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Math teacher,dad…Oilers hopeful, Archers listener.

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Never in doubt.
#Oilers

09.03.2026 04:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The math doesn't lie.

Danielle Smith spent $17 million on "Alberta is Calling" to recruit new residents. But spent $0 on the infrastructure to support them.

Now that the bills are due and the services are failing, she’s pointing the finger at the very people she invited.

#ableg #canpoli #abpoli

01.03.2026 15:29 👍 214 🔁 114 💬 8 📌 11

Albertans: your premier is lying to you.

28.02.2026 23:06 👍 176 🔁 76 💬 9 📌 2
Whatever This Is - S2 E9: Alberta is Calling (Immigrants the Problem)
Whatever This Is - S2 E9: Alberta is Calling (Immigrants the Problem) YouTube video by Forward Canada

This week on ‘Whatever This Is’, the one word Danielle Smith is using to cover for her own budget deficit: Scapegoat.
#ableg #canpoli #abpoli youtube.com/watch?v=5gY4TcNn-YU&feature=youtu.be

28.02.2026 23:04 👍 21 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 2

The @tomgauld.bsky.social comic, now with alt text.

28.02.2026 16:08 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 2

Nice job. The coal mine settlements are a lot more than $80m. The two on which we have details (from Australian securities filings) are: Atrum $142.8 m and Montem/Evolve at $95 m for a total of $237.8 million. One other settlement still confidential and other claims pending.
#ableg #abpoli

28.02.2026 00:56 👍 53 🔁 40 💬 1 📌 1
letstalkalbertaeducation on Instagram: "Queen 👸View all 180 comments" Queen 👸

www.instagram.com/reel/DVLwRhn...

26.02.2026 04:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“Premier Smith please justify how 2 years ago you asked Trudeau to send more immigrants and you spent tens of millions advertising around world… and now that they’ve come to Alberta and are working hard you say all the problems are their fault!” 🇨🇦

youtu.be/wUnjnIcnDLY?si… #Ableg #Cndpoli #Alberta

23.02.2026 13:21 👍 192 🔁 89 💬 5 📌 3

Frame smoothing on my buddy’s tv added insult to injury.

22.02.2026 16:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Funny that Premier Smith didn’t mention this letter she sent to PM Trudeau asking for increased immigration to Alberta OR that she didn’t mention the Alberta Is Calling campaign www.alberta.ca/system/files...

21.02.2026 20:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Two years ago, Premier Smith was quoted as wanting to double the Alberta population by 2050 (roughly growth of 200000 per year).

20.02.2026 05:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trying to make sense of the premier’s announcements today in the context of some of the things she has trumpeted in the recent past.

20.02.2026 04:48 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

In 2024, Danielle Smith wrote a letter to Justin Trudeau to complain that they didn't get *more* immigrants than their planned allotment. (She also wanted more Ukrainians specifically, and we all know why).
Receipts:

20.02.2026 03:41 👍 195 🔁 68 💬 10 📌 4
Action shot of Laila Edwards on the ice for Team USA 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laila-edwards-first-black-woman-us-womens-olympic-hockey-team/

Action shot of Laila Edwards on the ice for Team USA https://www.cbsnews.com/news/laila-edwards-first-black-woman-us-womens-olympic-hockey-team/

Headshot of Laila Edwards in Red Bull hockey gear

Headshot of Laila Edwards in Red Bull hockey gear

OTD* in Black History:

Laila Edwards, the first African American woman to play for the USA Women's Hockey Team for the Olympics, scored a goal as a rookie in the game against our biggest hockey rival, Canada. Go Team USA!!!!! 🇺🇸

Literally on this day: February 10, 2026.

10.02.2026 21:37 👍 306 🔁 89 💬 6 📌 8

here you go

18.02.2026 20:53 👍 1080 🔁 320 💬 27 📌 59

Edmonton: Lower taxes!
Infill (lowers costs), 🚲 lanes (reduce expensive 🚗 dependency).

Also Edmonton: No, not like that.

Edmonton: Make this city more vibrant!
Infill brings people in to shrinking nhbds, including renters, just like vibrant cities like Montreal.

Also Edmonton: No, not like that.

11.02.2026 20:17 👍 43 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 0
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

08.02.2026 17:07 👍 44529 🔁 16938 💬 966 📌 971
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The White House did a dishonest y-axis so I fixed their y-axis for them, you’re welcome White House
www.howtoreadthisch.art/lets-conside...

07.02.2026 17:34 👍 2794 🔁 678 💬 81 📌 47
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This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this.

Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.

26.01.2026 05:22 👍 15616 🔁 6032 💬 630 📌 231

Dissolve ICE. Now.

24.01.2026 20:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.

20.01.2026 23:01 👍 6259 🔁 1646 💬 291 📌 97

Danielle, we don’t want an Alberta police force, we want lower priced auto insurance and cheaper electricity.

18.01.2026 01:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m so bothered by the deceptive height scale!

05.01.2026 01:41 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, I wasn’t clear.

The link continues to tell me it is not available. I will try a vpn.

01.01.2026 23:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I didn’t listen live and can’t seem to find the podcast/stream. Help?

01.01.2026 21:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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My dad, 85 years old, suffering from the effects of a 2 year struggle with cancer, and chief of surgery at the Chinook Regional Hospital for decades, was moved from an already overcrowded space to an “overcapacity room” while he recovers from a stomach bleed and pneumonia. This is the room. 🧵🧵🧵

31.12.2025 19:51 👍 293 🔁 165 💬 5 📌 33
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Danielle Smith has just increased the buy in on a citizen initiated referendum from $500 to $25,000 and massively clamped down on fundraising to do so.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

18.12.2025 00:38 👍 119 🔁 67 💬 21 📌 25
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Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show

“Senior Alberta government officials stalled the submission of a coal mine pollution study to a scientific journal and prevented the lead researcher from speaking publicly about his work”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal...

15.12.2025 22:53 👍 124 🔁 76 💬 5 📌 9
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Rosemary Barton Live | Shows | CBC Gem Hosted by our CBC chief political correspondent, Rosemary Barton Live delivers a weekly dose of compelling conversations, need-to-know political news, and issues affecting Canadians by tackling the la...

Rosemary Barton Live gem.cbc.ca/rosemary-bar...

14.12.2025 23:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Found it. Rosie Barton.

14.12.2025 23:41 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0