Keith Gerein
@keithgerein.bsky.social
Columnist, Edmonton Journal. I write about civic issues in #yeg and also coordinate our newsroom's features and investigations.
That's very possible. There are a lot of questions to be asked in the days ahead, because there are a lot of fingers being pointed in a lot of directions.
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
That's very possible. There are a lot of questions to be asked in the days ahead, because there are a lot of fingers being pointed in a lot of directions.
Good question. I don't know what it takes to actually put together a new list. In the past, I remember showing my voter card, having my name highlighted or crossed off a paper list and that was it. Today, there was a lot of fiddling on the laptop, and not enough people doing the fiddling.
October 21, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Good question. I don't know what it takes to actually put together a new list. In the past, I remember showing my voter card, having my name highlighted or crossed off a paper list and that was it. Today, there was a lot of fiddling on the laptop, and not enough people doing the fiddling.
With the postal strike, the lack of voter cards, the lineup at the voting stations, a campaign where it's been hard to differentiate some of the contenders, and the Blue Jays playing tonight, I do wonder if one of the major storylines of this election will be poor voter turnout. #yeg #yegvote
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I finally got through the line to vote after an hour and three minutes. The election workers are doing the best they can, but there just aren’t enough of them, and unfortunately, I saw a few voters get pretty upset with them. I hope it’s going better at other polling stations. #yegvote #yeg #yegelxn
October 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I finally got through the line to vote after an hour and three minutes. The election workers are doing the best they can, but there just aren’t enough of them, and unfortunately, I saw a few voters get pretty upset with them. I hope it’s going better at other polling stations. #yegvote #yeg #yegelxn
Knack didn’t quite say he renounces the endorsement but did say he thinks third party advertisers shouldn’t exist, and called out WFE for attack ads on Walters. Knack said he is the only mayoral candidate to release his full list of donors, not just those up to July 31. #yeg #yegelxn 11/13
October 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Cartmell also aimed at Knack, asking him renounce an endorsement from 3rd-party advertiser Working Families Edmonton, and demand they release their full donor list. Cartmell accused Knack of getting the advantage of being backed by a de-facto party but without the same rules. #yeg #yegelxn 10/13
October 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The most interesting moments came late when the candidates asked questions of each other. Walters chose Knack, asking him why he made a motion last year to have the province own up to its responsibility for health and housing, but is now vowing to have the city do more on those fronts. #yeg #yegelxn
October 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The most interesting moments came late when the candidates asked questions of each other. Walters chose Knack, asking him why he made a motion last year to have the province own up to its responsibility for health and housing, but is now vowing to have the city do more on those fronts. #yeg #yegelxn
They agreed on a lot. One area of difference was on infill, where Jaffer/Cartmell leaned into putting more focus on Blatchford and other big open spaces, Walters emphasized more density around transit, and Knack warned against straying too far from current density plans. #yeg #yegelxn 4/13
October 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
There was no clear winner. All four candidates had good/less good moments. No one stood out. As it was at U of A, a lot of the questions were on topics of interest to students — transit, affordability, housing, youth employment, etc. Climate change was even mentioned a few times. #yeg #yegelxn 3/13
October 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Overall, there wasn’t much of note from the debate, because all of the candidates have answered pretty much every possible question multiple times over at this point. Indeed, this is something like their 8th or 9th debate, and frankly, they all came across as a bit tired. #yeg #yegelxn 2/13
October 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Reposted by Keith Gerein
And here's @keithgerein.bsky.social with his take on what we've learned from the three-part series
"An archaic consumer protection system built more for the protection of businesses and the convenience of the system itself, rather than the needs of the public"
#yeg
"An archaic consumer protection system built more for the protection of businesses and the convenience of the system itself, rather than the needs of the public"
#yeg
Keith Gerein: Alberta's malnourished restaurant inspection system has become indigestible
Alberta must make upgrades to its restaurant inspection system to improve transparency for diners and impose stricter enforcement on bad eateries
edmontonjournal.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And here's @keithgerein.bsky.social with his take on what we've learned from the three-part series
"An archaic consumer protection system built more for the protection of businesses and the convenience of the system itself, rather than the needs of the public"
#yeg
"An archaic consumer protection system built more for the protection of businesses and the convenience of the system itself, rather than the needs of the public"
#yeg