Hamdi Issawi
@hamdiissawi.bsky.social
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Former reporter. Back in Edmonton. Don’t be a follower. Fact-check everything.
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Robson Fletcher
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"In 1977, the average 25-34 year old man earned over twice that of a man aged 65+. In 2023, for the first time in recorded history, senior men now earn more, on average, than their 25-34 year old counterparts." Via
@mikepmoffatt.bsky.social
: 🔗:
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What a coincidence
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Jeremy Appel 🍉
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Jason Kenney in 2021 vs. Jason Kenney in 2025
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Holiday songwriters: Don’t tell me that Christmas is merry, jolly, here, whatever. Show me.
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Striking “democratic” is an…interesting touch.
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👀👀👀
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🧵👇🏼
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police: Also
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police:
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“Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner received the Edmonton police AI-powered facial recognition pilot project assessment 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 the bodycams launched on city streets, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭.”
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Edmonton police facial recognition pilot may end before privacy commissioner vet
The OIPC may not finish vetting an assessment of the Edmonton police AI-powered facial recognition pilot project until the trial is over.
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-police-facial-recognition-privacy
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Gift Link 👇
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Jonny Wakefield
about 1 month ago
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...
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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.
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-police-officer-charged-womans-home-sexual-assault
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Charles Rusnell
about 1 month ago
Massive restructuring chaos, overcapacity hospitals and low immunization rates with flu and Covid season approaching creates the "perfect storm" for a crisis in Alberta's healthcare system. 'Pure Chaos': Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis via
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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‘Pure Chaos’: Warnings of an Alberta Health-Care Crisis | The Tyee
Experts say AHS data obtained by The Tyee further indicates the system faces being overwhelmed.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/27/Warnings-Alberta-Health-Care-Crisis/
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Today we’re asked to make some big decisions.
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#yegvote
Chief among them: Do I go to Kind or Made by Marcus for election ice cream?
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IT’S SNOWING
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Keith Gerein
2 months ago
I have just returned from watching the latest Edmonton mayoral debate, this one at University of Alberta in front of about 200 people. Michael Walters, Tim Cartmell, Andrew Knack and Rahim Jaffer were the participants. I have a thread on what happened.
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“‘It's early days, but I already have people ready to apply to collect signatures, and just people with a little more spare time than normal that are really interested in helping out,’ she said.” 👀👀👀
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Alberta teacher prompts petition on province's private school funding | CBC News
If high school chemistry teacher Alicia Taylor gets her wish, Albertans will vote in a referendum on whether to end public funding for independent schools.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-teacher-petition-private-school-1.7653896
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Matthew Black
2 months ago
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
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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
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/edmonton-restaurant-inspections-violations-transparency-alberta
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Charles Rusnell
2 months ago
ICYMI - Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment via
@thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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Parker Vows He and Take Back Alberta Will Escape Punishment | The Tyee
Elections Alberta ordered fines and prosecution in February. But authorities have not acted.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/02/Parker-Vows-Take-Back-Alberta-Escape-Punishment/
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Sept. 27, 2025 @ 1:45 p.m. - Both the funicular and elevator are online. This was my first trip.
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Carrie Tait
3 months ago
SCOOP: A consultant advising Alberta Health Services on private surgical facilities simultaneously negotiated with AHS on behalf of a company vying to open such a clinic, according to a confidential report obtained by The Globe.
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Adviser on Alberta’s use of private clinics was also working for company vying for contract, confidential report says
Potential conflicts of interest outlined in document at centre of health procurement controversy
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-adviser-on-albertas-use-of-private-clinics-was-also-working-for/
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Janet French
3 months ago
NEW: The Alberta Teachers' Association and employers are returning to the bargaining table Friday. See short decision from the LRB, to resolve the complaint the government filed earlier this week. Note the outstanding issues: two pay items and coverage of COVID vaccines.
#AbLeg
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Jared Wesley
3 months ago
My latest. "This plan looks less like streamlining and more like risk stacking: more data on more cards shown to more people, with unclear guardrails and unfunded administrative burdens. "...The citizenship marker project will likely be scuttled on the shores of logic, logistics or law."
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Seven Big Concerns about Premier Smith’s New Citizenship Markers | The Tyee
Plans to alter what Alberta driver’s licences and ID cards tell authorities need a rethink.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/09/17/Seven-Big-Concerns-Citizenship-Markers/
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Aaron Sousa ✍️📻
3 months ago
ICYMI: 'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
via
@cdnpress.bsky.social
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'It makes people want to read': Stores see sales spike after Alberta book ban
EDMONTON - An Alberta government order banning some books from school libraries doesn't appear to be deterring people from reading them, say managers at several bookstores.
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/alberta/it-makes-people-want-to-read-stores-see-sales-spike-after-alberta-book-ban/article_3c07f387-a1ef-5b52-95b5-8157eced662a.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
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Michelle Bellefontaine
3 months ago
Big scoop from
@jack-farrell.bsky.social
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@reportrix.bsky.social
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government pauses ban on school library books with sexual content | CBC News
Alberta Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says in an email to school boards that the government is pausing its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-pauses-ban-on-school-library-books-with-sexual-content-1.7623252
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Jeremy Appel 🍉
3 months ago
What could possibly go wrong?
www.thestar.com/news/canada/...
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Canada’s border agency plans to use AI to screen everyone entering the country — and single out ‘higher risk’ people
The tool is expected to launch as early as 2027 and is meant to help border services officers decide whether to refer travellers and the goods they are carrying for
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadas-border-agency-plans-to-use-ai-to-screen-everyone-entering-the-country-and-single/article_f3f268d4-d781-42fa-a62e-9d816e8ce44d.html
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Jen St. Denis
4 months ago
Thibaut Bruttin, director general of Reporters Without Borders, said press freedom advocates had never seen such a severe step backward for reporters’ safety. “They are doing everything they can to silence independent voices that are trying to report on Gaza."
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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AP freelancer among 5 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say
Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who days earlier had reported for The Associated Press on children being tre...
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/multiple-journalists-killed-by-israeli-strikes-on-gaza-hospital/
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Carrie Tait
4 months ago
SCOOP: How Alberta's measles outbreak spiraled out of control.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber...
By
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Internal documents show how Alberta’s measles outbreak began to spiral out of control
Records offer clearest picture yet of where cases popped up and how the province and one community impeded some health officials’ efforts to stop the spread
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-measles-outbreak-internal-documents/
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Michelle Bellefontaine
4 months ago
AISH recipients despair over province’s changes to disability programs. “It's been made very clear that I'm a burden on this government, that they view disabled people as burdens, that we don't have any worth or value unless we're working. It’s gut-wrenching.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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AISH recipient, advocates worry about Alberta's new disability benefit program | CBC News
A new discussion guide about the upcoming Alberta Disability Assistance Program reveals that many Albertans with severe disabilities will receive lower personal benefits after the program launches nex...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/aish-adap-alberta-1.7614125
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Robson Fletcher
4 months ago
In a reversal of previous plans, the Alberta government now says it will cover the cost of COVID vaccinations for health-care workers this fall. Most Albertans who are not health-care workers will still have to pay.
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Alberta to cover COVID vaccines for health-care workers after all | CBC News
Two months after announcing most Albertans would need to pay for COVID-19 vaccines if they want one this season, the province now says it will cover the cost for health-care workers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/covid-politics-ucp-alberta-health-1.7613217
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Taylor Lambert
4 months ago
New: The Alberta government is reversing course on changes to its expense disclosure policy.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Alberta government altering course on expense disclosure policy | CBC News
At a cabinet meeting held Tuesday, a decision was made to change course on plans to alter the Alberta government's expense disclosure policy.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-politics-expense-disclosure-1.7613281
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Realizing now that my problem isn’t with pedal pubs per se so much as the WOOOOOOOOOing.
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Carl Quintanilla
4 months ago
“.. DOGE increasingly looks like a giant joke as the initiative winds up saving essentially zero dollars for US taxpayers .” - Vital Knowledge
@politico.com
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www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
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Robson Fletcher
4 months ago
"An Alberta Conservative MP is blaming the Liberal government for a pair of contentious provincial bans on outdoor activities, saying federal officials didn’t do enough to stave off tinder dry conditions in Atlantic Canada." She "wouldn’t say whether she objected to the provincial bans themselves."
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Conservative MP says federal inaction on wildfires led to Atlantic Canada forest bans
An Alberta Conservative MP is putting a pair of contentious provincial bans on outdoor activities at the foot of the Liberal government
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/conservative-mp-says-federal-inaction-on-wildfires-led-to-atlantic-canada-forest-bans
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“Israel’s military has claimed responsibility for the assassination in a statement, falsely claiming al-Sharif led a unit of Hamas’s armed wing.”
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Israel kills five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza City, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif’s killing comes after Israel stepped up a smear campaign against the correspondent in recent weeks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/8/11/live-israel-claims-responsibility-for-murder-of-al-jazeeras-al-sharif
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“The new policy, published Aug. 1, removes a requirement that the premier, ministers, deputy ministers and senior staff must publicly disclose receipts for expenses over $100.”
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Alberta government changes expense disclosure policy, removes eight years of records | CBC News
Key changes to Alberta’s expense disclosure policy mean that the receipts of senior government officials, including the premier, will no longer be public.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-government-changes-expense-disclosure-policy-removes-eight-years-of-records-1.7604279
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“The find also sheds light on a long-suspected connection between sea star disease and 🚨climate change🚨. “Because vibrio bacteria tend to be more active in warmer water, rising ocean temperatures along the Pacific coast may account for why the disease has become so rampant.” (I added the emojis)
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A mysterious illness has killed billions of sea stars. Now scientists say they’ve solved the case
Using initial approaches developed by 19th-century medical pioneers, Dr. Alyssa Gehman and her team pinpointed the infectious disease’s definitive cause
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/science/article-sea-star-wasting-disease-source-recovery-new-research-breakthrough/
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Christina Frangou
4 months ago
Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...
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Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/health/rfk-jr-vaccine-funding.html?smid=bs-share
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Just bought the coolest shirt I’ll ever own.
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Robson Fletcher
4 months ago
This morning Alberta's justice minister said "we encourage" Elections Alberta to stop seeking guidance from the courts on a proposed referendum on separation. This afternoon Elections Alberta issued a public statement reminding everyone it is "an independent, non-partisan office."
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Alex Boyd
4 months ago
Oh wow. Under an "unprecedented" new visa program, 280 Tuvaluans selected by ballot will be allowed to resettle in Australia every year before the whole country is submerged by rising water levels caused by climate change.
www.wired.com/story/the-fi...
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The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-first-planned-migration-of-an-entire-country-is-underway/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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W. Andy Knight
5 months ago
When Allyson Felix got pregnant, Nike threatened to cut her pay by 70%. They told her: “Know your place… just run. Because of the stress of training while pregnant, she had to undergo an emergency C-section at 7 months, and her premature baby spent over a month in the NICU.
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“The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run out under Israel’s blockade. The alternatives were ineffective. One after another, the babies and toddlers died over four days.”
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Dozens of kids and adults in Gaza have starved to death in July as hunger surges
Health workers and aid groups fear hunger that has been building in Gaza for months under Israel's blockade is now reaching a tipping point into accelerating death.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-palestinians-starvation-famine-israel-children-3a7403d4f6ec483a03d6cbb0c45fd06a?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6884c68c979c8e0001ab0e73&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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“I haven’t stopped covering for a moment in 21 months, and today, I say it outright … And with indescribable pain. I am drowning in hunger, trembling in exhaustion, and resisting the fainting that follows me every moment … Gaza is dying. And we die with it.”
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Al Jazeera calls for global action to protect Gaza’s journalists
Media network urges action to end forced starvation that threatens Gaza’s entire population, including journalists.
https://aje.io/1y1ttt
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“At least 10 Palestinians have died of starvation in the past 24 hours in Gaza, bringing the death toll from hunger to 111, including at least 80 children, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.”
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‘Nightmare with no end’: People ‘drop dead’ as Gaza hits ‘peak starvation’
EU warns Israel of action as Trump’s envoy heads to Europe for talks on a Gaza ceasefire.
https://aje.io/2ewa76
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“…a lawyer for the two women who appear in the photographs alongside Ms. Tait said her clients have also received threatening text messages, which she believes are part of a ‘stalking’ effort to prevent people with links to government from speaking with journalists.”
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Gift article:
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Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings
An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2f399146f241e00171a09a597b89a02ea4ba2bf390d3134190978f55ce008f48/64EVKTC7GJEOXENLHAZ4Z4CCAQ
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“…a lawyer for the two women who appear in the photographs alongside Ms. Tait said her clients have also received threatening text messages, which she believes are part of a ‘stalking’ effort to prevent people with links to government from speaking with journalists.”
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Gift article:
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Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed surreptitiously in public settings
An anonymous X account posted photos of Alberta reporter Carrie Tait and described her movements as she reported on a health authority controversy
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/2f399146f241e00171a09a597b89a02ea4ba2bf390d3134190978f55ce008f48/64EVKTC7GJEOXENLHAZ4Z4CCAQ
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WIRED
5 months ago
Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government.
www.wired.com/story/next-s...
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This Is DOGE 2.0
Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government.
https://www.wired.com/story/next-stage-doge-elon-musk/
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Michelle Bellefontaine
5 months ago
Changes coming for AISH recipients who live in community housing.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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AISH recipients in community housing will see rent hike under new Alberta regulations | CBC News
AISH recipients who live in community housing where rent is set at thirty per cent of income will soon see the amount increase by $220 a month.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/aish-recipients-in-community-housing-will-see-rent-hike-under-new-alberta-regulations-1.7580789
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