ABR Resistor Update
October 31, 2025
RECENT NEWS
Alberta Resistance believes that ALL Albertans have the right to be informed.
You keep showing up!
Trick or Treat - this week, the Alberta Government played a big trick on Alberta Teachers with forcing teachers back to school with Bill 2 using the notwithstanding clause.
Protest at the Legislature. Students are here to show support for the teachers. People with disabilities are here to protest the death of Assured Income for the Disabled. Incredible turnout. October 30, 2025
Red Deer and Medicine Hat continue to show up week after week to protest. They are on Week 36!
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 delivered over 450,000 petitions to Elections Alberta! Incredible work!
Upcoming Events
The recall for Demetrios Nicolaides, Minister of Education and Child Care - Calgary Bow is underway.
https://recallnicolaides.ca/
Join your neighbours.
Sign the petition to recall Alberta’s Minister of Education, and MLA for Calgary-Bow, Demetrios Nicolaides.
16,006 friends, neighbours, concerned citizens, and business leaders of Bowness, Crestmont, Cougar Ridge, Coach Hill, Greenbriar-Greenwood, Montgomery, Osprey Hills, Patterson, Trinity Hills, Wentworth, West Springs, Wildwood, and Valley Ridge.
Help us kick-start a recall movement. All over Alberta, people want Calgary-Bow to sign.
Reclaim Public Education
Be part of it.
There are more recalls submitted and are going through the process. Is your constituency one of them?
Trick or Treat - Give yourself a treat if you live in Calgary Bow, and find a location to sign the petition so you can give the Alberta Government and the Education Minister a Trick. Check the website for the signing locations map.
Things are starting to happen! Remember the 3.5% rule? Be part of the change. What can you do to “Make Some Good Trouble?”
The Public Dollars for Public Education petition is underway. They will be collecting petitions at rallies, sporting and concert events, and in your neighborhoods.
TOWN HALLS - ABR is hitting the road. Stay tuned as we set up more town halls. (We may have to postpone this. In light of teachers being forced back to work, we have lots of inquiries about Recalls.
The Speaker Series is back!!! Look for the videos on our YouTube Channel ABResistance.
Alberta Government Mandate Letters Mandate Letters Link - In light of Bill 2 forcing teachers back to work using the Notwithstanding Clause, Jason Stephan, Parliamentary Secretary of Constitutional Affairs - got a mandate letter.
Clean Up Your MAS - The Mature Asset Strategy - Your Tax Dollars on the line for Oil and Gas Clean up.
REGISTER: NOV. 5 CALGARY TOWN HALL
Zombie Coal Mines, Decaying Oil and Gas Wells, and Blood-sucking Billionaires
[REGISTER FREE - SECURE YOUR SPOT]
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, November 5th, 2025
Time: 6 PM – 8:30 PM
Venue: Calgary Royal Canadian Legion No. 1, 116 7 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0H5
Cost: FREE!
Food and refreshments provided!
Our provincial government keeps putting energy companies over the people of Alberta and the land we depend on.
You’ve heard the stories:
Aging oil and gas wells are leaking toxic pollutants near homes across Alberta. Farmers are losing acres of farmland to rusting, weed-ridden, forgotten wells.
Then there is the sneaky new plan for coal mining in the Rockies, which will destroy our beautiful landscapes, poison our drinking water, and ruin our farmland.
Energy companies and the Alberta government have rigged the system. They give industry insiders and greedy executives their dream wish list, at the expense of everyday Albertans, and our precious land, air, and water.
Bill Heidecker presentation on the Mature Asset Strategy - well worth the time to listen.
For environmental and activist information in the Calgary area, check out Gravity Wells’ weekly Substack at:
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Democracy Under Siege:
Strengthening the Safeguards
Parkland Institute’s 29th Annual Fall Conference
November 21 – 23, 2025
We are living through extraordinary times — times that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago. Around the world, autocracy is on the rise. The new U.S. regime threatens the sovereignty of these lands currently called Canada. Here at home, misinformation and corruption have taken hold in Alberta’s government. The pillars of liberal democracy are crumbling under the strain of growing authoritarianism.
This year’s Parkland Institute conference confronts these urgent threats head-on. We’ll take a hard look at the political institutions meant to act as guardrails against autocracy and ask how well they are faring in this role. More importantly, we’ll start a conversation about how we can strengthen those institutions, defend our struggling democracy, repel the current threat, and create a future that is built on the foundations of equality, justice, and solidarity.
Tickets and registration
FULL CONFERENCE
$175 regular registration
$125 supporters
$80 low-income / students
$25 livestream only
SINGLE SESSIONS
$20 Friday keynote address
$20 any Sat or Sun single session
$15 low-income / students
Videos from our 2024 conference (The Road Ahead) are up on our YouTube page.
https://www.parklandconference.ca/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNwvV5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFMc0ZBQ1Q3SkxvMkNYQnpIAR6auaMy_NnZ1J5-8ZQdT4o5_GTh1085nV-_sVpnLBAnlXpd-vg-i7MsFrtFuA_aem_N4SQ55JFIRsbbTWiD6BOSQ
Information on why Alberta is headed the way it is headed…
The Alberta Next Panel conversations are based on the Free Alberta Strategy authored by Barry Cooper, Derek From, and Rob Anderson (Danielle Smith’s Chief of Staff): https://www.freealbertastrategy.com/the_strategy
They also have a website:
https://www.freealbertastrategy.com/
They are organized and have money. We need to stand up and show that we oppose their plans. We made them blink on the expense account, book bans, and vaccines for healthcare workers. We have the power! Keep making noise!
We have to be like the Canada Geese. They are fierce defenders of their territory and their family/group. They work together when they are flying South, so everyone gets there. Like the geese, some of us have to rest and regroup, but we keep honking encouragement to the ones in the front breaking the wind so we can take it easy. Then, when it’s our turn, we take the lead and do the hard stuff. Reposting stuff on social media, calling out lies with the facts that people are posting, standing up, and letting someone who is putting down the other political parties know it’s not ok. Standing up for teachers and education in Alberta. Being kind to healthcare workers, getting vaccinated, and reposting YYCCOWBOY’s and Frazzlehead’s substack on healthcare in Alberta each week. Supporting independent writers and podcasters is one of the ways we can keep the message going. It’s not over until we all give up, and We Aren’t Giving Up. Thanks for joining the Resistance.
Let’s all work together to make Alberta work for everyone!
Campaigns:
Join the RecallNicolaides.ca |AB Resistance? Join us here.
Want to lead a recall campaign? Reach out to recallnicolaides@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:
Stay tuned for our interview with Jenny Yeremiy, who has started the recall for Education and Childcare Minister Nicolaides.
Procurement Scandal:
This is getting more interesting: Judge Wyant’s Report:
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:
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
Please share this newsletter with your friends. ABR wants to get information out there to inform Albertans.
Our Facebook Page is here: AB Resistance
Feedback:
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Hi Jamie,
Thank you for your support. We are using our Substack to raise funds for our Third Party Advertiser status in Alberta so that we can fund some of our work against the NDP. Unfortunately, this means we are limited to taking donations from people who live in Canada. I am thrilled that you like the content we are putting out. I hope you are having an amazing day wherever in the world your are!
Regards,
Tami
I'd like to get an annual membership but not one ongoing. What's with the currency being in pounds?