Alberta

Apparently ran to Texas (u/grte):

https://youtu.be/9RViEPCoEec?t=126

Alberta’s democracy was stolen. It was sold for profit. And loaded up onto a far-right mobilization app by a pro-sovereignty group called the Centurion Project. Founded by David Parker—who also founded Take Back Alberta, the hardline conservative activist network that played a major role in Premier Danielle Smith’s rise to power—the Centurion Project has close ties to the MAGA movement in the United States. Parker and his partners didn’t believe the separatist petition process to a referendum was going to work using traditional methods: town halls, door knocking, phone banking, spending regulated amounts on advertising, communicating effectively—the grunt work of running a democratic campaign.

Alberta allows windfall oil and gas payments to ranchers using public land. It’s a complicated issue — that also involves taxpayers

A new poll finds Albertans largely support Medical Assistance in Dying, but are split on the province’s bill that aims to control access

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WARNING: This story contains vulgar language.

The facial recognition model was supplied by Corsight AI, an Israeli company whose technology has reportedly been used for mass surveillance in Gaza.

Yesterday afternoon. Seemed as though the driver had ample time to pull over and get out,

Inside the foam-insulated briefcase were hundreds of screws and the wiring to make the improvised explosive device explode, RCMP in Sherwood Park said.

“Usually we open the last Friday of April, but we decided to try opening earlier and just see if we get any campers in. We’re practically booked to full capacity for most of the season, so it’s actually tough to increase bookings year over year.

“Less than four months after a Zamboni explosion destroyed their arena, the southern Alberta town of Taber has won the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville competition, securing $250,000 for repairs and the chance to host an NHL pre-season game…”

Honestly this is absolute cowardice from Nenshi for distancing the party from the federal NDP, and for not charting a path of the party’s own rather than letting Danielle Smith lead the charge on issues like has been the case since he’s become leader. This shouldn’t even be on the table let alone considered.

We are so, so absurdly lucky in Alberta - we get SO MUCH SUN. It’s mid-March and I generated double the power my heat-pump equipped home used. Even after I replace the power I pulled from my EV commuting to work, that’s still 7kWh more power coming off my roof today than I used. My gas bill is zero, my power bill is negative today and it’s still technically winter …

New legislation would prevent anyone in Alberta from accessing medical assistance in dying (MAID) if they are unlikely to die within the next 12 months.

Love this new campaign from the Calgary Humane Society.

“Alright people, here’s how you train your brain to be devoid of creativity and effort”

This will increase the bargaining power of employers. If the alternative is starving, they know employees will be more desperate.

Turns out Alberta’s blue lakes freeze into a canvas unlike any other this New York artist has ever seen or worked with.

Just past the sign that welcomes drivers to Olds, Alta., sits a parcel of farmland. It’s on the edge of town, across the street from homes and tucked behind the old municipal building, which was sold to the local Co-op two years ago.

There are 9 referendum questions which is unusual. Normally referendums have 1 important question instead of flooding the zone.

This is what happens when you create laws by scrawling them on a napkin, while drinking in Mar-a-Lago.

It’s truly sad how much of an actual modern energy superpower we could be, but we refuse to do any of it because of our obsession with oil.

WHEN DOES A SEPARATIST movement become a threat to Canada’s national security?

The Medicine Hat Health Foundation (MHHF) is giving a financial boost to students pursuing an education in health and community services at Medicine Hat College (MHC).

Justice Minister Mickey Amery is attacking the foundations upon which the Justice System is built upon with a series of power grabs on behalf of the same UCP members responsible for bringing Albertans CorruptCare.

After three deaths were reported in one day in the emergency room of Grey Nuns Community Hospital in Edmonton, physicians are calling from action from the province.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/58674266

Common Sense Calgary figures the report states the city has been warned that the bearspaw feeder line was going to be a problem for a decade.

TLDR: Zoo took bear to DQ to make safety video. Was later charged $500 for not notifying the gov’t body about moving the bear.

Calgary officials provide update on repairs after ‘catastrophic’ water main break

Another water main break in Bowness.

The UCP are deliberately attacking systems of government to keep Albertans fractured and occupied so they can rob it.

The UCP used the Notwithstanding Clause to take away teachers rights to negotiate for better working conditions, and to enable them to negotiate in bad faith.

Speaking to the bill earlier in the evening, NDP critic Kathleen Ganley called it “offensive to the rule of law and to our entire democracy” to use the overarching power of the notwithstanding clause on transgender youth who are “already at a higher risk of suicide.”

Turns out the biggest donation of toys to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital each year doesn’t come from the drop box in the lobby of your dentist’s office. It doesn’t come from the toy drive at your veterinarian, your kid’s school, or a local broadcast news station. Nope—it comes from strippers.

Did the premier of Alberta attack the constitutional role of the courts in Canada’s democracy? Yes, she did, and in no uncertain terms.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/796502/edmonton-police-service-partners-with-u-s-company-to-test-use-of-facial-recognition-bodyca

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The UCP continues its open siege of Alberta’s government system. I’m not the first to say so, and I’ve said it before, Canada faces an unprecedented threat to its democracy due to the lack of regulation on the Politicians. Canadians, don’t look away at what’s happening in Alberta. Our system of checks and balances between the three branches of government is under attack. Once one branch fails, the others fail together.

The UCP was called out by the Court for trying to silence the Justice System on the issue of the proposed referendum on Alberta separating from Canada.

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The Alberta Forever Canada petition, also known as the “Forever Canadian” petition, needed 293,976 signatures to be successful. Elections Alberta said the petition had 438,568 valid signatures counted and 404,293 verified signatures after a random statistical sampling method was applied with a 95 per cent confidence level.

Your Public Service Announcement that Operation Total Recall continues.

If hardworking Canadians wanted to gamble their earnings at the casino, I think they’d prefer to do that on their own terms. They certainly don’t need their savings taken by an AIMCo to do that for them.

Well, get ready to hear more about it. Forecasters say parts of Western and Central Canada are about to feel the effects of the phenomenon that brings frigid weather in the coming weeks. And it could move to Eastern Canada.

Lund, who still lives and ranches in Taber area, near the banks of the Old Man River, downstream from the coal mines would be located, says he’s been fighting against coal mining for more than five years, but the campaign took on new urgency with news the government is developing a new coal mining policy.

Braid acknowledges that the UCP’s changes to Healthcare are monumental, and then goes on to explore some of the merits.

There’s a concern the the UCP are continuing their siege against all systems in Alberta. The UCP have interfered with the Alberta Crown Prosecution Service by backing their favourite, EPS Chief Warren Driechel. Worse, the UCP now follow up their support with the unexpected terminations of career Crown Prosecutors Scott Niblock and Ryan Abrams.