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trevorrobb.bsky.social
@trevorrobb.bsky.social
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Assistant managing editor at the Edmonton Sun and Edmonton Journal. Send news tips: trobb@postmedia.com. AEW fan #WrestleSky 🤼‍♂️
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UCP policy proposals include resolutions requiring temporary residents to pay more for health care, banning on government property the display of flags representing “special interest groups,” and buying the Alberta operations of the RCMP. #abpoli #ableg

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Flags, vaccines and buying the RCMP: 35 resolutions proposed for upcoming UCP AGM
Members of Alberta's governing United Conservative Party will vote on a raft of policy proposals this month.
edmontonjournal.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
It wasn’t just a house — it was a historic home, and Edmonton doesn’t have a lot of that, Ken Freeland said.
“And we’ve got one less now.” #yeg

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Edmonton infill arsons: Historic 1935 show home an offshoot casualty
Ken Freeland lost his historic show home to the arson that destroyed two neighbouring infill homes in Glenora.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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#BREAKING Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns from Parliament edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns from Parliament
Conservative Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux will resign his seat in the House of Commons.
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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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
trevorrobb.bsky.social
"The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) on Thursday announced it has charged Edmonton Police Service Const. Renzo Geronimo with sexual assault, unlawful confinement, being unlawfully in a dwelling house, and breach of trust." #yeg

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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 9:22 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
Trump looks like an android who just had their on switch turned off. Completely void of emotion.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Latest from @jonnywakefield.bsky.social — Alberta’s police watchdog has found the pair of RCMP officers who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager in Wetaskiwin did not commit a criminal offence.

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Alberta police watchdog clears officers who fatally shot 15-year-old Indigenous boy
Alberta's watchdog has found the pair of RCMP officers who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager in Wetaskiwin did not commit an offence.
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
OILERS MAILBAG: Why isn't Connor McDavid finding the back of the net more? #LetsGoOilers

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OILERS MAILBAG: Why isn't Connor McDavid finding the back of the net more?
Oilers writer Gerry Moddejonge answers some questions, fans have been asking on social media this week after the team's slow start.
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"Recall is a legitimate process. But it was the UCP government that enthusiastically gave the task to Elections Alberta, so now they have to ensure it is properly funded." #abpoli #ableg

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Lorne Gunter: UCP needs to live up to its own referendum promise, pay for petition verification
The thresholds for forcing recall elections and referendums were high, but that was to ensure efforts were serious, not frivolous.
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Guthrie tabled a speech in the legislature later on Wednesday stating his point of privilege addressed a central issue of an MLA’s ability to perform his or her duties “without interference, intimidation, or compulsion.”

#ableg #abpoli

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Alberta MLA Guthrie denied point of privilege, resigns from committee
Speaker Ric McIver ruled against a point of privilege assertion by MLA Peter Guthrie, prompting his resignation from a legislative committee
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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From speaker after speaker, a clear theme emerged about new Edmonton police Chief Warren Driechel. While he’s now the 24th top cop in the city’s history, his heart comes from the streets." #yeg

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'Build relationships': New police Chief Warren Driechel boosts community policing, collaborations with social agencies
New Edmonton police chief makes it official as he is sworn in at city hall
edmontonjournal.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
An American Tail poster with lil ol mouse immigrant Fievel
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Latest from @jonnywakefield.bsky.social — Alberta’s superior court has ordered an Edmonton man who punched, kicked and painfully restrained his dog to report to jail after rejecting his bid to serve his sentence in the community. #yeg

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Court upholds jail sentence for Edmonton man who abused dog
Alberta's superior court has ordered an Edmonton man who punched, kicked and painfully restrained his dog to report to jail.
edmontonjournal.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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From @hillsyjay.bsky.social — Alberta Sheriffs shut down drug house in northwest Edmonton that saw 40 visits from police since June

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Alberta Sheriffs shut down drug house in northwest Edmonton that saw 40 visits from police since June
The Alberta Sheriffs shut down a problem property that prompted 40 police visits over the last five months.
edmontonjournal.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Union representing 16,000 Alberta nurses and healthcare staff vote 98 per cent in favour of striking

#abhealth #ableg #abpoli
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Union representing 16,000 Alberta nurses and healthcare staff vote 98 per cent in favour of striking
Alberta Union of Public Employees (AUPE) representing nurses and health care staff say 98 per cent of members have voted to strike.
edmontonjournal.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Latest column from Rob Tychkowski — Is this just another tease, or are the Edmonton Oilers really broken?
#LetsGoOilers

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Is this just another tease, or are the Edmonton Oilers really broken?
Are the Edmonton Oilers really in trouble or is this just how they roll?
edmontonjournal.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Risks must be mitigated, and with contracts already in place ... the cost will eventually need to be made up somewhere. “Everything’s going to go up. When one person or one builder is impacted overall, industry-wide is impacted." #yeg

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'High alert': Contractors worry about insurance, housing hold-ups following Edmonton infill arsons
There’s an uneasy feeling in Edmonton’s construction contractor community in the wake of a string of arsons that have destroyed infill homes
edmontonjournal.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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MSNBC calls NYC for Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
“I honestly don’t know what the rationale is. Nothing was related to me. There was no discussion with me at all.” #ableg #abpoli

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Alberta UCP MLAs vote to begin search for new auditor general amid ongoing investigations
Auditor General Doug Wylie sought a two-year extension to his contract which is set to expire in April amid ongoing healthcare investigations
edmontonjournal.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
"McClure said the $1.46 million approved will only fund the verification of the Alberta Forever Canada petition and the acquisition of additional temporary warehouse space." #abpoli #ableg

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Elections Alberta urges government to reconsider $13.5 million funding request for recall petitions and citizen initiatives
Alberta's chief electoral officer is requesting the legislature committee reconvene to reconsider his office's supplemental funding request.
edmontonjournal.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:15 PM
trevorrobb.bsky.social
“These fires are senseless and dangerous, posing an unacceptable risk not only to the structures they consume but, critically, to the safety of nearby residents and the lives of our responding firefighters." #yeg

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'Unconscionable violence': Estimated $8M in damages from Edmonton's infill arson streak
Damages from the streak of south Edmonton infill housing construction arson is in estimated to be eight million dollars, city leaders said.
edmontonjournal.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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UCP members vote in committee to replace auditor general Doug Wylie, forcing rush to complete health procurement report. He isn't sure he can finish before a newbie takes over. Column
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Braid: UCP dumps auditor general as he races to finish health scandal report
A UCP committee votes to replace auditor general Doug Wylie, the key person investigating the health contract scandal, writes Don Braid.
calgaryherald.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Latest from @jonnywakefield.bsky.social — Peterson came to police attention during an RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams (INSET) investigation into a group that engaged in “anti-authority, anti-government extremist ideology.”

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Alberta man linked to right-wing extremist group gets 4-1/2 years for selling automatic rifle
A man who was part of an Edmonton-area extremist group has been sentenced to 4-1/2 years behind bars after pleading guilty to 10 charges.
edmontonjournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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jonnywakefield.bsky.social
Edmonton is in the midst of a rash of apparent arson fires targeting infill properties, not long after police dismantled an international conspiracy to extort money from homebuilders in the city's South Asian community. Scary stuff.
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'It's frightening to the core': Sixth infill construction fire in weeks razes Saskatchewan Drive home
Infill homes in Glenora, Belgravia and now on Saskatchewan Drive have burned down in last week. Four of the fires have been deemed arson.
edmontonjournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Edmonton Fire said over the weekend that four of the recent fires have been determined to be arson. #yeg #infill

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Sixth infill construction fire in weeks razes Saskatchewan Drive home
Infill homes in Glenora, Belgravia and now on Saskatchewan Drive have burned down in last week. Four of the fires have been deemed arson.
edmontonjournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM