I am undecided on one answer, so I could also like plovers? Anyway. The Narwhal has a hilarious bird love quiz. projects.thenarwhal.ca/assets/loveb...

What’s happened in Alberta so far this year? @drewanderson.bsky.social breaks down the announcements you may have missed. Buckle up, it might be another one of those years. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-envi...

Does Alberta need a new pipeline? How much oil is the province producing? And how does that compare to existing pipeline capacity? Questions are swirling as Alberta pursues a hypothetical new pipeline. Here's what you need to know, via @drewanderson.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/canada-pipel...

A new report says Alberta has lost its status as a leader in attracting renewable energy investment — and provincial policies are to blame. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-rene...

Alberta led the country in renewable growth — by A LOT — for years. Now investment has collapsed in the wake of provincial government actions. 2025 saw no new wind projects and very little solar. Corporate agreements, which funded 60% of projects, are down 99%. #ableg thenarwhal.ca/alberta-rene...

The Alberta government destroyed freedom of information in the province when it rewrote legislation, so I'm picking up new skills they won't like 😈 I really don't like taking no for an answer.

Holy hell, what an obituary

We're suing the RCMP and it's finally going to trial this month. Here's a great video explaining why we're doing it. #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDm...

Please enjoy the entirety of this ATI request. All communication regarding a media request from journalist Drew Anderson of The Narwhal on AER reform and comments made by Dave Yager, board member of AER. Including, but not limited to emails, text messages, instant messages & briefing notes #ableg

A group of blockaders built a camp in Kananaskis Country, Alta., this fall to protest logging in the area. Their aim was to create a culture of civil disobedience in the province. An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...

More than 600 pages of records show Alberta officials delayed a coal mine pollution study — and seemingly stopped the lead scientist from speaking publicly thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

The assignment was simple: get public records of how much an Alberta oil and gas company owed in unpaid municipal taxes. The reality? Not so much … thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-a...

I just. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.” That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth. What came next was even wilder.

Either the Alberta Energy Regulator ignored a ministerial order meant to protect rural municipalities, or it doesn't bother to do basic fact-checking on company claims, or the systems it put in place doesn't work. AER response to questions? No comment. #ableg #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ener...

I used to think it was badass to wear an Exploited patch on my army jacket and damage my hearing, now I'm pretty sure it's scouring and creating databases to find ne'er do wells. Life is weird. Anyway, I'm making trouble. Stay tuned.

Oil and gas companies collectively owe hundreds of millions to Alberta citizens, municipalities and the provincial government, and making these companies pay up isn't easy. Why do they owe so much? @drewanderson.bsky.social breaks it down: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-surf...

Seems relevant to note that at an oil and gas industry event earlier this week, the rosier economic forecasts for Alberta almost always came with a caveat: unless Venezuela comes back online. #ableg #cdnpoli

Amazon Fires Employee Who Tested Positive For Having Food In Their System

On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Sam Mraiche www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... w/ @tomcardoso.bsky.social @markmackinnon.bsky.social @hoserlibrarian.bsky.social

A thread, a brag, a request to support good independent journalism. #cdnpoli #ableg

Hey, did you guys know my DMs are open? Truth. I am also on Signal, WhatsApp and not opposed to communicating telephonically. Come say hi! #ableg #abpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Giving Alberta an exemption to the Clean Electricity Standard means the policy is DOA. There’s no way SK isn’t asking for the same thing, as they restart coal plants. One Canadian economy? Nope. Likely scenario is no electricity regs at all, meaning we’re back to Harper-era policy.

Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank

Here’s our breakdown on environmental rollbacks in today’s Alberta-Ottawa deal. #ableg #cdnpoli

There's still no pipeline project or company to build a pipeline. Which seems kind of important to remind people today. #ableg #cdnpoli

Come one, come all, and get a Narwhalian perspective on, well, whatever the hell is going on. I promise it will be more informative than this post. #ableg #cdnpoli

A national project list that doesn't do anything (yet) and a pipeline that doesn't exist. It's amazing how much debate nothing can stir up. #ableg #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe...

Major projects, major problems: anger at Carney’s unclear plans is the real shared national interest, @drewanderson.bsky.social writes: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-pipe...

"A Postmedia analysis showed professional body rulings related to free speech have been rare in Alberta. Just one such case was found among the combination of dozens of disciplinary decisions from the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Law Society of Alberta, & the College of Alberta Psychologists"

Doug Ford to produce ad where Reagan says that pedophilia is bad

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

I don’t care if you never watched Star Wars, hate Star Wars, hate television, only read literature written before 1939, and only communicate on BlueSky through a colony of well trained bees. Watch this. Then watch Andor.

He is not exaggerating.

Short video. @drewanderson.bsky.social nailing it. Many Alberta oil & gas companies aren’t paying landowners or municipal taxes. The Regulator is opaque. MAGA Energy Ltd. Is one of hundreds of bad actors allowed to run wild at everyone else’s expense. youtube.com/shorts/GfSGO...

Chatting oil and gas issues in Alberta on Real Talk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social today — regulatory failings, unpaid taxes and leases, and more. A long one, but not nearly long enough to do it all justice. #ableg #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s...

Great coverage of Alberta's unpaid oil & gas liability problem and the Mature Asset Strategy on today's Real Talk episode - “Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s... @ryanjespersen.bsky.social @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #YYC #YEG

A super-informative episode on the UCP's Mature Asset Strategy and how Alberta taxpayers will be on the hook for cleaning up oil and gas polluters' messes. #abpoli #ableg www.youtube.com/watch?reload...

Hey look, it's me, looking awkward on camera.

I keep seeing articles come up in the National Post, breathlessly sayhing separatists are meeting with high-level U.S. officials. One thing I never see is any attempt to fact check those claims. Who did they meet with? Why? Anything? #cdnpoli #ableg nationalpost.com/news/another...

What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday? What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators? Can we make this a thing?

This is excellent and speaks to a larger problem in media: an outdated sense of “balance” when dealing with a vast system that operates in bad faith, on climate, on rights, on democracy, on honesty itself. lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

The Alberta Energy Regulator touts its rules for preventing financially strained companies from acquiring new licences. So why did MAGA Energy get approval to take over hundreds of sites when it was "in survival mode"? thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-... #ableg #cdnpoli

According to an email obtained by The Narwhal, MAGA Energy’s revenues had dropped and the company was in “survival mode” when Alberta allowed it to acquire 170 oil wells. Now, the company isn’t paying its bills to landowners and owes taxes to at least one municipality. thenarwhal.ca/maga-energy-...

In one corner of rural Alberta, landowners are increasingly frustrated as oil lease cheques stop coming. But they're also frustrated with the regulator, with government and with a system that uses tax dollars to bail companies out. #ableg #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...

Think electricity in Alberta is too expensive? The grid operator says you should be reasonable. #ableg www.aeso.ca/assets/conte...

The Alberta government continues to the follow the Free Alberta Strategy blueprint as it heads into the latest session. More sovereignty, more oil. #ableg. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-thro...

An Alberta update from @drewanderson.bsky.social: Premier Danielle Smith is still pushing for pipelines and increased fossil fuel production, while a coal company that sued the province for flip-flopping on Rockies mining got a $95 million payout. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-thro...

Writing was such a joy when I didn't know what the hell I was talking about.