The people banning books are never the same people who actually read books.

Opinion: Possible changes to Alberta’s electoral map put democracy at risk If the UCP fiddles with the map, it could guarantee a conservative supermajority for a generation

Yes. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

He's commenting on Alberta politics, not U.S. politics. Gerrymandering has come to Alberta via our Trump-lite UCP government.

Alberta announces move to 1950s time EDMONTON — After weeks of speculation, Alberta’s United Conservative government has announced that the province will be moving to the 1950s on a full-time basis. “Many Albertans just aren’t comfortabl...

Alberta announces move to 1950s time

A quick Google gives me Jason Nixon, Rajan Sawhney and Tara Sawyer, pluc chair Brandon Lunty.

In 2023, Governor JB Pritzker was joined by Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, advocates, and lawmakers at the Harold Washington Library to sign legislation outlawing book bans in Illinois.

Illinois made history as the first state to outlaw book bans once and for all.

Marginalizing people, ideas, or facts has no place in our state — and they have no place in a democracy.

This National Library Week, we continue our commitment to free thought and free speech.

Waving the federal Liberal flag at a community trade show. Positive vibes from almost everyone. I can't remember a better time to be a Liberal in Alberta. Keep up the good work, Mr. Carney.

National libraries group urges Alberta to ditch 'political interference' in libraries An organization representing large public libraries across Canada warns Alberta’s proposed bill affecting libraries threatens “unprecedented” government overreach into organizations meant to be shield...

First, their health minister used confidential info to intimidate a critic. Then another accessed a recall proponent's voting records. Now another wants to know what Albertans are reading in public libraries.

When will UCP libertarians stand up?

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UCP GOVERNMENT REVEALS PLAN TO CHEAT, RIG ELECTION MAPS Engaging Albertans to build an economy for the future.

@naheednenshi.bsky.social and the opposition are on it! www.albertandpcaucus.ca/news/post/uc...

Oh, for the love of sex! The climax of Bill S-209 YouTube video by Senator Paula Simons

Why yes. I did give a speech in the Senate about the joy of sex. A speech about sex and libraries, and the dangers of trying to censor what our teens can read and watch and do online. In a world full of digital risk, we need to teach our kids media literacy, and sexual literacy too. #cdnpoli #ableg

🧵 The Canadian federal government’s 2025 budget has allocated:

More business tax breaks including for fossil fuels sector
$925 million for AI
$81.8 billion over 5 years for military

However, this comes at the expense of cultural heritage.

Alberta libraries, staff, city councillors denounce Dan Williams’ book censorship scheme Bill 28’s library provisions have the feel of something ginned up in a hurry as a distraction

Alberta libraries, staff, city councillors denounce Dan Williams’ book censorship scheme #ableg #abpoli
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Our freedom to read is under attack in Alberta

Michaeljanz.ca/freedomtoread

Yes! Thank you for your support!

“If you take this path, we will know you are a separatist. In the face of our Court challenges, we will consider this conduct to be the ultimate, traitorous, and egregious breach of the Honour of the Crown & the Treaty by the Premier and the UCP.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Albertans! Bill 28 is a full-fledged attack on your constitutional right to intellectual freedom and freedom of expression. The UCP government wants to decide what you can or cannot read in public libraries. Write your MLA. Speak out. Support your local library.

Opinion: Bill 28 puts Alberta libraries at risk of government censorship Now all of that is threatened by the Government’s proposed amendments to the Libraries Act.

Bill 28 is a full-fledged attack on libraries and on every Albertans' constitutional right to freedom of expression. The minister proposes to give himself unlimited power to decide what Albertans and their children can or cannot read. This cannot stand. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

Comparing Easter messages

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Alberta's new electoral map will be a fight Divided boundaries commission gives us a level-headed majority report and drastically different minority report

I make a real effort to not stray into hyperbole when I write about Alberta politics, but I don’t believe it is an exaggeration to describe the minority report as gerrymandering.

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Alberta premier and education minister had private meeting with groups behind push to ‘conservatize’ Alberta school boards and ban LGBTQ books Private and faith-based schools, along with right-wing think tanks and parental rights groups, were invited to discuss education

..representatives of 17 organizations on Feb. 18, including Parents for Choice in Education (PCE), the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom (JCCF), the political consulting firm Western Impact and several private and religious schools and home education associations.

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YES! Weird the music surging so loudly you can't hear the dialogue.

Katie Drummond was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and earned a BA at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Yay Canada!

Miami Faces an Underwater Future With the sea level predicted to rise by more than a foot by the year 2045, Miami is bracing for a new future and finding strategies for resilience in ecology, urban planning, and community organizing.

Isn't Miami still sinking into the sea? Miami Faces an Underwater Future
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It was all streaming on CBC Gem, free of charge, open to all.

Tomorrow, Edmonton hosts is annual Lunar New Year Festival at the Royal Alberta Museum. (Outdoor events cancelled due to weather, alas,) Did you know that Edmonton’s first Chinese immigrant settled here in 1890? Chung Kee arrived here from Calgary, via stagecoach, 15 years before Alberta existed.

"Smith is the most dangerous politician in Canada, launching an agenda not only of fear and greed, but one that seeks to undermine the country, its federal structure, and its spirit of tolerance and compassion. It is nothing short of evil, and it must be fought on all fronts."

Danielle Smith is no separatist; she's much, much worse In a televised address last night Danielle Smith launched a xenophobic assault on immigration and proposed a set of referendum questions for next Fall advocating a constitutional agenda that would red...

A must read here for all Canadians, but especially Albertans via @emmettmacfarlane.com

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Hey it’s me, a racialized person born in Alberta to an immigrant parent, with trans and queer friends, saying that the UCP does not get to determine who belongs here. All of us, and the Albertans yet to come, deserve to be here. And we must stand with Indigenous people to honour treaty promises.

Waiting for the Olympic hockey play by play announcer to realize the penalty called on Canada is Too Many Players, not Too Many Men.

Net migration in Alberta. Up, up, up, down, down, down.

Net international migration to Alberta totalled 197 in Q3 2025, down 99% from 32,046 in the same quarter a year prior.