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@gsdowling.bsky.social

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This is not acceptable.

The legal principle, enforced by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), is not something that should even be on the table for "funding cuts."

03.08.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œGehman said they believe there is a link between rising ocean temperatures and wasting disease because other species of vibrio (the bacteria) are known to thrive in warmer water.”

I wondered where all the sea stars had gone. 90% have vanished.

04.08.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Inspiring. Most of Vancouver Island is in a similar situation where we grow less that 10% of what we consume.

#foodsecurity #buylocal #farmlife

04.08.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cookies and Cream ice cream tub close-up image, highlighting β€œ2L” using a magnifying glass.

Cookies and Cream ice cream tub close-up image, highlighting β€œ2L” using a magnifying glass.

Shrinkflation who❓ All of our products remain in their original size to offer you the best possible value – that is the Chapman’s promise of 52 years. βœ”οΈ Be sure to enjoy every last bite of your favourite frozen treat. πŸ₯„

#Canadianmade #icecream #family #Canada

10.07.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 10

The whole episode is worth watching.

youtu.be/wolqWDmbp4A?...

03.08.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1051    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 5
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Alberta separatist lawyer reprimanded, ordered to pay $10K in costs The Alberta Law Society found Jeffrey Rath had twice violated professional standards and ordered him to pay $10,000 in costs.

How about them apples…

β€œAlberta separatist lawyer reprimanded, ordered to pay $10K.”

#ableg

edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...

02.08.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4
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From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis Who bears responsibility when false information leads to real harm?

The witch hunts of 1400-1780 and today's misinformation crisis have striking parallels.

Both were fueled by new media technologies that allowed false information to spread rapidly and widely. buff.ly/6RFALyJ By Julie Walsh @wellesley.edu

02.08.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7

I've known Dave and followed the blog for all 20 years. I can't believe its been that long!

02.08.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alberta's old coal mines contaminating rivers and endangering fish, study finds | CBC News Alberta regulations meant to keep old coal mines from polluting streams and lakes are failing, a new study suggests. Authors of the report found high concentrations of several pollutants in rivers dow...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

02.08.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜They control everything’: How the Dallas Stars monopolized Texas youth hockey Ice is power in the lucrative world of youth hockey. In North Texas, the Dallas Stars hold almost all of it.

It's been a while since I've read a story this long, this thoroughly reported, this blunt in laying out its allegations of wrongdoing.

My jaw was on the floor from start to finish.

@kennyjacoby.bsky.social on how the Dallas Stars "bullied a community on their path to profiting off a youth sport":

01.08.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 26
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The One Bird Danielle Smith Is Most Like | The Tyee Behold the freewheeling magpie, a tireless scavenger that never stops squawking.

When I read the headline and photo caption below, I doubted that this article could be more than an extended metaphor, but it works and Andrew Nikiforuk is right on, as usual: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

01.08.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Unfinished Business: Addressing the emissions and environmental risks of Canada’s non-producing oil and gas wells.

Unfinished Business: Addressing the emissions and environmental risks of Canada’s non-producing oil and gas wells.

I’m stoked about this @pembina.org report πŸ‘

Nearly 80% of Alberta’s wells, & their associated pipelines & facilities, are inactive or not worth producing.

The MOST important work to genuinely reduce emissions, recover biodiversity & ecological balance.
#cdnpoli
www.pembina.org/pub/unfinish...

01.08.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alberta Municipality Declares Farm Disaster Due to Drought, Approves Water-Guzzling Data Centre Plan An Alberta municipality that declared an agricultural disaster earlier this month due to drought is moving forward with plans to host the β€œlargest AI computer data centre on Earth,” which could drain ...

β€œAn Alberta municipality that declared an agricultural disaster earlier this month due to drought is moving forward with plans to host the β€œlargest AI computer data centre on Earth,” which could drain millions of litres of water every day”

Peak Berta.

#abpoli

www.theenergymix.com/alberta-muni...

01.08.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 14
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MAGA MAPLE Premier calling on Canada to give up, be polite and kiss the gangster's ring.
Not on my watch.

01.08.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 35

Read @courtellingson.bsky.social’s op-ed on the Canadian Pension Plan.

Albertans should be outraged by how the UCP government continues to threaten their hard-earned pensions.

01.08.2025 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another Trip South of the Border 3 MLAs and 5 Days of shmoozing with State Legislators.

Another Trip South of the Border: She's not after Alberta independence, she's after 51st state status. open.substack.com/pub/abresist... #FireTheUCP #CorruptCare #ableg #abpoli #Traitor

01.08.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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When Danielle Smith surveyed #Albertans about leaving #CPP:

63% voted to stay.

ONLY 10% voted to leave.

The UCP hid the results for 2 years until Alberta's Privacy Commissioner forced the disclosure.

@albertandp.ca will protect your #pension.

Read my op-ed: edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

31.07.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

Canada, we have a problem. Hundreds of thousands of aging and inactive oil + gas wells are polluting our land/air/water + threatening our health.

This is unfinished business that must be tackled with smart policy. Check out this great report by @pembina.org on the issue.πŸ‘‡

@cape-acme.bsky.social

01.08.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unfinished Business | Pembina Institute There are estimated to be over 520,000 non-producing (inactive, suspended, abandoned and orphaned) oil and gas wells in Canada. While many are located in relatively sparsely populated rural areas, the...

A new report from @pembina.org found that half of the suspended wells in AB & BC have been suspended for >10 years. These wells leak methane & other pollutants into the the air & water, with some serious leaks unresolved for years or decades. [1/n] 🧡 www.pembina.org/pub/unfinish... #ABLeg #CDNPoli

31.07.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Former health minister and opposition health critic Sarah Hoffman joined us on the pod last week to discuss this

01.08.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Initial attack crews, helicopters continue firefighting efforts on Mount Field in Yoho National Park β€œThere is currently no threat to public safety or infrastructure."

NEWS: Initial attack crews, helicopters continue firefighting efforts on Mount Field in Yoho National Park

01.08.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rob Breakenridge Show Episode 21: First Alberta referendum petition gets the green light; Canada to recognize Palestine; CTA swamped with airline passenger complaints In this episode, interviews with Forever Canadian's Thomas Lukaszuk, Jewish Federation of Edmonton CEO Stacey Leavitt-Wright, And Air Passenger Rights founder Gabor Lukacs

@robbreakenridge.bsky.social thank you for sharing our #ForeverCanadian journey with your listeners.

robbreakenridge.substack.com/p/rob-breake...

#ableg #cdnpoli

01.08.2025 03:21 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

If you’re looking for a place to sign the #ForeverCanadian referendum petition, they’ll be at the Strathcona Farmers market tomorrow (Saturday) at 10 AM!

Sounds like @lukaszukab.bsky.social is looking for canvassers as well!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

01.08.2025 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5
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Clearcutting tied to 18-fold increase in flood risk: UBC study | CBC News A new study from the University of British Columbia suggests that clearcut logging can make catastrophic floods up to 18 times more frequent with effects that can last more than 40 years.

What a surprise. Turns out if you remove all the trees and eliminate an entire old growth ecocyayem it increases flood risk….(hits head against wall) www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

01.08.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

Not sure I can think of a more on the nose description of Canadian settler capitalism than this headline.

01.08.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚩Old Alberta coal mines are polluting rivers and endangering wildlife, says a new study by government scientists.

The study is "a warning flag" for future coal projects in the province, says a former Alberta government scientist in charge of environmental monitoring.

www.cbc.ca/1.7599449🌎
#abpoli

01.08.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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Alberta's old coal mines contaminating rivers and endangering fish, study finds | CBC News Alberta regulations meant to keep old coal mines from polluting streams and lakes are failing, a new study suggests. Authors of the report found high concentrations of several pollutants in rivers dow...

Remember Brian Jean at the Fort Macleod town hall insisting the UCP could ensure no water contamination? How does he explain this government study? Also remember his Feb. 2021 open letter to Jason Kenney opposing coal mines?

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

01.08.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Albertans have been consistently clear that they do not want this UCP government to gamble with their retirement savings.

Albertans want to keep their #CPP.

Read my colleague MLA @courtellingson.bsky.social’s op-ed in Edmonton Journal

01.08.2025 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Protect the coast we love from tankers! | Sierra Club BC Tell Prime Minister Carney you say no to dirty oil and yes to clean energy that doesn’t endanger the coast that so many fought to protect.

Use our letter writing tool to tell your MP that you say no to dirty oil and yes to clean energy that doesn’t endanger the coast that so many fought to protect.

Remind your MP of Carney’s promise to not push through a new pipeline without consent: sierraclub.bc.ca/protect-the-...

01.08.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Recalling how biologist Rachel Carson wrote a whole-ass book in 1962 about nature having its own evolutionary way with synthetic materials (DDT), so creating inadvertent consequences (pesticide-resistant bugs), and how those findings sparked Congressional hearings and the founding of the EPA.

01.08.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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