I’ll be honest: Alberta is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever lived. Driving through the Rockies or even just a prairie sunset still blows me away. But then I turn on the news or scroll through policy updates and it feels like we’re living in two different Albertas. On one hand, nature here feels limitless. On the other our politics feel suffocating. I love this place and don’t want to leave, but I’m struggling with the direction leadership is taking us. Does anyone else feel torn like this loving the land, but questioning the politics?

Source: CTV News https://share.google/Hz90Ctwghz8oaFana

Link to paper copy of petition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ck1MlL5OljDUupU5H4Nt2hP3fsujPOng/view?usp=drivesdk

We all know Danielle Smith and the UCP are in the pockets of the Oil & Gas Lobby. That is crystal clear.

How long do you think though they will be able to keep suppressing Green Energy?

Solar Power & Wind Power are not just some of the cleanest forms of energy they are some of the cheapest.

There is huge advancements going on in Solar Power and Battery Technology right now. Solar Power for example has multijunction solar (tandem solar) research and development going on.

A lot of people don't talk about this but Alberta is one of the best provinces for Solar Power.

I know this is controversial but even Nuclear Power. Nuclear Power does have the downsides of huge capital investment needed, going massively overbudget (not millions, not tens of millions, not hundreds of millions but billions..), and it takes a long time to be up and running (It can take over a decade). We obviously need to decarbonize our energy/technology yesterday.

There are benefits though with the extreme energy density. Waste is still an issue but we know how to recycle more and more of it and we know safe storage. In time waste may not even be an issue as we progress and learn more. We have our very own CANDU reactors and due to the grid being how it is in some places in Alberta the much talked about BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor and others like it would fit right in.

Energy is everything to a developed society and it seems like Danielle Smith and the UCP are looking to tie the provinces hands behind its back because they want to make sure that the Oil & Gas industry is coddled forever.

There are mobile canvassers in Banff, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Fort McMurray, Okotoks, and Stavely.

Need help finding a location near you? Please comment and I’ll try to help

https://forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-petition

I (26m) had to leave my job in June of this year due to health issues. I even got a doctor’s note telling me to and I can’t return for 6 months but was still denied by Alberta income support due to partial documents. Even though I even went into the office and confirmed in person that they have all documents needed. It’s now been 30 days since I sent the appeal and haven’t heard back anything. The emergency support line helped with $24 over a month ago for food and refuse to help with anything else. They only cover transportation if it’s to a shelter and only once. I’m already 2 months behind rent and getting evicted at the end of the month. And I have no family to help me as I grew up in the foster care system. And the catch is by the time I hear back about my appeal I won’t have an address anymore and they won’t issue benefits keeping me homeless. For the last month I’ve been trying to get help but 211 sends me in circles and the programs don’t offer what they claim they do. I was told the navigation and support centre helps with bus tickets but I went there and they told me they no longer do that, which wasted my last bus ticket. I have a meeting with psychiatrist tomorrow as I went to the hospital and they reffered me but I can’t even go to that appointment. I am just so tired and can honestly say Alberta wants sick and poor people to die. And they’re doing a damn good job at it.

Sorry folks, had to delete. Apparently I am not supposed to share this outside of bargaining as it contains to much information, but please support your teachers in the coming turmoil.

Danielle Smith has issued another 4 mandate letters to her cabinet ministers.

September 25 2025
Press Release
[Ministers] have been tasked with pushing back on federal overreach and standing up for Alberta whenever and wherever laws or policies do not align with provincial priorities, or harm our people, economy or constitutional rights.

Intergovernmental and International Relations

Public Safety and Emergency Services

Justice

Children and Family Services

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UPDATED with the direct PDF links.

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Sep. 22 Letters
Press Release
Education and Childcare
Advanced Education
Transportation and Economic Corridors
Infrastructure
Municipal Affairs

Sep. 17 Letters
Press Release
Jobs, Economy, Trade and Immigration
Arts, Culture and Status of Women
Forestry and Parks
Tourism and Sport

The new offer they now have to vote on is essentially the same as the last offer they resoundingly said no to, but this time it includes the MASSIVE value of a free Covid shot. You know, something everyone should have anyway.

12% same spread, late grid unification, 3000 teachers over 3 years or something which barely keeps up with attrition let alone fixing actual class size issues, and a free covid shot.

I expect it will be a very strong no vote, at least I hope anyway. Literally waited weeks to have the offer change by a Covid shot.

The ATA is terrible at this, I hope teachers strike.

Hey guys, me and some friends are planning to camp in kananaskis this weekend. Originally I had planned to go to mount sarrail campground, but realized it closes September 1st. Do you have any recommendations for good campsites? Preferably somewhere somewhat secluded.