#edmonton

I talk a lot about libraries here, and right now, I need to rally as much support as possible for mine. In Edmonton, Pride flags have been banned. Please kick up as much of a fuss about this as possible; if you are Albertan, contact your local representatives. Just now, on social media, the library account began spreading lies about the policy and the union, so it looks like they are going to try to stand their ground.

I've got batches of my Rainbow Raven stickers available for sale at The Quiltbag in Edmonton!! They're a Metis and LGBTQ owned retail store with lots of ntv and queer made art and trinkets!! They've got lots of incredible art there, so consider checking them out if you're in the area!!

More than half of Canadian daily newspapers are owned by Postmedia, giving the MAGA-aligned newspaper chain enormous influence over the flow of information and how current events are perceived across the country.  In addition to its explicitly Conservative flagship national newspaper, the National Post, Postmedia has a monopoly on major daily newspapers in Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Saskatoon and Regina, in addition to owning the Toronto Sun and Montreal Gazette.  “In the last 10 years, they’ve been imposing an ever further right-wing agenda on their newspapers,” Marc Edge, author of the Postmedia Effect: How Vulture Capitalism Is Wrecking Our News, told Ricochet.

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The Sam standee is at West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, AB!

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