"Potent . . . stunning." What is Broken Binds Us reviewed at @albertaviews.bsky.social

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Despite all the cautions that the Alberta Electoral Boundaries Commission proposal isn't final... I nevertheless finished reading the report—and nearly wept.

My emotional pain peaked when I realized I might one day be voting in a riding called “Lethbridge-Waterton.”
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Top Ten Most Borrowed: March 2026. See the full list on our website.

This March, library readers enjoyed a variety of Alberta-published content, with @ualbertapress.bsky.social's Meltdown and @albertaviews.bsky.social taking the lead. See the full list here: buff.ly/68rQyqB

The Calgary Zoo has had polar bears since 1938. In their long history, polar bears have lived in very different circumstances. There really isn’t anything new, however, in the zoo’s claims to be meeting the animals’ needs and ensuring their well-being.

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Book reviews are becoming too rare. I mean real reviews, by real reader/writer/critics, not smarmy 'Chat' generated promo stuff. Writers & readers depend on real reviews, so thanks to @albertaviews.bsky.social & @cowenwriter.bsky.social for this review >> albertaviews.ca/what-is-brok...

Today in AB - Apr 2: The UCP introduces Bill 28, which amends the Libraries Act to make books containing visual depictions of sex inaccessible in public libraries to children under the age of 15 by putting them in separate areas or controlled by library staff. #ABleg
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My @albertaviews.bsky.social story on the challenges ahead for the federal NDP is now online for your reading pleasure.

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I’m not worried about computers becoming intelligent. I’m worried about human beings becoming stupid. My latest @albertaviews.bsky.social column on AI, truth, and the blurring of reality. #ableg #abpoli #AI #cdnpoli

What does it mean to be #undocumented in Alberta? My latest for @albertaviews.bsky.social. albertaviews.ca/always-hiding/

New issue of Alberta Views is online now!
Can the left win back workers?
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Today in Alberta (Double feature!) March 27: An op-ed published in the Western Standard and written by Red Deer-South MLA Jason Stephan (UCP) encourages Albertans to sign the petition calling for a referendum on separation.

Nally had claimed the constituent behind an effort to recall him didn't vote in the last election; to confirm this would have required accessing the confidential list. Nally won't be penalized.

Today in Alberta - March 27: An investigation by Elections Alberta finds that Service Alberta minister Dale Nally violated an election law when he accessed an electors list “for a purpose not authorized by the Election Act.”

Nally had claimed the constituent behind an effort to recall him didn't vote in the last election; to confirm this would have required accessing the confidential list. Nally won't be penalized.

Today in AB - Mar 20: The Alberta gov't announces it will close the supervised consumption sites (SCS) in Calgary and Lethbridge in June. The Sheldon Chumir’s SCS will be replaced with rapid access addiction medicine services. Two SCSs in Edmonton and one in Grande Prairie will continue to operate.

Should we expand eligibility for MAID? - Alberta Views The purpose of MAID is to allow patients who are approaching death to ask healthcare providers to end their life in exceptional circumstances

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where a natural death is not “reasonably foreseeable.” The bill would also allow physicians and healthcare facilities to refuse to assess or provide MAID.

Today in Alberta - March 18: The UCP government announces the Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act. Among other changes, the legislation would prohibit Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) for people under 18, for people whose sole condition is a mental illness, and in cases...

Submissions for the annual Alberta Views Short Story Contest are now open! Alberta writers send us your stories!
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#WritingContest #StoryContest

A broader constitutional challenge of the legislation is scheduled to be heard in September 2026.

Today in Alberta - March 13: Court of King’s Bench Justice Douglas Mah rules against the Alberta Teachers’ Association in its bid for an injunction that would have paused provincial legislation that used the notwithstanding clause to force teachers back to work last October.
#ABpoli #teachers

We have a goodreads account now. Follow along for book reviews and recommendations from Alberta authors and publishers

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Biill C-12: An Alberta senator, on dangers of two-tier citizenship in a time of rising xenophobia. YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons

I usually prepare and practice my Senate speeches with care, in advance. THIS time, I spoke without notes, unprepared and impromptu, driven by a mix of passion and patriotism. The subject of debate was an amendment to Bill C-12. But I put it in a troubling Alberta context. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Today in AB - March 10: CBC News reports the findings of a survey it sent to Alberta teachers, principals and support staff. Of the 6,198 respondents, 89 per cent feel pessimistic after the 2025 strike, 20 per cent are actively looking for a new job, and 13 per cent are looking at early retirement.

Influenza deaths - Alberta Views The province's respiratory virus dashboard reports that 250 Albertans have died from influenza so far this flu season.

Lots happening this week in Alberta albertaviews.ca/mar2-6/

Today in AB - Mar 6: Prime Minister Carney and Premier Smith release an agreement-in-principle that would see proposed major projects rely on AB’s environmental assessment or regulatory processes, and those that involve federal jurisdiction to integrate provincial assessments into federal processes.

Many untold thousands of Cree people have worked on southern Alberta’s farms in the last half century... By the 1990s Cree workers made up 85 per cent of the labour force on sugar beet farms.
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#ABpoli #Labour

Carbon-Capture - Burying Billions - Alberta Views Hope is not a strategy. Unless, that is, you’re a supporter of carbon-capture projects, believing that they’ll reduce emissions of CO2.

If we’re talking about carbon-capture-and-sequestration (CCS), we’re inevitably talking about government subsidies of one kind or another.
#ABpoli #ABleg #Oil
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Precarious - Alberta Views Stories of migrant workers are the heart of Marcello Di Cintio’s book, Precarious. He offers rich narratives of their lives and experiences

A very generous review of Precarious in @albertaviews.bsky.social. albertaviews.ca/precarious/