ABR Resistor Update
September 12, 2025
RECENT NEWS
Alberta Resistance believes that ALL Albertans have the right to be informed.
You keep showing up!
Red Deer and Medicine Hat continue to show up week after week to protest. They are on Week 31!
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
Some of our Resistors in action this summer:
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 - 4,000 Albertans have signed up to be canvassers. We can do this!
Keep checking Facebook as more locations are coming up.
https://www.elections.ab.ca/citizen-initiative-petition-issued/
https://www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-petition. There are multiple locations. As canvassers sign up to have a pop-up up they are registered here. Check it out.
Red Deer
You can sign up at the Farmer’s Market every Saturday morning from 8 am - 12:30 pm.
We have been reposting new locations on our Facebook page as they become available.
Upcoming Events
Things are starting to happen! Remember the 3.5% rule? Be part of the change. What can you do to “Make Some Good Trouble?”
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/
Calgary:
Calgary Municipal Election Candidate Questionnaire and Podcast Campaign
Check out this link for more information. Calgary Municipal Election Candidate Questionnaire
TOWN HALLS - ABR is hitting the road.
Sherwood Park - Postponed.
Monday, September 15, 2025, ABR will be holding a town hall in Lethbridge at the SAEA Multicultural Association, 421 6 Avenue S. @ 7 pm. “Coffee’s On. Let’s Talk.”
Friday, Sept. 19, 2025 - there is a Disability Die-In happening at the MacDougall Center in Calgary.
Calgary, September 20, 2025
On September 20th, Calgary Climate Hub is uniting forces with tens of thousands people mobilizing across the country.
We are experiencing unprecedented crises across all areas of life: climate destruction, devastated food systems, Indigenous rights violations, underfunded public services, anti-migrant racism, and endless wars. Our economies are failing to support the very people who make these economies possible, while driving us deeper into the climate crisis.
Our struggles are connected, and we are calling on Calgary to stand with us as we demand a better world for all.
Join us for this national day of action on September 20th to DRAW THE LINE for climate resilience and justice. Stronger together.
Edmonton: Saturday, September 20, 2025 - A Day of Activism at the Legislature.
10:00 am - Recall Danielle Smith, sponsored by the “Alberta Civic Integrity Project.”
Have you ever wanted to recall your own premier?
Well, now is the chance. Join us on September 20 at the Alberta Legislature at 10:00 AM as we demand that Danielle Smith be removed as Premier and as the MLA for Brooks-Medicine Hat.
Danielle Smith is currently under criminal investigation for the Alberta healthcare scandal, the Turkish Tylenol controversy, and several human rights violations. Her alignment with Donald Trump puts millions of Albertans at risk every day. So if you want to do something performative, join us on September 20 at the legislature!
Bring your signs and your voice, and let’s get loud and show her that Alberta does not mess around!
#albertacivicintegrityproject #ABLeg #AlbertaPolitics #RecallDanielleSmith #Truth #Transparency
Register here: https://www.facebook.com/events/681716544205838/?onload_action=open_invite_flow
* Go for lunch with your peeps, and then in the afternoon we have:
For People. For Peace. For the Planet.
Join us, and bring everyone you know… to unite TOGETHER
This is a critical moment. Take a stand with all of us to demand that Carney pick the path for climate, peace, equality, social justice, and migrant and Indigenous rights. Let’s come together to build the Canada we want.
DRAW THE LINE - DEMANDS
Put People Over Corporate Profit. Fund Our Families and Communities
Refuse Ongoing Colonialism. Uphold Indigenous Sovereignty.
Stop Blaming Migrants. Demand full immigration Status For All Now!
End the War Machine. Stand for Justice and Peace.
End the Era of Fossil Fuels. Protect Mother Earth.
Visit: drawtheline.world
Join Our DRAW THE LINE March and Rally
Let’s draw together in a massive show of strength and solidarity…to raise our signs and voices…For People. For Peace. For the Planet!
Saturday, September 20
3 pm March: from City Hall to the Legislature
4 pm Rally: at the Alberta Legislature
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/draw-the-line-edmonton
Spread the Word - for this Mass Mobilization… and Beyond!
Share our email and posters FAR and WIDE through your social media, emails, bulletins, and newsletters… and with your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and everyone you know. This movement connects us all.
Join our Coalition - Contact us at edmontondrawtheline@gmail.com
We are building for Sept 20 and beyond…be a part of this movement!
Keepers of the Water, For Our Kids Alberta, Indigenous Climate Action, SCAN! Edmonton, International Migrants Alliance - Alberta, Common Horizon Edmonton, Edmonton Youth For Climate, Environmental Defence, Climate Justice Edmonton, Council of Canadians, 350.org, Women for Rights and Empowerment, Migrante Alberta, VVoA, SPICE, LeadNow, CPAWS NAB, ERVCC, Edmonton Transit Riders, Raging Grannies, River Cree Singers, Grow Together Edmonton, New Grocery Movement, Touch Grass Club, CAPE, CANE, Seniors For Climate, Sacred Earth Solar, Edmonton Peace Consortia, Edmonton Extinction Rebellion, Earth's Refillery Coop
Tuesday, September 23, 2025, ABR will be holding a town hall in Calgary. We would love to meet you and create a community in your constituency to recall your MLA if you feel they are not meeting the needs of your community.
September 30: Truth and Reconciliation Day
Calgary: How to Mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Calgary
Edmonton: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | City of Edmonton
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Edmonton 11 and under free, 12+ $5.00. There is a link to get tickets.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Events in Edmonton
Tuesday, October 14: Warburg/Pembina Surface Rights Group meets on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Doors open at 6:30 pm It is well worth the trip and time to meet Karl, who is an expert on all things regarding gas wells on farms in the area. Mark Dorin
(Surface rights meetings in Warburg and Didsbury attracted government attention and are continuing to fight for Farmers’ Rights!)
For environmental and activist information in the Calgary area, check out Gravity Wells' weekly Substack at:
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 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, on book bans, and on vaccines for health care workers. We have the power! Keep making noise!
Let’s all work together to make Alberta work for everyone!
The next town halls are:
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 six completed town halls.
Medicine Hat (They kept the location secret until just before the event)
You have to 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.
The NDP is launching a “Better Together” series of town halls this summer:
September 17 in Canmore
September 18 in Okotoks
Register now :
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 to 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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Our Facebook Page is here: AB Resistance
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I want this poster. I'm certain thousands of others do as well.
Love the montage of Smith photos. I have often thought of making one.