# Photo ledger — Danielle Smith apology source-check

Prepared: 2026-08-17

## Used / staged

1. `danielle-smith-2014-commons.jpg`
- Source: Wikimedia Commons file page `File:Danielle Smith 2014.jpg`.
- Original: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Danielle_Smith_2014.jpg
- Description captured: Danielle Smith, 2014; source Flickr; author Manning Centre c/o Jake Wright.
- Commons file page showed Creative Commons attribution icons. Use with attribution: Manning Centre / Jake Wright via Wikimedia Commons. Verify exact licence terms on the file page before external reuse.

2. `rebel-x-video-still.jpg`
- Source: Rebel News X video thumbnail/still from `https://x.com/RebelNewsOnline/status/1583944132266848256`.
- Use: evidence of the original social-video source and stage setting; not treated as a freely reusable stock photo.

3. `canindependent-x-video-still.jpg`
- Source: Canadian Independent repost, `https://x.com/canindependent/status/1584240207452569600`.
- Use: corroborating social-video source evidence; not treated as a freely reusable stock photo.

4. `viral-meme-claim-image.jpg`
- Source: user-supplied meme image.
- Use: evidence of the viral claim wording. Not used to assert the claim is true.

5. `alberta-flickr-cabinet-2022-not-used-main.jpg`
- Source: Government of Alberta Flickr page for “Premier Danielle Smith and her new cabinet,” taken October 24, 2022 by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta.
- Licence captured: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Because the licence is non-commercial/no-derivatives, PBC preserved it in the source package but did not use it as the main source-card art.