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An independent Alberta would have nothing in common with Norway Norway is a country defined by aggressive climate policy, high taxes and public ownership of oil and gas operations. So why do Alberta's separatists keep pretending it's a useful comparison to their f...

My latest: Alberta's separatist leaders keep using Norway as an example of why an independent Alberta would work.

Let's put that to the test, shall we? #cdnpoli #abpoli

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Oliver vineyard set to trailblaze with agrivoltaics Oliver’s Double Barrel Vineyards is set to become a North American trailblazer for its bold plan to introduce agrivoltaics, which combines the protection of grapevines from extreme weather while gener...

"Oliver’s Double Barrel Vineyards is set to become a North American trailblazer for its bold plan to introduce agrivoltaics, which will combine the protection of grapevines from extreme weather while generating clean solar energy to power farm operations."

WEF Alternative Speech '26 – Jan 21, 2026–Jan 21, 2026 A contrasting vision to Donald Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum 2026.

At WEF, speeches by world leaders totaled almost four hours of speaking time: and not one mentioned climate change.

So @wedonthavetime.bsky.social organized an alternative WEF speech by some of the world’s leading scientists and systems thinkers. It took place on a pile of snow.

Watch here:

Chilly Kyiv, beset by blackouts, tackles a new kind of cold war Forced to adapt by Russian attacks on the energy grid, Ukrainians without heat make do with what they have

“It’s nine degrees at the moment. I am frozen. How can I warm myself if I don’t have electricity?”

Heartbreaking reporting and photography from Kyiv after the latest round of Russian missile and drone attacks, by @annavlasenko.bsky.social and @olgaivashchenko.bsky.social

Imagine being so homophobic that you turn into an anti-democracy agitator. Holy shit this is warped.

An IV pole is seen in a room at a hospital emergency ward in Canada in this 2024 file photo.

Alberta emergency doctors compile list of what they say are 6 potentially preventable ER deaths www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @jantafrench.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social

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Despite journalists explicitly being told they weren't allowed to ask questions about it...

One did ask about the leaked document detailing deaths and suffering due to the collapse of the system.

Matt Jones seemed to minimize it in a number of ways.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Vancouver social media company Hootsuite looking to work with ICE to ‘build trust’ Company has secured a project with ICE that involves ‘social listening’ after cancelling a contract in 2020 over employee backlash

Gross. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

If Carney gives a dime to this we should riot on Parliament Hill.

Good question.

Why the Triage Liaison Physician (TLP = waiting room doc) is just a temporary band-aid:

Picture a bunch of people in various stages of drowning in an ED WR

The TLP can just say "save that one next", but if no lifeguards/resources/beds to act then it doesn't help
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Dear Julie, As a valued member, we wanted you to hear this directly from us: we're changing our approach to cabin configuration on the aircraft where we implemented densified seating in the economy cabin. After carefully reviewing our operational data and - more importantly - listening to feedback from you, other guests, and our own WestJetters, we’ve decided to return to our standard seat pitch in economy cabins by removing one row from the recently reconfigured aircraft. We tried something new, testing seat spacing that many airlines use globally to help keep fares affordable. However, the data and you told us that this product doesn't work for the Canadian market.

I was on one of the new godforsaken WestJet planes this week and at 5'10, I was kissing my knee caps for 4 hours.

The smarmy tone of the "I guess it just doesn't work in the Canadian market" is a petty touch. But hey, people's outrage made a difference, it seems!

Anti-racism watchdog fields complaint arising from immigration comments made at separatist town hall he complainant said Alberta Prosperity Project CEO Mitch Sylvestre made several inflammatory comments about immigrants during the town hall.

“Old stock white Canadians, and that’s us, and we don’t have to apologize for this room being filled with white people,” said Sylvestre. “This used to be what Alberta was. We’re not apologizing for being ourselves.”

Out loud now.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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‘Pleading for the government to do its job’: AMA on emergency department issues The Alberta Medical Association's Dr. Paul Parks joined CTV Your Morning Edmonton's Kent Morrison to discuss the state of the province's emergency departments and hospitals.

thanks @pfparks.bsky.social for continuing to speak truth to power about our broken Alberta health care system.

I am thrilled and humbled. My biography is being released in the middle of February in Poland. Later, it will be translated into English.

Let’s make it clear, this is only Volume One. I am not hanging up my skates yet. The best is yet to come.

#cdnpoli #ableg

Parked cars and aggressive residents impeding snow removal, say Edmonton workers "They're working non-stop to do the best they can, but they're getting yelled at in the streets, shovels thrown at their vehicles."

"They're working non-stop to do the best they can, but they're getting yelled at in the streets, shovels thrown at their vehicles, people chasing them down." #yeg

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Vials of measles vaccine at the Orange County Health Department on May 6, 2019 in Orlando, Florida.

SC measles outbreak: 124 cases since Friday, 409 quarantined https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/sc-measles-outbreak-has-gone-berserk-124-cases-since-friday-409-quarantined/

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Big Idea: Teach kids about misinformation  - Macleans.ca With the rampant spread of fake news and conspiracy theories, Canadian students would benefit from extra lessons in BS detection.

Needed: teach children critical thinking skills, EARLY AND OFTEN!

My take: macleans.ca/society/misi...

Soon: will discuss on CBC Edmonton!

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump gets mention on ‘The Pitt’ second-season première A UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Alberta received a shout-out last week on The Pitt.

It was peppered into the dialogue on #ThePitt...
"Where are you going?"
"Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump."
That's good for a few more visitors to the #Alberta world heritage site:
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How does change start? By showing up Global EV growth and how a single voice can make a large impact — for better or worse

Great examples of the good, the bad, and the WAY TO MAKE CHANGE where you are now.

Thanks, @katharinehayhoe.com, for practical suggestions and tireless hope for change.

www.talkingclimate.ca/p/how-does-c...

And like clockwork…

Dan Williams and the UCP have inserted themselves into #YYC’s pipeline problems.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Alberta separation question ‘offensive and alarming’: Native studies professor Matthew Wildcat with the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Native Studies joins Alberta Primetime host Michael Higgins to discuss the potential impact of an Alberta separation referendum on Indigenous peoples.

Alberta separation question ‘offensive and alarming’: Native studies professor

I'd be very surprised if Canada sent many troops. But even sending one - the UK is apparently sending one - would be symbolically significant.

“I’ll remember François Legault for insisting systemic racism doesn’t exist in Quebec. I’ll remember him as the man who said he wanted to unite people after first scapegoating immigrants for violence, extremism and the apparent existential threat they pose to Quebec society.”

#polqc

CEO of new medical bureaucracy promises ‘province-wide response’ to Alberta’s messed up ERs - Alberta Politics In a back-handed admission that Alberta’s hospital Emergency Rooms are in a colossal mess, the CEO of one of the United Conservative Party Government’s confusing tangle of new medical bureaucracies sa...

CEO of new medical bureaucracy promises ‘province-wide response’ to Alberta’s messed up ERs. So can someone remind us of why we got rid of Alberta Health Services? albertapolitics.ca/2026/01/ceo-... #ableg #abpoli #abhealth

If you want your recall to succeed, then you gotta get out there and get those signatures! #albertaisrecalling

The world is watching Trump as he puts America on a collision course with democratically elected European governments and the European Union, says Canada's former UN ambassador Bob Rae.

www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...