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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 9h

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h

Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists

Israeli foreign ministry confirms interception and says those on board will be deported A new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli army, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests. The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Instagram. Continue reading...

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 19h

The Premier of AB thinks that the feds have no power to act in the national interest when it comes to EIAs, GHG emissions & plastics, but that the feds have not just the power but the duty to afford AB access to BC's tidewater?
I have news for Ms Smith.
There is no such duty.
#abpoli #cdnpoli

National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 22h

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’ www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Danielle Smith meets with PM Mark Carney, calls B.C. premier ‘un-Canadian’

Prime Minister Mark Carney has committed to reaching an agreement regarding Alberta’s pitch for a proposed bitumen pipeline to the West Coast by next month, according to Premier Danielle Smith.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 1d

Learn how to advocate against new coal mining projects and protect Alberta’s Rockies!
Thanks to Save our Slopes
#abpoli #cdnpoli

Albertan's vs Coal Industry

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 1d

Or, in other words, if Northback really is trying to convince the people of Alberta that it has turned over a new leaf and has a new project that meets all int'l standards and manages selenium to a zero release standard, why is it also flogging this deadbeat project?
#abpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 1d

While Northback has promised a new Grassy Mtn mine application it has also continued to try to revive its original proposal in the courts.
The SCC put an end to its latest revival efforts last week.
Good news.
But why is Northback pursuing both routes? Bad faith?
#abpoli
@cpawssab.bsky.social

www.canlii.org

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 1d

Truth to power. Thank you.

The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 1d

The reviews are coming in on the UCP's American lesson plans they're offering parents while teachers are on strike...

From this Grade 1 teacher, not only do they not align with the UCP's curriculum...

They aren't even based in what most Grade 1 kids can do.

#abpoli #cdnpoli

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 1d

The best comment yet in the robe squabble.

JT Inda HAUNTED Haus @jtindahaus.bsky.social · 1d

Just gonna say I know zero of their names and I am very happy about that. They can wear whatever they want as long as I never have to learn their names because of a bunch of proto-fascist decisions that will tear us apart.

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Heather Campbell @thatheatherc.bsky.social · 1d

One of the signs at the rally yesterday said something like: "if only students were a pipeline..."

This Alberta government will struggle to resolve this strike and to negotiate with teachers because teachers hold entirely different values than the government: kindness, inclusion, and integrity.

Calgary Herald @calgaryherald.com · 2d

Leong: Alberta teachers' strike underscores incalculable benefits of public schools

Alberta needs well-funded public education accessible to all and adaptable to a diverse community, argues columnist Ricky Leong.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Greta Thunberg “I'm not scared of Israel. I’m scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity.”

Stand with Greta, stand with humanity.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2d

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak thewalrus.ca/how-alberta-... via @thewalrus.ca

Politics, lies, fearmongering, community pressure...

"The thing about viruses is they punish complacency; the costs always surface."

#VaccinesWork! #ScienceMatters!

How Alberta Became the Epicentre of Canada’s Measles Outbreak | The Walrus

A virus eradicated from Canada a generation ago just took the life of a newborn

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Douglas Iannetta Hardie @bad-girls-bad-boy.bsky.social · 2d

Holy fuck. I’ve got all kinds of chips on my shoulder about football supporters, especially in Glasgow. This just blew those preconceptions out the water. Actually brought tears to my eyes.

D Mcguire @dmcguirecfc67.bsky.social · 2d

This 👇👏👏👏

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Bob Barnetson @bobbarnetson.bsky.social · 2d

Big pro-teacher protest at #ableg in #yeg the day before a province-wide strike shuts down schooling.

Protest crowd in front of the Alberta legislature.

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Torrance Coste @torrancecoste.bsky.social · 2d

While talks of a ceasefire swirl, Israel continues to kill Palestinians relentlessly, without comment from a western media that has helped frame this daily slaughter as normal.
#FreePalestine

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 3d

BREAKING: At least 19 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/6hk4gr

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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 4d

I guess there's no Alberta oil or Saskatchewan potash, either
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'There is no B.C. coast. It's Canada's coast': Sask. premier supports Alta. pipeline proposal | CBC News

Sask. Premier Scott Moe repeated his support for the proposed pipeline between Alberta and the northern B.C. coast earlier this week by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

www.cbc.ca

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ABlawg UCalgary @ablawg.bsky.social · 23d

New Post: CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator Denies Public Hearing Rights on a Coal Application

ablawg.ca/2025/09/15...…coal-application/

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ABlawg UCalgary @ablawg.bsky.social · 7d

New Post: The Government of Alberta’s Commitment to Protect Alberta's Water from Selenium Pollution

ablawg.ca/2025/10/01...…lenium-pollution/

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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 5d

@charlesrusnell.bsky.social spoke to my class yesterday—great session!
I asked him @ Al Beeber running campaign ads while still writing for the #Lethbridge Herald.👇
“You can’t be a politician AND a journalist,” and he said a leave of absence should have been mandatory.
Call 403-328-4411 to complain.

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 5d

Premier Smith's mandate letter to Minister Jean mentions all sorts of resources - oil and gas, geothermal, lithium etc but not a word about coal.
So why is this govt so stubbornly continuing to hype this fossil resource?
And what happened to the coal modernization initiative? Is it dead? #abpili

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 5d

I lived in Madrid when Madrid Centro went into effect and it was amazing. I bring it up all the time as an example of the benefits of that kind of policy choice.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 6d

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

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Mark Cherrington @markcherrington.bsky.social · 5d

Bruce McAllister, while representing our government and Premier at the recent Alberta Next Panel, mocked a child and backed corporal punishment. He has the right to push separatism, but this conduct shows he has no place in government. His terse apology only reveals bitterness.

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sleepy62🍁🛠️ 🖥️ 🔬 🌞 @sleepy62.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 5d

After cancelling 11 gigawatts of wind, solar and energy storage projects which would have resulted in thousands of clean energy jobs, Danielle Smith decides they should sink public money into another oil pipeline to the coast.

This will surely fail as there is no social license in #bc for […]

Original post on social.vivaldi.net

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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 5d

As with all of these mandate letters that are being dribbled out to feed the media - after the bash the feds points it's always what's missing rather than what's in the letter that's important. One example: Indigenous Relations - not a word about UNDRIP implementation legislation.
#capoli #abpoli

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 6d

You pay, they profit, they leave a mess, you pay again. Repeat as necessary www.theenergymix.com/any-new-oil-... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #ClimateChange

Any New Oil Pipeline Will Need Massive Taxpayer Subsidies, Analyst Warns

With a “flashing red warning light” heralding years of low oil prices, and a major Canadian fossil company joining its international peers in laying off hundreds of workers, a Simon Fraser University ...

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Ken Wood part owner of 🇨🇦 @madhat59kenwood.bsky.social · 5d

Well also bad deal for BC, and we say no way no how, but even worse for the planet. No more O&G BS we need to be investing in green energy only. Futures of O&G already lowering. #cdnpoli

NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 5d

The Premier wants extra pipe badly and the pipeline companies and producers know it; they'll still get the benefits but they will transfer as much of the downside risk as possible to the GoA. Good business for them & their shareholders, shitty deal for Alberta taxpayers.

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