Charles Rusnell
@charlesrusnell.bsky.social
Independent investigative journalist in Edmonton, Alberta. Ex Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal, CBC. Contact in confidence at journalismtips@protonmail.com
Brazen lying here by @daniellesmithab.bsky.social. As reported, unchallenged, by @nytimes , Smith's govt stopped Chief Medical Officer of Health Mark Joffe from making statements at critical times during the measles outbreak.
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Alberta premier says loss of measles elimination status concerning, urges vigilance
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canada’s recent loss of its measles elimination status is concerning, but her government did what it could to remind people to get vaccinated.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Brazen lying here by @daniellesmithab.bsky.social. As reported, unchallenged, by @nytimes , Smith's govt stopped Chief Medical Officer of Health Mark Joffe from making statements at critical times during the measles outbreak.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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On Nenshi’s midterm reintroduction to Alberta voters and the not-so-NDP folks he’s brought on for the coming fight. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Who's behind Nenshi's Alberta NDP relaunch? Federal Liberals and NYC mayor's ad agency | CBC News
Nearly a year and a half after Naheed Nenshi began serving as Alberta NDP leader, and about two years out from the next scheduled election, his party has determined it’s time to reintroduce him to Alb...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
On Nenshi’s midterm reintroduction to Alberta voters and the not-so-NDP folks he’s brought on for the coming fight. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@nytimes will never be accused of overstatement.
President Trump returned to office promising to avoid foreign entanglements, make life more affordable and ensure that available jobs go to American citizens. His recent actions have been a significant departure from the expectations of his loyal base. nyti.ms/4p91FCj
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
@nytimes will never be accused of overstatement.
In this story, Cameron Davies says he met with podcaster Megyn Kelly. Google Megyn Kelly news today.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
nationalpost.com/news/another...
Another Alberta separatist leader is courting U.S. conservatives in Washington and Mar-a-Lago
The Republican Party of Alberta’s leader says he's meeting with U.S. officials to advocate for Alberta independence and strengthen ties.
nationalpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
In this story, Cameron Davies says he met with podcaster Megyn Kelly. Google Megyn Kelly news today.
nationalpost.com/news/another...
nationalpost.com/news/another...
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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
Ruemmler is responsible for conduct and reputational management at Goldman Sachs.
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Ruemmler is responsible for conduct and reputational management at Goldman Sachs.
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Small-town Kansas newspaper granted $3 million and apology over police raid reut.rs/4i6GwGD
Small-town Kansas newspaper granted $3 million and apology over police raid
A Kansas newspaper whose offices and the home of its associate publisher were searched by law enforcement in 2023 has been granted a $3 million award by the county and an apology for violating the publication's constitutional rights.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Small-town Kansas newspaper granted $3 million and apology over police raid reut.rs/4i6GwGD
This is a story you could write from a fill-in-the blanks template in nearly every police service and the RCMP in Canada, right down to the police commission saying they have taken steps to address it. They never do anything. It's been like this for decades.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Durham regional police's 'poisoned' workplace highlighted in Ontario Civilian Police Commission report | CBC News
An Ontario Civilian Police Commission report into the workplace culture, policies and procedures of the Durham Regional Police Service and its board has found it was a toxic workplace where officials ...
www.cbc.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is a story you could write from a fill-in-the blanks template in nearly every police service and the RCMP in Canada, right down to the police commission saying they have taken steps to address it. They never do anything. It's been like this for decades.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The statement issued by Pierre Poilievre this morning.
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www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The statement issued by Pierre Poilievre this morning.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
One in eight Americans need federal aid to buy food
BREAKING
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
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The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
One in eight Americans need federal aid to buy food
Reposted by Charles Rusnell
By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.)
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
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By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
By using s33 pre-emptively, the UCP is not simply admitting that their laws are breaching Charter rights. (Governments have done that before.)
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
By foregoing judicial review, they are further admitting that their laws cannot be justified in a democratic society.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Brilliant reporting and writing here. An absolute pleasure to read.
The ostriches have been culled and that particular H5N1 outbreak has finally been contained.
Here is @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social's reliably excellent account of the entire ordeal.
www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Here is @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social's reliably excellent account of the entire ordeal.
www.msnbc.com/news/news-an...
Why the conspiratorial right rallied around a flock of ostriches
The anti-vaccine, anti-government crusade to save "the miracle cure birds" is over — and the fringe activists lost.
www.msnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Brilliant reporting and writing here. An absolute pleasure to read.
After mostly eliminating red light and speeding cameras in cities, Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen is now considering raising speed limits on rural highways to 120 km/hr. www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
Have your say on highway speed limits
Alberta’s government is engaging with Albertans on increasing speed limits on rural highways.
www.alberta.ca
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After mostly eliminating red light and speeding cameras in cities, Alberta Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen is now considering raising speed limits on rural highways to 120 km/hr. www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...
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Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
Edmonton MP says he is not crossing the floor and did not provide a reason for his resignation
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux resigns
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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As I've written elsewhere, the UCP can invoke s33, but they are not required to.
The government's defenders will equate ability with necessity and righteousness. But those are not the same thing. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/can-they-m...
The government's defenders will equate ability with necessity and righteousness. But those are not the same thing. drjaredwesley.substack.com/p/can-they-m...
Can they? Must they? Should they?
Three questions to answer about the UCP's use of the notwithstanding clause
drjaredwesley.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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The landowners don't like the fact that their tax dollars and the dollars of other taxpayers are subsidizing deadbeat oil and gas companies
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The landowners don't like the fact that their tax dollars and the dollars of other taxpayers are subsidizing deadbeat oil and gas companies
The larger issue here is that, according to credible public health experts, the UCP govt is imposing an ideological, anti-vax agenda that will undermine public health for many years. A baby needlessly died of measles in Alberta because its mother was unvaccinated. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The larger issue here is that, according to credible public health experts, the UCP govt is imposing an ideological, anti-vax agenda that will undermine public health for many years. A baby needlessly died of measles in Alberta because its mother was unvaccinated. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Via @drewanderson.bsky.social
‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...
‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...
Rural Albertans face growing problems with oil and gas wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta government is pushing a new plan to deal with years of regulatory failure. Alberta landowners aren’t convinced
thenarwhal.ca
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Via @drewanderson.bsky.social
‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...
‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...
@nytimes reports former Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Mark Joffe was muzzled and not allowed to fully communicate during the measles outbreak. UCP govt makes international headlines again.
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@nytimes reports former Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Mark Joffe was muzzled and not allowed to fully communicate during the measles outbreak. UCP govt makes international headlines again.
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...
The group collecting petition signatures for a citizen's initiative to defund private schools in Alberta seem well organized. They have a website with a professionally shot video that seeks to highlight the disparity between public and private school funding.
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Alberta Funds Public Schools
A Citizen Initiative petitioning the Government of Alberta to improve its Public Education funding model.
abfundspublicschools.ca
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The group collecting petition signatures for a citizen's initiative to defund private schools in Alberta seem well organized. They have a website with a professionally shot video that seeks to highlight the disparity between public and private school funding.
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
abfundspublicschools.ca/cgi-bin/publ...
If you're a journalism student or blogger, read as much as you can find of Bob's journalism. He possesses an extraordinary skill for making complex topics understandable and readable. Thorough reporting and crystal clear writing.
CP legend Bob Weber retired* in 2024 & I had the privilege of hosting his farewell talk, which you shd watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF57...
*Turns out Bob can’t quit journalism & thank the galaxy for that. Bob’s latest in @albertaviews.bsky.social #ableg #cdnpoli
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*Turns out Bob can’t quit journalism & thank the galaxy for that. Bob’s latest in @albertaviews.bsky.social #ableg #cdnpoli
albertaviews.ca/dirty-cleanu...
Mature Asset Strategy - the Latest Dirty Cleanup Scheme - Alberta Views
The Mature Asset Strategy is a report on the thousands of wells and pipelines that dot Alberta years after the oil and profits are gone.
albertaviews.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
If you're a journalism student or blogger, read as much as you can find of Bob's journalism. He possesses an extraordinary skill for making complex topics understandable and readable. Thorough reporting and crystal clear writing.
Via @jlisayoung.bsky.social does not mince words about the UCP's authoritarian dumping of Auditor General Doug Wylie.
Fall Fashion Update: Alberta
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Fall Fashion Update: Alberta
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Fall Fashion Update: Alberta
Fall has arrived in Alberta.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Via @jlisayoung.bsky.social does not mince words about the UCP's authoritarian dumping of Auditor General Doug Wylie.
Fall Fashion Update: Alberta
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Fall Fashion Update: Alberta
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There is no evidence to support that federal research funding is being unfairly allocated to "woke" or "leftist" research.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
November 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
There is no evidence to support that federal research funding is being unfairly allocated to "woke" or "leftist" research.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
If anything, as @pinglamjoeip.bsky.social and I found, research on structural inequality is underfunded.
I will link our original piece below.
Really great reporting and critical analysis here.
In @nytopinion
“When your country pursues abhorrent policies, when the face it turns to the world is the face of a monster, what does that say about you?” our columnist M. Gessen writes after speaking with Jewish Israeli dissidents.
“When your country pursues abhorrent policies, when the face it turns to the world is the face of a monster, what does that say about you?” our columnist M. Gessen writes after speaking with Jewish Israeli dissidents.
Opinion | These Israeli Dissidents Can Show Americans How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
And why it matters so much to try.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Really great reporting and critical analysis here.
The UCP govt has created a fifth health agency to provide IT, HR, data services etc to the other four, with a fifth CEO, Maureen Towle.
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The UCP govt has created a fifth health agency to provide IT, HR, data services etc to the other four, with a fifth CEO, Maureen Towle.