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Carney’s haste may make bad AI policy - The Logic The Liberals’ AI task force has just 30 days to do their job. Some members say it isn’t enough time.

Carney’s reckless approach to AI policy should raise serious questions about his infrastructure & US policies as well. In all three, he seems to be relying on his own (non-expert) judgment, ignoring complexity & others’ expertise in favour of speed. But decisiveness isn’t the same as good judgment.

Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.

Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-initiated petition application to gather signatures in support of the proposal to end public funding to independent/private schools.

Calgary teacher Alicia Taylor says she brought it forward because it could help improve funding for public schools. #AbEd

Sun glare factor in Friday morning pedestrian collision in Edmonton’s Stillwater neighbourhood A 73-year-old man is dead after being hit by a truck at a southwest Edmonton intersection early Friday morning. It happened around 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of Stillwater Boulevard and 23 Avenue. ...

...the traffic safety act doesn't allow you to kill people because it's sunny.
but police and media will try to make you think that it does.
which is ultimately why the airdrie story happens, and will continue to happen.
edmonton.citynews.ca/2025/10/03/p...

"The total private school grant was increased by 10.3 per cent in the 2025 budget. The hike was just 4.5 per cent for public schools, well short of inflation plus population growth. Per-student spending on private schools is expected to grow to $544 million by 2027-28."
#ableg #abpoli #ata

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

Highlights For marginalised street users mode separation is the key to human-scale movement. Streets conducive to walking and cycling have functional, safe and accessible design. Professionals must approach street design, regulation and user behaviour holistically. Combinations of influencing factors persuade people to either use or avoid a street. There are no easy fixes to the public realm that will work for all non-drivers.

"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"

We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From the Edmonton community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the Edmonton community

Also this thread: www.reddit.com/r/Edmonton/c...

Very anti bike lane. Here he is whining about 132 Ave: www.instagram.com/reel/DJSinZf...

PACE is a social conservative Trojan Horse.

PACE is backed by the people who make up the most extreme wing of conservatives in Alberta. They're using messaging about infill an taxation as bait to trick voters into electing their alt-right slate.

Don't be tricked.

Lessons from a municipal forum:

1) you can never fail to get applause telling middle class homeowners that they have not been consulted enough.

Sun glare factor in Friday morning pedestrian collision in Edmonton’s Stillwater neighbourhood A 73-year-old man is dead after being hit by a truck at a southwest Edmonton intersection early Friday morning. It happened around 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of Stillwater Boulevard and 23 Avenue. ...

Another Pedestrian death in south west Edmonton. This time along a MUP with no safe crossing infrastructure, not even a painted crosswalk. #yegbike #yeg

What are you doing on the separatist roadshow?

Some non-union staff at Alberta Health Services told to take unpaid time off due to 'budgetary pressures' | CBC News AHS is forcing some of its employees to take two unpaid days off before the end of March as it faces ongoing "budgetary pressures," according to a memo obtained by CBC News.

Some non-unionized AHS staff are now required to take unpaid days off to save money, staff told in memo
By @jenleecbc.bsky.social #AbLeg

Albertan dies from measles An Albertan has died from complications due to measles, government data released Thursday says.

#BREAKING: Alberta resident dies from measles, marking the second Canadian death from the disease in 2025

Please tell us to fuck all the way off.

Hey Edmonton, get your vote in early!

Advance voting starts from October 7 to October 11.

Find your closest voting station through the link below:
https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/municipal_elections/for-voters

Editorial: The only option is defunding, not reforming | Opinions Nooran Rezayi, a 15-year-old child, was murdered by Longueuil police on Sept. 21. We cannot trust the system to deliver justice to itself. Defunding the police and funding youth and crisis services is...

"If we are serious about reducing police violence, contact with armed officers must fall. That means defunding: reallocating money from police budgets to services that prevent harm and resolve conflict without guns." Excellent editorial from The Link. thelinknewspaper.ca/article/edit...

New 113 st MUP looking south from Kingsway.

New concrete ramp at corner of 111 ave and 113 st, north side (looking south).

The first block of 113 st MUP south from Kingsway to slopitch parking lot is complete and beautifully smooth. Kingsway crossing will be next year. Also concrete at 113 st/111 ave north side, and progressing along 111 ave west to 119 st and east towards 109 st.

My suggestion? Parents can educate their kids about democratic participation by visiting their nearest UCP MLA's office to get help with their homework. Ideally, in large groups.

Unmasked random on a city bus pointedly telling me and child that kids in the countryside were healthier "because they played outside and caught diseases and that made their immune systems stronger". Gee, thanks.

Who on earth would want to be unmasked on a crowded bus anyway?

Imagine taking 40-years of establish market share built with a stable and reliable program for work that requires stability and reliability and LIGHTING IT ON FIRE by shoehorning in faulty AI that no one wants and no one asked for. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Screenshot of text listing eligible underlying medical conditions for a free-of-charge COVID-19 vaccine in Alberta, 2025-2026. Transcript: Eligible underlying medical conditions cerebrovascular disease chronic liver diseases chronic lung diseases chronic kidney diseases cystic fibrosis diabetes mellitus, type 1 and type 2 disabilities (for example, Down syndrome, learning, intellectual, or developmental disabilities; ADHD; cerebral palsy; congenital disabilities; spinal cord injuries) heart conditions (for example, cardiomyopathies, coronary artery disease, heart failure, etc.) mental health disorders (limited to: mood disorders, including depression; schizophrenia, spectrum disorders) obesity pregnancy tuberculosis

Alberta friends, the list of medical conditions that exempt you from the ridiculous $100 "administrative fee" for this year's COVID vaccine includes ASD, ADHD and depression.

I do not know if they ask for proof, but get those free shots!!

Source: www.alberta.ca/coronavirus-...

Alberta Teachers’ Association members have voted 89.5 per cent to reject the latest contract offer.

Turnout for the vote was 94 per cent.

51,000 teachers will go on strike across the province on Oct. 6.

Here’s ATA president Jason Schilling announcing the vote result in Edmonton #AbEd #AbLeg

Fucking Alberta and their fucking vaccine-restricting idiocy. Called 811 to book covid shots - the menu option to book them connects to a recorded message that says "call volumes are extremely high" and then hangs up on you.
Calling a health center directly worked fine.

An explicit commitment that you will also respect them by not using AI in any aspect of your communications or teaching.

Alberta health officials were also directors at a company linked to a supplier Corporate filings reveal further links between Alberta Health Services procurement staff and private firms

SCOOP: Two senior Alberta Health Services procurement officials were also briefly directors in a numbered company linked to MHCare, a supplier that has been awarded $$$ in business, The Globe and Mail has found

By @tomcardoso.bsky.social, @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social and friend

Meh, no one should be using AI in the first place, so if it's made even more obviously unusable, I won't shed any tears.

Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.

Lied in what way? Among the few priorities on Anand's website are increasing policing (to "improve safety") and reducing infill, both of which are a hard no for me. I'm voting for Anne.