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Ximena González

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Calgary journalist. Recovering architect. Reluctant urbanist. http://ximena-gonzalez.com

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Folks! I’m looking to interview someone looking to buy a home this year in Calgary, regardless of the property type.

If this is you, or someone you know, message me privately so i can tell you more about the story i’m writing.

05.03.2026 16:49 👍 8 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 0

Right?! Who in the Americas asked for a made up organization anyway?

05.03.2026 21:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Part of the Trump Universe™

05.03.2026 20:57 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Shield of the Americas?!

05.03.2026 20:55 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Folks! I’m looking to interview someone looking to buy a home this year in Calgary, regardless of the property type.

If this is you, or someone you know, message me privately so i can tell you more about the story i’m writing.

05.03.2026 16:49 👍 8 🔁 19 💬 0 📌 0

I surely hope somebody out there is compiling a catalogue of mid-century buildings in the West End.

I’d volunteer to do it if i lived there!

05.03.2026 15:23 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Source: https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/canada/individual/taxes-on-personal-income

Source: https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/canada/individual/taxes-on-personal-income

Being wealthy in Alberta is just too cheap. Maybe top income earners should pay their fair share?

www.canada.ca/en/revenue-a...

05.03.2026 01:14 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s a failure of the province for underfunding services to maintain Alberta’s so-called advantage.

Let’s not pit generations against each other and work on class solidarity instead, shall we?

05.03.2026 00:49 👍 15 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

Wanna know what’s the most disgusting part of ai?

That it’s being forced on us.

04.03.2026 23:58 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Inside a Surrey ‘Local News’ Site Run by AI | The Tyee Surrey Speak published fake news about a mayoral candidate and an AI-generated picture of a real murder victim.

The @theijf.org has found Surrey Speak’s content appears to be largely AI-generated and is laden with factual inaccuracies.

The website also published AI-generated imagery based on real events, including an altered portrait of a murder victim. @zakvescera.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia

03.03.2026 17:54 👍 48 🔁 31 💬 1 📌 2

More like all of the above! Lol

04.03.2026 22:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

👍 to the property managers who get their sidewalks cleared regardless of the amount of snow

👎 to the City of Calgary that lets a skiff of snow conceal icy patches on pathways

04.03.2026 18:53 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Indeed!

04.03.2026 01:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I, for one, stick to magpie standard time, lol

04.03.2026 01:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SERIOUSLY. Most of my life I haven't worked 9-5, and obviously I'm not alone!

04.03.2026 01:15 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Hear me out—what if instead of arguing over clock changes, we called for improved work schedules?

Like, working 9-5 isn’t an unchangeable rule of nature, is it?

04.03.2026 01:12 👍 32 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 1

That driver was surprisingly good, though! Unlike this morning’s school bus.

03.03.2026 16:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I see lots of that here!

03.03.2026 16:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tbh, i think we’re all becoming bad drivers.

03.03.2026 16:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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There’s like three signs too! Only traffic cones seem to deter them.

Here’s another one from last fall, lol

03.03.2026 15:53 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

A u-turn on a dead-end road.

03.03.2026 15:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

That’s exactly it. Nobody seems to see the no exit sign.

03.03.2026 15:43 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This is what happens when there’s closures on Memorial Drive and drivers get antsy.

03.03.2026 15:35 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0
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Governing by Referendum Populism trumps good policymaking

On the surface, referendums seem like a democratic way to solve policy disputes.

In reality, they gin up more conflict than they're worth.

My latest on Danielle Smith's continued use of the populist playbook.

drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/governing-...

02.03.2026 20:52 👍 104 🔁 49 💬 4 📌 2

lol

03.03.2026 01:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Can we shower for six minutes every other day instead of three minutes daily?

Asking for a friend 🙃

03.03.2026 00:05 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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‘You don’t get to call it a democracy when you write the questions yourself’: provincewide protest announced by AFL The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) announced a province-wide day of protest for May 29 to stand up against what they said in a release as “an increasingly radical and undemocratic agenda from the ...

The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling for a provincewide day of protest on May 29, accusing the Smith government of pursuing what it describes as a radical agenda that lacks public support.

More here👇 #yyc #ableg #abpoli @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social

www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

01.03.2026 01:56 👍 46 🔁 32 💬 2 📌 2
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Help spread the word!

On Monday, March 9, the Bearspaw South Feeder Main (BSFM) will be shut down to allow for planned reinforcement repairs to support the stability of the current pipe.

1/5

02.03.2026 20:13 👍 25 🔁 29 💬 1 📌 5

Speaking! Though i might have the wrong accent.

02.03.2026 18:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s too late! 😅

02.03.2026 18:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0