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[Karen S. Palmer @karenpalmeryvr]

Alberta's gov't is allowing self-referral & pay privately for MRI, CT scans, ultrasounds, X-rays without a physician’s referral. They defend this by pointing to countries like Germany, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea.

That comparison does not withstand scrutiny. (1/17)

[St Albert Gazette @stalbertgazette]

NEWS: St. Albert artist hits home run with Blue Jays stadium anthem https://t.co/CX59Y0KQOi

[MobileSyrup @MobileSyrup]

Maybe it was a bad idea to let Rogers buy up all of MLSE.

https://t.co/NvUTt4OpGJ

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

So anyways...

Here's almost three minutes of Devin "MAGA Hat" Dreeshen contorting himself into an absolute pretzel in order to not make his position on separatism known.

Because transparency™️.

And leadership™️.

Or something.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[Alberta Emergency Alert @AB_EmergAlert]

This is an Alberta Emergency Alert. The Calgary Police Service has updated the missing child Alert.

This alert is in effect for the City of Calgary.

Calgary police are extending the alert for missing 11 year old Parker. He was last seen in the northeast community of Thorncliffe on Thursday, July 16 at 12:52 PM. He is 4’11” tall, 90 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes, wearing dark shorts, noise-cancelling headphones and no shirt.

All Calgarians are asked to continue checking your properties and monitoring your communities for Parker. If found, do not approach, call 911. Follow Calgary police social media channels for more information. This will be the final update to this alert unless new information emerges that requires immediate public-action to help find Parker.

https://t.co/edwF7kK763 #ABemerg #ABAMBER

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

This referendum will cost nearly $180 million. Today we learned that premier Danielle Smith and the UCP spent $300,000 on a Toronto based firm to create a one-sided biased website to try and get the result they want.

They could’ve spent this money on healthcare, education, or reducing your cost of living. Instead, they spent it on promoting their extremist ideas and their extremist friends. Albertans deserve better.

https://t.co/bNzDgxfSnV

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

BREAKING

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami by the U.S. Marshals Service.

Statement below from the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service about additional charges being filed against the brothers.

The Tate brothers are now facing a total of 59 charges:

42 against Andrew Tate
17 against Tristan Tate

“Andrew Tate, 39, is being charged with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 19 additional charges for offences relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.

Tristan Tate, 38, is being charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.”

Video via TMZ

[Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @SPhillipsAB]

According to @ElectionsAB, this 👇foreign interference in the referendum campaign is perfectly legal.

No law against it.

This site is satire, but everything in it is fine by Elections Alberta.

The rule interpretations for referendum spending are the road to hell. #ableg

[Ryan Jespersen @ryanjespersen]

It's always brutal to see talented media professionals laid off en masse as legacy outlets continue to bleed. I feel for the Rogers employees impacted by the latest cuts.

Reinvention IS possible. Thanks to @calgaryherald for telling @RealTalkRJ's story: https://t.co/a3lGslTbLd

[Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @SPhillipsAB]

No one should drink raw milk full of poop bacteria, not even one’s political adversaries.

It makes people sick, because it is full of poop bacteria.

Dear Premier Smith: please do not drink raw milk full of poop bacteria, and please do not advise others to do same.

#ableg

[Belgian Red Devils @BelRedDevils]

Overturn this. 🧏‍♂️ #USABEL

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Belgium out here treating the U.S. like their own reflecting pool.

[Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @LukaszukAB]

.@AbDanielleSmith pleas be honourable and stop misrepresenting me and the #ForeverCanadian movement.

You say direct democracy is important to you, yet you chose to ignore a question approved by 456,000 Albertans and you composed your own misleading question. You own it.

#ableg

[Stephen Carter @carter_AB]

Another week, another new website.

Do you remember the "Alberta is Calling" campaign? Turns out, we published the wrong number.

Enjoy this little jab at our Premier's efforts to attract/repel new talent to Alberta. (you will want your sound on).

https://t.co/sGskquk257

[Courtney Theriault @cspotweet]

Donald Trump calling FIFA to overturn the suspension of noted birthright citizen Folarin Balogun the same week SCOTUS rules against him on eliminating birthright citizenship is peak Trump.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Nearly 1 million investors lost $3.8 billion on Trump’s crypto coin—NYT

[Alberta Working Forward @ABLabourToday]

Danielle Smith strongly rejected a municipal report that criticized her response to the devastating July 2024 Jasper wildfire, choosing instead to point blame at federal forest management practices.

The Jasper wildfire report is often cited as a prime example of Smith employing a tactic straight out of the Trump playbook.

Most Albertans knew the obvious: Danielle Smith used the Jasper wildfire tragedy as a political tool to attack the federal government.

Another low for Smith.😠
https://t.co/lRvfSDdmce

[Jeromy (Pathfinder) Farkas @JeromyYYC]

Property tax bills are due today. Imagine if Ottawa forced Alberta to collect a big federal tax hike on provincial letterhead. That's how municipalities are treated with the Province's 57% property tax increase over four years. It's time to keep property taxes local, with clear accountability and transparency.

Imagine if Justin Trudeau ordered Danielle Smith to collect a massive federal tax increase through Alberta's tax bill. She'd be furious.

That’s exactly what’s happening today to Alberta’s cities, with today’s deadline to pay your property tax bill. Not many of you may know, but now upwards of half of your property taxes go to the provincial government, and not the town, city, or municipality you live in.

The biggest increase on your property tax bill didn't come from City Hall. It came from the Provincial government.

The Province imposed a 21 percent increase on your property tax bill, the largest property tax increase in Calgary's history. Over the past four years, it has increased the education property tax by 57 percent.

By comparison, our Council held the municipal property tax increase to just 1.8 percent. That funds police, firefighters, roads, transit, parks, snow clearing, recreation centres, and the infrastructure that keeps Calgary moving.

Because of the Province's education property tax equalization formula, Calgary homeowners are paying about twice the increase faced by Edmonton homeowners.

Don't take my word for it. Here's how the Premier herself describes where a large share of your property tax goes.

"If we're going to rail against equalization at the federal level, then we can't keep doing the same thing to our municipalities..."

The Premier is right.

If we're going to oppose equalization at the federal level, we shouldn't be doing the same thing to Alberta's municipalities.

Property taxes are local taxes. They should stay local.

The Province should fund provincial priorities through its other revenue sources, and municipalities should collect property taxes for local services.

Thank you for supporting the City services that keep Calgary safe, moving, and growing.

[Alberta Working Forward @ABLabourToday]

An independent review revealed that Danielle Smith "hindered firefighting efforts" during the devastating July 2024 Jasper wildfire. The report states that provincial officials disrupted local command lines by aggressively attempting to take control and flooding fire leaders with political inquiries during an active blaze.

What the hell was she thinking?😡
Danielle Smith is incompetent.
https://t.co/9IqIZfgQwG

[Shannon Phillips 🇨🇦 @SPhillipsAB]

In the reality-based community, we understand that TMX was built under the government I served in.

Bruce does not live in the reality-based community. He is terminally online and continually triggered. He should probably touch grass.