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Alberta enters its book banning era

Spare me the 'will someone please think of the children' claptrap.

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Jeremy Appel
May 27, 2025
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Alberta minister of education Demetrios Nicolaides announces the government’s plans to ban certain 2SLGBTQ+ books from school libraries. (Screenshot/YouTube)

Despite there being an embargoed Monday morning press conference, the Calgary Herald broke the news that Alberta’s government is appointing itself the ultimate arbiter of which books can be read at …

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