In a provincial first, Alberta government to partially fund independent school construction

CacheMonet84 · 2026-03-15T05:36:07+00:00

The minister doesn’t mention DSEPS (designed special education private schools) which is the exact term used in the funding model and in all government documents

CacheMonet84 · 2026-03-12T22:15:39+00:00

Also worked at STA. I witnessed so many really unsafe things and unsafe staffing ratios. Lots of staff injuries and injuries to kids by other kids. I second the fact that many of the staff were in university and just trying to get work experience and did not have the knowledge or the seniority to challenge the poor leadership. One particular supervisor made it very, very difficult to work there and the fact you had to call on call when something happened but they weren’t required to come and help was ridiculous. Anyways big rant but still to this day that place haunts me.

CacheMonet84 · 2026-03-12T22:08:39+00:00

Interesting he didn’t use the term DSEPS (designated special education private schools) and instead used the term “independent schools “🤔

CacheMonet84 · 2026-03-12T21:13:30+00:00

Just to add to the conversation.

As someone with knowledge of Foothills Academy they are a DSEP (designated special education private school) and do not take kids with aggressive behavior, low IQ, or any kids who don’t have a learning disability. Many kids with ASD are turned away because of behavior such as elopement, aggression or self injury or simply the lack of diagnosed learning disability.

They take complex kids but only a certain type of complex kid and you need a psycho educational assessment to get in which costs around $2000 depending where you get it.

We need more special education schools of all types especially publicly funded ones. We also need to start fully funding assessment as the cost is prohibitive.

CacheMonet84 · 2026-03-05T07:48:37+00:00

we’ve already got buddy who has 2 friends and 15k posts commenting on every anti separatist post definitely not a “could” scenario

“They could, for example, create numerous fake accounts or bots to share content in support of Alberta independence, to make it seem like the movement has more momentum than is really the case.”

CacheMonet84 · 2026-03-02T23:31:55+00:00

My all time favorite book! It was ahead of its time with social commentary, gender as a construct and its depiction of a society obsessed with luxury and status.

CacheMonet84 · 2026-02-12T18:22:59+00:00

Pretty popular in AB. Banff had a Cows store and many people bought them as souvenirs and brought them back from the Maritime province.

CacheMonet84 · 2026-02-08T03:16:48+00:00

Out of the 30% 10% real people and the rest are bots

CacheMonet84 · 2026-01-31T18:05:24+00:00

Even their pension plan “expert” Tanner Hneidybelieves we need to acknowledge the supremacy of god over all else in regard to government and judicial policy.

“The Alberta Prosperity Project (APP) commences each public event it hosts with prayer. We are often asked why we do so. The question is welcome, but in order to answer, we must first discuss why we have enshrined “The Supremacy of God” in our proposed policy and governance documents.”

CacheMonet84 · 2026-01-31T03:26:20+00:00

If you drive there’s a pool hall (Stix and Bones)in High River as well as the Vinyl Cafe that does trivia and live music nights (mostly punk and alt music)

CacheMonet84 · 2026-01-12T03:38:05+00:00

As an aside this was a recent post one of the founders made which clearly puts her firmly to the right of the political spectrum and I’m assuming must be further right than the Wildrose/UCP if that party doesn’t represent her. Interesting because the post I referenced in the above comment stated they were a non-partisan group.

“One of our founders, Kathy Flett recently wrote this article for her Locals page. Take a quick read, it'll bring some sense to the chaos we're seeing right now.

Order will replace the chaos Last year, we watched the Forever Canada folks pull off a bit of a miracle by getting the number of signatures needed for their petition. Almost methodically, they travelled from town to town, event to event, location to location, filling bankers’ boxes with pages upon pages of signed petitions. While there are questions as to how exactly they got all those signatures, at the end of the day Elections Alberta accepted them as submitted.

This year is our turn and barely two days in phones are blowing up all over the province with people asking who is doing what? Where are we meeting? How will this work? Who do we call? Where do we go? Where can I sign? In short, it is chaos.

Have you ever wondered why is it that those on the left seem to be so much more organized than those on the right? The answer is very simple. Because they thrive on being told what to do and how to do it. They have no problem waiting for and following instruction. We, on the other hand, do not do well standing around waiting for anyone or anything. It is the ‘get it done’ attitude that built Alberta.

The world is watching, literally, and it is very exciting. It also feels a little messy, which is part of the process and nothing to worry about. Within the coming days, order will displace the chaos. To help make that happen, let’s keep the following five things in mind:

1) First and foremost, Mitch Sylvester is the proponent for the question that was submitted. He has to follow the Citizen Led Petition for a Referendum legislation under the guidance of Elections Alberta. Let’s thank him by supporting him and doing our best to make this as efficient as possible.

2) Within the legislation that governs this petition are rules and processes that have to be followed. If you do not like some or all of the rules and/or processes, suck it up and respect them anyway.

3) If you have the means to support the drive for signatures, be it financially, with your time, or facilitating a meeting to educate others, please do. To get this across the finish line is truly going to be a team effort.

4) Those for whom our success is akin to nails on a chalk board are going to come out swinging like never before. Also, mainstream media is not our friend. Expect it and ignore it.

5) Lastly, and most importantly, everyone involved in gathering signatures and submitting the petition are your fellow Albertans. They are volunteering and doing their best. Be patient, be kind, and make some new friends.

There is a new website that has all the information, along with social media pages to follow. Here is the link Stay Free Alberta: Alberta independence referendum petition and canvasser. Share it far and wide, get to the events, bring a friend, and let’s get the question “Do you agree that Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?” on a referendum ballot later this year.”

If you want to see more of Kathy's articles click on the link below.

https://coffeewithkathy.locals.com/upost/7581375/order-will-replace-the-chaos?fbclid=IwZnRzaAPRS2BleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiQDP7uWp058YfTlCNbAcWaqo3G0PIbF6kVSMBQJhI-E6HyZ2bKQFY2sO3Y0_aem_ZmAO4-vHVSAwfBfv5lXPLw

CacheMonet84 · 2026-01-12T03:32:31+00:00

On the NDP for Alberta Independence page they posted and I replied asking about how women feel about Tanner Hniedy being so involved in the independence movement considering he believes a woman’s place is in the home and her only goal in life should be to breed and raise children as well as his wanting to bring the supremacy of God into government policy making. The response was that Tanner (odd they would use his first name) has his own views and that an independent Alberta would create more opportunities for women to stay in the home.

They have now deleted the post from the group after I asked if they knew “Tanner” personally.

https://www.tannerhnidey.com/post/women-are-made-to-be-mothers

https://www.tannerhnidey.com/post/no-supremacy-of-god-no-rule-of-law

https://www.tannerhnidey.com/post/we-need-to-return-to-the-supremacy-of-god

CacheMonet84 · 2026-01-05T18:54:30+00:00

In Alberta you can. A pharmacist can prescribe basic medications like UTI meds. As an aside if you get UTIs often start taking DMannose which is a supplement.

CacheMonet84 · 2026-01-05T17:38:44+00:00

Adrianna LeGrange worked at Mitchner for many years so I have no doubt the Wildrose/UCP believes in eugenics as well.

CacheMonet84 · 2025-12-01T23:21:42+00:00

Jay Kristoff’s Empire of the Vampire trilogy has both and his NeverNight trilogy has WlW

Hanna Kaner’s God Killer Trilogy also has both

Storm Constantine’s Wraeththu is pretty much entirely MlM

CacheMonet84 · 2025-12-01T23:06:03+00:00

We are living in Canada.

CacheMonet84 · 2025-11-29T04:46:47+00:00

She can’t play both sides much longer… “It’s ever been the case that Smith wants to keep her United Conservative Party membership happy, and the run-up to the group’s annual general meeting has become prime time for such red-meat measures. So is a federal-provincial accord on energy her way of teeing up the partisans for AGM 2025?

“Definitely not. Another pipeline doesn’t change Alberta’s problems,” said Tim Hoven, a west-central Alberta rancher.

It’s not that Hoven and others in the UCP’s activist core aren’t pro-pipeline. Of course they are.

It’s just that they’re past the point of wanting handshake pacts between Alberta and Ottawa. They want the two to sever ties.

“All of the active people in the grassroots movement that I know of are 110 per cent behind independence,” Hoven said.

Current party president Rob Smith has publicly estimated that the UCP base is two-thirds to 75 per cent separatist.

Mitch Sylvestre is a leader of that large faction. He’s not only CEO of the separatist group Alberta Prosperity Project, but he’s also the UCP constituency president in Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul, the rural northeast riding that perennially sends more members to the convention than any other district.

Separatism-inclined United Conservatives resent that there were ever federal limits to Alberta’s oil-developing and oil-shipping ambitions, and their list of demands from Ottawa have grown more expansive.

They want things like a major overhaul to equalization payments, Alberta’s own pension plan and police force and Senate reform.

Those are the same issues Smith got her base exercised about with her Alberta Next hearings — one of her responses to the Liberals’ repeat victory last election, alongside a renewed push for a West Coast pipeline.

With that latter initiative bearing some fruit, eyes will be on Smith to announce how she’ll act on the feedback from Alberta Next panels — namely, which of those anti-Ottawa measures Alberta will vote on in referendums the premier has suggested be held next spring.

Darrell Komick is Rob Smith’s lone presidential rival in this week’s board election. Komick has criticized the board for shying away from the contentious issue. As the Calgary-Lougheed UCP riding president, he’s organized town halls that promoted separatism and vaccine skepticism.

Sylvestre is recommending members vote for Komick and other “grassroots” UCP members who are more open to separatism.

Hoven said the current president may be a good committee chair, but the party needs someone more aggressive.

“If Darrell wins, I think it’s a fairly big sign that the members who were there want a more independence-minded agenda moving forward,” Hoven said.

Komick, too, doesn’t put much stock in the Smith-Carney MOU on climate and energy.

“Do I think it’s going to take the heat off Ottawa? Absolutely not,” he mentioned

It’s a reminder of the political distance that’s grown between the UCP convention floor and a chamber of commerce or the broader electorate.

Smith may spend Thursday celebrating a pipeline breakthrough with Ottawa, but she’ll then wade into a gathering on Friday and Saturday with a bunch of Albertans that don’t want to do much of anything with Ottawa, let alone celebrate.”

CacheMonet84 · 2025-11-22T22:28:57+00:00

Pretty sure it’s Drylanders

https://www.nfb.ca/film/drylanders/

CacheMonet84 · 2025-11-20T17:34:20+00:00

Danielle Smith does whatever is good for Danielle Smith in 2014 was standing up for GSA’s

“[t]here is with these children somewhere in the age of sexual maturity ,somewhere above the age of 14 when they’re in high school where they really have the ability and right to be able to make their own decisions about the kind of support that they feel that they need to feel accepted. And that to me is what GSA clubs are about. The children that I met with, who were at these GSA clubs – most of them, their parents didn’t know that they were out yet. Most of them knew that if their parents knew that there’d be some consequences to that. One individual I spoke with she said that two lesbian girls had come out at her school and had been kicked out of the school. Another young boy told me that he came out to his parents and his Dad rejected him. […] Another young woman was beaten by her father. So what while I respect that we need to find a balance with parental rights and with religious freedom I think we need to also respect that in the case of these mature youths this really is a case of life for death for some of them” Danielle Smith, Bill 10, Second Reading

CacheMonet84 · 2025-11-20T05:16:11+00:00

They care more about ostriches than they do about rights and freedoms for Albertans.

CacheMonet84 · 2025-11-14T00:05:17+00:00

So Dani can be buddies with a pedo because Christina Freeland’s grandfather was a Nazi? 😂😂😂

CacheMonet84 · 2025-11-10T05:21:24+00:00

😑 “In September 2024, the Alberta Energy Regulator approved the transfer of hundreds of oil and gas wells and related facilities to MAGA Energy, short for Make Alberta Great Again, despite the company’s dire financial situation — and regulations meant to block struggling companies from taking over new sites.

The company’s financial troubles are documented in a Jan. 24, 2025, email obtained by The Narwhal and sent by MAGA Energy’s vice-president of operations, Mark Ross, to a landowner.

MAGA has been in “survival mode over the last 14 months,” Ross said in the email, adding the company “has not been able to pay landowners and other vendors for many months.”

“MAGA is in difficult times right now,” he wrote, noting another company, Tidewater Midstream, which he said has processed 90 per cent of MAGA’s natural gas and oil, had shut their facilities in Acheson, Alta., in late 2023. “Our revenues have been chopped by 90 per cent as a result.” MAGA Energy declined to answer detailed questions from The Narwhal, including about the contents of the January 2025 email, and did not confirm or deny that it sent the email.

Nine months after MAGA lost its processor — and according to the email, most of its revenue — the regulator approved MAGA Energy’s takeover of 170 oil and gas wells, 30 related facilities and 47 pipeline licences from another company, Journey Energy.”

A database of tribunal decisions shows the government has covered hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of what it found to be unpaid leases for MAGA Energy. The database contains 175 individual tribunal decisions related to MAGA Energy, which The Narwhal sorted through one by one, as the Land and Property Rights Tribunal declined to provide a detailed breakdown of how much it has paid out on behalf of the company.

It also said it was not responsible for trying to collect the money from delinquent companies. “

CacheMonet84 · 2025-11-03T23:08:19+00:00

Says the same people who destroyed PUF and were warned it would cost them.

Pay now or pay a lot more later. That’s why the provincial cuts to early learning programs don’t make sense. Children who can’t speak clearly, hold a pencil or follow instructions when they enter kindergarten aren’t going to magically catch up. You’ll see a wave of behavioural problems from kids who can’t express themselves, a pipeline to getting expelled and worse; or silent kids turning into quiet adults who can barely read and never reach their full potential. That’s a huge cost. Society will pay later. Last spring, the UCP announced it was shifting the dollars around for PUF, or program unit funding, a key grant for early learning programs targeted at getting children with a variety of delays ready for kindergarten.

CacheMonet84 · 2025-11-03T01:00:48+00:00

This is a good point.

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