Donna Christensen
@donnachristensen.bsky.social
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Alberta government awarded PR firm sole-source $200K contract to run education campaign to sway public opinion during teachers' battle
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Alberta government hires PR firm during teacher strike! 🤯
Read the full story and comment on TownAndCountryToday.com
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December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Alberta government awarded PR firm sole-source $200K contract to run education campaign to sway public opinion during teachers' battle
www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local...
www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local...
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Sign up here to join Marie and Zachary for a virtual town hall meeting: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/events/event...
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Sign up here to join Marie and Zachary for a virtual town hall meeting: www.albertandpcaucus.ca/events/event...
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How can Danielle Smith claim to barely know the man at the center of the CorruptCare scandal when she's had dinner at his house, met with him multiple times, and her closest advisors include five members of his family?
youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
Danielle Smith claims she doesn't know the man at the centre of the CorruptCare scandal...
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How can Danielle Smith claim to barely know the man at the center of the CorruptCare scandal when she's had dinner at his house, met with him multiple times, and her closest advisors include five members of his family?
youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
youtube.com/shorts/pvkgA...
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"This is not what Albertans asked for, and it’s certainly not what Danielle Smith promised when she was running for Premier."
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls out Bill 11, arguing it's steering Alberta towards for-profit American-style health care to the province.
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls out Bill 11, arguing it's steering Alberta towards for-profit American-style health care to the province.
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"This is not what Albertans asked for, and it’s certainly not what Danielle Smith promised when she was running for Premier."
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls out Bill 11, arguing it's steering Alberta towards for-profit American-style health care to the province.
NDP leader Naheed Nenshi calls out Bill 11, arguing it's steering Alberta towards for-profit American-style health care to the province.
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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 5:27 PM
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...
"If all nine MLAs are defeated in constituency votes, the United Conservatives would lose their majority status."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...?
6 more UCP legislature members facing recall petitions, including 5 from Calgary area | CBC News
Elections Alberta says six more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus are facing recall petitions, bringing the total to nine.
www.cbc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"If all nine MLAs are defeated in constituency votes, the United Conservatives would lose their majority status."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...?
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Calgary needs the Old Y.
For over 115 years, this historic Beltline landmark has been a hub for grassroots organizations and community care. Today, it sits empty, but its future isn’t written yet.
Join Save the Old Y to call on the City to keep this space alive.
For over 115 years, this historic Beltline landmark has been a hub for grassroots organizations and community care. Today, it sits empty, but its future isn’t written yet.
Join Save the Old Y to call on the City to keep this space alive.
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Calgary needs the Old Y.
For over 115 years, this historic Beltline landmark has been a hub for grassroots organizations and community care. Today, it sits empty, but its future isn’t written yet.
Join Save the Old Y to call on the City to keep this space alive.
For over 115 years, this historic Beltline landmark has been a hub for grassroots organizations and community care. Today, it sits empty, but its future isn’t written yet.
Join Save the Old Y to call on the City to keep this space alive.
Reposted by Donna Christensen
Reposted by Donna Christensen
The UCP is causing real damage to Alberta.
Help us fight back!
Join our Fundraiser & support our team with a donation. You can get up to 75% back in tax credits!
RSVP: www.albertandp.ca/calgary-foot...
Donate: act.albertandp.ca/donate/cfth
Become a Member: act.albertandp.ca/donate/join?...
Help us fight back!
Join our Fundraiser & support our team with a donation. You can get up to 75% back in tax credits!
RSVP: www.albertandp.ca/calgary-foot...
Donate: act.albertandp.ca/donate/cfth
Become a Member: act.albertandp.ca/donate/join?...
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The UCP is causing real damage to Alberta.
Help us fight back!
Join our Fundraiser & support our team with a donation. You can get up to 75% back in tax credits!
RSVP: www.albertandp.ca/calgary-foot...
Donate: act.albertandp.ca/donate/cfth
Become a Member: act.albertandp.ca/donate/join?...
Help us fight back!
Join our Fundraiser & support our team with a donation. You can get up to 75% back in tax credits!
RSVP: www.albertandp.ca/calgary-foot...
Donate: act.albertandp.ca/donate/cfth
Become a Member: act.albertandp.ca/donate/join?...
Reposted by Donna Christensen
Albertans paid the price for the UCP’s $125 million dollar political experiment with public health care.
Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment.
youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...
Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment.
youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...
Auditor General: over $100M wasted because of UCP government
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Albertans paid the price for the UCP’s $125 million dollar political experiment with public health care.
Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment.
youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...
Wait times grew, errors increased, and patients suffered from waiting too long for routine appointments and delaying cancer treatment.
youtube.com/shorts/vRrj3...
Reposted by Donna Christensen
Alberta New Democrats stand with teachers, with workers, with trans children, girls and women, and with all Albertans who deserve to know their fundamental rights must be respected and upheld.
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Alberta New Democrats stand with teachers, with workers, with trans children, girls and women, and with all Albertans who deserve to know their fundamental rights must be respected and upheld.
Reposted by Donna Christensen
What this government is doing is wrong, and people are hurting. To every trans young person and every family feeling targeted right now: you are seen, you are valued, and you belong in Alberta.
We will keep fighting for your dignity, your safety, and your future.
youtu.be/WgE5dmVa6AQ
We will keep fighting for your dignity, your safety, and your future.
youtu.be/WgE5dmVa6AQ
You belong here, and we will keep fighting for your dignity, your safety, and your future.
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What this government is doing is wrong, and people are hurting. To every trans young person and every family feeling targeted right now: you are seen, you are valued, and you belong in Alberta.
We will keep fighting for your dignity, your safety, and your future.
youtu.be/WgE5dmVa6AQ
We will keep fighting for your dignity, your safety, and your future.
youtu.be/WgE5dmVa6AQ
Reposted by Donna Christensen
They could. They didn't have to. But they did it anyway.
Why did the UCP use the notwithstanding clause to strip trans folks of their Charter rights?
Laziness? Impatience? Vengence?
Motives matter little. The impact is by design: maximal harm in minimal time.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Why did the UCP use the notwithstanding clause to strip trans folks of their Charter rights?
Laziness? Impatience? Vengence?
Motives matter little. The impact is by design: maximal harm in minimal time.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
They could. They didn't have to. But they did it anyway.
Why did the UCP use the notwithstanding clause to strip trans folks of their Charter rights?
Laziness? Impatience? Vengence?
Motives matter little. The impact is by design: maximal harm in minimal time.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Why did the UCP use the notwithstanding clause to strip trans folks of their Charter rights?
Laziness? Impatience? Vengence?
Motives matter little. The impact is by design: maximal harm in minimal time.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Reposted by Donna Christensen
The anti-science anti-vaccine UCP government is not focused on ensuring Albertans have access to quality, lifesaving care.
Alberta’s New Democrats will rebuild public health, save lives and livelihoods and reduce healthcare costs through proven preventative measures.
Alberta’s New Democrats will rebuild public health, save lives and livelihoods and reduce healthcare costs through proven preventative measures.
November 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The anti-science anti-vaccine UCP government is not focused on ensuring Albertans have access to quality, lifesaving care.
Alberta’s New Democrats will rebuild public health, save lives and livelihoods and reduce healthcare costs through proven preventative measures.
Alberta’s New Democrats will rebuild public health, save lives and livelihoods and reduce healthcare costs through proven preventative measures.
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Join me and our Calgary-Currie team on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 12 noon for some door knocking as part of Alberta New Democrats' provincewide Day of Action!
Together we can build a better Alberta for all of us. 🧡
Sign up here: https://loom.ly/vB2Gl2w
Together we can build a better Alberta for all of us. 🧡
Sign up here: https://loom.ly/vB2Gl2w
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Join me and our Calgary-Currie team on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 12 noon for some door knocking as part of Alberta New Democrats' provincewide Day of Action!
Together we can build a better Alberta for all of us. 🧡
Sign up here: https://loom.ly/vB2Gl2w
Together we can build a better Alberta for all of us. 🧡
Sign up here: https://loom.ly/vB2Gl2w
Alberta let an oil and gas company ‘in survival mode’ take over 170 wells. Now it’s not paying its bills: thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
Alberta allowed cash-strapped MAGA Energy to acquire 170 wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta Energy Regulator approved MAGA Energy, already in financial distress, to acquire 170 oil and gas wells. Unpaid bills will likely fall on taxpayers
thenarwhal.ca
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Alberta let an oil and gas company ‘in survival mode’ take over 170 wells. Now it’s not paying its bills: thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...
Reposted by Donna Christensen
Amazing show of support for teachers, parents, students, and workers at the legislature yesterday as thousands of Albertans delivered a powerful message to Danielle Smith and her UCP government.
Albertans know what's at stake.
Danielle Smith is attacking teachers, parents, students, and workers. We won't stand for it.
Alberta's New Democrats stand for public education.
youtu.be/9EzivoHvA2U
Danielle Smith is attacking teachers, parents, students, and workers. We won't stand for it.
Alberta's New Democrats stand for public education.
youtu.be/9EzivoHvA2U
Albertans Rise Up Against Danielle Smith’s Attack on Public Education
YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Amazing show of support for teachers, parents, students, and workers at the legislature yesterday as thousands of Albertans delivered a powerful message to Danielle Smith and her UCP government.
Reposted by Donna Christensen
According to the Guardian, Rolex invited Trump to the U.S. Open.
Crowd greets Donald Trump with boos and cheers at US Open men’s final
Donald Trump drew a mixture of boos and cheers as he attended the US Open men’s final on Sunday
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
According to the Guardian, Rolex invited Trump to the U.S. Open.
Fun match to watch but American tennis commentators are the worst.
Carlos Alcaraz bests Jannik Sinner in US Open final for second Slam title of season | TSN
Carlos Alcaraz reasserted his superiority over Jannik Sinner with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory Sunday in the U.S. Open final — the third Grand Slam tournament in a row where these elite, young rivals ...
www.tsn.ca
September 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fun match to watch but American tennis commentators are the worst.
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Tonight!
Join our leader, Naheed Nenshi, & Shadow Minister for Education, Amanda Chapman as they take your questions on our education system & how we can build better together.
Tune in at 7 PM here:
www.youtube.com/@NaheedNensh... #abpoli
Join our leader, Naheed Nenshi, & Shadow Minister for Education, Amanda Chapman as they take your questions on our education system & how we can build better together.
Tune in at 7 PM here:
www.youtube.com/@NaheedNensh... #abpoli
Naheed Nenshi
Leader of Alberta’s New Democrats.
For Alberta. For all of us.
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tonight!
Join our leader, Naheed Nenshi, & Shadow Minister for Education, Amanda Chapman as they take your questions on our education system & how we can build better together.
Tune in at 7 PM here:
www.youtube.com/@NaheedNensh... #abpoli
Join our leader, Naheed Nenshi, & Shadow Minister for Education, Amanda Chapman as they take your questions on our education system & how we can build better together.
Tune in at 7 PM here:
www.youtube.com/@NaheedNensh... #abpoli
Reposted by Donna Christensen
I encourage everyone to check out Rob Breakenridge’s piece on the UCP’s fiscal mismanagement.
“…UCP clings to the narrative it’s been their fiscal conservatism that rescued AB from the spendthrift ways of the NDP.
The #s tell a different story”
www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake... #abpoli
“…UCP clings to the narrative it’s been their fiscal conservatism that rescued AB from the spendthrift ways of the NDP.
The #s tell a different story”
www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake... #abpoli
Rob Breakenridge: Less focus on Ottawa and more on the books, please
This government needs to focus as much on its own massive spending as it does picking fights over 'sovereignty.'
www.alberta.readtheline.ca
August 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I encourage everyone to check out Rob Breakenridge’s piece on the UCP’s fiscal mismanagement.
“…UCP clings to the narrative it’s been their fiscal conservatism that rescued AB from the spendthrift ways of the NDP.
The #s tell a different story”
www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake... #abpoli
“…UCP clings to the narrative it’s been their fiscal conservatism that rescued AB from the spendthrift ways of the NDP.
The #s tell a different story”
www.alberta.readtheline.ca/p/rob-breake... #abpoli
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Red Deer wow, you showed up! #BetterTogetherSummer
Standing room only at the Alberta New Democrats’ town hall in Red Deer tonight!
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Red Deer wow, you showed up! #BetterTogetherSummer
