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Taylor Lambert
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Investigative journalist at CBC Edmonton • Author of Darwin's Moving & other fine-ish books • he/him • taylorlambert.ca

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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
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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October 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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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/🧵
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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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August 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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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August 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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
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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.

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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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August 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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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/...
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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August 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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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/...
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 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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July 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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G7 fortress summit keeps protesters—and reality—at a safe distance
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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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June 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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From 2022: my profile of Stephen Carter
for @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social

www.sprawlcalgary.com/the-strategi...
‘I’m a bad boy’: The Stephen Carter story | The Sprawl
For better or worse, he's altered Alberta politics.
www.sprawlcalgary.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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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
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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May 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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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...
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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April 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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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.

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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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March 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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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.
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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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March 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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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/...
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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March 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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12: old enough to carry a gun, but too young to choose a pronoun.
March 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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josie.zone
An emphatic "Ramadan Mubarak" to all my Muslim homies, especially the ones in Palestine
March 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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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.
February 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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A good day for a reminder that independent media needs your support
February 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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readtheorchard.org
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.

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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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February 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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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! 💡📚
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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February 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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breachmedia.ca
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...
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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February 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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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/...
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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February 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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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.
February 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM