Anthony Falls

Wherein Tanya Fir refers to the next caller on her “callback list” as the “next motherfucker"...

Not knowing that next person was a journalist.

After she failed to hang up the phone properly.

Just the most competent government ever.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

This is an incredible idea for some of our cities and communities.

Oh wow.

Organizers of Alberta's 'Forever Canadian' petition say they collected 456,365 signatures.

Where's the premier while MLAs rush through an all-night debate on stripping Albertans of their Charter rights?

An airport lounge, waiting for a flight to Saudi Arabia. She didn't even bother to show up for the vote.

I remember when conservatives turfed premiers for this level of hubris.

@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social just listened to you and @marnipanas.bsky.social on Real Talk. It was eye-opening, and I am writing my MP in hopes she can support this important initiative. We need a Canadian solution to NEXUS. Thanks for your advocacy!

will do!

Def don’t expect a response from the Premier’s Office. #ableg

Braid: Student speaks out at Alberta Next session, gets referred for a spanking Braid: A top Alberta government official said a student who tried to ask a question about the teacher strike should get a parental spanking.

High school student gets referred for a spanking by moderator, has mic cut off at Alberta Next meeting. Huge social media action on this. Kid painted as a crazed activist. What about the arrogant moderator? Column.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #abed #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg

Exactly!!

She sat there when McAllister said it. She sat there when the student’s mic was turned off, and when McAllister basically suggested the student should’ve been beat more as a child.

The Premier of Alberta sat there and did nothing.

If that it’s not tacit approval, what is?

#ableg

Imagine claiming the Alberta Next Panel is about ensuring respect from Ottawa and ensuring all voices are heard, and then you yell at a young Albertan publicly that he needs to be spanked for asking a fair question and expressing an opinion.

Absolute peak hypocrisy.

Edmonton's new bike park is taking shape in the river valley | News Edmonton is well-known for its large mountain biking community, and a new bike park in the city centre is another step closer to opening.

Please call it the Darren Markland Bike Park. How can we get this happening? Share please? Or make your own post? Can anyone get this in front of the right people?

dailyhive.com/edmonton/new...

This UCP government treats public educators like absolute shit, every chance they get.

“Hey - help us ban books by creating a digital library of every book in your classroom. And do that on your own time, without pay. By the way, don’t even thing about striking. We’ll lock your asses out.” #ableg

Dystopian novels axed: Handmaid's Tale, Brave New World... heaps of Margaret Laurence, a class staple in my youth...
And a libertarian like Danielle Smith would be intrigued to see Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged on the banned books list.

The Bay Area Reporter front page, 13 August 1998. The headline ‘No obits’ is written in red above the lead story.

27 years ago, two years after the introduction of effective HIV treatment, the Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco’s lesbian and gay community newspaper, ran ‘No Obits’ as its headline.
It was the first edition not to report an AIDS death in almost 15 years.

With fentanyl-from-Canada back in the news, a quick note: Canada is not a major source of fentanyl to the US.

For Edmonton, this must have been one of the least smoky summers in years. It has been amazing!

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

A global game changer that needs regulatory approval as soon as possible as possible.

newatlas.com/infectious-d...

In the same week it came to light a journalist was stalked…

The highest unelected member of the Alberta government is actively trying to invalidate and suppress pretty much all journalists.

How’s your democracy today?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Online campaign targeting Globe journalist draws condemnation as an attack on press freedom Effort to follow Alberta reporter Carrie Tait should be taken seriously by police, advocacy group says

From story on Alberta journalist intimidation:
When a Globe reporter asked Ms. Smith about the story ... she said “I’m not talking about that” and laughed as she walked away.
In an interview with CTV later in the day, she said, “I condemn it.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

A drawing of the Empire State Building on display next to a photo of Donald Trump. A headline reads: "Trump Says He Doesn’t Draw Pictures. Many of His Sketches Sold at Auction." Photo by Paul Buck/EPA, via Shutterstock.

President Trump disputes reporting from The Wall Street Journal that he sent a sexually suggestive drawing to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003, saying he doesn't "draw pictures." But in the early 2000s, he regularly donated drawings to charities in New York. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...

If anyone owes an apology, it's Danielle Smith & Minister Ellis whose demands for info & control interfered with the experts & frontline workers trying to save lives & property.

Albertans deserve better than a petulant Premier who only knows how to pick fights & play politics. #abpoli

Trump threatens to strip citizenship from a native-born US citizen because he doesn’t like her speech.
I hope everyone on Wall Street and Silicon Valley who voted for Trump because he promised lower taxes is proud of themselves

That there’s a police state.

Canada should totally be a member of the EU.

Celine Dion won Eurovision. That is enough to apply.

These shorts have been a great addition! Enjoyed the episode, Duane!

Hope it can come back in the Fall! It was an excellent addition to my weekly podcast listens.

Alberta as we know it today simply would not exist without the millions of immigrants and refugees who built it, who loved it, and who were proud to call it home - including my grandparents and my mum. This bitter xenophobia is as unAlbertan as it’s possible to be. I’m ashamed. I’m disgusted.

Canada named most positive leader on world stage According to a study by Ipsos, Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs.

Canada named most positive leader on world stage #Canada #cdnpoli

cultmtl.com/2025/03/cana...

Today, an avowed separatist leader from Quebec called for Canadian unity.

Meanwhile, an avowed federalist from Alberta went out of her way to make it easier to launch a sovereignty referendum in her province.

Power's a hell of a drug.