Kevin Packer

Opinion: I can’t stay silent about Grassy Mountain — and neither should you Province's coal mine strategy relies on advice from boardroom CEOs and not expertise from engineers.

I can’t stay silent about Grassy Mountain – and neither should you | Calgary Herald share.google/PW7RI2GGyGe1...

Canadians voice frustrations with CRA over delays accessing benefits, refunds Canadians told CTV News about the significant wait times and other challenges contacting the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) are preventing them from accessing certain benefits.

This is outrageous! Trying to contact the CRA should not be a nightmare

CRA taxes: Some Canadians unable to access refund, benefits share.google/glAg5T1m1OqY...

Noctilucent clouds super bright tonight

“The UCP often governs 4.9M Albertans for benefit of a faction within the party.

Smith amplifies separatist claims to avoid outright hostility from the hornet’s nest.

…eases referendum rules…says [there’s] more support than ever.

[It’s] a distraction, manipulated to preserve UCP power.” #abpoli

Oh no...

Гільдеґарда (Hildergard), by Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko 3 track album

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YouTube video by UCalgary Law Ground Truths with Bob Weber

Today's essential watch/listen for all Albertans.
Bob Weber, of the Canadian Press, opines on the media landscape in Alberta, and in particular on the threats of coal mining on the Eastern Slopes.
Media Matters. Essential to our democracy
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The Stink of BS at Premier Smith’s Coal Town Hall | The Tyee The rowdy meeting’s air reeked of government deception. Locals were having none of it.

The Stink of BS at Premier Smith's Coal Town Hall via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Fernie seeks new backup drinking-water source amid mine pollution | The Narwhal Monitoring in Fernie, B.C., shows selenium concentrations in secondary drinking water source have at times exceeded B.C. guidelines

Is this what the UCP wants??

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Thanks for posting this! That's the best article I've ever read on Calgary architecture.

We're living in the enshitocene

All humans emit subtle light until they die, study suggests | BBC Science Focus Magazine But our light seems to go out when we die, according to a study on mice and leaves.

The light of life:

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Jim Stanford: Let’s drop the phoney Alberta versus Canada nonsense. The province has met the enemy — and it is them During the so-called decade of federal 'attacks on oil,' Alberta oil giants set records for production and profits, writes Jim Stanford. So why is the average Albertan not getting their

Albertans have good reason to be angry: their real wages are down 10%, their minimum wage is frozen, their inflation is worst in Canada, their health care's at risk. None of that was caused by the rest of Canada. My take in today's @TorontoStar: www.thestar.com/business/opi.... #cdnecon

Guest Post: The zombie Grassy Mountain coal mining proposal never dies because in Alberta the minimum is good enough - Alberta Politics Last Thursday, the Alberta Energy Regulator approved a controversial coal exploration project in the environmentally sensitive and beautiful Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains. The open-pit mining ...

Guest Post by Lorne Fitch: The zombie Grassy Mountain coal mining proposal never dies because in Alberta the minimum is good enough. #ableg #abpoli albertapolitics.ca/2025/05/gues...

Last week the AER approved Northback's application for new coal exploration on Grassy Mtn.
That approval killed any hope that Northback might have for compensation.
On the w/e premier Smith said Northback wd not be able to operate an open pit mine.
This revives Northback's compensation claims. 1/2

Braid: Separatism is a ruse; the real battle for autonomy is fought with UCP legislation Braid: Separatism is a ruse. The Alberta UCP and Premier Danielle Smith are enacting autonomy law by law.

A must read here from Don Braid. Creeping authoritarianism is now galloping in Alberta under Danielle Smith's UCP. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Alberta sovereignty delegation to US confirmed The Commonwealth of Alberta Delegation to Washington has officially been formed, as the group commits itself to a “successful independence referendum” for an independent state.

With Trump and maple MAGAts (UCP) in charge, the most likely outcome of this sovereigntist/separatist nonsense is "Puerto Rico North". I highly doubt Alberta could survive on its own or would be granted full statehood by the US. www.westernstandard.news/news/alberta...

Please Advise! What’s Left of That Giant Nanaimo Bar? | The Tyee Just crumbs from Ottawa. And hunger for a piece of the separatist action.

The mood of the country is as dark and bitter as unsweetened cocoa. 🍫 @steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #abpoli

Hail, no: Northeast Calgary residents floored by insurance premium spikes - LiveWire Calgary Homeowners in northeast Calgary are banding together to raise awareness over the massive spike in home insurance they’ve seen, and in some cases, an outright decline of coverage. Northeast residents…

Some northeast Calgary residents have said their premiums and deductibles have quadrupled, and others are being denied home insurance coverage altogether. #yyc #calgary

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Critics questioning why Smith is leaving the door open to Alberta separation As Alberta’s UCP government pushes back against claims separatists are in its ranks, many are wondering why Premier Danielle Smith and the province aren’t taking a harder, direct stance against leavin...

“We need people from across the political spectrum — if they love this country — to stand up and knock down some of the arguments [for separation] that are out there.” www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

Reckless Talk of Alberta Separation Is Not the Way Forward - The Chestermere Anchor

Reckless Talk of Alberta Separation is Not the Way Forward. Hear! Hear!
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These separatists are hallucinating. "Do you agree that the province shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada?" Here's my answer: NO WAY!

Western secession is all the rage. How would an independent West fare economically? | CBC News Separatist sentiment is growing in Western Canada. In a world where the West could peacefully negotiate its way into separation, could its economy thrive once freed from obligations to the rest of Can...

Montreal in the 1970s is a cautionary tale for Calgary, Edmonton and Alberta that Smith best heed.
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Alberta separatism plan is really about oil | The Narwhal The Free Alberta Strategy has driven Danielle Smith’s government from the outset, a plan to back oil and gas even if it means breaking up Canada

What’s at the heart of Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s separation rhetoric? Oil.

Her position, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes, has been driven since the outset by the Free Alberta Strategy. It's a plan to back oil and gas — even if it means breaking up Canada.

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Taxes, Taxes, by Hank Penny from the album Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions

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Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions, by Hank Penny 30 track album

"Taxes taxes will you always haunt me?
Will I always have to work in vain
You have caused me many tribulations
taxes taxes you have taxed my brain"

Thanks to the awesome Tombstone After Dark for this one: cjsw.com/program/tomb...

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If she is not forced out of office due to scandal that could be her political salvation and a nightmare for Albertans who want to remain in Canada.

What does the CBC even mean? ...to the price of eggs?

There are major threats to Canada's sovereignty right now. Losing our public broadcaster is one of them.
The CBC -as we know it -will cease to exist if Mr. Poilievre wins on Monday.
I think that matters.
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Paula Simons: My Canada includes Alberta | CBC News The independent senator and former journalist says we shouldn't let the whiners and quitters take over our political discourse.

In 2019, the last time Alberta was awash in separatist nonsense, CBC Calgary commissioned me to write this essay. I re-read it today - and it seems to me as true as ever. And I thought this weekend might be a good time to share it with you, my new Bluesky friends. #Alberta #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg

Bible Gateway passage: Matthew 25:31-40 - New Living Translation The Final Judgment - “But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit upon his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will ...

“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’

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