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Investigative journalist at CBC Edmonton • Author of Darwin's Moving & other fine-ish books • he/him • taylorlambert.ca Tips welcome! Contact me securely on Signal: signal.me/#eu/uX+mBaJwF75zOw0nJ1vWb…

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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 03/08/2026
NEW: I attended today's protest against Meta's proposed hyperscaler data centre in Sturgeon County. People are not pleased. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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Guillotines, Dinosaur Costumes and Broken Trust: Alberta's Data Centre Revolt Begins
Critics warn of fossil gas reliance, power price hikes and wasted water as officials approve massive Meta facility with scant public debate.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 01/08/2026
Hey everyone, I have some news: I'm creating a new project today called @thewatchdog.ca The Watchdog's editorial mission is to protect the public and defend democracy through original public interest watchdog journalism. Sign up here as it gets ready to launch: www.thewatchdog.ca/p/sign-up
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 30/04/2026
SCOOP: I attended the launch of David Parker’s Centurion Project last night. I happened to step outside when an Elections Alberta investigator and the cops arrived. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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SCOOP: Elections Alberta investigating separatists for accessing electors list
An elections watchdog investigator showed up with police to the April 29 launch of David Parker's Centurion Project to follow up on a cease-and-desist letter.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 13/04/2026
SCOOP: New details about the facial recognition bodycam project by Edmonton police — including that the AI model was provided by an Israeli company whose technology has reportedly been used for mass surveillance in Gaza. www.cbc.ca/9.7157991
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Edmonton police emails, documents provide new information on Canada-first AI facial recognition bodycam pilot | CBC News
Key details include a “critical fault” system outage, possible extension of pilot project and that facial recognition model was supplied by Corsight AI, a company whose technology has reportedly been ...
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 13/04/2026
SCOOP: New details about the facial recognition bodycam project by Edmonton police — including that the AI model was provided by an Israeli company whose technology has reportedly been used for mass surveillance in Gaza. www.cbc.ca/9.7157991
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Edmonton police emails, documents provide new information on Canada-first AI facial recognition bodycam pilot | CBC News
Key details include a “critical fault” system outage, possible extension of pilot project and that facial recognition model was supplied by Corsight AI, a company whose technology has reportedly been ...
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
News: Lawyers for Edmonton’s police chief are fighting an Alberta Human Rights Tribunal decision that found two Black men pepper sprayed and forced to the ground while attempting to report a crime were victims of racial discrimination. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/e...
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Edmonton police chief challenging $80k human rights ruling in case of Black men pepper sprayed after reporting crime
Lawyers for Edmonton's police chief are fighting an Alberta Human Rights Tribunal decision that found two Black men pepper sprayed and forced to the ground while attempting to report a crime were vict...
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 17/03/2026
NEW: Part 2 of my series on Edmonton police Taser use, including a look at EPS procedure documents. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What are the policies guiding Taser use in Alberta? The answers aren't easy to find | CBC News
Police data and policy documents about how and when officers use Tasers are not always easy to get. Experts say that needs to change.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 17/03/2026
NEW: Part 2 of my series on Edmonton police Taser use, including a look at EPS procedure documents. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What are the policies guiding Taser use in Alberta? The answers aren't easy to find | CBC News
Police data and policy documents about how and when officers use Tasers are not always easy to get. Experts say that needs to change.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 16/03/2026
NEW: Here's the first story in my two-part series on Edmonton police Taser use. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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As old as 75, as young as 12: Reports detail how Edmonton police use Tasers | CBC News
Incident reports obtained by CBC News shed new light on the circumstances where police use electric weapons, including details about the people they shock.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 16/03/2026
NEW: Here's the first story in my two-part series on Edmonton police Taser use. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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As old as 75, as young as 12: Reports detail how Edmonton police use Tasers | CBC News
Incident reports obtained by CBC News shed new light on the circumstances where police use electric weapons, including details about the people they shock.
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Alex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com · 13/03/2026
There is a race to the bottom going in with Freedom of Information laws across the country, at every level of government. A couple of years ago, British Columbia tripled processing fees, justifying it by saying that Alberta charged the same fee.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 11/03/2026
Scoop: A group representing Edmonton surgical hospitalists sent a letter to Ministers LaGrange and Jones last month warning that the decision to cancel their contracts as of April 1 will result in "immediate, unavoidable surgical cancellations" and strain to the system. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Edmonton physicians warn province of ‘immediate, unavoidable' surgery disruptions over changes to compensation | CBC News
In a letter obtained by CBC News, hospitalists warned two ministers last month about the potential impacts to surgery schedules and patient care if their compensation is cut on April 1.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 11/03/2026
Scoop: A group representing Edmonton surgical hospitalists sent a letter to Ministers LaGrange and Jones last month warning that the decision to cancel their contracts as of April 1 will result in "immediate, unavoidable surgical cancellations" and strain to the system. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Edmonton physicians warn province of ‘immediate, unavoidable' surgery disruptions over changes to compensation | CBC News
In a letter obtained by CBC News, hospitalists warned two ministers last month about the potential impacts to surgery schedules and patient care if their compensation is cut on April 1.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...
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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined
An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 05/03/2026
“A responsible government requires independent democratic oversight and a transparent legislative process. The UCP has obstructed and failed to meet these basic requirements to govern,” reads a news release from the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs. thetyee.ca/National/202...
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Alberta Chiefs Call for End to UCP Government | The Tyee
Grand Chief Joey Pete say Danielle Smith’s government has created ‘unsafe conditions’ for First Nations people.
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
When Danielle Smith claimed 80% of federally picked judges had donated to Liberals, that was way higher than any figure I'd researched. I dug into it. Could confidently write here: "It is not true. The single media source Smith got that fact from has since corrected it." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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ANALYSIS | Danielle Smith says court 'skewed' to Liberal donors, but UCP picks have political ties just as often | CBC News
CBC analysis suggests about one-fifth of federally named judges match with Liberal donor lists. About as many judges picked by the province likely gave to UCP.
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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 11/02/2026
Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge. Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today styleguide.transjournalists.org
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Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
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Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 11/02/2026
"An entire community is mourning a horrific loss in Tumbler Ridge this week ... And the dangerous links being made to trans people at large will have resounding and dangerous impacts in the months and weeks to come," writes @melwoods.me
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The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine
Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 15/12/2025
Edmonton's frostbite amputations went up, again. It's a new record high, again. More than half of patients were unhoused, again. And frostbite diagnoses not only reached a new high, but had the biggest single-year increase in the AHS data I have, going back to 2011. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Edmonton sees record increase in frostbite amputations, despite innovative treatment | CBC News
Advocates call for more support and changes to policy as new data shows frostbite numbers increased again in Edmonton last winter, with the majority performed on people without housing.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 15/12/2025
Alberta Minister of Assisted Living and Social Services Jason Nixon says rising frostbite amputations on his watch are a sign of the system working as intended. Another important frostbite story by @taylorlambert.ca www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“The increase in both frostbite diagnoses and amputations are a direct result of co-ordinated, concerted efforts to increase awareness and early intervention of frostbite and cold exposure, improving outcomes for vulnerable Albertans,” said the statement.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 15/12/2025
Edmonton's frostbite amputations went up, again. It's a new record high, again. More than half of patients were unhoused, again. And frostbite diagnoses not only reached a new high, but had the biggest single-year increase in the AHS data I have, going back to 2011. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Edmonton sees record increase in frostbite amputations, despite innovative treatment | CBC News
Advocates call for more support and changes to policy as new data shows frostbite numbers increased again in Edmonton last winter, with the majority performed on people without housing.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 01/12/2025
In which I pay Calgary police $250 for the privilege of seeing them beat me into concussion, for them to decide months later not to hand it over. Their reason? The evidence could influence a public body’s opinion of the beating. drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...
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Calgary police withhold evidence of brutality as final UofC protest charges fall
New documents reveal Calgary Police Service suppressed evidence of brutality by officers at the University of Calgary on May 9, 2024. Among this was camera footage from senior officers that should hav...
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Janet French @jantafrench.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
At 2 a.m., the Alberta legislature passed a bill that will force 51,000 teachers back to work, impose a four-year contract and use the notwithstanding clause to stave off a legal challenge and suspend teacher bargaining at the local level. It includes fines for Ts and the ATA if they defy it. #AbLeg
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Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
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Euan Thomson @drugdatadecoded.ca · 20/08/2025
SCOOP Alberta's Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is quietly shelving a personal data-harvesting app developed through sole-sourced contracts starting in 2021. The move coincides with reported scrutiny of ministry spending by the Auditor General. 1/🧵 drugdatadecoded.ca/province-to-...
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Province to abandon My Recovery Plan amid Auditor General snooping
Alberta's Ministry of Mental Health and Addiction is quietly terminating its contract with a personal data-harvesting app and replacing it with a publicly-owned 'bed availability dashboard.' The move ...
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 20/08/2025
New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government altering course on expense disclosure policy | CBC News
At a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, a decision was made to change course on plans to alter the Alberta government's expense disclosure policy.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 20/08/2025
New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government altering course on expense disclosure policy | CBC News
At a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, a decision was made to change course on plans to alter the Alberta government's expense disclosure policy.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 07/08/2025
SCOOP: Alberta taxpayers paid almost $20K for Premier Danielle Smith to speak alongside Ben Shapiro at a PragerU fundraiser in March, according to travel expense disclosures. www.theprogressreport.ca/premier-prag...
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Premier’s Office spent nearly $20K on PragerU fundraiser gala
Disclosures show that the Premier's Office spent nearly $20,000 to support a fundraiser by far-right American organization PragerU
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 11/08/2025
I happened to notice that the Alberta govt quietly changed its expense report disclosure policy on Aug. 1, hours before a long weekend. The changes were significant — receipts no longer had to be publicly disclosed, and 8 years of expenses had been 'undisclosed.' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News
Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 11/08/2025
I happened to notice that the Alberta govt quietly changed its expense report disclosure policy on Aug. 1, hours before a long weekend. The changes were significant — receipts no longer had to be publicly disclosed, and 8 years of expenses had been 'undisclosed.' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News
Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 15/07/2025
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 18/06/2025
G7 fortress summit keeps protesters—and reality—at a safe distance www.readtheorchard.org/p/g7-fortres...
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G7 fortress summit keeps protesters—and reality—at a safe distance
My dispatch from the designated demonstration zones at the Kananaskis G7.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 09/06/2025
From 2022: my profile of Stephen Carter for @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social www.sprawlcalgary.com/the-strategi...
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‘I’m a bad boy’: The Stephen Carter story | The Sprawl
For better or worse, he's altered Alberta politics.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 06/05/2025
New from me - Edmonton police officers got paid nearly $4m last year for private contract work. Those gigs are arranged through the EPS extra duty program, where clients can hire uniformed cops outside of their regular shifts. STORY: www.cbc.ca/1.7526704
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Private contracts for Edmonton police rose sharply over last five years: data | CBC News
Edmonton police are performing more extra duty work for private contractors, according to new data. The police say the program is working well, but one criminologist worries about the line between pub...
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 03/04/2025
NEW: The Liberal's newly acclaimed candidate for Calgary Confederation was involved in the University of Calgary's decision to immediately call the cops on its pro-🇵🇸 encampment. www.readthemaple.com/liberal-star...
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Liberal Star Candidate Helped Shut Down Pro-Palestine Encampment
“Hogan’s nomination signals that the Liberal Party intends to continue supporting the genocide.”
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Emmanuel Prince-Thauvette @iciemmanuel.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
NOUVEAU | Radio-Canada a appris que le maire d’Edmonton, Amarjeet Sohi, devrait se présenter sous la bannière du Parti libéral du Canada aux prochaines élections fédérales. Un retour en #polcan pour l'ancien ministre Avec les infos de Laurence Martin. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/214...
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Amarjeet Sohi devrait être candidat aux élections fédérales
Radio-Canada a appris que le maire d’Edmonton Amarjeet Sohi devrait se présenter sous la bannière libérale aux prochaines élections fédérales
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 17/03/2025
I got Alberta Health documents that show Dynalife was involvent and asked for an extra $70m less than 90 days into a contract to provide lab services across the province. Dynalife's owners asked the government to buy the company, which it did, for nearly $100m. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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DynaLife insolvent less than 90 days into contract for lab services, government documents show | CBC News
Documents obtained by CBC News show that a private medical testing company contracted by the Alberta government became insolvent and requested an additional $70 million in funding, which was denied. D...
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 17/03/2025
I got Alberta Health documents that show Dynalife was involvent and asked for an extra $70m less than 90 days into a contract to provide lab services across the province. Dynalife's owners asked the government to buy the company, which it did, for nearly $100m. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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DynaLife insolvent less than 90 days into contract for lab services, government documents show | CBC News
Documents obtained by CBC News show that a private medical testing company contracted by the Alberta government became insolvent and requested an additional $70 million in funding, which was denied. D...
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Lisa Young 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @jlisayoung.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
12: old enough to carry a gun, but too young to choose a pronoun.
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 01/03/2025
An emphatic "Ramadan Mubarak" to all my Muslim homies, especially the ones in Palestine
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 27/02/2025
I crunched 80+ years of U.S. foreign lobbying data. Turns out Alberta has hired more lobbyists than any other province or the federal govt since 2000. STORY: www.cbc.ca/1.7469140
Two column charts, side by side. The title is "Registration of US Lobbyists." The subtitle is "Number of appearances in the US Foreign Agent Registration Act database." The chart on the left shows data since the year 2000 - Alberta is first with 15, Ontario is second with 14, and the rest of the provinces and federal government have 5 or fewer. The chart on the right shows all-time data, with the federal government first with 56, Ontario second with 28, Alberta third with 25, and Quebec with 21, followed by a sharp drop off for the rest.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 23/02/2025
A good day for a reminder that independent media needs your support
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 22/02/2025
SCOOP: Documents show the extent to which UCalgary administration was influenced by pro-Israel framing of the Palestine solidarity movement leading up to its short-lived encampment. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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UCalgary Palestine encampment's fate was sealed before a single tent was pitched, documents reveal
The Orchard has obtained hundreds of pages of correspondence from the university's executive leadership team, campus security, Calgary police and the provincial government. Part I of II.
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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Edmonton pals! The great new Porch Light Books will be stocking signed copies of my nonfiction story collection, No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks. Pre-order by Feb. 23 if you're interested, so we know how many to ship down, and please help spread the word! 💡📚
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No Sleep 'Til Fairbanks [SIGNED COPY PRE-ORDER!]
[Note: This is a signed pre-order! All pre-orders must be received by February 23, 2025. After that, we will be ordering directly from Eva and having books shipped to the store from Whitehorse. You wi...
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 14/02/2025
Provincial governments across Canada are blaming drug users and homeless people for problems they created. Euan Thomson and Zoë Dodd examine how columnists at our biggest papers are helping them. breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
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Media, politicians are rebranding coercion against drug users as ‘care’ ⋆ The Breach
Governments are using forced abstinence to hide their failures—and our biggest papers are helping them
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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
NEW: There’s now a call for Danielle Smith to remove Adriana LaGrange as health min from within her own cabinet. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta cabinet member urges Danielle Smith to remove health minister | CBC News
Infrastructure Minister Peter Guthrie is urging that the premier remove Health Minister Adriana LaGrange from her post during investigations into AHS and allegations of her interference.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 11/02/2025
Stories like this show why investigative journalism and a strong press corps is so vital. @carrietait.bsky.social and @alannasmith.bsky.social are killing it right now.
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Taylor Lambert @taylorlambert.ca · 07/02/2025
If you haven't read Kenneyism yet, I highly recommend picking it up. It's a very good read.
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Geoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
SCOOP: I found a document showing Canada's second-largest oil and gas company Cenovus quietly donated to nearly a dozen anti-climate groups. The donations came as Cenovus public portrayed itself as a 'net-zero' leader. www.desmog.com/2025/01/30/c... @desmog.bsky.social
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Cenovus Funded ‘Grassroots’ Groups That Oppose Climate Laws, Document Reveals
Internal record shows Canada’s second largest oil and gas producer donated to organizations that deny climate change is an emergency and question emissions goals.
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