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@Stockwell_Day By your logic, Coldplay can hold a concert at the Skydome and as long as it’s rented by and organized by a church, they wouldn’t need permits, taxes, security, etc …cause Church

Ok, I know there are emotionally fragile folks who can’t abide the straight up reporting style of this news agency. But can we at least agree this is marxist mind control gone berserk? Our city streets are filled with violence and we send the cops to bust a church? God help us.

@MarcNixon24 Or he doesn’t want an oil slick destroying tourism? 🤷‍♂️

Ontario, Alberta & Saskatchewan just signed a deal to build new energy & trade infrastructure. Including oil pipelines. BC refused. Guess pipelines, prosperity & interprovincial trade aren’t “progressive” enough for Eby’s utopia.

@cspotweet That’s today’s Smith. Yesterday’s smith asked for more immigration… said the feds weren’t doing enough.

The Alberta government calling out the federal government on immigration,saying the arrival of sponsored parents and grandparents will further burder health care, education, etc, and blaming "Ottawa’s reckless immigration policies."

@jtregunna @CanadianPolling If you block a road, block a border, harass businesses and individuals, you’ll get beat down and arrested. Why it took a month for the police to do anything to the convoy, is the question.

@CanadianPolling I think that the future protests are going to be very interesting... Don't put up a bouncy house, or organize it, 7 years in prison for you if you do! If this isn't a political prosecution, then I don't know what is anymore.

What do you think about the 'Freedom Convoy' leaders potentially going to jail for 7–8 years? 🧑‍⚖️

@DarrellShelley @CanadianPolling Ya, they just raised over $10 million... totally unorganized.

No single person was responsible for the Freedom Convoy. It was a grassroots movement based on an agreed set of ideals. I know this because I was there. I never once took direction or instructions from Tamara Lich or Chris Barber. In fact I’ve never even met Tamara and didn’t know who she was until after the Convoy. I met Chris briefly and he genuinely came off as someone who was doing his own thing, he wasn’t “running” anything. The media has spun this so far beyond any level of truth that they’ve lost the trust of the public. Both Tamara and Chris should walk free.

@CanadianPolling They knowingly cost Canadian’s hundreds of millions in blocked borders, harassed businesses and a tarnished image. If I steal a single car, I can go to jail for up to 10 years. The crown is asking for 7-8, if they get more than a year I’ll be shocked.

@MikePMoffatt Isn’t this what you’re advocating for? Guess what comes next… lower prices.

@ABDanielleSmith @grok is media in Canada owned by conservatives or liberals?

Good journalism is fair, accurate and balanced. It’s time for the mainstream media to return to that to better serve the public.

@Wiese12 @assistachief Did nothing other than prescribed burns, forest thinning and removing 10km2 of forest since 2003 in preparation cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

@assistachief Just so everyone is clear- Provinces fault on treating the symptoms, & the Feds fault for not treating the cause. Piss poor (read: none) forest management was on the Feds. Not mobilizing enough fire trucks to help the town is on the province. Who owns the water bombers? Feds.

With a heavy heart I asked other disaster managers that worked the #JasperWildfire straight up why mutual aid from Edmonton and larger departments like St Albert and Red Deer was not requested (I was with EFRS at the time and know for a fact we had trucks ready to go... Trucks and crews that would have made a difference in the WUI). I was told first hand that it was the province that waited. That botched it. That refused to provide the most basic level of mutual aid until it was too late. We were sent to mop up an already devastated town. Jasper is not the one that needs to apologize... #wildfire #JASPER cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

@johnfhuizing @assistachief Is that why the Feds supplied temporary housing and massive funding for recovery while the province provided excuses?

@assistachief I do not believe you. There were firefighters in Edson and Hinton waiting to be called upon. They were told to stand down by the federal government.

@johnfhuizing @assistachief Is that why the Feds supplied temporary housing and massive funding for recovery while the province provided excuses?

You will never convince me that a bureaucratic government, located 2000 miles away is more interested than Alberta's own firefighters - it's our backyard. You will never convince me that the feds practice good forest management to prevent fires. The Parks need to be taken over by Alberta.

@bill_c10 @ABDanielleSmith If Alberta separates, the citizens of Jasper, Banff, Canmore and Bragg Creek would separate from the separatists.

@ABDanielleSmith It's time for Alberta to leave our toxic relationship with Ottawa. A sovereign Alberta includes Jasper and Banff. It's time to move on and be free.

Statement on Jasper Wildfire Response and Recovery: Premier Danielle Smith, Minister Mike Ellis, Minister Todd Loewen, and Minister Jason Nixon. It is disheartening to see a report and the media response to that report that so clearly overlooks the substantial, coordinated efforts undertaken by the Alberta government during the Jasper wildfire. Alberta’s swift deployment of crews, emergency funding, and operational support played a critical role in protecting lives and infrastructure, and these contributions are either minimized or ignored entirely. Importantly, this wildfire began within Jasper National Park, a federally managed area under the jurisdiction of Parks Canada. As such, the initial response and fire management fell solely under federal control. Alberta provided support promptly when called upon, operating within the constraints of that jurisdictional reality. AB Wildfire had no part in the management of the wildfire until after the fire breeched the town. Previous to that, AB Wildfire was providing personnel and equipment as requested. The report also fails to seriously address the broader and ongoing issue of forest management practices within national parks, an area of exclusive federal responsibility. The long-standing lack of adequate fuel reduction and forest health maintenance in these areas has contributed significantly to the wildfire risk facing communities such as Jasper and others. The report and the media response not only appears politically motivated, it is also misguided, given its selective framing and failure to acknowledge the tireless work of provincial emergency personnel and leadership. Notably, local officials raised no concerns when provincial wildfire firefighting teams arrived rapidly with personnel and equipment, nor when Alberta stepped up to fill gaps in funding, logistics and accommodations. These facts deserve recognition. Specifically, the Government of Alberta: • provided Alberta Wildfire crews, equipment, and expertise from day one and immediately relocated additional crews and equipment to locations close to Jasper to be on standby for when Parks Canada requested them • deployed Alberta municipal fire fighting teams from all over the province who worked to save structures all night • mobilized Alberta Search and Rescue teams from across the province to do door-to-door checks and evacuate residents • mobilized Alberta’s health and housing system to move vulnerable hospital, long term care, and lodge residents • established evacuation centres, evacuation payments, and evacuation hotels • placed provincial social services, mental health, and health workers on site immediately • coordinated multiple town halls to communicate with residents • provincially-funded and coordinated support teams flew over hot spots for weeks after the event The Emergency Management Cabinet Committee demonstrated strong leadership throughout the crisis, meeting daily to ensure Alberta’s emergency response mechanisms were fully engaged, and approved $181 million in disaster financial assistance along with property tax relief. This support reinforced the importance of unified command and inter-agency coordination, something the report itself seems to misunderstand or downplay. After incident reports are how we learn to improve and we hope all jurisdictions take a closer look at their own deficiencies rather than blame others. When you have crews and equipment involved in an incident of this magnitude and the dangers involved, getting information to those responsible for management and decision making is critical to understand how to best utilize resources and analyze the dangers. Alberta remains committed to working with all levels of government to ensure communities are protected and responses are effective, now and in the future.

@ABDanielleSmith Just like you gave them $100 million for temporary housing in recovery… then never???

@JayGenXer Healthcare is provincial… so…

MRI machines per 1 million people / OECD nations: Japan 57.4 USA 38 Greece 37.2 South Korea 35.5 Germany 35.2 6T. Italy 33.2 6T. Finland 33.2 Norway 31.3 Austria 26.6 Spain 20.4 OECD Average - 19.4 29th place Canada 10.8 WTF 🤬 Let that SINK in that Canada is 29th of 33 countries!! An MRI machine costs all-in around $3M (CDN $) Canada has 432 MRI machines for the WHOLE nation. Our federal government spends $500 million when it twitches. We could increase our capacity to 600 MRI machines w/ that spend. Our poor healthcare outcomes are truly a voters choice! Thanks Liberals & your RETARDED supporters!!

@GlobalEdmonton Sounds the same. Either it’s inappropriate for young people, or it’s not. Ban both or ban none.

@GlobalEdmonton Ezekiel 23:20 (NIV): “There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.”

@GlobalEdmonton Leviticus 20:13 (NIV): “If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death…”

@GlobalEdmonton Genesis 19:30–36 “That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him… he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.”

@GlobalEdmonton Leviticus 18:22 (NIV): “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.”

@GlobalEdmonton Genesis 38:8–10 – The Story of Onan “Then Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to avoid providing offspring for his brother.”