It is months now since we set this Locals up after Danielle Smith Locals was closed to us, and this site functions quite well as a continuation.
Locals has a number of features we don't use at all and some, like chat, that we use seldom. If anyone is interested in looking into such things or has ideas about any improvements, please comment below. Basically, my approach has been just to participate and let things run. There has been, so far, no need to moderate or ban. We had one incident which I deleted. Otherwise, this site is pretty much on autopilot. We have some money in trust that will be distributed when it reaches $1,000 or so.
Alberta strike cancelling classes across the province shows unions have far too much power
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-abolish-the-teachers-unions
Tamara & Chris sentenced. The Message is Clear: Dissent is Now a Crime.
Writer: Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
1 hour ago
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Tamara Lich and Chris Barber got 12 months of house arrest today for “mischief.”
Not violence.
Not property damage.
Mischief.
Peaceful Canadians—criminalised for daring to speak out. The same justice system that drops charges for real crimes and lets violent offenders walk free spent three years trying to break two people who stood for freedom.
The Crown had outrageously demanded seven years in jail to make an example out of them.
Why?
To warn you.
To scare anyone who might ever peacefully defy the state again.
Even the judge admitted Chris Barber “came with the noblest of intent” and never called for violence.
But it didn’t matter. They needed bogeymen.
We remember all the others:
Maxime Bernier was handcuffed in Manitoba for speaking at a peaceful rally.
Mark Friesen was fined thousands for organizing gatherings.
Randy Hillier saw convoy charges stayed after years of harassment.
Todd Dube was ...
https://peckford42.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/so-where-is-poilievre-regarding-the-ostrich-fiasco/