Matt Scace
@mattscace.bsky.social
Reporter with The Globe and Mail's Calgary bureau. Author of Jasper on Fire: Five Days of Hell in a Rocky Mountain Paradise, out now: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/jasper-on-fire-pre-order/
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I got experimental brain surgery. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Could a device implanted in my brain cure my depression? I was ready to find out
Over the past 14 years, I’ve often fantasized about some scan revealing the locus of my mood disorder. Now, we were as close as we’d likely ever get
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November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I got experimental brain surgery. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Alberta's Auditor General is racing to finish his investigation into healthcare procurement after the UCP govt rejected his proposed contract extension.
He's done in April, 2026, and wants his probe wrapped then, too.
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He's done in April, 2026, and wants his probe wrapped then, too.
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Alberta Auditor-General rushing health care probe after government denies term extension
Doug Wylie said he offered to stay for two more years to wrap up major files including the health care investigation
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November 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Alberta's Auditor General is racing to finish his investigation into healthcare procurement after the UCP govt rejected his proposed contract extension.
He's done in April, 2026, and wants his probe wrapped then, too.
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He's done in April, 2026, and wants his probe wrapped then, too.
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Insufficient disclosure obscuring billions in Alberta oil sands liabilities, advocates say. #ableg
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Insufficient disclosure obscuring billions in Alberta oil sands liabilities, advocates say
Shareholders of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies could face a shortfall of tens of billions of dollars tied to spent wells, oil sands mines
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November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Insufficient disclosure obscuring billions in Alberta oil sands liabilities, advocates say. #ableg
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UCP MLA Scott Cyr says Wylie could always reapply for his job.
The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic.
The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.
The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic.
The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.
This morning at the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices...UCP majority introduces a motion starting a search committee for a new auditor general.
NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.
NDP MLA David Sheppard says Doug Wylie wants to stay on two more years. Wylie is reviewing the allegations of inappropriate health contracting.
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
UCP MLA Scott Cyr says Wylie could always reapply for his job.
The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic.
The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.
The five UCP MLAs on the committee pass the motion: Cyr, Lovely, De Jong, Dyck, Petrovic.
The four NDP MLAs on the committee vote it down: Sheppard, Miyashiro, Wright and Chapman.
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Alberta students stage walkouts to protest province’s back-to-work order to teachers. With my pal @mattscace.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli @theglobeandmail.com
Alberta students stage walkouts to protest province’s back-to-work order to teachers
Between 200 and 300 students stood outside the legislature in Edmonton Thursday morning
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October 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Alberta students stage walkouts to protest province’s back-to-work order to teachers. With my pal @mattscace.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli @theglobeandmail.com
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Great glimpse inside Alberta's separation battle, from the Nah, We're Good perspective.
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Alberta petition that could trigger separation referendum faces looming deadline
Man behind petition hopes it never actually gets to a vote
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October 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Great glimpse inside Alberta's separation battle, from the Nah, We're Good perspective.
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Job opening. The Globe and Mail is seeking a Quebec-based reporter to team up with Eric Andrew-Gee.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Job opening. The Globe and Mail is seeking a Quebec-based reporter to team up with Eric Andrew-Gee.
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The report commissioned by the Alberta government into allegations of corruption in the health system is out and everyone should read the caveats spelled out by the retired judge at the outset to understand what's in there, and more importantly, what's not. #ableg
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October 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The report commissioned by the Alberta government into allegations of corruption in the health system is out and everyone should read the caveats spelled out by the retired judge at the outset to understand what's in there, and more importantly, what's not. #ableg
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People have words about Alberta Premier Smith enacting the notwithstanding clause to enforce bills that will affect their kids.
“We'll be moving if she enacts that. For the safety of our child,” says one parent.
People have words.
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“We'll be moving if she enacts that. For the safety of our child,” says one parent.
People have words.
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'We'll be moving': Alberta transgender children, families brace for legal changes
EDMONTON - Football decals plaster the walls of his bedroom. A San Francisco 49ers bedspread and a binder full of trading cards make it clear the seven-year-old loves sports.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
People have words about Alberta Premier Smith enacting the notwithstanding clause to enforce bills that will affect their kids.
“We'll be moving if she enacts that. For the safety of our child,” says one parent.
People have words.
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“We'll be moving if she enacts that. For the safety of our child,” says one parent.
People have words.
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Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the Alberta government's nearly 200-page "tool kit" hops from one topic to another without context and barely aligns with the provincial curriculum.
"It is incoherent." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
"It is incoherent." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
'A big mess': Expert, parents criticize Alberta tool kit for students during strike
EDMONTON - An education expert is criticizing online lessons the Alberta government has curated for students during a provincewide teachers strike as "incoherent."
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October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Maren Aukerman, an education professor at the University of Calgary, says the Alberta government's nearly 200-page "tool kit" hops from one topic to another without context and barely aligns with the provincial curriculum.
"It is incoherent." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
"It is incoherent." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
Alberta’s decades-old practice of partly funding private schools is coming under fresh scrutiny as public schools sit empty with teachers on strike for the third day this week. #ableg #abpoli
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Alberta private-school funding under fresh scrutiny amid historic teachers’ strike
Funding for private education isn’t a topic at the bargaining table, but a petition has reignited debate over it
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October 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Alberta’s decades-old practice of partly funding private schools is coming under fresh scrutiny as public schools sit empty with teachers on strike for the third day this week. #ableg #abpoli
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October 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Pals, some news: I’m thrilled to be starting today at @theglobeandmail.com as a reporter in the Calgary bureau. I can’t wait to get to work and share important stories with this ultra-talented team. They set an enormously high bar and I couldn’t be more excited to start.
October 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pals, some news: I’m thrilled to be starting today at @theglobeandmail.com as a reporter in the Calgary bureau. I can’t wait to get to work and share important stories with this ultra-talented team. They set an enormously high bar and I couldn’t be more excited to start.
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Alberta planning to use the notwithstanding clause. Some solid sleuthing by @reportrix.bsky.social #ableg #cdnpoli
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Alberta looks to use notwithstanding clause on its 3 transgender laws: memo | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's office has directed officials to invoke the Charter's notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtai...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Alberta planning to use the notwithstanding clause. Some solid sleuthing by @reportrix.bsky.social #ableg #cdnpoli
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“Julie King-Yerex, co-owner of Magpie Books in Edmonton, said people have come into the shop ‘asking for our vicious compliance section.’ “
(By CP’s Aaron Souza) #Ableg #AbEd
(By CP’s Aaron Souza) #Ableg #AbEd
Shopping the 'vicious compliance section': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban | CBC News
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.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
NEW - The Alberta government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries. /via @jack-farrell.bsky.social @reportrix.bsky.social
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CP NewsAlert: Alberta pauses ban on school library books with sexual content
EDMONTON — Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says in an email to school boards that the government is pausing its order for the removal of
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September 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
NEW - The Alberta government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries. /via @jack-farrell.bsky.social @reportrix.bsky.social
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The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has cancelled an application hearing for a potential coal mine, a move that he acknowledged is “without precedent.”
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‘Without precedent’: Alberta Energy Regulator CEO cancels hearing for coal mine
The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has cancelled an application hearing for a potential coal mine, a move that he acknowledged is “without precedent.”
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August 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The head of the Alberta Energy Regulator has cancelled an application hearing for a potential coal mine, a move that he acknowledged is “without precedent.”
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New documents paint a picture of how Alberta’s measles outbreak began w/ a handful of isolated cases and started to grow into what is now the worst in North America, as public-health measures to control spread in some cases proved ineffective. #ableg #cdnpoli @theglobeandmail.com
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
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August 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
New documents paint a picture of how Alberta’s measles outbreak began w/ a handful of isolated cases and started to grow into what is now the worst in North America, as public-health measures to control spread in some cases proved ineffective. #ableg #cdnpoli @theglobeandmail.com
From the Ashes of the Eaton Fire, Roses Bloom www.nytimes.com/card/2025/08...
From the Ashes of the Eaton Fire, Roses Bloom
As Altadena continues to recover from the devastating wildfires in January, roses have bloomed amid the charred ruins. “It just shows these are damn tough plants,” one longtime rose curator said.
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August 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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New: Alberta regulations meant to keep old coal mines from polluting streams and lakes are failing, suggests a study by government scientists. One of the authors, a former Alberta government scientist, says the paper speaks to “regulatory inaction.”
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Alberta’s coal mine reclamation regulations failing to protect water, fish, scientists say
High levels of contaminants are damaging aquatic life and their ecosystems, study says
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August 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
New: Alberta regulations meant to keep old coal mines from polluting streams and lakes are failing, suggests a study by government scientists. One of the authors, a former Alberta government scientist, says the paper speaks to “regulatory inaction.”
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Oh wow. Under an "unprecedented" new visa program, 280 Tuvaluans selected by ballot will be allowed to resettle in Australia every year before the whole country is submerged by rising water levels caused by climate change.
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The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Oh wow. Under an "unprecedented" new visa program, 280 Tuvaluans selected by ballot will be allowed to resettle in Australia every year before the whole country is submerged by rising water levels caused by climate change.
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In what world is okay for a group of men to assume that an inebriated stranger is their sexual plaything?
Our world, unfortunately.
I wrote about the Hockey Canada trial in today's @thestar.com
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Our world, unfortunately.
I wrote about the Hockey Canada trial in today's @thestar.com
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Here’s what we need to tell young women — and young men — about life and safety after Hockey Canada trial
Young women are always taught about how to keep safe - but as the Hockey Canada trial shows, the law is only one framework
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July 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In what world is okay for a group of men to assume that an inebriated stranger is their sexual plaything?
Our world, unfortunately.
I wrote about the Hockey Canada trial in today's @thestar.com
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Our world, unfortunately.
I wrote about the Hockey Canada trial in today's @thestar.com
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“The PC Alberta name, logo and goodwill were being used by people with no right to it,” says UCP. “You can't own ‘progressive’ and you can't own ‘conservative,'" says Guthrie. More details from what’s come to light on this particular #ableg fight: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
Alberta's United Conservatives call in lawyers in Progressive Conservative name fight
EDMONTON - Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party has brought in its lawyers to challenge a rogue splinter group in a fight over resurrecting the province's legacy Progressive Conservative part...
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July 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“The PC Alberta name, logo and goodwill were being used by people with no right to it,” says UCP. “You can't own ‘progressive’ and you can't own ‘conservative,'" says Guthrie. More details from what’s come to light on this particular #ableg fight: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town. Some have taken to calling the area the "Republic of Stone Mountain."
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Luck and a rooftop sprinkler saved a Jasper home and its neighbours from wildfire
JASPER, ALTA. - When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain
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July 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town. Some have taken to calling the area the "Republic of Stone Mountain."
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