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@meyer.bsky.socialReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialA document meant for a behind-closed-doors group of fossil fuel advocates earlier this year got right to the point: Canada’s policies to fight the climate crisis, protect nature and defend Indigenous Rights are a “problem” and environmental organizations are “opponents” thenarwhal.ca/fossil-fuel-...
@desmog.comReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialNEW: One month before a referendum vote that will include a question on Alberta independence, a free-market organization with links to MAGA tech CEOs promoted “free cities” as a solution to separatist grievances.
@charlesrusnell.bsky.socialReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialMore big trouble for separatist leader Jeff Rath
U.S. lenders sue Jeff Rath for $112M, allege he concealed First Nation firing | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1209127...
@thetyee.caReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialAlberta’s government paid land rent for some 480 delinquent oil and gas companies in 2025. @brettmckay.bsky.social reports for the Investigative Journalism Foundation.
@theijf.orgReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialAlberta has strict rules on who can advertise or donate during a recall campaign. But party constituency associations can still give politicians a fundraising and organizing boost, creating what one petitioner calls an “uneven playing field between the incumbents and the public.”
zurl.co/znbWy
@theijf.orgReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialThe Alberta government pays millions to cover oil and gas companies’ delinquent lease payments. Which companies had land rents paid by taxpayers in 2025? Gov’t agencies don’t track and summarize that data. The IJF analyzed thousands of documents to answer this question.
zurl.co/IuOMT
@nationalobserver.comReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialBill C-39 doubles down on habitat offsets, in which companies can "build" new habitat elsewhere to compensate for what they destroy in building a mine, a port, a pipeline or other project. The practice is highly contested by scientists. “This is our worst fear,” said biologist Misty MacDuffee.
@defactomedia.caReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialCanada’s drug policy violates its Charter, BC Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray ruled on Tuesday, by making it de facto illegal to run a compassion club providing tested illicit drugs.
Read the full breakdown of her decision, by @godfrey.work:
@thetyee.caReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.social“As Canada scrambles to adopt and control AI, dozens of data centre projects have been proposed across the country — especially in small and rural areas.”
@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports on the BC municipal politicians facing big changes in their communities.
@weathernetwork.bsky.socialReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialNew peer-reviewed research published in Atmospheric Pollution Research shows that Fort Mckay faces disproportionately high levels of dust pollution, with levels frequently exceeding regulatory guidelines for air quality.
@unicornriot.bsky.socialReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialCanadian Oil Giant Enbridge Builds Unauthorized Pipeline Bypass Following 1.3 Million Gallon Spill
unicornriot.ninja/2026/canadia...
@jameswsthomson.comReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialPolitical insiders have dismissed @rorywh.bsky.social's investigation of the creepy AI propaganda app being used by the Brad Bradford campaign.
They say it's "inevitable." It's not.
@thetyee.caReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialHow a web of institutes and academics — with ties to a U.S. non-profit and outsized influence on the United Conservative Party government — helped turn separatism from fringe idea to the mainstream.
@thetyee.caReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialPublic health initiatives around alcohol consumption are being opposed by Big Alcohol — and by small alcohol lobby groups too. Some breweries think that’s wrong.
@markfollman.bsky.socialReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialNEWS: My new investigation uncovers the horrific ChatGPT history of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter. OpenAI’s chatbot fueled the shooter's violent fantasies and plans up to the day of the massacre. Chats about guns, timing of attacks, becoming infamous, and more. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
@theijf.orgReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialUniversity of Saskatchewan’s attempt to block an access to information request is overturned.
@theijf.orgReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialMany so-called crisis pregnancy charities claim to offer a full range of services for pregnant women while hiding their anti-abortion views. Justin Trudeau’s government promised to crack down — so what happened?zurl.co/N932q
@brettmckay.bsky.socialReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialHow groups tied to U.S. Atlas Network turned a fringe separatist movement in Alberta into a political threat:
Inside the long campaign to legitimize separatism, and the legislative strategy to make it possible
@brettmckay.bsky.socialI did. Great reporting and refreshing to see it come from a public broadcaster as well.
@maxfawcett.bsky.socialReposted by @brettmckay.bsky.socialBC is getting very close to re-claiming its crown as "nuttiest political province" in Canada.
I look forward to Alberta's inevitable response. #cdnpoli
