Inject this into my veins (or my nose) right now.

City of Hamilton workers didn't find out about a shooting at their office complex from security — they found out through group chats. @ericwickham.ca and I investigated why the city's emergency alert system was delayed for @pressprogress.ca

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... "on March 6, 2023, a Ministerial Order was issued and signed by then-Deputy Minister Rae-Ann Lajeunesse, who is now Deputy Minister of Health. The Order asserted direct control by the Minister and Deputy Minister over all freedom of information requests." What? Do other provinces do this?

Latest on SCAN Act surveillance of nonprofits by AB government: The Ministry of Public Safety reveals 300 pages of records exist while paywalling access to them at $2295. w/ new documents revealing the extent of political control over freedom of information: drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

Newly released footage shows an ICE agent killing Rubin Ray Martinez, 23, in his car in Texas. "He was shot at point-blank range through his side window by an ICE agent who was in no danger." www.bbc.com/news/article...

bezos bought a prestigious national investigative newspaper so he could gut it and run "consider setting a monthly budget" and "pay off your credit cards" tier financial advice columns like those blogs with adsense spots on all 4 corners of the screen

Well, at least he’s leaving a trail for law enforcement, if one of his obsessive disciples does what I’m sure he’s trying to threaten me with in this post. I recommend these guys stop spiralling and threatening me for reporting on things you say and do. It makes them look desperate.

Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo

I will also say that it’s a bit wild to me that no press freedom organization or professional journalistic association has tried to contact me or even put out a statement here. I mean Jesus Christ. A little solidarity from institutions would be nice here!

The Disability Action Hall is/was a vital part of the Calgary community. They did so much and accomplished so much. They brought their voices to City Hall to make the city a better place for everyone. They will be deeply missed. #yyccc #yyc www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

I've been away for a couple months and am shocked to see that Calgary raised bus fare to $4 a ride, which is actually a deciding factor on whether or not I will take the bus today. I likely won't. I'd wager this is one way to choke the system even more than it already is, and decrease ridership.

People always complain about how there's never any original films or comedies in theatres anymore and right now one of the best films of the year is both

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

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BBC News unfortunately not following best practices. On the home page their sub-headline reads as shown below (alt text provided). Best practices say to avoid this sort of language and there's sound reasoning as to why: styleguide.transjournalists.org#section-phra...

The picture that's emerging is one of absolute tragedy for the young victims, a teacher, the shooter and her family. There are unresolved questions here about why/how the guns were returned and what mental health supports were available for a deeply troubled teen.

Oh this is bad

Hey Canadian media ... "born as a biological male" is not the move when you're reporting on what happened in Tumbler Ridge. Here's is the @transjournalists.org Style Guide if you are covering this story today styleguide.transjournalists.org

For those spreading hatred over the alleged identity of the suspect, people here think that’s despicable

I moved to Tumbler Ridge ten days ago for a job. All I can say is this is truly awful awful for this small town. My heart goes out to my new neighbours in their grief.

Rotisserie chickens are usually cheaper than buying a whole chicken and cooking it yourself WSJ.

This is talking about buying rotisserie at a specific store in NYC but it should be noted that in *this economy*, at least in my corner of Canada, buying a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store is cheaper than buying raw, and these days even raw whole. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Sarah provided a smart way to provide a one-time contribution if that's within your means—sign up for a month and then cancel.

FYI, to do a one-time donation on a patreon like this you can subscribe for the dollar amount you'd wish to give and then cancel.

The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here: www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...

Local journalism matters Trent Ernst — reporter, editor and publisher of Tumbler RidgeLines — spoke with CBC Radio's Early Edition in British Columbia this morning. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Within hours, we already had an elected official—B.C. MLA Tara Armstrong—blaming the Tumbler Ridge school shooting on gender-affirming care.

Trent also posted this link to a GoFundMe for one of the victims. www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

As the only (I think?) local reporter in Tumbler Ridge, Trent Ernst has been heroically covering the tragedy unfolding in his town. Most of his reporting is happening on Facebook, which you can find here, along with links to his Patreon. www.facebook.com/tumblerridge...

“Four of my children just evaporated,” [Rafiq] Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

“[…] Thermobaric weapons do not just kill; they obliterate […] these weapons disperse […] fuel that ignites to create an enormous fireball and vacuum effect.” “To prolong burning time, powders of aluminium, magnesium and titanium are added to the chemical mixture.” www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

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Trump: "We have Darth Vader. You know Darth Vader, right? Darth Vader is a man who is sitting -- is that Darth? Stand up please. Does everybody know -- they call him Darth Vader, I call him a fine man. But he's cutting Democrat priorities and they're never gonna get them back."

You should know there's a new Canadian publication that presents "both sides" of a news story, and that no, it's not as bad as you think (it's worse).

I love living in 1950.

It's early in the Calgary ward counts but here's who's leading at 12:30am (advance ballots still to be tallied Tuesday): 1 - Nowak 2 - Wyness 3 - Yule 4 - Kelly 5 - Dhaliwal 6 - Pantazopolous 7 - Atkinson 8 - Schmidt 9 - Gar 10 - Chabot 11 - Ward 12 - Ferguson 13 - McLean 14 - Johnston #yyccc

What do I have to do to not hear about this hike ever again?

A reverse town hall is a fantastic tactic and unions should do more of them not only with elected officials, but also with bosses (because bosses won't come but workers will, and they'll not only get some catharsis but also agitate and organize each other—I've watched it happen).

Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine (CJJP) held a news conference this morning to bring attention to Canada's inaction in enabling the deliberate killing of Palestinian journalists. Give them a follow: @cjjpmedia.bsky.social www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

I took a closer look at the beliefs of Sean Feucht, the "MAGA preacher" whose events has been cancelled by multiple Canadian cities. He believes Christians should be in control of government and laws should adhere to "biblical moral law." thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

The FOIPs that compose this scoop from @drugdatadecoded.ca cost him more than $1K. If you have the means, support his vital work. drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

SCOOP 🧵 Two years after being caught using Clearview AI facial recognition software, Calgary police signed contracts for "image recognition" software that scours photos and videos for individuals. 1/ drugdatadecoded.ca/calgary-poli...

Oped: As a Jewish Canadian, I want my community to speak out about the horrors in Gaza. Very well said piece here by David Paperny... www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

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