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Alberta: Residents pick up province's property tax tab, municipalities say Grants in Place of Taxes.

The city should deduct the province's own unpaid property taxes from the funds it sends to the province. www.canadian-accountant.com/content/muni...

I was at an event recently where a nurse said she didn't understand the structure or how things are supposed to work. 😱

That last answer almost made him lose
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#canada #Canadian #gameshow #canada🇨🇦 #canadalife

The epitome of Fitzgerald's "careless people." They will pivot to whatever they can monetize next; if they are expressing remorse now, it's probably because they know some of the things they pushed might harm their brand when the backlash really hits.

A PST would arguably be fairer and would raise more revenue than a property tax increase. But of course they know that people blame municipal government for property tax increases, even if mandated by the provincial government

One hundred accounts are behind the majority of conspiracy theory content in Canada Researchers analyzed more than 14 million social media posts from accounts in Canada and found that 87 per cent of conspiratorial claims come from influencers, with just 100 users responsible for near...

And I bet an even smaller number of people/organisations is behind those 100 accounts

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/25/n...

You mean turning the other cheek isn't an effective bargaining strategy?

Drawing of a frog dressed like a Victorian gentleman

Journal editors when they decide it would be fun to format author names with initials first, then surname

Hey academic journal editors: there is no need for your journal to have its own bespoke regarding style. This makes unnecessary work for both authors and editors. Just use one of the standard ones like APA or Chicago.

The real stupidity is the disconnect between what Albertans say they want and don't want in opinion polls, and how they vote. The UCP can keep doing unpopular stuff, secure in the knowledge it won't hurt them at election time

How does the Atlantic employ thoughtful people like Anne Appelbaum and Adam Serwer, and also idiots like this? Hello, have you been asleep the last 8 years?

What a time to be alive

Alberta Does Not Have Grievances. It Has Issues Alberta doesn’t need a new constitutional deal or separation. It needs competent politicians.

Today's essential read for all Albertans
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/alberta-do...

all you need to say is:

"trans Americans are Americans. they deserve the same rights as everyone else." that's literally it. it doesn't have to be difficult.

don't cede culture to fascists

we literally JUST found out that the trans panic is a largely astroturfed movement led in part by JEFFREY FUCKING EPSTEIN so no we don't need to be "culturally normal" and surrender on this

How did photos exaggerating the price of food become an entire Conservative social media genre?

Juno News scraps plan to run residential school denial film after investigation by CNO The decision comes after Canada's National Observer determined a producer listed on the film's trailer credits — Simon Hergott — has published several videos and comments on his public YouTube channel...

Investigation by a former CNO colleague. Candice Malcolm and Keean Bexte (son of MP David Bexte) pulled their residential school denial film after Marc Fawcett-Atkinson revealed the director was (also) antisemitic. #indigenous #cdnmedia #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/23/n...

Simon's ad showing a man wearing a very dorky shorts and top set. Captioned "Men's travel essentials".

What type of travel is this outfit "essential" for? Wrong answers only

Five women by whom I've read at least five books:
Isabel Allende
Maureen Jennings
Jacqueline Winspear
Kate Morton
Lyndsay Faye

Image of SNL's Norm McDonald with the quote: "Now this might strike some viewers as harsh, but I believe everyone involved in this story should die."

RELEASE:
“The Premier’s cowardly rhetoric of scapegoating immigrants, and proposing to ban newcomers from accessing education and healthcare is straight out of the far-right political playbook.”

Read more:
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Someone has trained ChatGPT on the Dinger's tone and style.

There's no such thing as an "Alberta approved immigration status". So, nobody is going to have that.

She probably also doesn't know whether it would cost more to set up the bureaucracy to collect fees from these folks than the revenue this policy would generate. Not only cruel (which is the point), but also stupid.

Alberta Premier defends fall referendum plans Danielle Smith stumbles when asked about costs of providing health care and education to newcomers; NDP says referendum proposals designed to inflame

Premier Danielle Smith said she doesn't know how much newcomers cost Alberta’s health care and education systems, despite scheduling a referendum to ask whether social services to those residents shd be limited b/c of cost

www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social and friend

U.S. legal scholars baffled as Prince Andrew arrested for Epstein ties, Korean president sentenced for insurrection WASHINGTON, D.C. - America’s top legal minds have reported utter bafflement at the news that former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has arrested by U.K. police due to his connections with Jeffrey Ep...

U.S. legal scholars baffled as Prince Andrew arrested for Epstein ties, Korean president sentenced for insurrection

Article 28 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Canada has ratified, commits states to recognizing a child's right to education, which should be "compulsory and available to all." The UCP is once again trampling the rights of children. #ABLeg #ABEd

Anything to distract from the Epstein Files

The Former Prince Andrew Never Should Have Forwarded Those Emails He faces criminal penalties for allegedly leaking government secrets to Jeffrey Epstein.

@thev.bsky.social I thought this was one of yours at first, but it's an actual Atlantic story.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...