‘This Is Just a Plan to Cheat, Pure and Simple’ | The Tyee The UCP is spiking an independent Electoral Boundaries Commission report and rigging the next vote.

'This Is Just a Plan to Cheat, Pure and Simple' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Dani the Decider has decided and you’re getting permanent daylight savings time whether you like it or not! - Alberta Politics “Albertans have very strong opinions about daylight saving time and the results of the referendum show that, right now, Albertans prefer to continue changing their clocks,” Nate Glubish, then the mini...

Dani the Decider has decided and you’re getting permanent daylight savings time whether you like it or not! You thought there was no right or wrong answer on DST? Turns out there is when Danielle Smith is in charge. albertapolitics.ca/2026/04/dani...

Thinking of using a chatbot for medical advice? Read this first. Two studies put ChatGPT, Gemini and others to the test on questions of health. In one, they got almost half the answers wrong.

Thinking of using a chatbot for medical advice? Read this first. wapo.st/3QCvUFL

"Five AIs, 250 questions and a total score of just over 50% correct responses."

☝️ More on our new study (w terrific @nbtiller.bsky.social et al.)

The Trump team is starting the week off-message.

FBI Director Kash Patel is suing The Atlantic over reporting about his conduct.

But launching a personal lawsuit while leading the FBI raises serious questions and shows he is undisciplined and unfocused at a time of heightened security concerns.

Fascinating. So #UCP referendums that ask the WRONG question can be ignored, as can recommendations made by electoral boundary commissions? #DanielleSmith writes the cheques #Albertans are forced to pay. #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

Hey, Danielle Smith! Get your head in the game! YouTube video by Alberta NDP

Instead of skating to where the puck's going to be, Danielle Smith is scoring on her own net with her separatist buddies.

We need a government that'll play for Albertans, not for the other team.

youtu.be/BlxqBaIX_tg

Gravy plane update ✈️

After spending $28.9M on a private jet, Ford now wants to sell it “as quickly as possible.”

What changed? Not the plan. The exposure.

He didn’t see the light… he felt the heat.

CBC brought it into the open 👇
r.pebmac.ca/https://www

A Tale of Four Cities on Infill, Emissions, & Political Nerve - CleanTechnica A tale of four cities shows why infill works best when paired with walkability, transit, and electrified buildings, and why Calgary moved backward.

"Calgary has decided to do something that cities under housing pressure and climate pressure should avoid. It has taken a reform that was beginning to work, treated the backlash as more politically important than the evidence, and moved backward."

I suggest #Alberta MLAs do this, too. (#UCP members will need to ask @albertandp.ca MLAs
for directions TO a public library.) #AlbertaBansBooks #DanielleSmithIsUnfitToLead

This story is a microcosm of what the UCP has become under Premier Danielle Smith's regime. @matthewblack.ca deserves the public's thanks for pursuing records that the UCP govt had absolutely no legal reason to withhold. Evidence of Smith's growing authoritarianism is on full display here.

On hold with #CalgaryPublicLibrary.

Globe editorial: The price of ignoring supply and demand Something interesting is happening in the Calgary real estate market

“Mr. Farkas ran for mayor last year on a promise of changing the zoning back. However, his zeal to reverse the policy puts him at odds with evidence that housing actually does trickle down.“ 🎁

We will regret this.

A Two Bit Godfather With Nuclear Codes “It’s like trying to negotiate with Al Capone in his syphilitic period as he tries to do a shakedown."

When I was interviewed about Trump on CNN I said it was like trying to negotiate with Al Capone in his syphilitic period. I wasn't invited back.
The media continue to silo Trump's history of gangsterism from his role as President.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-two-bit-...

Hakeem Jeffries says Donald Trump has failed America! | The Double V Get more from The Double V on Patreon

Trump says the relationship with NATO has been only one way?
Not true.
The collective defense provision-attack on one is an attack on all-has only been invoked once: in defense of the US, after 9/11. More than 1000 NATO troops were killed or injured fighting for the US.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Yet again, the UCP bend the system to suit themselves, undermining the principles of our democracy.

This is about power & control, and they continue to prove it with decisions like this.

There doesn’t seem to be a line they won’t cross.

Copyediting 101 [a homily]

"filth"

Leo FTW

Officials Investigate Bomb Threat at Home of Pope’s Brother The police in suburban Chicago said they found no explosive devices. The investigation comes amid a public dispute between the pope and President Trump over the Iran war.

The police in a Chicago suburb on Thursday were investigating a report of a bomb threat at the home of a brother of Pope Leo XIV. The police said they found no explosive devices. The investigation comes amid a public dispute between the pope and President Trump over the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.

NDP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 16, 2026 Readout of meeting between NDP Leader Avi Lewis and Prime Minister Carney NDP leader Avi Lewis had a productive meeting with Prime Minister Carney today, where he expressed the NDP’s concerns about the cost of living crisis facing Canadians, and solutions for addressing out-of-control grocery prices. He also made it clear that the NDP urges the Liberal government to take seriously its commitments to protecting our public healthcare system by more strongly enforcing the Canada Health Act to prevent profiteering and privatization of healthcare, and reinforced his position that our country must take a clear moral stand against illegal acts of war and the impunity being granted to the US and Israel in Iran, Lebanon, and Palestine. Finally, he urged the Prime Minister to take urgent action to address discriminatory delays in processing study permits for Palestinian graduate students that he and MP Jenny Kwan supported at Tuesday's press conference, standing behind the Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk (PSSAR) Network. – 30 –

Here is Avi Lewis' readout of his meeting with Carney today. #cdnpoli

Alberta's governing UCP to revisit proposed riding changes before next election EDMONTON - Alberta's governing United Conservatives are looking to take another run at redrawing provincial riding boundaries — a move the Opposition NDP calls a cynical backdoor scheme to rig

Alberta's UCP sending proposed riding changes somewhat back to drawing board.

First proposals were controversial, namely for being multiple. Minority UCP appointee report raised eyebrows, and this move raises more.

From me and @reportrix.bsky.social:

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

"I'm a Christian. And Donald Trump does something to trash the teachings of my faith every day. But this latest thing, well, I just might object to. That's how strongly I feel about my faith."

Accidental shooting at Highway 96 Kroger leaves multiple people injured Multiple people were injured in an accidental shooting at Kroger on Highway 96.Warner Robins City Spokesperson Mandy Stella told WGXA that a gun accidentally di

America's gun psychopathy continues: *127* mass shootings so far in 2026. 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer

The latest: A gunowner negligently discharged a pistol in a grocery store, wounding 4 people -- 1 critically: wgxa.tv/news/local/a...

That's because the tacky fools at Mar-a-Largo *pay* for that poorly-plated over-the-top slop.

Donald doesn't care about people; he only cares about money.

"You're just voluntarily complying with this whimsical cosplay" -- holy shit, Tim Kaine is *demolishing* Russ Vought

NPR Receives $113 Million From 2 Gifts The donations, from the philanthropist Connie Ballmer and an anonymous donor, will support the network’s long-term strategy.

NPR on Thursday said it had received two gifts totaling $113 million, including the largest donation from a living donor in the network’s history. The donations, from the philanthropist Connie Ballmer and an anonymous donor, will support the network’s long-term strategy.

Franklin Graham is just like Donald Trump: A odious, mediocre man we wouldn't even know his name if he hadn't had a rich, successful daddy.

Franklin Graham is a lying phony who skims over $720,000/year off of just one of his "charities."

When Pope Leo denounced people who use God to promote their own wicked self-interests, he was talking about people like Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth. But also Franklin Graham.

Trump blasphemes Franklin Graham's god by posting an image clearly showing Trump as Jesus.

And then Trump lies about that image claiming, ridiculously, that he was shown as a doctor.

Blasphemy and lying? Fake-Christian grifter and opportunist Franklin Graham is cool with that—if you're Republican!

It is really hard to live in Alberta. Sigh.

County prosecutor charges ICE agent with assault for pointing gun at people on Minneapolis highway "There is no such thing as absolute immunity for federal agents who violate the law in the state of Minnesota,” Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty told a news conference.

County prosecutor charges ICE agent with assault for pointing gun at people on Minneapolis highway