i'm blown away by the response to the update. i wanted to ask everyone about an idea i've been thinking about. would anyone be interested in a deep dive on how edmonton got two separate monuments to nazi collaborators? i could put it on a substack. let me know in the replies.

i've recorded more than $7k in donations. i'm overwhelmed. thank you so much. this means so much.

I donated because this kind of police harassment should not be happening in Canada. It shouldn't be happening anywhere, but it feels especially embarrassing to be happening, right out in the open, in Canada.

NEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...

CRIMINAL CASE UPDATE: Yes, my criminal case for alleged mischief to the statue of a Nazi who participated in the Holocaust and a "war memorial" to the 14th Waffen SS Division here in Edmonton is still ongoing with my trial set to start on Oct. 19. But an update!

CRIMINAL CASE UPDATE: Yes, my criminal case for alleged mischief to the statue of a Nazi who participated in the Holocaust and a "war memorial" to the 14th Waffen SS Division here in Edmonton is still ongoing with my trial set to start on Oct. 19. But an update!

andrew knack being cool and good for once

EXCLUSIVE: Edmonton police have replaced their secret surveillance plane with a multimillion dollar “luxury flying SUV” www.theprogressreport.ca/eps-new-surv...

My latest for @thetyee. Former police commission chair enaged in online bullying, harassment campaign against city councillors. 'Unleashing': Politicians Say Ex-Police Watchdog's Insults Go Too Far via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

Pitching to a crowd of about 150 at his campaign launch on Friday, Edmonton city councillor Michael Janz vowed to fight back against a UCP takeover of city council—and to stand on matters of principle even when they don't poll well.

Former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer has filed his notice of intent to run in the October municipal election. He’s expected to formally announce his candidacy for Mayor of Edmonton next week. Jaffer was the MP for Edmonton Strathcona from 1997 to 2008 and now runs a restaurant on Whyte Ave.

How I hate Canadian elections, and Canadian colonialism.

cannot say enough how much i despise the leaders and the senior leadership of canada's three major political parties. whatever the result tonight we all lose.

I see nothing in the Liberal Party platform that could improve safety for people who use drugs, but plenty to make their lives more difficult & dangerous. Reads to me like doubling down on drug war failures: more cops w/ more powers, harm reduction unmentioned. Alberta model goes federal.

NEW The Alberta government is going full MAGA with its Compassionate Intervention Act, which will strip people who use drugs of due process and force them into months-long medical incarceration. drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-ends...

4,000+ youth forced into withdrawal under PChAD (2016–2024). How many died after release without a treatment plan? #ableg is expanding involuntary care for adults without showing outcomes. Danielle Smith said “let’s just give it a try” .. um, let’s not. We need data, not deaths #careisnotforced

"to mark the transfer of power from McFee to interim co-chiefs Warren Dreichel & Devin Laforce, which was followed by a reception in McFee’s honour." Seems to reflect poorly on the interim chiefs too. #Police www.theprogressreport.ca/exclusive_ep...

NEW: The Edmonton Police Service had such difficulty finding volunteers for a February ceremony honouring outgoing chief Dale McFee that it had to pay officers overtime, according to documents obtained through FOIP. www.theprogressreport.ca/exclusive_ep...

Canada's latest white supremacist/Nazi org is going away from the irony poisoned Diagolon name to the much more up front SS Canada.

On March 27, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will be speaking alongside Ben Shapiro at PragerU’s east coast gala.

Our two choices for PM are an imbecile and a bankster yet the NDP is so incompetent that they are losing ground

just an interesting factoid. i was arrested and charged in October 2022.

Nate Pike Reposts 'The Breakdown' After New Ruling via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

NEW: Moments ago, an Alberta Court terminated an injunction against Alberta politics podcast The Breakdown which led it to stop publishing

Here's what's in Edmonton's draft deal with province & Oilers Entertainment Group (OEG) for an event park and private development #yeg #yegcc #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Oh no

Edmonton has returned to near-record EMS dispatches for opioid poisoning. It's an unmitigated massacre of unhoused people. Police allied w/ "downtown business recovery" & developers in the most vulnerable neighbourhoods, plus proponents of Alberta Model bear responsibility. Again: it's a massacre.

can someone make an alert that pings me whenever private equity acquires a company i've ever had a mild fondness for

Injunction hearing for Breakdown/Nate Pike is done. Judge will issue decision on Monday at 9 a.m. Judge clearly signalled high bar of Pike having no defences to defamation allegations has not been met. 1

SCOOP: AHS won't publicly disclose nursing contracts from 2023/24 and 2024/25, so I obtained them through FOIP. Companies with the largest contracts include a multi-national, and a company co-owned by a motivational speaker and self-published author. www.theprogressreport.ca/largest_ahs_...

whee!

oh man. the hits just keep coming with this corruption scandal.

Dale McFee, the soon-to-be-former chief of the Edmonton Police Service, becomes Alberta’s top civil servant — the deputy minister of executive council and head of the Alberta Public Service — on Feb. 24. The timing is fraught, reports @charlesrusnell.bsky.social.

seen on jasper and 109 st.

fascism is the kicking in of a rotted door, and the dem party has been committed for the last 15 years to insisting that the door we can all see is rotten and falling off the hinges is actually fine and good and maybe the best door in the world

wow. must read.

My latest for @thetyee.ca AHS Scandal: How Tight Is Dale McFee with Sam Mraiche? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

an interesting wrinkle to the Dodgy Contracts Scandal is the relationship between MHCare and outgoing EPS police chief and incoming deputy minister of executive council Dale McFee. MHCare was a title sponsor to Dale's "Safety In Our Cities Conference" last year.

Sad to see Duncan leave journalism given his contributions over the past decade. That said, I completely understand why he's pursuing a different path now. All the best, @duncankinney.bsky.social

Lauren asked Edmonton’s outgoing police chief (what I believe are entirely fair) questions about his unprecedented move to ask the province to intervene on two council appointments to the Edmonton Police Commission. He really didn’t like the questions. Video in link.

Edmonton Chief McFee defends police request for Alberta probe on council-appointed commissioners #yeg #yegcc #ableg edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

NEW: In my latest for @theprogressreport.ca, I take a look at the five nursing agencies who've received almost three-quarters of the funds Alberta Health Service has spent on contract nurses. www.theprogressreport.ca/ahs-nursing-...

"AHS won’t be publicly disclosing the contracts for the 2023/24 fiscal year, when spending on agency nurses skyrocketed to $154.6 million." Freedom of information requests are pending but the UCP recently made Alberta's already weakest-in-Canada pro-transparency legislation even weaker. #abpoli