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Living on Treaty 6 land, @JSchool_CU grad putting her LEGO design aspirations on hold / provincial affairs reporter @edmontonjournal @edmontonsun / DMs open
Aug 13, 2021 12 tweets 3 min read
LaGrange and Hinshaw are set to go up any minute now - you can watch the livestream here: #ableg #abhealth #covid19ab Hinshaw says “two items have emerged” that have changed the situation, including higher than modelled hospitalizations (now 146, originally anticipated to be 90). And pediatric cases of Delta in the US, which is different than data from the UK
Mar 30, 2021 5 tweets 2 min read
Alberta K-6 students will learn about financial literacy, computer science and sexual consent under a new draft curriculum that will pilot this fall. Today's dispatch from #ableg #abed edmontonjournal.com/news/local-new… None of the experts, nor the Alberta NDP, had any specific beefs with those additions. However...even though First Nations’ traditions and creation stories will be covered in kindergarten, students won’t learn about treaties until Grade 4 and residential schools until Grade 5.
Jan 7, 2021 27 tweets 6 min read
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is doing a Facebook Live for the next hour. Says the province is changing its protocols on travel within the government, but that won't change that Albertans are "ticked off." You can tune in here here: #ableg Takes a question about working out of the federal building space, since March, dubbed the "Sky Palace." His normal legislature office, with jackhammers outside, is not workable with jackhammers outside the door. (Fed) not a residence with personal amenities, just boring offices.
Sep 1, 2020 15 tweets 3 min read
Health Minister Tyler Shandro and Premier Kenney are making a continuing care announcement right now. Kenney says current mix of public, private senior's homes stimulate healthy competition. He says in Alberta "we never even had to call in the army." Sidebar beard alert #ableg The government is opening up an "innovative" bidding process to open hundreds of new spaces, Kenney says. Operators can open up publicly-funded beds in existing underutilized buildings, he says. Alberta Health Services is opening RFP to non-profit and private providers
Nov 9, 2019 22 tweets 5 min read
Premier Jason Kenney is set to deliver a speech at the Manning Conference in Red Deer, Alberta. I'm watching the livestream here: alberta.ca/news.aspx #ableg Kenney is bringing up some historical context: Chief Justice Haultain of SK once wrote about western grievances, saying AB and SK could make "one big province called buffalo."