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@benjamincowen Like @dangambardello ?

[Danielle Smith @ABDanielleSmith]

Why is it easier to buy cigarettes than it is to buy a smoking cessation product, like nicotine pouches? It doesn’t make sense.

Let’s get rid of the red tape so that nicotine pouches can be sold the same as any other nicotine or tobacco product, helping more Albertans quit smoking. It’s just common sense.

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@MatthewHyland_ @dangambardello 🤣🤣

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

Thoughts on Team Canada at World Juniors:

There's been a lot of discourse today about Canada's performance after bowing out to Czechia again. I've read a lot about roster construction, team toughness, how players were used during the tournament, and other things related to the team's inability to get the job done.

These things may have been an issue, but reality is the problem runs way deeper.

Here is the biggest thing that people aren't talking about:

Canada has WAY fewer youth boys playing hockey than it did a decade ago.

Looking at Hockey Canada registration and membership data, it's mind-boggling to see the numbers.

And the numbers in the biggest provinces (Ontario and Quebec) are especially egregious.

So why is this happening? Hockey is Canada's sport. It shouldn't be like this.

It's what we hear every day from families all over North America:

Costs are too high. It's professionalized at too young of an age. The stress of the youth hockey experience is too much for kids and families.

Community programs have been replaced by for-profit entities leading to higher costs and more pressure. Development has been replaced by super teams and rogue/outlaw leagues outside of Hockey Canada even before kids are 8 years old. At the older ages, hockey academies have become what families believe is the only way their kids will make it - shelling out INSANE amounts of money to send their kids to do so.

Ontario just got rid of residency rules which will only lead to less accountability and more club-hopping than there already was in the nation's craziest and biggest youth hockey market.

The reason why Canada was the hockey superpower for so long is because it was part of the fabric of the country. There was such a pride and passion for the game and what the game meant to the flag. There was such a sense of playing the game for something bigger than yourself.

Now rather than playing for the love of the game, hockey in Canada is like a job for many of these kids in the environment they're being put in. It's less about pride and passion and more about the path to making it. When in all honesty, it's the pride and passion for the game that is the biggest consistency in the kids that do end up making it.

If Canada wants to restore its hockey dominance, it better take a long look in the mirror at the grassroots and what is going on in youth hockey. If you have tens of thousands of fewer boys playing the game, you should probably look at that first. The bigger your pool of athletes, the more elite athletes you can develop.

"As many as possible, for as long as possible, in the best environment possible". That has to be the guiding principle.

There's a lot of great people in Canada doing incredible things for the game, but the system itself is fundamentally broken. If Hockey Canada is serious about getting back to the top, it has to start at the bottom.

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@tyleryaremchuk Most likely the starter for the Canadian Olympic Team, is a hard no from oilers fans?

[Elliott Knopp @ElliottKnopp]

Elic Ayomanor, a wide receiver for the Tennessee Titans, born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, just scored his first touchdown in the NFL on this CRAZY pass from the top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, quarterback Cam Ward.

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@GameNotesBud @mattmurley19 @MikeGrinnell_ @armdog @spittinchiclets You guys just make up shit now.

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@CalebFranzen Bullish

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@oilersgm2 @EdmontonOilers I do not remember something this cringe from a fan in a while.

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@JasonGregor @21jonny_ .846 save %. Oilers needed to score 5 to win still. That wont fly come April.

[Charlie Roumeliotis @CRoumeliotis]

#Blackhawks officially recall forward prospect Colton Dach, who is expected to make his NHL debut on Friday vs. Montreal against his older brother Kirby Dach.

[Chicago Blackhawks @NHLBlackhawks]

the Dachtor is in👨‍⚕️

📝 https://t.co/590rhHG2JI | @Enterprise

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@qauckenbush17 @2MuttsHockeyPod He has taken a discount the past 8 years. He isn't taking another one to play in Edmonton. Unfortunately.

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Bold strategy, lets see if it plays out.

[NFL Rumors @nflrums]

#Ravens Lamar Jackson wants to win a Super Bowl Title this season.

[Tyler Wowk @Wowksy]

Devestating. Horrific.

An avoidable tragedy that is unfathomable for anyone to digest this morning.

Two young men with a lifetime ahead of them, wrongfully stolen from them by someone selfish enough to risk other people’s lives. My thoughts go out to their family and friends.

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@mathewjdp Pump the brakes Matthew.

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@EditorinLeaf Hey man! Big fan of the account. First time replier here! Question for you, what is worse, this trade proposal, or the Hyman contract? Thanks buddy!

[Kent Morrison @KentMorrison]

Edmonton, I hope you're proud.
#LetsGoOilers

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@jackmac Does he reproduce though?