ABR Resistor Update
August 8, 2025
RECENT NEWS
Alberta Resistance believes that ALL Albertans have the right to be informed.
You keep showing up!
Red Deer and Medicine Hat keep showing up week after week to protest. They are on Week 26!
Medicine Hat - Saturday
Address TransCanada Way/13th Ave. Time 10:30 - 11:30 am
Red Deer - Saturday
Address Adriana LaGrange’s Office on the corner of 202-5913 50 Ave, Red Deer,
Time 10:30 - 11:30
Forever Canada Petitions are Live
If you signed up to collect signatures, be patient; they are getting to that as quickly as they can. They have 90 days to collect the signatures. Let’s show the UCP and the rest of Canada that Albertans want to stay in Canada. Update - 20,000 Albertans have signed up to be canvassers. We can do this!
https://www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-initiative-petition-issued/
Edmonton Forever Canadian Petition Signing this weekend.
They will be at the Edmonton Folk Fest Collecting Signatures
If you missed us today, we are back Edmonton Folk Music Festival with our petition for people to sign. We are there:
Friday, August 8, 2025, 2:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 10, 2025 12:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.
Thank you, festivalgoers, we had wonderful conversations about Alberta and Canada. We are #forevercanadian.
You can catch us at Youth Day at Castledowns Park
Saturday, August 9, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
11524 153 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB
More locations to come, including permanent signing locations and more centres across Alberta.
Red Deer
You can sign up at the Farmer’s Market every Saturday morning from 8 am - 12:30 pm.
Upcoming Events
Some exciting news:
A town hall re: Oil and Gas companies and their responsibilities. What can you do about it? Come and find out! There are two, one for Edmonton area and one for Calgary area.
Edmonton area - Warburg August 12
Calgary Area - Didsbury August 14
To sign up to be a canvasser for Forever Canada, there is a link in the document. https://www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-initiative-petition-issued/
August 14, 2025, Alberta Next Panel - Edmonton, see below for the link to get your tickets.
August 16, 2025, Nate Pike from the BreakdownAB is going to do a live show in Edmonton - Grindstone Theatre. Get your tickets here: Nate Pike's Patreon Link for Live Show Tickets. (You can join for free)
August 18, 2025, Federal By-Election - Battle River - Crowfoot
August 19, 2025
Affirming Families brings people together to share experiences, ask hard questions, and celebrate the journey of parenting 2SLGBTQIA+ children and youth with love and courage.
Register or Drop In: https://forms.gle/TiRHn5jGRi7ZfdeeA
No matter where you’re at, you are welcome here. This free group is offered in partnership with the Prairie Pride Guild of Medicine Hat and District .
August 22, 2025, at 6 pm, Location: the band shell on the Legislature grounds.
Drown Out Sean Fecht Day Poster on Facebook August 22, @ 6pm, at the Alberta Legislature Grounds.
Fort McMurray, August 26, 2025. We will update the location when we know it. Mark your calendars if you can attend. Doors open at 5 pm for the Alberta Next Panel.
September 2, 2025, Medicine Hat is planning a town hall. Stay tuned for details.
They have changed the messaging on the link for the Alberta Next Panel:
Alberta Next | 2026 Vote: Have Your Say
Real change starts with you. Let your voice be heard at Alberta.ca/next. Alberta may hold a referendum in 2026. Help decide what’s on it.
The next town halls are:
Edmonton, August 14th - The portal to register for tickets is open. See the link below. There is no official protest planned, but we can gather on public land and bring our signs, our noise makers, and let them know we want a strong United Canada with an Alberta that looks after its citizens.
Fort McMurray on August 26 - Protest planned. See the info above.
Lloydminster on August 27
Lethbridge on September 11th
Airdrie on September 15th
Grand Prairie on September 17th
Calgary on September 29th
Online October 1st and 22nd
The links will be live on the website 2 weeks before each town hall.
Here are the links for the two completed town halls.
You must watch all 6 videos that are on the survey page. You have 15 minutes to ask questions or make statements about each topic. Each speaker gets 45 seconds (if you are against the message). If you are for the message, it’s the moderator's choice.
You can sign up here to attend if you want to see what it is all about.
August 26 No Queens Protest Fort McMurray
The NDP is launching a “Better Together” series of town halls this summer:
Lethbridge on August 18th
Red Deer on August 27th
Edmonton on August 28th
Calgary on September 9th
Airdrie on September 11th
Register now for Lethbridge:
Campaigns:
Join the Recall For Change|AB Resistance? Join us here.
Want to lead a recall campaign? Reach out to recallforchange@gmail.com.
Are you a research/writing/social media person who wants to promote the recall campaigns? Sign up to volunteer your way here.
We are looking for people who would like to drop literature or to door-knock. Getting information out there is vital as we face Alberta’s next plan for town halls. Sign up here.
Speakers Series:
We are taking some time off in July. Look for us in August.
Procurement Scandal:
If you want everything to come out from the Procurement Scandal and want to donate to Athana, go here: Fundraiser for Athana Mentzelopoulos by Nancy Scott: Medicine Hat Grassroots group for integrity & justice
Events in Edmonton and Calgary:
Reminder, it is Festival Season, so check out the links for some fun things to do with friends and family.
What can you do to make some “Good Trouble” this week? Check out:
Calgary and Area
Southern Alberta
Edmonton and Area
Government of Alberta - lists multicultural dates in their online calendar.
Miscellaneous
If you would like to know what is going on in Alberta, you can find our Substack here: https://substack.com/@abresistance?utm_source=user-menu
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I’ll be at Saturday’s event to sign the petition, and DEFINITELY at the August 22 insult to Albertans concert at our legislature. Stunned bi#%h. I sincerely pray there’s more protesters than brainwashed attendees.
I’m in Northern Ontario, not in Alberta, but I’m so impressed and made joyful by this hard work. What I see is people organizing and getting on top of the authoritarian playbook before it’s too late. I see people passionately defending democracy and human rights and the wholeness and integrity of Canada as a nation. I’m a fellow Canadian, beyond Alberta’s borders but so proud to be part of the same country with you. And BTW, sixty-plus years ago…I think maybe 64 years ago.. I spent a glorious summer working in Alberta. Banff Springs Hotel. Ran an elevator. My experience of Alberta is maybe a little narrow and very out of date. But I’ve never forgotten the sensational beauty of your corner of the universe. Stay with us. We really, really want you in Canada. Thanks for all your work.