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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 2d

The final row in the count up to 350,000 riders on Calgary’s 5 St SW Cycle track is complete as of today Oct 6, 2025.

There are 86 days left this year, meaning the cycle track has had an average of 1,255 riders/day.

That sounds like a successful and well used cycle track! 😀
#yycbike #Calgary

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 3d

This is the other side of my sign.

Photo of a cardboard sign that in crayon reads: Alberta has the lowest funding per student in Canada! Let’s change that.

Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 4d

I’m so mad I started carrying this sign around with me where ever I went last week. When I am not out and about it’s in my front window.
You too can carry a sign or put it in your window. Funding education should not be controversial.

Photo of person holding a sign over her head DT. Sign reads “If Alberta is the richest province why are we funding education the least.”

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 4d

The way someone can profit from.

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 5d

As of today, there is one LED row left on the progress tracker at 5 St SW cycle track.

At this pace it will max out by Oct 10 with 82 days left in the year. 🤔

When the counter runs out with still a quarter of the year left, it’s obviously above expected utilization! 🤔
#yycbike #Calgary

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you to our teachers who are fighting for our kids and standing strong against this government!

I support Alberts teachers!

Andy Grabia @agrabia.bsky.social · 9d

Results:
For Strike Action, 36,862, 94.5% Against Strike Action, 1,552, 4%
Total Votes, 38,997

Reject MOA 38,113 89.5%
Accept MOA 4,479 10.5%

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 9d

Welcome to yyc

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bathtubbikes.bsky.social @bathtubbikes.bsky.social · 10d

📚✏️ At Bathtub Bikes, we believe in stronger communities, and that starts with supporting our teachers. Education funding matters! let’s cut the excuses, not the classrooms. Proud to stand with the Alberta Teachers’ Association 💛 #YYC

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 15d

I am really impressed with the temporary basketball ball court set up in the new Eau Claire plaza. What a great way to activate the space between events. Also the trampoline at the adjacent park is lots of fun!

Photo of Eau Claire Plaza event space with a basketball court and nets filling the space.

Photo of the new playground next to the old YMCA.

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 15d

“Write down what you value; what standards you hold for yourself...

Write a list of things you would never do. Because it is possible that in the next year, you will do them.

Write a list of things you would never believe. Because it is possible that in the next year, you will…”

LadiGigi @ladigigi.bsky.social · 15d

thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
Never gets old .. one for the ages .. Sarah Kendzior nailed it then and continues to nail it in our present. Good advice also contained in article.
Much admiration for you @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump

Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...

thecorrespondent.com

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 16d

Pedestrians, and drivers are human, we all make mistakes. In other jurisdictions when there is an accident they fix the design of the problem area. Let’s build a city where mistakes are not fatal.
- Reduce speed limits
- Divide modes of transportation with physical barriers not paint

#yyccc #yyc

City of Calgary @calgary.ca · 16d

People are dying in record numbers on Calgary roads.

In 2024, 13 pedestrians and 16 motorists were killed on Calgary roads. The highest in a decade.

We need to work together to stop this, make better choices and put safety first.

Join the Drive to Zero Lives Lost: calgary.ca/visionzero

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 21d

Wondering if there are any energy leaders that are looking to see if there is a way to transition this NG infrastructure into something that would not only help with adaptation but also mitigation?

Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 21d

I did a quick search and 7% of these pipes might be buried 1.4m underground.
I also read that some horizontal geothermal loops can work at 1.5m underground.
I see that the math doesn't quite correlate.

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 21d

I came across this map and it got me thinking. I am sure we all agree that in 1000 years we won't be burning NG here in AB. What will become of all this capital?

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 21d

This is amazing till that 24s mark. How sad to be that driver, and so angry. Otherwise what a beautiful way to get your kids to school!

Alanna dB @whoalansi.bsky.social · 21d

Our morning bike bus ft an adult feeling annoyed that we delayed them by half a second at the 24 second mark. #yycbike

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 21d

This makes me think of people who say surrender to AI to save humanity…

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Chris Raven @chrisraven2018.bsky.social · 21d

Awful. Hope the kid makes a full recovery. I see too many drivers treating those community streets like their own personal drag strip.

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🇨🇦Peislandergirl (she/her) @peislandergirl.bsky.social · 21d

People in cars only looking for other cars 😢💔

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The Sprawl @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social · 22d

NEW STORY: The push to 'conservatize' Calgary's public school board. Six CBE trustee candidates have campaign materials that look identical—so we took a closer look. #yyccc #ableg

The push to ‘conservatize’ Calgary’s public school board | The Sprawl

Not a slate, candidates say.

www.sprawlcalgary.com

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 21d

I should have siad operating a vehicle.

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 22d

A kid on a bike was hit by an adult driving a car in a city designed to prioritize vehicles instead of children.

My thoughts are with the child’s parents hoping for a complete and quick recovery. Please please please🙏

calgary.citynews.ca/2025/09/16/y...

Youth cyclist seriously hurt in SW Calgary crash

A youth cyclist has potentially life-altering injuries following a crash in southwest Calgary late Tuesday afternoon. Emergency crews were called to Bow Trail near 40 Street SW around 4:45 p.m., where...

calgary.citynews.ca

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Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · 25d

We need a big tent progressive party.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Sep 6

Some examples of how language matters.

Via @sightline.org www.sightline.org/2015/03/31/s...

Chart comparing current language and recommended better language

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🇨🇦Peislandergirl (she/her) @peislandergirl.bsky.social · Sep 3

A totally normal commute in Alberta where Green Energy is forbidden, Oil & Gas is a given and wheeling lanes are threatened #yycbike #firetheucp #smokedays @seumasb.bsky.social

Two people riding bikes to appointments in Calgary where there is a very high AQI due to forest fire smoke.

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Druh Farrell @druhfarrell.bsky.social · Sep 3

We're witnesses to a crime against the planet and everything in it. Big Oil is committing omnicide.

Christie Page @cpageyyc.bsky.social · Sep 2

It looks like a dystopian land scape out side but it’s just the first day of school in Calgary; going into over crowded underfunded schools with book bans attempting to stop us from questioning what got us here and how to fix it.

Photo of a well treed hill with the orange sun rise behind it through very smoky air.

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