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Jonny Wakefield

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Edmonton Journal/Sun reporter on the justice beat. International curling correspondent emeritus. American who moved to Canada, stray cat re-homer and (hopefully not totally insufferable) distance runner.

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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 22h
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
News: The victim in a fatal stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze was an avowed Nazi who tried to recruit the accused to join a gang shortly before the attack, a judge has heard. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/m...
edmontonjournal.com
Victim in Edmonton Corn Maze stabbing tried to recruit accused to Nazi group, trial hears
The victim in a fatal stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze was an avowed Nazi who tried to recruit the accused to join a gang shortly before the attack, a judge has heard.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ICYMI, wild day in court. Accused’s dispute with the victim apparently started over the victim’s swastika tattoo
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
News: a not criminally responsible hearing is underway for the man charged with murdering his group home roommate at the Edmonton corn maze. Michael Ferzli had previously been found NCR for a series of assaults due to his schizophrenia diagnosis. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/m...
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton Corn Maze murder: NCR hearing begins for former mental patient charged with killing roommate
Court saw footage of Michael Ferzli's arrest who was charged with second-degree murder in 2024 fatal stabbing of at the Edmonton Corn Maze
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alberta minister going to Vegas to attract more online gambling opps to crowd out “predatory” operators edmontonjournal.com/news/vegas-b...
edmontonjournal.com
Vegas, baby: Alberta Minister Dale Nally travels to Sin City to talk iGaming
Dale Nally, Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction will travel to Las Vegas this week to attend the Global Gaming Expo.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey just real quick could I do a home maintenance task (unclog drain) that does not produce additional home maintenance tasks (thing drips now)
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
News: a man who manufactured 3D printed handguns in his Edmonton home has been sentenced to three years in prison. Judge rejected bid for community sentence and was unconvinced by claims that autism reduced his blameworthiness. t.co/LEIRy6iyYR
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https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/edmonton-3d-printing-guns-roy-tucker-sentence
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looks like Kealy is indeed going to try and get re-elected
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Kealy launches independent campaign as sexual assault charge casts shadow over re-election bid
Independent MLA Jordan Kealy confirms he will run in the provincial election.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
News: a man who manufactured 3D printed handguns in his Edmonton home has been sentenced to three years in prison. Judge rejected bid for community sentence and was unconvinced by claims that autism reduced his blameworthiness. t.co/LEIRy6iyYR
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https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/edmonton-3d-printing-guns-roy-tucker-sentence
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICYMI, some pretty wild details in here (including police having to spend extra time clearing the mall because of a fake comment on a YEGWAVE post)
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New from me: 'Hobby gone wrong': Edmonton man who 3D printed handguns asks for community sentence edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
edmontonjournal.com
'Hobby gone wrong': Edmonton man who 3D printed handguns asks for community sentence
Roy Tucker will be sentenced Thursday for manufacturing untraceable "ghost" gun parts using a 3D printer in his north Edmonton home.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
News: a man involved in a shootout outside West Edmonton Mall three years ago has pleaded guilty to two firearms offences. Sentencing TBD. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...
edmontonjournal.com
Accused in West Edmonton Mall shooting pleads guilty
A man involved in a shootout that wounded at least three and plunged West Edmonton Mall into chaos has admitted to two firearms offences.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From @matthewblack.ca: edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
edmontonjournal.com
Judge rejects Rebel News bid to expedite ad finance complaint versus Forever Canadian
The far-right outlet sought to have a complaint it filed against elections officials heard before the Oct. 19 referendum
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
News: an Edmonton man arrested with a workshop for 3D printing handguns had a handwritten note about Bill C-21 that made reference to the Montreal Polytechnique shootings. TBD what the judge makes of it. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton man to be sentenced for 3D gun printing operation; police seized note referencing Montreal mass shooting
Roy Tucker was arrested for the cache of 3D printed gun parts in his home. The sentence he ultimately receives, though, could depend in part on what a judge thinks of a page of handwritten notes found...
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
News: an Edmonton man arrested with a workshop for 3D printing handguns had a handwritten note about Bill C-21 that made reference to the Montreal Polytechnique shootings. TBD what the judge makes of it. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton man to be sentenced for 3D gun printing operation; police seized note referencing Montreal mass shooting
Roy Tucker was arrested for the cache of 3D printed gun parts in his home. The sentence he ultimately receives, though, could depend in part on what a judge thinks of a page of handwritten notes found...
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This B.C. election has gotta be up there with the 2021 federal election in terms of pointlessness.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New from me: Newly released data show severe storms — not ballooning injury costs — were behind the spike in claims Alberta’s United Conservative government is using to justify the switch to no-fault auto insurance, a lawyers’ group says. edmontonjournal.com/news/alberta...
edmontonjournal.com
Data shows severe weather, not injuries, behind spike used to justify Alberta's no-fault auto insurance move: lawyers group
Newly released data show severe storms — not ballooning injury costs — were behind the spike in claims Alberta's United Conservative government is using to justify the switch to no-fault auto insuranc...
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I really need a book club because right now I have nothing to do with my “the title character in The Vicar of Wakefield has a ton of similarities with Hank Hill” takes besides dump them on BlueSky
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m sure getting potash from a dictatorship adjacent to a warzone on the other side of an ocean will be easier than getting it from … Saskatchewan
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
News: A former Alberta Mountie who collected hundreds of images of children being sexually abused has been sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison. With credit for time served, however, he was released yesterday. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/a...
edmontonjournal.com
Ex-Alberta Mountie released on time served after sentencing for child sex abuse images
A former RCMP officer caught with hundreds of images of children being sexually abused has been sentenced to prison — but has been released
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Did Queens of the Stone Age sign some sort of deal guaranteeing them FM rock station plays for life, but only for two songs
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Have to say this is really endearing me to the Winnipeg Jets organization
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In hindsight A&W’s decision to switch to Pret coffee seems incredibly prescient
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As a guy who was into Pacific Northwest conscious rap in high school and saw Macklemore perform once or twice more or less by accident, this is a very strange news cycle
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This Financial Times story about Hyrox trying to become a billion dollar industry was published 11 hours ago, and it’s hard to imagine worse timing lol www.ft.com/content/3abf...
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Hyrox’s new owners hope to turn burpees into billions
The brand is well placed to expand: clothing and accessories would be the obvious first place followed by travel
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New from me: The chair of a First Nations police commission has written a sarcasm-laden reply to Alberta’s public safety minister, after the latter issued guidance about his government’s preferred approach to policing hate speech. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/f...
edmontonjournal.com
First Nations police commissioner pens biting reply to Alberta minister's hate speech guidance
Chair of First Nations police commission writes reply to Alberta minister after the latter issued guidance about approach to hate speech
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This remains one of the more craven moments in pro sports
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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 14/09/2026
Kawhi Leonard and Justin Trudeau should team up to finally plant those 2 billion trees.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New from me: The chair of a First Nations police commission has written a sarcasm-laden reply to Alberta’s public safety minister, after the latter issued guidance about his government’s preferred approach to policing hate speech. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/f...
edmontonjournal.com
First Nations police commissioner pens biting reply to Alberta minister's hate speech guidance
Chair of First Nations police commission writes reply to Alberta minister after the latter issued guidance about approach to hate speech
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is not a knock on local news, but I throughly enjoy that “municipality tries to get bad owner to tear down derelict property” is sufficiently rare on Vancouver’s north shore that it’s its own council agenda item
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Doing some hockey learning and i really enjoy Chris Chelios’s Wikipedia photo
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
For the weekend crowd
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Update: I've read through five parole decisions for the man accused of stabbing two people at an Edmonton Sikh temple. His timeline: • shoots a man during a fight, breaches bail condition • Gets day parole on shooting sentence, reoffends in 3 days... edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton Gurdwara attack suspect had history of random violence linked to conspiracy theories: parole board
Man accused of stabbing men at Edmonton Sikh temple has history of violent outbursts fuelled by paranoia, parole documents state.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Update: I've read through five parole decisions for the man accused of stabbing two people at an Edmonton Sikh temple. His timeline: • shoots a man during a fight, breaches bail condition • Gets day parole on shooting sentence, reoffends in 3 days... edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton Gurdwara attack suspect had history of random violence linked to conspiracy theories: parole board
Man accused of stabbing men at Edmonton Sikh temple has history of violent outbursts fuelled by paranoia, parole documents state.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New from me: the man accused of stabbing two men at an Edmonton Sikh temple has a history of random violence linked to substance use and delusions "centred around new world conspiracies and government control," according to parole docs edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton Gurdwara attack suspect had history of random violence linked to conspiracy theories: parole board
Man accused of stabbing men at Edmonton Sikh temple has history of violent outbursts fuelled by paranoia, parole documents state.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New from me: the man accused of stabbing two men at an Edmonton Sikh temple has a history of random violence linked to substance use and delusions "centred around new world conspiracies and government control," according to parole docs edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton Gurdwara attack suspect had history of random violence linked to conspiracy theories: parole board
Man accused of stabbing men at Edmonton Sikh temple has history of violent outbursts fuelled by paranoia, parole documents state.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
edmontonjournal.com
Police lay charges three weeks after stabbing at Edmonton Sikh temple
A man with a history of weapons offences has been charged with stabbing two worshipers at a Sikh temple in Edmonton last month
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Breaking: Edmonton police say Austin Sim-Pelletier, 27, is the man charged with stabbing two worshipers at a Sikh temple three weeks ago. Hate crimes unit continues to investigate.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Edmonton police have charged three people with using drones to drop drugs inside the city’s maximum security prison. Was a bit surprised to see actual photos of the Kinder Eggs. www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/MediaRe...
edmontonpolice.ca
Three charged in plan to traffic drugs into Edmonton Institution using drones
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Literally just that tweet about uploading your expenses to Zoodle and making sure to Schlorp your team about setting up the Foosh meeting
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 10/09/2026
I've seen inside the Remain campaigns. This report is 100% accurate. Conservative partisans and business owners are sitting on the sidelines as we sleepwalk into this fall's referendum, leaving the rest of us to get out the vote. Result will be close. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/70a7e73...
theglobeandmail.com
The cash-strapped, disorganized fight to keep Alberta in Canada
Separatist voters are in the minority, polls show, but their motivation is putting pressure on a pro-Canada campaign struggling to find its footing
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Damien Moule @damienmoule.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I just continuously want to emphasize how underrated Edmonton is on housing. They are growing way faster than the three largest cities, so very high demand, but they build enough to keep rents down. See chart of two bedroom rents across the country www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo... 
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Mama Stanley has put out a statement on the Formenton signing www.instagram.com/p/DdFeC3wjxV...
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Mary Loewen on Instagram
5,042 likes, 305 comments - mamastanleyyeg on September 9, 2026
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh hell yeah
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
calgaryherald.com
Braid: Top Smith official plugs extremist German party that shocked Europe
Don Braid: Bruce McAllister, a top official of Premier Danielle Smith, praised a German Party that wants to expel immigrants.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
More than two weeks and still no charges against the man accused of attacking an Edmonton gurdwara. No explanation besides "still under investigation."
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Edmonton police among the first to do this
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Can we workshop the wording a bit first
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Defend allies"
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