Four of my favourite bookshops in Western Canada are run by people who grew up in Calgary, though not all of them stayed. I wanted to find out how they got bit by the bookselling bug—and what keeps them going today. So I asked them.
Getty’s PCs would win re-election on E-Day but most of Lamont County, located in the Vegreville riding, would swing to the NDP’s Derek Fox. Fox was re-elected in 1989 and served as an MLA until 1993.
Danyluk would later serve as the PC MLA for Lac La Biche-St. Paul from 2001 to 2012. 3/
Getty spent part of the first week of the election dropping into the 4 opposition held ridings, but a stop in Lamont gave us this great photo of farmers, including future PC cabinet minister Ray Danyluk, confronting the Premier over rising costs of farming. 2/
(📸 Edmonton Journal, April 18, 1986)
🤠 Forty years ago, Alberta’s 1986 provincial election was in full-swing as new Premier Don Getty was leading the Progressive Conservatives into its 5th election victory. 1/
💥🤠👀 Back to the drawing board! UCP scrapping Alberta boundaries commission and appointing MLA committee to draw new electoral map
Every day is a new round of chaos in Alberta politics: daveberta.substack.com/p/back-to-th...
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@cailynn.bsky.social and I are bringing back the Urban Affairs Book Club after.
Read the book & discuss w other cool Calgarians interested in urban issues on April 28. We'll even hear from the author in the 2nd half. 🎉
💥🤠👀 Back to the drawing board! UCP scrapping Alberta boundaries commission and appointing MLA committee to draw new electoral map
Every day is a new round of chaos in Alberta politics: daveberta.substack.com/p/back-to-th...
SCOOP - Elections Alberta has been investigating the Alberta Prosperity Project since Jan. for failing to register as a third-party advertiser.
Alberta Prosperity Project Faces Court Date over Separation Referendum Role via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...
It took 10 months and 5 inquiries, but ... newly released open-answer responses to the province's Alberta Next survey show widespread frustration with the process, with many calling it biased, one-sided, and lacking options to say “no”
Read the story (and the responses) ⬇
#ableg #abpoli
You’ve created a monster, Nora.
social housing units built by year in Canada, 1972-2010
- by number of units
- as % of all housing built
💥🤠👀 Back to the drawing board! UCP scrapping Alberta boundaries commission and appointing MLA committee to draw new electoral map
Every day is a new round of chaos in Alberta politics: daveberta.substack.com/p/back-to-th...
It is true that Miller recommended the creation of a Select All-party Legislative Committee. But only to gather better statistical information on Indigenous populations and to examine case law on electoral commissions. not to redo the work of the existing EBC.
Lunty is suggesting that Justice Miller recommended redoing everything. As opposed to this: For all the reasons stated herein, the majority recommends the adoption of the majority report in its totality.
The electoral boundaries commission website has been taken down but the commission’s interim report, final report, and public submissions are available on the Elections Alberta website: www.elections.ab.ca/resources/re...
The electoral boundaries commission interim report, final report, and public submissions are available on the Elections Alberta website: www.elections.ab.ca/resources/re...
🇨🇦 = Independent redistrictings that strive for effective representation and a fair playing field, for the benefit of voters.
🇺🇸 = Politically managed redistrictings where one party games the process for advantage, at the expense of voters.
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I will have a lot more to write about this tonight on daveberta.substack.com 🙃
I will have a lot more to write about this tonight on daveberta.substack.com 🙃
💥The UCP government is introducing a motion in the legislature to spike the Electoral Boundaries Commission and replace it with an MLA committee and an advisory panel that will redraw the new riding boundaries for the next provincial election. 👀
United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) President Heather Smith called the Apr. 3 incident a “critical failure” by the Alberta government and health care employers to provide a safe working environment for workers and patients. #yeg #ableg #abpoli #abhealth
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Take a moment to read this Op-ED.
HCWs and pts should have the right to feel safe when presenting to our EDs and hospitals.
The overt violence - verbal and physical - is growing.
Govt must act. No more words... Govt MUST act.
A good reminder, any “deal” with the US right now is barely worth the paper it’s written on.
Those advocating for appeasement to secure a “deal” are fooling themselves.
Alberta’s government asked media to edit or delete our story on Edmonton EMS overtime. We filed access to information requests and fact-checked them instead.
zurl.co/R8T9Y
Alberta govt takes aim at Globe reporter over coverage of procurement controversy:
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @mattscace.bsky.social
A pair of Common Raven fly together in a courtship ritual with one grasping an apple in its feet.
A pair of Common Raven fly together with one upside down in a courtship ritual with one grasping an apple in its feet.
A pair of Common Raven fly together with one upside down in a courtship ritual with one grasping an apple in its feet.
Common Raven are so smart, that they'll sometime use food as a courtship novelty.
Today, I watched a pair perform aerial acrobatic, while teasing one another with an apple. #birds
They are just throwing spaghetti at the wall now.
🎙️ I was up early this morning to talk with CBC radio about Alberta’s divided electoral boundaries commission. It can be a bit of a confusing and dense topic so I did my best to explain it in a way that most folks can understand (and understand why it’s important).
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Screenshot of a Fight For the Future article 100+ Journalists Applaud the Internet Archive's Role in Preserving the Public Record. It includes the text “Rachael Maddow declares the Archive is a 'national treasure' as uncertainty mounts on whether today's journalism will be preserved for future generations." Below is a photo of Wayback Machine Mark Graham addresses an audience, standing before a lectern that reads “Journalists ❤️ Internet Archive,” with several attendees on stage. Photo by Kenyatta Thomas.
100+ journalists, including Cory Doctorow, Rachel Maddow and many more, are backing the Internet Archive’s #WaybackMachine as essential to preserving the public record 🗂️
Read more at Fight for the Future 👇
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-04...
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