Some ✨personal news✨: This is my last week with the @ottawacitizen.com I'll be joining the @financialpost.com’s parliamentary bureau on April 27, where I'll write about the economy, Bank of Canada and Parliament Hill 🎉 I’ll miss this wonderful team, but I’m excited to star a new chapter!

An #Ottawa police officer who was found guilty for assault after stepping on a man’s neck and striking him with a baton made Ontario’s Sunshine List this past year despite being suspended with pay since 2023. I dig into that a bit here: ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...

Which outlet is this?!

NEW: The State Dept. has ordered diplomats in Saudi Arabia to leave. It's the first mandatory ordered departure issued by the agency during the US-Israel war on Iran, and indicates US officials fear more violence. Iranian drones hit the embassy in Riyadh. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

I'm looking to speak to Ottawa parents who are concerned about their kids' safety online, particularly around hate content and the manosphere. Email me: [email protected]. Signal also available upon request #ottawa #cdnpoli

Two weeks ago I wrote a column about the egregious escalation in violent Toronto police corruption in one of the biggest daily newspapers in Canada. I wrote that they are bullies & the chief should be fired. I take none of that lightly. 1/3

ICYMI: the Ottawa Police Service said it will not participate in the federal gun buyback program because of operational and staffing pressures. ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...

Are you an Iranian living in Ottawa with family back home? I would love to speak with you for a @ottawacitizen.com story. DM me or email me at [email protected] if you are interested in sharing your story. I also have Signal/Whatsapp. #ottawa

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After days of dangerous heat, should Ottawa collect heat death data? ottawacitizen.com/news/after-d...

'A tax on sick people': Ottawa hospitals have record-breaking year for parking revenue ottawacitizen.com/feature/hosp...

Bike buses in Ottawa? They're a thing! I had lots of fun joining one this morning for a story on safer bike infrastructure for children. #ottawa ottawacitizen.com/news/ottawa-...

The @fpjq.bsky.social and CAJ have contacted the Leaders’ Debates Commission to address the concerns raised by many reporters and photographers since last evening. (1/2) www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

It's official: I started my new job at the Ottawa Citizen this week! I will be a general assignment reporter so I'll be writing about everything and anything. Send me your news tips and secrets: [email protected] #ottawa

Hey uh we need to take annexation threats more seriously. #Canada From the NYT:

00:12 Mar 09 2025 WIND WARNING IN EFFECT for Southern Alberta Expires: 17:12 Mar 09 2025 Strong winds with gusts up to 100 km/h are expected to continue. Winds will strengthen into Sunday near the Alberta foothills, with the strongest winds occurring by ... Visit https://weather.gc.ca for details

Why is my TikTok recommending me thirst trap edits of Trudeau, Zelensky and Macron lmao. Should I be amused? Concerned? Both???????

Absolutely bawling from Maxim Naumov's tribute to his parents 😭

Prospect of Trump’s tariffs cast uncertainty over preparations for today’s Alberta budget www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Since I have defended and supported the WaPo in the months since the election and the infamous pulled endorsement, I feel obliged to say: this is very, very bad. A dear friend at a Post vet says it's the worst thing to happen to the Post in its long history, and I can't argue.

Hundreds of custodial workers working for Calgary's public schools went on strike today. They're calling for increased funding for public education and livable wages. #yyc #alberta livewirecalgary.com/2025/02/24/c...

Great reporting here via @jenstden.bsky.social The Online Warriors Calling for a Violent Invasion of Canada via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

“This is a wage crisis. Our members need living wages. I’ve talked to many folks who need two, three, even four jobs just to keep the lights on. It’s not right." #calgary #yyc #alberta livewirecalgary.com/2025/02/12/c...

An open letter addressed to the Government of Alberta is calling for more funding to post-secondary institutions ahead of Budget 2025. The letter calls on the province to reverse budget cuts made under former premier Jason Kenney’s government. #calgary #alberta livewirecalgary.com/2025/02/11/o...

The reality is, most of our audience is on the other website. But given its ownership and the fascism and such, we cannot continue to utilize it in good conscience. I’d be grateful if you’d support @jsource.bsky.social by following us where we’ll be from now on:

“We’ve had incidences at our centre where people driving by or shouting things were in the very worst case, one incident of an assault that was clearly motivated against somebody who is a newcomer.” #calgary New from my colleague @aryn.bsky.social: livewirecalgary.com/2025/02/07/i...

ICYMI: Mandatory addiction treatment facilities are coming to #Calgary as part of the #Alberta government’s response to the toxic drug crisis. #yyc New from me: livewirecalgary.com/2025/02/06/m...

This is literally just good journalism? Targeting a journalist is gross behaviour.

NEW: Premier Danielle Smith said in a statement today that the province will be moving forward with its compassionate intervention legislation and the construction of mandatory treatment centres. #alberta #abpoli #canada Here's a story that I did last year about this: globalnews.ca/news/9633088...

NEW: The USPS has suspended inbound packages from Hong Kong and China. But what about Macau?

Elections Calgary announced the unofficial results of the Calgary Catholic School District byelection, which was held on Friday. #calgary #yyc livewirecalgary.com/2025/02/01/c...

We need to go back to the way press conferences were held pre-pandemic in Canada. The one question one follow-up model is unacceptable and restricting press freedom.

I actually wish the media would stop using "DEI" and "diversity hiring" and just get to the essence of the thing and ask: "Are you saying that this crash was caused by desegregating the races?" And see what happens.

A bunch of losers went out and threw Nazi salutes in Alberta, Canada yesterday while holding racist signs. Might be time for the media to stop calling them “hand gestures” and start reporting on this big fucking problem for what it is!

Pedestrian bridge pillars once set for demolition were saved and will be relocated thanks to a community effort to preserve the murals that were painted for them just before the structure was to be torn down. #yyc #calgary

New from me: a judge has approved a class action for Indigenous students integrated into a Bonnyville school in the 60s & 70s. “They were subjected to, really, all the same things that they would have experienced in residential school, plus the endemic discrimination from the all-white school.”

Far-right extremism is a serious problem. Trump just made it worse. Extremists are getting organized in the United States, Canada and Europe. With his recent pardons, Trump sent them a message: loyalty to him washes away all sins. Let's talk about it: youtu.be/f8MGz4Se28g

Calgary city councillors will be asked to consider at least a one-year delay in the approval of the Calgary Plan, putting it after the October 2025 municipal election.

As the Calgary municipal election gets closer, one councillor is bringing up misinformation about the city's climate strategy. We fact checked that false $87 billion dollar claim made by Coun. Dan McLean, and provide context for how that number came to be. livewirecalgary.com/2025/01/22/d...

Calgary rises to the 5th best place in North America to be a filmmaker, according to MovieMaker Magazine. The increased ranking comes as no surprise to Calgary's film commissioner, or the Calgary International Film Festival, thanks to the quality of talent in the city.

The end of DEI federally will also mean the end of DEI across a lot of private sectors. Equity and diversity enhance workplaces, and this will take us a step backwards. I am terrified for what this might mean for my BIPOC friends in the US.

it hasn't been 24 hours since he was inaugurated and i feel like i've aged 5 years

Y'all really gonna go to an app developed by CHINESE people for CHINESE people and complain that it's too hard to navigate? Are y'all for real? Xiaohongshu/REDnote were not meant for you originally. Get a translator app.

It’s official. The CAJ is now on Bluesky! While we will continue to share program and advocacy news on that *other* platform, we’re happy to join other journalism groups that are migrating to a more thoughtful, less toxic space to engage with our members and community.

Maybe I'm selfish, but I don't want Xiaohongshu (RedNote) to be Americanized. The beauty of Xiaohongshu is that it's a relaxing, chill space for Chinese and Asian folx, and we don't have a lot of spaces for us irl and on the internet.

The Vulture article on Neil Gaiman is exceptional journalism, but I had to take breaks reading it. Good lord.

It is equal parts interesting and frustrating when Canadian politicians make American media appearances and ignore Canadian journalists. We rarely get access to politicians nowadays, and this is just making our jobs a lot harder.

The Calgary Board of Education informed parents of a data breach involving PowerSchool, a software used for student information, potentially impacting thousands of students and teachers. livewirecalgary.com/2025/01/09/p...

BREAKING: Calgary Board of Education officials say a data breach involving PowerSchool "may have affected" students and staff. In an email to parents, officials said they were notified about the breach on Jan. 7. PowerSchool tells me they were aware of the breach on Dec. 28. #yyc #calgary