Darrin Bauer

Husband, father, teacher. Golf/hockey lover.

[Darrin Bauer @commish728]

@Isuckatpicking Now talk about his defensive play.

[Lynda Steele 🇨🇦 @steeletalk]

In the midst of so much negative and concerning global news - this piece on how Canada has responded to the threats posed by it's US neighbour is eye opening and encouraging. Well done @georgefroehlich1 👏
https://t.co/NFI845Ua7o

[Glenn Finockio @gfinockio]

@ABDanielleSmith Where are the 1500 new teacher hires that were promised?

Where are they?

[Philippe J. Fournier @338Canada]

📊Federal 🇨🇦 voting intentions from Léger:

🔴LPC 48%
🔵CPC 34%
⚜️BQ 7% (31% in QC)
🟠NDP 6%
🟢GPC 3%

→ https://t.co/lGR1Qpjsx8

[Léger, March 27-30, 2026, n=1,618]

#canpoli

[Darrin Bauer @commish728]

@ryantyke https://t.co/nbL1jaClXi

[Edmonton Oilers @EdmontonOilers]

"It’s a great night for them to start."

Coach Knoblauch confirms the #Oilers new additions will be in the lineup & shares his thoughts heading into tonight’s matchup with the Hurricanes.

@Enterprise | #LetsGoOilers

[Dr. Raj Sherman @RajSherman]

Dear Fellow Albertans,

This letter is written not as a partisan, but as an emergency physician who has cared for more than 100,000 Albertans, a former MLA, and someone who has devoted a working life to this province.

Across Alberta, the strain is obvious. Housing is scarce. Emergency rooms are overcrowded. Schools are stretched. The cost of living weighs heavily on families. Anxiety about the future is real and justified. This is not anger. It is concern, because moments like this demand leadership.

When people are under pressure, leadership is not just about solutions, but about direction: an honest explanation of what is actually going wrong, and reassurance about who we are as a society while we fix it.

In recent weeks, Alberta’s challenges have been framed by the Premier, Danielle Smith, in a way that has left many people angry, not at systems or long-standing policy failures, but at immigrants and other governments. That is deeply troubling.

The frustration people feel is understandable. But much of that anger is being misdirected at immigrants. With the exception of Indigenous peoples, all Albertans come from families that arrived here seeking opportunity.

Immigrants did not break Alberta’s healthcare system or tear up family doctor contracts. They did not close hospital beds or cancel planned hospital capacity. They did not under build housing, assisted living, long-term care, or schools. They did not dismantle community care. Politicians did.

Every day in emergency departments, the consequences are visible: acute-care beds occupied by patients who should be at home or in long-term care; ERs functioning as inpatient wards; and population growth encouraged without matching investments in primary care, continuing care, and hospital capacity.

In 1992, Alberta had approximately 11,700 hospital beds. Today, with nearly double the population and a much older demographic, we have roughly 8,800. This is not an Ottawa or immigration problem. It is a planning and capacity problem.

Many of the people caring for seniors, staffing hospitals, and holding the healthcare system together today are newcomers themselves. Blaming them delays real solutions and divides communities.

That lesson is personal. Growing up as a newcomer involved violence, black eyes and broken bones, and learning early what happens when fear is tolerated and adults look away. Home was not always safe either, shaped by alcoholism and domestic violence. Those experiences leave marks.

What mattered most was a mother who taught that anger shrinks a life, while forgiveness, discipline, and service strengthen it, and that opportunity carries an obligation to give back. That belief led to decades in emergency medicine, the training of thousands of doctors, and public service at personal cost.

Those experiences lead to a clear conclusion. Albertans deserve leadership that lowers the temperature, not raises it. Leadership that fixes systems, not finds scapegoats. Leadership that takes responsibility for planning failures and invests in capacity to match growth.

For these reasons, Alberta needs a change in direction and ultimately, a change in leadership, so the province can unite around practical fixes rather than division.

This is not about racism. It is about judgment, competence, and the ability to govern responsibly during difficult times. Alberta needs leadership that brings people together and focuses on solutions, not blame.

Premiers Lougheed, Klein and Stelmach have led through very difficult times and would not take our province to this sharp edge.

Albertans are much better than this.

I am a Canadian, an Albertan and I am an immigrant.

God bless Alberta.

Dr. Raj Sherman
@ABDanielleSmith @nenshi @FreeAlbertaRob
@PfParks @NightShiftMD
@Alberta_UCP @UCPCaucus @albertaNDP @TheBreakdownAB @ryanjespersen @cspotweet
#yeg #yyc #ABleg #cdnpoli

[Darrin Bauer @commish728]

@Isuckatpicking That’s what the best goalie in the league looks like. 9.5 million per year. Which 2-3 oilers do you need to get rid of to make cap space?

[Darrin Bauer @commish728]

@LukaszukAB Next premier of Alberta???

[MLB Network @MLBNetwork]

"Dan Plesac is a GENIUS."

@Plesac19 must've borrowed Greg's crystal ball before the game with this Addison Barger call 🤯

[Jim Stanford @JimboStanford]

Alberta teachers saw their real salaries cut by 13.2% since the last contract started in Sept 2020--the worst in Canada. The Alberta government wants to lock in that pay cut by ordering teachers back to work. The teachers' position is 100% morally & economically valid. #canlab

[Sid Seixeiro @Sid_Seixeiro]

Good morning.

Celine Dion. George Springer.

Have a great day.

[Jason Gregor @JasonGregor]

FYI... Alberta teacher's were offered 12% over four years, which is 3% each year, not 12% in one year.

For some background... teacher's have had a 0% increase in NINE of the past 12 years. And the few years they got a raise it was 1.8% and 2%.

But their main concern isn't money. It is class size, funding for curriculum, special needs and more.

Families should be aware how much lower our education bar is in Alberta now compared to the past, due to cuts in funding and grossly oversized classrooms. This makes learning more challenging for your children or grandchildren.

Education should be one of our top priorities.

[VisuallyBetter @Isuckatpicking]

Edmonton needs to separate from Alberta.

Using Dani math the province takes in all of this money from Edmonton each year but then spends more of it on Calgary and rural Alberta than Edmonton receives.

That's money paid by the Edmonton Taxpayer.

Stop Alberta Equalization theft.

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

Parents aren’t blaming teachers; they’re blaming Danielle Smith.

They’re right to do so: Alberta is the richest province in Canada, yet we spend the least per student.

That’s not an accident. That’s a choice.
Let's stand with teachers and stand up for public education.

[jason schilling @schill_dawg]

Alberta spends the least per student and has for years. We dealing with the consequences of this choice by government. #stoptheexcuses #kidscantwait

[Darrin Bauer @commish728]

@GreatGolfHoles We try to get there once a year. Stunningly beautiful.

[ABResistance @AB_Resistance]

Unannounced AGLC fee increase (tax) on wine in Alberta. Cheap mass-produced wines are exempt whereas anything unique or with quality will be penalized. Danielle Smith has increased taxes on Canadian wines at the height of the Trump trade war.

[Darrin Bauer @commish728]

@SportsCentre @BobWeeksTSN Is Trump going to blame PGA for starting the “war” with LIV? 😂😏

[Bob Stauffer @Bob_Stauffer]

In the NHL's "Wheel of Justice" @NHLPlayerSafety suspended Carson Soucy for 1 game after Nikita Zadorov X Checked Connor McDavid from behind...and Soucy X-Checked McDavid in the face!
Consistently Inconsistent!

[Darrin Bauer @commish728]

@ScoutingTheRefs Foot moved forwards

[Darrin Bauer @commish728]

@ScoutingTheRefs