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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
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #UCP
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #yyc #yeg #UCP
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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November 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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"Earlier this month, the OIPC mediator issued a decision that rejected the government’s arguments and asked it to release the records by Oct. 23"
Alberta government says it won't abide by ruling to share Alberta Next Panel survey results.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta government says it won't abide by ruling to share Alberta Next Panel survey results.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Province misses OIPC deadline to release Alberta Next survey results
The government has refused to release results of the surveys following multiple access to information requests from Postmedia.
edmontonjournal.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Earlier this month, the OIPC mediator issued a decision that rejected the government’s arguments and asked it to release the records by Oct. 23"
Alberta government says it won't abide by ruling to share Alberta Next Panel survey results.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta government says it won't abide by ruling to share Alberta Next Panel survey results.
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
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Impressive, stomach turning investigation by @matthewblack.ca and MacEwan U into Edmonton/Alberta’s archaic food safety inspection regime (including more details on the Tres Carnales debacle). 250 YEG restaurants went at least two years between inspections edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Crawling bugs and half-baked enforcement: Alberta’s restaurant inspections a recipe for foodborne illness — Investigation
Lax inspections, excessive violations and poor transparency in Alberta's restaurant inspection system is a recipe for foodborne Illness
edmontonjournal.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Impressive, stomach turning investigation by @matthewblack.ca and MacEwan U into Edmonton/Alberta’s archaic food safety inspection regime (including more details on the Tres Carnales debacle). 250 YEG restaurants went at least two years between inspections edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
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The @edmontonjournal.com teamed with students from
@macewanu.bsky.social's journalism program on a six-month investigation looking at issues with the food inspection system. #yeg #yegfood
@macewanu.bsky.social's journalism program on a six-month investigation looking at issues with the food inspection system. #yeg #yegfood
October 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The @edmontonjournal.com teamed with students from
@macewanu.bsky.social's journalism program on a six-month investigation looking at issues with the food inspection system. #yeg #yegfood
@macewanu.bsky.social's journalism program on a six-month investigation looking at issues with the food inspection system. #yeg #yegfood
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Alberta tends to have hyperbole when it comes to our "pulled ourselves up by the bootstraps" rhetoric. The then "tar sands", now "oil sands' were floundering 50 years ago and were bailed out by no less than...Alberta, Ontario, and [yes for real] Federal tax dollars. www.nytimes.com/1975/02/05/a...
Canada to Invest $ 1 .4‐Billion To Save Tar‐Sands Oil Project (Published 1975)
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Alberta tends to have hyperbole when it comes to our "pulled ourselves up by the bootstraps" rhetoric. The then "tar sands", now "oil sands' were floundering 50 years ago and were bailed out by no less than...Alberta, Ontario, and [yes for real] Federal tax dollars. www.nytimes.com/1975/02/05/a...
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Budgets are about priorities.
Under the UCP, funding for public education and universities remains frozen, resulting in 'cuts by inflation.'
Funding for private schools has increased above inflation.
In a real way, this means money is flowing from public to private schools.
Priorities.
Under the UCP, funding for public education and universities remains frozen, resulting in 'cuts by inflation.'
Funding for private schools has increased above inflation.
In a real way, this means money is flowing from public to private schools.
Priorities.
March 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Budgets are about priorities.
Under the UCP, funding for public education and universities remains frozen, resulting in 'cuts by inflation.'
Funding for private schools has increased above inflation.
In a real way, this means money is flowing from public to private schools.
Priorities.
Under the UCP, funding for public education and universities remains frozen, resulting in 'cuts by inflation.'
Funding for private schools has increased above inflation.
In a real way, this means money is flowing from public to private schools.
Priorities.
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I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon
Portland never stops being Portland.
wizard frog is insane
October 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon
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Warning: this story contains details some readers may find disturbing.
An Alberta senior died after 7-10 days on the floor. Her caregivers have been found guilty of criminal negligence
Warning: this story contains details some readers may find disturbing.
bit.ly
October 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Warning: this story contains details some readers may find disturbing.
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Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government. They wanted to spank Evan Li because he dared mention it. Column. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... #abed #ableg #yyc #yeg #apoli #cdnpoli
Braid: Lavish private-school funding infuriates teachers, spooks government
Spanking spat last week was caused by student Evan Li hitting a sore spot on eve of teacher strike — lush funding for private schools.
calgaryherald.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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If Alberta is the proponent (as the GoA press release promises) then our at risk $$ won't be just a few millions they will be in the billions.
The pipeline companies & producers have called Premier Smith's bluff and she's gambling with our money, not hers.
An easy game to play.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
The pipeline companies & producers have called Premier Smith's bluff and she's gambling with our money, not hers.
An easy game to play.
#abpoli #cdnpoli
Danielle Smith says Alberta can not afford free Covid shots for everyone. Meanwhile she is shelling millions on a study of a new pipeline that the private sector should be paying for. Screw you Smith.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | After losing billions of dollars on Keystone XL and tank cars, Alberta is pursuing another pipeline | CBC News
After months of Premier Danielle Smith vowing to find a company willing to develop a new oil export pipeline, the Alberta government itself is taking the plunge. The move is already drawing both prais...
www.cbc.ca
October 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Disturbing news: police have charged six Edmonton boys who allegedly used Grindr to lure a man, beat him up and rob him. Hate crimes unit is involved but no hate-related charges at this point.
April 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Disturbing news: police have charged six Edmonton boys who allegedly used Grindr to lure a man, beat him up and rob him. Hate crimes unit is involved but no hate-related charges at this point.
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Transit systems shouldn’t operate as shelters for the unhoused and mentally ill, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis #homelessness
Opinion: Transit systems shouldn’t operate as shelters for the unhoused and mentally ill
Montreal’s transit authority, while being painted as the bad guy for wanting to clean up the metro system, has actually been too tolerant
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Transit systems shouldn’t operate as shelters for the unhoused and mentally ill, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com #ToxicDrugCrisis #homelessness