Mary Ann Lobb 🇨🇦

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Healthcare in Alberta has apparently been so badly broken by the UCP that patients with deadly cancer aren’t able to get time critical surgery…

And are evidently put in hotel rooms for lack of space.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

READ NOW: 8,000 Stories of Alberta's Health Care Crisis - CUPE Alberta Over 8,000 Albertans have shared the reality of our collapsing system. These unfiltered stories are proof we need immediate action; more beds, more staff, and sustainable funding for universal public ...

“The government claims everything is fine.”

“These 8000 stories are the evidence that we need immediate, tangible solutions: more beds, more staff, and sustainable funding for universal public health care.” ~ Raj Uppal, CUPE AB - President

@pfparks.bsky.social

stateofemergency.ca/stories?link...

The Canadian Network on Cuba said it will dispatch its 19th container of humanitarian supplies to the island since 2020.

#Canada #Cuba

Also, there are other smaller networks like one here in Halifax NS that is trying to ship more goods to Cuba.

Please help someone in need🙏

💔$550 needed for Groceries
1 Mom needs $100, 2 Moms need $75, 6 ppl $50 ea

🙏$375 left on J’s match

💔$160 Medications

Awaiting tribunal
$555 Eviction

$260 Hydro
$300 Hydro
$250 Hydro

I’ll connect u or PayPal/etransfer
mrsbpotter@hotmail.com

Close-up photograph of Bill Clennett and Jean Chretien during the Shawinigan Handshake incident. Jean Chretien is on the right, wearing dark sunglasses and a dark coat, with his right hand gripping Bill Clennett by the face and neck. Bill Clennett is on the left, wearing a knitted winter hat and glasses, his head tilted back. Several people stand closely behind them, dressed in winter coats, watching the interaction. Snow and bare trees are visible in the background.

On this day in 1996, Bill Clennett confronted Prime Minister Jean Chretien during a National Flag of Canada Day commemoration, leading to what is now known as The Shawinigan Handshake

Learn more in my Deep Dive
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Stuart McLean sits cross-legged on a dark green couch, hands clasped in front of him, wearing a black short-sleeve T-shirt, blue jeans, and dark socks. He faces the camera and is centered in the frame. Behind him, tall black bookshelves fill the wall from floor to ceiling, packed with books of many sizes and colors, with rows of CDs on the left. Two green throw pillows with light-colored designs rest on the couch, one on each side.

Stuart McLean was one of the most beloved storytellers and humorists in Canadian history.
Known as the Story-Telling Comic, his stories explored both humorous and serious themes.
His show, Vinyl Cafe, was acclaimed.
This is his story.

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The Case for Sticking Around - Alberta Views I’m calling on us to do something un-Canadian: and stand up for the country we love—and reject the idea of a sovereign Alberta

Happy Flag Day, Canada! (Once more, with feeling.) #FlagDay #Canada #cdnpoli

a group of hockey players are standing on a rink . ALT: a group of hockey players are standing on a rink .

We now go live to Canadian Olympic curling:

Photo of several Cladonia lichens. Some look like golf tees with the tops ringed in red. Others look like narrow pipes with their tops ringed in red.

Cladonia lichens. NWT, Canada.
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends

First Nation buys own backup generators, saying governments and utility failed them WINNIPEG - A Manitoba First Nation whose residents were evacuated for months last summer due to a wildfire and an extended power outage says it has bought its own backup

First Nation buys own backup generators, saying governments and utility failed them www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/fir...

Alt text 101 for Bluesky | Digital Philosophy by Manning Krull Hi! You may be here because I or someone else sent you this link in response to a conversation about alt text on Bluesky. Welcome! Here's some basic info about alt text, its importance, and how to wri...

Artists and photographers of Blacksky, Bluesky, and all of the fediverse: I implore you to use alt text!

Here's how, courtesy of @manningkrull.bsky.social: manningkrull.com/digital-phil...

I want to share your art and photography! Let's accommodate our friends and comrades who use screen readers!

The Alberta Separatist Dream Where the Women Have Already Left the Chat The numbers are in, and they are not exactly the chest-thumping anthem Alberta’s separatist crowd was hoping for.

The polling numbers are in:
71% of Albertawomen will vote no if there is an Alberta referendum.
81% of them said they would move away from Alberta.
That will leave Donbas Danielle and her petrostate frathouse of keyboard rage warriors.
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24K Albertans press premier for action on 'health-care crisis' More than 24,000 Alberta residents emailed Danielle Smith to demand that the province declare a state of emergency.

edmonton.citynews.ca...

Let me be very clear: there are NO NEW Emerg docs to “recruit”. If govt can get their act together, the role would be existing EM docs doing extra shifts.
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Color action photograph of Toller Cranston mid-jump against a bright blue sky. He is airborne with one knee bent and the other leg extended behind, arms stretched outward in a balletic pose. He wears a red sleeveless outfit over a yellow long-sleeve top, with black skate boots and white blades visible. Behind him are two tall curved modern buildings and a Canadian flag on a pole at left. The buildings’ glass and concrete surfaces reflect daylight, and the scene is sharply lit.

Toller Cranston dominated the Canadian skating world of the 1970s.
Known for his unique skating style and his individualist approach to skating, he helped bring more artistry to men's figure skating during his career.
This is his story.

🧵 Fred Ross

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Photo of 3 stickers on a notebook, all have white backgrounds, one says Artists in green font with a green check mark beside it and AI sloppists in red font with an X beside, a colourful bowl of oatmeal and one that says everything is fucked on brightly colored letters.

New Feisty stickers to reflect the 2026 mood. Also oatmeal.
feistywaters.com/merch

Please sign this petition Canada 🍁

The Case for Alberta Staying in Canada Alberta separatists have been attacking federalists for discussing the complications that would confront an independent Alberta (and there are many) and the significant challenges of separation (and t...

🇨🇦 An important read from @duanebratt.bsky.social this morning.

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SIGN THE PETITION Do you believe that there should be no new coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies? If so, sign this petition to have your voice heard. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15TH, 2026 10AM-2PM BAKER PARK, NORTH OF THE SUNBOWL AMPHITHEATER 9333 SCENIC BOW RD. NW CALGARY, AB

Signing opportunity in Calgary tomorrow.

#WaterNotCoal

We collectively need to stop referring to the Alberta Energy Regulator as “seen by many as a captured agency” and just say “a captured agency.”

Same goes for police boards that have demonstrated their capture time and time again.

Still no help for anyone!

Today in Alberta - Feb 13: In an earnings call, Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel tells investors that the energy infrastructure company isn't willing to take on the risk of developing a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast, citing both uncertainty and “all the other opportunities” the company sees.

Excellent!!! Power to the People!!!

#Abpoli ✊✊

🚨Will someone PLEASE HELP a Mom with Groceries 🙏

She is completely out of food😭

Alberta government hiding additional drug jail plans Newly obtained documents reveal a hidden plan to build a drug jail in Grande Prairie, raising questions about how many additional facilities are in the works.

The Alberta government appears to be secretly building drug jails beyond the two announced in Calgary and Edmonton.
drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

I discovered Israeli government procurement documents showing a Canadian group that's sending right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel was granted funds from Israel's foreign ministry

The funding came through an arm of the ministry focused on managing “public perception of Israel”

The craziest ordering online day we ever had was $1300 in sales that was last Dec!

Can we beat it...doubt it...lol. Just not that busy

We would like to try with 20% off the entire website

www.maritimetartancompany.ca

Maritime Tartan Co
28 Church St
Amherst NS
(902) 441-6721

Corb Lund’s Drive to Block Coal Mines Gets the Green Light | The Tyee Elections Alberta approves a citizen initiative petition drive.

Country music artist Corb Lund is preparing to launch a provincewide signature campaign aimed at halting new coal mining along Alberta’s eastern #RockyMountain slopes. Somia Lohia reports. #abpoli

Canada Must Stop the Sale of Armoured Vehicles to ICE Canada has a legal obligation, under both domestic and international law, to block the sale of armoured vehicles to U.S.

Canada has legal obligation to cancel the export permits for the armoured vehicles being purchased by ICE.
Here is my piece on what is needed to get the Prime Minister to respect international and domestic law in dealing with the ICE paramilitaries.

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🇨🇦 🚨 SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH CANADIAN DEMOCRACY 🚨 🇨🇦

Bill C-15 is 634 pages long. It creates four new acts and amends 45 others.

Buried deep inside is a "Henry VIII clause" allowing ministers to exempt anyone from the law.

Andrew Coyne reports.
#CdnPoli #Democracy #C15

Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show

NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government

Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel