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Data journalist with CBC Calgary. Views my own and subject to change, especially in light of new evidence. ๐Ÿ“ง robson.fletcher@cbc.ca

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robsonfletcher, to Canada
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โ€œThe Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature has cut up his party membership card and accused some members in Premier Scott Moe's caucus of intimidating him to the point that he fears the government house leader is packing a handgun.โ€

cbc.ca/1.7207134

#saskatchewan #skpoli #canada #cdnpoli

robsonfletcher, to Calgary
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This chart shows annual hours of smoke-filled skies in Calgary from 1953 to 2023.

As the first wildfire smoke of the 2024 season blew into the city this week, it's hard to convey the sadness it elicited in a lot of folks here.

There's a growing realization this is our new reality. And a genuine sense of mourning.

robsonfletcher, to Calgary
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In 1999, hundreds of students set up tents on the University of Calgary campus to protest tuition hikes.

I've found limited info about it online.

Does anyone remember how long it lasted and how it ended?

#calgary #yyc #alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #canada #protest #palestine #protests

Poverty Lane' tents rise, U o C tuitions may also Calgary Herald: Friday, March 26, 1999 More than 200 students occupying a tent "shanty town" at the University of Calgary will hit the sidewalks this morning to protest against an anticipated tuition hike. The university administration, in a last-minute move, relocated today's board of governors meeting off campus to nearby McMahon Stadium. The board will make the final decision on tuition fees. In a meeting Thursday, the planning and finance committee recommended a maximum increase this fall, for academic year 1999-2000. It would be the 10th year in a row of tuition hikes. Tent town protesters, who'll march to the board meeting to rally with other students, are "angry, frustrated and disbelieving," said Paul Galbraith, president of the students union. ... The tent town on campus grew to about 65 rainbow-hued tents by late Thursday afternoon, including a subdivision dubbed Poverty Lane. Ricardo Hoar, 19, a second-year computer science student, borrowed a friend's tent to join the protest. A guitar, pillows, books, sleeping bags and carton of strawberries were piled in his temporary abode. His parents told him not to get arrested. Two students union executives bunked in a hut of recycled plywood, its roof shingled with Ichiban noodle soup boxes. On the door, it says: This is not a home - yet.

robsonfletcher, to Calgary
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"Using shields, batons and flashbang explosives, Calgary police officers forcibly removed a group of protesters Thursday night from an encampment set up on the University of Calgary campus."

๐Ÿ”—: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/university-calgary-palestinian-protest-police-removal-1.7199937

#calgary #yyc #alberta #ableg #canada #cdnpoli #palestine #protest #protests

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"If there was any doubt remaining that Alberta's nearly seven-month moratorium on renewable-energy projects was a political decision โ€” made in the halls of power rather than in the offices of expertise โ€” it was erased by internal documents released to the public last week."

My latest analysis for CBC, based on original reporting by @drewanderson for @thenarwhal

๐Ÿ”— : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-renewables-pause-moratorium-aeso-foip-1.7196943

robsonfletcher, to Canada
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New registrations of gas/diesel vehicles and electric vehicles in Canada* over the past seven years.

(* Data excludes three provinces because that's how data works in this country ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ)

Column chart showing new battery-electric and plug-in-hybrid vehicle registrations growing from about 20,000 in 2017 to nearly 200,000 in 2023

robsonfletcher, to Canada
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Canadian Army: We are adding this new tagline and camo-inspired icon to our branding. This will complement the traditional logo, not replace it.

Canada Proud: Can you believe the Army is replacing its traditional logo???

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@WeAreCanProud : The Canadian military has announced that they will be replacing their logo with whatever this is as part of a rebranding effort.

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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"Albertaโ€™s largest power generator has cancelled one proposed wind farm and put three other developments on hold, citing provincial rule changes to renewable developments and uncertainty around broader electricity market reforms."

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/transalta-shelves-wind-project-due-to-provincial-buffer-zones

#alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #canada #renewables #climate #climatechange

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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The latest National Inventory Report on Canada's greenhouse gas emissions was just released.

Here's how Alberta's emissions from 1990 to 2022 break down, by economic sector.

robsonfletcher, to random
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Iโ€™m not gaining weight; Iโ€™m sequestering carbon.

robsonfletcher, to Canada
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In this photo, a Nova Scotia cabinet minister is being interviewed by the press.

Guess how many reporters are in the photo.

(Spoiler alert: It's one. The rest are comms staff.)

Great analysis by veteran reporter Jean Laroche on how journalism & politics have changed

๐Ÿ”—: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-politics-information-1.7183568

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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Two years later, this story remains as wild as ever:

'Fixer says former Alberta justice minister hired him to get reporter's phone logs'

๐Ÿ”— : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/denis-alberta-justice-minister-former-fixer-phone-logs-reporter-1.6415532

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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"'This announcement is politically motivated and not based in fact or clinical guidelines,' one council member wrote in a Feb. 2 email to two named AHS officials and other recipients..."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-ahs-transgender-policies-danielle-smith-1.7186280

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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Calgary city councillor Dan McLean on proposed legislation that would allow the provincial government to repeal city bylaws and remove councillors from office:

โ€œThey always say the municipalities are like the children of the province, and sometimes parents have to spank their kids."

https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/04/26/bill-20-creates-calgary-worries-over-potential-provincial-overreach/

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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Anyone recently move to Alberta? Or know anyone who has?

I'm looking to talk to recent newcomers (past year or two) for a CBC article about the job market here.

Please reply or DM!

robsonfletcher, to Alberta
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Last year saw the birth of the one and only baby on record in Alberta named 'Dude'.

I trust he abides.

You can look it up (and other quirk baby-name facts) with this little web app I made: https://www.albertababynames.com/

#alberta #ableg #canada

robsonfletcher, to Calgary
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Calgarians' submissions to city council on the blanket-rezoning proposal have been published and more than a few folks seem to think this is the work of the World Economic Forum...

Example #1: "This city is now run by a mayor and councillors who are simply disgusting demons following WEF agenda"

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Example #4:

"Blanket rezoning is a very dumb idea. i do not support it. Mayor and council need to listen to Calgarians, not the WEF or Trudeau. End of discussion."

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Example #5:

"In reading through the proposal, it seems to be in line with World Economic Forum (WEF) goals to densify cities and turn them into 15-minute open-air prisons..."

robsonfletcher,
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Example #6:

"It seems that the City of Calgary Mayor and many of its Alderman are parroting the plans set forth by the WEF through this corrupt Liberal Government."

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Example #7:

"These models/ideologies align with the globalist UN, WEF, SDG goals โ€“ 15 minute city, Agenda 2030, etc. All of these are based in socialistic/communistic underpinnings. These ideologies are counter to the framework in which Canada and Calgary were built..."

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Example #8:

"...I think it has been planned through Calgary and Canada's association with the UN agenda 2030 and WEF. This rezoning to fit your sustainable city agenda is a further drive to socialism and control of the citizens of Calgary."

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Example #9:

"As a born and raised resident of Calgary I think the aldermen and mayor are out of touch and acting puppets for WEF and WHO 15 minute cities."

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Example #10:

"It is a destruction model that appears to be more aligned with the socialist aspirations of the WEF 15-minute cities and 'You will own nothing and Be Happy' than it is with creating housing and a sustainable city."

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Example :

"The current liberal government is being governed by principles of the world economic forum and the United Nations agenda 2030. This is communism and you are acting in a manner that Will destroy the city."

robsonfletcher,
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@Jonathanglick FWIW these 11 responses are among more than 5,000 (!!) submissions on the topic so I don't think they're too out of the range of expectation.

I don't really know if or why it's any greater here than elsewhere but I'd guess these things tend to build within a particular community and then become self-reinforcing, especially when repeated over and over in social circles & on social media.

People start to take it as fact because everyone around them believes it too.

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