Zev Klymochko

We can dream 🙂

Can we get one of your famous flow charts for recall petitions? What happens if they get enough signatures?

I’m thinking she’s getting another “piss off, Vassy” text soon.

Vassy Kapelos nails all the issues (and brings receipts) for the Education Minister. His responses were all canned talking points about Alberta teachers being the highest paid in western Canada.

NEW: Elections Calgary has denied a recount request in Ward 9.

Unofficial results show there is a margin of 267 votes between winner Harrison Clark and runner up Gar Gar.

Gar requested the preliminary recount today.

Two preliminary Calgary election recounts submitted, only one approved - LiveWire Calgary At least three recounts are being requested after Calgary’s municipal election, with candidates concerned about election worker fatigue and observed errors at polling stations and the counting…

Two preliminary recounts were requested by council candidates. Only one was approved. Mayor recount request is still to come. #yyc #calgary #yycvote

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Long lines at the polls a result of provincial changes for local elections, not labour shortages - LiveWire Calgary If there was one universal for the 2025 Calgary general municipal election, it’s that long lines and a frustrating paperwork process led to discontent among voters. Social media posts over the past…

Long lines at the polls a result of additional complexity and paperwork requirements for electors and election workers, despite more staff and 73 more polling stations for 2025 versus 2021.

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Is there an $87 billion Calgary climate strategy funded by city taxpayers? Y/N... Candidates respond - LiveWire Calgary Since the climate emergency declaration on the heels of Calgary’s 2021 municipal election, an $87 billion cost claim has been the rallying cry of opposition to the city’s climate strategy. Only, as re...

The $87 billion climate cost has always been, very clearly so, a long-term cost to the economy and not a direct City of Calgary cost to taxpayers—in fact many stories, and admin have pointed this out.

But some candidates keep using this number to campaign on.

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So is the Alberta government gonna spank my bare butt or what?

Jen Gerson: Maybe this angry panel will fix it! Alberta tries for Round 3 of the Fair Deal panel.

Jen Gerson: Maybe this angry panel will fix it!
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Fire breaks out in south Calgary at vacant Ogden Legion building The fire was reported around 3 a.m., and CPS described the building as "fully engulfed" at the time of the fire.

Fire breaks out in south Calgary at vacant Ogden Legion building

At tonight’s “consultation”…

When a high school kid tried to raise concerns about the teachers strike, Bruce McAllister cut the kids mic and then suggested his parents should have beaten him more.

Listen to the clip yourself…

It’s…

Telling.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

$6,000,000 apparently

Do any journalists want to FOIP how much the provincial government’s current media campaign is costing? I keep seeing/hearing the ads about how many teachers they are adding.

Alberta health officials were also directors at a company linked to a supplier Corporate filings reveal further links between Alberta Health Services procurement staff and private firms

SCOOP: Two senior Alberta Health Services procurement officials were also briefly directors in a numbered company linked to MHCare, a supplier that has been awarded $$$ in business, The Globe and Mail has found

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The push to ​‘conservatize’ Calgary’s public school board | The Sprawl Not a slate, candidates say.

NEW STORY: The push to 'conservatize' Calgary's public school board. Six CBE trustee candidates have campaign materials that look identical—so we took a closer look. #yyccc #ableg

News article: “Province eliminates 'cash cow' photo radar on ring roads, including Stoney Trail”

News article: “Stoney Trail has become a raceway, with 'extremely aggressive' drivers clocked at up to 195 km/h”

No one could have predicted this.

#ableg

The Right-Wing Plan to Take Over Alberta Education | The Tyee A new report zeroes in on the forces aiming to win control of school boards in next month’s elections.

A new report details how right-wing forces are weaponizing the concept of “parental rights” to push culture-war narratives aimed at undermining public education in Alberta. @readtheorchard.org writes. #abpoli

Learned via my kid’s school’s parent council that the school can’t afford paper or markers currently so they’re asking kids to bring their own. And our provincial government is spending an inordinate amount of time to ban a few graphic novels.
How is this real life? #ableg #yyc

Harrison Clark is my choice for Ward 9 Councillor in this fall’s #yyccc election. He’s positive, compassionate, a connector and a great listener. He doesn’t slag other candidates.
I know what he stands for: it’s a fair share of investment in Ward 9 #yyc #Calgary

www.harrisonclarkward9.ca

Nutlick

Accurate.

Confusion around Alberta’s school library book ban driving sales at book stores Kelly Dyer with Audreys Books says the store has seen a jump in sales since July, when the province announced a ban on books with explicit sexual content

Confusion around Alberta’s school library book ban driving sales at book stores, including uptick for targeted books and Margaret Atwood

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a monkey is sitting on a rock in the woods with its legs crossed . ALT: a monkey is sitting on a rock in the woods with its legs crossed .

Any #yyccc council who goes on and on about what policies they will implement or repeal is either lying or doesn’t realize that they only have one vote.

Building consensus for strong policies and ideas is the only way to get things done at Calgary city council.

Screenshot of a 2021 news article in which Jason Kinney announces $100 cash incentive to get the Covid vaccine

Screenshot of a 2025 news article in which the price of the Covid vaccine for Albertans is revealed to be $100 per dose

Alberta premiers’ comments & policies on COVID vaccines:

Kenney in 2021: “For the love of God, please get vaccinated.” Offers $100 cash incentive to those who do.

Smith in 2024: It “doesn't work particularly well.” If you want it, you’ll have to pay $100.

After Palisades fire, Eames House reopens with a surprise: new access to a private space It took months to clear the smoke damage from the fragile Eames House, but once that was done, the family decided to open their grandparents' creative studio to the public for the first time, and launched a much more expansive foundation.

After Palisades fire, Eames House reopens with a surprise: new access to a private space

Hopefully this will have a Streisand effect— more people should be looking at the provincial government’s expenses.

Two line charts showing Alberta well ahead of every other province in terms of price inflation for auto insurance premiums (which have more than tripled since 2002) and home insurance premiums (which have increased more than sixfold).

The latest inflation data for car & home insurance, by province.

Alberta absolutely in a league of its own here.