Mercury Rising

[Claire Healy @clurhealy]

BREAKING - A 28-year-old man was killed by a truck while fleeing immigration agents in St. Augustine, Florida this morning, officials said.

It is the 3rd death involving ICE in a week, after agents shot a man in Maine yesterday.

w/@syraob

https://t.co/1PoW5toH8d

[Maninder Sidhu @MSidhuLiberal]

Canada is an energy superpower.

Our energy sector supports nearly 800,000 jobs, and global demand for Canadian energy is growing.

For the first time ever, Canadian LNG is reaching Indo-Pacific markets like Japan and South Korea through LNG Canada Phase 1. Phase 2 will double that capacity, creating more jobs, more exports, and more growth.

With the Trans Mountain pipeline, Canada also has a direct West Coast route to fast-growing Asian markets, helping diversify our energy exports beyond the U.S.

More routes to global markets mean stronger export revenues, better value for Canadian resources, and more capacity to invest in Canadians. Canada can power Asia’s growth while creating long-term prosperity here at home.

[Larry Hubich 🇨🇦 @LHubich]

Ireland’s data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025 — server farms gulped 23% of national power despite years of grid restrictions https://t.co/VTnAeLzd86

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

When the blackouts and skyrocketing power bills come, remember who imposed this on us without our input or consent.

[Marie Renaud 🇨🇦 @MarieFrRenaud]

At the same time, @ABDanielleSmith and her government are cutting AISH and telling tens of thousands of severely disabled Albertans to go find work to make up the difference.

Cruelty and incompetence.
#alberta

[A_DifficultWoman 🇨🇦 @SomewhereInAB]

"This project will create thousands of jobs..." — Danielle Smith, July 8, 2026

Existing facilities show hundreds of permanent jobs per site, not thousands — and the most common roles, security and facilities maintenance, pay at or below Alberta's own average wage.

[MandelaMushroom 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 NEVER VOTE CONSERVATIVE @SpeakUp407]

Premier Smith's Warm Embrace of Meta via @thetyee.ca https://t.co/nT0ZVGKzgl
#abpoli #DataCentres
Evil Danielle Smith embraces evil Zuckerberg and his evil empire. Of course she does. https://t.co/nT0ZVGKzgl

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.

ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

If you want to know what kind of person Lindsey Graham was, listen to what Capitol police officers have to say about him, not Democratic senators.

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Anyway, as I go to bed in the darkness on a dying phone with no power to the house, I'm looking forward to Meta's new data centre opening two years plus before its "bring your own power plant" is finished to power its energy needs that are the equivalent to the entire city of Edmonton.

[Alberta Working Forward @ABLabourToday]

Danielle Smith’s "Alberta is Calling" campaign drew over 100k newcomers, but a 7.0% unemployment rate and housing strain showed Danielle Smith wasn’t ready for the boom she blindly initiated.

The "Alberta is Calling" campaign brought population growth to the province, but at what cost?

With unemployment hitting 7% and youth joblessness at a staggering 15.8%, most Albertans agree that the UCP ignored clear warnings about infrastructure limits.
#cdnpoli #abpoli #yeg #yyc

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Danielle Smith has spun Meta's new plant to make it sound like not only are they bringing their own power, they're adding to the grid.

But on closer examination, it's the exact opposite.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[@CanadianProtest @CanadianPro2]

But Alberta wants this?

[Terry T. 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @terry_truchan]

Meta says they expect the $13-billion-plus data centre will be online in the next 2 to 3 years, & at least 4 years before the new gas plant is operational.

In the meantime, Meta has rights to connect to Alberta's grid ahead of the Greenlight Electricity Centre starting up.”

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

So, without any public consultation, the Smith UCP government signed agreements that will allow Meta, a foreign corporation, to use power equivalent to that used by city of Edmonton for at least TWO YEARS before Meta’s own power plant is up and running. https://t.co/SOwRnEipUI

[Cheryl Howes🇨🇦 @ghost1144]

@LukaszukAB @Alberta_UCP I know of several workers who are Canadian that have had issues with having their healthcare from other provinces refused in Alberta. How long before foreign workers are denied medical care for job related injuries?

[Alberta Working Forward @ABLabourToday]

Alberta historically wasn't META's first choice for their data/surveillance centers—Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley, and parts of Quebec and Ontario, and many other locations completely locked Meta and other hyperscalers out due to agricultural/environmental damage concerns and intense local backlashes —Meta reluctantly chose to land in Sturgeon County is the direct result of being pushed out elsewhere.

Why did Meta choose Alberta?
Facing fierce local revolts, strict water bans, and a wave of over 70+ project rejections across the U.S. in early 2026, the META reluctantly pivoted north to Alberta.
#Meta #Alberta
https://t.co/xtY3TzigtO

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

New homes and power lines. New ports and mines. We need more skilled trades workers to build our country. 

Team Canada Strong is our plan to train and hire up to 100,000 new Red Seal trades workers — and get more young people onto job sites faster.

[Robb Fergusson 🍁🍁🍁 @robbfergusson]

Danielle Smith is crowing about the $13 billion data centre she’s bring to Alberta.
Notice she doesn’t say a word about the $33 billion in renewable energy projects in Alberta that she regulated out of business?

[Gil McGowan @gilmcgowan]

Missing from the Meta debate: what is being built and why? Without safeguards, this technology will be used to kill jobs, track workers, gut the middle class and undermine democracy. The Premier says Albertans “deserve a say” on separation. Why don’t we get a say on any of this?