Hamdi Issawi
@hamdiissawi.bsky.social
Former reporter. Back in Edmonton. Don’t be a follower. Fact-check everything. #yeg
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NEWS: An Edmonton police officer has been charged for allegedly entering a woman's home while on duty and sexually assaulting her. He and the service are also facing a $1.5 million lawsuit. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
On-duty Edmonton police officer charged with unlawfully entering woman's home, sexually assaulting her
An Edmonton police officer accused of following a woman into her home and groping her while on duty is facing sexual assault charges.
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NEWS: An Edmonton police officer has been charged for allegedly entering a woman's home while on duty and sexually assaulting her. He and the service are also facing a $1.5 million lawsuit. edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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Massive restructuring chaos, overcapacity hospitals and low immunization rates with flu and Covid season approaching creates the "perfect storm" for a crisis in Alberta's healthcare system.
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicates the system faces being overwhelmed.
thetyee.ca
October 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Massive restructuring chaos, overcapacity hospitals and low immunization rates with flu and Covid season approaching creates the "perfect storm" for a crisis in Alberta's healthcare system.
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
October 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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“‘It's early days, but I already have people ready to apply to collect signatures, and just people with a little more spare time than normal that are really interested in helping out,’ she said.”
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Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News
If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.
www.cbc.ca
October 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Since Jan, I've been part of a team inc EJ colleagues, @lillebuen.bsky.social & his MacEwan U j-students working on a series re: how food service venues are inspected in AB
We uncovered shocking findings re: the state of the system, inspection frequency, & recurring violations.
Part 1 out today
#yeg
We uncovered shocking findings re: the state of the system, inspection frequency, & recurring violations.
Part 1 out today
#yeg
Crawling bugs and half-baked enforcement: Alberta’s restaurant inspections a recipe for foodborne illness — Investigation
Lax inspections, excessive violations and poor transparency in Alberta's restaurant inspection system is a recipe for foodborne Illness
edmontonjournal.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Since Jan, I've been part of a team inc EJ colleagues, @lillebuen.bsky.social & his MacEwan U j-students working on a series re: how food service venues are inspected in AB
We uncovered shocking findings re: the state of the system, inspection frequency, & recurring violations.
Part 1 out today
#yeg
We uncovered shocking findings re: the state of the system, inspection frequency, & recurring violations.
Part 1 out today
#yeg
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ICYMI - Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment | The Tyee
Elections Alberta ordered fines and prosecution in February. But authorities have not acted.
thetyee.ca
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
ICYMI - Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Sept. 27, 2025 @ 1:45 p.m. - Both the funicular and elevator are online.
This was my first trip.
#yegfunicularstatus
This was my first trip.
#yegfunicularstatus
September 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sept. 27, 2025 @ 1:45 p.m. - Both the funicular and elevator are online.
This was my first trip.
#yegfunicularstatus
This was my first trip.
#yegfunicularstatus
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SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
Adviser on Alberta’s use of private clinics was also working for company vying for contract, confidential report says
Potential conflicts of interest outlined in document at centre of health procurement controversy
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
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NEW: The Alberta Teachers' Association and employers are returning to the bargaining table Friday.
See short decision from the LRB, to resolve the complaint the government filed earlier this week.
Note the outstanding issues: two pay items and coverage of COVID vaccines. #AbLeg #AbEd
See short decision from the LRB, to resolve the complaint the government filed earlier this week.
Note the outstanding issues: two pay items and coverage of COVID vaccines. #AbLeg #AbEd
September 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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My latest. "This plan looks less like streamlining and more like risk stacking: more data on more cards shown to more people, with unclear guardrails and unfunded administrative burdens.
"...The citizenship marker project will likely be scuttled on the shores of logic, logistics or law."
"...The citizenship marker project will likely be scuttled on the shores of logic, logistics or law."
Seven Big Concerns about Premier Smith’s New Citizenship Markers | The Tyee
Plans to alter what Alberta driver’s licences and ID cards tell authorities need a rethink.
thetyee.ca
September 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My latest. "This plan looks less like streamlining and more like risk stacking: more data on more cards shown to more people, with unclear guardrails and unfunded administrative burdens.
"...The citizenship marker project will likely be scuttled on the shores of logic, logistics or law."
"...The citizenship marker project will likely be scuttled on the shores of logic, logistics or law."
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ICYMI: 'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban
From me today: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/... via @cdnpress.bsky.social
From me today: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/... via @cdnpress.bsky.social
'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban
EDMONTON - An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
September 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
ICYMI: 'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban
From me today: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/... via @cdnpress.bsky.social
From me today: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/... via @cdnpress.bsky.social
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Big scoop from @jack-farrell.bsky.social and @reportrix.bsky.social at The Canadian Press
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sexual content | CBC News
Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says in an email to school boards that the government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries.
www.cbc.ca
September 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Big scoop from @jack-farrell.bsky.social and @reportrix.bsky.social at The Canadian Press
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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What could possibly go wrong? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
Canada’s border agency plans to use AI to screen everyone entering the country — and single out ‘higher risk’ people
The tool is expected to launch as early as 2027 and is meant to help border services officers decide whether to refer travellers and the goods they are carrying for
www.thestar.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What could possibly go wrong? www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Thibaut Bruttin, director general of Reporters Without Borders, said press freedom advocates had never seen such a severe step backward for reporters’ safety.
“They are doing everything they can to silence independent voices that are trying to report on Gaza." www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
“They are doing everything they can to silence independent voices that are trying to report on Gaza." www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say
Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who days earlier had reported for The Associated Press on children being tre...
www.ctvnews.ca
August 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thibaut Bruttin, director general of Reporters Without Borders, said press freedom advocates had never seen such a severe step backward for reporters’ safety.
“They are doing everything they can to silence independent voices that are trying to report on Gaza." www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
“They are doing everything they can to silence independent voices that are trying to report on Gaza." www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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SCOOP: How Alberta's measles outbreak spiraled out of control.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @alannasmith.bsky.social
Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control
Records offer clearest picture yet of where cases popped up and how the province and one community impeded some health officials’ efforts to stop the spread
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
SCOOP: How Alberta's measles outbreak spiraled out of control.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @alannasmith.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... By @alannasmith.bsky.social
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AISH recipients despair over province’s changes to disability programs.
“It's been made very clear that I'm a burden on this government, that they view disabled people as burdens, that we don't have any worth or value unless we're working. It’s gut-wrenching.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“It's been made very clear that I'm a burden on this government, that they view disabled people as burdens, that we don't have any worth or value unless we're working. It’s gut-wrenching.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
AISH recipient, advocates worry about Alberta's new disability benefit program | CBC News
A new discussion guide about the upcoming Alberta Disability Assistance Program reveals that many Albertans with severe disabilities will receive lower personal benefits after the program launches nex...
www.cbc.ca
August 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
AISH recipients despair over province’s changes to disability programs.
“It's been made very clear that I'm a burden on this government, that they view disabled people as burdens, that we don't have any worth or value unless we're working. It’s gut-wrenching.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“It's been made very clear that I'm a burden on this government, that they view disabled people as burdens, that we don't have any worth or value unless we're working. It’s gut-wrenching.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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In a reversal of previous plans, the Alberta government now says it will cover the cost of COVID vaccinations for health-care workers this fall.
Most Albertans who are not health-care workers will still have to pay.
Most Albertans who are not health-care workers will still have to pay.
Alberta to cover COVID vaccines for health-care workers after all | CBC News
Two months after announcing most Albertans would need to pay for COVID-19 vaccines if they want one this season, the province now says it will cover the cost for health-care workers.
www.cbc.ca
August 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In a reversal of previous plans, the Alberta government now says it will cover the cost of COVID vaccinations for health-care workers this fall.
Most Albertans who are not health-care workers will still have to pay.
Most Albertans who are not health-care workers will still have to pay.
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New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.
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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.
www.cbc.ca
August 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Realizing now that my problem isn’t with pedal pubs per se so much as the WOOOOOOOOOing.
August 16, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Realizing now that my problem isn’t with pedal pubs per se so much as the WOOOOOOOOOing.
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“.. DOGE increasingly looks like a giant joke as the initiative winds up saving essentially zero dollars for US taxpayers .”
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August 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
“.. DOGE increasingly looks like a giant joke as the initiative winds up saving essentially zero dollars for US taxpayers .”
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"An Alberta Conservative MP is blaming the Liberal government for a pair of contentious provincial bans on outdoor activities, saying federal officials didn’t do enough to stave off tinder dry conditions in Atlantic Canada."
She "wouldn’t say whether she objected to the provincial bans themselves."
She "wouldn’t say whether she objected to the provincial bans themselves."
Conservative MP says federal inaction on wildfires led to Atlantic Canada forest bans
An Alberta Conservative MP is putting a pair of contentious provincial bans on outdoor activities at the foot of the Liberal government
nationalpost.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"An Alberta Conservative MP is blaming the Liberal government for a pair of contentious provincial bans on outdoor activities, saying federal officials didn’t do enough to stave off tinder dry conditions in Atlantic Canada."
She "wouldn’t say whether she objected to the provincial bans themselves."
She "wouldn’t say whether she objected to the provincial bans themselves."
“Israel’s military has claimed responsibility for the assassination in a statement, falsely claiming al-Sharif led a unit of Hamas’s armed wing.”
Israel kills five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza City, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif’s killing comes after Israel stepped up a smear campaign against the correspondent in recent weeks.
www.aljazeera.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
“Israel’s military has claimed responsibility for the assassination in a statement, falsely claiming al-Sharif led a unit of Hamas’s armed wing.”
“The new policy, published Aug. 1, removes a requirement that the premier, ministers, deputy ministers and senior staff must publicly disclose receipts for expenses over $100.”
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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.
www.cbc.ca
August 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM