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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 4d

It was touted as the answer to what Premier Danielle Smith called the "leaky" U.S. border, but how effective has Alberta's new border patrol been? Here’s what we found about the number of arrests this $29 million team has made so far.

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#abpoli #border

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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 4d

Four months ago, I sounded the alarm about the shortage of sterile drug consumption supplies across Alberta: drugdatadecoded.ca/recovery-alb...

Now, the UCP government is making it official, blaming 'overspending': www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Calgary outreach organizations worried as access to free harm reduction supplies dries up | CBC News

Some community outreach groups working with vulnerable Calgarians are scrambling after being told that, starting this month, they no longer have access to free, provincially funded needles, pipes and ...

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 5d

This is far from the first fib of this nature that Smith has cooked up. You may recall this incident that Duncan covered back in 2024, in which she twisted the story of an attack on a nurse in Edmonton to justify a crackdown on unhoused people—

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Bridget Stirling @bridgetstirling.bsky.social · 6d

Read EPSB candidates' responses to the Progressive Trustee Hub survey here! We sent candidates questions that dig into some key issues this election. You can see both a grade and summary for the candidates' views and read their full replies.

www.supportourstudents.ca/edmontonvote...

Edmonton Public School Board EPSB Elections Candidate Guide

On October 20, vote for public education. Edmonton Public School board trustee candidate guide, based on their open advocacy potential.

www.supportourstudents.ca

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Ricardo Acuña @ricacuna.bsky.social · 7d

As Albertans brace for the first teacher strike in nearly 25 years, a new opinion piece on Parkland Institute's blog gives a frontline perspective on the government’s long war against public education.
parklandinstitute.ca/disrespect

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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 7d

Before nominations even opened in Edmonton's mayoral race, Tim Cartmell raised nearly half a million dollars — with half of that coming from sources tied to real estate, construction and development.

How the development industry helped Cartmell get a head start:

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How the Development Industry Helped One Edmonton Mayoral Candidate Get a Head Start

Before nominations even opened, Tim Cartmell raised nearly half a million dollars, with roughly half coming from sources with apparent connections to real estate, construction and development

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 7d

A timely opinion piece. Edmonton's winters have been hell for the unhoused for several years now, and as temperatures drop all of that's about to come right back—frostbites, risky encampments in the woods, people piled into transit centres and buses for warmth, all of it.

Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 7d

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #yeg #yegcc #ableg

Opinion: Cuts have left Edmonton's homeless with nowhere to go

Too few Edmontonians are aware a tidal wave of recent funding cuts and closures has wiped the city’s daytime drop-in spaces off the map.

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Investigative Journalism Foundation @theijf.org · 8d

Alberta is stepping in to kill Canmore’s “vacancy tax” after developers lobbied the government to intervene. This is the third example we found where the building industry association petitioned the province to override municipal affordable housing policies.

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#abpoli #housing

Alberta set to intervene on municipal housing policy after push from building industry lobbyists

New mandate letter directs municipal affairs minister to implement a strategy to protect Albertans from taxes directed at secondary homes

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 7d

Heartbreaking.

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak's 1st death | CBC News

Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother became sick, died shor...

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 9d

Alberta's crude oil production hit an all-time high in July 2025, reaching 4.32 million barrels per day, but the province still has one of the highest unemployment rates in Canada at 8.4%. Pumping more oil with less workers helps the corporation shareholders but doesn’t help working Albertans.

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 10d

Canadian energy minister disappointed by Imperial Oil's planned layoffs nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/30/c...

Canadian energy minister disappointed by Imperial Oil's planned…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 9d

"The Mature Asset Strategy is less a strategy and more like smoke and mirrors to distract and conceal the origins of the closure liability crisis in Alberta’s conventional oil and gas sector," Martin Olszynski, Drew Yewchuk, and Shaun Fluker argue on the U of C law faculty blog this week.

The Mature Asset Strategy for Alberta’s Oil and Gas Closure Liability Crisis: Where there is Smoke [and Mirrors], there is Fire

By: Martin Olszynski, Drew Yewchuk, and Shaun Fluker Matter Commented On: Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy: What we Heard and Recommendations Report, April 3, 2025 PDF Version: The Mature Asset Stra…

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 9d

The public are not well served by Edmonton's newspaper of record promoting '15 minute city' conspiracy theories in the middle of a city council election.

Lorne Gunter: 'All current council must go': Protesters at north Edmonton rally get it right

The City Plan wants 50 per cent of all commuting and shopping trips in our city to be within 15 minutes walking distance from people’s homes

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Jack Farrell @jack-farrell.bsky.social · 9d

Moderator on Smith's Alberta Next panel sorry for saying teen should be spanked

Evan Li says apology wasn’t good enough. Premier says it’s done and dusted.

From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/mod...

Moderator on Smith's Alberta Next panel sorry for saying teen should be spanked

EDMONTON - The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says he’s sorry for publicly calling for a high school student to be spanked.

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 9d

The Alberta NDP say that leader Naheed Nenshi will be interviewing Evan Li, the student whose mic was cut off last night when he tried to speak at an Alberta Next panel, live on YouTube tonight at 8:00pm on Nenshi's channel (linked below.)

Naheed Nenshi

Leader of Alberta’s New Democrats. For Alberta. For all of us.

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 9d

On Thursday, the Coalition for Responsible Energy is hosting a webinar about the government's Mature Assets Strategy (MAS), as part of the coalition's "Clean Up Your Mess" campaign. The coalition opposes the MAS on the grounds that it will dump the cost of oil and gas cleanup onto the public.

REGISTER: Virtual Town Hall - Alberta Oil and Gas Well Cleanup Crisis

Join us October 2nd for a virtual town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free registration - secure your spot now.

www.cleanupyourmess.ca

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 10d

'The same old offer but we'll throw in a dose of the now-not-free COVID vaccine' has not impressed Alberta teachers. 89.5% of ATA members have voted to reject the government's latest offer.

Vote results and next steps | Alberta Teachers' Association

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David Barrett @davidfor7.ca · 10d

I'm pledging to introduce a motion to make Calgary a Queer Sanctuary City.

In the face of harmful provincial legislation, we must act to protect the rights and safety of our 2SLGBTQIA+ community. #Ward7 #YYC #YYCVotes #TransRights 🧵

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Duane Bratt @duanebratt.bsky.social · 10d

Contrast this op-ed with this passage from the mandate letter to the Minister of Advanced Education.

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 11d

Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson launches campaign to lead federal New Democrats. albertapolitics.ca/2025/09/edmo... #cdnpoli #ableg @Canada_NDP

Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson launches campaign to lead federal New Democrats - Alberta Politics

Edmonton Strathcona Member of Parliament Heather McPherson launched her campaign this afternoon to lead Canada’s New Democrats out of the wilderness they found themselves wandering in after last April...

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Elaine Hyshka @ehyshka.bsky.social · 11d

If you are in #yeg and interested in the toxic drug crisis, check out this film screening happening at Metro cinema next week! #ableg metrocinema.org/production/t...

Toxic - Metro Cinema

Canada 2025, 61min, Dir: Robert Colbourne 14A A toxic drug supply is fuelling an overdose crisis that has claimed over 52,500 Canadian lives since 2016 and nearly 55,000 U.S. deaths in 2024 alone. ...

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Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦 @daveberta.bsky.social · 11d

Hey Dave! Who’s going to be the next Mayor of Edmonton? Walters, Knack, Cartmell? It could be anyone's game.

daveberta.substack.com/p/hey-dave-w...

Hey Dave! Who’s going to be the next Mayor of Edmonton?

Walters, Knack, Cartmell? It could be anyone's game.

daveberta.substack.com

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United Nurses of Alberta @albertanurses.bsky.social · 11d

👀 "Two of the most senior purchasing officials at Alberta Health Services in 2022 were also briefly directors of a numbered company with ties to a supplier that has been awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in business by the health agency, The Globe and Mail has found."

Alberta health officials were also directors at a company linked to a supplier

Corporate filings reveal further links between Alberta Health Services procurement staff and private firms

www.theglobeandmail.com

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 11d

The university claimed in their initial statement that Ashley had been put on leave for their own safety, but Ashley disputes this. "Non-disciplinary leave was imposed without my knowledge or consultation," they said in their statement today.

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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 11d

After my August "pre-order," I got an email today to book a COVID shot, which reiterates it's ONLY available at public health clinics, not pharmacies.

The email links to a site that EXCLUDES bookings at pharmacies. 🙃

The correct link then says: "COVID-19 vaccines may be available at pharmacies" 🫠

Reminder to book your immunization appointment

This e-mail is your reminder to book your immunization appointment for the vaccine(s) you pre-ordered.

Please note: The COVID-19 vaccine is available only at public health centers. A fee may apply, and you may be turned away if you are not eligible. Please check your eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine at https://www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-info-for-Albertans .

Individuals eligible for both the COVID-19 (Phase 1) and influenza vaccines can start booking on September 29, 2025. Everyone else is asked to wait and book starting October 20, 2025 (Phase 2).

BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT: https://bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/booking

This email address is not monitored so please do not reply.

Book an immunization appointment online

To book an appointment for influenza or other vaccines (excluding COVID-19) at a pharmacy, please enter your details below.

To book an appointment for COVID-19 vaccine at a public health clinic, please click here to use Connect Care.

In phase 2, vaccine is available for all other Albertans age 6 months and older depending on vaccine availability. If you are in phase 2, you can book an appointment starting October 20. There will be a $100 administrative cost.

COVID-19 vaccines may be available at pharmacies at a cost. Contact your pharmacy for availability, to learn the cost, and how to book.

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The Progress Report @theprogressreport.ca · 11d

The university's choice not to protect the director of the SAC led to the centre's services being disrupted for months.

More U of A Sexual Assault Centre staff let go, majority of services still suspended - The Gateway

Since November 20, the UASAC has offered reduced services because of concerns surrounding volunteer and staff safety. On January 23, three more staff were terminated, with no path forward in terms of ...

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