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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 1d

Well, at least one vitally important labour negotiation has been settled in Alberta, to everyone’s relief! albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/well...

Well, at least one vitally important labour negotiation has been settled in Alberta, to everyone’s relief! - Alberta Politics

In important labour relations news, significant portions of the province of Alberta sighed with relief yesterday upon learning that an important contract has finally been signed, ending a period of un...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 1d

Huge protest in support of Alberta teachers at the Alberta Legislature may have been the largest in the province’s history. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/huge...

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

A throng of at least 18,000 people turned out at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton this afternoon to mark World Teachers Day by supporting members of the Alberta Teachers Association who are expecte...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 2d

Huge protest in support of Alberta teachers at the Alberta Legislature may have been the largest in the province’s history. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/huge...

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

A throng of at least 18,000 people turned out at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton this afternoon to mark International Teachers Day by supporting members of the Alberta Teachers Association who are...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 3d

Former PC deputy premier’s ‘Forever Canadian’ petition success a big potential problem for UCP. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/form... #ableg #abpoli

Former PC deputy premier’s ‘Forever Canadian’ petition success a big potential problem for UCP - Alberta Politics

Prediction: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will call an early election before she allows a referendum to proceed to a vote with the wording promoted by former Progressive Conservative deputy premier T...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 4d

“Save 40,000 deaths a year”? Save them for what? Next year? The word your copy editor was looking for was probably “prevent.” Or maybe “lives.” Oh, wait. You don’t have copy editors any more, do you?

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 6d

If the goal of Danielle Smith’s ‘historic’ pipeline announcement was to distract, it appears to be working. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/if-t...

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

If the goal of Danielle Smith’s “historic” pipeline announcement yesterday was to distract voters and media from Alberta’s looming teachers’ strike, increasing health care chaos, unpopular separatist ...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 6d

If the goal of Danielle Smith’s ‘historic’ pipeline announcement was to distract, it appears to be working. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/if-t...

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

If the goal of Danielle Smith’s “historic” pipeline announcement yesterday was to distract voters and media from Alberta’s looming teachers’ strike, increasing health care chaos, unpopular separatist ...

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 6d

TODAY, there are more than 85 #ForeverCanadian petition locations across Alberta. Please, take a minute to look up your closest location and sign the petition.

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Forever Canadian Official Campaign Website

Forever Canadian campaign is a grassroots coalition of Canadians aimed at reinforcing Canadian unity. It is a proactive vehicle to secure Alberta's continued place in Canada.

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 7d

UCP says it will pay parents $30 a day to do teachers’ jobs from home, sort of, during a strike. albertapolitics.ca/2025/10/ucp-... #ableg #abpoli #ATA #LabourRelations #TeachersStrike

UCP says it will pay parents $30 a day to do teachers’ jobs from home, sort of, during a strike - Alberta Politics

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her finance and education ministers yesterday announced a novel scheme to pay scabs $30 a day to teach school children in the event of a province-wide teachers’ stri...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 8d

43,000 Alberta teachers vote to reject province’s latest contract offer by nearly 90%. albertapolitics.ca/2025/09/4300... #ableg #abpoli #ATA

43,000 Alberta teachers vote to reject province’s latest contract offer by nearly 90% - Alberta Politics

If anyone still subscribes to the quaint notion “conservative” governments are somehow better at managing the complex financial machinery of government than more progressive ones, they might want to r...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 8d

Meanwhile, in Alberta, our MAGA government tries to make it hard to get flu shots, let alone COVID immunization.

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 8d

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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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 9d

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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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 10d

Make America Take A Great Leap Forward (MATAGLF).

David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 19d

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The ebb and flow of the endless stream of MAGA nonsense in Alberta becomes more apparent at a distance - Alberta Politics

MELBOURNE, Australia – When one’s at home struggling to keep up with the stream of performative MAGA garbage emitted daily by Premier Danielle Smith and her United Conservative Party, it’s easy to for...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · 26d

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According to Danielle Smith, any additional pay for teachers means Alberta can’t afford for more teachers - Alberta Politics

SYDNEY, Australia – Let me take a few moments out of my Antipodean sojourn to make a couple of observations about Danielle Smith’s fairy tale about how the Government of Alberta lacks the funds to giv...

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ASH TRAY The First, Popetato of wulferhampton 📎 @ashashman1.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good morning wulferhampton have a magnificent Monday you manic monsters

Who remembers this instrument of torture ?

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks Martin, indeed I did forget.

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Martin Grasdal 🍁 @mgrasdal.bsky.social · Sep 3

@djclimenhaga.bsky.social is on vacation and, in his rush to get away, possibly forgot to post his final column to Bluesky before departing. It's a good one.

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Sorry, we’re closed … Well, OK, just three more things - Alberta Politics

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith poked the top of her head out of the hole she’d dug for herself yesterday and announced her government has momentarily “paused” the book ban she insists isn’t a book ban...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · Sep 1

Alberta celebrates Labour Day on the brink of a major labour dispute with the province’s teachers. albertapolitics.ca/2025/09/albe...

Alberta celebrates Labour Day on the brink of a major labour dispute with the province’s teachers - Alberta Politics

Happy Labour Day! Starting tomorrow, with the Labour Day holiday behind us and another school year about to commence, Alberta news coverage will be “laser focused,” as our government likes to say, on ...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · Aug 31

Danielle Smith at Fort Mac ‘Gilead Next’ town hall: When in doubt, yell at Quebec. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani... #ableg #abpoli #GileadNext

Danielle Smith at Fort Mac ‘Gilead Next’ town hall: When in doubt, yell at Quebec - Alberta Politics

It didn’t take Danielle Smith long to start complaining about Quebec when someone challenged her about education funding here in Wild Rose Country at her recent Gilead Next* town hall meeting in Fort ...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · Aug 30

Danielle Smith and her ministers burrow deeper into their self-dug book-ban and bargaining holes. albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani... #ableg #abpoli #BookBans

Danielle Smith and her ministers burrow deeper into their self-dug book-ban and bargaining holes - Alberta Politics

Premier Danielle Smith and her education and finance ministers spent much of the day yesterday digging themselves deeper into the holes they started with their it’s-not-a-book-ban ban on books and the...

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The Alberta Zone @thealbertazone.bsky.social · Aug 29

Somethings not right to this arm chair warrior, Horner says there's a 38% decline, yet the oil cartel has almost doubled production since 2011. Now there's no money to pay teachers, or higher new ones. Who do they have doing the provinces books, Jim Bakker?
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Alberta | Oil Sands Magazine

UPDATED: AUG 5, 2025 SITE MAP: ENERGY STATISTICS / ALBERTA NOTES: [1] INTERMEDIATE BITUMEN PRODUCT (DOES NOT REFLECT UPGRADED OR DILUTED VOLUMES) [2] INCLUDES ALL OIL SANDS IN-SITU OPERATIO...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · Aug 29

Finance minister to Albertans: Oh no! Bigger deficit! But we’ll come up with a plan to steer through the storm! Finance minister to teachers: Stop trying to persuade the public you deserve a raise! albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/fina...

Finance minister to Albertans: Oh no! Bigger deficit! But we’ll come up with a plan to steer through the storm! - Alberta Politics

Was it mere coincidence Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner released an unhappy statement saying the province’s projected budget deficit will be $1.3 billion bigger than what he promised in last Febr...

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David J. Climenhaga @djclimenhaga.bsky.social · Aug 29

No Margaret Atwood, please! We’re Albertan! albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/no-m... #ableg #abpoli

No Margaret Atwood, please! We’re Albertan! - Alberta Politics

Thanks to Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides’ book ban, it looks as if the work of iconic Canadian author Margaret Atwood is on a list of books to be stripped from Edmonton Public School Board li...

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