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Maybe the election interference wasn't foreign, but the alt-right 'media' we found along the way. #Cdnpoli #Debate2025

I'm not sure I've seen cops looking like such giant losers before. And I've seen some giant loser cops!

Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat killed in Israeli attack in Gaza Hossam Shabat is one of two media workers killed in Israeli strikes on Monday.

When I was 23 years old I was just completing my first semester of journalism school. I remember how nervous I felt even calling people for interviews.

Hossam was 23.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/...

Survival of Alberta children forced into drug withdrawal is not monitored The Alberta government has yet to release its proposed Compassionate Intervention Act but indicated in 2023 that the Act would extend existing legislation for forced abstinence of children to adults. ...

Instead of legislating kidnapping, confinement and torture for adults, Alberta should be repealing the Protection of Children Abusing Drugs (PChAD) Act.

Why won't Alberta, famous for moral panics around kids, protect the many hundreds treated this way each year?
drugdatadecoded.ca/survival-of-...

But we do know there are >500-600 youths forced in every year.

A sea of trauma the private treatment industry floats on.

cops stationed in grocery stores fill me with true, unbridled rage

others have already spoken at length about the pretense policing excuses here that threaten to nail unhoused people with fines they certainly can’t afford. but i just want to point out one more thing: $250 fine if i feed a magpie? fucking come on

Temitope Oriola: Let's take politics out of Edmonton police oversight The notion of wanting to influence who gets appointed to the agency that oversees your duties is anathema to the concept of accountability.

"It is important we do not normalize the behaviour of the top echelon of the EPS. It is not normal... The episode is testament to how deeply politicized the EPS leadership appears to have become."

Complete with good example of COI disclosure. Ahem. Alberta.
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

In addition to the obvious problem of only appointing people uncritical of policing to an oversight body, I challenge the McFee's suggestion that the breakdown in relationship is council's fault. He's been combative and belligerent with anyone who even asks a question that he doesn't like.

Like getting a $250 fine for feeding birds? Be fr 😭💀

Public said the bylaws sucked. Council sent them back - and now the city is proposing even more ways to police Edmontonians? Who is actually going to enforce all these things? Just say the quiet part out loud - you want to crackdown on unhoused folks and peaceful protesting. #yegcc

Keean Bexte is a loser who ordered a limo to a party leadership kick-off to distort public perception. He is a walking, talking disinformation bot.
#cndpoli

Injunction obtained against Red Deer overdose prevention site rollback The first legal decision favouring supervised consumption site users in Alberta since 2020 could turn the tide against five years of site closures.

🧵 Yesterday was huge for harm reduction in Alberta, with the first legal decision favouring supervised consumption site users since the UCP took power.

Until March 13, Recovery Alberta must re-open Red Deer overdose prevention site for 24/7 operating hours. 1/
drugdatadecoded.ca/injunction-o...

cops are literally so camp sometimes. what is this. are you theatre kids??????

Rachel Small occupying Parliament on Democracy Now

Hundreds of Canadian Jews are currently occupying a parliamentary building in Ottawa to protest the war on Gaza. "Canada needs to stop arming Israel and implement an immediate arms embargo," says organizer Rachel Small.

Heroes holding the government accountable!

so what does 181 man hours of surveillance of you and your family spread out over 7 months look like? one thing the EPS were doing was hanging outside my house taking pictures of my partner and small child. (thread)

The UCP leads the way!

Since taking office in 2019, the UCP has been a leader in ensuring unhoused people remained homeless!

We will be sure to blame Trudeau and immigrants for the housing crisis we created through our “Alberta is Calling” campaign.

#abpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg

Nothing says 'I support workers' quite like making a Canada Post clown emoji for my workplace's Slack.

it’s interesting that they’re trying to ban trans people from the military. from what i’ve heard they’re super soldiers who are too good at sports and athleticism

they keep saying nonconsensual drug treatment facilities are not prisons, but then why is it literally part of a prison?

Me while staring at the stack of unread books on my nightstand:

Another fantastic article from @readtheorchard.org about the devastating changes proposed in Alberta.

Screaming for you

Please enjoy the photo above of us protesting the Edmonton street preachers.

Hello 👋 I’m Shayla. I work alongside other activists and organizers in Edmonton who are strategizing, building capacity and taking action to address issues in our community. Happy to be joining Bluesky 💞🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈