Our democracy can't be taken for granted, especially when the UCP is trying to rig the next election YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

Free and fair elections can't be taken for granted, especially when Danielle Smith and the UCP are trying to rig the next election and steal your vote.

If you see this truck on the streets in Calgary or Edmonton, take a picture and share it online!

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A family of Ravens is putting the goth back in gothic at NYC's largest cathedral--St John the Divine. There are five mouths to feed, so the parents are staying busy! ⛪️⛪️⛪️ #Ravens #Cathedral #birding

💯. And abandoned/ orphan oil and natural gas wells are at an all-time high in Alberta.

The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

I’ll be curious to see if the the numbers increase for Alberta and Quebec after they started charging for the vaccines in late 2025.

Colours of the Valley - British Columbia 🇨🇦

#tulip #floral #flower #field #bluesky #calm #tranquility #snow #fraservalley #landscapephotography #peak #travel #plants #TulipTuesday #britishcolumbia #harrisonbc #nature #photography #mountains #explorebc #panorama #ECK #colour #explorecanada #canada

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism | The Tyee A research group raises red flags about foreign interference in the province’s independence referendum.

Lots of lies and grievance being spread on YouTube by unknown people from unknown countries in support of Alberta's independence movement.

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Alberta Electoral Boundaries Redefined: What Changed Alberta rejected its independent boundaries commission and is redrawing electoral maps. What the record shows about process, timing, and legal implications.

Alberta’s Election Isn’t Broken. The UCP Is Rewriting It Anyway.

UCP rejected independent commission’s work and is now drawing Alberta’s own election boundaries — repeating a process courts found could not be defended.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #Alberta #YEG #YYC

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"We didn't start this fight, but I'm saying to Virginia, we need to finish it." Quote from VA Del. Delores McQuinn

Virginians: Today's the last day to vote on an important redistricting measure.

I hope you'll vote YES—for Virginia, and for the entire country.

You have a chance to help level the playing field as Republicans seek an unfair advantage in Congress. Please take it. Get more info: IWillVote.com/VA

Just finished this new painting
'Soar III'
30x 24 inch acrylic on canvas
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1/3 of Calgary households don't have enough to eat every month. YouTube video by Naheed Nenshi

Surely, this isn't the Alberta 'Advantage' Smith keeps mentioning.

It's time to take real action to make life more affordable for Albertans.

For your #MountainMonday and #BlueSkyMonday … a winter mountain #scape from my archives, circa 2004, taken at Jasper NP in Canada.

slide down the mountain,
walk on thin ice with me…
love, dangerously

#eastcoastkin #photography
#ImageAndVerse #poetry #haiku
#westcoastkin #nature #art
#Canada

Phil Stewart @phildstewart X.com IRAN'S IRNA: IRAN REJECTED TAKING PART IN THE SECOND ROUND OF THE TALKS WITH THE U.S. 1:08 PM • 4/19/26 • 507K Views

Chief national security reporter for Reuters ⬇️

🤩American Kestrel deep dive. Toronto, Canada, April 17th 2026. Sony A1 I| 300GM 1/4000s, F/5.6 ISO 1600

one day when my mom was well into her dementia she told me about skipping meals so my brother and i could eat

that’s why hunger bothers me so much - my mom literally went hungry so we could eat, and right now as a society we won’t take our surplus and feed others

Beautiful 🤩

FBI Director says arrests ‘coming soon’ on 2020 rigged election conspiracy FBI Director Kash Patel: "We have the information that backs President Trump's claim.”

🚨BREAKING: FBI director Kash Patel said that his agency will soon make arrests – maybe this week – in connection to the 2020 presidential election, which he claims was rigged. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Mt. Hood at sunrise. Dark conifers, snowy mountaintop with some rock exposed, surrounded by pink-orange clouds with some indigo sky clouds behind.

One more… sunrise. Mt. Hood. 🩷☮️🫶🏻

#PNW #Mountain #Sunrise

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

💥🤠👀 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...

Danielle Smith defends upcoming government motion to reassess riding boundaries Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is defending her government’s upcoming motion that, if passed, will revisit recently proposed boundary changes.

Danielle Smith defends upcoming government motion to reassess riding boundaries

or

Danielle Smith needs to cheat to win

🇸🇪 GEN. CLAESSON: Russia is not ten feet tall. Their favorite tool in cognitive warfare is to make us believe that they are. In an open conflict, Russia versus NATO, they know they would lose. That’s why they choose a different methodology, which we normally call hybrid warfare.

Two Indian-flagged ships attacked while crossing Strait of Hormuz, government confirms Two Indian-flagged vessels carrying crude oil were ​on Saturday attacked while ‌attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, India's ​Ministry of External Affairs ​confirmed in a statement.

Two Indian-flagged ships attacked while crossing Strait of Hormuz, government confirms reut.rs/3OJ8f61

PS/ Imagine spending weeks being told by Trump and corporate media that Iran has no boats, only to learn that 67% of its boats are IRGC gunboats capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz with ease. DoD got media to ignore this inconvenient fact until it couldn't be ignored anymore.

For @scottyb63.bsky.social

Smith’s Gerrymandering a Classic Sign of Authoritarian Gov't YouTube video by Energi Media

Smith’s Gerrymandering a Classic Sign of Authoritarian Gov't

Political scientist @DuaneBratt says if @ABDanielleSmith follows through with electoral boundary plan, it's a 5-alarm crisis for Alberta democracy.
#ableg #abpoli
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Her party thinks otherwise.

Their backgrounds stand out. And not in a good way, AP investigation into ICE hiring spree finds The U.S. president put a premium on swift action, and for ICE that meant rapid-fire recruitment and hiring, which in turn led to new employees with questionable qualifications.

These are the brown shirts:
-2 bankruptcies & 6 law enforcement jobs in 3yrs -Lying in a police report to justify felony charge against innocent woman
- Incident that led to $75k settlement & criticism of his integrity.
-Failed to graduate from police academy
#Pinks
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I am sure that it is a coincidence that the Electoral Boundaries Commission final report has been deleted from the website. Good thing that I downloaded it when it was released.

Former AHS CEO wants podcasters held in contempt for ‘harassment’ campaign | CBC News The former CEO of Alberta Health Services is asking a judge for legal protection and a contempt finding against two podcasters she alleges have run a campaign of harassment and intimidation against he...

“Mentzelopoulos asks the court to hold Wallace and DiFiore in contempt of court, to issue a restraining order and to force a takedown of the videos, podcasts and social media posts”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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The commission chair a judge called it unconstitutional. Danielle Smith can’t win fair, so she’s cheating and changing the rules.

#abpoli
#USDemocracy
#Pinks