Former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe recently criticized B.C.’s drug policies, saying the province’s approach to the ongoing #ToxicDrugCrisis is not evidence-based. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

This is great and all, but honestly lets just get cops out there with shovels. Then at least we'll be getting something of tangible value for the half billion a year they cost us.

This morning in Vancouver, Amber Bracken will take on the RCMP in a historic lawsuit brought by @thenarwhal.ca over her arrest while working in the field. @arnokopecky.bsky.social on why this lawsuit matters.

Among other things, the city needs to explain why this specific plane is privately owned when previous planes were owned by the city. Why did Edmonton tax payers buy a plane for private shareholders?

Take a quick moment to vote for Starlings Community in Calgary. Thank you! www.fieldlaw.com/idea/rising-...

If you spend any time in Edmonton with the folks who live on its streets, you'll see how the elites have condemned them to horrific situations, including the obvious possibility of disease.

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A conservative Alberta MP crossing the floor should tell you everything you need to know about the Carney, liberals and liberalism in general.

One of our (newly elected) City Council's first orders of business was to *unanimously* approve $1 million to expand access to day shelter space in Edmonton. 👏🏻 Here's our op-ed from last month on why this is so needed. edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... #yegcc

gofund.me/1cdd64d83 Every little bit will help

Am I missing something or are the unions in Alberta too quiet today. What is the move, gang?

Cops aren’t workers. They organize as police, not as workers and they will be the first ones to enforce the will of this authoritarian government. Police associations are not labour unions.

Found this post interesting.... What's that word again for a person who says one thing, but acts in a totally opposite way??? Cuz this is a pretty interesting "view" from a major architect of FORCED Addictions care, and taking away trans-care autonomy and choice!

Who were the scrutineers at the poll(s) where the discrepancies happened? 🧐

I cannot imagine a city councillor being as connected to community, as engaged, as responsive as Rajah Maggay. I wish you luck, Nakota Isga, you could have had a real one.

Edmonton, thank you. I'm excited to build a stronger Edmonton, together.

The very last voter in line at the polling station I’m scrutineering at couldn’t vote after being here for over an hour and half because he was at the wrong polling station. What a shit show.

Throwing people who use drugs and those who are unhoused under the bus is a time honoured tradition for politicians seeking re-election, as illustrated by #yyc mayoral incumbent Jyoti Gondek. #yyccc

This is an excellent article. We really need to differentiate between danger and discomfort. For like 99% of us (who are lucky enough to have jobs and homes) our cities have never been more safe, yet all I hear about is how dangerous my city is. It's a load of horse shit.

This headline say funders to Knack are city staff and then in the article give no examples of city staff (admin) and say that city staff remain neutral. Mighty misleading. This really pisses me off because the public already has very little concept of the difference between admin and council.

SCOOP Over 40 documents detailing resignations of former Calgary police chief Mark Neufeld and two deputies were released to Drug Data Decoded through a freedom of information request to the Calgary Police Commission. Subscribe free or paid to access: drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Since Jan, I've been part of a team inc EJ colleagues, @lillebuen.bsky.social & his MacEwan U j-students working on a series re: how food service venues are inspected in AB We uncovered shocking findings re: the state of the system, inspection frequency, & recurring violations. Part 1 out today #yeg

Yep! Here’s a screenshot of EPS communications advisor Cheryl Sheppard viewing my Instagram story the morning of the January 16th Edmonton Police Commission meeting where I was registered to speak to issues of police accountability and transparency.

Hey Edmonton, get your vote in early! Advance voting starts from October 7 to October 11. Find your closest voting station through the link below: https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/municipal_elections/for-voters

UCP news release accidentally said the quiet part out loud, and now they try and backtrack.

City Council doesn’t see line-by-line police budgets, the Police Commission does. If elected, I’ll seek that seat to push for real transparency and help build community trust. 🎙️ Full ep from Cross Border NetworkPodcast: youtu.be/xVOMWE5TuDA #yegCC #yegVote #EdmontonElections2025

I cannot tell you how grim the AI in higher ed situation is. Many of the students have completely surrendered to letting AI do their homework, badly, I might add. How do you fix this? Truly, what the hell do we do, beyond what grading can address, which isn't a solution?

Tanguay and #ableg keep stressing policing and future recovery beds, but people are dying now from a toxic supply. Denying inhalation services while saying “carry naloxone” shifts blame to individuals. Harm reduction saves lives today .. enforcement alone will never fix the crisis and end deaths.

You may remember Driechel's name from an Edmonton Police Service scandal reported in 2016—Driechel, along with other members of the Edmonton Drug and Gang Enforcement Unit (EDGE), was buying illegal steroids from a drug trafficker within EPS.

absolutely heinous that all the corporate news platforms in Canada repeated the lie that Charlie Kirk's killer put "trans ideology" on the bullets. "notices bulge OWO" is an old 4chan joke. if you repeated the lie that it's about trans people without even googling it, please quit the profession

As city columnist for the Edmonton Journal, I wrote often about the crisis of homelessness. I was naive. For years, I thought people wanted to help those living on the street. It took me ages to realize that many people just wanted the homeless gone, someplace away, out of sight and out of mind.

If you’re looking for a little beauty in the world right now, Veronica Fuentes just stepped up with it: yellowheadinstitute.org/2025/a-love-...

Canada’s economy is in shambles and the Carney government’s response is to double-down on the temporary foreign worker program, a wage-suppressing, worker-exploiting scheme the UN calls a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery.”

The question is not whether allowing access to regulated drugs is the right thing to do. The question is whether enough collective will can be mustered to overcome the carceral bureaucracy keeping regulated drugs out of reach. DULF can do it –– with your help. drugdatadecoded.ca/the-most-urg...

This is disingenuous. The only public statement from the board on this was in May, prior to the Ministerial Order, and there's not a peep after that. The board has consistently failed to speak up on the issues that matter.

Homeless camps are a policy failure, but "clearing homeless camps" isn't a policy solution, it's the state harassing people for the crime of embarrassing the state with its policy failure.

I just can't get over how this council abdicated almost their entire term to the whims of three unelected assholes.

It's upsetting to imagine how much better the policing situation in Edmonton might be today if council had not for years kept supporting this person as police commission chair.

If you know folks in these acts, consider asking them to withdraw. Overdose awareness day has been held at the legislature for many years on Aug 31. No UCP member has ever attended but they’ve always been informed & even invited.

"Alberta Day" with a beer garden — the same day as Int'l Overdose Awareness Day. Just kilometers apart: one celebrates, the other mourns 12,348 lives lost due to the UCP’s ineptitude in handling the toxic drug crisis. Honestly, it leaves me feeling disgusted. www.alberta.ca/alberta-day-...

Investigating MacEwan University's crackdown on Palestinian advocacy, David Slater finds that the institution has drastically increased its surveillance of students—and that the crackdown was directly managed by the university's top executives

Validating moment for @katyingraham.bsky.social and all the others in Edmonton who refused to be silenced by their police commission. Story by @charlesrusnell.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

“I hope John is well,” she said. “I think this feels really unhinged, and I know I’m not the only one [councillor] who thinks this.”

These two multiplexes are a 650m walk from a future Valley Line LRT stop. People claim to support density "where it makes sense" - well, where better than within walking distance to transit? Let's solve street parking issues by regulating street parking, not by denying people housing. #yegcc #yeg

The one thing I most want people to get from this story is circled. Please consider submitting this if you've been to a protest, if you've discussed the police online or another public place, or if you could be targeted for surveillance for any other reason. ▶️ drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

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Why did city council act like they didn’t have this data and why did transit peace officers misrepresent this data during the public spaces bylaw debate this year? #yegcc www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...