Alberta
Canadian born Hollywood Superstar donates $4,000 to #Yeg Food Bank

“I happen to love Edmonton. This ($4,000 ) donation is in memory of Connor McGrath,” Ryan Reynolds sent in a note to Britt Jones, radio host 104.9 Virgin Radio about his Edmonton Make a Wish friend. Reynolds first met McGrath at the Stollery Children’s Hospital on Jan. 8, 2016, for a very special screening of Deadpool 2 for the 13-year-old, who was fighting cancer. McGrath passed away, just months later on April 26, 2016.

Reynolds at the Japan premiere of Deadpool 2 in 2018 Photo Courtesy/Dick Thomas Johnson
What started as a small 10-thousand dollar ‘Feed Your Friends fundraiser’ by Edmonton’s 104.9 Virgin Radio, got a huge boost from actor, comedian, film producer, entrepreneur and Canadian nice guy, Ryan Reynolds, after he donated $4,000 to the Edmonton Food Bank.
Reynolds is already known as one of the nicest people in Hollywood, his legend of niceness just keeps growing. On top of this $4,000 donation, Reynolds and his wife, American actress Blake Lively’s made a huge donation of $1 million to food banks in Canada and in the US. Reynolds is very active on social media, he posted on his Twitter account in March, “Blake and I are donating $1 million to be split between FEEDING AMERICA and FOOD BANKS CANADA.” he wrote, adding, “Covid-19 has brutally impacted older adults and low income families,” continuing, “If you can give, these orgs need our help.” This new $4,000 is on top of the early donation to Canada’s Food banks.

Blake Lively is a scene from here movie, A Simple Favor. Photo Courtesy/Peter Lovino,/SMPSP/Lionsgate/Feigco Entertainment/Bron Studios

Connor McGrath and his buddy and star from Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in January 2016. Family photos
In a statement, Edmonton’s Food Bank spokeswoman Carly Kincaid Williams said, “It’s wonderful to have someone, like him, stand up for our cause. Because he has such a broad reach, we are hopeful that his donation will encourage others to give,” Continuing, “We would like to thank Ryan and everyone who has donated to Edmonton’s Food Bank. Your donations will go a long way to making sure everyone in Edmonton has food on the table.”
Not to leave anyone out, the superstar also admires Edmonton medical staff, adding on Twitter, “And a big shout-out to the doctors, nurses and support staff at Stollery Children’s Hospital. #ConnorMcGrath”
Britt Jones, one of the 104.9 Virgin Radio morning show hosts told CTV Edmonton, that he had been trying to personally thank Reynolds for his donation. Jones was able to connect with him via direct message on Friday. “I just wanted to get you guys to your goal,” Reynolds wrote. “So happy to see more and more people have since chipped in. That’s a testament to the bottomless kindness Edmontonians possess. I’m not surprised.”
Local Edmonton small business, DLAS Machine, matched Reynolds’ donation on Thursday, donating another $4,000. As of Friday afternoon, the campaign had raised more than $22,000, well over the original goal of $10,000. The campaign will continue to really blow their original goal out of the water. To donate until April 24th, click here..
Ryan Reynolds, who also owns, Aviation American Gin , has a toast on a April 2nd YouTube segment of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Stay at Home.
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Alberta
Alberta judge sides with LGBT activists, allows ‘gender transitions’ for kids to continue

From LifeSiteNews
‘I think the court was in error,’ Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said. ‘There will be irreparable harm to children who get sterilized.’
LGBT activists have won an injunction that prevents the Alberta government from restricting “gender transitions” for children.
On June 27, Alberta King’s Court Justice Allison Kuntz granted a temporary injunction against legislation that prohibited minors under the age of 16 from undergoing irreversible sex-change surgeries or taking puberty blockers.
“The evidence shows that singling out health care for gender diverse youth and making it subject to government control will cause irreparable harm to gender diverse youth by reinforcing the discrimination and prejudice that they are already subjected to,” Kuntz claimed in her judgment.
Kuntz further said that the legislation poses serious Charter issues which need to be worked through in court before the legislation could be enforced. Court dates for the arguments have yet to be set.
READ: Support for traditional family values surges in Alberta
Alberta’s new legislation, which was passed in December, amends the Health Act to “prohibit regulated health professionals from performing sex reassignment surgeries on minors.”
The legislation would also ban the “use of puberty blockers and hormone therapies for the treatment of gender dysphoria or gender incongruence” to kids 15 years of age and under “except for those who have already commenced treatment and would allow for minors aged 16 and 17 to choose to commence puberty blockers and hormone therapies for gender reassignment and affirmation purposes with parental, physician and psychologist approval.”
Just days after the legislation was passed, an LGBT activist group called Egale Canada, along with many other LGBT organizations, filed an injunction to block the bill.
In her ruling, Kuntz argued that Alberta’s legislation “will signal that there is something wrong with or suspect about having a gender identity that is different than the sex you were assigned at birth.”
She further claimed that preventing minors from making life-altering decisions could inflict emotional damage.
However, the province of Alberta argued that these damages are speculative and the process of gender-transitioning children is not supported by scientific evidence.
“I think the court was in error,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said on her Saturday radio show. “That’s part of the reason why we’re taking it to court. The court had said there will be irreparable harm if the law goes ahead. I feel the reverse. I feel there will be irreparable harm to children who get sterilized at the age of 10 years old – and so we want those kids to have their day in court.”
READ: Canadian doctors claim ‘Charter right’ to mutilate gender-confused children in Alberta
Overwhelming evidence shows that persons who undergo so-called “gender transitioning” procedures are more likely to commit suicide than those who are not given such irreversible surgeries. In addition to catering to a false reality that one’s sex can be changed, trans surgeries and drugs have been linked to permanent physical and psychological damage, including cardiovascular diseases, loss of bone density, cancer, strokes and blood clots, and infertility.
Meanwhile, a recent study on the side effects of “sex change” surgeries discovered that 81 percent of those who have undergone them in the past five years reported experiencing pain simply from normal movements in the weeks and months that followed, among many other negative side effects.
Alberta
Alberta Independence Seekers Take First Step: Citizen Initiative Application Approved, Notice of Initiative Petition Issued

Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, has issued a Notice of Initiative Petition.
This confirms a Citizen Initiative application has been received and the Chief Electoral Officer has determined the requirements of section 2(3) of the Citizen Initiative Act have been met.
Approved Initiative Petition Information
The approved citizen initiative application is for a policy proposal with the following proposed question:
Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?
The Notice of Initiative Petition, application, and statement provided by the proponent are available on Elections Alberta’s website on the Current Initiatives Petition page.
As the application was received and approved prior to coming into force of Bill 54: Election Statutes Amendment Act, the Citizen Initiative process will follow requirements set out in the Citizen Initiative Act as of June 30, 2025.
Next Steps
- The proponent must appoint a chief financial officer within 30 days (by July 30, 2025).
- Once the 30-day publication period is complete and a chief financial officer has been appointed, Elections Alberta will:
- issue the citizen initiative petition,
- publish a notice on the Current Initiatives Petition page of our website indicating the petition has been issued, specifying the signing period dates, and the number of signatures required for a successful petition, and
- issue the citizen initiative petition signature sheets and witness affidavits. Signatures collected on other forms will not be accepted.
More information on the process, the status of the citizen initiative petition, financing rules, third party advertising rules, and frequently asked questions may be found on the Elections Alberta website.
Elections Alberta is an independent, non-partisan office of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta responsible for administering provincial elections, by-elections, and referendums.
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