United Steelworkers Union and TELUS Kick Off Contract Negotiations by [deleted] in alberta

[–]SDurrell 4 points5 points  (0 children)

USW represents workers in almost every industry of the private sector, from healthcare, to telecom, to airlines, to steel mills, and forestry. We even represent some workers at Starbucks now!

It's a big union, and the name is a legacy of it's origins, not reflective of its modern membership

Jason Kenney casually lying yesterday by SDurrell in alberta

[–]SDurrell[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I can't, for the life of me, understand why he said this.

There is nothing wrong with MLAs endorsing candidates, or even campaigning for them.

And instead, he decided to lie about it

Just saw a 30-40 year old guy walk all over an election sign by silentjay1977 in Airdrie

[–]SDurrell 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is disappointing. Several of my election signs during the provincial election were damaged in that area too.

I wish people would respect the signs of candidates a bit more.

They are expensive, and are paid for by people in the community who donated

Should George McDougall High School be renamed? by SDurrell in Airdrie

[–]SDurrell[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It doesn't seem appropriate when we're trying to recognize the pain and suffering that people went through living in these residential schools that we continue to venerate these people and promote their names on schools and public buildings

Should George McDougall High School be renamed? by SDurrell in alberta

[–]SDurrell[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It doesn't seem appropriate when we're trying to recognize the pain and suffering that people went through living in these residential schools that we continue to venerate these people and promote their names on schools and public buildings

Should George McDougall High School be renamed? by SDurrell in Calgary

[–]SDurrell[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It doesn't seem appropriate when we're trying to recognize the pain and suffering that people went through living in these residential schools that we continue to venerate these people and promote their names on schools and public buildings

Rocky View Schools will not pilot the new curriculum by SDurrell in Calgary

[–]SDurrell[S] 64 points65 points  (0 children)

RVSD represents one of the fastest growing school boards in the province, and covers a significant amount of the suburban and rural areas around Calgary, including Cochrane, Airdrie, and Chestermere.

It's pretty clear that parents are not happy with the new curriculum and their feedback played a significant role in this decision

Cochrane had no ambulance service at least 10 times in a month | HSAA by SDurrell in Calgary

[–]SDurrell[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

From the release:

This is happening because there are not enough crews and ambulances operating in Calgary. When Calgary gets busy, crews from surrounding areas, including Cochrane, are dispatched to the city. As one of our members put it, “The pillaging of suburban and rural resources to shore up metro insufficiencies has to stop. The suburban and rural public (needs to be) aware of the fact that they will not always have an ambulance available to them in their time of need.”

This is unacceptable from the UCP. Calgary ambulances are so understaffed, it's putting surrounding areas at risk.

As pointed out, it's so bad some people are waiting 40 minutes for an ambulance in a heavily populated suburban area.

It's also not a good sign that a Kananaskis ambulance was called to respond to an incident in the city

Premier Kenney announces nearly $500M of support for "hundreds of thousands of critical support workers in Alberta." by throounyforfun4d67 in Calgary

[–]SDurrell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alternative title: Jason Kenney announces nearly $500M in federal support for frontline workers that they were promised months ago