#Saskatchewan
YORK FACTORY EXPRESS, BLOGPOST:
Once they made #Edmonton House #AB, the York Factory Express men (who travelled with the #Saskatchewan Brigades) must mounted horses and made their way to the Athabasca River, via the Athabasca Portage to Fort Assiniboine. Here is Edward Ermatinger's story: #Blogpost #History http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/athabasca-portage/
Missing Woman in Big River First Nation, Saskatchewan - Zelda Dawn Bill - #BigRiverFirstNation #Saskatchewan
https://missingpeople.ca/missing-woman-in-big-river-first-nation-saskatchewan-zelda-dawn-bill/?feed_id=20543&_unique_id=6519bf2834c5e
Opinion: Cost of new Saskatoon arena district could fall on taxpayers
We have plenty of corporations in Western Canada and #Saskatchewan, such as Nutrien, making billions. They can contribute money to the arena, for a tax write off, that is supposed to be for increased business in the city anyways. Taxpayers are fed up subsidizing businesses.
Premier Scott Moe and his crack team of government lawyers and script writers showed up in court with a show about nothing.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/saskatchewans-new-series-transphobia-a-show-about-nothing-eb4560a38870?sk=0417eb143992109ae639f2f2ce081efa
#LGBTQ #Transgender #Canada #Saskatchewan #CdnPoli #SaskParty #Transphobia
1) force striking SGEU workers back to work (1986) setting up the concept of 'essential services', ie everyone up to and including the people who work at the doughnut/coffee shop in the hospital, of not having collective bargaining rights that extend to the right to a strike -- since the government can just up and order you back to work
2) to basically steal money from the public to fund the catholic school board (this turned out to be legal and they didn't need to actually use the notwithstanding clause to do it). Also probably similar deal for the muslims/protestants
3) to force teachers to use ONLY state-approved pronouns and nicknames for children
#Saskatchewan every time I check the prices of flights there I am astounded. So can someone kick Scott Moe in the shins for me? 🙂
> When I was talking with makowski he said he had no idea that 1 in 5 kids live in poverty in the province. The minister of social services!! Had!! No!! Idea!! https://twitter.com/kalemaclellan/status/1707605817216663565
*This* Makowski.
https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/makowsky-says-sis-program-overall-doing-a-good-job-despite-auditor-report
This guy doesn't even have an excuse of being new on the job due to a recent cabinet shuffle...he's been at it for...awhile now
This is disgraceful incompetence #saskatchewan
YORK FACTORY EXPRESS BLOGPOST:
#Edmonton House was built in 1795 on the North bank of the North #Saskatchewan River, but it moved many times as the local fire-wood supplies were used up. Here are some fun stories to tell of old Edmonton House, where John Rowand ruled like a king for many years. #Alberta #History http://nancymargueriteanderson.com/edmonton-house/
You’re all aware that #Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has killed at least one person, right?
A great thread by Dr. Ogieglo about how the Sask Party has let us down:
https://x.com/aogieglo/status/1708142567882199397?s=46&t=y6DbeCrIL7AQgJ8cCFE35g
Public Advisory / Person Of Interest - Family / Grandparent Emergency Scam - #Saskatchewan #Saskatoon
https://missingpeople.ca/public-advisory-person-of-interest-family-grandparent-emergency-scam/?feed_id=20393&_unique_id=6517bb7ed8c4f
Scott Moe hasn’t even consulted. judge says there's no evidence he has. #Saskatchewan
Sad day for #Saskatchewan....
@taco I'm resigned to the fact that this #saskatchewan bill will most probably be passed. Here are my thoughts on what should happen next:
If #Saskatchewan’s Lieutenant Governor resigned today they would not be able to pass the necessary bill invoking the notwithstanding clause until the federal government replaced them.
I did not have #Saskatchewan outdoing #Alberta in the #bigotry department on my 2023 Bingo Card.
I just noticed that exactly half of Canada's provincial premiers (5 out of 10) pay for blue checks on #Twitter / #X.
They are:
☑️ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
☑️ Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe
☑️ Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson
☑️ New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs
☑️ Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston
#cdnpoli #ableg #apboli #skpoli #mbpoli #newbrunswick #novascotia #nspoli #manitoba #saskatchewan #alberta #canada
You all understand that there’s a zero percent chance Trudeau actually has the balls to stop #Saskatchewan, right?
Because if he did he’d have to justify why he allows #Quebec to commit on-going cultural genocide without intervention.
The courts and the ballot box are the only salvation here.
NDP questions appointment of former Premier Grant Devine to USask Board of Governors
“Devine’s confidants, close friends and senior staff diverted taxpayer dollars into numbered accounts and stole more than $800,000 from the people of Saskatchewan. Over a dozen Devine insiders were criminally charged.”
Yep…that Grant Devine.
#Corruption #Saskatchewan #skpoli #Canada
QAnon influencer Romana Didulo and her followers moved themselves into an abandoned school in small town Saskatchewan. Now the local children are too scared to play in the town's park.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkamam/qanon-queen-saskatchewan
#News #RomanaDidulo #qanon #Canada #Saskatchewan
Scott #Moe: If #Saskatchewan children wanted #rights, they should’ve voted for someone else
Missing Teen in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan - Leo Daniels, 15 - #PrinceAlbert #Saskatchewan
https://missingpeople.ca/missing-teen-in-prince-albert-saskatchewan-leo-daniels-15/?feed_id=20343&_unique_id=6516f88fd2ed6
Imagine being so insecure that you recall a legislature, cause a constitutional crisis, and risk international condemnation from the U.N, because you don’t like pronouns? #Saskatchewan
Below: released this morning, my letter of resignation as leader of the @saskprogress and intent to step away from politics.
A party leadership race will soon be called.
Some hospitals are bringing back masking - and the general public should consider it this fall too, experts say
#MasksWork #Hospitals #Canada #Saskatchewan #COVID19
“Thousands of new orange and black ‘Every Child Matters’ hockey sticks are on shelves of sporting goods stores across #Canada.
They are meant to do more than just send pucks into nets.
Clay DeBray of #saskatchewan designed the sticks to spread awareness about what happened to generations of #Indigenous children who were forced into Canada's residential school institutional system.”
#Saskatchewan
Earlier Thursday, Justice Michael Megaw issued his 56-page ruling...: "I determine the protection of these youth surpasses that interest expressed by the government, pending a full and complete hearing."
The Premier- concerned more with implementing his faulty policy than with protecting children, or legal due diligence, or Canadian Human Rights- says he will use the notwithstanding clause to override the judge. i.e. fascism.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/judge-grants-injunction-school-pronoun-policy-1.6981406
I hope the good people of the #Prairies camp on Scott Moe’s lawn until he backs down. #Saskatchewan #SaskGov
Happy to see a judge put a pause on the anti-trans government in Saskatchewan. "A Regina judge has ruled that the Saskatchewan government's naming and pronoun policy should be paused for the time being..." #cdnpoli #Saskatchewan https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/judge-grants-injunction-school-pronoun-policy-1.6981406
The #SaskGov are absolute cowards with use of the clause. Shame on them.
#Saskatchewan #skpoli #Canada #Pronouns #Education #ParentalRights
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/judge-grants-injunction-school-pronoun-policy-1.6981406
Who is going to tell Premier of #Saskatchewan, Scott Moe, that he will cause international condemnation from the #UN if he uses the Notwithstanding clause? After an already embarrassing 2 weeks for #Canada.
Beaverton: Scott Moe: If Saskatchewan children wanted rights, they should’ve voted for someone else https://www.thebeaverton.com/2023/09/scott-moe-if-saskatchewan-children-wanted-rights-they-shouldve-voted-for-someone-else/ #satire #canada #commentary #Saskatchewan #FeaturedPost #transrights #LGBTQIA2S+ #children #ScottMoe
@CBCNews Good grief these are terrible people, #Saskatchewan .
More court drama to come.
#Saskatchewan, don’t let Moe run over your Charter rights, it’s a slippery slope. The Notwithstanding clause should not be used frivolously #Canada
Missing Boy in Regina, Saskatchewan - Angel THOMPSON, 14 - #Regina #Saskatchewan
https://missingpeople.ca/missing-boy-in-regina-saskatchewan-angel-thompson-14/?feed_id=20273&_unique_id=6515e78968af0
The time to test disallowance and reservation powers to strike down unconscionable legislation that invokes the notwithstanding clause is long past, but it’s coming around again full circle if #Saskatchewan decides to use section 33 to entrench it’s legislative transphobia.
The argument that the powers are null and void with time doesn’t hunt, especially given that they were explicitly included in the Constitution at repatriation to counter the notwithstanding clause.
🇨🇦 I want a Canadian Heritage moment that says “Children are persons under the law.
#Saskatchewan #Canada
🏳️⚧️ Judge grants Injunction to halt #Saskatchewan’s Pronoun Policy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/judge-grants-injunction-school-pronoun-policy-1.6981406
Vaccination during pregnancy safe, effective and recommended, CMAJ says
Yes it is.
#Vaccination #Vaccines #COVID19 #medicine #Canada #Saskatchewan
Wright: Poilievre is wrong — no one is 'deleting' Canadian history
#Canada #History #cdnpoli #Saskatchewan
Thanks to David Akin’s Roundup @davidakin
https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/wright-poilievre-is-wrong-no-one-is-deleting-canadian-history
Sask. Ministry of Education took 9 days to create naming and pronoun policy, affidavit shows
Nine days of idiocy and discriminatory behaviour. The affidavit says it all.
#Saskatchewan #inclusiveness #Canada #skpoli #Pronouns
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-naming-policy-1.6975386
Today I saw a billboard advertising how great it is to travel to North Dakota. I laughed really, really hard.
But yeah, I guess there really aren't many places that North Dakota can advertise itself as a warm tourist destination, and #Saskatchewan is one of those places.
How the ‘parental rights’ movement gave rise to the 1 Million March 4 Children
An important history to know about in these times
#Canada #Education #ParentalRights #cdnpoli #Saskatchewan #Alberta #Ontario
Missing Vulnerable Man in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Michael Poorman, 63 - #Saskatchewan #Saskatoon
https://missingpeople.ca/missing-vulnerable-man-in-saskatoon-saskatchewan-michael-poorman-63/?feed_id=19473&_unique_id=650a717d24c99
Addendum 19
See also addendum 9
Saskatchewan judge to hear school pronoun policy injunction application
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-judge-injunction-school-pronouns-1.6971524
* lawyers for UR Pride, org. representing LGBTQ people in Regina, to argue in favor of injunction
* lawyers f. Egale Canada & McCarthy Tetrault LLP say policy violates 2 sections of Charter incl. equality rights & right to security of person
#Canada #Saskatchewan #transphobia #TransLivesMatter #populism #FarRight #CultureWars #neoconservatism #URPride #EgaleCanada
[thread] Manitoba, politics
Big Money & Manitoba Election: Dark money set ssights on Manitoba
* Canada Growth Council: https://www.canadagrowthcouncil.org
* registered 3rd party advertiser tied to Alberta & Saskatchewan conservatives, oil lobbyists, & obscure religious sect known as Plymouth Brethren: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Brethren
#Canada #Manitoba #Saskatchewan #politics #ConservativeParty #FossilFuels #CanadaGrowthCouncil #neoconservatism #DarkMoney #FarRight #CultureWars #ChristianRight #PlymouthBrethren
The rights of children.
“When we remove the ability of educators to exercise good judgment, all we’re left with is less good judgment, and significantly increased risks of harm for at least some children. People need to think this through and see it for what it is.”
#Canada #Saskatchewan
https://open.substack.com/pub/emmettmacfarlane/p/rights-talk-parents-rights-and-the?r=22ugrl&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
#Saskatchewan’s Children’s Advocate said the new rules surrounding the use of preferred pronouns and first names in schools violate provincial human rights laws and #Canada ‘s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. | Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/9964944/saskatchewan-childrens-advocate-says-new-names-and-pronouns-school-policy-violates-human-rights/
Addendum 17
Saskatchewan Child Advocate: Pronoun policy could run contrary to human rights laws, needs changes
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-child-advocate-pronoun-policy-could-run-contrary-to-human-rights-laws-needs-changes-1.6563883
* Sask. Child Advocate says prov. gov.'s new policy regarding use of different pronouns in schools could violate human rights
* policy req. students <16 y.o. to seek parental consent before changing pronouns or preferred first names
#Canada #populism #Saskatchewan #ScottMoe #FarRight #education #transphobia #Action4Canada #SOGI #ChristianRight #HumanRights
Addendum 16
NO ONE claiming this: classic wedge tactic/attack
Next they'll push "litter box" anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theory 🤨 🤬
Litter boxes in schools hoax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_boxes_in_schools_hoax
Furry fandom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom
Saskatchewan school: not letting students identify as furries
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-school-division-says-it-s-not-letting-students-identify-as-furries-1.6562115
https://persagen.com >> "wedge tactics" OR "wedge strategy"
#Canada #populism #Saskatchewan #ScottMoe #FarRight #education #CultureWars #transphobia #Action4Canada #SOGI #ChristianRight
My fellow Saskatchewanians.... Saskatchewanites? Pre-Albertans.
Since many media accounts previously available on Twitter are not available here, I've put together some #Saskatchewan #news bots you can follow:
CBC Saskatchewan - @cbcsask
CTV Regina/Saskatoon - @ctvsask
Global Saskatchewan - @globalsask
APTN Saskatchewan - @aptnsask
The Star Phoenix - @starphoenix
They're running off the RSS feeds for the source, and are automatically CW-ed for death, violence or sexual assault. Enjoy!
To Get Kids Interested in Science, We Have to Let Them Do Science - Scientific American
Absolutely.
“By getting kids hooked on science now, we not only shape the future of research—we help more people see themselves as scientists and start them on paths toward careers in the exciting world of fundamental research.”
#Canada #Science #Scicomm #Education
#Saskatchewan
https://apple.news/As9POsR4SQUGn4wkKy8YiWQ
Good for people in #Regina & #Saskatoon #Saskatchewan for showing up for kids 💪
Addendum 15
Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe ready to use notwithstanding clause to protect new school pronoun & name rule
Clause would allow provincial government to pass laws that override certain Charter rights for up to 5 years
Notwithstanding clause: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_33_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms
https://persagen.com >> search: Scott Moe"
#Canada #ConstitutionalLaw #NotwithstandingClause #populism #Saskatchewan #ScottMoe #FarRight #education #CultureWars #transphobia #Action4Canada #SOGI #ChristianRight
#Saskatchewan is basically openly admitting that it is unconstitutionally restricting the rights of its citizens with it’s new policy push.
Premier Scott Moe of #Saskatchewan in a stunning abuse of power considers invoking the Notwithstanding clause to bully #LGBTQ children with new education policies. Wonder where he learned that one from? (Doug Ford) #skpoli
Good to see @robin @roland @jai at Car Free Day on #CommercialDrive
Apparently Robin wants do some #CoSocialRadio, which would be awesome.
He also has a link to an #ebike company from #Saskatchewan that I want him to share ;)
Addendum 12
Christian group infl. Saskatchewan gov. over pronoun rules
https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/christian-group-says-it-influenced-saskatchewan-government-over-pronoun-rules-1.6553468
* Tanya Gaw, founder of Christian organization Action4Canada
* influenced Saskatchewan Party to adopt pronoun, sex ed policies
* urged bans on Planned Parenthood & sexual health resource SOGI123
https://persagen.com >> search: action4canada
"tanya gaw"
action4canada AND "freedom convoy"
#populism #Saskatchewan #FarRight #education #CultureWars #transphobia #Action4Canada #SOGI #ChristianRight
More than 90% of heavy oil sites in Saskatchewan don’t measure pollution: scientist | The Narwhal
#bigoil #pollution #carbon #climatechange #science #breathing #saskatchewan #oil #drilling
https://thenarwhal.ca/saskatchewan-oil-pollution-methane-rules/
What a sharp decline in male life expectancy in Western #Canada.
Down nearly a full year in #BritishColumbia, #Alberta and #Saskatchewan.
In the early 1990s, boys born in these provinces could expect to live longer than in any other part of the country. Today, life expectancy in all three is below the national average.
In Saskatchewan, male life expectancy is now *four years* less than in #Quebec.
Addendum 10
Community response to broadly unpopular, politician-fabricated culture war issues
100s rally in Regina against new pronoun/name policy in Saskatchewan schools
Critics say policy will harm trans, two-spirit, non-binary youth
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/hundreds-rally-in-regina-against-new-sask-school-pronoun-and-name-policy-1.6955866
* 100s outside Saskatchewan Legislative Building
* protesting Sask. policy requiring parental consent when children <16 want diff. names/pronouns at school
#Canada #populism #Saskatchewan #FarRight #education #CultureWars #transphobia
About to get my craft on. Sign-making for tomorrow’s rally at the #Saskatchewan Legislature opposing the dangerous new “parents rights” policy forcing schools to inform parents when #TransKids change their names or pronouns. #ProtectTransKids
Addendum 9
Legal action filed against Sask. government over new school pronoun rules
Parental consent needed wh. student <16 wants different names/pronouns at school
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-school-pronoun-policy-legal-court-1.6954046
* community org. representing LGBTQ people in Regina filed legal action vs. Saskatchewan gov. over pronoun policy
* UR Pride Centre for Sexuality & Gender Diversity requested judge to strike down changes
#Canada #populism #Saskatchewan #FarRight #education #CultureWars #transphobia
There are movements all across #Canada with similar goals. Beware.
#Canada #cdnpoli #Alberta #Saskatchewan #Skpoli
https://rabble.ca/general/social-conservative-groups-plan-to-take-over-alberta-school-boards/
New U of S initiative makes menstrual hygiene products available across campus
#USASK #Saskatchewan #Saskatoon
https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/new-u-of-s-initiative-makes-menstrual-hygiene-products-available-across-campus https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/new-u-of-s-initiative-makes-menstrual-hygiene-products-available-across-campus
Addendum 4
Sask. trans students outed to peers by tech company error 🤨
Edsby apologizes for error that affected students in 8 school divisions 👎️
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/students-outed-edsby-error-tech-1.6947983
Edsby: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsby
* educational technology company HQ Toronto
* developer, publisher of web-based K-12 learning management system
#Canada #Saskatchewan #education #surveillance #privacy #transphobia #capitalism #neoconservatism #CultureWars #DustinDuncan #Edsby
Addendae 2 cont'd 2/
Saskatchewan school boards request pause on 'sudden' pronoun policy change
https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-school-boards-request-pause-on-sudden-pronoun-policy-change-1.6534814
* Sask.'s education minister Dustin Duncan announced policy changes req. students <16 to seek parental consent to change preferred names, pronouns at school
* Sask. Advocate for Children & Youth announced immediate review
* said potential impact "deeply troubling"
#Canada #Saskatchewan #education #transphobia #SOGI #neoconservatism #CultureWars #DustinDuncan
Addendae 2
Saskatchewan says parental consent needed for name, pronoun change of students
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/saskatchewan-says-parental-consent-needed-for-name-pronoun-change-of-students-1.6530242
* Saskatchewan education minister Dustin Duncan says teachers must start seeking parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns
* harmful to LGBTQ students
* mirrors recent populist, neoconservative actions in N.B.
Dustin Duncan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dustin_Duncan
#Canada #Saskatchewan #education #transphobia #SOGI #neoconservatism #CultureWars #DustinDuncan
As a Reproductive Scientist who has done outreach in schools in the past and teaches undergrads #ReproSci, I just have to shake my head at governments, particularly Conservative, who just want to hide #SexEd from students. By all means let them learn the torrent of disinformation instead of the facts, learn painfully about STDs or STIs, or keep their pronouns hidden. Parents can “opt out” of it all and keep youth in the dark ages. Pathetic #SaskGov.
#saskatchewan #skpoli
In the #drought even the #spiders are #baling up all the #feed they can #SpidersOfMastodon #Hay #Canada #Saskatchewan
Missing Vulnerable Woman in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Shelby Robillard, 26 - #Saskatchewan #Saskatoon
https://missingpeople.ca/missing-vulnerable-woman-in-saskatoon-saskatchewan-shelby-robillard-26/?_unique_id=64dabca719861
The importance of filters.
Right on @brittlestar
#Brittlestar #Canada #Saskatchewan
Vaccines work
H/T @CaulfieldTim
#Canada #Vaccines #Saskatchewan #Alberta
@rbreich #Canada anecdote-Fed Ex and Purolator in #Saskatchewan drop off packages at small town businesses for rural customers to pick up- there is no compensation to the local grocery store or insurance agency who hold, store and distribute the packages. Fed Ex and Purolator rely on these charitable contributions or the alternative is rural customers have no access to consumer products unless they drive 1+ hours to a city.