Jason Markusoff

I was asked to explain how this whole Alberta separatist saga began. So I had to start in 2020 with COVID: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It’s over

New polling from Environics on immigration. From the most-watched line graph, not back to where we were, but a significant bounce back.

One Chart That Explains The 2026 B.C. Election

Amazing. First Orban, now Vucic. The Kremlin has unexpectedly lost two of its top allies in Europe…

Lorne Doerkson is speaking to media this morning and honestly so far this could be a Premier David Eby speech

Mel Woods, always worth reading.

The Greens didn't "steal" votes from the NDP (which don't belong to them anyway). People saw Eby's cynicism and weak offering and voted by not voting. Per @jmcelroy.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I remain surprised that Trump’s social media attention never once flitted to Alberta’s unity referendum

Well, David Eby did say B.C. needed a strong majority government

Has British Columbia ever elected a premier with a more Albertan name than Lorne Doersken?

David Eby

Updated story: Developers planning infill projects in #yeg better hurry. A city memo says they have just two weeks (until Nov. 8) to get their applications in if they want to ensure they are processed before Edmonton has to switch back to its old zoning bylaw. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

tapping this sign so hard at so many people this week

I feel scene.

Has British Columbia ever elected a premier with a more Albertan name than Lorne Doersken?

With all the Connor Hellebuyck to New Jersey trade coverage I'm honestly shocked that we haven't seen 'A Helle of a deal with the Devils' as a headline yet

Can't claim to be an expert in Alberta politics, but interesting to me that almost all the referendum questions flopped in Calgary, a city that, I imagine, is pretty important electorally. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...

Lights are reflected off a bulletproof screen as President Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina. More photos of the week: reut.rs/4yGkBNh 📷 Evan Vucci

It's official. More votes were counted in Alberta's referendum than in any other vote in Canadian history, including all federal elections.

Actual Canadian interference

From Danielle Smith's address last night. At the risk of being pedantic, it seems worth noting that a) it wasn't a coalition and b) the confidence-and-supply agreement was only in place for two and a half years.

After the referendum, watch for both factions of Danielle Smith’s coalition to show up en masse to try to assert control of her UCP. But it hits different when the sides aren’t PC and Wildrose — it’s separatist and federalist. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta’s Question 6 (change constitution so feds don’t pick high court judges in provinces) is now losing, as is Q8 (no conditions on fed grants) Danielle Smith Decision Desk already declared victory on Qs 1-5, so watch next year for extra fees for temporary residents’ health care services, etc

This is a publicly funded government agency refusing to share weather warnings and their own public warnings with a journalist at Global News, one of the larger mainstream news outlets in Canada. I really want you to sit with the bare facts of that.

If you remember the Alberta referendum results being delayed last night for voting in Lavern Community Hall (in Cardston-Siksika): the vote there ended up being 307-6 (98%) in favour of Option 1.

Finally, it's refresh refresh refresh time. (hi everyone from TV land)

Alberta's Globe and Mail might reassign a reporter or two to outposts like Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver again one day. But until then, we're focused on what shapes this country. Wainwright coverage continues today and we will fire up our referendum blog shortly.

And with Research Co in the polls, that puts remain at 72% and independence at 28%

Wow. 43.1% of all eligible voters have already cast a ballot in Alberta's refendum. (837k in advance polls, 519k by special ballot). With 1,356,873 votes already, it's likely to blow past the 1,763,441 ballots cast in the 2023 provincial election.

Happy exactly one year from the Alberta provincial election day, to everyone who "celebrates"

Seven fatalities, according to CBC News sources. Follow developments here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

One of the most vocal Alberta separatist leaders weighs in on Wainwright and let’s see what he says… oh

“It is more patients than any of us want to count right now. It’s a disaster. It’s a one in every 15 to 25-year disaster.” -- an Edmonton ER doc from our CBC live page on the fire at CFB Wainwright. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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IT'S GAME OVER FOR SIM CITY PETE FRY HAS BEEN PROJECTED BY CBC NEWS AS THE NEXT MAYOR OF VANCOUVER

don’t forget to start your 12-hour fast tomorrow morning so you can be ready for the birthing of a nation zoom prayer

I’m no legislator but it seems like sanctioning Russia would be a fairly central part of a Russia Sanctions Act

Not much coming up in Alberta for the premier and her cabinet, not many major hinge points for the province on Monday, nope nope

New Abacus Data poll: The biggest political challenge for Danielle Smith may come after October 19. UCP voters are almost evenly divided on what should happen next. 45% want the government to move on. 47% want it to keep pressing for autonomy. abacusdata.ca/albertans-t...

Another reason for Alberta to stay in Canada. Claim sovereignty make millions

Mind-boggling. The sovereign citizen wallet inspector asked, and the tax agency just handed it over.