ableg #cdnpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Alberta's notwithstanding clause triple play on trans youth rights | CBC News
The Alberta premier's second, third and fourth uses of the constitution's nuclear option come after she repeatedly said trans policy bills struck balance on rights. Then it became clear the courts mig...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
On Alberta, trans youth, and the Danielle Smith’s 2nd, 3rd and 4th Charter rights override in a month:
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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This is what's at stake.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
State-level anti-transgender laws increased incidents of past-year suicide attempts among trans and nonbinary young people by 7–72%
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is what's at stake.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
The UCP is not only dodging its responsibility to explain how Bill 9 is in any way proportionate or justifiable in a free and democratic society.
They are putting children at far greater risk of suicide.
Another big chunk of the public sector has voted to strike—this time nursing-care staff, whose main grievance is the stingy pay for health care aides and licensed practical nurses (LPNs.)
Strike notice served by union representing Alberta nursing care staff | CBC News
Alberta nursing-care staff will walk off the job this weekend, forcing the cancellation of some elective surgeries, after the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) served strike notice early We...
www.cbc.ca
November 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Another big chunk of the public sector has voted to strike—this time nursing-care staff, whose main grievance is the stingy pay for health care aides and licensed practical nurses (LPNs.)
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Here is Alberta premier Danielle Smith seemingly suggesting that a mastectomy is a surgery that “prevents you from being able to have children.” 😵💫
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Here is Alberta premier Danielle Smith seemingly suggesting that a mastectomy is a surgery that “prevents you from being able to have children.” 😵💫