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Tomorrow on
#RealTalkRJ
...
Ophthalmologist Dr. Will Flanary aka
@DGlaucomflecken
joins
@ryanjespersen
to talk about finding humour in medicine and dealing with whatever life throws at him (including cancer, twice).
TUNE IN @ 9:15am MT / 11:15am ET:
"I don't think oil companies have the backs of oil sands workers."
"Albertans are being fooled by right wing politicians."
What did you think of
@ryanjespersen
's interview with
@JustinTrudeau
?
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#abpoli
Despite record low polling, Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
confirms he'll lead the Liberals into the next election in an exclusive interview on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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#PMJT
"Sheer incompetence combined with a lack of any moral fibre."
@nenshi
takes aim at Premier Danielle Smith in a fiery
#RealTalkRJ
appearance. Link below to our full interview with the AB NDP leadership contender.
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Look who’s watching
#RealTalkRJ
.
(We’d prefer if these greasy bastards kept their logo off our intellectual property - not to mention crowdfunding off our hard work - but grifters gonna grift!) 😆
"...right wing (media) outlets who allow their hate boner for the Prime Minister to cut off all circulation to their brain."
ALL-TIME COMMENT from
@supriyadwivedi
, talking Canada/India on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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"The most vulnerable people in Alberta are very powerless."
End-stage cancer patient
@JulieRohrYEG
on how dangerous accessing medical care is amid COVID, due to UCP's pandemic plans, on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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LISTEN:
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#ableg
"At what point does your loyalty to a party make you say, 'Maybe we've gone too far?'"
Former Progressive Conservative minister
@Doug13Ways
tells
#RealTalkRJ
why he's endorsing Rachel Notley's NDP.
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"
@jkenney
couldn't help himself from saying he still doesn't believe he's wrong."
@ryanjespersen
on huge lack of humanity, empathy and humility shown by AB premier in addressing the 4th wave, on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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"If the Danielle Smith UCP win, it will have a huge impact on politics in this country...and it will also have an impact on media."
@charlesadler
has both guns blazing on today's
#RealTalkRJ
.
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#abvote
"If you support (the PPC) you're either ignorant or disgusting."
@ryanjespersen
on the hateful, dangerous views whipped up and galvanized by the far-right People's Party of Canada, on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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The next time somebody tells you Alberta's "getting screwed" by the Canada Pension Plan, show them this. Nothing but facts in less than two minutes:
#HeardItOnJespo
When will the "My body, my choice" anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers start protesting Alberta's new transgender youth healthcare policies? Any minute now?
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"If Notley spent 15 mins on the phone with a protestor who tried to blow up a pipeline...how would they respond?"
@maxfawcett
says conservatives excusing Premier Smith's call with Artur Pawlowski are hypocrites.
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"(Dreeshen's tweet) really, really, really says something about how this government's hard wired."
@ryanjespersen
on
@AlbertaAg
Minister Devin Dreeshen's trolling tweet and behaviour in the
#ableg
, on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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"I was terrified to leave my house."
@atRachelGilmore
might face more abuse than any other journalist in Canada based on her reporting on extremism and conspiracy theories.
She talks about the toll it takes...
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We're hearing reports some UCP door knockers are imploring voters to support the party despite negative headlines, implying leader Danielle Smith could be toast post-election.
@charlesadler
on
#RealTalkRJ
...
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Alberta's got a $300 BILLION dollar mess on its hands. Oil companies have laughed at environmental obligations for decades, and Alberta's Energy Regulator can't be trusted.
@EnergiMedia
's
@politicalham
explains.
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"This is far worse than the Lake of Fire."
@charlesadler
chimes in on Danielle Smith's latest controversy, comparing the vaccinated population to supporters of Adolf Hitler.
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#abpoli
#abelxn23
Alberta was thiiiiiiiiis close to rolling blackouts in -40C over the weekend.
Some say it's Rachel Notley's fault. Some say it's the UCP's fault.
Energy economist
@TheRealDKGray
cuts through the noise.
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Longtime conservative talk radio host
@charlesadler
made waves with his New Year's Eve endorsement of Rachel Notley's NDP.
Charles joins us today on the first
#RealTalkRJ
episode of 2023. Catch it live at 8:30am MT or later on demand:
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Real Talker "Will" wants us to ask Premier Danielle Smith about Alberta's orphan wells when she joins
@ryanjespersen
on Thursday's show.
Watch/listen live at 8:30am MT or later on demand:
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Most conservatives hesitating to vote UCP in 2023 will cite the influence of the "Take Back Alberta" group.
That includes
@charlesadler
, who spells it out on an Election Day edition of
#RealTalkRJ
.
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"People can blame Trudeau and Ottawa all they want. This is squarely on the UCP."
Former Energy Minister
@MargMcCuaigBoyd
sets the record straight after Alberta pushed to the brink of rolling blackouts.
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"A party for the 90s...the 1890s." 💀💀💀
Former PC minister
@Doug13Ways
takes on Take Back Alberta's influence on the UCP, and explains why he's endorsing the NDP this election.
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#RealTalkRJ
Jordan Peterson blew a gasket over the weekend after Jagmeet Singh suggested racism and misogyny may factor into Canada's
#MMIWG2S
tragedy.
@charlesadler
calls him out on
#RealTalkRJ
. Link below to our full conversation.
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Those stories you're seeing online linking vaccines to a rash of sudden deaths? Not true.
Mythbuster
@CaulfieldTim
takes on COVID conspiracy theories on this must-watch episode of
#RealTalkRJ
. 👇
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"The empathy, the support that we saw during the other three waves has been replaced by confused anger."
Physician
@drdagly
candidly shares about the death threat he got, on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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#COVIDAB
#abpoli
#ableg
"I do not want my government in the George Orwell business."
@charlesadler
tells us what he REALLY thinks about Premier Danielle Smith telling Ottawa funding for cities and universities needs to go through her.
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"The Conservative plan is to continue the war on drugs...pretend we're being compassionate...leaving supply to organized crime."
PM Stephen Harper's former legal advisor
@profbenperrin
on "safer supply"...
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"We're Albertans who just don't want our water messed up and the Rockies destroyed."
@CorbLund
and
@mayorsnod
bring us up to speed on the plight to protect AB's Eastern Slopes from coal exploration, on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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"People are burnt out. Nurses are taking medical leave. Some are just walking away."
Dr.
@NeejaB
shares about the impact of decreasing hospital beds in
#Alberta
and the never-ending
#pandemic
demands, on
#RealTalkRJ
.
Watch the full interview:
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Just over a week ago, Premier
@ABDanielleSmith
told
#RealTalkRJ
she'd adopt a new policy re: blocking critics on Twitter.
En masse, you're telling us nothing's changed. In fact, you're sharing evidence the Block Party continues. From 0-10, how bad are the optics?
#ableg
#abpoli
This is a business decision. This government has never done the right thing when it comes to the pandemic, and now it’s clear that they’ve figured out what they consider acceptable losses to make this go away. Those losses will be friends and family. No one else is doing this.
Coming up tomorrow on
#RealTalkRJ
...
@UbakaOgbogu
on facing ongoing harassment and threats after Alberta's Premier singled him out calling him 'deranged' on social media.
WEDNESDAY @ 8:40am MT / 10:40am ET:
#abpoli
#ableg
#alberta
Our friend
@supriyadwivedi
's husband is fighting for his life, diagnosed with stage four lung cancer.
Their nightmare is reiterating some of the glaring problems with healthcare in Canada.
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Tansi friends,
The final results are in and I can finally say -- we did it!
Alongside my future NDP colleagues, I am committed to fighting for people in our community and across Canada.
#cdnpoli
They'd lock horns in the Legislature, then go for beers. Is such civility even possible in politics anymore?
Don't miss former PC deputy premier
@LukaszukAB
and former NDP leader
@bmasonNDP2
on Wednesday's
#RealTalkRJ
.
#ableg
#abpoli
"These are not Conservatives...at all."
NDP MLA
@SPhillipsAB
gives
#RealTalkRJ
a no-holds-barred assessment of Alberta's
#UCP
government on the final day of spring session at
#ableg
.
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"If you replace your sharpened skates with dull skates, you will not win a single medal."
@charlesadler
on former Olympic darlings Jamie Sale and Theo Fleury, and their conspiracy-ridden falls from grace.
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"Why was the government getting in the business of loaning private entities 100s of millions of $$ so they could meet their obligations TO the government?"
@andrew_leach
talks "bitumen boondoggle", on
#RealTalkRJ
.
Watch full interview:
#abpoli
#oilandgas
"I don't know how many Ukrainian-Canadians living in Alberta want to end Ukrainian independence. My guess is none of them."
@charlesadler
breaks down Premier Danielle Smith's current messaging crisis on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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How has AB's Conservative party evolved since
@LukaszukAB
was PC deputy premier and
@bmasonNDP2
led the NDP?
The former political foes lay it out in a highly-entertaining episode of
#RealTalkRJ
.
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#abpoli
259 schools with possible
#COVID19
outbreaks reported to
@SOSAlberta
(since Sept 1, 2021).
@wingkarli
from the volunteer-run group maintaining the K-12 school COVID tracker (), joins
@ryanjespersen
tomorrow at 8:40am MT.
TUNE IN:
"It is a war, every single day. I think the NDP is soft...wimpy. I think if Nenshi had been the leader of the NDP, he would have defeated Danielle Smith."
@charlesadler
red hot out of the gates on
#RealTalkRJ
!
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"It comes across like the kind of creep who is stalking someone."
@charlesadler
digs into Pierre Poilievre's fixation with Justin Trudeau.
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#RealTalkRJ
Is what "they're" saying on the internet true? Are little kids REALLY having gender reassignment surgery in Alberta?
Dr. Kate Greenaway brings 20+ years of experience to our
#RealTalkRoundTable
.
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#ableg
"A conservative that wants prosecutors to back off...of people who threaten our police officers...it's out of line."
@charlesadler
says there's hypocrisy smeared all over the
#Coutts
story.
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#cdnpoli
#RealTalkRJ
RIP Uncle Kenny. 💔
Edmonton Councillor
@aaronpaquette
gets personal, telling us what informs his perspective on homelessness.
Link below to our full conversation about encampments, police, and politics.
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Is there any greater pain than losing a loved one to suicide?
Grief educator Jeremy Allen talks Ryan through one of the most important
#RealTalkRJ
episodes we'll ever release.
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SUICIDE CRISIS HELPLINE: 9-8-8
Created with love and admiration for
@JulieRohrYEG
this small sculpture is being auctioned today. 100% of the proceeds are going to the new Julie Rohr Scholarship announced on
#RealTalkRJ
the auction is open now, it will close at 6:00pm
#welovejulierohr
#yeg
"Gender equality in cabinet should not be something controversial."
@charlesadler
says the Conservatives blew it over the weekend. Do you agree or disagree?
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"To be a white suburban dude to come out and say, not everything's a mess, just relax."
@brittlestar
on using his major social media following to cut through misinformation and stupidity around
#COVID
, on
#RealTalkRJ
.
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"They can't run a lemonade stand."
Opposition Critic for Health
@DShepYEG
tells us EXACTLY what he thinks about the UCP's plan to restructure Alberta Health Services.
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#ableg
#AHS
Preston Manning's COVID panel report says "non-scientific evidence" was ignored through the pandemic.
Professor
@CaulfieldTim
says that's just not true.
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#ableg
"Industry in this province has the (Alberta Energy) Regulator wrapped around their finger."
Pure 🔥 from
@molszyns
, one of the
@ucalgary
academics calling for a public review of the AER.
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#ableg
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